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MILITARY CADENCE SONG
I DON'T KNOW WHAT I'VE BEEN TOLD,
RANGERS ARE AS GOOD AS GOLD.
I'VE BEEN TOLD AND I BELIEVE,
I'LL BE HOME FOR CHRISTMAS LEAVE.
I WONDER WHERE THE YELLOW WENT,
WHEN THEY BOMBED THE ORIENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVERTISING FOR PEPSODENT TOOTHPASTE: ; WHEN YOU BRUSH YOUR TEETH WITH PEPSODENT ; YOU'LL WONDER WHERE THE YELLOW WENT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- War cries CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F535 |
Date learned: 12-00-1974
INDEX OF TAPE 750002 SIDE B
BROOM
LUCK
THE NUMBER 9 AND 3
OMEN
DREAMS
THROWING TEETH AND BURYING TEETH TO MAKE THEM GROW
LEFT AND RIGHT
LENGTH OF TOES AS OMENS OF PARENTS' DEATH
FINGERS THAT RINGS ARE WORN ON
WIZARDS
BLACK CAT
ONOMATOPOETIC
FLOATING THE WATER LILY FESTIVAL, SEPTEMBER 22 OF EVERY YEAR
Where learned: THAILAND
Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC FOR TEETH AND TOES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- September 22 ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress HandsFeet BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness SPEECH -- Onomatopoeia |
HAIR CUSTOM
NEVER WASH YOUR HAIR AFTER YOU HAVE A TOOTH FILLED.
WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT PRACTICED THIS AS A YOUNG GIRL AND WOMAN
BECAUSE HER MOTHER HAD TOLD HER THIS WAS RIGHT. (1920_30)
GRADUALLY SHE CAME TO SEE THAT IT HAD NO REASONABLE VALIDITY
AND NO LONGER PRACTICES IT.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; 15209 ; PITTSBURGH ; 1579 ANDERSON RD
Keyword(s): DENTAL WORK ; TEETH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
BIRTH: TREATMENT OF EXPECTANT MOTHERS
FOR EVERY BABY YOU HAVE YOU WILL LOSE A TOOTH.
Where learned: OHIO ; NORTH OLMSTED
Keyword(s): CHILDBIRTH ; LOSS OF TEETH ; PREGNANCY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
YOUR BLUE EYES MAY WATER
YOUR WHITE TEETH MAY GRIT
BUT YOU'RE ONE LOVELY
I WON'T FORGIT.
Data entry tech comment: THIS VERSE WAS FULL OF SPELLING ERRORS.
Where learned: 16436 W CHICAGO
Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): CRYING ; FORGET ; GRITTING OF TEETH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
Custom
Method for pulling out baby teeth: tie string around tooth and other end around door and close door.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: Harwell, Martha
Keyword(s): BABY ; CUSTOM ; DENTISTRY ; Door ; Removal ; String ; TEETH ; Tooth
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home |
RIDDLE
QUESTION: WHAT IS THE BEST THING TO PUT IN A PIE?
ANSWER: MY TEETH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): PIE (Q) ; TEETH (A)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-00-1965
RIDDLE
QUESTION: WHAT IS THE BEST THING TO PUT INTO A PIE?
ANSWER: YOUR TEETH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLEASANT RIDGE
Keyword(s): PIE (Q) ; TEETH (A)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
RIDDLE
QUESTION: WHAT IS THE BEST THING TO PUT INTO A PIE?
ANSWER: YOUR TEETH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PIE (Q) ; TEETH (A)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
Retort
Your teeth are like stars. They come out at night.
Submitter comment:
This is a sarcastic retort used when a person has had a sarcastic remark directed towards them.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: Diamond, Sue
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; INSULT ; Night ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; STARS ; TEETH ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Proverb
Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.
Submitter comment:
Informant heard this in Detroit, MI
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
The question [Proves what?] is written next to the collector comment.
Original BN [S570] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE ; Cissell, Robert Jr
Keyword(s): Appreciation ; COMEBACK ; Generous ; GIFT ; Grateful ; Greedy ; HORSE ; Mouth ; PROVERB ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; TEETH ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
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 |
Belief: Medical
Stand in front of house after losing baby tooth and repeat three times:
Little Mouse Little Mouse
Give me an iron tooth
For this bone tooth.
Then the tooth is thrown over the house in hope that new tooth is stronger.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added By TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P700] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Verse?
Where learned: HOME ; Pitz, Margaret
Keyword(s): BABY ; BELIEF ; Dentist ; House ; MEDICAL ; Mouse ; SUPERSTITION ; TEETH ; Tooth ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
RELIGIOUS BELIEF
IF YOU SAY A "HAIL MARY" FOR EACH ONE OF YOUR TEETH, THEN SAINT
POLLONIA WILL PROTECT YOUR TEETH FROM HARM.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; KALAMAZOO ; Ceru, Mrs. Joseph ; 5583 South 4th st
Keyword(s): hail Mary ; Patron ; Pray ; PRAYER ; Saint ; Saint Pollonia ; TEETH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
ESKIMO BELIEF
GOOD WIFELY ESKIMOS ARE KNOWN TO CHEW THEIR HUSBAND'S BOOTS
IN ORDER TO MAKE THEM SOFT FOR THE MEN TO WEAR.
THIS IS WHY THEIR TEETH ARE CHEWED DOWN TO A BARE MINIMUM.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; Handley, Pat
Keyword(s): ; Boots ; Culture ; Eskimo ; HUSBAND ; Inuit ; Leather ; Legend ; Lore ; Service ; Tanning ; TEETH ; Wife
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXISM
| Subject headings: | Custom CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress HandsFeet BELIEF -- P4387 P4387.14 |
Date learned: 04-00-1972