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TALE
A MAN HAD JUST PURCHASED A NEW CAR. AFTER DRIVING IT FOR TWO
WEEKS, HE DISCOVERED AN AWFUL RATTLE IN THE DOOR. TAKING IT TO
A GARAGE TO FIND OUT WHAT WAS WRONG, HE DISCOVERED AN EMPTY
COKE BOTTLE WAS LODGED IN THE DOOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): COKE=COCA COLA: BRAND NAME FOR SOFT DRINK. AUTOMOBILE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Means of transportation Vehicle propelled by mechanical or other force on land |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
DRIVING--TURN SIGNAL
LEFT ARM EXTENDED OUT WINDOW WITH FOREARM AT A
90 DEGREE ANGLE WITH BICEP MEANS RIGHT TURN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; PARENTS
James Callow Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DRIVING--TURN SIGNAL
ARM STRAIGHT DOWN MEANS SLOW UP OR STOP.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; PARENTS
James Callow Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
Belief
When driving past a cemetery place on efinger on the roof of the car and put another finger on your mouth and say "shhhh". This is so you will not wake up the dead.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Wilson, JoAnne
Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE ; BELIEF ; CEMETERY ; GESTURE ; GRAVEYARD ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture |
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Ethnic Joke: Black
Ethnic (Black) Joke:
Did you hear about the accident on the Lodge Freeway Yesterday?
A colored guy stuck his head out of the window while travelling 60 mph, and his lips beat him to death!
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
The word negro is written in the top left hand corner of the submission card.
Submission card was located in a pile labeled To Be Classified.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; Canjar, Michael
Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE ; DEROGATORY ; DEROGATORY SLANG ; Distasteful Jokes ; ETHNIC JOKE ; Freeway ; NEGRO ; RACISM ; Stereotype
James Callow Keyword(s): NEGRO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C566 RIDDLE -- W566 Filter - Mature Content |
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Ethnic: Chinese
Chinese Fire Drill:
When a light turns red, somebody yells "Chinese Fire Drill" and everybody piles out of the car and runs around it and gets back in.
Submitter comment:
I was told this by a group of friends who had attended Roosevelt High School in Wyandotte, MI. (1966-68). In 1969 I participated in such a drill.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
BN [F536] written again above the original BN of the same classification. Nothing is crossed out, although it looks like there may have been something erased underneath the original BN. (The second instance may be for clarification purposes.)
Where learned: Myself
Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE ; CHASING GAME ; Chinese ; DEROGATORY ; ETHNIC ; GAME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Jokes
How do you fit four elephants in a Volkswagon?
Two in the front, and two in the back.
Data entry tech comment:
Entered by TRD
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; Henry, Ruth ; New Orleans
Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE ; ELEPHANT ; Funny ; JOKE ; Volkswagon
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Retort
Get a Horse!
-Said to anyone driving too slow.
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Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE ; HORSE ; RETORT ; SPEED ; Tease
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
When someone blows their horn during a traffic jam, one can answer "blow your nose, you'll get more out of it!"
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Small grammatical corrections.
Where learned: ONTARIO ; Heynick, Allan ; Chatham
Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE ; Car ; COMEBACK ; Horn ; INSULT ; NOSE ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Traffic ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Train Tunnels
Whenever I have driven through a train tunnel there have been at least one person to beep their horn for no apparent reason except that of beeping. This leads me to think of the horn-blowing practice as a type of folklore.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: St Charles, Anell
Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE ; Beep ; Car ; Horn ; Train ; Tunnel
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Custom |
A CONVERSION TO SEEING A BLACK CAT CROSS THE ROAD
WHILE DRIVING IS TO MAKE AN "X" ON THE WINDSHIELD.
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Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE ; Mooneyham, Carol
Keyword(s): Black ; CAT ; Cross ; DRIVING ; Road ; SUPERSTITION ; X
James Callow Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE
Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)
MY GRANDFATHER, BEFORE GETTING INTO HIS CAR, WOULD
MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE ; BELIEF ; BLESSING ; Car ; Cross ; CUSTOM ; RELIGION ; SUPERSTITION
Date learned: 10-23-1970