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FOOTBALL GAME SONG
(SUNG) GOD IS ON OUR SIDE.
Data entry tech comment:
Keypunched by R.J.Miller 11/82
Updated by TRD 01/12
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Keyword(s): Fan ; Football ; RELIGION ; SONG ; SPORTS
James Callow Keyword(s): MORALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- War cries |
Date learned: 11-00-1971
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MARCH
IF MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LION IT GOES OUT LIKE A LAMB.
IF MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LAMB IT GOES OUT LIKE A LION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Keyword(s): ANIMAL COMPARISON ; CONTRAST. ; WEATHER.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Month PROVERB -- Weather Proverb |
SUPERSTITIONS IN THE THEATER.
DON'T RUN LINES IN YOUR HEADJUST BEFORE GOING ON. THIS IS
BAD LUCK, BECAUSE YOU FORGET YOUR LINES FASTER.
Submitter comment:
THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME WHEN I WAS IN A PRODUCTION AT
CRANBROOK SUMMER THEATER CAMP. I HAD A MAJOR PART, AND BEFORE
MY ENTRANCE, I WAS GOING THROUGH LINES, AND WHEN I GOT ONSTAGE,
I BLACKED OUT BECAUSE I FORGOT MY LINES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): MEMORY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
FIRST TIME AT CAMP, WERE TOLD TO GO TO OTHER CABINS,
AND ASK FOR BUNK STRETCHERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BOY SCOUT CAMP
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HAUNTED THEATER
ALL THEATERS HAVE GHOSTS OF DEAD CHARACTERS OR ACTORS.
Submitter comment:
THERE ARE SOME THEATERS IN LONDON THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
HAUNTED BY THE GHOSTS OF FAMOUS ACTORS OR MANAGERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
MACBETH
THERE IS A CURSE ON THIS PLAY AND I HAVE SEEN IT WORK. DURING
REHEARSALS FOR ONE PLAY, SOMEONE SAID A LINE FROM THE PLAY, AND
THE DIRECTOR STOPPED REHEARSALS AND TOLD THE GUILTY PERSON
TO GO OUT INTO THE HALL, TURN AROUND THREE TIMES, AND KNOCK
ON THE THEATER DOOR AND BE LET IN. THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO LIFT
THE CURSE. ANOTHER TIME, I WAS IN ANOTHER PLAY AND THE SAME
THING HAPPENED, BUT THIS TIME, WHEN THE PERSON WAS ASKED TO
LEAVE, HE WOULDN'T GO. A FEW MINUTES LATER, THE SAFETY PIN
HOLDING HIS COSTUME TOGETHER POPPED OPEN AND PIERCED HIS HAND.
Submitter comment:
DURING A PLAY I WAS IN AT MARYGROVE, I SAW THIS CURSE WORK.
THE FIRST THING THAT HAPPENED WAS THAT THE LEAD STARTED TO
HYPERVENTILATE AND NEARLY PASSED OUT. THE SECOND THING WAS
THAT THINGS STARTED TO FALL DOWN BACKSTAGE WHEN NO ONE WAS NEAR
THEM. THE SECOND LEAD NEARLY SEVERED HIS THUMB WHILE CUTTING
BREAD, AND A LITTLE BOY WAS HURT WHEN A HEAVY MIRROR FELL AND
HIT HIM ON THE HEAD.
MARYGROVE COLLEGE IS IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Favorites BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
COFFIN ONSTAGE.
IF THERE IS A COFFIN ONSTAGE, SOMEONE CLOSE TO THE ACTOR WILL
DIE. THIS HAPPENED TO ME BECAUSE I HAD TWO FRIENDS WHO
DIED ON THEIR WAY TO THE THEATER WHERE I WAS OPENING IN
DRACULA.
Submitter comment: MISS BRINKLEY ASSURED ME THAT THIS REALLY DID HAPPEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
LIMERICK
THERE ONCE WAS A GIRL FROM ST. PAUL,
WHO WENT TO THE NEWSPAPER BALL.
THE PLACE CAUGHT ON FIRE
AND BURNED HER ENTIRE
FRONT PAGE, SPORTS SECTION AND ALL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCBB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 11-04-1969
BIRDS, LEAVE THE NEST!
THE PLAYERS STAND BY PAIRS, HOLDING BOTH HANDS.
(THIS IS THE "NEST"). ONE PLAYER (THE "BIRD") STANDS
BETWEEN EACH PAIR. A LONE PLAYER STANDS IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE CIRCLE FORMED BY ALL THE "NESTS" AND CALLS OUT:
"BIRDS, LEAVE YOUR NESTS!" ALL THE BIRDS, INCLUDING
THE LONE ONE, MUST RUN TO A DIFFERENT NEST, THUS
LEAVING A NEW EXTRA BIRD, WHO THEN CALLS OUT AGAIN.
Where learned: UKRAINIAN SCOUT CAMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Singing Dancing Marching |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RIDDLE
THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO HAD HER DOOR OPEN AND SAID,
THE NEXT PERSON WHO WALKS PASS MY DOOR ON MY PROPERTY,
I'LL SHOOT THEM AND SHE KNEW NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN. WHY?
-- SHE WAS A SIAMESE TWIN.
Submitter comment: TOLD IN THE STUDENT UNION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-10-1971
COWBOY JOE
WAY OUT WEST WHERE THE BAD MEN ARE
AND THE ONLY THING TO GUIDE YOU IS THE EVENING STAR
IS THE ROUGHEST, TOUGHEST MAN BY FAR
AND HIS NAME IS COWBOY JOE. MM
HE ALWAYS SINGS
RAGTIME MUSIC TO HIS CATTLE AS HE SWINGS
BACK AND FORTH IN THE SADDLE ON A HORSE
A PRETTY GOOD HORSE.
A SYNCOPATED GAITER MAKES SUCH A FUNNY METER
TO THE ROAR OF HIS REPEATER.
HOW THEY RUN
WHEN THEY HEAR THE SHERIFF CALLING
CAUSE THE WESTERN FOLKS ALL KNOW
WHAT DO THEY KNOW?
HE'S A HIGH FALOOTING, ROOTIN' TOOTIN'
SUN OF A GUN FROM ARIZONA
RAGTIME COWBOY,
TALK ABOUT YA COWBOY
RAGTIME COWBOY JOE!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Lansing ; CAMP O'FAIRWINDS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 06-00-1977
SUPERSTITION
IT'S BAD LUCK FOR TWO PEOPLE TO COMB ON YOUR HAIR AT ONE TIME.
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE ; CAMPUS ROOM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 04-14-1972
Camp Songs, Girl Scouts
This song is used as a round.
A round is a song that is sung
by two groups at the same time
but is begun at different times.
This song is about the Girl Scout Trefoil.
My Trefoil, My Trefoil
Can I Tell you how I feel
You have given me your friendship,
And I thank you so.
Submitter comment:
The Trefoil is the symbol for the
Girl Scouts of the United States.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Camp Narrin ; Ortonville
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 06-00-1986
BIRDS
A WILD BIRD THAT GETS INTO THE HOUSE IS A SIGN OF A
DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: TRADITIONAL BELIEF IN FAMILY IN GLOUCESTER AND HOLLISTER, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD ; SOUTHFIELD DOWNS TRAILER CAMP
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-19-1965
BIRTH
YOUR BABY WILL NOT COME ON THE DATE THAT IT IS DUE.
IT WILL BE BORN WHEN THE MOON CHANGES FOR THE FIRST
TIME - LIKE WHEN THE MOON HAS A NEW QUARTER. AND
THAT'S TRUE. I'VE TOLD LOTS OF WOMAN THAT AND IT'S HAPPENED.
Submitter comment:
COULDN'T REMEMBER WHERE SHE LEARNED IT - PERHAPS HOME
TOWN OF GLOUCESTER, OHIO BUT BIDES BY IT TODAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD ; SOUTHFIELD DOWNS TRAILER CAMP
| Subject headings: | Observation |
PUN ON STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE
THERE WAS AN INDIAN CHIEF NAMED SHORTCAKE. THE CHIEF
WAS A BACHELOR, AND ONE DAY HE DECIDED TO GET MARRIED.
WELL, HE GOT MARRIED AND DIED ON HIS WEDDING NIGHT.
DO YOU KNOW WHAT HAPPENED THEN? SQUAW BURY SHORTCAKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CAMP OHIYESA ; CLARKSON
| Subject headings: | 6677 Formula Tale |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN