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SNAKES IN A DEPARTMENT STORE
LATE ONE SUMMER NIGHT IN 1971, A WOMAN WAS TRYING ON A COAT AT THE
K-MART STORE IN PORT HURON. WHEN SHE STUCK HER ARM IN ONE OF THE
SLEEVES, SHE EXPERIENCD WHAT FELT LIKE A HUNDRED PIN PRICKS. UPON
EXAMINATION SHE DISCOVERED A SCORE OF BABY SNAKES AND THEIR MOTHER
NESTING IN THE LINING OF THE SLEEVE. THE WOMAN WAS RUSHED TO THE
HOSPITAL AND GIVEN A POISON ANTIDOTE. THE COAT HAD BEEN MADE IN
AND SHIPPED DIRECTLY FROM A FAR EAST COUNTRY. THAT IS WHERE THE
SNAKES HAD COME FROM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PORT HURON
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL REPTILES
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 10-30-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
ALL MEN ARE TOADS.
Submitter comment:
MANY OF THE GIRLS IN THE DORMS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT HAVE
CAUGHT ON TO THIS SAYING AND BUY FROG REPLICAS, FROG CANDLES, ETC.
FOR THEIR BOYFRIENDS.
Data entry tech comment: TOADS OF A FEATHER....
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): REPTILES
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL AMPHIBIAN ; ANIMAL METAPHOR ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 03-26-1971
POLISH PROVERB
CROCODILE'S TEARS.
LZY KROKODYLA. (POLISH)
Submitter comment:
THIS EXPRESSION IS USED IN REFERENCE TO INSINCERITY. MY FATHER
KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): REPTILES? AMPHIBIAN?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
MILK SNAKE FABLE
IN MEXICO, THE MYTH IS EVEN WILDER. THERE THEY BELIEVE THAT THE MILK
SNAKE LURKS IN HOUSES TO STEAL THE MILK FROM EXPECTANT MOTHERS.
Data entry tech comment: THERE ARE TWO MORE FROM THE SAME SOURCE.
Where learned: THE DETROIT NEWS MAGAZINE ; MILK
Keyword(s): REPTILES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal |
Date learned: 02-26-1967