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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.
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAME ; Language ; Sifter ; Thistle ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
Tongue Twister
TOMMY THRESHER THREW THREE FREE THROWS (SAY IT THREE
TIMES RAPIDLY).
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAME ; Language ; SPEECH ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
Tongue Twister
OLD OILY AUTOS (REPEAT FIVE TIMES RAPIDLY).
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Language ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
Riddle
WHAT IS BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER?
VARIATIONS:
-A NEWSPAPER
-A SUNBURNED ZEBRA
-A COMMUNIST NUN
-AN EMBARRASSED NUN
-A SKUNK WITH DIAPER RASH
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Black ; COLOR ; GAME ; Language ; Red ; RIDDLE ; White
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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WHY DID THE POLES GET MARRIED IN THE BATHTUB?
THEY WANTED A DOUBLE RING CEREMONY.
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Bathtub ; ETHNIC SLUR ; JOKE ; MARRIAGE ; POLISH ; RING ; WEDDING
| Subject headings: | -- RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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WHAT CONSTITUTES A POLISH FUNERAL?
TEN GARBAGE TRUCKS WITH THEIR LIGHTS ON.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Rosser, Alan
Keyword(s): ETHNIC SLUR ; Funeral ; Garbage Truck ; JOKE ; POLISH
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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WHY DO POLLACKS PAINT THEIR GARBAGE CANS TURQUOISE AND
ORANGE?
SO THEY FEEL LIKE THEIR EATING AT HOWARD JOHNSON'S.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Mickle, Pam
Keyword(s): Ethnic Slurs ; GARBAGE ; Howard Johnson ; JOKE ; POLISH ; Restaurant ; RIDDLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
I'M GOING TO GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE AND I AM GOING TO TAKE A
----- (EACH PERSON ADDS AN ITEM, REPEATING ALL PRECEEDING
ITEMS UNTIL SOMEONE FORGETS, THEN THE STORY BEGINS AGAIN).
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): GAME ; Grandmother ; House ; Language ; MEMORY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
WHEN ONE STUBS THEIR BIG TOE, THEY WILL NOT BE MARRIED
WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Greene, Marilee
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; MARRIAGE ; SUPERSTITION ; TOE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
IF YOU CHANGE YOUR PLACE AT THE DINNER TABLE AFTER YOU
HAVE SAT DOWN, YOU WILL MARRY TWICE.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Sullivan, Audrey
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Dinner ; MARRIAGE ; PLACE ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
ALL SCARS DISAPPEAR BY THE TIME YOU GET MARRIED.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Snyder, Cathe
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Marriages ; Scars ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
IF ONE'S SECOND TOE IS LONGER THAN THE "BIG" TOE, YOU
WILL BE THE DOMINANT PARTNER OF THE MARRIAGE.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Sullivan, Audrey
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Dominance ; Length ; MARRIAGE ; SUPERSTITION ; TOE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
Language: Rhyme
Little Sally Walker, sittin in a saucer,
Rise, Sally, Rise.
Now winking eyes, Now you shake it to the East,
Shake it to the West, Shake it to the very one that Sally loves the best.
Around and around and around she goes,
Where she stops, nobody knows.
Submitter comment:
Hand Clapping Game
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Harris, Patricia
Keyword(s): Clapping ; GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; Sally ; Social
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics |
Riddle
Flour of England, Fruit of Spain-
Met together in a shower of rain.
Put in a bag and tied round with a string-
If you'll tell me this riddle
I'll give you a ring.
Answer: Plum Pudding
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; Felderman, Roberta ; Normandy
Keyword(s): England ; Language ; Plum Pudding ; RHYME ; RIDDLE ; Spain
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Riddle
Black we are, but much admired
Men seek for us until they are tired.
We tire the horse, but comfort man
Tell me this riddle, if you can!
Answer: Coal
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Keyword(s): COAL ; GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; RIDDLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Custom
Speech - Professional Group:
At St. Thimas Hospital - the operator will page a Mr. Salamander to come to a certain ward if there's a fire in that ward - so as not to alarm patients and visitors.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Hibbett, Cheryl
Keyword(s): Code ; FIRE ; FIRE ; HOSPITAL ; Page ; Salamander
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
BLOOD SAUSAGE
IN RURAL BULGARIA, AFTER A LOG HAS BEEN PLACED IN THE LARGE FIREPLACE
THE DAY BEFORE CHRISTMAS THE MAKING OF BLOOD SAUSAGE IS BEGUN. A
PIG IS SLAUGHTERED AND SAUSAGE IS MADE FROM ITS BLOOD NO LATER
THAN 12:00 MIDNIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS DAY. THE SAUSAGE CANNOT
BE EATEN BEFORE MIDNIGHT, BUT AFTER THIS EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE
FEASTS.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT REMEMBERS PARTICIPATING IN THIS CUSTOM IN BULGARIA.
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Where learned: HENDRICKSONS PHARMACY ; DETROIT ; 15947 W 7 MILE
Keyword(s): BLOOD ; Bulgaria ; CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; ETHNIC ; FOOD ; holiday ; Pig ; Sausage ; tradition
| Subject headings: | 122 Christmas |
Date learned: 03-21-1970
CHRISTMAS FOOD CUSTOM (GREEK)
A PIG IS BOUGHT AND RAISED FOR A YEAR. IT IS KILLED CHRISTMAS
EVE AND DIFFERENT PARTS ARE USED TO MAKE DIFFERENT FOOD SUCH
AS LEG IS USED FOR SAUSAGE.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT COULDN'T REMEMBER OTHER DETAILS. THE FOOD IS EATEN
CHRISTMAS DAY.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES ; Papatriantafyllore, Keenophon
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; ETHNIC ; FOOD ; Greek ; Pig ; Sausage ; tradition
| Subject headings: | 122 Christmas |
Date learned: 01-00-1970
POLISH FOLK BELIEF
LIPOWY MIOD JEST NAJLEPSYM Z MIODOW.
NIBY DOJZALY BURGUND ZACHOWIYE W SOBIE
ENERGIE STONECZNA. OKRESLENCE 'STARY LEPIES' BRZMCATO JAKO
NAJIOYNSZN POCHWATADLA TRUNKU.
THE HONEY OF JULY IS THE BEST OF ALL HONEYS. IT RETAINS
WITHIN ITSELF THE ENERGY OF THE SUN. THE PHRASE, 'OLD JULY'
RINGS AS THE GREATEST PRAISE OF ITS DRINKS.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Dylza, Helen
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Botany ; FOOD ; HONEY ; July ; Lore ; Moth ; Old July ; POLISH ; PRAISE ; Saying ; Sun
James Callow Keyword(s): MIDDLE-AGE? ; SYMBOL ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | Custom CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TEA BELIEF
IF YOU PICK UP THE BUBBLES IN A CUP OF TEA BEFORE YOU
DRINK IT, YOU
WILL GET RICH.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; Knuff, Alana
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Beverage ; Bubbles ; Consume ; DRINK ; FOOD ; fortune ; Rich ; SUPERSTITION ; TEA
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Brew of leaf, bark, root BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 01-30-1968