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PROVERB GIRLS WITH CURVES ARE USUALLY SURROUNDED BY MEN
Where learned: EAST DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
GIVE A MAN A FISH AND HE EATS FOR ONE DAY. TEACH A MAN HOW TO FISH AND HE EATS FOR A LIFETIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 332 E WATTLES RD ; TROY ; 48084
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
IRISH PROVERB
GOD MADE TIME, BUT MAN MADE HASTE.
Submitter comment:
A FRIEND OF THE FAMILY TOLD ME THIS PROVERB WHEN I WAS ONLY ELEVEN
YEARS OLD. I DON,T REMEMBER HIS NAME, BUT I DO REMEMBER THE PROVERB
VERY VIVIDLY, BECAUSE IT SEEMED SO TRUE.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
PROVERB
GOD NEVER CLOSES A DOOR, BUT HE ALWAYS OPENS A WINDOW.
Where learned: 8603 Marygrove Dr
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1970
POLISH PROVERB
MITE Z TEGO POCZASTKI.
"GOOD BEGINNING-BAD ENDING."
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS ; ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
PROVERB
GO TO BED LATE, STAY VERY SMALL
GO TO BED EARLY, GROW VERY TALL.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS ; RISING AND RETIRING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-17-1964
SAYING
GREAT MINDS DISCUSS IDEAS,
ORDINARY MINDS DISCUSS EVENTS,
SMALL MINDS DISCUSS PEOPLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
LEGEND
AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY THERE IS A TOWER CALLED BEAUMONT
IN WHICH THERE ARE TWO STEEPLES, EVERY TIME A VIRGIN
IS GRADUATED FROM THIS SCHOOL, ONE OF THE TWO STEEPLES
ARE KNOCKED DOWN TO HONOR HER. THESE TWO STEEPLES HAVE BEEN
THERE SINCE 1865.
Submitter comment: FROM ROOM MATE.
Data entry tech comment: COLLECTOR'S SPELLING CORRECTED BY KEYPUNCHER.
Where learned: DORM ; MICHIGAN STATE
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTIFEMINISM ; PESSIMISM ; SATIRE ; VIRGINITY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
PAUL REVERE'S DASH
TWAS' THE 18TH OF APRIL IN '75,
HARDLY A MAN IS YET ALIVE
WHO REMEMBERS THAT FAMOUS DAY AND YEAR
OF THE MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PAUL REVERE.
UP THE ALLEY AND DOWN THE STREET,
A TWENTY-YARD DASH FOR THE TOILET SEAT.
Submitter comment:
SHE FIRST HEARD IT IN A SEVENTH-GRADE CLASS FROM ANOTHER PUPIL AT
OUR LADY QUEEN OF HEAVEN SCHOOL IN 1961.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): PARODY--POEM COMPARE MIDNIGHT RIDE OF PAUL REVERE ANTI-CLIMAX ; RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 11-13-1968
ERIEVIEW CONSTRUCTION WORKER
A FEW YEARS BACK THE CITY OF CLEVELAND WAS CONSTRUCTING AN URBAN
DEVELOPMENT PROJECT CALLED ERIEVIEW. THE PROJECT HAD BEEN BESET BY A
NUMBER OF STUMBLING BLOCKS FROM FINANCING TO RACIAL TROUBLE.
ONE WINDY DAY A WORKER FELL FROM ONE OF THE UPPER-MOST FLOORS TO HIS
DEATH. AS A LASTING REMEMBERANCE, HIS WORKERS ON THE LOWER FLOORS
QUOTED HIM AS SAYING, AS HE FLEW BY "OH, SHIT"
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): HUMOR ; OBSERVATION
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTICLIMAX ; OHIO
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
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POLISH JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE POLACK WHO HAD B.O. ONLY ON ONE SIDE?
HE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE TO BUY ANY LEFT GUARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLUSION TO DEODERANT "RIGHT GUARD" ; B.O.: SLANG FOR OFFENSIVE BODY ODOR ; LEFT GUARD: AN ANTIPERSPIRANT FOR BODY ODOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
AFRICAN PROVERB
AN INTELLIGENT ENEMY IS BETTER THAN A STUPID FRIEND.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WEST SENECA
Keyword(s): ASSONANCE ; CONTRAST ; OBSERVATION
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
PRAYER SUPPLICATION
WHEN SOMEONE SNEEZES REPLY:
GOD BLESS YOU.
MAY THE ANGELS KISS YOU
AND THE DEVILS MISS YOU.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS ; BLESSING ; METAPHOR ; PARALLEL STRUCTURE
James Callow Keyword(s): FINAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.646 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
MY FIRST EXPERIENCE
THE SKY WAS DARK, THE MOON WAS HIGH,
WE WERE ALONE, JUST HER AND I.
HER HAIR WAS SO SOFT, HER EYES SKY BLUE,
I KNEW JUST WHAT I HAD TO DO.
I DIDN'T KNOW HOW, BUT I DID MY BEST.
I RAN MY FINGERS DOWN HER SPINE
I PUT MY HAND AGAINST HER BREAST.
I'LL NEVER FORGET MY BEATING HEART,
AS SHE SLOWLY SPREAD HER LEGS APART.
NOW ITS ( IT'S ) DONE--ITS ( IT'S ) OVER NOW
MY FIRST EXPERIENCE MILKING A COW.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ANTICLIMAX ; HUMOR ; MONOLOGUE ; SURPRISE ENDING
James Callow Keyword(s): PRETENDED OBSCENE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Prose Narrative C820.660 |
Date learned: 09-30-1970
LUCK AND BAD LUCK
SEEING A PREYING (PRAYING) MANTIS ON A WINDOW SILL IS GOOD LUCK.
KILLING ONE IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: SCHOOL APARTMENT ; TOLD AT
James Callow Keyword(s): CRUELTY TO ANIMALS: KILLING A PRAYING MANTIS ; POSITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Good luck P881.33 BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.33 |
Date learned: 09-18-1969
WHAT IS FULL OF WATER AND YET IT'S FULL OF HOLES?
A SPONGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTITHETICAL CONTRADICTIVE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 04-00-1968
GRATITUDE IS THE LEAST OF VIRTUES, BUT
INGRATITUDE THE WORST OF VICES.
Submitter comment: SHE BELIEVES IT.
Where learned: JAMAICA ; PRINCETON
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS ; CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1977 ; 00-00-1985
JOY AND TEMPERANCE AND REPOSE
SLAM THE DOOR ON THE DOCTOR'S NOSE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A SAYING THAT MY INFORMANT LEARNED FROM
HIS GRANDFATHER.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
James Callow Keyword(s): BATHOS ANTILLIMAY ; CONTRAST ; SURPRISE
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 11-08-1985
THE BLOODY FINGER
ONCE THERE WAS A YOUNG GIRL WHO WAS BABYSITTING. THE CHILDREN
HAD BEEN PUT TO BED AND SHE WAS READY TO WATCH SOME TV WHILE
WAITING FOR THE PARENTS TO RETURN. SUDDENLY THE PHONE RANG. WHEN
SHE ANSWERED A VOICE SAID, "THE BLOODY FINGER IS COMING FOR YOU."
THE GIRL THOUGHT NOTHING OF THIS. IT WAS PROBABLY JUST A FRIEND
TRYING TO SCARE HER. SHE WENT TO MAKE SOME POPCORN. THE PHONE
RANG AGAIN. "THE BLOODY FINGER IS TEN MILES AWAY," THE VOICE
SAID. THE BABYSITTER STILL WASN'T WORRIED. THEN, THE POWER WENT
OUT! THE PHONE RANG. "THE BLOODY FINGER IS FIVE MILES AWAY."
THE GIRL FOUND A FLASHLIGHT. THE PHONE RANG AGAIN. "THE BLOODY
FINGER IS AT THE CORNER STORE." THE BABYSITTER WENT BACK TO THE
KITCHEN AND FOUND A BUTCHER KNIFE. THE DOORBELL RANG. THE
BABYSITTER WAS READY. SHE TOOK THE KNIFE AND ANSWERED THE DOOR.
A MAN STOOD ON THE FRONT PORCH. HE SMILED, HELD UP HIS BLEEDING
FINGER AND SAID..."HI! HAVE YOU GOT A BAND-AID?"
Submitter comment:
THIS STORY WAS COMMON AT GRADE SCHOOL SLUMBER PARTIES. WHEN
ALL THE LIGHTS WERE OUT AND GHOST STORIES WERE BEING TOLD, "THE
BLOODY" FINGER WAS SURE TO BE INCLUDED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTICLIMAX
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Sing-song
When my children were very young, I overheard my grandmother
reciting this little sing-song to them:
Eyes, Nose, Cheekie, Cheekie, Chin
Cheekie, Cheekie, Chin, Nose, Eyes
Submitter comment:
The sing-song was accompanied by pointing to the child's eyes,
nose, cheeks and chin. She said this was how they would easily
learn parts of their body.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): Antistrophe
Date learned: 00001970S