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OLD KING COLE WAS A MERRY OLD SOUL,
A MERRY OLD SOUL WAS HE;
HE CALLED FOR HIS PIPE, AND HIS OPIUM BOWL,
AS WELL AS SOME L.S.D.
Where learned: COLORADO ; FORT LYON
Keyword(s): DRUGS ; PARODY, NURSERY RHYME QUATRAIN ; RHYME: ABAB CHIASMUS ; SURPRISE ENDING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
MARIJUANA, MARIJUANA, LSD, LSD
SCIENTISTS ARE MAKING IT.
TEACHERS ARE TAKING IT.
WHY CAN'T WE?
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A COMMON VERSE USED BY
THE STUDENTS OF THE HULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL IN LIVONIA,
MICHIGAN DURING THE 1969-1970 SCHOOL YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
Keyword(s): DRUGS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
WATER
DON'T THROW OUT THE DIRTY WATER UNTIL YOU GET SOME CLEAN.
Submitter comment:
SAID PRIMARILY IN REFERENCE TO DISH WATER AND SAVING IN TIME OF
POVERTY. SHE SAYS IT ALSO APPLIES TO RADICALS AND HIPPIES TODAY.
Where learned: GIVEN BY LETTER
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; FRUGALITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-06-1970
PROVERB
DUCK GOT WATER TO PLAY IN, FOWL WISH HE HAD IT TO DRINK.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS ANOTHER SAYING: IT MEANS A LOT WHEN YOU STOP AND THINK.
NOT EVERY SOUL IN LIFE IS ENDOWED WITH WEALTH AND BEAUTIFUL FORTUNE
SO MAKE THE BEST USE OF WHAT YOU HAVE -- AND DO SO WITH CAUTION.
Where learned: WRITTEN DOWN BY INFORMANT
Keyword(s): BIRD
James Callow Keyword(s): FRUGALITY ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-01-1972
PROVERB
THE BEST WAY TO DOUBLE YOUR MONEY IS TO FOLD IT IN HALF AND PUT
IT BACK IN YOUR WALLET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ECONOMICS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FRUGALITY ; IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NOT HOW LITTLE FOR HOW MUCH BUT HOW MUCH FOR HOW LITTLE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): FRUGALITY ; QUANTITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-20-1972
WELLERISM
ONLY A FOOL WOULD USE LSD, SAID TOM ACIDLY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DRUG: L.S.D., REFERRED TO AS ACID
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
OLD KING COLE WAS A MERRY OLD SOUL
A MERRY OLD SOUL WAS HE;
HE CALLED FOR HIS PIPE AND HIS OPIUM BOWL,
AS WELL AS SOME LSD.
Where learned: COLORADO ; FORT LYON
Keyword(s): PARODY--NURSERY RHYME QUATRAIN DRUGS--OPIUM, LSD CHIASMUS ; RHYME: ABAB ; SUPRISE ENDING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 04-00-1968
GRAFFITI
LSD MELTS IN YOUR MIND, NOT IN YOUR HAND.
Data entry tech comment: THIS IS A PARODY OF THE M&M CANDY COMMERCIAL.
Where learned: DETROIT ; PLUM ST
Keyword(s): DRUGS PARODY OF TV COMMERCIAL ADVICE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 10-31-1967
MAXIM
USE IT UP OR WEAR IT OUT;
MAKE IT DO, OR DO WITHOUT.
Submitter comment: NEW ENGLAND MAXIM
Where learned: NONE GIVEN
Keyword(s): FRUGALITY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
COLLEGE STUDENT ON PILLS
THERE WAS AN AVERAGE STUDENT WHO CAME FROM A VERY
WEALTHY FAMILY. HIS PARENTS SENT HIM TO ONE OF THE IVY
LEAGUE SCHOOLS IN THE EAST. THE BOY COULD NOT MAKE
HIS GRADES BY DOING AN AVERAGE AMOUNT OF STUDYING, SO HE
STARTED TAKING DEXEDRINE PILLS. EVERY OTHER NIGHT FOR
AN ENTIRE YEAR HE DIDN'T GO TO BED. AT THE END OF THE
SCHOOL YEAR HE WENT HOME AND WENT TO SLEEP. HIS
PARENTS LET HIM SLEEP FOR TWENTY FOUR HOURS, THEN
TRIED TO AWAKEN HIM. HE WAS DEAD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): DRUG OVERDOSE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
PROVERB
A PENNY SAVED IS A PENNY EARNED.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
Keyword(s): THRIFT FRUGALITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVEB
A PENNY SAVED IS A PENNY EARNED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
Keyword(s): THRIFT FRUGALITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-16-1970
CRUEL BABYSITTER
IN HARPER WOODS {MICHIGAN} THIS GIRL WENT TO BABYSIT FOR
A FAMILY WITH A SMALL BABY. BEFORE THE PARENTS OF THE CHILD
WERE TO COME HOME, THE SITTER THOUGHT SHE WOULD SURPRISE
THE PARENTS WITH A MIDNIGHT SNACK. SO SHE SET THE TABLE
AND TOOK THE BABY AND BAKED IT AS THE MEAL SHE WOULD
SET FOR THE PARENTS. WHEN THE PARENTS CAME HOME THEY
WERE GREETED WITH A MEAL WHICH THEY DID NOT KNOW WAS
THEIR CHILD. IT WAS LATER FOUND OUT THAT THIS GIRL
WAS TAKING LSD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HALUCINOGENIC DRUG
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 04-00-1971
Custom
Custom About Buying Beer:
In the olden days, when you had saloons, and you had draft beer, you would go to the saloon with a bucket to carry home the beer that you bought. One of the old tricks was to gease the inside of the bucket so that the beer wouldn't foam, and you'd get more beer that way.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [F500] crossed out. Replaced with F530.
Submission Card located in pile labeled F500's that can be filed.
Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; Schutza, Harold J
Keyword(s): BAR ; BEER ; CUSTOM ; FRUGALITY ; THRIFT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Daily Life |
Proverb
Snug as a bug in a rug
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300] crossed out. replaced with current classification.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
KW: ALX, RRM
Keyword(s): Bug ; Comfort ; Rug ; SIMILE ; Snug
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Proverb
Watch your pennies, the dollars will take care of themselves.
Submitter comment:
I was having trouble making ends meet financially a few years ago, this advice helped a bit.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: Lucas, Rose ; BOSTON ; Massachusetts
Keyword(s): COINS ; Dollars ; Finances ; Frugal ; MONEY ; Pennies ; THRIFT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Waste not, want not.
Submitter comment:
From - Uncertain
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Whittlesey, Mary Ann
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Frugal ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Waste
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Pinch Your Pennies:
Take care of the pennies, and the dollars take care of themselves.
Submitter comment:
From her Mother
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Dollars ; Frugal ; Maxim ; MONEY ; Pennies ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Proverbial Phrase:
A fool and his money are soon parted.
Submitter comment:
Used as advice to small children or to other people ignorant of the proper use of money. Informant used this when spealing to his children and learned it from his own parents. It can be used as a retort.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: HOME ; Kuszynski, Theodore Sr
Keyword(s): Aothegm ; Aphorism ; Fool ; Frugal ; Maxim ; MONEY ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |