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AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL
THE HIGHER THE MOUNTAIN
THE COOLER THE BREEZE
THE YOUNGER THE COUPLE
THE TIGHTER THEY SQUEEZE
Submitter comment: AUTOGRAPH BOOK, 1943
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COURTSHIP ; RHYME: ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): HUG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1943
A BRILLIANT DEDUCTION
BUTTER IS BUTTER
CHEESE IS CHEESE,
WHAT IS A KISS
WITHOUT A SQUEEZE.
Data entry tech comment: TAKEN FROM INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK
Where learned: OVER THE TELEPHONE ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COURTSHIP ; FOOD ; RHYME: ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): HUG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 08-06-1964
GOLDEN GATES TO HEAVEN
GOLDEN GATES TO HELL
DARN THE BOY WHO KISSES YOU
RUNS OFF AND TELLS.
Data entry tech comment: THE LAST LINE WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE IT IT WOULD READ :"THAT ;
Where learned: AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COURTSHIP ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1935
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
THE SMALLER THE TREE
THE TIGHTER THE BARK
THE YOUNGER THE COUPLE
THE MORE THEY SPARK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16436 W CHICAGO
Keyword(s): COURTSHIP ; RHYME: ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): SLANG: SPARKING FOR KISSING AND HUGGING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
Trick
Game:
A guy will tell a girl that he is a handwriting expert and will ask her for a sample of her handwriting. He will say that all he needs is something short, like her name. This is a sneaky way for him to get her name.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [C500] crossed out. Replaced with current classification
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRENTON ; Toepp, William ; Ray Ridge Chevrolet
Keyword(s): ; COURTSHIP ; DATING ; GAME ; Graphology ; Handwriting ; Pick-up Line ; TRICK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Ethnic: Yugoslavian
Engagement:
In Yugoslavia, parents still arrange any marriages. Thus, whenever a horn is heard blowing, everyone knows that an engagement has been decided. Often, the young people involved may be the last ones to know.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [F533] crossed out. Replaced with current classification
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; 935 FIDELITY DR ; Marcischak, Mrs Helen ; PITTSBURGH
Keyword(s): Arranged Marriages ; COURTSHIP ; DATING ; Engagement ; ETHNIC ; Horn ; MARRIAGE ; Weddings ; Yugoslavia
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Custom: Holiday
IN THE CENTER OF THE TOWN, THE UNATTACHED MEN WALKED
AROUND THE PLAZA COUNTER-CLOCKWISE, WHILE THE UNMARRIED
GIRLS WALKED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. OCCASIONALLY,
THE GIRLS WILL REST ON OVERLOOKING BALCONIES, FROM
WHICH THEY WILL THROW SMALL DARTS TRAILING COLORED
STREAMERS. AFTER THE PARADE, THE MAN IS ENTITLED
TO VISIT ONLY BALCONIES DECORATED IN THE COLORS MATCHING
THE STREAMERS HE HOLDS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated and Motifs added / 02-28-2011 / TRD
Where learned: Magazine
Keyword(s): Balcony ; COURTSHIP ; Dart ; ETHNIC ; Female ; Flirtation ; Male ; Parade ; Ribbon ; Spain ; Spanish ; Streamer ; Streamers
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern |
CUSTOM
ON THE DAY AFTER EASTER, THE FIRST GIRL A BOY SAW, HE WOULD SPRINKLE
HER WITH WATER. HOWEVER BOYS ARE BOYS WHEREVER YOU GO AND THEY
USUALLY USED A WHOLE BUCKET OF WATER ON EVERY GIRL THEY MET. THEIR
GIRL FRIENDS THEY SPRINKLED WITH PERFUME OR COLOGNE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated and Motifs Added / 02-28-2011 / TRD
Informant and collector share same surname.
Where learned: TAYLOR ; Michigan Consolidated Gas Company ; informant's home
Keyword(s): Boy ; Cologne ; COURTSHIP ; CUSTOM ; DYNGUS DAY ; Female ; Flirt ; Flirtation ; Girl ; holiday ; Male ; Perfume ; RITUAL ; Scent ; WATER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Monday Dyngus |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
COURTSHIP BELIEF
IF YOUR SLIP IS HANGING, IT MEANS YOU ARE LOOKING FOR A BOYFRIEND.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DIDN'T REMEMBER SOURCE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Shaw, Gertrude
Keyword(s): Boyfriend ; COURTSHIP ; Fashion ; Female ; Girl ; Mate ; SIGN ; Single ; SLIP ; SYMBOL ; Woman
| Subject headings: | Custom BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 06-29-1964
Play
ORIGINS OF GAMES: "MANY ARE ROOTED IN FESTIVE PLANTING
AND HARVEST CELEBRATIONS. 'DROP THE HANDKERCHIEF'
AND 'IN AND OUT THE WINDOW' PROBABLY STARTED WITH
CHILDREN MAKING FUN OF THE DATING HABITS OF BIG
BROTHERS AND SISTERS."
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: "NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC SCHOOL BULLETIN"
Keyword(s): Copy ; COURTSHIP ; Festive ; GAMES ; HARVEST ; Mimic ; PLANTING ; Play ; RITUAL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |