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Blondes - Memory
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
Why do blondes work seven days a week? So you don't have to
retrain them on Monday.
James Callow comment:
"Blondes are dumb" -- Puckett, Ohio, no. 7197
"Blondes are dumb or stupid" -- Cannon, Utah, no. 2846
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHGATE
James Callow Keyword(s): Blond women
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 01-00-1992
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Blonde - Word Processor
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
How can you tell when a blonde has been on a word processor?
There is white-out on the screen. (A word processor is a computer,
and white out is a fluid designed to correct mistakes made on paper).
James Callow comment:
"Blondes are dumb" -- Puckett, Ohio, no. 7197
"Blondes are dumb or stupid" -- Cannon, Utah, no. 2846
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHGATE
James Callow Keyword(s): Blond women
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 01-00-1992
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Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
Why did the blonde climb the glass wall? To see what was on the
other side.
James Callow comment:
"Blondes are dumb" -- Puckett, Ohio, no. 7197
"Blondes are dumb or stupid" -- Cannon, Utah, no. 2846
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHGATE
James Callow Keyword(s): Blond women
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 01-00-1992
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Blondes Are Airheads
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
What does a blonde say when you blow in her ear? Thanks for the
refill.
James Callow comment:
Blowing in another's ear is sometimes regarded as a sexual thrill
for one or both parties.
"Blondes are dumb" -- Puckett, Ohio, no. 7197
"Blondes are dumb or stupid" -- Cannon, Utah, no. 2846
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHGATE
James Callow Keyword(s): Blond women
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 01-00-1992
Japan -- Abortion
In Japan, abortion and birth control are not allowed. There is a
strong concern for the spirit of the unborn. They have abortion
cemeteries for victims of abortion. In these cemeteries, there are
stone figures of babies, on which are placed little knitted caps.
These babies are called "water babies".
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WESTLAND
James Callow Keyword(s): NAME
Date learned: 01-00-1990
ANIMAL KINGDOM
OF ALL THE ANIMALS IN THE KINGDOM, I'D RATHER BE A PANTHER,
I'LL CURL MY TAIL OVER MY BACK AND RUN ALL OVER INDIANA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse BELIEF -- Animal |
IN OBERAMERGAUE, GERMANY DURING CHRISTMAS TIME, THEY
HOLD A PASSION PLAY, DEPICTING THE BIRTH OF OUR LORD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; GERMANY ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BIRTH OF OUR LORD=CHRISTMAS. ; SOME CONTRADICTION HERE--PASSION PLAY=CRUCIFIXION.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Christmas Season See F645.2 for Advent Season. |
Date learned: 12-00-1967
IN OBERAMERGAUE, GERMANY DURING CHRISTMAS TIME, THEY
HOLD A PASSION PLAY, DEPICTING THE BIRTH OF OUR LORD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; GERMANY ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BIRTH OF OUR LORD=CHRISTMAS. ; SOME CONTRADICTION HERE--PASSION PLAY=CRUCIFIXION.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Christmas Season See F645.2 for Advent Season. |
Date learned: 12-00-1967
IN ITALY, SAINTS' DAYS ARE CELEBRATED FOR PEOPLE JUST
AS THEIR BIRTHDAYS ARE.
Submitter comment: FROM GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHRISTENING ; NAME DAY ; PATRON SAINT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Baptism Naming rite CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Movable Date |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
DUCK, DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE
ALL PLAYERS SIT IN A CIRCLE. ONE PERSON IS "IT"
AND GOES AROUND TO EACH PLAYER, TAPPING HIM ON THE
HEAD AND SAYING "DUCK." CHOOSING ONE PLAYER,
THE PERSON WHO IS IT WILL TAP HIM ON THE HEAD
AND SAY "GOOSE," AND THIS PERSON MUST CHASE "IT"
AROUND THE CIRCLE AND TRY TO CATCH HIM BEFORE HE CAN
REACH THE "GOOSE'S" PLACE AND SIT DOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): CHASING GAME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH
THIS IS AN ACTING GAME. THE PLAYERS DIVIDE UP INTO
TWO SIDES AND DETERMINE WHICH SIDE WILL GO FIRST.
THAT SIDE DECIDES ON SOME PANTOMIME THAT THEY WILL
PERFORM. THEY THEN GO OVER TO THE OTHER SIDE AND
RECITE THIS RHYME:
(SIDE ONE IS THE ACTING SIDE):
1. HERE WE COME.
2. WHERE FROM?
1: PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH.
2. WHAT'S YOUR TRADE?
1. LEMONADE.
2. SHOW US SOME.
SIDE ONE THEN ACTS OUT ITS PANTOMIME. AS SOON AS
SOMEONE ON SIDE TWO KNOWS WHAT SIDE ONE IS DOING,
HE SHOUTS IT OUT. IF IT IS RIGHT, SIDE TWO CHASES SIDE
ONE BACK TO ITS GOAL. EVERY PERSON IT CATCHES GOES
OVER TO SIDE TWO. THEN IT IS SIDE TWO'S TURN. IF
THEY DON'T CATCH ANYONE, SIDE ONE TAKES ANOTHER TURN.
THIS CONTINUES UNTIL THERE IS ONLY ONE SIDE LEFT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JACKSON
James Callow Keyword(s): DIALOGUE ; DRINK: LEMONADE ; RHYME: AABCCA
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
UNDER THE SHEETS
A PERSON IS ASKED TO NAME HIS FAVORITE SONGS, BUT
TO ADD TO THEM THE PHRASE "UNDER THE SHEETS,"
THUS CREATING A DIFFERENT MEANING TO THE TITLE,
AND THEREFORE PROVIDING HUMOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JACKSON
James Callow Keyword(s): NAMING GAME ; TITLES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Mental Activity |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NAME FAMOUS PEOPLE
EXCERPT IS READ FROM A BOOK, AND THE FIRST LETTER OF
EACH WORD IS WRITTEN IN ONE COLUMN, AND THEN IN A
SECOND COLUMN. THE OBJECT OF THE GAME THEN, IS TO
THINK OF PEOPLES' NAMES HAVING INITIALS THAT
CORRESPOND TO THE LETTERS OF THE COLUMN.
EXAMPLE:
IN VERTICAL ORDER: T H E Q U I C K B R O W N
(NEXT TO THE LETTER C IS THE NAME CONRAD)
IN VERTICAL ORDER IN THE NEXT COLUMN: F O X JUMPED
NEXT TO THE LETTER P IS THE NAME PATRICK (DISC JOCKEY)
THE REST OF LAST COLUMN READS: O V E R
NEXT TO THE LETTER R IN THE FIRST COLUMN IS THE NAME
ROY AND NEXT TO THE O IN THE WORD OVER IN THE SECOND
COLUMN IS THE NAME ORBISON (A SINGER)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
James Callow Keyword(s): NAMING GAME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Memory |
Date learned: 03-02-1970
NEW YORK
YOU WOULD CHOOSE SIDES AND DECIDE WHAT THE OTHER SIDE
SHOULD DO. ONE SIDE WOULD SAY: HERE WE COME.
THE OTHER WOULD ASK: WHERE FROM? ANSWER: NEW YORK.
QUESTION: WHAT'S YOUR TRADE? ANSWER: ICE CREAM AND
LEMONADE. QUESTION: GIVE ME YOUR INITIAL AND SET
TO WORK.
THEN THE OPPOSING SIDE WOULD GIVE THE INITIALS OF THE
TASK THEY HAD CHOSEN FOR THE OTHER SIDE TO DO; FOR
EXAMPLE, "SSFSS" FOR "SEWING SOCKS FOR SEVEN SISTERS."
THEN THEY WOULD PANTOMIME THE ACTION AND THAT
OPPOSING SIDE WOULD HAVE TO GUESS WHAT IT WAS. WHEN
THEY GUESSED IT RIGHT, THE PANTOMIMING TEAM WOULD ALL
RUN; WHOEVER WAS CAUGHT WOULD HAVE TO GO OVER TO THE
OTHER SIDE.
Submitter comment: PLAYED WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; DETROIT ; GLOUCESTER
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; DIALOGUE ; RHYME: AABCCD
Date learned: 05-11-1965
ACCA, BACCA, SODA CRACKER. ACCA, BACCA, BOO, MY FATHER CHEWS TOBACKER
OUT GOES YOU.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A JUMP ROPE RHYME USED BY 6 YEAR OLDS IN LEMA, OHIO.
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
ALABAMA BUSCHA, KING OF THE JEWS,
BOUGHT HIS WIFE A NEW PAIR OF SHOES.
WHEN THOSE SHOES BEGAN TO WEAR, ALABAMA BUSCHA BEGAN TO SWEAR, WIFE,
WIFE GO UPSTAIRS, WIFE, WIFE TOUCH THE FLOOR, RED HOT PEPPERS
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTION RHYME, SPEED-JUMP ; CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
A TISKET, A TASKET, A GREEN AND YELLOW BASKET, I WROTE A LETTER TO MY
MOTHER AND ON THE WAY I DROPPED IT, I DROPPED IT, I DROPPED, AND ON
THE WAY I DROPPED IT, I WROTE A LETTER TO MY MOTHER AND ON THE WAY I
DROPPED IT.
WHILE THIS IS BEING CHANTED, ONE PERSON TAKES A HANDKERCHIEF AND
CIRCLES AROUND A RING FORMED BY THE OTHERS.
HE DROPS THE HANDKERCHIEF
BEHIND ONE, AND THEN THAT PERSON MUST CIRCLE THE OTHERS, REPEATING
THE PROCEDURE.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
ALABAMA BUSKA, KING OF THE JEWS. BOUGHT HIS WIFE A NEW PAIR OF SHOES.
WHEN THE SHOES BEGAN TO WEAR, ALABAMA BUSKA BEGAN TO SWEAR- WIFE,WIFE
TURN AROUND, WIFE, WIFE TOUCH THE GROUND, WIFE, WIFE LEAVE TOWN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME ; CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
ALA BARA BUSKA KING OF THE JEWS.
BOUGHT HIS WIFE A NEW PAIR OF SHOES.
WHEN THE SHOES BEGAN TO WEAR, ALA BABA BUSKA BEGAN TO SWEAR. WIFE,
WIFE TURN AROUND, WIFE, WIFE.
TOUCH THE GROUND. WIFE, WIFE SHINE MY SHOES
SHINE MY SHOES. WIFE, WIFE YOU'D BETTER SKADOO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME ; CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
ALI BABA, KING OF THE JEWS BOUGHT HIS WIFE A NEW PAIR OF SHOES.
WHEN THE SOLES BEGAN TO WEAR, ALI BABA BOUGHT HER ANOTHER PAIR.
WHEN THOSE SHOES BEGAN TO WEAR, ALI BABA BEGAN TO SWEAR- WIFE, WIFE
TOUCH THE GROUND. WIFE, WIFE TURN AROUND.
WIFE WIFE, GET OUT OF TOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME ; CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-12-1969