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RIDDLE

WHAT IS ROUND AND PURPLE, TRAVELS IN A LONG, BLACK
LIMOSINE, AND CARRIES A MACHINE GUN?
ANSWER: AL CAPLUM

Data entry tech comment: PUN ON AL CAPONE A GANGSTER IN THE 1930'S.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN

James Callow Keyword(s): LIMOUSINE ; PLUM

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00-00-1969

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WEATHER BELIEF

WHEN A COLD WATER PIPE SWEATS, IT WILL RAIN WITHIN
TWENTY FOUR HOURS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): WEATHER PLUMBING

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Weather Proverb

Date learned: 11-04-1969

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Jump Rope Rhyme

First grade babies
Second grade tots
Third grade angles
Fourth grade snots
Fifth grade peaches
Sixth grade plums
All the rest are dirty bums.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Marks, Jan

Keyword(s): ANGELS ; Babies ; Bums ; COUNTING ; Entertainment ; Fifth ; First ; Fourth ; FRUIT ; GAME ; Jump Rope ; Language ; Peaches ; Plums ; RHYME ; Second ; Sixth ; Snots ; Third ; Tots

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

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Riddle

Flour of England, Fruit of Spain-
Met together in a shower of rain.
Put in a bag and tied round with a string-
If you'll tell me this riddle
I'll give you a ring.

Answer: Plum Pudding

Data entry tech comment:

Entry by TRD

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; Felderman, Roberta ; Normandy

Keyword(s): England ; Language ; Plum Pudding ; RHYME ; RIDDLE ; Spain

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- True Riddle

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FAMILY CHRISTMAS CUSTOM

EVERY CHRISTMAS WE HAVE PLUM PUDDING.

Data entry tech comment:

Updated by TRD

Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; 21421 BOURNEMOUTH ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; FOOD ; PLUM ; Pudding ; tradition

Subject headings: 122 Christmas

Date learned: NOT RECORDED

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