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BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM IN A DISH,/
HOW MANY BUBBLE GUMS DO YOU WISH? 1, 2,
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM IN A DISH HOW MANY PIECES DO YOU WISH? 1,2,3,
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
DUMB, DUMB, DO-DO/CATCH ME IF YOU CAN.
I CAN RUN FASTER THAN---CAN.
( THIS IS A CHASE GAME FOR JUMP ROPE. THE PERSON WHO SAYS THE RHYME
WILL JUMP SO MANY TIMES AND JUMP OUT. THE SECOND PERSON WILL JUMP IN
AND JUMP THE SAME NUMBER OF TIMES. CONTINUES UNTIL THE FIRST PERSON
IS CAUGHT OR SOMEONE MISSES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER NINE,/ GOING DOWN CHICAGO LINE. / IF THE TRAIN
JUMPS THE TRACK / DO YOU WANT YOUR MONEY BACK?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
JUMP ROPE VERSE
SPINACH, SPINACH IN MY DISH
SPINACH, SPINACH STINKS LIKE FISH
IF I DON'T EAT ALL MY SPINACH RIGHT
MOMMY WILL SEND ME TO BED EARLY TONIGHT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
RHYME
SEE SAW MARGERIE DAW,
JACK SHALL HAVE A NEW MASTER,
A PENNY A DAY IS ALL HE CAN PAY,
CAUSE JACK CAN'T WORK ANY FASTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
VERSE
SKIP, SKIP, HOP, HOP
MOMMY, MOMMY GAVE ME A POP
IF I SPILL THE POP
MOMMY, MOMMY WILL GIVE ME A SOCK
SKIP, SKIP, HOP, HOP
MOMMY MOMMY WILL GIVE ME A SOCK. SKIP, SKIP, HOP, HOP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME ; CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
RHYME
POLLY, PUT THE KETTLE ON
WE'LL ALL HAVE TEA
IN COMES (NAME)
OUT GOES (NAME)
Submitter comment: (JUMP ROPE RHYME)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
Jump-Rope Rhyme
DOWN IN THE VALLEY, WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT (NAME) AS SWEET AS A ROSE.
ALONG CAME (NAME) AND KISSED HER ON THE LIPS.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECIEVE?
THE PERSON JUMPS UNTIL SHE MISSES.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; TOLD AT INFORMANT'S HOME
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
IT IS BAD LUCK TO OPEN AN UMBRELLA INSIDE A HOUSE
OR BUILDING. YOU SHOULD ALWAYS WAIT TILL YOU GET
OUTISDE THE DOOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 01-30-1971
IF, WHEN SHUFFLING A DECK OF CARDS AND THE ACE OF
SPADES POPS OUT, IT MEANS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
J.M.J.
A GIRLFRIEND OF MINE ALWAYS USED TO PUT J.M.J. ON THE
TOP OF HER TESTS AND PAPERS IN HIGH SCHOOL. THIS
STOOD FOR JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH AND WAS BELIEVED TO
GIVE THIS GIRL GOOD LUCK, OR SO SHE THOUGHT!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Word Letter BELIEF -- Good luck P881.2 |
Date learned: 10-08-1971
DURING A THUNDERSTORM, TO AVOID BEING HIT BY LIGHTNING,
IT IS ADVISABLE TO BURN ONE OF THE BLESSED PALMS
WHICH WERE DISTRIBUTED ON PALM SUNDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): FIRE SMOKE FUMIGATION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
IF A DEAD PERSON IS LAID OUT OVER A SUNDAY, THEN
ANOTHER DEATH WILL OCCUR SOON IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
A LOAF OF BREAD TURNED UPSIDE DOWN MEANS A DEATH OF A
LOVED ONE WILL OCCUR IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-17-1971
IF IT RAINS ON THE DAY OF A FUNERAL, THE PERSON BURIED
WAS A GOOD PERSON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-17-1971
WHENEVER YOU GO TO A CEMETERY, DO NOT STEP ON A GRAVE,
IF YOU DO YOU WILL GIVE THAT PERSON AN UGLY ETERNITY.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT CAN REMEMBER HER MOTHER TELLING HER THIS
WHENEVER THEY WENT TO A CEMETERY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-03-1971
A HALO AROUND THE MOON AT NIGHT MEANS THAT IT WILL RAIN
THE NEXT DAY.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT REMEMBERS HEARING THIS BELIEF SINCE HE
WAS A CHILD ALTHOUGH HE DOES NOT PLACE MUCH FAITH
IN IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 03-02-1971
BAD LUCK
NEVER WEAR TWO RINGS THAT ARE FROM DIFFERENT BOYS AT THE
SAME TIME; THE THREE OF YOU MAY MEET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-02-1971
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO LEAVE BY THE SAME DOOR THAT YOU
CAME IN BY. THIS IS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Good luck P881.2 |
Date learned: 03-03-1971