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HE LIT A MATCH,
TO CHECK HIS TANK.
THAT'S WHY THEY CALL HIM
SKINLESS FRANK.
BURMA SHAVE!
Data entry tech comment:
THESE SMALL, ONE LINE SIGNS, USED TO BE DISPLAYED AT INTERVALS
ALONG THE ROAD, SO THAT ONE COULD EASILY READ THEM WHILE
DRIVING ALONG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PORT HURON
Keyword(s): ADVERTISING FOR MEN'S SHAVING PRODUCT ; ADVICE ; HUMOR, SATIRE ; METER: TROCHAIC ; QUATRAIN ; RHYME: MASCULINE, ABCAD ; ROADSIDE ADVERTISING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
OOEY GOOEY WAS A WORM,
OOEY GOOEY LIKED TO SQUIRM,
OOEY GOOEY CROSSED THE RAILROAD TRACK.
O-O-EY, G-O-O-EY!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMOR, FIRST PERSON NARRATIVE ; METER: IAMBIC ; MONOLOGUE UNDERSTATEMENT ; RAILROAD DEATH ; RHYME: IMPERFECT, MASCULINE, AABC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
WHEN I DIE AND GO ABOVE,
I WILL SEE THE BOYS YOU USED TO LOVE,
WHEN YOU DIE AND GO BELOW,
YOU WILL SHOVEL COAL FOR THE B & O.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
James Callow Keyword(s): B & O IS (OR WAS) A RAILROAD, BALTIMORE & OHIO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
GOOD LUCK
IF YOU LIFT UP YOUR FEET FROM THE FLOOR AND TOUCH YOUR HANDS TO
THE CEILING WHILE GOING OVER A RAILROAD TRACK IN YOUR CAR, YOU
WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RAILROAD TRACK, LUCK
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 03-00-1970
VERSE
ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER NINE,
COMING DOWN THE CHICAGO LINE.
IF THE TRAIN SHOULD JUMP THE TRACK,
DO YOU WANT YOUR MONEY BACK?
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL LOBBY
Keyword(s): RAILROAD ; RHETORICAL QUESTION ; RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
CAR ACCIDENT
ONCE THERE WAS A CAR ACCIDENT AT J:00 A.M. NEAR CHERRY HILL AND
DENTON ON THE WEST SIDE. THERE WERE TWO PEOPLE KILLED BY A BRIDGE
AS A RESULT OF THE ACCIDENT. THEIR GHOSTS CAN BE HEARD BY THAT
BRIDGE AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME WHEN THE ACCIDENT OCCURRED.
Data entry tech comment:
IT IS COMMON KNOWLEDGE THAT GHOSTS ALWAYS COME BACK TO THE SCENES
OF THEIR DEATHS AND TO REMAIN THERE FOR ETERNITY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): DENTON ROAD.
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-30-1968
GHOST STORY
"A GUY WAS TAKING HIS GIRLFRIEND HOME FROM A PARTY LATE ONE NIGHT.
THEY WERE GOING REAL FAST BECAUSE SHE WAS ALREADY LATE. THEY TOOK
A SHORT CUT AND IN THE MIDDLE OF THE ROAD THEY SAW A MAN. HIS HEAD
AND FACE WERE BLEEDING SO THE GUY STOPPED (HE WAS DRIVING REAL
FAST SO WHEN HE STOPPED, HE WAS BEHIND THE MAN). HE GOT OUT TO SEE
IF THE MAN WAS ALL RIGHT, BUT THE MAN HAD DISAPPEARED."
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS STORY FROM HER BOYFRIEND WHO WAS FROM
LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. HE SAID THAT THERE WERE A LOT OF GHOST
STORIES GOING AROUND THERE BECAUSE OF AND ABOUT DEAD SLAVES.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
Keyword(s): ROAD GHOST
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00001979CA
MAKING A WISH
WHEN ELENA WAS YOUNG, SHE WAS TOLD BY HER OLDER SISTER
THAT WHEN SHE WAS RIDING IN A CAR AND IT CROSSED OVER A RAILROAD
TRACK THAT SHE SHOULD TOUCH SMETHING MADE OF METAL AND
LIFT HER FEET OFF THE FLOOR AND MAKE A WISH.
Submitter comment: FORMER ROOMMATE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): RAILROAD TRACK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Prayer |
IN A RADIO OR TELEVISION STUDIO SITUATION ONE OR TWO
HANDS RAISED IN THE AIR WITH THE PALMS FACING THE
PERSON ON THE AIR INDICATES TO THAT PERSON TO GET
READY OR TO STAND BY FOR ANOTHER SIGNAL TO COME.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT IS IN THE FIELD OF COMMUNICATIONS AND
HAS USED THIS GESTURE AND HAS SEEN OTHERS USE A
GESTURE OF SIMILAR NATURE WHEN SPEAKING DURING AN
"AIR SITUATION" IS PROHIBITED.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): BROADCASTING
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
THE DRAWING APART OF TWO HANDS AS IF PULLING TAFFY MEANS
TO SLOW DOWN OR TO STRETCH OUT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT USES THIS WHEN HE'S TALKING. HE USES THIS
WHEN HE IS TRYING TO PROLONG A MOMENT WHILE TRYING
TO FIND THE RIGHT WORDS TO SAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BROADCASTING?
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: 10-03-1971
IN THE FIELD OF COMMUNICATIONS WHEN SPEAKING IS NOT
ALLOWED DURING AN "AIR SITUATION" THE INDEX FINGER
WHEN POINTED AT THAT PERSON GOING TO BE ON "THE AIR"
BY USE OF THE WHOLE FOREARM IN BENDING AT THE
ELBOW, MEANS THE PERSON CAN BEGIN, OR START.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT IS IN THE FIELD OF COMMUNICATIONS AND
HAS USED THIS SIGNAL TO INSTRUCT A PERSON WHO IS ON
THE AIR TO BEGIN.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COMMUNICATIONS? CLEAR AS MUD.
James Callow Keyword(s): BROADCASTING
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: 10-31-1971
Superstition
Dead Man's Curve
Data entry tech comment:
Possible variations of collector's last name: Dine, Dini, Deni.
Motifs entered by TRD.
Where learned: Self ; Dine, Donald
Keyword(s): Curve ; DEATH ; Road ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Toast
Gaelic Blassing:
May the road rise to meet you, and the wind be always at your back, and may the Lord hold you in the hollow of his hand.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Listed as a toast by other collectors
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; McGartland, Bernard ; 19493 Biltmore
Keyword(s): Back ; BLESSING ; DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; Gaelic ; Irish ; Lord ; Road ; Social ; TOAST ; Wind
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Proverb
The road to Hell is paved with good intentions.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; HELL ; Intent ; Intention ; Maxim ; PAVED ; PROVERB ; Road ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Ghost Tale
In Chapel Hill, TN, There is a ghost that roams next to the railroad. All you can see is his light as he flashes it up and down the tracks. It is supposedly a lineman who had fallen off the train many years before. When he fell he lost his head. Now he roams the track swinging the light looking for his head.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Wray, Debbie
Keyword(s): Beheaded ; DECAPITATION ; GHOST ; HEAD ; Lineman ; RAILROAD ; Story ; SUPERNATURAL ; Tale ; Urban Legend
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Saying
Northern Maine Saying:
A direction - Go down the road a piece and then tilt toward tilly.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added by TRD
Where learned: MAINE ; Hutchison, Anne ; Houlton
Keyword(s): DIRECTIONS ; Maine ; REGIONAL ; Road ; Saying ; STATE ; Tilly ; Turn
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Irish Blessing
May the road rise to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face
The rains fall soft upon your fields and
Until we meet again...
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Leave Taking?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Castagna, Marion
Keyword(s): Back ; BLESSING ; Culture ; ETHNIC ; Field ; God ; Irish ; Rain ; Road ; TRAVEL ; Wind
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Irish Blessing
An Irish Blessing
May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face
And Grains fall soft upon your fields
And until we meet again
May God hold you in the hollow of his hand.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added By TRD
James Callow comment:
Leave-Talking?
Too long, so not included.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19479 WOODBINE ; Harrington, Mrs John ; Harrington, Nora
Keyword(s): BLESSING ; Culture ; God ; Grain ; Irish ; Road ; TRAVEL ; VERSE ; Well Wishes ; Wind
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
WART CURE:
RUB IT WITH A STOLEN STEAK AND BURY IT WHERE THREE
ROADS CROSS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Lipford, Allena
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Bury ; Crossroads ; CURE ; Roads ; Steak ; Stolen ; Wart
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-30-1973
A CONVERSION TO SEEING A BLACK CAT CROSS THE ROAD
WHILE DRIVING IS TO MAKE AN "X" ON THE WINDSHIELD.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE ; Mooneyham, Carol
Keyword(s): Black ; CAT ; Cross ; DRIVING ; Road ; SUPERSTITION ; X
James Callow Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE
Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)