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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
"GOODER'N SNUFF, AND NOT HALF AS DRY AND DUSTY."
Submitter comment: AN EXPRESSION OF APPROVAL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; TELFORD
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
IF BULLSHIT WERE MUSIC YOU'D BE THE BAND.
Submitter comment:
THIS SAYING ORIGINATED FROM THE INFORMANT'S GRANDFATHER AND IT HAS
BEEN PASSED DOWN IN HER FAMILY SINCE THEN. THE INFORMANT LEARNED TH
SAYING WHEN SHE WAS APPROXIMATELY FOUR YEARS OLD.
THIS SAYING IS USED AS A RETORT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
SWIMMING CHEER
YEA PINEBROOK,
YEA PINEBROOK,
SWIM, SWAM, SWUM.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A POPULAR SWIMMING CHEER THAT IS YELLED OUT AT THE END OF A
SWIM MEET BY ONE TEAM AND IS DIRECTED TO THE OPPOSING TEAM. THE NAM
"PINEBROOK" IS THE NAME OF THE INFORMANT'S SWIM TEAM AND IS USED HER
SIMPLY AS AN EXAMPLE. WHEN THE CHEER IS GIVEN, THE TEAM THAT SHOUTS
IT OUT USES THE OPPOSING TEAM'S NAME IN PLACE OF "PINEBROOK" IN THIS
EXAMPLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): GRAMMAR ; PRINCIPAL PARTS OF IRREGULAR VERB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival Custom Festival SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: CA00001971
RETORTS
HI DREAMBOAT,
NOT YOU SHIPWRECK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: CA00001959
IRISH SALUTATION
MAY YOU BE IN HEAVEN A HALF HOUR BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOUR'E DEAD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-22-1979
IRISH SALUTATION
MAY THE WIND ALWAYS BE BEHIND YOUR BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-22-1979
IRISH PROVERB
IF SOMEONE DOES NOT MEET HIS PROMISES YOU TELL HIM,
LIVE, HORSE, AND YOU'LL GET GRASS
THIS IS A REVERSAL OF THE IDEA THAT YOU GET GRASS SO YOU WILL LIVE.
IT IS INSULTING TO THE PROMISE BREAKER BECAUSE IT IS TELLING HIM HIS
LIFE IS USELESS.
Submitter comment: THE ABOVE EXPLANATION IS IN THE WORDS OF THE INFORMANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-22-1979
TOAST: VERSE
MAY HE/SHE BE IN HEAVEN ONE-HALF HOUR BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS
THAT HE/SHE IS DEAD.
Submitter comment: THIS TOAST IS GIVEN AT A GATHERING AFTER A FUNERAL SERVICE.
Where learned: DETROIT
Date learned: 00-00-1968
BELIEF
SOME PEOPLE IN THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS BELIEVE THAT WHEN A PERSON
SNEEZES HIS SOUL HAS ESCAPED. TO GET THE SOUL BACK, THEY SHOUT VERY
LOUDLY, "SOUL, COME BACK HERE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS BELEF SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-02-1967
JEST ANECDOTE
I ONCE KNEW A MAN SO OLD HE WAS OLDER THAN HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HYPERBOLE
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
NAME CALLING
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULD NOT THROW STONES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
James Callow Keyword(s): RETORT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: CA02001980
RETORT
UPON PASSING WIND (FARTING) ONE WOULD SAY "LET THEM FLY, THEY ARE NO
WORTH FEATHERING ANYWAY."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): BIRD METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 02-16-1980
RETORT
WHEN TWO FRIENDS ARE WHISPERING A SECRET, KEPT FROM ANOTHER
FRIEND , THE OTHER FRIEND RETORTS "WHISPER WHISPER CAT SHIT."
Submitter comment: SPOKEN IN FLEMISH USUALLY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001930S ; 02-16-1980
RETORT
WHEN A PERSON ASKS ONE TO DO MANY FAVORS ONE WOULD RETORT "YOU'RE NO
LAME ARE YOU, CHARLEY?"
Submitter comment: USUALLY SPOKEN IN FLEMISH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 0001960S ; 02-16-1980
RETORT
WERE SOMEONE TO SNEEZE WHILE SAYING SOMETHING, ONE WOULD REPLY "GOD
BLESS YOU, AND WHAT YOU SAID IS TRUE."
Submitter comment: USUALLY SPOKEN IN FLEMISH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001930S ; 02-16-1980
A TOAST
"SANTE SAAN TAUTER, TIS BETTER BEER THAN WATER"
Submitter comment:
FIRST THREE WORDS ARE UNRECOGNIZABLE FLEMISH. MRS. BRATTA CAN NOT
TRANSLATE THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001930S ; 02-16-1980
RETORT
WHEN ARGUING WITH SOMEONE STUBBORN, GIVE UP AND SAY "SZKODA GADACZ"
IN POLISH THIS MEANS "THERE IS NO USE TALKING."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001930S ; 02-16-1980
PROVERB
OLDER POLISH PEOPLE SAY "STAROSC NIE RADOSC." IN ENGLISH THIS MEANS
"OLD IS NO JOY."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001930S ; 02-16-1980
DRINKING SONG
POLISH MEN WOULD SING "STOLAT, STOLAT", AS A WISH OF LONG LIFE TO
EACH OTHER.
Submitter comment: STOLAT MEANS ONE HUNDRED YEARS IN ENGLISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001930S ; 02-16-1980
RETORT
WHEN ANSWERING A TELEPHONE, REPLY "SO AND SO ABORTION CLINIC, NO
FOETUS CAN BEAT US."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 02-16-1980