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RIDDLE
Q: WHY DO SO FEW PEOPLE COMMIT SUICIDE ON QUEMOY?
A: BECAUSE YOU CAN'T KILL YOURSELF JUMPING OUT OF A CAVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): QUEMOY: ISLAND OFF THE CHINA COAST
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-15-1972
Expression
Proverbial Comparison:
Like a bull in a china shop
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James Callow comment:
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: HOME ; Wright, Mark
Keyword(s): Bull ; China ; Clumsy ; Expression ; Graceful ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB ; Shop ; SIMILE ; Store ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
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Entertainment: Song
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
fraternity Song:
Aye-yi-yi-yi
In China they do it for Chile
So sing me another verse that's worse than the other verse, and waltz me around by my willy.
(Here is sung one's favorite filthy limerick) Then the chorus is repeated.
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Where learned: Myself
Keyword(s): China ; Fraternity ; LIMERICK ; Racist ; SONG ; Stereotype ; Willy
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.344 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing Filter - Mature Content |
Autograph Verse
Album Rhyme:
Yours till Germany gets Hungary and cooks Turkey in Greece and serves it on China.
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Where learned: St Charles, Rosalee
Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; China ; COUNTRY ; Devotion ; Germany ; Hungary ; Nations ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; Signature ; Turkey ; VERSE ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Autograph Verse
Album Rhyme:
I've been all over the USA
I've even been to China
But the darndest place I've ever been
Is Rock Hill, South Carolina.
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Where learned: St Charles, Rosalee
Keyword(s): Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; China ; Countries ; Nations ; poem ; RHYME ; Rock Hill ; Signature ; South Carolina ; STATE ; USA ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Chinese custom
Howson (a Chinese mourning period) lasts for 49 days. A white
flower made of yarn is worn by the daughters in their hair and
a black band is worn by the sons around the arm during this
period.
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Updated by TRD
Where learned: CHINA
Keyword(s): China ; Chinese ; CUSTOM ; FLOWER ; Mourning ; SYMBOL ; White
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Number P686.1.49 |
Date learned: 00-00-1955