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TRUE RIDDLE
Q: IT IS BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER.
A: AN EMBARRASSED ZEBRA.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL LOBBY
Keyword(s): ANIMAL (A) ; LITERAL ; NATURAL PHENOMENON (Q) COLOR
James Callow Keyword(s): NEWSPAPER RIDDLE, VARIAN OF ; SPELLING: RED FOR READ
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
RIDDLE VERSE
Q: OLD MOTHER TWITCHETT HAD BUT ONE EYE, / AND A LONG TAIL WHICH
SHE LET FLY;/ AND EVERY TIME SHE WENT THROUGH A GAP,/ A BIT OF HER
TAIL SHE LEFT IN A TRAP.
A: A NEEDLE
Data entry tech comment: ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS IN THE 5 X 8 CARD FILES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; HARDWARE (Q) ; PARTS OF THE BODY (Q) ; PERSONS (Q)
James Callow Keyword(s): LONG TAIL= THREAD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle True Riddle |
Date learned: 11-12-1968
LENTEN BIBLE
DURING LENT, EVERYNIGHT MY FATHER HAD US CHILDREN, EACH TAKING
TURNS, READING ALOUD TO THE ENTIRE FAMILY FROM THE BIBLE OR FROM OUR
BIBLE HISTORY FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR.
Keyword(s): SPIRITUAL READING
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
HALF A LOAF IS BETTER THAN NONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD (BREAD) METAPHOR ; METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-20-1965
IF YOU EAT BREAD CRUSTS YOU WILL HAVE BLACK CURLY HAIR.
Submitter comment:
IN AN ATTEMPT TO CURE MY BLOND HAIR,
MY GRANDMOTHER WOULD TELL ME THIS AS A CHILD.
BLACK HAIR IS CONSIDERED THE LOVELIEST FEATURE
A ROMANIAN WOMAN CAN HAVE AND HAS BEEN CONSIDERED SO FOR GENERATIONS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19378 BURGESS
Keyword(s): BREAD ; ETHNIC SUPERSTITION ; HAIR COLOR ; ROMANIAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: 11-26-1971
POLISH GOOD LUCK SYMBOL OF OPLATET [OPLATEK]
BREAKING OF UNLEAVENED BREAD BETWEEN
PEOPLE AT CHRISTMAS EVE MEAL TO
SIGNIFY GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): BREAD ; FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.82 |
Date learned: 11-10-1968
CHRISTMAS EVE BREAD
OPLATKI-(O PWAT'KEY) - IS UNLEAVE[NE]D BREAD WHICH NUNS MAKE IN
POLAND FOR CHRISTMAS EVE. IT HAS A NATIVITY IMPRINT ON IT. THE
HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD AND HIS MATE BREAK ONE PIECE INTO TWO HALVES,
THE CHILDREN THEN WISH EACH OTHER HEALTH, WEALTH, ETC. SOME OF
THESE PEOPLE SET A PLACE FOR STRANGERS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED FROM PARENTS.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; UNLEAVENED BREAD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.82 |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
CLOSED BOOK
IF YOU KEEP YOUR BOOK CLOSED YOU'RE A DUMMY. TRANSLATION OF
LIBRO CERRADO NO SACA LETRADO.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THROUGH HIS STUDY OF SPANISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): LAZY STUDENT
James Callow Keyword(s): METONYMY: BOOK FOR BOOKS ; READING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
RIDDLE
WHY ARE MOST OFFICES CONSIDERED OVENS?
BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE A LOT OF PEOPLE MAKE THEIR BREAD.
Where learned: NEW YORK CITY ; NEW YORK
James Callow Keyword(s): SLANG: BREAD = MONEY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 05-00-1990
Question: What is black and white and red all over?
Answer: A newspaper.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Pun on read - red.
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00001970S
A BABY WILL BE BORN WITH POOR EYESIGHT IF HIS MOTHER READ
DURING HER PREGNANCY WITH HIM.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
James Callow Keyword(s): READING
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
Custom
Greetings:
Offering salt and bread and flowers is a way of greeting a person who has arrived from a long trip. This custom is one which was performed commonly in S.E. Poland and in Ukraine many years ago (prior to WWI) at that time it was used to greet any traveler regardless of his social position. Now recently it is used only in greeting people like priests, bishops, government officials, etc.
Submitter comment:
Although informant mentioned that this custom is carried out in Europe, I myself have observed this several months ago when people in a Ukrainian church greeted a bishop which had just been released from prison by the Russians.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 26516 PENNIE ; Holubka, Julia ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): CUSTOM ; FLOWERS ; GREETING ; POLAND ; Salt, Bread ; Social Class ; Ukraine
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Custom
Ukrainians have a custom of greeting honored guests with bread and salt. The host or hostess, carrying a plate with a loaf of bread and a mound of salt on top of it, meets the guest at the door with proper salutations, in expression of greetings & hospitality. Newlyweds are installed in their new home with a ritual of bread and salt.
Submitter comment:
Today this custom is used only by organizations when greeting individuals of great distinction.
Data entry tech comment:
Motif added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; Klymyshyn, Eudokia ; MOTHER
Keyword(s): BREAD, Salt ; CUSTOM ; DOMESTIC RELATIONS ; ETHNIC ; MARRIAGE ; Salt, Bread ; Social Rank ; SOCIAL RELATIONS ; UKRAINIAN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Proverb
Half a loaf is better than none.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; 7733 CALHOUN ; Downes, JoAnn
Keyword(s): Appreciation ; BREAD ; loaf ; METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Fools rush in, where wise men fear to tread.
Submitter comment:
From memory - traditional
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Discretion ; Fool ; Fools ; Forethought ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; PRUDENCE ; RUSH ; Tread ; VERSE ; WISDOM ; Wise
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
riddle
Question: What's black and white and red all over?
Answer: A newspaper.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Black ; COLOR ; Homophone ; Language ; NEWSPAPER ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; Read ; Red ; RIDDLE ; White ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Food: Recipe
Cracklin-Bread:
Take hog skins and render in a hot oven. Pour off the grease. Put through a grinder and season cornbread with it. Bake in hot oven.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Terry, Margaret Cooper
Keyword(s): Bake ; BREAD ; COOK ; Cornbread ; Cracklin ; Fat ; FOOD ; Grease ; Hog ; Pig ; RECIPE ; SKIN
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Cereal |
Food: Recipe
Plain Gingerbread:
1 cup dark cooking molasses
1 cup sour cream
1 egg
1 teaspoon soda, dissolved in a little warm water
1 teaspoon salt
1 heaping teapoon ginger
Make about as thick as a cupcake. To be eaten warm.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Dillon, Martha Joslin
Keyword(s): Baking ; FOOD ; Gingerbread ; RECIPE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Pastry Sweet Dessert |
Prose Narrative Tale
Prose Narrative Tale:
Folktale of New England -- The Gingerbread Man.
Children's story of a runaway cookie including repeated theme: "rubn, run, as fast as you can. Can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread man."
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Bookhouse Volume One
Keyword(s): CATCH ; CHILDREN ; Cookie ; Fast ; Gingerbread ; Gingerbread Man ; Legend ; Narrative ; New England ; Prose ; REGIONAL ; Run ; Tale
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Tale |
Saying
If you are serarated from the person you are walking with by a pole say "bread and butter."
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added By TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P880] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO ; Baratta, Clare
Keyword(s): BREAD ; Butter ; Pole ; Saying ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |