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A GYPSY ELF
A LETTER IS A GYPSY ELF.
IT GOES WHERE I WOULD GO MYSELF
EAST OR WEST OR NORTH IT GOES
OR SOUTH PAST PRETTY BANGOLOES
OVER MOUNTAIN OVER HILL
ANY PLACE IT MUST OR WILL
IT FINDS GOOD FRIENDS THAT LIVE SO FAR
YOU CANNOT TRAVEL WHERE THEY ARE
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN ST. MICHAEL'S GRADE SCHOOL
Where learned: SAINT MICHAEL GRADE SCHOOL
Keyword(s): SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
CHILDREN'S SONG
OH, CHRISTMAS TREE OH CHRISTMAS TREE
YOUR BRANCHES GREEN DELIGHT US.
OH CHRISTMAS TREE OH CHRISTMAS TREE
YOUR BRANCHES GREEN DELIGHT US
THEY'RE GREEN WHEN THE SUMMER DAYS ARE BRIGHT.
THEY'RE GREEN WHEN WINTER SNOW IS WHITE
OH CHRISTMAS TREE OH CHRISTMAS TREE
YOUR BRANCHES GREEN DELIGHT US.
Submitter comment: HEARD IN ST. MICHAEL'S SCHOOL.
Where learned: SAINT MICHAEL GRADE SCHOOL
Keyword(s): SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
MARRIAGE CUSTOM
AFTER A YOUNG COUPLE RETURNS HOME FROM THEIR HONEYMOON, THE PEOPLE
WOULD ALWAYS HAVE A "BANJO". THAT MEANS THEY WAIT UNTIL THEY ARE
SETTLED IN BED AND THEN EVERYONE MEETS AT THEIR HOUSE AND BLOWS
HORNS AND YELLS UNTIL THE BRIDE AND GROOM COME OUT AND INVITE
EVERYONE IN.
Submitter comment: ITEM WAS LEARNED IN NOVA SCOTIA ALTHOUGH COLLECTED IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BOTSFORD GRADE SCHOOL ; CLARENCEVILLE DISTRICT
James Callow Keyword(s): CHARIVARI ; SHIVAREE
Date learned: 11-00-1982
SYNTAX CHANGE
THE YARD SURROUNDING THE HOME WAS CALLED A DOOR-YARD RATHER THAN A
FRONT OR BACK YARD.
Submitter comment: ITEM WAS LEARNED IN NOVA SCOTIA ALTHOUGH COLLECTED IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BOTSFORD GRADE SCHOOL ; CLARENCEVILLE DISTRICT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Date learned: 11-00-1982
RHYME
STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES,/ BUT WORDS WILL NEVER HURT ME.
Submitter comment: SAID THIS DURING GRADE SCHOOL DAYS.
Where learned: GRADE SCHOOL
Keyword(s): INTERNAL RHYME ; RHYME: AABC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
PIOUS REFLECTION (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
IF YOU GET TO HEAVEN BEFORE I DO,/ DRILL A HOLE AND PULL ME THROUGH.
Where learned: SAINT HYACINTH GRADE SCHOOL
Keyword(s): INSTRUCTION ; RELIGION COUPLET ; RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Pious reflection |
Date learned: 10-10-1967
FAMILY FOOD TRADITION
EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT WE HAD HOME BAKED BEANS AND HOME MADE BROWN
BREAD WHEN I LIVED IN NOVA SCOTIA.
Submitter comment: ITEM WAS LEARNED IN NOVA SCOTIA ALTHOUGH COLLECTED IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BOTSFORD GRADE SCHOOL ; CLARENCEVILLE DISTRICT
Date learned: 11-00-1982
GAELIC FESTIVAL
IN EASTERN CANADA WE HAVE MANY GAELIC MODS. THESE ARE HIGHLAND
GATHERINGS WITH BAG PIPES, HIGHLAND DANCING AND COMPETITION THAT
GO BACK TO SCOTLAND. FAMILIES WEAR THEIR OWN TARTAN SKIRTS WHICH
IDENTIFIES THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: ITEM WAS LEARNED IN NOVA SCOTIA ALTHOUGH COLLECTED IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BOTSFORD GRADE SCHOOL ; CLARENCEVILLE DISTRICT
James Callow Keyword(s): BAGPIPES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Irregular |
Date learned: 11-00-1982
ADVENT CUSTOM
THE GERMANS CELEBRATE ADVENT WITH A WREATH BEARING FOUR CANDLES, ONE
OF WHICH IS LIT EACH SUNDAY OF THE SEASON.
Where learned: GRADE SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | 645 September 23 Equinox to December 20 |
THE WORMS CRAWL IN
YOU SHOULD NEVER LAUGH AS THE HEARSE GOES BY
'CAUSE YOU MIGHT BE THE NEXT TO DIE.
THEY'LL PUT YOU IN A WOODEN BOX
AND COVER YOU UP WITH DIRT AND ROCKS.
ALL GOES FINE FOR ABOUT ONE WEEK
AND THEN THE COFFIN BEGINS TO LEAK.
THE WORMS CRAWL IN, THE WORMS CRAWL OUT,
THE WORMS PLAY PEANUCKLE ON YOUR SNOUT.
YOUR INSIDES TURN A SLIMY GREEN
AND PUSS FLOWS OUT JUST LIKE WHIPPED CREAM.
THE WORMS CRAWL IN, THE WORMS CRAWL OUT,
THE WORMS PLAY PEANUCKLE ON YOUR SNOUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRADE SCHOOL ; SAGINAW
Keyword(s): DECAY OF BODY AFTER DEATH ; GORE, GOTHIC HORROR ; PINOCHLE, A CARD GAME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Death Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
JEWISH NEW YEAR FOOD TRADITION
AT JEWISH NEW YEAR AT THE DINNER ON ROSH HASHONAH WE DIP SLICES OF
APPLE IN HONEY TO SYMBOLIZE LOOKING FORWARD TO A SWEET YEAR.
Submitter comment: ITEM WAS LEARNED IN THE CITY OF DETROIT ALTHOUGH COLLECTED IN SUBURB
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BOTSFORD GRADE SCHOOL ; CLARENCEVILLE DISTRICT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit |
Date learned: 11-00-1982
HICCUPS
TO CURE THE HICCUPS, BREATHE TWENTY TIMES INTO A BROWN PAPER BAG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; GRADE SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number P686.1.20 BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-13-1965
THANKSGIVING DAY FOOD TRADITION
ON THANKSGIVING DAY, THE ALLEN FAMILY EATS CREAMED ONIONS.
Submitter comment: THIS ITEM WAS LEARNED IN DETROIT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BOTSFORD GRADE SCHOOL ; WAYNE COUNTY
Date learned: CA00001930S
FORGETFULNESS TRADITION
IF YOU LEAVE THE HOUSE FORGETTING SOMETHING, YOU MUST SIT DOWN AND
COUNT TO TEN BEFORE LEAVING THE HOUSE AGAIN.
Submitter comment: THIS ITEM WAS LEARNED IN DETROIT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BOTSFORD GRADE SCHOOL ; WAYNE COUNTY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Number P686.3.10 |
Date learned: CA00001930S
BIRTHDAY TRADITION
FOR YOUR BIRTHDAY, YOU GET A PINCH THE DAY BEFORE, A SPANKING ON
THE BIRTHDAY, AND A KISS THE DAY AFTER.
Submitter comment: THIS ITEM WAS LEARNED IN DETROIT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BOTSFORD GRADE SCHOOL ; WAYNE COUNTY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: CA00001930S
JUVENILE DELINQUENTS
WHEN I WAS IN MY CATHOLIC GRADE SCHOOL, WE USED TO THINK THAT
WE WERE THE ULTIMATE IN "NAUGHTY" WHEN WE USED TO SING THIS
SONG BEHIND THE NUN'S BACKS. IT IS SUNG TO THE TUNE OF YANKEE
DOODLE DANDY.
WE ARE JUVENILE DELINQUENTS, WE ROAM THE STREETS TILL TWO A. M.
WE DRINK WITH THE SAILORS AND WE SMOKE WITH THE BUMS, WE WAIT
ON THE CORNER FOR PICKUPS TO COME. OH, WE ARE JUVENILE
DELINQUENTS, WE SLEEP IN BED BUT NOT ALONE... MOVE OVER BABY...
YOU'RE TAKING UP THE WHOLE DAMN BED AND THERE WAS GRANNY,
SWINGING ON THE OUTHOUSE DOOR... WITHOUT HER NIGHTY.. WAITING
FOR THE GARBAGE MEN, TO COME A RUNNING. OH WE ARE MAMA'S
JUVENILES. COME ON AND HUG ME. OH, WE ARE MAMA'S JUVENILES,
COME ON AND KISS ME. OH, WE ARE MAMA'S JUVENILES. DA DA DA.
Where learned: OUR LADY STAR OF THE SEA GRADE SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
PRAYER BELIEF
BEFORE WE GO ON A TRIP WE ALWAYS SIT DOWN TOGETHER, THINK A SILENT
PRAYER FOR A SAFE RETURN AND THEN START ON OUR TRIP. WE DO IT FOR
JUST A MOMENT OR TWO.
Submitter comment: ITEM WAS LEARNED IN THE CITY OF DETROIT ALTHOUGH COLLECTED IN SUBURB
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BOTSFORD GRADE SCHOOL ; CLARENCEVILLE DISTRICT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 11-00-1982
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
JOHNNY OVER THE OCEAN, JOHNNY OVER THE SEA,
JOHNNY BROKE A MILK BOTTLE AND BLAMED IT ON ME.
I TOLD MA. MA TOLD PA.
HOW MANY LICKENS DID HE RECEIVE?
(JUMP UNTIL YOU MISS, COUNTING BY ONES HIS "LICKENS".)
Where learned: ST. HILARYS GRADE SCHOOL
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-29-1971
JUMPING RHYME
MABLE, MABLE, SET THE TABLE.
HOW MANY DISHES WILL SHE SET?
(JUMP, COUNTING, UNTIL YOU MISS.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD ; SAINT HILARY'S GRADE SCHOOL
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-29-1971
STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES,
BUT WORDS WILL NEVER HURT ME.
Submitter comment:
REPLY TO A TAUNT.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; GRADE SCHOOL
Keyword(s): BONES ; Defense ; poem ; Reverse Taunt ; RHYME ; SONG ; Sticks ; STONES ; TAUNT ; WORDS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse BELIEF -- P870 P870.570 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN