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Tongue Twister:
Betty Botter bought some butter. But, she said, the butters bitter: If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter. But a bit of better butter will make my batter better. So she bought a bit of butter and put it in her batter and it made her batter worse.
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Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Baking ; Batter ; Butter ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
Tongue Twister:
Betty Batter bought a bit of bitter batter.
Submitter comment:
She learned it from girlfriends at school.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 9175 YORKSHIRE ; Winay, Maureen
Keyword(s): GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
Tongue Twister:
Of all the saw I ever saw saw, I never saw a saw saw like that saw saws.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [C700] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Something similar in Prose already typed.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; ; Wisok, David
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
Tongue Twister:
Rush the washing, Russell.
Rush the washing, Russell.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [C870].
Return to make verse?
Keyword(s): Language ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Language
Tongue Twister:
Rush the washing Russell,
Rush the washing Russell.
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James Callow comment:
A question mark is written on the card.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; ; Bernard, Michael
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | -- .C700, S570 |
Language
Tongue Twister:
Sheep shouldn't sleep in a shack
Sheep should sleep in a shed.
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James Callow comment:
Malle Verse?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Jekabson, Martha ; 16765 Beech Daly ; REDFORD
Keyword(s): GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Language
Tongue Twister:
I stood on the steps of Burgesses fish sauce shop,
Mimicking him hiccuping and welcoming him in.
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James Callow comment:
Burgess's?
Make Verse?
The word him is underlined, with an arrow pointing at it with the word Ant??
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Wisok, David
Keyword(s): GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music SPEECH -- Formula |
Language
Tongue Twister:
That that is, is that that is not, is not. Is not that it?
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ; Lamb, Rich
Keyword(s): GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Language
Tongue Twister:
A canner can can all the things that he can, but a canner can't can a can can he?
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James Callow comment:
Sense??
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAMES ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Language
Weather Verse:
Rain Rain, go away. Come again another day.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18471 FAIRFIELD ; ; Bujold, Catherine
Keyword(s): CHILD ; CHILDREN ; Language ; Play ; Rain ; RHYME ; SONG ; VERSE ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Language
RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY, COME AGAIN ANOTHER DAY.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD / Updated on 1-13-2011
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHILD ; CHILDREN ; Language ; Play ; Rain ; RHYME ; SONG ; VERSE ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
Language
RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY/ COME AGAIN ANOTHER DAY/ LITTLE JOHNNIE WANTS
TO PLAY.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD / Updated on 01-13-2011
Where learned: EAST DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHILD ; CHILDREN ; Language ; Play ; Rain ; RHYME ; SONG ; VERSE ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
Language
Folk Song by Children:
RAIN RAIN GO AWAY, COME AGAIN ANOTHER DAY.
Submitter comment:
A SONG ALL LITTLE CHILDREN USED TO SING WHEN IT STARTED TO RAIN.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD / Updated on 01-13-2011
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 10428 CURTIS ; 48221
Keyword(s): CHILD ; CHILDREN ; Language ; Play ; Rain ; RHYME ; SONG ; VERSE ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 10-02-1977
Language
RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY
COME AGAIN ANOTHER DAY.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD / Updated on 01-13-2011
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CHILD ; CHILDREN ; Language ; Play ; Rain ; RHYME ; SONG ; VERSE ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 09-13-1973
Language: Weather
Rain, rain, go away. Come back another day.
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KW: WP
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: Morabito, Sal
Keyword(s): CHILD ; CHILDREN ; Language ; Play ; Rain ; RHYME ; SONG ; VERSE ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Maxim
All that Glitters is not gold.
Data entry tech comment:
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [O700, V3] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: Gibson, Mrs J W
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; COLOR ; Gold ; Language ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Expression
Busy as a one-armed coathanger.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V600] crossed out. replaced with current classification.
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Black, Karen
Keyword(s): Expression ; Language ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Proverb
Caveat Emptor - Let the buyer beware.
Submitter comment:
...From HIgh School Economics and Latin class.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Located in a pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
KW:FFN
Keyword(s): Beware ; Buyer ; ECONOMICS ; Language ; LATIN ; PRUDENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Pierre qui roule n'amasse pas mousse.
[A rolling stone gathers no moss]
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Trans. by Mrs. K.J. Uniechowski
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: Floyd, Phylis
Keyword(s): Busy ; FRENCH ; Language ; LAZY ; METAPHOR ; Moss ; Rolling ; Sedentary ; STONE
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMATED NATURE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Play on Words
A specimen is an Italian astronaut.
Submitter comment:
I heard this while I was at Sacred Heart Seminary
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Submission card located in pile marked These don't sound traditional. Do not file yet.
Keyword(s): ETHNIC ; Italian ; Language ; PUN ; Spaceman ; Specimen ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |