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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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ALABAMA BUSKA, KING OF THE JEWS. BOUGHT HIS WIFE A NEW PAIR OF SHOES.
WHEN THE SHOES BEGAN TO WEAR, ALABAMA BUSKA BEGAN TO SWEAR- WIFE,WIFE
TURN AROUND, WIFE, WIFE TOUCH THE GROUND, WIFE, WIFE LEAVE TOWN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME ; CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
BLONDIE AND DAGWOOD WENT DOWNTOWN./ BLONDIE BOUGHT AN EVENING GOWN,/
DAGWOOD BOUGHT A PAIR OF SHOES,/ COOKIE BOUGHT THE DAILY NEWS,/ CLOSE
YOUR EYES AND COUNT TO TEN, / IF YOU MISS, TAKE THE END.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
BLONDIE AND DAGWOOD WENT DOWNTOWN/ BLONDIE BOUGHT AN EVENING GOWN/
DAGWOOD BOUGHT A PAIR OF SHOES / COOKIE BOUGHT THE EVENING NEWS/
LADY ON ONE FOOT, ONE FOOT, ONE FOOT, / LADY ON TWO FEET, TWO FEET,
TWO FEET, / LADY ON THREE FEET, THREE FEET, THREE FEET, (AND HAND)/
LADY ON FOUR FEET, FOUR FEET, FOUR FEET,
(TWO HANDS) LADY ON FIVE FEET,
FIVE FEET, FIVE FEET, (AND HEAD)/ LADY PIGEON-TOED, PIGEON-TOED,
PIGEON-TOED,/ LADY BOW-LEGGED, BOW-LEGGED, BOW-LEGGED,/ LADY STUPID
LOOKING, STUPID LOOKING, STUPID LOOKING,/ AND THAT'S WHY I'M GETTING
OUT OF HERE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM THE CHILDREN OF HER NEIGHBORHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME ; CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
FUDGE, FUDGE, CALL THE JUDGE,/ MAMA GOT A NEW BORN BABY./ IT ISN'T A
GIRL, IT ISN'T A BOY,/ IT'S JUST A PLAIN OLD BABY.
WRAP IT UP IN TISSUE PAPER,/ SEND IT DOWN THE ELEVATOR: FIRST FLOOR:
MISS, SECOND FLOOR: MISS. THIRD FLOOR MISS,
FOURTH FLOOR: MISS, FIFTH
FLOOR : MISS . SIXTH FLOOR: DO NOT MISS" CAUSE THE BABY WAS BORN AT
HALF PAST SIX.
Submitter comment: FROM THE CHILDREN OF HER NEIGBORHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: SUMMER 00001964
ROPE SKIPPING RHYME
SAILOR BOY, SAILOR BOY DO YOUR DUTY,
HERE COMES AMERICA'S BATHING BEAUTY.
SHE CAN DO THE RUMBA, SHE CAN DO THE TWIST,
SHE CAN WEAR HER DRESSES ABOVE HER HIPS.
Submitter comment: FROM THE CHILDREN OF HER NEIGHBORHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
ROPE SKIPPING RHYME
NOT LAST NIGHT BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE,
TWENTY-EIGHT ROBBERS CAME KNOCKING AT MY DOOR.
AS I WENT OUT TO LET THEM IN,
KNOCKED THEM OVER THE HEAD WITH A ROLLING PIN.
ASKED THEM WHAT THEY WANTED
AND THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID:
SPANISH DANCER TURN AROUND,
SPANISH DANCER TOUCH THE GROUND,
SPANISH DANCER DO THE TWIST
SPANISH DANCER GET OUT BEFORE YOU MISS.
Submitter comment: FROM THE CHILDREN OF HER NEIGHBORHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
ROPE SKIPPING RHYME
NOT LAST NIGHT BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE,
TWENTY-EIGHT ROBBERS CAME KNOCKING AT MY DOOR.
I RAN OUT, THEY CAME IN,
JIT ME OVER THE HEAD WITH A ROLLING PIN.
SPANISH GIRLS CAN DO THE SPLITS,
GIVE A LITTLE KICK, KICK, KICK,
TURN A-ROUND, ROUND, ROUND,
TOUCH THE GROUND, GROUND, GROUND,
THEN GET OUT OF TOWN, TOWN, TOWN.
Submitter comment: FROM THE CHILDREN OF HER NEIGHBORHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
WHEN A PERSON BREAKS A MIRROR, HE WILL HAVE SEVEN
YEARS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Bad luck Mirror |
Date learned: 04-26-1972
IF YOU WALK UNDER A LADDER YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK
THE REST OF THE DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 04-26-1972
WHEN ONE ASKS FOR THE SALT SHAKER TO BE PASSED TO HIM,
HE SHOULD ASK FOR IT TO BE PLACED DOWN ON THE TABLE
BEFORE ACCEPTING IT, FOR BAD LUCK WILL BEFALL YOU
IF YOU RECEIVE IT HAND TO HAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Food and drink |
Date learned: 04-26-1972
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH AT NIGHT, YOU WILL
HAVE BAD LUCK THE NEXT DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 04-26-1972
FOR A PERSON TO KILL A SNAKE, IS TO BRING THAT
PERSON VERY BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 04-26-1972
NEVER LIGHT THREE ON A MATCH AS IT WILL BRING
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NEVER HANG A HORSESHOE UPSIDE DOWN BECAUSE THE LUCK
WILL RUN OUT OF IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Conversions Horseshoe |
Date learned: 02-04-1972
JUDGE MURPHY'S HOME ON JEFFERSON NEAR RIVARD IN
GROSSE POINTE STOOD EMPTY FOR MANY YEARS. SOME
PEOPLE EVEN SAID IT WAS HAUNTED. KIDS USED TO PLAY
IN THE HOUSE DURING THE DAY. THE ELEVATOR SHAFT
AND BASEMENT WERE TWO PLACES NOBODY WENT HEAR. AT
TIMES, THE SOUNDS OF AN ELEVATOR IN OPERATION COULD
BE HEARD THROUGHOUT THE WHOLE HOUSE. ALSO,
STRANGE SOUNDS USED TO COME FROM THE DAMP BASEMENT.
THE GRASS AND SHRUBS HADN'T BEEN CARED FOR IN YEARS.
THE DODGE HOME WAS RIGHT NEXT DOOR, AND MANY OF US
KIDS THOUGHT THAT "OLD LADY" DODGE USED TO VISIT
THERE EVERY NIGHT.
MOST OF THE WINDOWS WERE BROKEN, AND THE POLICE GAVE
UP TRYING TO PATROL THE PLACE. ONE NIGHT, A FEW
YEARS AGO, THE HOME BURNED TO THE GROUND. SOME
SAID THAT JUDGE MURPHY, DISMAYED AT THE HOME'S
DISUSE, CAME BACK AND SET IT ON FIRE, BUT THE
POLICE BLAMED VANDALS.
Submitter comment:
THIS STORY WAS KNOWN BY MANY OF THE PEOPLE IN THAT
SECTION OF TOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.13 |
Date learned: 00001950S EARLY
WORRY BEADS WILL PREVENT HEART TROUBLE, FEMALE PROBLEMS
AND TIRED BLOOD. (GREEK)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 04-26-1972
A PERSON WHO CROSSES HIMSELF WITH HOLY WATER WILL BRING
TO HIM A BLESSING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | 682 682.4 SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 04-26-1972
WHEN YOU PLACE A STAMP UPSIDE DOWN ON A LETTER, IT MEANS
"I LOVE YOU."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Emblem |
Date learned: 02-03-1970
WARTS--STICK THE HAND WHICH HAS THE WARTS ON IT INTO A
BAG AND TIE IT UP. THE FIRST PERSON WHO OPENS IT WILL
GET YOUR WARTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 04-26-1972
TO GET RID OF WARTS, AT THE FULL OF THE MOON RUB DRY PEAS ON
THE WARTS WITH YOUR HANDS BEHIND YOUR BACK. DROP THE PEAS
ON THE GROUND AND THE NEXT MORNING YOUR WARTS WILL BE GONE.
Submitter comment: MRS. LAWRENCE, WHO LEARNED IT FROM A GERMAN LADY IS THE SOURCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER