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RING AROUND THE ROSIE,
POCKET FULL OF POSIES,
ASHES, ASHES, WE ALL FALL DOWN.
Submitter comment: A GROUP FORMS A CIRCLE SAYING THE RHYME AND FALLS DOWN WHEN THEY COME TO "ASHES, ASHES, WE ALL FALL DOWN."
James Callow comment: BUT THERE IS NO COMPETITION, IS THERE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.523 |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
MOTOR BOAT, MOTOR BOAT,
GOES SO FAST,
MOTOR BOAT, MOTOR BOAT,
STEP ON THE GAS.
Submitter comment:
A GROUP FORMS A CIRCLE, GOING AROUND SAYING THIS RHYME,
GOING AROUND FASTER WHEN THEY COME TO "STEP ON THE GAS."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.523 |
WHILE I WASOUT A WALKIN'
I HEARD MY BOYFRIEND TALKIN'
TO A PRETTY LITTLE GIRL
WITH STRAWBERRY CURLS.
AND THIS IS WHAT HE SAID:
I L-O-V-E LOVE YOU
I'LL K-I-S-S KISS YOU
AND I M-I-S-S MISS YOU
IN THE D-A-R-K DARK.
TO BE SUNG BY TWO PEOPLE WHO CLAP HANDS WITH EACH OTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ITSY BITSY SPIDER CLIMBED UP THE WATER TROUGH,
DOWN CAME THE RAIN AND WASHED THE SPIDER OFF.
UP CAME THE SUN AND DRIED ALL THE RAIN
AND THE TEENSY, WEENSY SPIDER CLIMBS UP THE SPOUT AGAIN.
Submitter comment:
HAND MOVEMENTS: THUMB AND INDEX FINGER OF OTHER HAND
UPWARDS AND AGAIN DOWNWARDS.
FINGER GAME
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
THIS IS A GAMEYOU PLAY WITH CHILDREN. YOU TOUCH EACH TOE,
STARTING WITH THE BIG ONE, AND RECITE A LINE FROM THIS
VERSE UPON TOUCHING EACH TOE.
THIS LITTLE PIGGY WENT TO MARKET.
THIS LITTLE PIGGY STAYED HOME.
THIS LITTLE PIGGY ATE ROAST BEEF.
THIS LITTLE PIGGY ATE NONE.
AND THIS LITTLE PIGGY WENT WEE! WEE! ALL THE WAY HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
BASEBALL CHANT
WE WANT A PITCHER, NOT A GLASS OF WATER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A MOTHER CHANTS THIS WHILE CLAPPING THE BABY'S HANDS IN HERS:
PATTY CAKE, PATTY CAKE, BAKER MAN,
BAKE ME A CAKE AS FAST AS YOU CAN
SLAP IT AND PAT IT AND MARK IT WITH "B"
AND PUT IT IN THE OVEN FOR BABY AND ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LITTLE MOUSY, COMING FROM THE BARN,
GONNA GET YOU RIGHT UNDER THE ARM.
Submitter comment:
RHYME IS COMBINED WITH MOVEMENT--USE INDEX FINGER AND
SECOND FINGER IN WALKING MOTION UP THE SIDE OF A CHILD'S
OR BABY'S BODY. SLOW MOVEMENT FOR THE FIRST LINE, RAPID
MOVEMENT FOR SECOND LINE, ENDING WITH A TICKLE UNDER
ARMPIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
EYE-BLINKER, NO-BLEEDER, CHIN-CHOPPER.
Submitter comment:
ABOVE IS SAID TO CHILD OR BABY WHILE SPEAKER POINTS
TO LISTENER'S EYE, NOSE AND NOT THE CHIN, BUT INSTEAD
IS QUICKLY TICKLED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
FOLLOWING FRENCH VERSE IS RECITED WHILE THE PAPA BOUNCES
HIS LITTLE ONE ON HIS KNEE.
PETIT GALOP, PETITGALOP, PETIT GALOP, PETIT GALOP,
GROS GALOP, GROS GALOP, GROS GALOP, GROS GALOP.
Submitter comment:
THE EQUIVALENT IN ENGLISH IS LITTLE GALLOP, ETC.,
FOLLOWED BY BIG GALLOP. THE FATHER FIRST BOUNCES
SLIGHTLY, THEN BOUNCES CHILD VIGOROUSLY, WHILE
RECITING VERSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-17-1970
HA DA UME BOO ESAM
HA DA LABISS EL KATHOM
HA DA TOOL EL LA THULIE
HA DA LICK KATH EL IREE
HA DA IT TEEL EL MUMLIE
HA DA ZENK EL ES WAA RA
HA DA COO E SULEE
HA DA USHL EL US TOORA
THIS IS THE FINGER WITHOUT A NAME (BABY)
THIS ONE WEARS A RING
THIS ONE IS LONG FOR NOTHING
THIS ONE LICKS THE PAN
THIS ONE KILLS THE ANTS
THIS ONE WEARS A BRACELET (WRIST)
THIS ONE CARRIES THE BASKET
THIS ONE THE BIRDS NEXT IN.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A LEBANESE RHYME WHICH DEFINES ALL THE FINGERS ON THE HAND (THUMB INCLUDED), THE WRIST, THE ELBOW JOINT, AND TH SHOULDER JOINT. MOTHERS OFTEN USE THIS RHYME WHEN TEACHING THEIR CHILDREN THE NAMES AND FUNCTIONS OF THESE CERTAIN BODY PARTS. TRANSLATED IT WOULD BE:
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
LITTLE PIGS
THIS LITTLE PIG GOES TO MARKET,
THIS LITLE PIG STAYS HOME.
THIS LITTLE PIG HAS PLENTY TO EAT,
THIS LITTLE PIG HAS NONE.
THIS LITTLE PIG SAYS, "WEE, WEE, WEE!" ALL THE WAY HOME.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A RHYME FOR TOES, THE LITTLE BEING THE "WEE" ONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
TWO LITTLE BLACKBIRDS SITTING ON A FENCE,
ONE NAMED JACK, ONE NAMED JILL.
FLY AWAY JACK, FLY AWAY JILL.
COME BACK JACK, COME BACK JILL.
Submitter comment:
THE INDEX FINGERS OF BOTH HANDS HAD A SMALL PIECE OF
ADHESIVE TAPE. WHILE SAYING THE VERSE, THE PERSON
TAPS WITH THESE TWO FINGERS. WHEN THE BIRDS ARE TO FLY
AWAY, THE PERSON RAISES HIS HANDS HIGH AND EXCHANGES FINGERS,
SO THAT THE TAPE IS NOT SHOWING. WHEN THE BIRDS FLY BACK,
THE FINGERS ARE EXCHANGED, SO THAT THE TAPE IS SHOWING
AGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THIS IS AN ARMENIAN VERSE SAID TO A BABY:
CLAP, CLAP (CLAPPING THE HANDS OF A SMALL CHILD)
YOU LOOK LIKE A RED APPLE
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS YOUR CHEEKS ARE LIKE A RED APPLE.
THIS VERSE WAS SAID TO THE INFORMANT WHEN SHE WAS A BABY.
IT IS STILL USED TODAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
COUNTING OUT
TRAIN, TRAIN, NUMBER NINE,
GOING DOWN CHICAGO LINE,
IF THE TRAIN SHOULD JUMP THE TRACK
DO YOU WANT YOUR MONEY BACK?
Y-E-S -- YOU ARE NOT IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
COUNTING OUT
EENEE, MEENEE, MINEE, MOE,
CATCH A TIGER BY THE TOE,
IF HE HOLLERS, LET HIM GO,
EENEE, MEENEE, MINEE, MOE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
COUNTING OUT
EENY, MEENY, DIX-A-LEENY,
LA, LA, LUMBER-LOA,
OXEY, COXEY, BOOMEROXEY,
OUT GOES YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
ORDINARY FOLKTALE
DURING ADVENT A YOUNG GIRL WENT TO A MASQUERADE DANCE
AGAINST HER PARENTS' WISHES. SHE DRESSED AS A DEVIL
WITH MASK AND ALL. WHEN THE TIME CAME TO REMOVE THE
MASKS, THE YOUNG GIRL COULD NOT TAKE HERS OFF. THE
GIRL BECAME SERIOUSLY ILL AND SOON DIED. THE GRIEVING
PARENTS HAD A TOMBSTONE PUT ON THE GRAVE WITH A
DEVIL'S MASK ENGRAVED ON IT AND ALSO THE WORDS
TELLING THE TRAGIC STORY. THIS THEY DID TO GIVE
WARNING TO OTHERS.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO THE INFORMANT WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL
ATTENDING SCHOOL IN OTIS, INDIANA.
DRESSED AS DEVIL
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; INDIANA ; OTIS ; ORIGINALLY HEARD
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Magic |
Date learned: CA12001965
COUNTING OU
EVERYONE STICKS THEIR FISTS IN THE MIDDLE OF A CIRCLE,
AND THEY BEGIN TO PICK AN "IT" IN THIS MANNER:
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, THREE POTATO, FOUR,
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO, SEVEN POTATO, MORE.
THE PERSON WHOSE HAND IS THE MORE PUTS IT BEHIND HIS BACK,
AND ONCE MORE THE RHYME BEGINS. THE LAST ONE IS "IT."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-03-1967
COUNTING OUT
ONE, TWO, TIE YOUR SHOE,
THREE, FOUR, CLOSE THE DOOR.
FIVE, SIX, PICK UP STICKS.
SEVEN, EIGHT, LAY THEM STRAIGHT,
NINE, TEN, BEGIN AGAIN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT REMEMBERED THIS FROM CHILDHOOD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-07-1967