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LEFT ARM STRAIGHT OUT THE WINDOW MEANS LEFT TURN.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM PARENTS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): DRIVING TURN-SIGNAL ; MANUAL
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DRIVING--TURN SIGNAL
ARM STRAIGHT DOWN MEANS SLOW UP OR STOP.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; PARENTS
James Callow Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A BABY CAN'T SLEEP AT NIGHT AND IS UP ALL DAY,
YOU TURN HIS FEET UP TOWARD HIS HEAD SO HE MAKES A
BACKWARDS SOMERSAULT, AND HE WILL SLEEP AT NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NEW BALTIMORE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping BELIEF -- Method of Curing SPEECH -- Magical |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
WHEN TELLING A LIE, CROSS THE FINGERS OF YOUR LEFT HAND
AND YOU WON'T BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LIE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A BELIEF COMMON IN THE OSWALD FAMILY AS WELL
AS IN MY OWN GRADE SCHOOL DAYS CIRCA 1960.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
Date learned: 09-20-1967
GESTURE JOKE
WHAT'S THE OTHER HALF OF THIS? (CUPPED HAND WITH FINGERS
SPREAD).
THE ANSWER IS THE SAME...CUPPED HAND WITH FINGERS
SPREAD IN REVERSE DIRECTION.
Data entry tech comment: DIAGRAM ON 5 X 8 CARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
James Callow Keyword(s): NON-OPPOSITIONAL LITERAL
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote SPEECH -- Games Riddles Jokes RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-15-1965
EXPRESSION FOR GESTURE
COMMENT (USUALLY BY PARENT) WHEN SOMEONE REACHES ACROSS
THE DINNER TABLE:
"THAT'S THE BOARDING-HOUSE REACH!"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
Keyword(s): IMPOLITE
James Callow Keyword(s): TABLE MANNERS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Eating |
Date learned: 02-10-1970
EATING HABITS
IN BELGIUM, IT IS TAUGHT IN THE HOME TO EAT WITH THE
FOR IN THE LEFT HAND. THIS PERMITS EASY ACCESS TO
CUTTING THE FOOD WITH A KNIFE IN THE RIGHT HAND.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; BELGIUM ; PITTSBURGH
Keyword(s): MANNERS
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration Implement to handle food SPEECH -- Eating |
Date learned: 11-01-1970
CRUCIAL MOMENT OF LIFE CUSTOM
WHEN A FRATERNITY BROTHER OF MY FRATERNITY GETS MARRIED,
GRADUATES, OR GETS PINNED, WE TOAST HIM BY INTERLOCKING
OUR ARMS WITH THE DRINKS IN OUR HANDS, WE CLINK THE
GLASSES BACKWARDS AND CHUG THE DRINK.
Submitter comment:
HE COMMENTS THAT THIS PROBABLY SOUNDS STUPID, BUT
THEY ALWAYS DO IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SLANG: CHUG=DRINK IT ALL AT ONCE.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Crucial Moment of Life Life Cycle CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Food Drink -- Drink SPEECH -- Drinking |
Date learned: 11-02-1970
RIDDLE
WHY DID TEXAS SHORTEN ITS NAME TO TEX?
BECAUSE THE ASS IS IN WASHINGTON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): POLITICS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A RUSSIAN POLITICIAN AND AN
AMERICAN POLITICIAN? ONE OF THEM RUNS FOR OFFICE WHILE THE
OTHER RUNS FOR THE BORDER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): POLITICS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
RIDDLE
WHAT GETS BIGGER THE MORE YOU CONTRACT IT?
-- DEBTS.
Keyword(s): CAUSAL CONTRADICTIVE OPPOSITIONAL
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
RIDDLE
WHAT CAN A PERSON WEAR THAT IS NEVER OUT OF STYLE?
-- A SMILE.
Where learned: HOME ; MINNESOTA ; TOLD AT ; MINNEAPOLIS
Keyword(s): TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSATIVE VERB "TO SMILE."
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
RIDDLE
WHY IS ETERNITY LIKE A CIRCLE?
-- IT HAS NEITHER A BEGINNING NOR AN END.
Submitter comment: I HEARD THIS IN FERNDALE, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): ETERNITY CIRCLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
RIDDLE
HOW LONG IS A CHINA MAN?
-- SO LONG IS HIS BROTHER.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS TOLD TO KAREN BY HER FATHER.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): ORIENT NATIONALITY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-18-1967
RIDDLE
"HOW LONG" IS A CHINAMAN'S NAME.
Submitter comment:
(THIS IS A DECLARATIVE SENTENCE STATING THE NAME OF
A PARTICULAR CHINAMAN. MOST PEOPLE INTERPRET IT AS
A QUESTION. THEY BECOME PUZZLED IN TRYING TO ANSWER IT.)
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): ORIENT NATIONALITY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-25-1970
RIDDLE
QUESTION: WHY DOES THE STATUE OF LIBERTY STAND IN NEW
YORK HARBOR?
ANSWER: BECAUSE IT CAN'T SIT DOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SIT (A) ; STATUE (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
RIDDLE
QUESTION: WHY DOES THE STATUE OF LIBERTY STAND IN THE NEW
YORK HARBOR?
ANSWER: BECAUSE IT CAN'T SIT DOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SIT (A) ; STATUE (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 12-00-1965
RIDDLE
QUESTION: WHY DOES THE STATUE OF LIBERTY STAND IN NEW
YORK HARBOR?
ANSWER: BECAUSE IT CANNOT SIT DOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SIT (A) ; STATUE (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
Language
Tongue Twister Verse:
As I was passing through Arkansas, I saw a saw that could outsaw any saw I ever saw.
So, if you're ever passing through Arkansas and see a saw that can outsaw the saw I saw, I'd like to see the saw you saw as you were passing through Arkansas.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Alternative possible spelling of Collector's last name: Datson, Datser
James Callow comment:
Already typewritten as Prose.
Keyword(s): Arkansas ; Detroit ; GAME ; Language ; Prose ; PUZZLE ; Saw ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
James Callow Keyword(s): Prose ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Tongue Twister Verse
As I was passing through Arkansas, I saw a saw that could outsaw any saw I ever saw.
So, if you're ever passing through Arkansas and see a saw that can outsaw the saw I saw, I'd like to see the saw you saw as you were passing through Arkansas.
James Callow comment:
Already typewritten as Prose.
Keyword(s): Arkansas ; Detroit ; Prose ; PUZZLE ; Saw ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
James Callow Keyword(s): Prose ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |