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Autograph Rhyme

If ever this book should travel to Rome,
Give it a kick and send it home.

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Entry by TRD

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE ; Moore, J.E.l

Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; BOOK ; RHYME ; Rome ; Signature ; VERSE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music

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Autograph Verse

Guard well your thoughts, for thoughts are known in Heaven.

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Entry by TRD

James Callow comment:

Original BN [v200] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE ; Moore, J.E.

Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; HEAVEN ; VERSE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music

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Autograph Rhyme

May the Angels twine for thee, a rope of immortality.

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Entry by TRD

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE ; Moore, J.E.

Keyword(s): ANGELS ; AUTOGRAPH ; RHYME ; Signature ; VERSE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music

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STRASBOURG, THE KNOCK, KNOCK STREET

IN DETROIT, IF YOU DRIVE DOWN STRASBOURG STREET, YOUR CAR WILL
KNOCK. THIS IS BECAUSE MANY YEARS AGO, A LITTLE GIRL WAS PLAYING
IN THE STREET WHEN HIT BY A CAR, WHICH DRAGGED HER BODY DOWN THE
STREET WITH HER HEAD KNOCKING AGAINST THE CAR DOOR UNTIL SHE WAS
DEAD.

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Updated by TRD

Where learned: NOT RECORDED

Keyword(s): Auto ; DEATH ; Haunting ; Knock ; Legend ; Lore

Subject headings: Favorites
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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BECAUSE OF THE HIGH WORK ABSENTEEISM ON FRIDAYS AND MONDAYS
(DAYS SURROUNDING WEEKENDS, AND OR HOLIDAYS) AND THEREFORE
MANY TEMPORARY SUBSTITUTE WORKERS, AUTOMOBILES MADE
ON THESE DAYS ARE SUBJECT TO CONSIDERABLY MORE DEFECT
POSSIBILITIES.

Submitter comment:

SOME PEOPLE ARE SO SUPERSTITIOUS ABOUT THIS THAT THEY REFUSE
DELIVERY OF SUCH CARS, SO SAID TIME MAGAZINE IN 1971.

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Updated by TRD

Where learned: TIME MAGAZINE

Keyword(s): Automotive ; Cars ; Defects ; Labor ; SUPERSTITION ; Time Magazine ; Workers

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Work Commerce Business

Date learned: 12-00-1971

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WHEN YOU GET MARRIED
AND YOUR HUSBAND GETS CROSS,
PICK UP THE BROOM
AND SAY I'M THE BOSS.

Submitter comment:

FROM INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK 1935

Data entry tech comment:

LINES DIVIDED BY KEYPUNCHER

Updated by TRD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ADVICE ; AUTOGRAPH ; Boss ; BROOM ; HUSBAND ; MARRIAGE ; Positive ; RHYME: ABCB ; Wife

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.345
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.533

Date learned: 00-00-1935

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MY GRANDFATHER, BEFORE GETTING INTO HIS CAR, WOULD
MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS.

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE ; BELIEF ; BLESSING ; Car ; Cross ; CUSTOM ; RELIGION ; SUPERSTITION

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications
BELIEF -- Good luck P881.22

Date learned: 10-23-1970

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FLY LEAF VERSE

STEAL NOT THIS BOOK FOR FEAR OR SHAME,
CAUSE YOU KNOW CYNTHIA COLEMAN IS NOT YOUR NAME,
CAUSE WHEN YOU DIE GOD WILL SAY
WHERE IS THAT BOOK YOU STOLE THAT DAY/
AND WHEN YOU REPLY, "I DO NOT KNOW,"
GOD WILL SAY, "TO HELL YOU GO".

Data entry tech comment:

Updated by TRD

Where learned: LOUISIANA ; New Orleans

Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; RHYME ; Signature ; VERSE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults

Date learned: CA11001973

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