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Jump-rope Rhyme
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS, THERE SAT (NAME) AS SWEET AS A ROSE,
SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET,
ALONG CAME (BOY'S NAME) AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK,
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
ONE, TWO, THREE . . . (COUNT UNTIL THE PERSON MISSES. THE LAST NUMBER IS THE AMOUNT OF KISSES THE GIRL SUPPOSEDLY GOT.)
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-18-1971
DUMMY, DUMMY DOO, DOO, / CATCH ME IF YOU CAN,/ I CAN RUN FASTER THAN
(NAME) CAN. (A GAME OF TAG TAKES PLACE.
THE ONE BEING CHASED CAN JUMP
AS MANY TIMES AS HE LIKES AND THE SECOND ONE MUST DO THE SAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-18-1971
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
ON CHRISTMAS WHEN GIVING PRESENTS TO CLOSE FRIENDS AND
RELATIVES, INSTEAD OF USING A BOW ON TOP OF THE PRESENT MY
SISTERS FRIEND'S PARENTS USE A CHRISTMAS BULB SO THAT EVEN
WHEN THE GIFT IS GONE THE THOUGHT WILL BE REMEMBERED EVERY
YEAR ON THE CHRISTMAS TREE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
GERMAN CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
GERMANS DO NOT GIVE PRESENTS AT CHRISTMAS THAT ARE BOUGHT
AT THE STORES. THEY FEEL IT IS MORE IN THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS
TO MAKE THE PRESENTS THAT THEY GIVE.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN GERMANY THIS SUMMER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Gifts, gift giving at Christmas |
Date learned: 03-16-1971
CINDEREEL DRESSED IN YELLOW/ WENT DOWNSTAIRS TO MEET HER FELLOW./
WHEN SHE GOT THERE HER GIRDLE BUSTED/ HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE DISGUSTED?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM, IN A DISH.
HOW MANY PIECES DO YOU WISH? 1, 2, 3,
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-00-1970
CHRISTMAS SUPERSTITION
ON CHRISTMAS DAY, IF A MAN WALKS INTO YOUR HOUSE FIRST, YOU WILL
HAVE GOOD LUCK, BUT IF A WOMAN WALKS IN FIRST, YOU WILL HAVE BAD
LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HER PARENTS (1920'S) WHO BELIEVED IT. SHE
MAY MENTION IT NOW, BUT DOES NOT BELIEVE IT.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; PITTSBURGH
Keyword(s): FIRST FOOTING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Predictions |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
TELEPHONE PRANK
CALLER: DO YOU HAVE SIR WALTER RALEIGH IN A CAN?
ANSWERER: (WHO WORKS IN A STORE) YES.
CALLER: WELL THEN LET HIM OUT!
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HAS DONE THIS WITH HIS FRIENDS
Data entry tech comment:
SIR WALTER RALEIGH IS A BRAND OF TOBACCO
SOLD IN CANS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK ; COLLECTED AT INFORMANTS HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ; SLANG: "CAN" FOR "TOILET"
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 10-26-1971
Rope-Jumping Rhymes
Ice cream soda, gingerale pop,
Tell me the initial of your sweetheart.
(Keep jumping until you miss one of the letters of the alpabet.)
Where learned: Informants home in Livonia, Michigan
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyjme
Ice cream soda,
Ginger-ale pop
Tell me the initials of your sweetheart
A,B,C,...till miss-1st initial
A, B, C,...till miss 2nd initial
Where learned: INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump- Roie Rhyme
Ice cream soda,
Ginger-ale pop.
Tell me the initials
Of your sweetheart.
A, B, C, ... till miss-1st initial
A, B, C, ... till miss-2nd initial
Where learned: COLLECTED AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Loves of life
I love coffee,
I love tea,
I love the boys and the boys love me.
Submitter comment:
Informant could also remember hearing this entry on her old school payground.
Data entry tech comment:
Collector and informant share the same surname.
Where learned: Told at informants home.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Down in the falley where the green grass grows
There sat ( name girl ) sweet as the a rose
She sang, she sang, sgesabg so sweet.
Along came (name boy) and kissed her check
How many kisses did she receive.
(counts# or time skips rope till she misses)
Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Doctor, doctor
Doctor, doctor can you tell
What will make poor Susie well?
She is sick and going to die
That will make poor Peter cry.
When he comes dressed in blue
That's the time he'ill marry you.
Where learned: Was learned at informants home.
Keyword(s): Charcter ; Jump ; Plain
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Dutch Girl
I'm a little Dutch girl dressed in blue.
Here art the things I like to do bow to the captain cursty to the queen.
Touch the bottom of the dirty submarine.
Data entry tech comment:
Collector and informant share the same surname. Collector does not state where informant lives.
Where learned: Informants home.
Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Alabama Buska
Alabama Buska, king of the Jews
Bought his wife a pair of shoes
When the shoes beganto wear
Alabama began to swear
Wife,wife go upstairs
Wife, wife some down stairs
Wife, wife touch the ground
etc.
Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump-Rope Rhyme
Blondie and Dagwood went downtown.
Blondie bought an evening gown.
Dagwood bought a pair of shoes.
Cookie bought the evneing news.
This is what it said:
Lady on one foot, one foot, one foot,
Lady on two feet, two feet, two feet,
Lady on three, feet, three feet,three feet,
Lady on four feet, four feet four.
Where learned: Informant learded from her sister. Collector at informants home.
Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |