FOLK COLLECTION 8a

Group 6: Games and Pranks

Utah State University Student Folklore Genre Collection

Introduction

Date of Items:	1969 to present
Collection Processed by:	Originally processed by Barbara [Garrett] Walker and William A. Wilson and updated over the years by Fife Folklore Archives staff. Most recently updated by Tricia Harrison.
Register Prepared by:	Randy Williams and Tricia Harrison
Date Last Updated:	August 2002
Linear Feet:	1
Restrictions:	Patrons must sign and comply with the USU Special Collections and Archives Use Agreement and Reproduction Order form as well as any restrictions placed by the collector or informant(s).

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Provenance

The items in the Student Folklore Genre Collection were collected by USU and BYU students in folklore and anthropology classes as part of course requirements and deposited in the Fife Folklore Archives by the instructor. Duplicates of BYU student items are housed at BYU’s William A. Wilson Folklore Archives. The materials in Group 6: Games and Pranks cover the period from approximately 1969 to the present. The collection was created in 1978 by William A. Wilson and Barbara [Garrett] [Walker] Lloyd.

Scope and Content

The USU Student Folklore Genre Collection: Group 6: Games and Pranks consists of approximately 200 individual items of games and pranks collected by undergraduate students. Most items include informant, context, text (the folklore item), texture (stylistic notation), and collector data. The materials reflect both insider (esoteric) and outsider (exoteric) views of a folk group and may be prejudiced or stereotyped. Click here for collection disclaimer. The collection is part of a larger student genre collection that is separated into ten distinctive categories. The materials do NOT circulate. Major breakdowns include:

Competition Games
Elimination Games
Socializing Games
Forfeit Games
Pranks

Inventory

Box 1

1. Competitive Games

1.1. Physical Activity

1.1.1. Tag (Folder 1)
1.1.2. Hiding Games (Folder 2)
1.1.3. Battle Games (Folder 3)
1.1.4. Manipulating Objects (Folder 4)
1.1.0. Miscellaneous (Folder 5)

1.2. Mental Activity

1.2.1. Paper and Pencil Games (Folder 6)
1.2.2. Miscellaneous (Folder 7)

2. Elimination Games (Folder 8)

Box 2

3. Socializing Games

3.1. Mixing and Kissing Games (Folder 1)
3.2. Drinking Games (Folder 2)
3.3. Guessing Games (Folder 3)
3.4. Games Adults Play with Children (Folder 4)
3.0. Miscellaneous (Folder 5)

4. Forfeit Games (Folder 6)

Box 3

5. Pranks

5.1. Scaring (Folder 1)
5.2. Food (Folder 2)
5.3. Initiations (Folder 3)
5.0. Miscellaneous (Folder 4)

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Register

Box 1

1. Competitive Games

1.1. Physical Activity

1.1.1. Tag

1.1.1.1 Bubble Gum Chase (Folder 1)

.1

1.1.1.2 I Have a Little Doggie

.1-.3

1.1.1.3 Duck, Duck, Goose

.1

1.1.1.4 Three Deep

.1

1.1.1.5 Pop Tag

.1

1.1.1.6 What Time Is It Mr. Fox?

.1

1.1.1.7 Sheepy, Sheepy, Go to Pasture

.1

1.1.1.8 Fox and Geese

.1

1.1.1.9 What’s Your Trade?

.1-.2

1.1.1.10 Pum, Pum, Pull Away

.1-.2

1.1.1.11 Tree Tag

.1

1.1.1.12 Brownies and Fairies

.1

1.1.1.13 Prisoner

.1-.4

1.1.2. Hiding Games

1.1.2.1 Kick the Can (Folder 2)

.1-.5

1.1.2.2 Alle, Alle, Oxen Free

.1-.3

1.1.2.3 Sardines

.1-.3

1.1.2.4 Dark

.1

1.1.2.5 Give Me a Wiggle

.1

1.1.2.6 No Bears Are Out Tonight

.1-.2

1.1.2.7 Kangaroo Monster

.1

1.1.2.8 Froggie in the Meadow

.1

1.1.2.9 Run, Sheep, Run

.1-.2

1.1.3. Battle Games

1.1.3.1 Machine Gun Nest (Folder 3)

.1

1.1.3.2 Old Show

.1

1.1.3.3 Iran

.1

1.1.4. Manipulating Objects (Folder 4)

1.1.0. Miscellaneous

1.1.0.1 Red Rover (Folder 5)

.1-.5

1.1.0.2 Thumb Fight

.1

1.1.0.3 Red Light, Green Light

.1-.2

1.1.0.4 Flinching Game

.1

1.1.0.5 Not It

.1

1.1.0.6 Dibble Dabble

.1

1.1.0.7 Rock, Paper, Scissors

.1-.3

1.2. Mental Activity

1.2.1. Paper and Pencil Games

1.2.1.1 Triangles (Folder 6)

.1

1.2.1.2 Tic Tac Toe

.1-.2

1.2.0 Miscellaneous (Folder 7)

2. Elimination Games

2.1 The Last Letter Game (Folder 8)

.1-.2

2.2 Cheater Croquet

.1

2.3 Parley Vous

.1-.3

2.4 My Dog

.1

Box 2

3. Socializing Games

3.1. Mixing and Kissing Games

3.1.1 Toilet Paper Pass (Folder 1)

.1

3.1.2 Choo Choo

.1

3.1.3 Perdiddle

.1-.2

3.1.4 Measuring Your Head

.1

3.2. Drinking Games

3.2.1 Prince of Whales (Folder 2)

.1

3.3. Guessing Games

3.3.1 Guess the Magazine (Folder 3)

.1

3.3.2 In Kahoots

.1

3.3.3 I Like...but I Don’t Like...

.1

3.3.4 Black Magic

.1

3.3.5 I Am Thinking of Someone

.1

3.3.6 Color Guessing Game

.1-.2

3.3.7 Name the Object

.1-.4

3.3.8 Twenty Questions

.1

3.3.9 Guess the Distance

.1

3.3.10 Doggie, Doggie Who Has Your Bone?

.1

3.3.11 The Moon is Round

.1

3.3.12 Who Touched the Broom?

.1

3.3.13 Numbers (Old Man's Back)

.1

3.3.14 Murder in the Dark

.1-.4

3.4. Games Adults Play with Young Children

3.4.1 Tommy Oops (Folder 4)

.1

3.4.2 The Horse Ride

.1

3.4.3 Dittelly Dump

.1

3.4.4 Picture Story

.1

3.4.5 Tongue In, Tongue Out

.1

3.0. Miscellaneous

3.0.1 I Saw the Skunk (Snake) (Folder 5)

.1-.2

3.0.2 Match Trick

.1

3.0.3 Magician’s Secret Code

.1

3.0.4 Statues

.1-.3

3.0.5 A What?

.1

3.0.6 Mother, May I?

.1

3.0.7 Tell Something Unique

.1

3.0.8 Traveling Game

.1

3.0.9 Hocus Pokus

.1

3.0.10 Pupil Test

.1

3.0.11 A Psychological Test

.1

3.0.12 Goal Making Game

.1

3.0.13 F.B.I.

.1

4. Forfeit Games

4.1 Truth or Dare (Folder 6)

.1

4.2 Nickels

.1

4.3 Jinx

.1

4.4 Jack’s Alive

.1

Box 3

5. Pranks

5.1. Scaring

5.1.1 The Bedtime Scare (Folder 1)

.1

5.1.2 The Hidden Tape Recorder at Night Trick

.1

5.1.3 The Devil Worshippers

.1

5.1.4 The Methods of a Mortician

.1

5.1.5 The Telephone Ring

.1

5.2. Food

5.2.1 The Ex-Laxed Brownies (Folder 2)

.1

5.2.2 Skunk Meat

.1

5.3. Initiations

5.3.1 Phony Equipment (Folder 3)

.1-.3

5.3.2 Forest Service

.1

5.3.3 Game Room

.1

5.3.4 The Blanket

.1-.2

5.3.5 The Initiation to the Library

.1

5.3.6 Grab Bag

.1

5.3.7 Boot Camp

.1

5.3.8 Practical Joke of Southwest Missouri

.1

5.3.9 Hypnotic Game

.1

5.3.10 Snipe Hunting

.1-.3

5.3.11 The Home Teaching Incident

.1

5.3.12 Measuring for a Coffin

.1

5.3.13 Missionaries

.1

5.0. Miscellaneous

5.0.1 Pinchy Winchy (Folder 4)

.1-.2

5.0.2 Adam and Eve and Pinch Me

.1-.2

5.0.3 Bra Joke

.1

5.0.4 Maidenform Bra Joke

.1

5.0.5 Glass Practical Joke

.1-.2

5.0.6 The Mascara Trick

.1

5.0.7 Gorilla, Gorilla

.1

5.0.8 Uncle Fuzzy

.1

5.0.9 High School Trick

.1

5.0.10 Halloween Trick

.1

5.0.11 Jock Support Trick

.1

5.0.12 The Kidnapped Principal

.1

5.0.13 Meeting the Plane

.1

5.0.14 Tour Guide for the South Pacific

.1

5.0.15 The New Zealand Tabernacle Choir

.1

5.0.16 The Visiting Mother-in-Law

.1

5.0.17 The Purple Cow

.1

5.0.18 The Frogs and the Art Class

.1

5.0.19 Outhouse Tipping

.1

5.0.20 The Egg Practical Joke

.1

5.0.21 Red Dye

.1

5.0.22 Newlywed Practical Joke

.1

5.0.23 Bear Prints

.1

5.0.24 College Folk Humor

.1

5.0.25 April Fools

.1