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ODD NUMBERS
IT IS BAD LUCK TO SET AN ODD NUMBER OF PLACES AT THE TABLE. SET AN
EXTRA TO SUPPLEMENT THE ODD NUMBER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Favorites Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals BELIEF -- Number Odd number (not specific) |
Date learned: 00001930S ; 02-16-1980
MOVEABLE DATE
TO THE POLISH THE DAY AFTER EASTER IS "DINGUS DAY". BOYS HIT THE
GIRLS WITH SWITCHES IF THEY LIKE THEM.
Submitter comment: MRS. KOBERT IS NOT AWARE OF THIS OCCURING TO DATE IF IT IS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): RITUAL WHIPPING.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Monday Dyngus |
Date learned: 00001920S ; 02-16-1980
DRINKING SONG
POLISH MEN WOULD SING "STOLAT, STOLAT", AS A WISH OF LONG LIFE TO
EACH OTHER.
Submitter comment: STOLAT MEANS ONE HUNDRED YEARS IN ENGLISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001930S ; 02-16-1980
GESTURE
PARENTS WOULD HOLD THEIR THUMB BETWEEN THEIR INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER
AND SAY "FIGAS ZMAKIEM", WHICH MEANT THE CHILD WOULD GET NOTHING
Submitter comment: USUALLY AS A FORM OF PUNISHMENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00001930S ; 02-16-1980
PROVERB
OLDER POLISH PEOPLE SAY "STAROSC NIE RADOSC." IN ENGLISH THIS MEANS
"OLD IS NO JOY."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001930S ; 02-16-1980
AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTION
BEWARE OF BOYS WITH EYES OF GREY,
THEY KISS YOU ONCE AND TURN AWAY.
BEWARE OF BOYS WITH EYES OF BROWN,
THEY KISS YOU ONCE AND TURN YOU DOWN.
BUT LOVE THE BOYS WITH EYES OF BLUE,
THEY KISS YOU ONCE AND ASK FOR TWO.
Submitter comment:
UNDATED ENTRY IN KATHY CRACCHIOLO'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK KEPT IN
ST. CLAIR SHORES, MICHIGAN IN 1968.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): HUMOR ; KISSING ; OBSERVATION ; RHYME AA BB CC ; SURPRISE ENDING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Cynical insight |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
LEAVE-TAKING
SEE YA LATER ALLIGATOR, AFTER A WHILE CROCODILE.
Submitter comment:
MY DAD WOULD SAY THIS TO ME WHEN I WENT TO BED, AND I WOULD
REPLY AFTER A WHILE CROCODILE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 04-11-1979
GIVE A HOOT GIVE A CHEER
FOR THE BOYS WHO DRINK THE BEER
IN THE CELLAR OF ST. MARGARET'S SCHOOL,
FOR IF SISTER FINDS US HERE,
WE'LL SAY SISTER HAVE A BEER,
IN THE CELLAR OF ST. MARGARET'S SCHOOL.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS A SCHOOL SONG, MEANT AS A TEASE TO THE STRICT NUNS AT ST.
MARGARET'S CATHOLIC ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 04-11-1979
JOHN AND MARY SITTING IN A TREE
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
FIRST COMES LOVE
THEN COMES MARRIAGE
THEN COMES JOHN
IN A BABY CARRIAGE.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS DONE IN GRADE SCHOOL AS A TEASE ABOUT A COUPLE
EXPERIENCING PUPPY LOVE. KISSING WAS SPELLED OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): NUTSHELL NARRATIVE
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 04-11-1979
COUNTING-OUT RHYME
HOT, HOT BALL GOES ROUND AND ROUND
TO PASS IT QUICKLY YOU'LL BE FOUND
IF YOU'RE THE ONE TO HOLD IT LAST
YOU ARE OUT. MM
SAY THIS WHILE PASSING A BALL IN A CIRCLE. IF YOU ARE THE ONE TO
HOLD IT AT THE END, YOU'RE OUT.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS USED TO PICK CAPTAINS OR USED TO ELIMINATE OR CHOOSE ONE
PERSON TO DO A PARTICULAR THING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 04-11-1979
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
AS YOU SLIDE DOWN THE BANNISTER OF LIFE, REMEMBER ME WHO WAS A
SPLINTER IN YOUR CAREER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 04-11-1979
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
2 GOOD
+2 BE MM------------
4 GOTTEN
Submitter comment: THIS WAS WRITTEN IN AN AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF MINE FROM THE 6TH GRADE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
KINGS IN A CORNER, OR FOUR SQUARE
THIS GAME IS PLAYED WITH FOUR PEOPLE AND A BOUNCING BALL. EACH
PLAYER STANDS IN THE SQUARE, ABOUT 4X4, BOUNCING THE BALL TO
ANOTHER. ONE CORNER IS THE KING'S. THIS PERSON HITS THE BALL
FIRST. THEN EVERYONE BOUNCES IT BACK AND FORTH TO EACH OTHER,
ONLY LETTING IT BOUNCE ONCE. IF IT BOUNCES MORE THAN ONCE, THEY
MOVE BACK TO SQUARE ONE, AND EVERYONE ELSE ADVANCES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 04-11-1979
SHARK AND MERMAID
THIS GAME IS PLAYED IN A POOL OR BODY OF WATER. ONE PERSON STANDS
IN THE MIDDLE BEING THE SHARK. THE REST OF THE PEOPLE CROSS TO
THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POOL TRYING NOT TO GET CAUGHT BY THE
BLINDFOLDED SHARK. THOSE WHO GET CAUGHT MUST HELP THE SHARK.
THE WINNER IS THE LAST TO BE CAUGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Water Ice Snow |
Date learned: 04-11-1979
DANCING GAME: GOING TO KENTUCKY
A CHAIN OF PEOPLE HOLD HANDS, FORMING A CIRCLE. ONE PERSON STANDS
IN THE MIDDLE. THE CHAIN OF PEOPLE CIRCLE AROUND SINGING "I'M
GOING TO KENTUCKY, GOING TO THE FAIR TO SEE THE SENORITA WITH
RIBBONS IN HER HAIR. (OH SHAKE IT BABY SHAKE IT, SHAKE IT IF
YOU CAN, SHAKE IT LIKE A MILK SHAKE, SHAKE IT IF YOU CAN.) THIS
IS SUNG WHILE EVERYONE IS CLAPPING HIS HANDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Singing Dancing Marching |
Date learned: 04-11-1979
TRICK: SNIPE HUNTING
THIS IS PLAYED AS TRICK. SOMEONE BANGS POTS AND PANS WHILE HOLDING
A PAPER BAG YELLING "SNIPE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 04-11-1979
ALPHABET GAME
THIS GAME IS PLAYED WITH ANY NUMBER OF PEOPLE. SOMEONE READS
A SENTENCE OR TWO, WHICH IS WRITTEN VERTICALLY DOWN A PAPER NEXT
TO THE ENGLISH ALPHABET. THUS YOU HAVE 26 PAIRS OF INITIALS.
A TIME LIMIT OF THREE MINUTES IS GIVEN TO THINK OF FAMOUS
PEOPLE WITH THOSE MADE UP WITH INITIALS. THE PERSON WITH THE MOST
WINS, HOWEVER, TWO LIKE NAMES WILL CANCEL OUT, IF SOMEONE ELSE
HAS A DIFFERENT NAME FOR THAT COMBINATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wit Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Memory Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 04-11-1979
RACING, CHASING GAME: PICKLE
THIS GAME IS PLAYED ON THE FRONT SIDEWALK. THERE ARE TWO CATCHERS
AND TWO RUNNERS, ONE STARTING AT EACH END OF THE FRONT WALK.
THE RUNNERS MUST GO BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE BASES WHILE THE TWO
CATCHERS THROW THE BALL BACK AND FORTH BEING CAREFUL NOT TO BE
CAUGHT OFF BASE. IF CAUGHT OFF BASE, THEY WOULD BE TAGGED OUT.
Submitter comment:
THE GAME WAS CALLED PICKLE BECAUSE THE TWO CATCHERS WOULD OFTEN CATCH
THE RUNNER BETWEEN THEM, PUTTING HIM IN A BIND, OR AS WE CALLED IT, A
PICKLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement SPEECH -- Folk etymology |
Date learned: 04-11-1979
PROVERB
NO WORK NO EAT.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER'S FATHER USED TO TELL ME THIS WHEN I WAS A YOUNG GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
HE WHO EATS THE FASTEST GETS THE MOSTUST.
Submitter comment: MY GRANDFATHER SAYS THIS FOLLOWING EVERY FAMILY MEAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-11-1979