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JUMP ROPE RHYME
LITTLE SALLY WALKER SITTING IN A SAUCER
RIDE, SALLY RIDE WIPE YOUR WEEPING EYES
FLY TO THE EAST, FLY TO THE WEST
FLY TO THE ONE THAT YOU LOVE THE BEST
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Cradle song Lullaby |
Date learned: 03-00-1964
POPULAR SAYING
DON'T COME IN THE WORLD,
BACKWARDS
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief |
Date learned: 09-00-1974
CLAPPING GAME
THERE WAS A FARMER WHO HAD A DOG, AND BINGO WAS HIS NAME,O
CLAP INGO, CLAP INGO, CLAP INGO AND BINGO WAS HIS NAME
THERE WAS A FARMER WHO HAD A DOG, AND BINGO WAS HIS NAME,O
CLAP CLAP NGO, CLAP CLAP NGO, CLAP CLAP NGO AND BINGO WAS HIS NAME
THERE WAS A FARMER WHO HAD A DOG, AND BINGO WAS HIS NAME,O
CLAP CLAP CLAP GO, CLAP CLAP CLAP GO, CLAP CLAP CLAP GO,
AND BINGO WAS HIS NAME
THERE WAS A FARMER WHO HAD A DOG, AND BINGO WAS HIS NAME,O
CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP O, CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP O, CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP
AND BINGO WAS HIS NAME
THERE WAS A FARMER WHO HAD A DOG, AND BINGO WAS HIS NAME,O
CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP, CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP,
CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP CLAP, AND BINGO WAS HIS NAME
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-00-1964
IT IS SAID THAT THE CROSS THAT RESTS NEXT TO THE GRACE FAMILY
PLOT IN HUBARDSTON, MICHIGAN, ALIGNS ITSELF TO FACE THE HOME
OF THE NEXT MEMBER OF THE GRACE FAMILY THAT WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CARSON CITY
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications |
ROSES I BRING.
ROSES I BRING THAT IN MY
GARDEN GREW }
MAY EVERY DAY BLOOM LIKE
A ROSE FOR YOU }
Where learned: DETROIT ; POSTCARD COLLECTION
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP. ; RHYME: ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): WISH.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 07-13-1916
ROSES I BRING.
ROSES I BRING THAT IN MY
GARDEN GREW }
MAY EVERY DAY BLOOM LIKE
A ROSE FOR YOU }
Where learned: DETROIT ; POSTCARD COLLECTION
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP. ; RHYME: ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): WISH.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION
NEW YEAR'S RESOLUTION:
THAT WHEN I'M BLUE
I'LL THINK OF YOU,
'TWILL GIVE THE WORLD
A ROSY HUE}
Where learned: VERSE FROM HIS POSTCARD COLLECTION
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP. ; RHYME: AABA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.0101 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Date learned: 12-29-1919
THANKSGIVING PUDDING, PIE & CAKE
MAY THANKSGIVING BRING YOU PLEASURE
SOME PUDDING, PIE AND CAKE
IN EQUAL HAPPY MEASURE
" LIKE MOTHER USED TO MAKE. "
Where learned: VERSE FROM HIS POSTCARD COLLECTION
Keyword(s): GOOD WISHES. ; RHYME ABAB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 11-14-1923
YULE-TIDE GREETINGS
YULE-TIDE GREETINGS
I WISH YOU HAPPINESS TO-DAY
AND EACH CHRISTMAS WHEN
JOY-BELLS CHIME}
THE PASSING YEARS ALL GOLDEN BEADS
IN THE ENDLESS ROSARY OF TIME.
Where learned: VERSE FROM HIS POSTCARD COLLECTION
Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCDC
James Callow Keyword(s): GOOD WISHES ; RELIGIOUS METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.1225 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Greetings, wishes, prayers, cards |
CLOSE THE DOOR TO CARE AND WORRY.
CLOSE THE DOOR TO CARE AND WORRY,
FLING IT WIDE TO MIRTH AND CHEER,
WITH GLADNESS MAY YOU GREET THE YULETIDE,
AND USHER IN A HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Where learned: VERSE FROM HIS POSTCARD COLLECTION
Keyword(s): GOOD WISHES ; RHYME: ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Greetings, wishes, prayers, cards |
POSTCARD FOR LUCK
GOOD LUCK
I PATIENTLY TUMBLED OVER
THE POSTCARDS OLD AND NEW,
TO FIND THIS FOUR LEAF CLOVER
TO SEND FOR LUCK TO YOU.
THE FIRST LEAF STANDS FOR PATIENCE
THE SECOND FOR PLUCK
THE THIRD FOR PERSEVERANCE
THAT'S WHY THE FOURTH BRINGS LUCK.
Submitter comment:
THE VERSE IS PRINTED ON THE FRONT CARD, WITH A PICTURE OF A
CLOVER.
Where learned: OHIO ; VERSE ON POSTCARD ; PAINESVILLE
Keyword(s): CHARM ; RHYME: ABABCDED
James Callow Keyword(s): AMULET ; SYMBOL
DOG GHOST
THERE WAS A PATHWAY LEADING FROM INFORMANT'S MOTHER'S
HOUSE TO HER HOUSE (INFORMANT'S). SHE WAS ACCUSTOMED
TO GOING THROUGH THE PATHWAY AT ANY TIME DAY OR NIGHT.
ONE NIGHT SHE WAS RETURNING HOME WHEN SHE ENCOUNTERED
A HUGE SNOW WHITE DOG, ABOUT SIX FEET TALL ON ALL
FOUR LEGS, ACROSS THE PATHWAY. IT FRIGHTENED HER SO
BAD HER HAIR STOOD STRAIGHT UP ON HER HEAD. SHE RAN
HOME AFTER THE DOG DISAPPEARED. LATER SHE FELT THIS
WAS A WARNING NOT TO TRAVEL THE PATHWAY AT NIGHT, SO
SHE DIDN'T ANY MORE.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS A TRUE TALE. TOLD BY MY MOTHER. IT
HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 1935 IN WINSTON SALEM, NORTH
CAROLINA.
WOMAN FRIGHTENED BY A LARGE WHITE DOG. HER HAIR STANDS ON END, AND
SHE INTERPRETS APPEARANCE OF DOG AS GHOSTLY WARNING TO AVOID
THAT PATH
INFORMANT SAYS THIS IS TRUE; IT HAPPENED TO HER MOTHER IN 1935 IN
WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA
Where learned: WINSTON SALEM ; NORTH CAROLINA
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: CA00001956 ; 00-00-1935
DOG GHOST
THERE WAS A PATHWAY LEADING FROM INFORMANT'S MOTHER'S
HOUSE TO HER HOUSE (INFORMANT'S). SHE WAS ACCUSTOMED
TO GOING THROUGH THE PATHWAY AT ANY TIME DAY OR NIGHT.
ONE NIGHT SHE WAS RETURNING HOME WHEN SHE ENCOUNTERED
A HUGE SNOW WHITE DOG, ABOUT SIX FEET TALL ON ALL
FOUR LEGS, ACROSS THE PATHWAY. IT FRIGHTENED HER SO
BAD HER HAIR STOOD STRAIGHT UP ON HER HEAD. SHE RAN
HOME AFTER THE DOG DISAPPEARED. LATER SHE FELT THIS
WAS A WARNING NOT TO TRAVEL THE PATHWAY AT NIGHT, SO
SHE DIDN'T ANY MORE.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS A TRUE TALE. TOLD BY MY MOTHER. IT
HAPPENED APPROXIMATELY 1935 IN WINSTON SALEM, NORTH
CAROLINA.
WOMAN FRIGHTENED BY A LARGE WHITE DOG. HER HAIR STANDS ON END, AND
SHE INTERPRETS APPEARANCE OF DOG AS GHOSTLY WARNING TO AVOID
THAT PATH
INFORMANT SAYS THIS IS TRUE; IT HAPPENED TO HER MOTHER IN 1935 IN
WINSTON-SALEM, NORTH CAROLINA
Where learned: WINSTON SALEM ; NORTH CAROLINA
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: CA00001956 ; 00-00-1935
SAYING
MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY TODAY... EVEN IF IT'S YOURSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; CAR SIGN
James Callow Keyword(s): SONG TITLE: MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
SCHOOL CUSTOM
APPALACHIAN STATE UNIVERSITY IN BOONE, N.C., HAS "YO'SEF" THE
MOUNTAINEER AS THEIR MASCOT. BOONE WAS, UNTIL NOT TOO MANY YEARS
AGO, AN ISOLATED COMMUNITY. THE UNIVERSITY HAS TRIPPLED THE
TOWN'S POPULATION. IRONICALLY A NEW ORGANIC FOOD STORE HAS OPENED
THERE CALLED THE "GREEN REVOLUTION" AND SELLS IMPORTED "ORGANIC"
PRODUCTS. BOONE'S LOCAL FARMERS HAVE BEEN GROWING WHAT IS NOW
CONSIDERED ORGANIC FOODS AS THEIR HERITAGE HAS TAUGHT THEM. THE
MOUNTAINS OF NORTH CAROLINA PROBABLY HAVE BEEN AMONG THE LAST
REGIONS OF THE UNITED STATES TO GROW FOODS NON-CHEMICALLY.
Where learned: NORTH CAROLINA ; BOONE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
POLISH ( ITALIAN ) EASTER CUSTOM
ON EASTER, WHEN ITALIAN PEOPLE GO VISITING, THEY EACH TAKE A
HARD-BOILED EGG AND TRY TO CRACK THE SHELL OF EACH OTHER'S EGG. THE
PERSON WHO CRACKED THE SHELL OF ANOTHER PERSON'S EGG FIRST IS THE
WINNER, AND THE PERSON WHOSE SHELL IS CRACKED FIRST IS THE LOSER.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A NORTHERN ITALIAN CUSTOM WHICH SHE LEARNED WHEN SHE WAS
A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CARPOOL ; EAST SIDE
Keyword(s): GAME
RIDDLE
WHAT IS PURPLE AND SWIMS IN THE SEA?
ANSWER: MOBY GRAPE
Data entry tech comment: PUN ON MOBY DICK, THE WHALE IN HERMAN MELVILLE'S ; BOOK BY
Where learned: INFORMATION MISSING FROM CARD
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
IT IS SAID THAT IF A WOMAN IS PREGNANT
AND DOES NOT WANT TO HAVE MORNING SICKNESS, WHAT SHE DOES IS WAIT
UNTIL HER HUSBAND GOES TO SLEEP AND CRAWL ACROSS HIM WITHOUT
HIM KNOWING AND HE WILL BEAR ALL THE SICKNESS.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
IN ORDER TO KEEP FAMILY SPIRITS AWAY (THE DEAD) YOU SHOULD
PUT A FRESH PIECE OF PINE ACROSS THE FRONT DOOR,AND THEY WILL
NOT BE ABLE TO ENTER.
Where learned: NORTH CAROLINA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 04091984CA
IF YOU STEP ON A CRACK IN THE SIDEWALK YOUR MOTHER WILL HAVE
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 04091984CA