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SCOTTISH-IRISH CUSTOM
THEY CALL THIS FIRST-FOOTING. IT IS A SCOTTISH CUSTOM ALSO FOUND
IN SCOTTISH INFLUENCE AREAS OF IRELAND.
YOUR HOME AND YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK IF YOUR FIRST VISTOR IN THE
NEW YEAR IS A DARK HAIRED MAN, ESPECIALLY IF HE BRINGS YOU A PIECE
OF COAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
Keyword(s): COAL ; GIFTGIVING
Date learned: 02-04-1968
Song
Hello, hello, Mr. Tortoise, Mr. Tortoise!
In all the world, there is no one
Who walks as slowly as you do!
Oh, why are you such a slow poke?
What are you saying, Mr. Rabbit?
All right, then. Let's have a race
To the foothills of that yonder hill.
We'll see who gets there first.
No matter how hard the tortoise hurried,
He'll probably take all evening
So methinks I'll take a nap.
Guu (snoring), guu, guu, guu
Guu, guu, guu!
Good Heavens! I overslept! What a fool I was!
Pyon (hopping), pyon, pyon, pyon,
Pyon, pyon, pyon!
You're much too late, Mr. Rabbit!
What's happened to your earlier boast, eh?
Submitter comment:
Informant learned this while growing up in Japan, and today in America, sings it to his small American-born grandchildren.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Johnny over the ocean,
Johnny over the sea
Johnny broke a bottle
And blamed it all on me.
Where learned: ANN ARBOR
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; Jump ; Plain
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Hi, low, jolly, peppers,
Sleepy,salty, jolly peppers,
Upstairs, downstairs, jolly peppers
Sleepy, salty, jolly peppers
Where learned: Ann Arbor, Michigan
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |