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TULIPS IN THE GARDEN,
TULIPS IN THE PARK,
BUT THE TULIPS YOU LIKE THE BEST,
ARE THE TWO LIPS IN THE DARK,
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MEDIAL ITERATION ; PUN: TULIPS AND TWO LIPS ; RHYME: ABCB ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 10-17-1972
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
MM[ I LOVE YOU A BUSHEL
I LOVE YOU A PECK
IF YOU DON'T LOVE ME
I'LL BREAK YOUR NECK
Submitter comment: FROM INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK 1956
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): IRREGULAR TWO-STRESS METER ; RHYME: ABCB ; THREAT
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1956
THERE ARE TULIPS IN THE GARDEN,
THERE ARE TULIPS IN THE PARK.
BUT THE TULIPS I LIKE BEST,
ARE TULIPS IN THE DARK.
Submitter comment:
I READ THIS IN AUTOGRAPH BOOKS AND WROTE IT IN
AUTOGRAPH BOOKS MYSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 10-17-1967
TULIPS IN THE GARDEN,
TULIPS IN THE PARK,
BUT THE TULIPS YOU LIKE THE BEST,
ARE THE TWO LIPS IN THE DARK,
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MEDIAL ITERATION ; PUN: TULIPS AND TWO LIPS ; RHYME: ABCB ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 10-17-1972
GOOD NIGHT
GOOD NIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT.
DON'T LET THE BED BUGS BITE.
IF THEY DO, PUT THEM IN A STEW
AND GET UP AND EAT THEM AT HALF PAST TWO.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): FOOD ; GORE ; INSECTS ; INTERNAL RHYME ( TWO PAIRS) ; RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
I LOVE YOU A BUSHEL
I LOVE YOU A PECK
IF YOU DON'T LOVE ME
I'LL BREAK YOUR NECK
Submitter comment: FROM INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK 1956
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): IRREGULAR TWO-STRESS METER ; RHYME: ABCB ; THREAT
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1956
DRINKING JOKE
ALL OF US WERE AT THE BAR. I KNOW THERE WERE FIVE OF US DRINKING.
LET'S SEE: THE TWO MC CARTHYS WERE ONE, YOU WERE TWO, I WAS THREE,
O'BRIEN WAS FOUR, I KNOW THERE WERE FIVE DRINKS IN EVERY ROUND SO
WHO WAS THE FIFTH GUY? LET'S GO OVER IT AGAIN. THE TWO MC CARTHYS
WERE ONE, YOU WERE TWO, I WAS THREE, O'BRIEN WAS FOUR, I KNOW
THERE WERE FIVE DRINKS IN EVERY ROUND SO WHO WAS THE FIFTH GUY?
LET'S GO OVER IT AGAIN...........
Where learned: FLORIDA ; KEY BISCAYNE
James Callow Keyword(s): STUPIDITY: COUNTING TWO AS ONE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 09-00-1981
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 |
PROVERBS (POLISH)
STILL WATERS RUN DEEP.
CICHA WODA BRZEGI RWIE (POLISH).
IN AN OLD STOVE THE DEVIL LIVES (OR BURNS).
WSTANYM PIECU DIABEL PALI (POLISH)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TWO PROVERBS ON ONE CARD ?!
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
POLISH PROVERBS
TO THOSE WHO RISE EARLY, GOD GIVES THE DAY. {AND}
FROM A BIG CLOUD LITTLE RAINS FALL.
Submitter comment:
KTO RANO STAJE TEMN PAN BOG DAJE.
Z DUZY CHMNNY MALY DESZCZ.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER SLEEP ; {IT'S NOT MY FAULT THERE ARE TWO ON ONE CARD.}
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
Proverb
One today is worth two tomorrows.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: HOME ; Dee, Anne
Keyword(s): NUMBERS ; One ; Today ; TOMORROW ; Two
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Brown, Nancy
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BIRD ; Bush ; Hand ; Maxim ; NUMBER ; PROVERB ; Two ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: Henderson, Elmira
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BIRD ; Bush ; Hand ; Maxim ; NUMBERS ; One ; PROVERB ; Two ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: Gatz, Jackie
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BIRD ; Bush ; Hand ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Two ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V700] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; ; Place, Joyce
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BIRD ; Bush ; Hand ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Two ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Two heads are better than one.
Submitter comment:
Informant heard this from his grandmother.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Ackley, Maurice
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cooperate ; Heads ; Maxim ; NUMBER ; One ; PROVERB ; Two ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: Marion, Joseph
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BIRD ; Bush ; Hand ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; NUMBER ; PROVERB ; Two ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
One bird in the hand is better than two in the bush.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; O'Connor, Theresa ; 8603 Marygrove Dr
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BIRD ; Bush ; Maxim ; NUMBER ; One ; PROVERB ; Two ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
SHOULD A PREGNANT OR A NEW MOTHER EAT MUSTARD GREENS
BEFORE HER CHILD IS TWO MONTHS OLD SHE WILL DIE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI ; Ross, Gesta ; 106 Piper
Keyword(s): AGE ; BABY ; BELIEF ; Consume ; DEATH ; Die ; Eat ; FOOD ; Greens ; infant ; Kill ; Mom ; Mom ; MONTHS ; MOTHER ; Mustard ; Mustard Greens ; PREGNANCY ; Two
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 06-10-1973