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JOKES
DID YOU SEE THE NEW HELEN KELLER DOLL?
WIND IT UP AND IT BUMPS INTO EVERYTHING.
James Callow Keyword(s): BLINDNESS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
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DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE NEW HELEN KELLER DOLL?
YOU WIND IT UP AND IT WALKS INTO WALLS.
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Updated on 12-2010 by TRD
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HELEN KELLER WAS DEAF AND BLIND
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; New Orleans
James Callow Keyword(s): BLINDNESS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 00001972 (SUMMER)
RIDDLE
Q: WITHOUT EARS, WITHOUT EYES IT LEADS THE BLIND.
A: A CANE.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HOUSEHOLD ITEMS (A) ; PARTS OF THE BODY (Q) ; PERSON (Q) BLIND
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
PROVERB IN VERSE
NEVER KISS BY THE GARDEN GATE,
FOR LOVE IS BLAND, (SIC) BUT THE NEIGHBORS AIN'T
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; BLIND ; GOSSIP ; PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
Saying
Blind as a bat.
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Where learned: Harwell, Martha
Keyword(s): Bat ; BLIND ; Language ; METAPHOR ; Saying ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Group of Vowels and Consonants, and of Words |
PROVERB: DENSITY
SHE CAN'T SEE THE FOREST FOR THE TREES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
Keyword(s): BLINDNESS TO THE OBVIOUS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE LAIRD OF LENOX
A VERY THIN MAN WITH WHITE, SIGHTLESS EYES, RED SKINNED,
AND DRESSED IN STUART-TARTAN, EKED OUT A LIVING BY
BLOWING ON A BIG TIN WHISTLE. NOBODY EVER KNEW THE
TUNES THAT THE "LAIRD" PLAYED, BUT ALWAYS BEFORE
BEGINNING HIS RECITAL, HE WOULD REMARK: "WHO GAVE
ME THIS LONESOME WHISTLE?" "AH, I MIND NOO! THE
LAIRD OF LENNOX."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MUSICIAN, FLUTE BLIND MAN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 01-28-1971
THE LAIRD OF LENOX
A VERY THIN MAN WITH WHITE, SIGHTLESS EYES, RED SKINNED,
AND DRESSED IN STUART-TARTAN, EKED OUT A LIVING BY
BLOWING ON A BIG TIN WHISTLE. NOBODY EVER KNEW THE
TUNES THAT THE "LAIRD" PLAYED, BUT ALWAYS BEFORE
BEGINNING HIS RECITAL, HE WOULD REMARK: "WHO GAVE
ME THIS LONESOME WHISTLE?" "AH, I MIND NOO! THE
LAIRD OF LENNOX."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MUSICIAN, FLUTE BLIND MAN STUART: ALTERNATE SPELLING: STEWART
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 01-28-1971
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WHY DOES HELEN KELLER HAVE PURPLE FINGERS? SHE HEARD IT THROUGH
THE GRAPEVINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BLIND
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
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HOW DID HELEN KELLER BURN HER HAND? SHE WAS READING A WAFFLE IRON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BLIND
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00001967 FALL
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WHY DOES HELEN KELLER PLAY THE PIANO WITH ONE HAND?
SHE SINGS WITH THE OTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BLIND
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00001967 FALL
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A PIECE OF PAPER WITH HOLES PUNCHED IN IT IS USED FOR THIS JOKE.
PERSON TELLING JOKE WOULD STARE, AND RUB FINGERS OVER BUMPS IN
PAPER, HUMMING A TUNE. PERSON LISTENING WOULD ASK, "WHAT'S
THAT?", ANSWER, "HELEN KELLER SINGING AND READING MUSIC."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
Keyword(s): BLIND
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-01-1972
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HOW DOES HELEN KELLER'S MOTHER PUNISH HELEN?
SHE MOVES THE FURNITURE AROUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BLIND
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 01-30-1972
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HOW COME HELEN KELLER PLAYS THE PIANO WITH ONLY ONE HAND?
SHE SINGS WITH THE OTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BLIND
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 01-30-1972
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How did Helen Keller burn her fingers?
She was reading a waffle iron
Data entry tech comment:
Helen Keller was an American author, political activist and lecturer who lived from 1880-1968. She was deaf and blind.
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; Butler, Jim ; New Orleans
Keyword(s): BLIND ; BLINDNESS ; BRAILLE ; DEAF ; Distasteful ; IRON ; JOKE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Belief: Animal
Catty Belief:
Blue eyed cats are deaf
(They are usually green eyed)
Submitter comment:
The date 11/7/69 is written in tiny numbers on the bottom left hand of the card.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [P500] crossed out. Replaced with Current Classification
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Pietras, Mary
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; BLIND ; BLINDNESS ; Blue ; CAT ; COLOR ; Eye ; eye color ; Green
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Proverb
Love is Blind
Submitter comment:
From - Uncertain
Data entry tech comment:
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James Callow comment:
Located in a pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Original BN [V300] crossed out. replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Whittlesey, Mary Ann
Keyword(s): BLIND ; Emotions ; HEART ; LOVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
You can't see the forest for the trees.
Data entry tech comment:
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James Callow comment:
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Masica, Barbara ; SAGINAW
Keyword(s): BLIND ; Forest ; Outlook ; Proximity ; TREES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Proverb
Wellerism:
"I see" said the blind man, as he picked up the hammer and saw.
Submitter comment:
Heard frequently in New Brighton, MInn.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MINNESOTA
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BLIND ; Hammer ; Maxim ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PROVERB ; PUN ; Saw ; See ; Sight ; TOOLS ; VERSE ; Wellerism
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Proverb
Wellerism:
"I see" said the blind man, as he took up his hammer and saw.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: OHIO
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BLIND ; Hammer ; Maxim ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PROVERB ; PUN ; Saw ; See ; Sight ; TOOLS ; VERSE ; Wellerism
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |