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IF YOU GET HUNGRY, EAT THIS BOOK,
IT'S FULL OF BALONEY!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Z220

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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FLY LEAF PROSE

IN CASE OF FIRE, THROW IN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): BOOK ; FLY-LEAF INSCRIPTION

Subject headings: Z220

Date learned: CA00001968

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FLY LEAF PROSE

IF YOU ARE HUNGARY, EAT THIS BOOK; IT IS FULL OF BOLOGNA.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): PUNS ON PLACE NAMES

Subject headings: Z220

Date learned: CA00001968

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MALE FLYLEAF

IF FOUND BY A PERSON, RETURN BY MAIL,
IF FOUND BY MALE, RETURN IN PERSON.

Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT GAVE THIS ITEM RELUCTANTLY, AS IF TO SAY IT'S NOT TOO
GOOD BUT HERE IT IS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW

Subject headings: Z220

Date learned: 01-00-1974

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FLYLEAF PROSE

BORED OF EDUCATION AND
FLUNK NOW, AVOID THE JUNE RUSH

Submitter comment: THESE TWO PHRASES WERE IMMENSELY POPULAR FOR TEXTBOOK USE IN MY
FRESHMAN AND SOPHOMORE CLASSES AT CENTRAL CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL IN
CANTON, OHIO. BY THE TIME JUNIOR AND SENIOR CLASSES WERE REACHED,
THE NOVELTY HAD WORN OFF AND IT JUST WAS NOT "THE THING TO DO." BUT
THE NEW FRESHMAN-SOPHOMORE CLASSES HAD PICKED IT UP, AND CHECKING
BACK, ITS USE STILL EXISTS POPULARLY WITH THE FRESHMEN AND SOPHOMORES
OF TODAY. SOME OF IT IS UNDOUBTEDLY DUE TO THE FACT THAT TODAY'S
UNDERCLASSMEN ARE USING THE SAME BOOKS ORIGINALLY WRITTEN IN BY YES-
TERDAY'S UNDERCLASSMEN, BUT SOME OF IT IS NEWLY WRITTEN BY THE STU-
DENTS THEMSELVES.
BESIDES BEING WRITTEN ON THE FLYLEAVES, THE PHRASES ARE ALSO
WRITTEN ON FOREDGES.

Where learned: OHIO ; CANTON

Subject headings: Favorites
Z220

Date learned: 10-00-1973

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FLYLEAF PROSE

IN CASE OF FIRE, THROW THIS IN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Z220

Date learned: 09-00-1973

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IN CASE OF FIRE, THROW IN.

Submitter comment: THIS SAYING IS WRITTEN USUALLY IN THE FLY LEAF OF A SCHOOLBOOK.

Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN

Subject headings: Z220

Date learned: 00001960S LATE

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THE INFORMANT REMEMBERED WRITING THE FOLLOWING REMARK ON THE INSIDE
COVER OF HER SCHOOLBOOKS:
"THIS BOOK IS NOT AN ORPHAN. PLEASE DO NOT ADOPT IT."

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): EDUCAAION ; STEALING

Subject headings: Z220

Date learned: 10-00-1975

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FLY LEAF VERSE

LATIN IS A LANGUAGE FROM FAR ACROSS THE SEA,
FIRST IT KILLED THE ROMANS, NOW IT'S KILLING ME.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD

Subject headings: Z220

Date learned: CA00001962

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FLY LEAF VERSE

FLUNK NOW - AVOID THE RUSH.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD

Subject headings: Z220

Date learned: CA00001962

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FLYLEAF PROSE

THIS BOOK IS NO JET,
SO DON'T TAKE OFF WITH IT. MM
THIS BOOK IS NO ORPHAN,
SO DON'T ADOPT IT.

Submitter comment: THESE ITEMS WERE WRITTEN ON THE INSIDE COVERS OF TWO TEXTBOOKS
I USED IN HIGH SCHOOL IN 1961.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Z220

Date learned: 00-00-1961

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