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IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH ON THE LEFT SIDE
WHILE IT IS RAINING, YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO
LEAVE YOUR HOUSE ALL DAY, OR ELSE YOU WILL HAVE
A STREAK OF BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SEEMED TO GET MORE AND MORE UPSET JUST
TELLING ME ABOUT HIS MOTHER'S BELIEFS AND HE
COMMENTED THAT HE THOUGHT ANYONE WHO BELIEVED IN
SUCH MESS WAS CRAZY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection P892.3 |
Date learned: 12-01-1971
FLIERS COMMONLY BELIEVE THAT HAVING THEIR PICTURE
TAKEN PRIOR TO A MISSION WILL BRING THEM BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER UNCLE, RUSS FLOYD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): Photography
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P535 BELIEF -- War BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
IF YOU OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE, BAD LUCK
WILL FOLLOW.
Submitter comment: MARY HEARD IT FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
PUTTING THE LEFT SHOE ON FIRST IN THE MORNING WILL
BRING BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID WHEN HIS HAPPENS TO HIS MOTHER,
SHE STAYS CLOSE TO HOME ALL DAY AND IS AFRAID
TO RECEIVE ANY PHONE CALLS. HE SAID THAT WHENEVER
HIS MOTHER DOES THIS, HE REALLY GETS ANGRY AND CANNOT
STAND TO BE AROUND ALL DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 12-01-1971
Game Verse
THIS VERSE IS SAID WHILE JUMPING ROPE.
(WHILE JUMPING ON ONE FOOT YOU SAY)
DONALD DUCK IS A ONE-LEGGED, ONE-LEGGED, ONE-LEGGED DUCK.
(THEN YOU JUMP WITH BOTH FEET)
DONALD DUCK IS A TWO-LEGGED, TWO-LEGGED, TWO-LEGGED DUCK.
(NOW YOU MUST JUMP ON
BOTH FEET AND TOUCH THE GROUND WITH ONE HAND WHILE SAYING)
DONALD DUCK IS A THREE-LEGGED, THREE-LEGGED, THREE-LEGGED DUCK.
(FINALLY YOU JUMP ON BOTH FEET AND TOUCH BOTH HANDS TO THE GROUND WHILE SAYING)
DONALD DUCK IS A FOUR-LEGGED, FOUR-LEGGED, FOUR-LEGGED DUCK.
AFTER THIS VERSE THE JUMPER GOES OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): ACTION RHYME ; CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 12-06-1965
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
GAME VERSE
RIN TIN TIN SAT ON A PIN,
HOW MANY INCHES DID IT GO IN.
ONE, TWO, THREE, ETC.
THIS VERSE IS SAID WHEN JUMPING ROPE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 12-06-1965
GAME VERSE
JOHNNY OVER THE OCEAN,
JOHNNY OVER THE SEA,
JOHNNY BROKE A TEAPOT,
AND BLAMED IT ON ME.
HOW MANY SPANKINGS DID HE RECEIVE,
ONE, TWO, THREE, ETC.
Submitter comment:
THE CHILDREN SAY THIS WHEN JUMPING ROPE. IT WAS LEARNED FROM OTHER
CHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 12-00-1965
BLUE BELLS, COCKLE SHELLS,/ EEVY, IVY, OVER/ MY FATHER IS A BUTCHER,/
MY MOTHER CUTS THE MEAT,/ AND I'M A LITTLE HOT DOG,/THAT RUNS AROUND
THE STREET./ HOW MANY HOT DOGS CAN YOU EAT? ONE , TWO, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 12-02-1965
KICK THE RICKET
THIS GAME IS PLAYED LIKE BASEBALL, BUT INSTEAD OF A BAT
AND BALL, YOU USE PART OF AN OLD BICYCLE TIRE AND A
FEW BRICKS. YOU SET THE PIECE OF TIRE BETWEEN THE
BRICKS AND KICK IT. THE OBJECT IS TO TRY TO SCORE
RUNS AS IN BASEBALL.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT CLAIMS TO HAVE PLAYED THIS GAME AS A BOY IN
PENNSYLVANIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 00001971 SPRING
A STRING OF NYLONS ARE TIED AROUND A PLAYER'S WAIST
WITH A CARROT HANGING FROM ONE END, WHICH IS MOVED
TO THE BACK OF THE PLAYER AND HANGS DIRECTLY BEHIND
HER. THE OBJECT OF THE GAME IS TO TRY TO GET THE
CARROT INTO A MILK BOTTLE BY BENDING UP AND DOWN
WITHOUT TOUCHING THE NYLONS TIED AROUND THE WAIST NOR
THE CARROT. THIS IS A GAME PLAYED AT MIXED PARTIES,
AND TO SEE IT IN MOTION IT LOOKS QUITE NASTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-18-1971
DUCK ON THE ROCK
ANY NUMBER CAN PLAY THIS GAME. EVERYONE HAS AN EMPTY
TIN CAN AND PLAYERS FORM A CIRCLE. ONE PERSON IS IT,
AND HE HAS TO STAND IN THE MIDDLE AND PLACE HIS CAN
ON TOP OF A ROCK. THE PLAYERS IN THE CIRCLE HAVE TO
THROW THEIR CANS AT THE CAN ON THE ROCK AND TRY TO
KNOCK IT OVER. IF A PLAYER THROWS HIS CAN AND MISSES
HE MUST RETRIEVE IT BEFORE HE IS TAGGED BY THE PLAYER
IN THE MIDDLE. WHEN SOMEONE IS TAGGED, HE REPLACES
THE PLAYER IN THE MIDDLE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND'S FATHER, AND HE CLAIMED THAT
HE USED TO PLAY THIS GAME WHEN HE WAS A SMALL BOY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 00001971 SPRING
A GROUP OF WOMEN, USUALLY AT A WEDDING SHOWER, GATHER
AROUND IN A CIRCLE. ONE WOMAN STARTS EVERYTHING OFF
BY INTRODUCING HERSELF TO THE CROWD AND THE PERSON
SITTING NEXT TO HER INTRODUCES THE WOMAN WHO HAS
PREVIOUSLY INTRODUCED HERSELF, ALONG WITH HERSELF AND
CONTINUES UNTIL SOMEONE FORGETS THE NAME OF A PERSON
WHO HAS BEEN INTRODUCED.
THIS IS A MEMORY GAME AND THE LAST PERSON TO REMEMBER
ALL NAMES WILL WIN THE GAME AND THE DOOR PRIZE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Memory |
Date learned: 11-18-1971
DIAPER TAG
IF YOU STEP IN A SQUARE WITH A LETTER WRITTEN ON IT,
YOU HAVE A DIAPER.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND'S YOUNGEST SISTER, AND SHE IS
ABOUT EIGHT YEARS OLD. THIS IS A GAME THEY PLAY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): SIDEWALK SQUARE?
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 00001971 SPRING
CEREAL TAG
PLAYED LIKE REGULAR TAG, BUT IF YOU ARE ABOUT TO BE
TAGGED, YOU HAVE TO STOOP DOWN AND NAME A CEREAL.
IF YOU FAIL TO DO THIS AND ARE TAGGED, THEN YOU ARE
IT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND'S YOUNGEST SISTER, AND SHE IS
ABOUT EIGHT YEARS OLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 00001971 SPRING
CUSTOM-SHOFAR
ON THE EVE OF THE JEWISH NEW YEAR, THEY WELCOME
THE NEW YEAR IN BY BLOWING A HORN CALLED A SHOFAR.
IT BEINGS A TEN DAY PERIOD OF REVERENCE, AND EXAMINATION
OF CONSCIENCE. IT IS BLOWN AGAIN AT THE END OF THE
TEN DAYS, AND THIS BLOWING STARTS ONE DAY OF PENANCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Fixed DateFor specific dates, use the following system: |
Date learned: 09-26-1965
DURING THE JEWISH PASSOVER A GLASS OF WINE IS LEFT
ON THE TABLE FOR A DISCIPLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Fixed DateFor specific dates, use the following system: |
Date learned: 12-01-1971
OPWATEK (BREAKING OF UNLEAVENED BREAD AT CHRISTMAS,
AT THE MAIN MEAL ON CHRISTMAS DAY, A LARGE, SQUARE-SHAPED
PIECE OF WHITE, UNLEAVENED BREAD, BEARING AN IMPRESSION
OF THE NATIVITY SCENE, IS PLACED IN THE CENTER OF THE
TABLE. EACH PERSON BREAKS OFF A SMALL PIECE, AND GOES
AROUND TO EVERYONE ELSE AT THE MEAL, BREAKING THE BREAD
WITH THEM SO THAT EACH PERSON GETS A PART OF THE OTHER
PERSON'S BREAD. THIS BREAD-BREAKING IS USUALLY ACCOMPANIED
WITH A KISS AND A SINCERE EXPRESSION OF WELL WISHING.
THIS CUSTOM IS TO DEMONSTRATE CHRISTIAN UNITY AND FILIAL
LOVE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A CUSTOM WHICH HAS BEEN WELL-KNOWN AMONG THE POLISH
FOR MANY YEARS. MY GRANDMOTHER HAD LEARNED THIS FROM
HER FAMILY AS A CHILD. SHE HAS BEEN IN THIS COUNTRY
FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS, BUT SHE STILL FAITHFULLY OBSERVES
THIS CUSTOM, AND HAS INFLUENCED HER CHILDREN AND THEIR
CHILDREN TO DO THE SAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Oplatki CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 |
Date learned: 00-00-1915
CHRISTMAS DECORATIONS MUST BE TAKEN DOWN AND PUT AWAY
BEFORE MIDNIGHT NEW YEAR'S EVE, OR YOUR HOUSE WILL BURN
DOWN DURING THE NEW YEAR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S HOUSE CAUGHT A FIRE IN THE FURNACE ROOM
WHILE HER BROTHER WAS BURNING ALL OF THE XMAS
WRAPPINGS NEW YEAR'S DAY, BECAUSE THEY HAD NOT TAKEN
DOWN THEIR TREE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 12-07-1971
A NEW YEAR'S MEAL CONSISTING OF GREENS, MEANS THAT YOU
WILL INHERIT SOME MONEY, BLACKEYE PEAS MEANS THAT YOU'LL
HAVE GOOD LUCK, SOMETHING RED MEANS THAT THERE WILL NOT
BE VERY MUCH ILLNESS IN THE FAMILY AND CHITTERLINGS
MEANS THAT GOD WILL TAKE CARE OF YOU IN A VERY SPECIAL
WAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S NEW YEAR'S MEAL HAVE INCLUDED THOSE THINGS
(FOODS) FOR THE LAST THIRTY YEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 12-07-1971 ; 00001940S