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VERSE WITHOUT MUSIC
GOOD NIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT,
DON'T LET THE MOSQUITOES BITE.
Where learned: OHIO ; YOUNGSTOWN
James Callow Keyword(s): VARIATION: BEDBUGS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 00001950S AND 00001960S
PROVERB
CRAZIER THAN A BESS BUG.
Submitter comment:
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON--HEARD BY THE INFORMANT FROM SOME SOUTHERN
KENTUCKY FRIENDS AND NOW USED BY HER.THE BUG INVOLVED RUNS AROUND IN
FIRST ONE DIRECTION, THEN ANOTHER, WITHOUT SEEMING TO KNOW WHERE
ITS GOING. THIS PHRASE IS APPLIED TO PEOPLE WHO DO FOOLISH OR CRAZY
THINGS. USUALLY HE OR SHE IS CRAZIER THAN A BESS BUG.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): INSECT
James Callow Keyword(s): BETSY BUG? BED BUG?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-21-1969
BUG
IF A LIGHTING BUG ENTERS YOUR HOME. THAT IS A SIGN, THAT A STRANGER
IS COMING TO YOUR HOUSE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANTS LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): LIGHTNING BUG FIREFLY INSECT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 01-26-1971
PARODY OF A NURSERY RHYME
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB...THAT'S WHAT SHE GETS FOR SLEEPING IN THE
BARN.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BESTIALITY SODOMY BUGGERY ; BIRTH OF ANIMAL FROM HUMAN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: CA00001969
Bay-Rama Fishfly Festival
Our town has a four-day celebration in honor
of the fishfly. We have a carnival and top
it off with a parade on the last day.
This always takes place in June. Fishflys
originate in the Anchor Bay, which is the
bay next to New Baltimore.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NEW BALTIMORE
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT ; June Bug ; May Fly
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Movable Date CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Summer |
Date learned: 00001971ca
When the New Year arrives put a spider in your purse, and you
will have money all year long.
Submitter comment:
The informant can't remember when she learned this superstition,
but she has been doing it for about 20 years.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): bugs
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: 00001950S
I was told that if you killed an ant, especially a black ant,
it would cause rain to come.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Bug superstitions
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 01-00-1978
REDBUGS AND MOSQUITOES WON'T BITE IF YOU CHEW TOBACCO .
Where learned: TEXAS ; HOUSTON
James Callow Keyword(s): REDBUGS = CHIGGERS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 06-11-1971
Language
Tongue Twister:
The big black bug
Bit the big black bear
In his big black back.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Something similar (but shorter) already typed as Prose.
Where learned: HOME ; Michalski, Val
Keyword(s): Bear ; Black ; Bug ; COLOR ; Language ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
A big black bug bled blue blood.
Submitter comment:
My Neighborhood
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Tongue Twister? This much (A big black bug) already typed as Prose.
Where learned: HOME ; ; Borski, Pauline P
Keyword(s): BLOOD ; Blue ; Bug ; GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Proverb
Snug as a bug in a rug
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300] crossed out. replaced with current classification.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
KW: ALX, RRM
Keyword(s): Bug ; Comfort ; Rug ; SIMILE ; Snug
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Language
Tongue-Twister:
Rubber baby buggy bumpers.
Submitter comment:
She learned it when she was growing up.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Why Verse?
Original BN [C870.570] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: 9175 YORKSHIRE ; Winay, Nerina
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; BABY ; Buggy ; Bumper ; Language ; Rubber ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Verse
Good night
Sleep tight
Don't let the bed bugs bite.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Verse?
Where learned: 23950 CUNNINGHAM ; Kmiecik, Josephine
Keyword(s): ; Bed Bugs ; Bite ; Lullabye ; Night ; RHYME ; SLEEP ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Verse
Sleep tight, don't let the bedbugs bite.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added by TRD
Keyword(s): Bed ; Bedbugs ; Bite ; bugs ; SLEEP ; Tight ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Verse
Nightime Safety:
Sleep tight so the bed bugs don't bite.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: Craprotta, Mr F
Keyword(s): Bed ; bugs ; Nighttime ; SAFETY ; Saying ; SLEEP ; Tight ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Entertainment: Song
Lady bug, lady bug fly away home
There's a fire in the kitchen and the kids are all alone.
Submitter comment:
Learned from childhood
Data entry tech comment:
Entry by TRD
Keyword(s): CHILDREN ; Entertainment ; Ladybug ; RHYME ; SONG ; WARNING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
PENNSYLVANIA GERMANS (NATIONALITY GROUP)
A COLONY OF AMISH PEOPLE NOW LIVE IN COLON, MICHIGAN. THEY MOVED
HERE FROM PENNSYLVANIA TO ESCAPE PROBLEMS WITH THEIR TEACHERS NOT
HAVING CERTIFICATES. NOW THEY ARE HAVING THE SAME PROBLEM IN COLON.
ONE CAN TELL AN AMISH HOUSE IN COLON, MICH. BECAUSE THE WINDOWS
NEVER HAVE CURTAINS. THEY ONLY HAVE SHADES. THERE IS NO ELECTRICITY
OR LUXURIES IN THEIR HOUSES. THE PEOPLE OFTEN TAKE THEIR
HORSE AND BUGGY TO THE LOCAL SUPERMARKET, LEAVING THE HORSE TIED
TO A HITCHING POST OFF TO THE SIDE. THEY WILL NEVER BUY FOOD WITH
PRESERVATIVES AND PREFER TO EAT A RATHER THICK TASTING BREAD.
THE INFORMANT SAID THAT SHE TASTED THE BREAD AND COULD NOT STAND
MORE THAN A FEW BITES BECAUSE IT WAS SO RICH.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT FIRST LEARNED OF THE AMISH WHILE GOING TO A FAMILY
COTTAGE IN COLON, MICH. IN 1978. HER DESCRIPTION SOUNDS TYPICAL OF
THE CLASSIC PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH ATTIRE AND ATTITUDE. SIMPLICITY
AND KEEPING TO OLD TRADITIONS ARE INHERENT TO HER DESCRIPTION.
UPON VISITING COLON WITH THE INFORMANT, THE COLLECTOR NOTICED THE
SAME CUSTOMS. ONE HEARS ON THE NEWS ABOUT THE CURRENT PROBLEMS
WITH TEACHING, STRESSING THAT NEW DIFFICULTIES ARE ALWAYS ARISING
WITH THE AMISH.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
Keyword(s): Amish ; BREAD ; Buggy ; Curtains ; GERMAN ; HORSE ; Preservatives ; Shades ; Simplicity ; Technology
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Daily Life CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School Food Drink -- Plant food Cereal BELIEF -- P439 |
Date learned: 10-00-1980 ; 00-00-1978