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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE
KNOCK KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
ARTHUR
ARTHUR WHO?
ARTHUR ANY MORE AT HOME LIKE YOU?
Where learned: LIVING ROOM
Keyword(s): PERSONAL NAME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 12-03-1967
KNOCK KNOCK JOKE
KNOCK KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
CHESTER
CHESTER WHO?
CHESTER MINUTE AND I'LL SEE.
Where learned: LIVING ROOM
Keyword(s): PERSONAL NAME
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 12-03-1967
FIT FOR A KING
WHAT KING DO TWO FULL GLASSES AND AN EMPTY ONE REMIND YOU OF?
KING PHILUP THE THIRD.
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THIS RIDDLE FROM "BABE" KOZLOWSKI WHEN I WAS ABOUT
10 YEARS OLD( C 1935 ). "BABE" WAS THE SON OF THE LADY FROM
WHOM MY PARENTS BOUGHT A HOME
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PHILIP PERSONAL NAME ; PUN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 05-00-1965
A POLISH PROVERB
HE MADE OUT LIKE MR. ZABTOCKI ON HIS SOAP.
IVYSZEAT JAK ZABTOCKI NA MYDLE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USED WHEN ONE TAKES UP A PROJECT HE KNOWS LITTLE ABOUT AND
IT FALLS THROUGH. MR. ZABTOCKI HAD GONE INTO THE SOAP BUSINESS BUT KNOWING NOTHING ABOUT IT ,HE LOST OUT.
MY MOTHER KNOWS THIS PROVERB AND STORY FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): PERSONAL NAME ; POLISH PERSONAL PROVERB
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
VERSE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
GENE, GENE MADE A MACHINE
JOE, JOE MADE IT GO
ART, ART LET A FART
BLEW THE ENGINE ALL APART.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): CHAIN ; INTERNAL RHYME ; ITERATION ; PERSONAL NAMES ; RHYME:ABCC ; SCATOLOGICAL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 11-29-1969
EPITAPH, FOUND IN BOOT HILL
HERE LIES LESTER MOORE
SIX SLUGS FROM A .44
NO LESS, NO MORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEATH FROM GUNSHOT ; PUN ON PERSONAL NAME ; RHYME: AAA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-16-1969
Yo have mo front 'n Katie Ben.
Submitter comment:
You have more "gumption" than Katie Ben. The story goes back
to the 1940's in Saint Thomas when there was a problem with
the congregation of a Methodist church. Everyone was afraid
to talk about it, including the minister, even though all knew
a problem existed. Katie Ben, a child, got up in church and
spoke out or took the "front." The informant has no idea what
the problem was at the time but that is where this saying came
from.
Where learned: VIRGIN ISLANDS ; Saint Thomas
Keyword(s): 'n = than ; mo = more ; Yo = you
James Callow Keyword(s): Effrontery Boldness Audacity ; Personal name in proverb
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1991
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
LET GEORGE DO IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PERSONAL NAME USED IN PROVERB
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-02-1968
POLISH PROVERB
MARTIN WAS TEACHING LITTLE MARTIN, BUT HE HIMSELF
WAS AS STUPID AS A PIG.
TRANSLATION OF:
ULCZYT MARCIN MARCINN, A PAM GTUPI JAK S'IVINIA.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS USED IN REFERENCE TO SOMEONE WHO TRIES TO IMPRESS OTHERS
WITH SOMETHING HE KNOWS LITTLE ABOUT.
MY GRANDMOTHER KNOWS IT FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; POLAND
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVANCE ; PERSONAL NAME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
FIGURE OF SPEECH
MARY SLOAN IS NOT THE BIGGEST CATFISH IN MY SEA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DETROIT ZOO
James Callow Keyword(s): METAPHOR ; PERSONAL NAME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 08-20-1967
STATEMENT MADE DESCRIBING THE DEGREE OF ANGER
MAD AS TUCK WAS WHEN SUE DIED.
Submitter comment:
WHY WAS HE MAD? BECAUSE SHE DIED AND LEFT HIM ALL OF THE COTTON
TO PICK.
James Callow Keyword(s): PERSONAL NAMES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 09-00-1968