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LITTLE CHILDREN, WHEN WALKING HOME OR JUST FOR
SOMETHING TO DO, TRY TO AVOID STEPPING ON THE CRACKS
PRESENT ON SIDEWALKS. THEY MAY SAY SUCH THINGS AS
"STEP ON A CRACK AND YOU'LL BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK."
Submitter comment: INFORMANT AND MYSELF BOTH REMEMBER HAVING DONE THIS.
Where learned: OHIO ; LAKEWOOD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics |
Date learned: 11-05-1971
GOOD LUCK
WHEN GIVING A PURSE OR WALLET AS A GIFT, ALWAYS INCLUDE A PENNY
SO THE PERSON WON'T GO BROKE.
WHEN GIVING A GIFT WITH A SHARP EDGE, SUCH AS A KNIFE OR A LETTER-OPENER, ALWAYS INCLUDE A COIN SO THE FRIENDSHIP WON'T BE CUT.
Submitter comment:
These customs were telated with skepticism, but I receivedf a purse as a gift (with a penny included!) on the very same day.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
James Callow comment:
Re: Collector Comment: [I am glad you are including this kind of information.]
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; COIN ; Cut ; FRIENDSHIP ; GIFT ; MONEY ; Relationship ; Sharp ; SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
COUNTING OUT
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
ALL GOOD CHILDREN GO TO HEAVEN;
SOME GO UP AND SOME GO DOWN,
AND SOME GO ALL AROUND THE TOWN.
Submitter comment:
A COUNTING RHYME TOLD BY THIS WOMAN'S GRANDMOTHER
ABOUT 1937, IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
COUNTING OUT
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7,
THESE LITTLE CHILDREN WENT TO HEAVEN.
ONE FLEW EAST AND ONE FLEW WEST,
AND ONE FLEW OVER THE CUCKOO'S NEXT.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A COUNTING RHYME, TOLD BY THIS WOMAN'S
GRANDMOTHER IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS ABOUT 1937.
James Callow comment: RDNeedsReview
Where learned: OHIO ; ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO ; LIMA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1937
WHEN MOVING, THE BREAKING OF GLASSWARE, EVEN JUST A
SINGLE PIECE, IS GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
ALSO TOLD BY THIS PERSON'S GRANDMOTHER, WHO WAS OF
POLISH-GERMAN DESCENT, THE SAYING WAS BELIEVED.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Eating utensils |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
GOOD LUCK
IF YOU PUT A PENNY IN A PURSE AND GIVE THE PURSE AS A GIFT,
THE PERSON RECEIVING THE GIFT WILL BECOME RICH.
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
GIFT SUPERSTITION
WHEN GIVING A GIFT WITH A SHARP EDGE, ALWAYS INCLUDE A COIN
SO THE FRIENDSHIP WON'T BE CUT.
Submitter comment: THAT SAME DAY I RECEIVED A PURSE WITH A PENNY IN IT.
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
GIFT SUPERSTITION
WHEN GIVING A GIFT WITH A SHARP EDGE, SUCH AS A KNIFE OR
LETTER-OPENER, ALWAYS INCLUDE A COIN
SO THE FRIENDSHIP WON'T BE CUT.
Submitter comment:
THESE CUSTOMS WERE RELATED WITH SKEPTICISM, BUT I RECEIVED A
PURSE AS A GIFT (WITH PENNY INCLUDED}) ON THE SAME DAY.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
IF YOU EAT NO BEANS ON CHRISTMAS DAY, YOU WILL BECOME AN ASS.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO HER BY A NEGRO COOK WORKING FOR THEM DURING THE HOLIDAYS.
THE COOK'S MOTHER ALWAYS MADE EACH MEMBER EAT A HELPING OF BEANS ON
CHRISTMAS TO PRESERVE THEM FROM THIS FATE.
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Predictions CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Single dishes |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
IF A CHILD CRIES CONSTANTLY, ITS MOTHER WAS HUNGRY DURING PREGNANCY
FOR SOMETHING SHE NEVER GOT.
Keyword(s): FOOD EATING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 03-03-1968
THE WAYS YOUR SHOES WEAR OUT INDICATE YOUR SPENDING HABITS:
WEAR AT THE TOE, SPEND AS YOU GO.
WEAR AT THE HEEL, SPEND A GOOD DEAL.
WEAR AT THE BALL, SPEND ALL.
WEAR AT THE SIDE, A RICH MAN'S BRIDE.
Submitter comment: A SAYING FROM HER MOTHER, REMEMBERED FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.860 |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
ACCA, BACCA, SODA CRACKER. ACCA, BACCA, BOO, MY FATHER CHEWS TOBACKER
OUT GOES YOU.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A JUMP ROPE RHYME USED BY 6 YEAR OLDS IN LEMA, OHIO.
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
ONE, TWO, THREE,
MOTHER CAUGHT A FLEA;
FLEA DIED
AND MOTHER CRIED.
ONE, TWO, THREE
Submitter comment: ANOTHER JUMP-ROPE RHYME OF 6 YEAR OLDS.
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
MOVING INTO A NEW HOUSE ON WEDNESDAY OR FRIDAY WILL
BRING BAD LUCK OR MUCH SICKNESS.
Submitter comment:
I WAS TOLD THIS WHEN MOVING TO DETROIT; THE TELLER
WAS ALSO CAUTIONED LIKE THIS BY HER GRANDMOTHER
WHO REALLY BELIEVED IT.
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
IF A NEAR RELATIVE IS LATE AT A FUNERAL, IT IS A SIGN
THAT THERE WILL SOON BE ANOTHER DEATH.
Submitter comment:
BELIEVED BY THIS PERSON'S MOTHER, WHO WAS GENUINELY
WORRIED ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF A SECOND DEATH IN
THE FAMILY WHEN HER BROTHER WAS LATE TO HIS UNCLE'S
FUNERAL.
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
WHO CARES? NOT I.
I KNOW HOW UGLY I ARE,
MY FACE IT AIN'T NO STAR,
BUT I DON'T MIND IT,
CAUSE I'M BEHIND IT,
IT'S THE FOLKS OUT FRONT GET THE JAR.
Submitter comment: FROM CHILDHOOD
Where learned: OHIO ; MASSILLON
Keyword(s): SELF-CRITICISM
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
ROSES ARE BLUE
VIOLETS ARE RED
IF YOU BELIEVE THIS
EXAMINE YOUR HEAD
Submitter comment: WRITTEN IN 1965
Where learned: OHIO ; MASSILLON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
WHEN YOU ARE OLD AND OUT OF SHAPE
REMEMBER GIRDLES ARE $2.98
Submitter comment: WRITTEN IN 1965
Where learned: OHIO ; MASSILLON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
LEGENDS OF ROGUES' HOLLOW
ROGUES' HOLLOW IS A SMALL, ISOLATED AREA OF LAND LOCATED ABOUT
TWO MILES SOUTH OF DOYLESTOWN, OHIO, WHICH HAS A GREAT DEAL OF OLD
RUMORS AND LEGENDS ABOUT IT. THE FEW LISTED HERE ARE ALL THAT I
REMEMBER HEARING, BUT EVERY NOW AND THEN YOU HEAR SOMETHING ELSE
ABOUT IT WHICH PEOPLE DECLARE TO BE TRUE ALSO. AS FAR AS I KNOW,
NONE OF THESE LEGENDS HAVE BEEN PROVEN OR DISPROVEN.
1--JESSE JAMES WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE HIDDEN OUT IN THE CAVES AT
ONE TIME
2--A MAN WHO WORKED IN A MILL IN ROGUES' HOLLOW WAS SUPPOSED
TO HAVE BEEN CAUGHT IN THE WATER WHEEL AND KILLED INSTANTLY. EVER
SINCE, HE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE HAUNTED THE MILL. EVENTUALLY IT WAS
BURNED DOWN (FACT), AND THIS IS ALSO ATTRIBUTED TO THE GHOST. ONE
VERSION SAYS THAT HE DID THIS BECAUSE SOMEONE WAS GOING TO BUY IT.
3--IF YOU STAND IN A CERTAIN PLACE AT MIDNIGHT, YOU CAN HEAR
THE SOUND OF A BABY CRYING.
4--IF YOU STAND NEAR THE RAILROAD TRACKS AT MIDNIGHT, YOU CAN
HEAR THE SOUND OF A TRAIN COMING DOWN THE TRACK, THOUGH THERE IS NO
TRAIN,
5--AN OLD BEARDED HERMIT, OR HIS GHOST, LIVES IN THE COAL MINES
AND WILL TRY TO KILL ANY TRESPASSERS WITH HIS PICK.
6-- MANY MINERS WERE ONCE KILLED IN A CAVE-IN, AND THEIR GHOSTS
STILL WORK THERE TODAY.
Submitter comment:
ROGUES' HOLLOW IS A POPULAR PLACE FOR FAMILIES AND SIGHTSEERS
ON SUNDAYS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE LEAVES ARE CHANGING COLOR, BUT
DURING THE WEEK, TEENAGERS MAKE UP THE BIGGEST PART OF THE CROWD.
GROUPS OF BOYS, OR BOY-GIRL GROUPS ARE THERE DAY AND NIGHT EXPLORING
THE MINES AND HOPING TO SEE SOMETHING SUPERNATURAL.
A GREAT MAJORITY OF PEOPLE DO SEEM TO BELIEVE AT LEAST A FEW OF
THE SUPERSTITIONS ABOUT ROGUES' HOLLOW, AND SOME CLAIM TO HAVE WIT-
NESSED THEM EITHER FIRST-HAND OR VICARIOUSLY. THE TWO BELIEFS ABOUT
THE BABY AND THE TRAIN SEEM TO BE THE ONES BEST KNOWN, AS WELL AS
THE ONES MOST BELIEVED.
Where learned: OHIO ; MASSILLON
James Callow Keyword(s): MYSTERIOUS SOUNDS
Date learned: 10-00-1973
FAMILY CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
ON CHRISTMAS MORNING IN OUR FAMILY, A SPECIAL PROCEDURE IS
FOLLOWED REGARDING THE PRELIMINARIES TO RECEIVING OUR GIFTS. ON
CHRISTMAS EVE, OUR PARENTS PLACE THEIR GIFTS TO THE FIVE CHILDREN
IN FIVE PILES IN THE LIVING ROOM, WHERE THE TREE IS, AND THEN LOCK
BOTH DOORS TO THE ROOM. IN THE MORNING, ALL HAVE TO GO IN THE
KITCHEN AND WAIT UNTIL EVERYONE IS UP AND HAS EATEN BREAKFAST (WHICH
ALWAYS INCLUDES A FRUIT STOLLEN SPECIAL-ORDERED FROM THE BAKERY.)
BEFORE THEY CAN GO INTO THE LIVING ROOM. (MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, THE
EARLY RISERS GET IMPATIENT AND WAKE THE LATE SLEEPERS.) OUR STOCK-
INGS ARE HUNG IN THE KITCHEN (WE HAVE NO FIREPLACE) AND THOSE ARE
THE ONLY GIFTS YOU CAN LOOK AT BEFORE YOU ENTER THE LIVING ROOM.
WHEN THE TIME FINALLY COMES, OUR FATHER GOES INTO THE ROOM AND LIGHTS
UP THE TREE, WHILE WE LINE UP IN ORDER OF AGE. WHEN HE GIVES THE
SIGNAL, WE ARE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE ROOM. AFTER WE HAVE OPENED THESE
GIFTS, WE GO UPSTAIRS AND BRING DOWN OUR GIFTS TO OUR PARENTS,
BROTHERS, AND SISTERS. THE CAMERA IS ALWAYS USED TO GET PICTURES OF
US OPENING OUR GIFTS, AND SOMETIME DURING THE COURSE OF THE MORNING
OUR FATHER PLAYS CHRISTMAS CAROLS ON THE ORGAN.
Submitter comment:
WE CHILDREN PRESENTLY RANGE IN AGE FROM 11 TO 19,
WE HAVE ALWAYS ENACTED THIS TRADITION, AND AS YET IT HAS SHOWN NO
SIGNS OF DYING OUT. WHEN I HAVE A FAMILY OF MY OWN, I WILL PROBABLY
PASS THE CUSTOM ON TO THEM.
Where learned: OHIO ; MASSILLON
Date learned: 09-00-1973