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UNINFORMED
A GREAT MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVE NOTHING WRONG WITH THEM, APPARENTLY,
FORGET TO LET THEIR FACES KNOW ABOUT IT.
Submitter comment: NO RECORD OF SOURCE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): PEOPLE WHO DON,T SMILE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 09-22-1967
POLISH PROVERB
A GUEST IN THE HOUSE IS GOD IN THE HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HOSPITALITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1930
TYPOGRAPHICAL DISPLAY
YOU'LL FIND THIS PRINTED IN INFINTISIMALLY ( INFINITESIMALLY ) SMALL
PRINT ON THE BACK OF AN ENVELOPE: "PEOPLE SURE ARE NOSEY".
Submitter comment:
I RECEIVED A LETTER LIKE THIS WHILE I WAS AT A BOARDING SCHOOL WHERE
ALL OUR MAIL WAS CHECKED. NEEDLESS TO SAY THE NUN WHO CHECKED THIS
PARTICULAR PIECE WAS A BIT INSULTED BY THE IMPLICATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
CHARGE CALL
CRAZE FOR THE PAST FEW YEARS FOR A TRUMPET FLOURISH TO BE PROCEEDED
(PRECEDED? SUCCEEDED?)
BY A YELL OF "CHARGE" FROM SPECTATORS AT A BASKETBALL OR A FOOTBALL
GAME.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): SPORTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion SPEECH -- To Be Heard |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
BELIEF
IF YOU PUT A STAMP ON AN ENVELOPE UPSIDE DOWN IT IS A SIGN YOU LOVE
THE PERSON YOU ARE SENDING IT TO.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Observation SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
MAILING PROCEDURES
WHEN YOU PLACE THE STAMP UPSIDE DOWN ON AN ENVELOP WHEN MAILING IT,
THIS MEANS "I LOVE YOU" TO THE RECIPIENT OF THE LETTER FROM THE
SENDER.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): ENVELOPE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: 11-13-1965
THE DRESS.
A GIRL, PRESUMABLY A RELATIVE OF A FRIEND OR CLASSMATE, BOUGHT A
DRESS FOR A HIGH SCHOOL PROM. WHILE WEARING THE DRESS, SHE BECAME
VIOLENTLY ILL AND DIED LATER AT A LOCAL HOSPITAL. UPON INVESTIGATION
IT WAS DISCOVERED THAT THE DRESS HAD BEEN PREVIOUSLY PURCHASED
FROM THE STORE AND RETURNED. THE FIRST " OWNER " WAS A GIRL OF
THE SAME AGE WHO WORE THE DRESS TO BE LAID OUT BEFORE HER FUNERAL
IT WAS THE EMBALMING FLUID WHICH CAUSED THE SECOND OWNER'S DEATH.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): FATAL DRESS. ; THE POISONED DRESS. TY Z551 IN BAUGHMAN
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: CA00001965
BRIDGE ON THE MISSISSIPPI.
WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING A BRIDGE OVER THE MISSISSIPPI RIVER, ONE
OF THE CONSTRUCTION WORKERS FELL OFF THE PART THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED
AND FELL INTO A PILLAR. THEY NEVER FOUND THE BODY. SOME WONDER
WHAT HAPPENED TO THE MAN, IF HE LIVED AND NEVER CAME BACK OR JUST
DISAPPEARED.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): VANISH
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARE " THE BRIDGE OF ARTA ". ; FOUNDATION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-30-1968
LEGEND
IN THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS OF VIRGINIA, THERE IS A PLACE CALLED
DEVIL'S DEN. LEGEND HAS IT THAT WHEN LUCIFER WAS CAST OUT OF
HEAVEN THAT IS THE PLACE HE WAS THROWN INTO. THE PIT IS BOTTOMLESS,
SO IT'S SAID. YOU CAN DROP A STONE INTO THE PIT AND NEVER HEAR IT
HIT BOTTOM. THEY'VE CALLED IT DEVIL'S DEN AS LONG AS ANYONE
REMEMBERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5444 MARTIN ; 48210
Keyword(s): BOTTOMLESS PIT.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Formation |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
THE DEVIL'S HOLE ROAD LEGEND.
" THE AREA IN WHICH I LIVE USED TO BE ALL SWAMPY. THE INDIANS
BELIEVED THAT WHEN AN INDIAN OR WHITE MAN WENT INTO THE AREA AND DID
NOT RETURN THAT THE DEVIL HAD CAPTURED HIM. SO THAT IS HOW DEVIL'S
HOLE ROAD GOT ITS NAME. "
Where learned: OHIO ; 7187 DEVILS HOLE RD ; PEMBERVILLE
Keyword(s): CAPTURED BY DEVIL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
INDIAN LEGEND
FROM CODY, WYOMING: ONCE THERE WAS A MEDICINE MAN WHO WAS REALLY
A GOOD GUY. THIS WHOLE TRIBE WAS IN A STATE OF MORAL DECAY,
THEY GAVE HIM A BAD TIME AND MOCKED HIM WHEN HE TRIED TO CLEAN
THINGS UP.
FINALLY HE DECIDED TO GIVE THE PEOPLE ONE LAST CHANCE. HE CALLED
ALL THE DEPRAVED INDIANS TOGETHER AND MADE A SPEECH, ASKING THEM
TO REFORM. THEY HAD ALL COME DECKED OUT IN THEIR CEREMONIAL ROBES
RED, YELLOW AND GREEN, ALL STANDING ON THE CLIFFS AROUND THE
MEDICINE MAN AS HE MADE HIS SPEECH. THEY PLANNED TO KILL HIM AS
SOON AS HE WAS FINISHED. BUT HE PULLED A FAST ONE AND TURNED ALL
OF THEM INTO ROCKS. THIS IS HOW THE PAINTED DESERT WAS FORMED.
Data entry tech comment: CORRECTED SOME WORDING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SUPERNATURAL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Myth PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formation |
PLANT LEGEND
THERE IS A TREE IN THE JUNGLES OF PANAMA
WHICH WHIPS PEOPLE IF THEY DO NOT SAY
" I HAVE SEEN YOU" IN SPANISH.
Submitter comment:
(MISS ZITZEWITZ STATED THAT THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO HER
FATHER WHEN HE FIRST MET HER MOTHER IN PANAMA.)
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUNISHMENT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-02-1963
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BAWDY BOOK TITLE
THE HOLE IN THE MATTRESS BY MR. COMPLETELY
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
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BAWDY BOOK TITLE
THE PLASTIC BATHING SUIT BY SEYMOUR HARE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
LEGEND
AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY THERE IS A TOWER CALLED BEAUMONT
IN WHICH THERE ARE TWO STEEPLES, EVERY TIME A VIRGIN
IS GRADUATED FROM THIS SCHOOL, ONE OF THE TWO STEEPLES
ARE KNOCKED DOWN TO HONOR HER. THESE TWO STEEPLES HAVE BEEN
THERE SINCE 1865.
Submitter comment: FROM ROOM MATE.
Data entry tech comment: COLLECTOR'S SPELLING CORRECTED BY KEYPUNCHER.
Where learned: DORM ; MICHIGAN STATE
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTIFEMINISM ; PESSIMISM ; SATIRE ; VIRGINITY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
AUTOGRAPH BOOK RHYME
WHEN YOU ARE MARRIED AND SETTLE DOWN,
SEND ME A PIECE OF YOUR WEDDING GOWN.
Submitter comment: FROM INFORMANT'S JUNIOR HIGH AUTOGRAPH BOOK, 1929-1933
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW
Keyword(s): ADVICE:POSITIVE ; MARRIAGE ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.345 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
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
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
REMEMBER A
REMEMBER B
BUT C THAT U
REMEMBER ME.
Submitter comment: FOUND IN INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ADVICE:POSITIVE ; FRIENDSHIP ; IAMBIC DIMETER ; RHYME: ABCB ; TYPOGRAPHICAL VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 10-08-1965
AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTION
ON THE SHORES OF GICHIGOMI,
COME ON BY AND SOCK-IT-TO-ME.
U R A Q T
I N V U
Submitter comment:
UNDATED ENTRY IN KATHY CRACCHIOLO'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK
KEPT IN ST. CLAIR SHORES MICH. IN 1968
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): PARODY OF HIAWATHA ; TROCHAIC TETRAMETER ; TYPOGRAPHICAL VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 02-27-1971 ; 00-00-1968
AUTOGRAPH- VERSE
REMEMBER M
REMEMBER E
PUT THEM TOGETHER , REMEMBER ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ADVICE:POSITIVE ; FRIENDSHIP ; RHYME: ABCB ; TYPOGRAPHICAL VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 10-05-1971