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IF ONE SEWS ON SUNDAY, HE WILL TAKE THE STITCHES OUT IN HELL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE LIBRARY
Keyword(s): PUNISHMENT ATONEMENT PENANCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Working |
Date learned: 04-01-1969
IN THE ARMY IF YOU GET SICK, THEY GIVE YOU A WAC AND
PUT YOU TO BED.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN CHIAGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ON WHACK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
I WAS WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND NOTICED EVERYONE WAS
DEAD. SO I ACTED CALM AND ASKED AN ARTICHOKE WHAT
THE DEAL WAS. HE REPLIED, "A KING OF SPADES, TWO
JACKS AND AN ACE." (VARIOUS SUITES ON THE JACKS AND
ACE). I THEN PICKED UP THE ARTICHOKE AND GAVE IT A
SQUASH WITH MY LEFT HAND. HE THANKED ME AND SAID
HE'D BE HAPPY WITH IT AND THEN I WENT ON MY MERRY
WAY. I WENT HOME WHERE I FELL ASLEEP AND DREAMED EVERY-
ONE WAS ALIVE AND WELL, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS HATRED,
POLLUTION, CRIME AND DISEASE. THEN I DIED IN MY SLEEP
WITH THAT DREAM IN MIND AND ALL WAS WELL.
OBJECT: PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT AND YOU WON'T GO WALKING
AROUND TALKING TO ARTICHOKES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 02-29-1972
WHEN AUSTRIA WAS HUNGARY, IT TOOK A LITTLE TURKEY
AND TOOK A LITTLE GREECE, PUT IT IN JAPAN AND
ATE IT OFF OF CHINA.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT REMEMBERED THIS FROM CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE TWO ESKIMOS WHO WERE RUBBING
NOSES AND GOT "SNIFFILIS?"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
James Callow Keyword(s): BLEND ; NEOLOGISM ; PUN ON SYPHILIS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote ESKI |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
YELLOW FINGER
ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A CASTLE THAT WAS GUARDED BY
A HUGE YELLOW FINGER, WHO WOULDN'T LET ANYONE PASS
THE KING FROM A RIVALING CASTLE SENT ONE OF HIS BRAVEST
KNIGHTS TO GET BY THE FINGER, BUT THE FINGER KILLED HIM.
SO THE KING SENT A DUKE, BUT HE, TOO, WAS KILLED. THEN
THE KING SENT ONE OF HIS PAGES. HE JUST WALKED RIGHT
THROUGH.
MORAL: LET YOUR PAGES DO THE WALKING THROUGH THE YELLOW
FINGER.
Submitter comment:
IT SEEMS TO ME THERE WAS SLIGHTLY MORE BUILD-UP ON THIS
STORY, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PUN ON TELEVISION ADVERTISEMENT: LET YOUR FINGERS DO THE
| Subject headings: | 6677 Formula Tale |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
YELLOW FINGERS
ONCE THERE WAS A KING WHO WANTED TO GET A MESSAGE THROUGH
TO A NEIGHBORING KINGDOM. BUT IN ORDER TO GET THROUGH,
THE MESSANGER WOULD HAVE TO PASS THE MONSTROUS YELLOW
FINGERS. FIRST A KNIGHT WAS SENT, BUT THE YELLOW FINGERS
PINCHED HIM TO DEATH. THEN A SQUIRE TRIED, BUT MET WITH
THE SAME FATE. FINALLY, A PAGE WAS SENT AND MADE IT
THROUGH.
THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS: LET YOUR PAGES DO THE WALKING
THROUGH THE YELLOW FINGERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PUN ON COMMERCIAL FOR THE BELL TELEPHONE CO., WHICH SAYS,
| Subject headings: | 6677 Formula Tale |
Date learned: 10-15-1969
THE SKUNKS
MAMA SKUNK WAS WORRIED BECAUSE SHE COULD NEVER KEEP TRACK OF HER TWO
KIDS. THEY WERE NAMED "IN" AND "OUT" AND WHEN "IN" WAS IN, "OUT" WAS
OUT. AND IF "IN" WAS OUT, "OUT" WAS IN. ONE DAY SHE CALLED "OUT"
AND TOLD HIM TO BRING "IN" IN. HE DID. "GOOD!" SAID MAMA SKUNK.
"HOW DID YOU FIND HIM IN SO SHORT A TIME?" "IT WAS EASY SAID
OUT, "INSTINCT!"
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): IN STINCT=INSTINCT ; IN STINKS
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
A MAN HAS A SON WITH NO LEGS, ARMS OR TRUNKS ONLY A
HEAD. HE AND HIS SON (THE HEAD) GO TO BAR TO CELEBRATE
THE SON'S 21ST BIRTHDAY. THE FATHER ORDERS TWO BEERS
AND THEY BOTH DRINK UP. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE SON
SPROUTS LEGS, ARMS AND A TRUNK. TO CELEBRATE THIS
MIRACLE, FATHER AND SON DRINK ANOTHER BEER. THEN
THE SON SHRIVELS UP AND DISAPPEARS. THE MORAL OF THE
STORY IS "BE HAPPY WHILE YOU'RE AHEAD."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): PUN AHEAD=A HEAD
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 03-06-1971
IN THE ARMY IF YOU GET SICK, THEY GIVE YOU A WAC AND
PUT YOU TO BED.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN CHIAGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ON WHACK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
I WAS WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND NOTICED EVERYONE WAS
DEAD. SO I ACTED CALM AND ASKED AN ARTICHOKE WHAT
THE DEAL WAS. HE REPLIED, "A KING OF SPADES, TWO
JACKS AND AN ACE." (VARIOUS SUITES ON THE JACKS AND
ACE). I THEN PICKED UP THE ARTICHOKE AND GAVE IT A
SQUASH WITH MY LEFT HAND. HE THANKED ME AND SAID
HE'D BE HAPPY WITH IT AND THEN I WENT ON MY MERRY
WAY. I WENT HOME WHERE I FELL ASLEEP AND DREAMED EVERY-
ONE WAS ALIVE AND WELL, EVEN THOUGH THERE WAS HATRED,
POLLUTION, CRIME AND DISEASE. THEN I DIED IN MY SLEEP
WITH THAT DREAM IN MIND AND ALL WAS WELL.
OBJECT: PLAY YOUR CARDS RIGHT AND YOU WON'T GO WALKING
AROUND TALKING TO ARTICHOKES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 02-29-1972
WHEN AUSTRIA WAS HUNGARY, IT TOOK A LITTLE TURKEY
AND TOOK A LITTLE GREECE, PUT IT IN JAPAN AND
ATE IT OFF OF CHINA.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT REMEMBERED THIS FROM CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
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DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE TWO ESKIMOS WHO WERE RUBBING
NOSES AND GOT "SNIFFILIS?"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ON SYPHILIS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote ESKI |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
YELLOW FINGER
ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A CASTLE THAT WAS GUARDED BY
A HUGE YELLOW FINGER, WHO WOULDN'T LET ANYONE PASS
THE KING FROM A RIVALING CASTLE SENT ONE OF HIS BRAVEST
KNIGHTS TO GET BY THE FINGER, BUT THE FINGER KILLED HIM.
SO THE KING SENT A DUKE, BUT HE, TOO, WAS KILLED. THEN
THE KING SENT ONE OF HIS PAGES. HE JUST WALKED RIGHT
THROUGH.
MORAL: LET YOUR PAGES DO THE WALKING THROUGH THE YELLOW
FINGER.
Submitter comment:
IT SEEMS TO ME THERE WAS SLIGHTLY MORE BUILD-UP ON THIS
STORY, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 6677 Formula Tale |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
YELLOW FINGERS
ONCE THERE WAS A KING WHO WANTED TO GET A MESSAGE THROUGH
TO A NEIGHBORING KINGDOM. BUT IN ORDER TO GET THROUGH,
THE MESSANGER WOULD HAVE TO PASS THE MONSTROUS YELLOW
FINGERS. FIRST A KNIGHT WAS SENT, BUT THE YELLOW FINGERS
PINCHED HIM TO DEATH. THEN A SQUIRE TRIED, BUT MET WITH
THE SAME FATE. FINALLY, A PAGE WAS SENT AND MADE IT
THROUGH.
THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS: LET YOUR PAGES DO THE WALKING
THROUGH THE YELLOW FINGERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 6677 Formula Tale |
Date learned: 10-15-1969
THE SKUNKS
MAMA SKUNK WAS WORRIED BECAUSE SHE COULD NEVER KEEP TRACK OF HER TWO
KIDS. THEY WERE NAMED "IN" AND "OUT" AND WHEN "IN" WAS IN, "OUT" WAS
OUT. AND IF "IN" WAS OUT, "OUT" WAS IN. ONE DAY SHE CALLED "OUT"
AND TOLD HIM TO BRING "IN" IN. HE DID. "GOOD!" SAID MAMA SKUNK.
"HOW DID YOU FIND HIM IN SO SHORT A TIME?" "IT WAS EASY SAID
OUT, "INSTINCT!"
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): IN STINCT=INSTINCT IN STINKS
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
A MAN HAS A SON WITH NO LEGS, ARMS OR TRUNKS ONLY A
HEAD. HE AND HIS SON (THE HEAD) GO TO BAR TO CELEBRATE
THE SON'S 21ST BIRTHDAY. THE FATHER ORDERS TWO BEERS
AND THEY BOTH DRINK UP. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE SON
SPROUTS LEGS, ARMS AND A TRUNK. TO CELEBRATE THIS
MIRACLE, FATHER AND SON DRINK ANOTHER BEER. THEN
THE SON SHRIVELS UP AND DISAPPEARS. THE MORAL OF THE
STORY IS "BE HAPPY WHILE YOU'RE AHEAD."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): PUN AHEAD=A HEAD
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 03-06-1971
TOM SWIFTY
"LET ME SLIP INTO SOMETHING MORE COMFORTABLE," SHE
SAID NEGLIGENTLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ON NEGLIGEE, A WOMAN'S LOOSE DRESSING GOWN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 12-00-1967
TOM SWIFTY
"LET'S GO DOWN TO THE CELLAR" TOM SAID DESCENDENTLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ON DESCEND
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 12-00-1967
TOM SWIFTY
MY! WHAT A DEEP HOLE, SAID TOM GRAVELY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 00-00-1964