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BABIES DONT LAUGH, THEY'RE ONLY HAVING GAS PAINS.
WHEN A BABY IS FIRST BORN HE/SHE CANT SEE - THEY START
TO SEE WHEN THEY BECOME A CERTAIN AGE.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO ME BY MY MOTHER WHO GOT THAT FROM HER MOTHER,
MY MOTHER NEVER BELIEVED THAT BECAUSE SHE TOLD MY
GRANDMOTHER THAT ALL OF HER BABIES COULD
SEE WHEN THEY WERE FIRST BORN.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001980S
THE OLD SHACK GAME.
ON THE WAY TO OUR FAMILY REUNIONS IN TEXAS AND
SOUTH CAROLINA MY SISTER WOULD SEE THE UGLIEST
SHACK AND SAY THAT I LIVED IN THAT SHACK. EVENTUALLY
I WOULD SEE AN UGLY SHACK AND SAY SHE LIVED IN IT.
THE GAME WOULD GO BACK AND FORTH LIKE THAT.
Where learned: ON THE WAY TO TEXAS IN A CAR
James Callow Keyword(s): TRADING INSULTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001980S
THEY LOOK WITH THEIR HANDS IN BACUP.
Submitter comment:
THIS EXPRESSION IS USED TO MOCK SOMEONE WHO IS EITHER POINTING OR
GESTURING WHILE LOOKING FOR A LOST POSSESSION. BACUP IS A SMALL
MINING TOWN IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND THAT IS INFAMOUS FOR INBREEDING,
AND IT IS THOUGHT THAT SOME OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE EYES IN THE PALMS
OF THEIR HANDS. COMPARING SOMEONE TO A BACUPIAN IS A MILD INSULT,
USUALLY USED AS A JOKE.
Where learned: NORTH OF ENGLAND ; MANCHESTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Gesture PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00-00-1985 ; 00-00-1986
Some people say that a man of dark color is crazy about a
high yellow, but high yellow will throw you, and when
you come home, there will be another mule kicking in your
stall. A brown skin girl is the best gal after all.
Where learned: VIRGINIA
James Callow Keyword(s): African-American color of skin
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Color SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1939
I don't want no black woman to fix my tea, cause she's
liable to "PISON" me.
Where learned: VIRGINIA
James Callow Keyword(s): poison
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1939
WHILE WE WENT OUT TRICK-OR-TREATING
ON HALLOWEEN, WE WOULD YELL, "HELP THE
POOR, MY PANTS ARE TORE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
WHEN YOU ARE GOING UP OR DOWN A NARROW
STAIRWAY AND SOMEONE HAS TO WAIT FOR YOU
TO PASS, YOU SAY, "BREAD AND BUTTER."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
TO WARD OFF THE EVIL EYE WHEN SOMEONE IS ADMIRING A BABY OR A
PERSON ONE SAYS "POO POO POO."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 06-00-1987
May you be in Heaven fifteen minutes before the devil knows
you are dead.
Submitter comment: This is an Irish proverb that my grandfather always said.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Irish, devil
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001940S
Whenever my cousins and I would go out, no matter where, my
aunt used to tell us "Don't put up, or down with anyone."
This meant not to talk to strangers.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001930S
It's hard to sing with an empty glass.
Submitter comment:
My grandfather used to always say this when he needed another
drink.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): thirst
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Supernatural Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001940S
MAY GOD BLESS ALL THOSE WHO LOVE ME
AND THOSE WHO DON'T LOVE ME, PLEASE TEACH ME TO
FIND THE GOODNESS TO LOVE THEM ANYWAY.
ALSO, PLEASE MARK THEM SO THAT I KNOW WHO TO AVOID.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WHITMORE LAKE ; 48189
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-24-1988
BIRDS DO IT AND FLY,
BEES DO IT AND DIE,
BUT I DON'T DO IT AND I'LL TELL YOU WHY...
WELL I'LL ALWAYS BE TRUE
I'LL TELL YOU WHAT I'LL DO
I'LL LIE DOWN AND LET YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.728 SPEECH -- Formula |
When my family and friends are sitting around the
house watching television, we have a saying when
you get up to go to the bathroom or get something
from the refrigerator. The saying is "Place back."
Saying "Place back" means that when you come back
you get your seat back. If you don't say "Place
back," anyone can take your seat from you. When
you come back and see that your seat is gone,
the person sitting in your chair must say,
"Move your meat, lose your seat" before you say
"Place back."
Submitter comment:
The game came about from not having enough
comfortable seats in the house. We were always
arguing who got to sit in the best chair.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Burt
James Callow Keyword(s): Reservation formula
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1978
Are you going down there later?
Down where?
Down the sewer with the rest of the shit.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Big Rapids
James Callow Keyword(s): Comic dialogue
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1987
Whenever my brother or I did something stupid
when we were in our teens my dad would say to
us, "I'm going to have to buy you boys a tractor."
It wasn't until we were a little older when we
found out the rest of the phrase. "I'm going to
have to buy you boys a tractor so I can pull your
heads out of your asses." We still hear that phrase
every now and again.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Burt
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
When two people say the same thing at the same
time the last person to say "Jinx" can't talk
until someone says their name. If the person
that is jinxed talks before someone says their
name, the person that jinxed him or her gets to
hit them on the arm.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Burt
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1978
This was a saying around my house when someone bent over
and their underwear was showing:
"I see London, I see France,
I see David's underpants.
Not too big, not too small,
Just the size of a cannon ball."
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Kenmore
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech C870.360 SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001977 ca.
This was a saying around my friend's house whenever
anyone's underwear was showing:
"I see London, I see France,
I see Chris's underpants.
They aren't purple, they aren't pink,
But brother, do they stink."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HUNTINGTON WOODS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech C870.360 SPEECH -- Formula |
Children's rule
If you have some candy or other good food and you don't
want to share, you have to anyway unless you shout
"Fan Dibs" (or "Fan Bites") before anyone asks for some.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Common law SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001940CA