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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 |
CHILDREN'S RHYME
ROOSEVELT'S IN THE WHITEHOUSE
EATING AT THE TABLE;
LANDON'S IN THE POORHOUSE,
CLEANING OUT THE STABLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALFRED LANDON, WHO RAN FOR PRESIDENT AND LOST. ; FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
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GRAFFITO
WHY CHANGE DICKS
IN THE MIDDLE OF A SCREW? RE-ELECT NIXON IN '72.
Submitter comment:
THE FOLLOWING WAS FOUND ON THE WALL OF A MEN'S ROOM
IN THE LIFE-SCIENCE
BUILDING AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT. IT PERTAINS TO THE
RE-ELECTION OF PRESIDENT RICHARD NIXON IN 1972.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; LIFE SCIENCE BUILDING ; PORT HURON
James Callow Keyword(s): PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture Filter - Mature Content Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 10-30-1972
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GRAFFITI
DON'T CHANGE DICKS IN THE MIDDLE OF A SCREW. SO VOTE FOR NIXON IN 72.
James Callow Keyword(s): PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ; PUN ; SLANG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 09-27-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
COLDER THAN A WELL-DIGGERS ASS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT TOLD THIS STORY: BEFORE THE AGE OF MACHINERY WHEN PEOPLE
DUG THEIR OWN WELLS THEIR BACKSIDES WERE CLOSE TO THE SIDE OF THE
WELL WALL BECAUSE THE HOLE WAS SO NARROW. BECAUSE OF THE DAMP GROUND
THE WELL-DIGGER'S BACKSIDE OFTEN GOT VERY COLD.
Data entry tech comment: GOOD GRIEF
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CLIMATE
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM: BACKSIDES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire SPEECH -- Folk etymology PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
POLISH PROVERB
ZJESZ Z RINAS BECZKI SOLI ZANIM POZNASZ CO GO BOLI (POLISH)
ONE HAS TO EAT WITH SOMEONE A WHOLE BARREL OF SALT BEFORE ONE KNOWS WHAT HURTS THE OTHER
Submitter comment:
THIS SAYING IMPLIES THAT IT TAKES A LONG TIME BEFORE
ONE REALLY KNOWS ANOTHER.
MY GRANDFATHER KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): CONSIDERATION ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
PROVERB
PUNCTUALITY IS THE POLITENESS OF KINGS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): CONSIDERATION ; DEFINITION? ; PROMPTNESS ; ROYALTY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
JERRY FORD JOKE
Q: WHICH MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY DOES JERRY FORD TALK TO BEFORE CASTING
HIS VOTE ON ELECTION DAY?
A: ALL FIVE OF THEM. JERRY HOLDS THE LEVER AND WHEN HE SAYS "NOW:"
THEY JERK THE VOTING MACHINE UP AND DOWN.
Submitter comment: PRESIDENT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INSULT ; NUMBERS ; POLISH JOKE? ; PRESIDENT GERALD FORD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Secular hero RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-00-1975
RIDDLE
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LBJ AND LSD?
ONE'S A DOPE AND ONE'S A DRUG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): JOHNSON, LYNDON B. ; UNITED STATES PRESIDENT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-25-1967
CHANT
KENNEDY'S IN THE WHITE HOUSE EATING PORK AND BEANS.
NIXON'S IN THE BATHTUB SINKING SUBMARINES.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS A CHANT USED BY THE CHILDREN AT MY GRADE SCHOOL.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): PRESIDENTS JOHN F. KENNEDY AND RICHARD M. NIXON ; SATIRE
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
CHILDREN'S VERSE
STEP ON A LINE,
BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S SPINE.
Submitter comment: FROM THE CHILDREN IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): SIDEWALK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00001964 (SUMMER)
LYNDEN BANES JOHNSON HAS ONLY ORDERED A GRAVE FOR THREE DAYS.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): GHOSTS ; PRESIDENTS (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)
James Callow Keyword(s): CONFIDENCE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
ITALIAN WOMEN
WHAT DO THEY CALL A BATHTUB FULL OF ITALIAN WOMEN?
THE BAY OF PIGS.
Submitter comment:
THE BAY OF PIGS HAS SIGNIFICANCE IN THIS JOKE, BECAUSE
THERE IS ACTUALLY A PLACE HAVING THAT NAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ATTEMPT TO OVERTHROW CUBA'S CASTRO. ; CUBA ; KENNEDY'S PRESIDENCY, ALLUDING TO FAILURE OF ; POLITICAL REFERENCE TO INCIDENT DURING JOHN F.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote ITAL |
WHEN YOU HEAR A SIREN, SAY A PRAYER FOR THE PERSON INSIDE.
Submitter comment: I HAVE HEARD THIS BEFORE, I BELIEVE IT IS CATHOLIC IN ORIGIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): THAT IS, INSIDE THE AMBULANCE.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00-00-1980 ; 00-00-1950
FLYLEAF VERSE
HAIL, HAIL, BYRON'S IN JAIL.
TAFT IS ELECTED JUST AS WE EXPECTED.
Submitter comment:
THE ABOVE WAS FOUND IN MR. FINK'S "POWERS GRADED SPELLER"
COPYRIGHTED IN 1905, IN HIS OWN HANDWRITING ON THE BACK
COVER OF THE TEXT.
Data entry tech comment:
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHANT ; ELECTIONS ; INSULT ; POLITICIANS ; PRESIDENTS ; RIDICULE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
Date learned: 09-17-1969
RIDDLE
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON
AND LSD?
ANSWER: THERE ISN'T ANY DIFFERENCE, ONE IS A DOPE AND THE OTHER
IS A DRUG.
Data entry tech comment: LSD (LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE) IS A STRONG HALLUCINOGENIC ;
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): SATIRE OF THE PRESIDENT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
DIAPER TAG
IF YOU STEP IN A SQUARE WITH A LETTER WRITTEN ON IT,
YOU HAVE A DIAPER.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND'S YOUNGEST SISTER, AND SHE IS
ABOUT EIGHT YEARS OLD. THIS IS A GAME THEY PLAY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): SIDEWALK SQUARE?
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 00001971 SPRING
THE BELL WITCH
THE BELL WITCH, OF SUPERNATURAL ORIGIN, IS SAID TO HAVE
EXISTED IN ROBERTSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE ABOUT 75 YEARS
AGO. SHE STARTED OUT WITH GOOD INTENTIONS BUT, AFTER
ATTENDING TWO CHURCH SERVICES AT THE SAME TIME, SHE
TURNED BAD. HER MAIN INTENT SEEMED TO BE TO INFLICT
SUFFERING, PARTICULARLY UPON JOHN BELL. SHE TORMENTED
HIM TO HIS DEATH.
ANDREW JACKSON, AMONG MANY OTHERS, IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE
SEEN THE BELL WITCH.
THE LATE CHARLES BRYAN, FORMER MEMBER OF THE PEABODY
COLLEGE SCHOOL OF MUSIC, WROTE A CANTATA CALLED "THE
BELL WITCH CANTATA."
Where learned: DORM ; NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): MUSICAL COMPOSITION ; PRESIDENT ANDREW JACKSON
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 05-09-1969
SECULAR HERO
LEGEND IS NOW CIRCULATING THAT JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS
NOT ASSASSINATED, BUT THAT HE IS ALIVE IN THE DALLAS
(TEXAS) HOSPITAL AS A "VEGETABLE" ONLY. MRS. JOHN F.
KENNEDY ONASSIS VISITED HIM FREQUENTLY BEFORE HER
SECOND MARRIAGE AND RIGHT BEFORE HER MARRIAGE SHE
WAS ABLE TO GET A DIVORCE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): PRESIDENT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 05-00-1969
COINCIDE: WHAT YOU DO WHEN IT STARTS RAINING.
James Callow Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; HUMOR ; PUN FOR GO INSIDE.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-29-1970