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THE DEAD MAN IN A CRAB
THERE IS A CERTAIN PART OF A CRAB NEAR THE END OF THE SHELL, WHICH
IS BELIEVED BY SOME TO BE A DEAD MAN. ANYONE WHO ATE THIS WOULD
IMMEDIATELY DIE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT AND HIS FRIENDS BELIEVED THIS ABSOLUTELY WHILE CHILDREN IN TIDEWATER, VIRGINIA IN THE 1930S.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL CRUSTACEAN ; BELIEF
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance P880.34 |
Date learned: 02-18-1970
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
BUSIER THAN A ONE ARMED PAPER HANGER WITH THE SEVEN YEAR ITCH.
Where learned: DEARBORN
Keyword(s): NUMBERS
James Callow Keyword(s): FRUSTRATION
Date learned: 04-06-1971
PROVERB
BUSIER THAN A ONE LEGGED MAN IN AN ASS-KICKING CONTEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NUMBERS
James Callow Keyword(s): FRUSTRATION
Date learned: 04-04-1970
MORAL PROVERB
CAME TO THE END OF THE BRIDGE.
Submitter comment:
TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN.
SAME AS COMING TO THE END OF ROPE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FRUSTRATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Last events: the last person to the table... PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
PEN AND ERASER
AN ERASER IS SOMETHING YOU LOOK FOR WHILE THE INK DRIES.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEFINITION
James Callow Keyword(s): FRUSTRATION ; IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-14-1968
Continuous lying will bring nothing but bad luck to you and to
anybody who is close to you.
Submitter comment:
My father told me this when I was very young and lied about
anything. I learned my lesson.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Untrustworthy, Dishonest
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1984
Saying
Crooked as a snake.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: Hoy, Linda
Keyword(s): Crooked ; Language ; Saying ; Snake ; Untrustworthy
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Group of Vowels and Consonants, and of Words |
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
FIT TO BE TIED.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USUALLY SAID, "I AM FIT TO BE TIED," MEANING
"I HAVE COME TO THE POINT THAT I REALLY DON'T KNOW WHAT
TO DO."
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
Keyword(s): ANGRY FRUSTRATED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
Toast
Toast - Viennese:
Prost, dos die Gurgel nicht verust
"Drink so your throat doesn't rust."
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
An exclamation point and a question mark are written under neath the submission.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Dani, Julia
Keyword(s): DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; Rust ; Social ; Throat ; TOAST ; Viennese
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
Verse With Drink:
Ashes to ashes, dust to dust,
If you drink good booze, Your pipes won't rust.
Submitter comment:
I heard this as a toast before drinking.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original Title read [Verse Without Music]. Crossed out and replaced with current title.
Original BN [C700; N400; C700] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
Keyword(s): Booze ; DRINKING ; Pipes ; Rust ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Proverb
Love many, trust few. Always paddle your own canoe.
Submitter comment:
Informant heard this in Norwalk, Ohio
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE ; Westrick, Evelyn
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Boat ; CANOE ; LOVE ; Maxim ; Paddle ; PROVERB ; Relationship ; RHYME ; Trust ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Autograph Verse
Album Rhyme:
Remember me
you can, you must
As long as you can bite a crust,
But when your jaws are old and bare,
forget me then, if you dare.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: St Charles, Rosalee
Keyword(s): AGE ; Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; Crust ; FOOD ; GUM ; Jaw ; MEMORY ; poem ; Remember ; RHYME ; Signature ; TEETH ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
KITCHEN BELIEF
PUT UTENSILS IN A WARM OVEN FOR A FEW MINUTES AFTER YOU
HAVE WASHED AND DRIED;THIS KEEPS THEM FROM RUSTING.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK ; 1363 DEVONSHIRE ; Bernard, Mrs. Walter
Keyword(s): ADVICE ; BELIEF ; Household ; Housekeeping ; Lore ; Maintenance ; Rust ; UTENSILS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE ; FUNCTION ; Positive
| Subject headings: | Custom |
Date learned: 01-25-1971