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REMEMBER THE TURTLE,
REMEMBER THE DOVE,
REMEMBER THE DAY
YOU AND (BLANK) FELL IN LOVE.
Submitter comment: FILL IN THE BLANK WITH ANY BOY'S NAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP ; WESTLAND
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
IF EVER YOU MARRY
IF EVER A HUSBAND YOU SHALL HAVE,
AND HE THESE LINES SHALL SEE
TELL HIM OF YOUR FUN IN SCHOOL
AND KISS HIM TWICE FOR ME)
Submitter comment:
TAKEN FROM MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF 1963 IN REDFORD TOWNSHIP, BUT
SHE MOVED TO SOMEWHERE IN CALIFORNIA.
Data entry tech comment: ADDED TITLE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
Keyword(s): INSTRUCTIONS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
COUNTING OUT
PUT YOUR FEET IN CIRCLE.
SKY IS BLUE
HOW OLD ARE YOU?
Submitter comment:
COUNT AGE, CONTINUE UNTIL ONE PERSON REMAINS.
INFORMANT LEARNED IT AS A CAMP GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
PROVERB
ONCE BURNED TWICE SHY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
Language
Tongue Twister:
Sheep shouldn't sleep in a shack
Sheep should sleep in a shed.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Malle Verse?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Jekabson, Martha ; 16765 Beech Daly ; REDFORD
Keyword(s): GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
VOCABULARY OF THE NUNS
HE SAYS THAT HIS NUNS WHEN HE WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BELIEVED THAT
IF HE PRONOUNCED AUNT LIKE "ANT" (LIKE MOST PEOPLE DO) THAT THEY
WOULD TAKE HIM AND STEP ON A REAL "ANT" AND SUPPOSEDLY TELL HIM THAT
IF HE DIDN'T PRONOUNCE AUNT LIKE AUNT THAT EVERYTIME HE SAID AUNT
THE WRONG WAY AND THEY WOULD STEP ON AN ANT THAT SOMETHING WOULD
HAPPEN TO HIS REAL AUNT
Where learned: REDFORD TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Date learned: 09-18-1969
KRAKOWIAK (POLISH DANCE)
LIKE THE AMERICAN SQUARE DANCE.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; NOT GIVEN ; HOME ; PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; LETTER ; OHIO ; NEW JERSEY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; GROSSE POINTE ; HARPER WOODS ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; WARREN ; JAPAN ; RUSSIA ; GRAND RAPIDS ; SHIPLE HALL ; GARDEN CITY ; ROYAL OAK ; TOLEDO ; TRENTON ; FARMINGTON ; KALAMAZOO ; CANADA ; ONTARIO ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT ; MAIL ; INDIANA ; DETROIT, ASSUMED ; TOLD AT HOME ; FERNDALE ; SOUTHFIELD ; TENNESSEE ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL ; HAMTRAMCK ; DEARBORN ; MINNESOTA ; ILLINOIS ; NEW YORK ; FLORIDA ; KOREA ; WISCONSIN ; NEW HAMPSHIRE ; STUDENT UNION ; READING ; AUSTRALIA ; Sylvania ; Sterling Heights ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; GROSSE POINTE PARK ; OAK PARK ; SOUTHGATE ; STURGEON LAKE ; REDFORD ; TOORAK ; VICTORIA ; ROSEVILLE ; LINCOLN PARK ; TRAVERSE CITY ; HUNTINGTON WOODS ; PONTIAC ; TROY ; PORT CHESTER ; SOUTH AMERICA ; BROOKVILLE ; MONTREAL ; SEOUL ; NORTH OLMSTED ; EASTOWN THEATER ; ERIE ; University of Notre Dame ; FRANKLINVILLE ; TORONTO ; TOLD AT ; TOLD BY ; TOLD IN ; SCRANTON ; MONROE ; GLENVIEW ; MOSCOW ; GULLEY ; FINLAND ; HARBOR BEACH ; HOUGHTON LAKE ; Hudson Lake ; 1962 ; INDIANAPOLIS ; JONESBORO ; KANSASVILLE ; LEXINGTON ; MASSILLON ; MAUCH CHUNK ; MELVINDALE ; MILFORD ; NEW ROCHELLE ; NIAGARA FALLS ; PANAMA CITY ; PATAGONIA ; ARGENTINA ; RESIDENCE HALL ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES ; TOLD AT HONORS HOUSE ; AMERICAN HISTORY CLASS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dance |
MILITARY SAYING
DO WHAT YOU ARE TOLD TO DO, WHEN YOU ARE TOLD TO DO IT, AND THEN
GO SIT ON YOUR ASS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; CYNICISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
CHILDREN'S CHANT
POLICEMAN, POLICEMAN, DO YOUR DUTY,
HERE COMES (GIRL'S NAME) THE AMERICAN BEAUTY.
SHE CAN DO THE RHUMBA,
SHE CAN DO THE SPLITS,
SHE CAN WEAR DRESSES,
ABOVE HER HIPS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
Keyword(s): FASHION--DRESS LENGTH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse DRAMA -- Secular |
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
RIN TIN TIN SAT ON A PIN.
HOW MANY INCHES DID IT GO IN?
1, 2, 3,...ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 16765 Beech Daly ; REDFORD
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-01-1968
LIMERICK
THERE WAS AN OLD MAN OF PERU/ WHO DREAMED HE WAS KISSING HIS SHOE.
HE AWOKE IN THE NIGHT/ IN A TERRIBLE FRIGHT,/ AND FOUND IT WAS
PERFECTLY TRUE }
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 16765 Beech Daly ; 48240 ; REDFORD
Keyword(s): RHYME: AABBA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY THE COLLECTOR
BABY BELIEF
SHE WAS ALWAYS TAUGHT THAT WHEN A BABY HAS AN UPSET STOMACH, THAT
SHE SHOULD BE GIVEN ESSENCE OF PEPPERMINT, OR CAMIL TEA
WHICH IS ACTUALLY TEA LEAVES.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP ; Salutes, Sally
Keyword(s): BABY ; CHAMOMILE ; CHILD ; CURE ; Ingest ; Peppermint ; REMEDY ; TEA
James Callow Keyword(s): CHAMOMILE?
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- N466 BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
JUMPING RHYME
MABLE, MABLE, SET THE TABLE.
HOW MANY DISHES WILL SHE SET?
(JUMP, COUNTING, UNTIL YOU MISS.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD ; SAINT HILARY'S GRADE SCHOOL
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-29-1971