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Tongue Twister

I'm neither a fig plucker nor a fig plucker's son but I pluck your figs till the fig plucker comes.

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James Callow comment:

Original BN [C730.329] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.

Plucker? Yes.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Fig ; Language ; Plucker ; RHYME ; Saying ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE

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

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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

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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

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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).

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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.

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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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TARA TOOK TONY TOWARD TWO TINY TWISTED TWINKIES.
"I HAVE TWO COUSINS NAMED TARA AND TONY. WHEN THEY WERE
YOUNGER, TARA ALWAYS GAVE TONY TWINKIES THAT WERE SMASHED.
MY GRANDFATHER MADE UP THIS TONGUE TWISTER ABOUT THEM.

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD

Keyword(s): Language ; RIDDLE ; SPEECH ; TONGUE TWISTER

Subject headings: SPEECH -- S5570

Date learned: 08-00-1985

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