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AUTOGRAPH VERSE (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
ORANGES GROW IN FLORIDA,/ CALIFORNIA TOO,/ BUT IT TAKES A STATE LIKE
MICHIGAN/ TO GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU.
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS WRITTEN IN THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF YVONNE BY A CLASSMATE
IN 1958.
Data entry tech comment: COLLECTOR'S LINE DIVISION ALTERED BY KEYPUNCHER
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): COMPLIMENT PRAISE ; FRUIT FRIENDSHIP ; METAPHOR ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
ORANGES GROW IN CALIFORNIA.
THEY GROW IN FLORIDA TOO.
BUT IT TAKES A STATE LIKE MICHIGAN,
TO GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU.
Data entry tech comment: LINE DIVISION CHANGED BY KEYPUNCHER
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; FRUIT ; PRAISE ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
WATERMELON CHEER
THERE IS A NARRATOR. HE STARTS OUT BY SAYING "HERE IS A WATERMELON."
EVERYONE PRETENDS THEY ARE HOLDING A WATERMELON. NARRATOR: "SLICE
IT IN HALF." EVERYONE PRETENDS THEY ARE SLICING IT IN HALF LENGTHWISE
WHILE MAKING A SLICING NOISE. NARRATOR: "EAT IT." EVERYONE PRETENDS
THEY ARE EATING IT, MAKING CHOMPING NOISES. NARRATOR: "SPIT OUT
THE SEEDS." EVERYONE TURNS TO THE SIDE OF THEM AND SPITS OUT THE
SEEDS, MAKING A SPITTING OUT NOISE.
Submitter comment:
I WATCHED THIS CHEER BEING DONE AT A CAMPFIRE. AFTER A SONG WAS SUNG,
EVERYONE WOULD DO A CHEER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GATLINBURG
James Callow Keyword(s): FOOD FRUIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dramatic SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 08-00-1974
CHILDREN'S SONG
MY BOYFRIEND GAVE ME PEACHES
MY BOYFRIEND GAVE ME PEARS
MY BOYFRIEND GAVE ME FIFTY CENTS
AND KICKED ME DOWN THE STAIRS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT TOLD ME THAT MANY OF HER FRIENDS AND HER SISTERS USED
TO SING THIS WITH HER WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG. SHE ALSO TOLD ME THAT
THIS CAN ALSO BE USED WITH A CLAPPING BEAT OF WHATEVER THE SINGER
THINKS WILL GO WITH THE SONG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): FRUIT AS GIFTS ; INITIAL ITERATION MEDIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 09-25-1972
SAYINGS
ONE ROTTEN APPLE SPOILS THE BARREL
Submitter comment: FROM RELATIVES
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTAGION ; FRUIT ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
KNOCK KNOCK JOKE
KNOCK KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
APPLE
APPLE WHO?
KNOCK KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
APPLE
APPLE WHO?
KNOCK KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
ORANGE
ORANGE WHO?
AREN'T (ORANGE ) YOU GLAD I DIDN'T SAY APPLE?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): COMPARE IMPERFECT RHYME ; FRUIT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-30-1967
GRAPE JOKE
WHAT'S PURPLE AND BUZZES?
AN ELECTRIC GRAPE.
Submitter comment:
SHE LEARNED IT FROM A CLASSMATE NAMED ROB DE MYER
FROM DOMINICAN HIGH SCHOOL IN DETROIT.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): FRUIT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
RIDDLE QUESTION
WHAT IS PURPLE AND COMES FROM MACEDONIA?
ALEXANDER THE GRAPE.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT HEARD THE RIDDLE TWO WEEKS AGO AT GEORGETOWN U.
IT WAS ONLY ONE IN THE POPULAR GRAPE RIDDLES POPULAR IN SEPTEMBER.
Where learned: WASHINGTON DC
Keyword(s): FRUIT ; HISTORICAL
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-26-1963
GRAPE JOKE
WHAT@S THE WISEIST GRAPE IN THE WORLD?
ALBERT THE GRAPE
Submitter comment: FROM HIS BROTHER JOE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FRUIT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
THE BANNANA
WHAT'S YELLOW AND DOES A QUARTER MILE IN 7 SECONDS?
A FUEL INJECTED BANNANA.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT HEARD THIS AT U. OF DETROIT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FRUIT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-08-1965
RIDDLE
WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO RAISE STRAWBERRIES?
WITH A SPOON
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-15-1965
ELEPHANT JOKE
WHY DO ELEPHANTS WEAR RED TENNIS SHOES?
SO THEY CAN HIDE IN THE STRAWBERRY PATCH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
ELEPHANT JOKE
WHY DO ELEPHANTS PAINT THEIR TOENAILS RED?
SO THEY CAN HIDE IN CHERRY TREES
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): FRUIT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-00-1971
ELEPHANT JOKE
WHY DO ELEPHANTS WEAR RED SLIPPERS?
SO THEY CAN HIDE IN THE CHERRY TREES
Submitter comment: THERE ARE SEVERAL INTERESTING VARIATIONS OF THIS SAME JOKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAKLAND UNIVERSITY
Keyword(s): FRUIT COLOR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-00-1971
ELEPHANT JOKE
WHY DO ELEPHANTS WEAR BLUE TENNIS SHOES?
SO THEY CAN HIDE IN THE BLUEBERRY PATCH
Submitter comment: VARIATION TOLD AT THE SAME TIME
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): FRUIT COLOR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
RIDDLE
WHAT IS PURPLE AND LIGHTS UP?
AN ELECTRIC GRAPE
Submitter comment: LEARNED THIS FROM FRIENDS IN HIGH SCHOOL ( 1965 )
Where learned: OHIO ; WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
HE HAS ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE AND THE OTHER ON A BANANA PEEL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): FRUIT ; HEALTH ; IMMINENCE OF DEATH ; METAPHOR CONTRAST OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
BRONCHITIS REMEDY
ORANGE PEEL, DRY FIGS, DRY LEMON PEEL, COOKED FOR 3 HOURS,
MAKE A SYRUP AND DRINK AT REGULAR INTERVALS THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 12-00-1969
AUTOGRAPH VERSE (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; HUMOROUS ALLUSION TO LOVE (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
ORANGES GROW IN FLORIDA,/ CALIFORNIA TOO,/ BUT IT TAKES A STATE LIKE
MICHIGAN/ TO GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU.
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS WRITTEN IN THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF YVONNE BY A CLASSMATE
IN 1958.
Data entry tech comment: COLLECTOR'S LINE DIVISION ALTERED BY KEYPUNCHER
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): COMPLIMENT PRAISE ; FRUIT FRIENDSHIP ; METAPHOR ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1958 ; 11-01-1967
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
ORANGES GROW IN CALIFORNIA.
THEY GROW IN FLORIDA TOO.
BUT IT TAKES A STATE LIKE MICHIGAN,
TO GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU.
Data entry tech comment: LINE DIVISION CHANGED BY KEYPUNCHER
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; FRUIT ; PRAISE ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1960