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I'M IN A 10 DER MOOD TODAY
AND FEEL POETIC 2
4 FUN I'LL JUST -- OFF A LINE
AND SEND IT OFF 2 U.
I'M SORRY U HAVE BEEN 6 SO LONG,
DON'T BE DISCONSOL8
BUT BEAR YOUR ILLS WITH 42DE
AND THEY WON'T SEEM SO GR8.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DIGITAL SPELLING ILLNESS ; QUATRAIN RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
GOD MADE APPLES.
GOD MADE TREES.
GOD MADE (BLANK).
FOR (BLANK) TO SQUEEZE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RHYME ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): THE BLANKS ARE FILLED IN WITH 2 DIFFERENT PEOPLE'S NAMES.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
WILD BILL HICCOCK WON A CARD GAME BY AN ACE AND AN
EIGHT. BECAUSE HE WON BY THIS, HE WAS SHOT. TODAY
IT BRINGS BAD LUCK TO WIN A GAME BY AN ACE OR AN
EIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BILL HICKOK
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Eighths / Eight Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: 10-08-1968
NEVER LET ANYONE TRY ON YOUR ENGAGEMENT RING OR YOUR
WEDDING BAND FOR IF YOU DO, IT WILL BRING BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER SISTER WHEN SHE
ASKED HER IF SHE COULD TRY ON HER WEDDING BAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BERGER, WILLIAM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Dating Courtship ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Metal Stone Bone BELIEF -- Bad luck Jewelry (gems, rings, etc.) |
Date learned: 03-20-1967
MILITARY CADENCE SONG
DI, DI, DON'T BE BLUE, FRANKENSTEIN WAS UGLY TOO. IF I HAD A LOW IQ,
I COULD BE A DI TOO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): DRILL INSTRUCTOR
| Subject headings: | 7414 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- War cries CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F535 |
Date learned: 12-00-1974
ROOT BEER RECIPE
TO YIELD ONE GALLON, ONE HALF OUNCE OF EACH OF THE FOLLOWING:
HOPS, BURDOCK, YELLOW DOCK, SASPARILLA, DANDELION, THEN BOIL IN
1 GALLON OF WATER FOR 20 MINUTES, STRAIN WHILE HOT, ADD
10 DROPS OF SPRUCE OIL AND 10 OF SASSAFRAS OIL.
WHEN COOL, ADD 3 TABLESPOONS OF YEAST, AND ONE HALF POUND
OF WHITE SUGAR. ALLOW TO SETTLE FOR THREE DAYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SARSAPARILLA
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage Fermented |
Date learned: 10-00-1974
SASPARILLA BEER RECIPE
1 POUND SASPARILLA, ONE QUARTER POUND OF GUAICUM BARK, 4 OUNCES
LICORICE ROOT, 1 AND ONE HALF OUNCES OF ANISEED, 1 OUNCE OF
MEZERON ROOT,
ONE QUARTER OUNCE OF CUT CLOVES, 3 AND ONE HALF POUNDS OF SUGAR,
9 QUARTS OF
WATER, MIX IN A LARGE CLEAN CONTAINER, SHAKING DAILY UNTIL
FERMENTATION BEGINS. THEN LET STAND 2 WEEKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SARSAPARILLA
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage Fermented |
Date learned: 10-00-1974
LUCK
NEVER WASTE SALT ON THE FLOOR. IT CAUSES BAD LUCK.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; UNICE
James Callow Keyword(s): SPILL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions P883.17 |
Date learned: CA11001973
DEATH
NEVER WASTE COFFEE GROUNDS ON THE FLOOR. IT MEANS THAT SOMEONE
WILL DIE
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; New Orleans
James Callow Keyword(s): SPILL
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Non-alcoholic fruit beverage Coffee BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: CA11001973
SIGNATURES
YOURS TILL CATS KILL MOUNTAINS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ON CATSKILL MOUNTAINS
| Subject headings: | Z210 |
Date learned: 09-00-1973
NO BUILDING CAN BE BUILT HIGHER THAN WILLIAM PENN'S HAT ON
TOP OF CITY HALL.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PHILADELPHIA
James Callow Keyword(s): HEIGHT OF BUILDING ; STATUE OF WILLIAM PENN
| Subject headings: | Favorites ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Architecture BELIEF -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 11-30-1972
DISTILLERY PROSE
THIS ONE HAPPENED IN NORTH CAROLINA. THERE WAS THIS GUY NAMED LOSS
HONEYCUTT
AND HIS PROFESSION WAS BREEDING BULLS. ON THE SIDE HE RAN A
DISTILLERY. BACK IN THOSE TIMES, I THINK IT WAS THE EARLY 1900'S, AS
FAR AS POLICEMEN AND GUYS LIKE THAT, THEY DIDN'T FIND OUT TOO MUCH
ABOUT
DISTILLERIES, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE ILLEGAL AND EVERYTHING. BUT
BY MOUTH OR WHATEVER, THE AUTHORITIES FOUND OUT THAT LOSS WAS RUNNING
THIS DISTILLERY AND MAKING PRETTY GOOD MONEY ON IT. SO ONE DAY TWO
LOCAL
SHERIFFS DECIDED TO PAY LOSS A VISIT. IT SO HAPPENS THAT THE
POLICE
WERE SEEN GOING IN THERE TO BREAK UP THE STILL AND OF COURSE A
CROWD BEGAN TO GATHER OUTSIDE HIS HOUSE. AND THEY WAITED AND WAITED,
BUT THE TWO SHERIFFS NEVER CAME OUT. THE PEOPLE GOT KIND OF CONCERNED
AND WENT TO THE POLICE STATION AND TOLD THEM THAT THE TWO SHERIFFS
HADN'T COME OUT OF THE HOUSE. SO THE POLICE INVESTIGATED. THEY WENT
INTO THE HOUSE AND DOWN INTO THE BASEMENT WHERE THE STILL WAS LOCATED
AND THERE WAS LOSS MAKING WHISKEY. IT SO HAPPENS THAT LOSS HAD DONE
AWAY WITH THE TWO SHERIFFS AND HAD MADE WHISKEY OUT OF THEM.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL
James Callow Keyword(s): CANNIBALISM: PEOPLE DISTILLED INTO WHISKEY
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 09-25-1972
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HELEN KELLER JOKE
HOW DID HELEN KELLER BURN HER FINGERS?
SHE WAS READING THE WAFFLE IRON.
James Callow comment:
HELEN KELLER WAS DEAF AND BLIND
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; New Orleans
James Callow Keyword(s): BRAILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 00001972 (SUMMER)
SALT
NEVER WIPE SALT OFF THE TABLE, BLOWIT OFF,
OR YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): SPILLED SALT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.17 BELIEF -- Conversions P883.17 BELIEF -- Conversions P883.22 |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
METAPHOR
ALL THAT GLITTERS IS NOT GOLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; COLOR
James Callow Keyword(s): ILLUSION ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SPEECH
DRESSED OUT OF THE BANDBOX.
Submitter comment: MEANING DRESSED IN FINERY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
Keyword(s): CLOTHING
James Callow Keyword(s): DRESSED FIT TO KILL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NEGLIGENCE IS A GREAT ENEMY
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LIVES IN JAPAN. ITEM IS FROM A LETTER
James Callow comment:
I ASSUME THE INFORMANT IS TRANSLATING FROM JAPANESE--
F. M. PAULSEN
Where learned: JAPAN
James Callow Keyword(s): MEANING: WHAT WILL YOU HAVE, REGARDING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-28-1964
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NOT ALL IS GOLD THAT GLITTERS LIKE GOLD
Submitter comment: ITEM IS TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): HIPOCRISY ; ILLUSION ; QUALITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NOT EVERYTHING IS GOLDEN BECAUSE IT SHINES. THIS REFERS
TO THE IDEA THAT EXTERNAL BEAUTY AND QUALITY ARE DISTINCT
Submitter comment: INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM RELATIVE IN UKRAINE
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS UKRAINIAN TEXT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ILLUSION ; OBSERVATION ; QUALITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-14-1967
A POLISH PROVERB
NOT EVERYTHING IS GOLD THAT SHINES
Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER KNOWS THIS PROVERB FROM USE IN POLAND
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS POLISH TEXT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ILLUSION ; OBSERVATION ; QUALITY ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-28-1967