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IF YOU DREAM OF A DEATH, WEDDING IN THE FAMILY;
IF YOU DREAM OF A WEDDING, DEATH IN THE FAMILY.

Data entry tech comment:

Updated by TRD

Where learned: Arkansas ; RUSSELLVILLE ; Chesnut, Laurelyn

Keyword(s): DEATH ; Dream ; FAMILY ; Meaning ; Opposite ; SIGN ; SYMBOL ; WEDDING

James Callow Keyword(s): CHIASMUS ; CONTRAST ; ITERATION

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about weddings, funerals, and other crucial moments of life

Date learned: 10-20-1973

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"THEOPHOLUS THISTLER"

THEOPHOLUS THISTLER, THE SUCCESSFUL THISTLE SIFTER,
SUCCESSFULLY SIFTED THREE THOUSAND THISTLES THROUGH THE
THICK OF HIS THUMB. IF THEOPHOLUS THISTLER, THE SUCCESSFUL
THISTLE SIFTER, SUCCESSFULLY SIFTED THREE THOUSAND THISTLES
THROUGH THE THICK OF HIS THUMB, WHERE ARE THE THREE
THOUSAND THISTLES THAT THEOPHOLUS THISTLER, THE SUCCESSFUL
THISTLE SIFTER, SUCCESSFULLY SIFTED THROUGH THE THICK OF HIS
THUMB.

Data entry tech comment:

Updated by TRD

Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAME ; Language ; Sifter ; Thistle ; TONGUE TWISTER

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 04-00-1972

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Tongue Twister

TOMMY THRESHER THREW THREE FREE THROWS (SAY IT THREE
TIMES RAPIDLY).

Data entry tech comment:

Updated by TRD

Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAME ; Language ; SPEECH ; TONGUE TWISTER

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 04-00-1972

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Tongue Twister

OLD OILY AUTOS (REPEAT FIVE TIMES RAPIDLY).

Data entry tech comment:

Updated by TRD

Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Language ; TONGUE TWISTER

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 04-00-1972

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BREAT BIG JARS OF GREASY GRIMMY GOPHER'S GUTS
MURDILATED [sic] MONKEY'S MEAT
CONCENTRATED BIRDIES FEET
GREAT BIG JARS OF ALL PURPOSE PORPOISE PUS
AND ME WITHOUT A SPOON OR A FLAVORED STRAW.
 

Data entry tech comment:

Updated by TRD

[sic] probably is "mutilated"

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CHILDREN ; Funny ; GROSS ; JOKE ; MUSIC ; SONG ; Tune

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest

Date learned: 09-29-1969

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JOHN JACOB JINGLEHEIMER SCHMIDT,
THAT'S MY NAME TOO,
WHENEVER I GO OUT, THE PEOPLE ALWAYS SHOUT,
THERE GOES JOHN JACOB JINGLEHEIMER SCHMIDT,
DA DA DA DA DA DA DA DA (AND REPEAT ONCE).

Submitter comment:

THIS IS A SONG WE USE TO SING IN BOY SCOUTS AFTER MEALS IN THE
MESS HALL. THE VERSE HERE IS THE ONLY ONE I KNOW OF.

Data entry tech comment:

Updated by TRD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; JOKE ; SONG ; TONGUE TWISTER ; Tune

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest

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SOLOMON SLICK

THERE WAS A MAN IN TOWN
WHOSE NAME WAS SOLOMON SLICK
WE OWNED A MULE WITH DRAINY EYES,
OH, HOW THAT MULE WOULD KICK.
HE KICKED,
HE KICKED
HE KICKED
HE KICKED THE TRAIN OFF THE TRACKS.
HE KICKED THE STREAM BOAT OUT OF SIGHT.

Submitter comment:

NOTE: ON TAPE #2.

Data entry tech comment:

Updated by TRD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Bolden, Tomie

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; MUSIC ; PARODY ; RHYME ; SONG ; Tune ; VERSE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest

Date learned: 02-12-1972

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CHILDREN'S CAMP SONG

CHORUS:
EDDIE CUCHIE CATCHIE CAMA TOSA ERA TOSA
NOMA SOMA CAMA WACKIE BROWN
FELL INTO THE WELL, FELL IN TO THE WELL
FELL INTO THE DEEP DARK WELL.
VERSES:
SUSIE JONES MILKING IN THE BARN SAW HIM FALL
AND RAN INSIDE TO TELL HER MA THAT (CHORUS)
SUSIE'S MA, MAKING CRACKLIN' BREAD
TOLD HER PA WHO HOBBLED INTO TOWN AND SAID THAT (CHORUS)
FROM THE TOWN, EVERYBODY CAME
WHAT A SHAME IT TOOK SO LONG TO SAY HIS NAME THAT(CHORUS)
AFTER SINGING THIS LAST CHORUS YOU SING "WHO?" AND REPEAT THE
CHORUS ONCE MORE AND THEN SAY "DROWNED"

Submitter comment:

THIS SONG IS SUNG AT CYO (CATHOLIC YOUTH ORGANIZATION) CAMPS.

Data entry tech comment:

Updated by TRD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Port Sanilac

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CHANT ; RHYME

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad Epic
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children

Date learned: 06-00-1975

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JUMP ROPE SONG

DONALD DUCK IS A ONE-LEGGED, ONE-LEGGED, ONE-LEGGED DUCK
DONALD DUCK IS A TWO-LEGGED, TWO-LEGGED, TWO-LEGGED DUCK
DONALD DUCK IS A THREE-LEGGED, THREE-LEGGED, THREE-LEGGED DUCK
DONALD DUCK IS A FOUR-LEGGED, FOUR-LEGGED, FOUR-LEGGED DUCK
DONALD DUCK IS A PIGEON-TOED, PIGEON-TOED, PIGEON-TOED DUCK
DONALD DUCK IS A BOW-LEGGED, BOW-LEGGED, BOW-LEGGED DUCK
YOU REPEAT THIS SONG UNTIL THE PERSON JUMPING ROPE MISSES
AS THE PERSON IS JUMPING ROPE HE OR SHE IS ACTING OUT WHAT IS SAID.

Submitter comment:

CHAIN SONG
INITIAL ITERATION
FINAL ITERATION
THIS DEFINITELY HAS A TUNE

Data entry tech comment:

Updated by TRD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HUNTINGTON WOODS

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Donald Duck ; GAME ; Jump Rope ; JUMP ROPE RHYME ; REPETITION ; RHYME ; SONG

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

Date learned: CA00001963

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Children's Game

Played alone with a rubber ball.
The ball is bounced. Each time an item is named the leg goes over the ball.

Example:
The child says:
A my name is Alice (or some name beginning with A)
And my husband's name is Alfred
We come from Alabama
And we eat Apples

The child does this through the whole alphabet.


 

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: NEW YORK CITY ; NEW YORK

James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement

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