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Taunt

Fatty, fatty, two by four. Can't get through the bathroom door. So he did it on the floor.

Submitter comment:

Friends

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs Added By TRD

James Callow comment:

Orignal BN [S570] crossed out. Replaced with current classification

Where learned: HOME ; Hanson, Margaret

Keyword(s): BATHROOM ; Bowels ; Door ; Fat ; Fatty ; Floor ; INSULT ; JOKE ; Large ; RHYME ; SIZE ; TAUNT ; URINATE ; WEIGHT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech

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IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, YOU'RE GOING TO KISS A FOOL!

Where learned: HOME

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose

Date learned: 00-00-1968

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WHEN THE BOTTOM OF YOUR FEET ITCH YOU WILL SOON WALK ON
STRANGE GROUND.

Where learned: HOME

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet

Date learned: 09-16-1969

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WHEN THE LEFT HAND ITCHES, ONE WILL RECEIVE MONEY.

Where learned: HOME

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet

Date learned: 11-02-1968

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WHEN YOUR LEFT HAND ITCHES, YOU'RE GOING TO COME
INTO MONEY.

Where learned: HOME

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet

Date learned: 09-16-1969

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IF YOUR RIGHT HAND ITCHES, YOU WILL BE SHAKING HANDS.

Where learned: HOME

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet

Date learned: 09-20-1967

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WHEN THE RIGHT HAND ITCHES ONE WILL GREET SOMEBODY.

Where learned: HOME

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet

Date learned: 10-25-1968

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A HIGH FOREHEAD IS BELIEVED TO BE A SIGN OF INTELLIGENCE.

Where learned: HOME

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Forehead

Date learned: 00-00-1958

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CURE FOR AN INFECTION

IF YOU SLICE AN ONION AND PLACE A SLICE ON THE INFECTED AREA
WRAPPING THE ONION AND INFECTED AREA IN GAUZE THE ONION WILL
DRAW OUT THE INFECTION.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THAT THIS CURE REALLY WORKS, BELIEVES IT TOO

Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; MADISON HEIGHTS

James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Plant

Date learned: 10-00-1973

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STONE AND COPPER ART

TWO 5X8 CARDS SHOWING TWO 3X3 COLOR PHOTOS OF THE ARTWORK
SEE SU 692406-1 TO 692406-2

Submitter comment: THIS ARTWORK COMES FROM BRAZIL. ON THE BACK OF EACH PIECE IS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION
(ORIGINAL SPELLING RETAINED). I DECLARE THAT THIS IS REAL COPPER HANDWORK, APPLICATED ONTO
TRUE FOSSILISED STONE WHICH IS MORE TAN 120 MILLIONS YEARS OLD. MADE BIJ YOUR WELKNOWN DUTCH
ARTIST, JOHANNES WILHELMUS VAN DARTELEN. UNIQUE IN THE WORLD: THE ARTIST GIVES HIS ADDRESS AS
AVENIDA BRASIL 456, CAMPINAS, E.S.PAULO, BRASIL IF WHAT THE ARTIST SAYS ABOUT HIS WORK BEING
UNIQUE IS TRUE THEN THE ARTWORK ISN'T REALLY FOLKART. I TURNED IT IN HOWEVER FOR I CANNOT
BELIEVE THAT HE IS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE WORLD THAT MAKES THIS TYPE OF ARTWORK.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PARENTS HOME ; MADISON HEIGHTS

Subject headings: ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Metal Stone Bone Gold Silver Copper
ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Metal Stone Bone Stone

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RIDDLE

IF A FARMER CAN RAISE 50 BUSHELS OF CORN IN DRY WEATHER,
WHAT CAN HE RAISE IN WET WEATHER ?
-- AN UMBRELLA

Where learned: HOME ; OHIO ; Sylvania ; TOLD AT

Keyword(s): FARMING AGRICULTURE

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 00-00-0000

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RIDDLE

IT SPINS AROUND BUT IS NOT SPINNING A WHEEL; IT CAN WALK A
ROPE BUT IS NOT A MONKEY.
-- A SPIDER.

Submitter comment: HEARD THIS IN DORMITORY

Where learned: HOME ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; TOLD AT

Keyword(s): ROPE FOR WEB

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 11-27-1967

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THERE'S MANY A SLIP 'TWIXT THE CUP AND THE LIP.

Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; 17287 GREENVIEW ; ; TOLD AT

Keyword(s): GOSSIP

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb

Date learned: 02-15-1970

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PROVERB

IF YOU DANCE, YOU HAVE TO PAY THE FIDDLER.

Submitter comment: NONE

Data entry tech comment: YOU CAN'T GET ANYTHING FOR FREE, SO YOU PAY FOR EVERYTHING.

Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; 18471 FAIRFIELD ; TOLD AT

Keyword(s): COMPENSATION ; OBSERVATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 02-20-1970

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MISTER PUMPKIN EATER

IF YOU ARE NOT IN BED AT THE TIME YOU ARE TOLD, A GIGANTIC
PUMPKIN HEAD WILL COME IN YOUR ROOM AND EAT YOU

Submitter comment: I USED TO TELL MY SISTER THIS WHEN I BABYSAT AND SHE
WOULDN'T GO TO BED. YOU CAN IMPROVE ON IT BY ADDING SCARY
SOUNDS AND GESTURES. I'M NOT SURE WHERE I LEARNED IT, BUT SINCE
THEN WE TELL IT TO CHILDREN WE BABYSIT FOR.

Where learned: HOME

James Callow Keyword(s): CARNIVEROUS PLANT ; FUNCTION: TO SCARE CHILD INTO GOING TO

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Supernatural Being
BELIEF -- Plant

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SAINT PATRICK'S DAY

DRINKING GREEN BEER IS ANOTHER TRADITIONAL CUSTOM. YOU DRINK THE
HEALTH OF IRELAND, GOD, AND YOUR FAMILY.

Where learned: HOME ; RELATIVES HOME

James Callow Keyword(s): DRINKING A TOAST

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 17 Feast of St. Patrick
Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage Fermented
BELIEF -- Color
SPEECH -- Formula

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IF THE BLACK ENDS ON THE COLORING OF A CATERPILLAR ARE
WIDE OR MAKE UP A GREATER PROPORTION THAN THE BROWN,
THEN THE WINTER WILL BE A SEVERE ONE.

Where learned: HOME ; NEW YORK ; LE ROY

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 03-00-1971

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SWEATS, SWEATING

IF YOU SWEAT AT NIGHT, PAT VINEGAR ON THE SURFACE OF YOUR BODY
WITH THE PALM OF YOUR HAND
AND YOU WILL PREVENT NIGHT SWEATS.

Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18285 LESURE

Keyword(s): PREVENTION

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: 03-10-1971

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HEADACHE

A TREATMENT FOR MIGRAINE HEADACHE IS TO PUT EQUAL PARTS OF VINEGAR
AND WATER IN A BASIN ON THE STOVE, AND LET IT BOIL SLOWLY. PUT YOUR
HEAD OVER THE FUMES FROM THE BASIN AND INHALE.

Where learned: HOME ; 18285 LESURE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Method of Curing

Date learned: 03-10-1971

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AN OLD IRISH BLESSING

GOD GRANT YOU THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT WHAT YOU
CAN NOT CHANGE, THE COURAGE TO CHANGE WHAT YOU CAN,
AND THE WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.

Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18011 COYLE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Expression of Fixed Form

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