The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

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

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BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM, IN A DISH.
HOW MANY PIECES DO YOU WISH? 1, 2, 3,

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

Date learned: 02-00-1970

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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

Date learned: 10-02-1971

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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.

Keyword(s): Jump ; Plain

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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

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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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

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