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Language
Shor 'nuff
Submitter comment:
Meaning "is that right?"
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Motifs Added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [S200] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Classification?
Keyword(s): Dialect6 ; Enough ; Folk ; Language ; SLANG ; SPEECH ; Sure ; Term
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Verse
Worry:
Mama mia (means my mother)
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Motifs Added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [S550] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: Mancini, Ray
Keyword(s): Expression ; Italian ; MOTHER ; Term ; Worry
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Taunt
Drop Dead!
Go play sea hunt in the toilet!
Submitter comment:
Can't remember.
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Motifs Added by TRD
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T?
Keyword(s): Dead ; Drop ; Expression ; INSULT ; INSULT ; Play ; SEA ; TAUNT ; Term ; Toilet
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Saying
See you later alligator.
In a while, Crocodile
Not too soon, baboon.
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Motifs Added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [S550, S57] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Soldenski, Christine
Keyword(s): Alligator ; Baboon ; Crocodile ; Expression ; SLANG ; Term
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
IF THE BABY BEFORE BIRTH IS ACTIVE, IT WILL BE A BOY;
IF INACTIVE, A GIRL.
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Updated by TRD
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI ; Milton, Mary ; Box 465
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Boy ; gender ; Girl ; Movement ; PREDICTION ; PREGNANCY
James Callow Keyword(s): SEX DETERMINATION
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 09-13-1973
A CHILD CONCEIVED ON THE QUARTER MOON WILL BE A BOY.
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Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI ; Griffin, Fannie ; 298 Central Ave
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Boy ; Conceived ; gender ; PREDICTION ; PREGNANCY
James Callow Keyword(s): FRACTION ; SEX DETERMINATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Number Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually |
Date learned: 09-00-1973
JUST PLANT A WATERMELON ON MY GRAVE
AND LET THE JUICE SLIP THROUGH.
JUST PLANT A WATERMELON ON MY GRAVE
THAT'S ALL I ASK OF YOU!
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Updated by TRD
Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): CHILDREN ; Children's Song ; Grave ; Juice ; RHYME ; Watermelon
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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FOLK ETYMOLOGY: SHYSTER
THIS WORD IS THE CURRENT NAME OF AN UNSCRUPULOUS LAWYER. A
GERMAN LAWYER OF NEW YORK ONCE APPLIED FOR A WARRANT FOR A
CLIENT WHO HAD SLANDERED HIM BY CALLING HIM A VULGAR NAME
WHICH, AS PRONOUNCED BY THE LAWYER, SOUNDED LIKE SHYSTER.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Anti-Semitic ; ETYMOLOGY ; Lawyer ; Offensive term ; Origin
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Common law SPEECH -- S478 |
Date learned: 11-29-1969
TAKING SIDES
WHEN A WOMAN IS PREGNANT, IF SHE SLEEPS ON HER RIGHT SIDE, THE
CHILD WILL BE A BOY. IF SHE LEANS TO THE LEFT, IT WILL BE A GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ; EAST LANSING
James Callow Keyword(s): SEX DETERMINATION
| Subject headings: | 840 BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-05-1969
BIRTH BELIEF
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN BECOMES FAT ALL OVER, SHE WILL HAVE A
GIRL. IF SHE BECOMES FAT SLIGHTLY, SHE WILL HAVE A BOY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SEX DETERMINATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
BIRTH BELIEF
IF A WOMAN CARRIES A BABY OUT FRONT IN HER STOMACH, IT'S A BOY.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS RELATED TO INFORMANT BY HER MOTHER WHO EXPERIENCED MANY CASES
THAT HAVE PROVEN THIS BELIEF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION ; SEX DETERMINATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-20-1971
BIRTH BELIEF
IF A WOMAN CARRIES A BABY IN HER HIP, IT'S A GIRL.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A BELIEF THAT WAS TOLD INFORMANT BY HER GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION ; SEX DETERMINATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-20-1971
PREGNANCY BELIEF
SOME ITALIANS BELIEVE THAT THEY CAN TELL
THE SEX OF A [BABY OF A] PREGNANT
WOMAN--IF THE STOMACH OF THE PREGNANT WOMAN IS HIGH THE SEX OF HER
CHILD WILL BE A BOY, AND IF THE STOMACH IS LOW,
THE CHILD WILL BE A GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION ; SEX DETERMINATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-27-1971