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AUTHORS AND TITLES
THE LION TAMER'S LAST FIGHT BY CLAUDE BAULS
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Updated by TRD
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): PUN ; PUNS ; WORDPLAY
James Callow Keyword(s): GONADS ; PUN ON BALLS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: CA00001968
AUTHORS AND TITLES
THE SPOT ON THE WALL BY HU FLUNG DUNG
Submitter comment:
THIS IS SUPPOSEDLY A MYSTERY NOVEL BY A CHINESE AUTHOR
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Updated by TRD
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): PUN ; PUNS ; WORDPLAY
James Callow Keyword(s): PUNS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: CA00001968
AUTHORS AND TITLES
THE YELLOW RIVER BY I. P. DALEY
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Updated by TRD
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): PUN ; PUNS ; WORDPLAY
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ON PEE, MEANING URINATE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: CA00001968
"CONFUCIUS SAY:"
MAN WHO FARTS IN CHURCH WILL SIT IN HIS OWN PEW.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SLANG: PEW FOR STENCH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: CA00001972
ANIMAL
IF YOU EAT A HOG'S EYE, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO SEE THE COLOR
OF THE WIND.
THE WIND IS SAID TO BE RED.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER STATED THAT MY GRANDFATHER ATE A HOG'S EYE AND
SAW THE RED WIND. SHE SAID IT SCARED HIM TO DEATH.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; MILLEDGEVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
A SAILOR WENT TO SEA, SEA, SEA TO SEE WHAT HE COULD SEE, SEE,
SEE; AND ALL THAT HE COULD SEE, SEE, SEE WAS THE BOTTOM
OF THE DEEP BLUE SEA, SEA, SEA.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: CA00001960S
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
MISS LUCY HAD A TUGBOAT. THE TUGBOAT HAD A BELL.
THE TUGBOAT WENT TO HEAVEN AND MISS LUCY WENT TO HELLO,
OPERATOR, I'LL TELL YOU NO MORE LIES. MISS LUCY TOLD ME
ALL OF THIS THE NIGHT BEFORE SHE DIED.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM: HELLO FOR HELL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: CA00001960S
CUSTOM
A MOTHER SAYS TO HER DAUGHTER, CONCERNING THE AMOUNT OF
PERFUME SHE'S PUT ON: "YOU'D LIKE TO KILL A HORSE."
Submitter comment:
THIS LETS THE GIRL KNOW THAT SHE HAS PUT ON TOO MUCH PERFUME;
LITERALLY ENOUGH TO KNOCK OUT A HORSE.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HYPERBOLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: CA00001960S
PRODUCT OR ACTIVITY OF MAN
DON'T WALK OVER SOMEONE OR THEY WON'T GROW
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A STUPID BELIEF. WE WOULD HAVE TO WALK BACK OVER THAT PERSOM.
THIS WAY THE PERSON WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO GROW.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; BROOKLYN ; GRANDMOTHERS HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
PRODUCT OR ACTIVITY OF MAN
AT A GREEK MEAL IT IS AN INSULT IF YOU TURN YOUR GLASS UPSIDEDOWN,
THIS MEANS THAT YOU DO NOT LIKE THE MEAL.
Submitter comment:
I FIND THIS VERY STRANGE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT IS TRUE. WHY WOULD
ANYONE WANT TO TURN THEIR GLASS UPSIDEDOWN ANYWAY ?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHGATE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION, DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
VERSE WITHOUT MUSIC, LYRICAL DEALS WITH EMOTIONS NOT STORY
SNEEZE ON MONDAY, SNEEZE FOR DANGER;
SNEEZE ON TUESDAY, KISS A STRANGER;
SNEEZE ON WEDNESDAY, SNEEZE FOR A LETTER;
SNEEZE ON THURSDAY, SOMETHING BETTER;
SNEEZE ON FRIDAY, SNEEZE FOR SORROW;
SNEEZE ON SATURDAY, SEE LOVE TOMORROW.
Submitter comment:
I THINK THAT THIS IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL VERSE. IT IS A CHAIN TALE
BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT IS TOLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | Observation Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
EASTERTIDE
ON THE DAY AFTER EASTER A BOY WILL MAKE A BRAID OUT OF RIBBON, AND
THEN HE GOES TO THE GIRL OF HIS CHOICE, AND SHE'LL TWIRL AROUND IN
FRONT OF HIM, AS HE HITS HER WITH THE BRAID.
THIS SEEMS TO BE ENJOYED BY EVERYONE IN THE VILLAGE
Submitter comment:
POLAND. SHE LIVED IN A SMALL VILLAGE OUTSIDE OF WARSAW.
MY INFORMANT LEARNED ABOUT THIS CUSTOM WHEN SHE WAS A SMALL GIRL IN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
James Callow Keyword(s): RITUAL WHIPPING
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Monday Dyngus |
NEW YEAR'S DAY
PUT SILVER IN THE SINKS, AND COPPER ON ALL THE WINDOW SILLS, FOR
GOOD LUCK ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, SO THAT YOU WILL NEVER BE BROKE.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A VERY INTERESTING BELIEF, AND IT IS DONE BY MANY RACES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Mineral |
NEW YEAR'S DAY
HOLDING A SILVER DOLLAR IN YOUR HAND AND EATING A HERRING TO WELCOME
IN THE NEW YEAR, MEANS THAT YOU WILL NEVER BE BROKE OR HUNGRY.
Submitter comment: IF YOU DO NOT LIKE HERRING, THEN YOU ARE OUT OF LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
James Callow Keyword(s): COIN MONEY ; HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 00-00-1978
PRAYER, VERSE CRUCIAL MOMENT OF LIFE.
THANK THE LORD FOR A GIRL SO FINE,
YOU GAVE TO ME TO CALL HER MINE,.
NOW SHE'S GONE, SHE'S NEAR HER THRONE,
AND SHE'LL WAIT TILL I COME HOME.
CHORUS: LORD I LOVE HER, LORD I CRY,
LORD I MISS HER, TILL THE DAY I DIE.
ON THIS EARTH I'LL WORK AND PRAY
TILL GOD COMES AND TAKES ME AWAY,
UP TO HEAVEN HIGH IN THE SKY,
THE PLACE THAT YOU RESERVE FOR YOU AND I } }
CHORUS: LORD I LOVE HER, LORD I CRY,
LORD I MISS HER, TILL THE DAY I DIE.
Submitter comment:
THIS HAS TO DO WITH MANY CRUCIAL MOMENTS OF LIFE FROM BIRTH TO DEATH
I FEEL THAT THIS IS A VERY MOVING AND BEATIFUL VERSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
James Callow Keyword(s): RYME PROMPTS WRONG CASE: FOR YOU AND I
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.546 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 04-00-1979
GOOD LUCK
WHEN OPENING A NEW PACK OF CIGARETTES, TAKE THE FIRST ONE OUT, TURN
IT UPSIDEDOWN, AND THEN PUT IT BACK IN, AND SAVE IT FOR LAST. THE
LAST CIGARETTE SMOKED WILL BE UPSIDEDOWN. WHILE SMOKING THE LAST
CIGARETTE, WHILE TAKING THE LAST PUFF, MAKE A WISH } }
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Number Last events: the last person to the table... |
APOTHEGM
MEASURE TWICE, CUT ONCE. THIS IS THE GOLDEN RULE IN THE GLASS
BUSINESS.
Submitter comment: THIS HAS A VERY SIMPLE MEANING: BE CAREFUL }
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
I SEE SAID THE BLIND MAN, AS HE PICKED UP THE HAMMER AND SAW
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
RIDDLE
THERE IS A TEACHER AT THE LAWRENCE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
WHO ASKS THE QUESTION: WHAT IS A FOUR LETTER WORD FOR INTERCOURSE
THAT ENDS IN K? THE ANSWER IS TALK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): PRETENDED OBSCENE RIDDLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
CUSTOM ; BELIEF
ON THE NIGHT BEFORE EASTER, YOU TAKE MONEY (CHANGE) AND PUT IT INTO A
DISH OF WATER. NEXT MORNING, EVERYBODY WASHES THEIR HANDS IN IT.
DOING THIS BRINGS WEALTH TO THE HOUSEHOLD.
Submitter comment:
TRADITION WAS FOLLOWED IN HIS FAMILY. IT COMES FROM THE SLAVIC CHURCH
TRADITION AND WAS INTRODUCED BY HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; COLLECTORS HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC AND CONTAGIOUS MAGIC
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 01-00-1979