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A GESTURE MY FATHER KNOWS FROM POLAND IS ONE TO SHOW
THAT SOMEONE IS DRUNK. THE RIGHT HAND IS USED.
THE RIGHT EYE IS WINKED AS THE TONGUE IS CLUCKED AND
THE FOREFINGER IS FLICKED AT THE THROAT.
Where learned: POLAND
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Drink SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Body parts involved SPEECH -- Derision Scorn SPEECH -- Drinking |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
Retort
Smart Aleck Saying:
Deaf in one ear, and can't hear in the other.
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Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; DEAF ; Ear ; Hearing ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
A) "You dance very well."
B) "I wish I could say the same about you."
A) "Oh, you could, if you were as big a fibber as I am!"
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Retort? Double A! A gives the punch line, not B.
The original Title [Smart Aleck Saying] has been crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; DANCE ; Fibber ; INSULT ; Liar ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Play on Words
Sermon Using Names of Soaps and Detergents
Are you SOFT SOAPING God? DUZ you DRIFT along with the TIDE? VEL now is the time to CHEER up. If you want real JOY, the TREND is to BREEZE to church regularly on Sunday mornings. But too many WOODBURY their heads in a pillow and remain in bed or work in their yard to make it sparkle, forgetting that the Lord's Day is made for LESTOIL.
But where the Lord is given foremost consideration a DOVE will never have to send an S.O.S.. Don't trust LUX chances by neglecting our worship together.
Maybe we ought to DIAL you and remind you of those IVORY palaces up yonder. This is not just silly BAB-O. Worship is intended to add to your LIFEBOUY, so why not be faithful and WISK yourself out of bed early Sunday. Dress up SPIC'N'SPAN, DASH like a COMET to God's house of prayer. DRAISE to God, you'll get a wonderful KLENZER for your soul. PLEDGE yourself and PRIDE of conscience will be yours. Life will be full of ZEST.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [B644, B667] crossed out and replaced with S570.
Original title [STORY Using Names of Soaps and Detergents] is modified to read SERMON Using Names of Soaps and Detergents.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 7625 WESTWOOD ; St Peter Gdula ; Sister M
Keyword(s): ADVERTISING ; Anecdote ; Cleanser ; Consumerism ; Domesticity ; HOME, DOMESTIC PURSUITS ; HOUSECLEANING ; PARODY ; Sermon ; Soap
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Custom
Cheer:
In the United States, it is customary to clap and whistle to show approval and to "boo" to show disapproval. But watching the Olympics, I noticed that some countries whistle to express disfavor.
Submitter comment:
I saw this in the hockey games.
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Where learned: SUMMER OLYMPICS ; Chateau, Joe
Keyword(s): Audience ; Boo ; CHEER ; Clap ; CUSTOM ; Olympics ; SPORTS ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Language
Tongue Twister:
Try saying "toy boat" very quickly five times.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; Chateau, Billy
Keyword(s): Boat ; Language ; TONGUE TWISTER ; Toy
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Language
Humorous Verse:
This is a retort a person should use when he says something that he shouldn't have said:
My tongue got in the way of my eye teeth and I couldn't think of what I was saying.
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Original BN [C700.328] crossed out / replaced with current classification
Where learned: Diamond, Susan
Keyword(s): Humorous ; JOKE ; Language
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Language
He thinks he's bright just because his mother calls him sonny.
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The title word PROSE is crossed out and replaced with the word RETORT
Original BN [Z210] crossed out / replaced with current classification
Written across top of card:
A retort to what? What IS the A? [Given as a retort]
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Bonczyk, Bruce
Keyword(s): HUMOR ; INSULT ; Language ; RETORT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
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Ethnic: Irish
An Irish Retort:
An Irishman is never drunk so long as he can hold on to one blade of grass and not fall off the face of the earth.
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James Callow comment:
Why is this called a "retort"?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; McCully, Jim
Keyword(s): DRUNK ; ETHNIC ; Irish ; JOKE ; RETORT ; Stereotype
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Language
Baby Bunting:
By bye baby bunting, daddy's gone a hunting, for to catch a rabbit skin to wrap the baby bunting in.
Submitter comment:
My mother repeated this to my brothers and sisters and myself when we were very young. It was told to her when she was a child. It is a small verse used to explain the absence of father when the child asks where he is.
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Verse?
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Thompson, Betty J ; 18691 Ferguson
Keyword(s): BABY ; infant ; Language ; Parent ; Prose ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Language
Tongue Twister:
Betty Botter bought some butter
She put it in her butter, but it made her butter bitter.
So she bought some better butter but it made her batter worse.
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James Callow comment:
Each time the word Butter appears, it is circled, with a questionmark.
Where learned: HOME ; Wilhelm, David
Keyword(s): GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Language
Tongue Twister:
Rush the washing, Russell.
Rush the washing, Russell.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [C870].
Return to make verse?
Keyword(s): Language ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Language
Tongue Twister:
Sheep shouldn't sleep in a shack
Sheep should sleep in a shed.
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Malle Verse?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Jekabson, Martha ; 16765 Beech Daly ; REDFORD
Keyword(s): GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Language
Tongue Twister:
I stood on the steps of Burgesses fish sauce shop,
Mimicking him hiccuping and welcoming him in.
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Burgess's?
Make Verse?
The word him is underlined, with an arrow pointing at it with the word Ant??
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Wisok, David
Keyword(s): GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music SPEECH -- Formula |
Language
Tongue Twister:
That that is, is that that is not, is not. Is not that it?
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ; Lamb, Rich
Keyword(s): GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Language
Tongue Twister:
A canner can can all the things that he can, but a canner can't can a can can he?
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Sense??
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAMES ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Language: Games
Pastime:
If you see another child with money you yell- "Butts on you." He then must share anything he buys with that money with you. However, when he pulls out his money, if he yells - "fan butts" first, then he doesn't have to share his purchases.
Submitter comment:
Bill used to play this as a child when he was given money, or if one of his friends was given money. He said it was common to yell this.
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James Callow comment:
Miscellaneous grammar correction written on card.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE ; Felsenfeld, William
Keyword(s): Buy ; CHILDREN ; Currency ; Dollars ; GAME ; MONEY ; Own ; Ownership ; Pastime ; Purchase ; Share
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
Na zdrowia (Polish Toast)
Translated = "To your health"
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James Callow comment:
The word [Toast] is written across the top of the card. Also written on the bottom, right hand corner of the card: [Your name and address go here on ALL cards.]
Where learned: HOME ; Wesolowski, Mrs Estelle
Keyword(s): ETHNIC ; GOOD FORTUNE ; HEALTH ; POLISH ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
Here's mud in your eye!
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Coldwater
Keyword(s): DRINKING ; Eye ; MUD ; Social ; TOAST ; VISION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toasts
May your eyeballs never cease to stop rolling (Irish).
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Where learned: HOME ; Carson, Lawrence
Keyword(s): DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; Eyeballs ; Irish ; SARCASM ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |