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THE BRIDE SHOULD WEAR "SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW,
SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING BLUE" FOR GOOD LUCK.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
Keyword(s): Blue ; Borrowed ; Bride ; CUSTOM ; MARRIAGE ; New ; Old ; RHYME ; tradition
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SHIRLEY TEMPLE WENT TO FRANCE
TO TEACH THE CHILDREN HOW TO DANCE.
HEEL AND TOE AND AROUND YOU GO,
HEEL AND TOE AND AROUND YOU GO.
SALUTE THE CAPTAIN,
BOW TO THE KING,
TURN YOUR BACK ON THE UGLY OLD QUEEN.
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
James Callow Keyword(s): CHARACTER MOVIE STAR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
POSTMAN, POSTMAN DO YOUR DUTY,
HERE COMES SUSAN, THE AMERICAN BEAUTY.
SHE CAN WIGGLE, SHE CAN WOBBLE.
SHE CAN DO THE SPLITS.
I BET YOU TEN DOLLARS SHE CAN DO THIS:
SALUTE TO THE CAPTAIN, BOW TO THE QUEEN,
TURN HER BACK ON A DIRTY SUBMARINE.
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
James Callow Keyword(s): APOSTROPHE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
ONE, TWO, THREE O'LEARY
FOUR, FIVE, SIX O'LEARY,
SEV'N, EIGHT, NINE O'LEARY,
TEN, O'LEARY, POSTMAN.
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
James Callow Keyword(s): COUNTING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
FUDGE, FUDGE, CALL THE JUDGE,
MAMA HAS A BABY.
WRAP IT IN TISSUE PAPER,
SEND IT DOWN THE ELEVATOR,
SECOND FLOOR, FIRST FLOOR,
AND OUT THE BACK DOOR.
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
'LO, SIR; 'LO, SIR,
MEET ME AT THE GROCER.
NO, SIR. WHY, SIR?
BECAUSE I HAVE A COLD, SIR.
WHERE'D YOU GET THE COLD, SIR?
AT THE NORTH POLE, SIR.
WHAT WERE YOU DOING THERE, SIR?
CATCHING POLAR BEARS, SIR.
HOW MANY DID YOU CATCH?
ONE, SIR; TWO, SIR; THREE, SIR; FOUR, SIR; FIVE, SIR.
SIX, SIR
OLD DUTCH CLEANSER.
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
James Callow Keyword(s): COUNTING ; FEMININE RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
CHARLIE CHAPLIN SAT ON A PIN.
HOW MANY INCHES DID IT GO IN?
ONE, TWO, THREE,...
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
James Callow Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; CHARLIE CHAPLIN, MOVIE STAR ; COUNTING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLOW
WENT TO TOWN TO MAIL A LETTER.
ON THE WAY BACK
SHE MET HER FELLOW.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE GET?
ONE, TWO, THREE...
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
James Callow Keyword(s): COUNTING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATOES
THREE POTATOES, FOUR.
FIVE POTATOES, SIX POTATOES
SEVEN POTATOES, MORE.
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
NOT LAST NIGHT, BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE,
TWENTY-FOUR ROBINS CAME KNOCKING AT MY DOOR.
I RAN OUT AND THEY RAN IN
AND THIS IS THE SONG THEY SANG TO ME:
SPANISH DANCER DO A SPLIT,
SPANISH DANCER DO A HIGH KICK.
SPANISH DANCER TURN AROUND,
SPANISH DANCER TOUCH THE GROUND.
SPANISH DANCER DO THE KANGAROO,
SPANISH DANCER SKIT, SKAT, SKIDOO.
Data entry tech comment: PUNCTUATION ADDED BY STUDENT EDITOR.
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PLAY UPON YOUR VIOLIN,
TAKE A BOW AND PLAY AGAIN.
PLAY UPON YOUR LITTLE FLUTE,
BUT WHEN WE CLAP, OUT YOU SCOOT!
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
ICE CREAM SODA,
STRAWBERRY TART,
TELL ME THE INITIALS OF YOUR SWEETHEART.
A, B, C, D,...
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
DOTTY DRIPPLE JUMPS ON ONE LEG, ONE LEG, ONE LEG,
DOTTY DRIPPLE JUMPS ON TWO LEGS, TWO LEGS, TWO LEGS,
DOTTY DRIPPLE JUMPS ON THREE LEGS, THREE LEGS, THREE LEGS,
DOTTY DRIPPLE JUMPS ON FOUR LEGS, FOUR LEGS, FOUR LEGS,
DOTTY DRIPPLE-SKIDOO!
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
REMEMBER THE TREE?
REMEMBER THE TRUNK?
REMEMBER THE DAY WE ALL GOT DRUNK?
Data entry tech comment: PUNCTUATION ADDED BY STUDENT EDITOR.
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
BELIEF
AFTER YOU CROSS YOURSELF, YOU SHOULD THROW HOLY WATER OVER YOUR LEFT
SHOULDER. THIS WAS TO RELIEVE THE BURNING ON THE SOULS IN PURGATORY.
Submitter comment: THIS IS AN ITALIAN CUSTOM.
Where learned: OHIO ; MOGADORE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Supernatural Being BELIEF -- Church SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-00-1976
CUSTOM
IF SOMEONE GAVE YOU A SHARP OBJECT FOR A GIFT, SUCH AS A KNIFE OR
SCISSORS, YOUR FRIENDSHIP WAS CONSIDERED CUT. THIS WAS COUNTERACTED
BY GIVING THE DONOR A COIN SUCH AS A PENNY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS UNSURE AS TO THE ORIGIN OF THIS CUSTOM, BUT SHE THINKS
THAT IT COMES FROM GERMANY.
Where learned: OHIO ; MOGADORE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 10-00-1976
CUSTOM
IF A BOY HELD A LIGHTED MATCH IN FRONT OF A GIRL AND SHE BLEW IT OUT,
THE BOY WAS ENTITLED TO A KISS.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS AN OLD GERMAN CUSTOM. WHEN QUESTIONED AS TO WHETHER SHE
PRACTICED IT OR NOT, THE INFORMANT HAD NO REPLY.
Where learned: OHIO ; MOGADORE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Signs of availability CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Dating, courtship mechanics SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-00-1976
HUSKING BEE
WHEN THE CORN THAT HAD BEEN SHOCKED WAS READY FOR HUSKING, THE WHOLE
NEIGHBORHOOD WOULD HAVE A HUSKING BEE. YOUNG MEN AND WOMEN WOULD
GATHER ON A MOONLIT NIGHT AND BEGIN TO HUSK IN PAIRS (GUY AND GIRL).
EVERYTIME THAT A RED EAR OF CORN IS FOUND BY THE PAIR, THE GIRL GETS
A KISS.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A VERY OLD GERMAN CUSTOM THAT IS STILL PRACTICED TODAY.
Where learned: OHIO ; MOGADORE
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Dating, courtship mechanics CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Autumn Fall Harvest Thanksgiving SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-00-1976
PRODUCE CUSTOM
AFTER THE HARVEST, ALL THE EXCESS WAS BROUGHT TO THE CHURCH AND
BLESSED AND THEN GIVEN TO THE POOR.
Submitter comment:
THIS CUSTOM WAS PRACTICED IN MANY SOUTHERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES
INCLUDING GERMANY.
Where learned: OHIO ; MOGADORE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Autumn Fall Harvest Thanksgiving |
Date learned: 10-00-1976
WEDDING SUPERSTITION
IT WAS BAD LUCK FOR THE GROOM TO SEE THE BRIDE IN HER WEDDING DRESS
OR EVEN THE DRESS ALONE AT ANYTIME BEFORE THE WEDDING.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A GERMAN CUSTOM.
Where learned: OHIO ; MOGADORE
Date learned: 10-00-1976