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C'EST LA VIE. THAT'S LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FROM THE SHORES OF KITCHIE-GOOMY
COME ON, AND SOCK IT TO ME!
Submitter comment: RECITED WHEN PLAYING CARDS. HEARD OVER CARD TABLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 09-28-1968
THIS IS ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING "JUMP IN THE LAKE."
BRODIE IS THE NAME OF THE MAN WHO SUPPOSEDLY JUMPED
OFF THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE. IT WAS SAID IN A SARCASTIC
TONE:
GO TAKE A BRODIE.
Where learned: Massachusetts
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
RANDY WAS TAKING OUT ONE PARTICULAR GIRL QUITE
STEADILY. I NOTICED THIS AND TOLD HIM SO. HIS REPLY
WAS THIS:
CANDY IS DANDY BUT SEX DOESN'T ROT YOUR TEETH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
AT A SATURDAY NIGHT BULL SESSION, WHEN I MADE THE
LOOSE STATEMENT "I AM THE GREATEST," DAVE REPLIED:
THERE IS NO CONCEIT IN YOUR FAMILY, YOU'VE GOT IT ALL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
RETORT
STEVE REPORTS THIS AS A COMMON RETORT AMONG ADOLESCENT
BOYS:
YOU'RE AUNT MATILDA WEARS COMBAT BOOTS TO CHURCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-28-1968
SOME PARTING WORDS OF ADVICE BEFORE I LEFT FOR DETROIT:
WATCH YOUR P'S AND Q'S.
Where learned: Massachusetts
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
YOUR TEETH ARE LIKE STARS; THEY COME OUT AT NIGHT.
Where learned: LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
INSULT
YOU'RE A GOOD EGG; AS GOOD AS EGGS RUN, BUT WHO WANTS
A RUNNY EGG? YOLK, YOLK, YOLK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT AND FRIENDS USED TO USE THIS INSULT WHILE
IN GRADE SCHOOL IN GROSSE POINTE IN THE MIDDLE 50S.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 02-18-1970
BIRTHDAY CELEBRATION
WHEN THE PERSON WHOSE BIRTHDAY IT IS, IS OPENING
HIS GIFTS, THE FOLLOWING VERSE IS SAID WHILE
HOLDING A PRESENT OVER HIS HEAD:
HEAVY, HEAVY HANG OVER YOUR HEAD,
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH THIS.
THEN THE PERSON TRIES TO GUESS WHAT THE PRESENT IS.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A TRADITION AT OUR HOUSE.
Data entry tech comment: NOT A VERSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
RETORT
WHEN SOMEONE HAS TOLD AN ESPECIALLY BAD OR SICK JOKE,
A POPULAR RETORT IS, "THAT'S ABOUT AS FUNNY AS
SCREEN DOORS ON A SUBMARINE."
Submitter comment:
THIS EXPRESSION WAS POPULAR WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL
IN DETROIT IN THE MIDDLE (19)60S
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001960S
TAUNT
A FAVORITE TAUNT TO SAY TO SOMEONE WAS, "YOUR MOTHER
WEARS ARMY SHOES."
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS A POPULAR TAUNT WITH INFORMANT AND HER
FRIENDS WHILE IN GRADE SCHOOL IN DETROIT IN THE (19)30S.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
PROVERBIAL
MY STOMACH FEELS AS IF MY THROAT WAS CUT....
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 02-02-1970
"CRAZY" SAYING
YOU'RE NUTSY-CUCKOO!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 08-17-1969
CUTTING THROUGH THE MIDDLE
WHEN TWO PEOPLE ARE WALKING DOWN THE STREET, NEVER
PASS THEM BY CUTTING THROUGH THEM. IF BY ACCIDENT, YOU
DO CUT THROUGH THEM, YOU SHOULD REPEAT "BREAD & BUTTER,"
THREE TIMES, TO ERASE THE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-12-1970
BIRTH
AFTER CHRISTENING, THE GODPARENTS COME TO THE
MOTHER WITH THE CHILD AND SAY: "WE TOOK TO CHURCH A
JEW AND BROUGHT BACK A CHRISTIAN."
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM POLISH.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
COMMON WORD
"IDZ, DOS DOMU SPAC'"
TRANSLATED IT MEANS, "GO HOME AND GO TO BED."
IN POLISH IT HAS THE FORCE OF TELLING SOMEONE
WHERE TO LEAVE OFF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
XYZ--USED TO INFORM SOMEONE THAT HIS/HER ZIPPER IS
DOWN. DERIVED FROM "EXAMINE YOUR ZIPPER."
Submitter comment:
COLLECTED FROM MRS. VARIER IN A CONVERSATION
ABOUT FOLKLORE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
SAID AT FUNERAL
WE ALL HOPE HE IS WHERE WE ALL KNOW HE AIN'T.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |