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GAME
SIMON SAYS. IN THIS GAME, ONE PERSON IS SIMON, AND SIMON IS THE
LEADER. THE FOLLOWERS DO WHATEVER SIMON DOES AS LONG AS SIMON HAS
SAID," SIMON SAYS DO THIS". IF YOU DO SOMETHING AND "SIMON SAYS"
HASN'T BEEN SAID THEN YOU ARE OUT OF THE GAME. THE ONE REMAINING
(BESIDES SIMON) IS SIMON FOR THE NEXT GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
James Callow Keyword(s): IMITATIVE GAME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dramatic |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
RED ROVER
RED ROVER, RED ROVER. IN THIS GAME THERE ARE TWO SIDES. EACH SIDE
HAS THE SAME NUMBER OF PEOPLE. EACH SIDE STANDS SIDE BY SIDE
HOLDING EACH OTHER'S HANDS OR ARMS. A CERTAIN DISTANCE IS SET
BETWEEN THE TWO TEAMS. WHEN THE ONE TEAM CALLS "RED ROVER, RED ROVER
SEND.... RIGHT OVER, THAT PERSON RUNS WITH ALL HIS/HER MIGHT AND
TRIES TO BREAK THE BOND OF THE HANDS. IF HE'S SUCCESSFUL, HE CHOOSES
ONE MEMBER FROM THE OPPOSING TEAM TO JOIN HIS SIDE. IF HE DOESN'T
SUCCEED, HE HAS TO STAY ON THE OPPOSING TEAM'S SIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
RED BLACK (DRINKING GAME)
RED/ BLACK. THIS IS ALSO PLAYED WITH AN UNLIMITED AMOUNT OF
PLAYERS AND A DECK OF CARDS. BEFORE HE FLIPS OVER THE TOP CARD, THE
DEALER ASKS THE PERSON "RED OR BLACK?" THE DEALER FLIPS OVER THE CARD
AND IF YOUHVE GUESSED WRONG, YOU DRINK. IF THE DEALER FLIPS THE ACE
OF SPADES, YOU DRINK 5 GULPS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
PRAYER
INFANT JESUS, BLESS ME.
KEEP ME CLOSE TO YOU.
I WANT TO PLEASE YOU, JESUS,
IN EVERYTHING I DO.
BE NEAR ME, LITTLE JESUS,
IN MY WORK AND PLAY.
HELP ME LOVE YOU, JESUS,
MORE AND MORE EACH DAY.
Submitter comment:
HERE IS A PRAYER THAT MY GRANDPA TAUGHT TO MY DAD. WHEN I TURNED
THREE YEARS OLD, MY DAD SAT ME ON HIS LAP AND TAUGHT THIS PRAYER
TO ME. IT HAS BEEN A SPECIAL PRAYER TO MY FAMILY FOR YEARS. IT
HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE FIRST PRAYER THAT THE CHILDREN LEARNED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
COUNTING OUT RHYME FOR CHOOSING "IT"
MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER WERE HANGING UP CLOTHES.
MY MOTHER PUNCHED YOUR MOTHER RIGHT IN THE NOSE.
WHAT COLOR WAS THE BLOOD?
THE PERSON WHO IS LANDED ON CHOOSES A COLOR AND WHOEVER THE LAST
LETTER OF THE COLOR ENDS ON IS "IT" FOR THE GAME.
Submitter comment: THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN MY FAVORITE COUNTING OUT RHYME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
COUNTING OUT RHYME FOR CHOOSING "IT"
OH, A PEANUT SAT ON A RAILROAD TRACK.
HIS HEART WAS ALL A FLUTTER.
AROUND THE BEND CAME NUMBER TEN.
TOOT TOOT PEANUT BUTTER.
THE PERSON WHO IS LANDED ON IS "IT" FOR THE GAME TO BE PLAYED.
WHENEVER THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS WOULD USE THIS RHYME, THEY WOULD
ALWAYS PUNCH EVERYBODY'S HANDS IN THE CIRCLE BECAUSE OF THE
TRAIN SMASHING THE POOR PEANUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
COUNTING OUT RHYME FOR CHOOSING "IT"
ELEPHANT, ELEPHANT IN A DISH. HOW MANY PEOPLE CAN YOU SQUISH?
Submitter comment:
MY FAMILY WAS THE ONLY ONE ON THE BLOCK WHO WOULD USE THIS RHYME.
MY BROTHERS SAID IT WAS OUR RHYME ONLY AND THREATENED ANYONE WHO
ATTEMPTED TO SAY IT. THIS RHYME WAS PRETTY SPECIAL BECAUSE
IT BROUGHT A LAUGH EVERY TIME IT WAS REPEATED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
THE GOLDEN ARM
THERE ONCE WAS A RICH MAN AND HE HAD EVERYTHING HE
DESIRED IN LIFE BUT A WIFE. HE HUNTED AROUND THE WHOLE
WORLD AND FINALLY FOUND THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN. THEY
GOT MARRIED. ONE DAY HIS WIFE HAD AN AWFUL CAR ACCIDENT
WHICH CAUSED HER TO LOSE AN ARM SO THE RICH MAN BOUGHT
HER AN ARM OF GOLD. SIX MONTHS LATER, SHE DIED. THE DAY
AFTER THE FUNERAL THE RICH MAN WENT OUT TO HIS WIFE'S
GRAVE AND DUG UP THE GOLDEN ARM. HE PUT IT IN HIS BEDROOM
UNDER THE PILLOW. THAT NIGHT, THE GHOST OF HIS WIFE CAME
INTO HIS ROOM. THE RICH MAN ASKED, "WHERE IS YOUR HAIR OF
YELLOW? WHERE ARE YOUR EYES OF BLUE? WHERE ARE YOUR LIPS
OF RED? AND WHERE IS YOUR GOLDEN ARM?"
AT THIS POINT IN THE STORY, THE STORYTELLER REACHES OUT
AND GRABS THE PERSON HE'S TELLING THE STORY TO AND SHOUTS
"YOU GOT IT!"
Submitter comment:
THE LISTENER IS SUPPOSED TO BE STARTLED BY THIS AND JUMP
AT THE ENDING.
LAURIE LEARNED THIS STORY AT GIRLSCOUT CAMP WHILE
SITTING AROUND A CRACKLING FIRE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- B667 |
LIMERICK ON A FAMILY TRIP
THERE ONCE WAS A GIRL NAMED CHER,
WHO WAS ALWAYS BRUSHING HER HAIR.
ONE DAY PEOPLE SAY
HER HAIR BLEW AWAY.
AND NOW POOR CHER'S HEAD IS BARE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A POEM THAT MY SISTER MADE UP WHILE WE WERE PLAYING
A GAME IN THE CAR ON A FAMILY TRIP. THE GAME CONSISTS
OF EVERYBODY MAKING UP A FIVE-LINE POEM WITH A PERSON'S
NAME IN IT. AT THE END THE PERSON WITH THE BEST LIMERICK
GETS A PRIZE OF SOME SORT. USUALLY THE PRIZE TURNED OUT TO
BE A MILKSHAKE AT MCDONALD'S RESTAURANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
James Callow Keyword(s): IMPROMPTU COMPOSITION OF POETRY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wit Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1983
LIMERICK ON A FAMILY TRIP
THERE ONCE WAS A GIRL NAMED JULIE.
HER HAIR WAS TANGLED AND UNRULY.
HER MOM HAD IT SHORN.
HOW JULIE DID MOURN.
FOR THE MICE HAD NO HOME WITHOUT JULIE.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS A LIMERICK MADE UP IN THE GAME PLAYED ON A
FAMILY TRIP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
James Callow Keyword(s): IMPROMPTU OF POETRY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wit Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1983
LIMERICK ON A FAMILY TRIP
THERE ONCE WAS A BOY NAMED BILL
WHO SWALLOWED AN ATOMIC PILL.
HE STARTED TO COUGH.
THE BOMB WENT OFF.
THEY FOUND HIS HEAD IN BRAZIL.
THERE WAS ALSO A GIRL NAMED JANE
WHO ALWAYS HAD A VERY STRANGE PAIN.
SHE TOOK ONE OF BILL'S PILLS
NEVER KNOWING IT KILLS,
AND WAS NEVER HEARD FROM AGAIN.
SO DON'T FOOL AROUND WITH A PILL,
UNLESS YOU ARE MENTALLY ILL.
FOR THE PILL THAT YOU TAKE
COULD BE THE MISTAKE
OF ENDING YOUR LIFE WITHOUT WILL.
Submitter comment:
THIS LIMERICK WAS MADE UP IN A GAME PLAYED IN THE CAR ON
A FAMILY TRIP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
James Callow Keyword(s): IMPROMPTU OF POETRY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wit Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU HAVE CURLY HAIR AND TAKE GOOD CARE OF IT, YOU WILL
NEVER GO BALD.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER WOULD TELL ME THIS BECAUSE SHE AND I BOTH HAVE
CURLY HAIR. SHE ALWAYS SAYS THIS BECAUSE HER FATHER HAD
VERY CURLY HAIR AND DIDN'T EVEN HAVE A RECEDING HAIRLINE
WHEN HE DIED. WE BOTH BELIEVE IN THIS SUPERSTITION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1978
THE RED RIBBON
THERE ONCE WAS A MAN WHO MARRIED A PRETTY LADY. THIS LADY
WAS ALWAYS WEARING A RED RIBBON AROUND HER NECK. THE MAN
BEGGED HER TO TAKE IT OFF BUT HIS WIFE ALWAYS SAID, "YOU'LL
BE SORRY IF I DO SO I WON'T." BUT THE MAN CONTINUED TO
ASK HER. ONE NIGHT HIS CURIOSITY GOT THE BEST OF HIM.
HE WENT DOWNSTAIRS AND GOT THE SCISSORS. HE QUIETLY
SNIPPED THE RED RIBBON OFF HIS WIFE'S NECK. SUDDENLY,
HER HEAD FELL OFF. AND THEN THE HEAD SAID, "I TOLD YOU
YOU'D BE SORRY."
Submitter comment:
LAURIE LEARNED THIS STORY DOWN THE STREET ONE DAY
WHILE SHE WAS PLAYING WITH A COUPLE OF FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 00-00-1984
ELEPHANT JOKE
Q. HOW DO YOU KNOW IF AN ELEPHANT'S IN YOUR BED?
A. YOU CAN'T GET IN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1982
ELEPHANT JOKE
Q. WHY DID THE ELEPHANT USE IVORY SOAP?
A. BECAUSE HE WANTED TO CLEAN HIS TUSKS.
Submitter comment:
IVORY IS A BRAND OF SOAP.
THE CATCH IS THAT AN ELEPHANT'S TUSKS ARE MADE OUT OF
IVORY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1982
ELEPHANT JOKE
Q. WHAT DID THE ELEPHANT SAY WHEN HE GOT ANGRY?
A. TUSK TUSK TUSK
Submitter comment: PUN TUSK TUSK TUSK = TISK TISK TISK OR TSK TSK TSK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1982
This is a saying I learned from my mother when I was younger:
"If you keep making that expression your face will freeze like
that." What she meant by this was that if I continually made a
certain expression my face would someday freeze with that
expression on it. She said this to me through my childhood and
still says it to me today. I think it was her way to keep me
from making faces. Unfortunately, it has not worked!
James Callow comment: Cf. Hand, North Carolina no. 172.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1982
When I was younger (approx. 5 years old) the kids in my
neighborhood would never knock on the door if they wanted you to
come out and play. Instead they would stand on the sidewalk in
front of your house and repeatedly call out your name. The
reason for doing this was because we were all afraid of our
friend's parents. This practice continued for years until I was
about 10 and we were finally all brave enough to knock on each
other's doors. We did notice, however, that the younger children
seemed to follow our tradition of calling out their friends to
play.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Common law SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
When I was younger my mother always used to tell me to never
go outside with a wet head in the winter because my head would
freeze and I would catch a cold.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
James Callow Keyword(s): TEMPERATURE
Date learned: 00-00-1977
When I was in high school and started drinking coffee my
mother was against it. She told me that drinking coffee would
stunt my growth and that it was not for children. Since then, I
always hear people say exactly what my mother told me about
coffee and wonder whether it is true or if it is just a way of
getting kids to not drink coffee.
James Callow comment: See Puckett, Ohio, nos. 1667, 5524.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Non-alcoholic fruit beverage Coffee BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1984