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SCOTCH SHORTBREAD IS SERVED ON NEW YEAR'S EVE FOR GOOD
LUCK.
Submitter comment: FAMILY TRADITION
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Date learned: 10-16-1967
RING AROUND A ROSY
PICK A PACK OF POSY
ASHES, ASHES
WE ALL FALL DOWN.
TO PLAY: CHILDREN HOLD HANDS IN CIRCLE, SINGING THE
VERSE ABOVE. THEY MOVE SLOWLY IN A CIRCLE AND FALL DOWN
AT THE LAST LINE.
Submitter comment: HEARD IN ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Singing Dancing Marching |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER ; 08-00-1964
CATEGORIES
A GAME PLAYED WITH THE RHYTHM OF HAND-CLAPPING. IT IS
OFTEN PLAYED AT COLLEGE PARTIES. THE OBJECT IS AFTER A
CATEGORY HAS BEEN NAMED, EACH PERSON AROUND A CIRCLE
NAMES AN OBJECT IN THE CATEGORY. WHEN A PERSON MISSES,
HE MUST SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES OF CHUGGING HIS GLASS
OF BEER, AND THE GAME BEGINS ANEW, USUALLY WITH A
NEW CATEGORY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): CHUGGING=DRINKING ALL AT ONCE.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Mental Activity |
Date learned: 11-20-1967
AS A CHILD MY FRIENDS WOULD COME UP AND ASK IF I
WANTED ANY ABC GUM. AFTER I SAID I DID, THEY WOULD
TRY TO GIVE ME THE GUM THEY HAD BEEN CHEWING. ABC
STANDS FOR ALREADY BEEN CHEWED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 11-15-1969
A GAME WE PLAYED AS SMALL CHILDREN WAS CALLED DUCK,
DUCK, GOOSE. THE CHILDREN WOULD SIT ON A LAWN IN A
CIRCLE AND ONE PERSON WOULD GO AROUND AND TOUCH EACH
ONE ON THE HEAD AND SAY "DUCK." IF HE SAID "GOOSE"
THAT PERSON WOULD GET UP AND TRY TO CATCH THE PERSON
WHO TOUCHED HIM. IF THE PERSON WHO SAID "GOOSE"
WOULD RUN AROUND THE CIRCLE OF CHILDREN AND SIT DOWN
IN THE PERSON'S PLACE HE TOUCHED, WITHOUT BEING
CAUGHT, HE WAS SAFE. IF NOT, HE WOULD GO TO THE
MIDDLE OF THE CIRCLE AND WAIT OUT THE GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 11-15-1969
ROPE-SINGING JINGLE
JOHNNY OVER THE OCEAN,
JOHNNY OVER THE SEA,
JOHNNY BROKE THE SUGAR BOWL
AND BLAMED IT ON ME.
I TOLD MA.
MA TOLD PA.
JOHNNY GOT A LICKIN'
AND A HA, HA, HA.
Submitter comment:
HEARD IN ROYAL OAK
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and city of residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
"MY MOTHER, YOUR MOTHER"
MY MOTHER, YOUR MOTHER, LIVED ACROSS THE WAY,
1617 EAST BROADWAY.
EVERYNIGHT THEY HAD A FIGHT,
AND THIS IS WHAT THEY'D SAY:
BOYS ARE ROTTEN, MADE OF DIRTY COTTEN, (COTTON)
GIRLS ARE DANDY, MADE OF SUGAR CANDY.
ACK-A-BACK-A, SODA CRACKER,
DOES YOUR MOTHER CHEW TOBBACCO?
YES? NO? MAYBE SO?
OUT YOU GO}
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Rope-Singing Jingle
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLOW,
WENT UPSTAIRS TO KISS HER FELLA.
MADE A MISTAKE--
KISSED A SNAKE--
HOW MANY DOCTORS DID IT TAKE?
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: SUMMER 00001964
Rope-Singing Jingle
DOWN IN THE VALLEY
WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS
THERE SAT DOLLY, AS SWEET AS A ROSE.
SHE SANG AND SANG
SHE SANG SO SWEET
ALONG CAME DANNY BELL AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
Submitter comment:
Informant heard in Royal Oak, Michigan. Learned summer 1964.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: SUMMER 00001964
THERE IS A RIGHT WAY AND A WRONG WAY TO WEAR YOUR
WEDDING RINGS. IF YOU ARE WEARING THEM THE WRONG
WAY, YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Data entry tech comment:
THE WEDDING RING IS SUPPOSED TO BE WORN CLOSEST
TO THE HEART, THAT IS PUT ON THE RING FINGER FIRST,
AND THEN THE ENGAGEMENT RING PUT ON AFTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Metal Stone Bone Precious stone Gem BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 11-10-1970
IF YOU HAVE A HABIT OF WANTING TO TAKE THINGS WHEN NO
ONE ELSE IS LOOKING, YOU WILL MARK YOUR BABY WITH THE
SAME TRAIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): STEALING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-10-1970
IF TWINS ARE BORN, BOTH ARE KILLED, BECAUSE ONE IS
SAID TO COME FROM THE DEVIL. THIS IS A BELIEF OF
THE BANTU TRIBE OF AFRICA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
NEVER NAME THE FIRST BOY AFTER HIS FATHER OR THE FIRST
GIRL AFTER HER MOTHER BECAUSE IT IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Baptism Naming rite BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.43 |
Date learned: 10-28-1970
IF A PERSON ACCIDENTALLY DROPS SOME FOOD WHILE EATING
DINNER AT A TABLE THIS IS AN INDICATION THAT HE
DIDN'T EARN HIS FOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 11-15-1969
BY BURYING A PIECE OF SOMEONE'S NAILS OR HAIR ON A FULL
MOON BY A TREE, YOU CAN WISH A WART ON THAT PERSON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
IF THERE ARE A NUMBER OF WARTS ON THE HAND, COUNT THE NUMBER OF
WARTS AND THEN GET THE SAME AMOUNT OF PEAS. THEN WHEN YOU
WALK PAST SOMEONE'S HOUSE, THROW THE PEAS OVER YOUR SHOULDER,
BUT DON'T LOOK BACK UNTIL YOU GET HOME. THE WARTS ARE THEN
SUPPOSED TO LEAVE YOUR HAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
KEN HAD BEEN SUFFERING FROM WARTS ON HIS LEFT HAND FOR QUITE
A WHILE. NOT EVEN THE DOCTOR IN HIS SMALL NEW HAMPSHIRE TOWN
COULD CURE HIM. ONE DAY DURING A RAINSTORM, KEN'S FRENCH-
CANADIAN GRANDMOTHER TOLD HIM TO RUB THE WARTS WITH SALT
PORK. HAVING DONE THIS, HE THEN THREW THE SALT PORK
OVER HIS SHOULDER SO HE COULDN'T SEE WHERE IT LANDED. HE
WAS CURED IMMEDIATELY AND BELIEVES TO THIS DAY THAT IT
WILL WORK SHOULD HE EVER GET ANOTHER WART.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-15-1967
DON'T SWEEP DIRT OVER THE THRESHOLD OR YOU WILL
NEVER GET MARRIED.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY GRANDMOTHER OF COLLECTOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-10-1970
DON'T WALK OVER A BROOM OR YOU WILL NEVER GET MARRIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Jumping over umbrella: simple ceremony |
Date learned: 11-10-1970
AT OUR HOUSE, WHENEVER SOMEONE LOSES A TOOTH, HE
PLACES IT UNDER HIS PILLOW AND THE TOOTH FAIRY TAKES
IT AND LEAVES A DIME (OR A QUARTER IF YOUR FAIRY IS
RICH!)
Submitter comment: FAMILY CUSTOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Date learned: 11-24-1967