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WHY DID THE POLES GET MARRIED IN THE BATHTUB?
THEY WANTED A DOUBLE RING CEREMONY.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Bathtub ; ETHNIC SLUR ; JOKE ; MARRIAGE ; POLISH ; RING ; WEDDING
| Subject headings: | -- RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
It is a Polish custom to put a rosary in a bush outside the
night before a special day (wedding, etc) so that day will not be
rainy.
Submitter comment: On the occasions which we have done it, it has worked.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAMTRAMCK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Before wedding BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Marriage Before wedding |
Date learned: 00001950'S
Easter Basket
One custom within the Polish community is to create Easter
baskets including colored eggs, bread, butter (shaped like a lamb),
kielbasa and other food products and take it to church to be
blessed on Holy Saturday (the Saturday before Easter).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAMTRAMCK
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HOW DO THEY TAKE A CENSUS IN ISREAL?
THEY ROLL A NICKEL DOWN THE STREET.
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Census ; ETHNIC SLUR ; Israel ; Israeli
| Subject headings: | -- RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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HOW IS THE BEST WAY TO BREAK A POLLACK'S FINGER?
HIT HIM IN THE NOSE.
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): ETHNIC SLUR ; JOKE ; POLISH
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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Q:HOW CAN YOU TELL THE BRIDE FROM THE GROOM AT A POLISH
WEDDING?
A:SHE IS THE ONE WITH HER ARMPITS BRAIDED OR A CLEAN
T-SHIRT.
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): ETHNIC SLUR ; JOKE ; POLISH
| Subject headings: | -- RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF A CPA?
A JEW THAT CAN'T STAND THE SIGHT OF BLOOD AND STAMMERS.
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): CPA: Racism ; ETHNIC SLUR ; Jewish
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
Riddle
WHAT IS BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER?
VARIATIONS:
-A NEWSPAPER
-A SUNBURNED ZEBRA
-A COMMUNIST NUN
-AN EMBARRASSED NUN
-A SKUNK WITH DIAPER RASH
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Black ; COLOR ; GAME ; Language ; Red ; RIDDLE ; White
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
Tongue Twister
OLD OILY AUTOS (REPEAT FIVE TIMES RAPIDLY).
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Language ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
Language: Rhyme
REMEMBER ME, WHEN THIS YOU SEE
AND ALWAYS BEAR IN MIND
THAT YOUR MOTHER WILL BE A FRIEND TO YOU WHEN OTHERS
ARE UNKIND.
Submitter comment:
AUTOGRAPH BOOK NOW AT INFORMANT'S HOME IN ST. CLAIR
SHORES, MICHIGAN. BOOK BELONGS TO GERTRUDE CARROLL
NOW, CAROLINE SLINEY'S DAUGHTER.
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Updated / 02-24-2011 / TRD
James Callow comment:
NOT WRITTEN IN VERSE FORM
Where learned: Broemer, Caroline
Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; Friend ; Kind ; Language ; MOTHER ; RHYME ; Unkind ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Language: Rhyme
WHEN I AM DEAD AND IN MY GRAVE
AND ALL MY BONES ARE ROTTING,
THIS LITTLE BOOK WILL TELL MY NAME
WHEN I AM QUITE FORGOTTEN.
(SIGNED) EMMA THORNDIKE
Submitter comment:
UNDATED ENTRY IN CAROLINE SLINEY'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK KEPT
IN FRANKLIN, MICHIGAN IN ABOUT 1890.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated / TRD
Where learned: Broemer, Caroline
Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; BOOK ; Dead ; Forgotten ; Gone ; Language ; RHYME ; Signature
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
COLOR
FOR ALL OFFICIAL CEREMONIES (INDUCTION OF PLEDGES,
INITIATION OF NEW MEMBERS AND FOUNDER'S DAY)
THE MEMBERS OF SIGMA SIGMA SIGMA WEAR WHITE DRESSES.
THE WHITE IS TO SIGNIFY THEIR INNOCENCE AND PURITY.
Where learned: GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
Tongue Twister
TOMMY THRESHER THREW THREE FREE THROWS (SAY IT THREE
TIMES RAPIDLY).
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAME ; Language ; SPEECH ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
"THEOPHOLUS THISTLER"
THEOPHOLUS THISTLER, THE SUCCESSFUL THISTLE SIFTER,
SUCCESSFULLY SIFTED THREE THOUSAND THISTLES THROUGH THE
THICK OF HIS THUMB. IF THEOPHOLUS THISTLER, THE SUCCESSFUL
THISTLE SIFTER, SUCCESSFULLY SIFTED THREE THOUSAND THISTLES
THROUGH THE THICK OF HIS THUMB, WHERE ARE THE THREE
THOUSAND THISTLES THAT THEOPHOLUS THISTLER, THE SUCCESSFUL
THISTLE SIFTER, SUCCESSFULLY SIFTED THROUGH THE THICK OF HIS
THUMB.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAME ; Language ; Sifter ; Thistle ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
Proverbial Speech
WHEN IT IS SPRINKLING RAIN GOD IS CHEWING TOBACCO AGAIN.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Chew ; EUPHEMISM ; God ; Language ; PROVERB ; Raining ; SPEECH ; TOBACCO ; WEATHER
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
MEMORIES OF HOMELAND GERMANY ( : ) HOLY WEEK CUSTOMS
IN GERMANY, BEGINNING ON HOLY THURSDAY AND LASTING UP TO EASTER
SUNDAY THERE IS NO DANCING, PARTIES OR POPULAR MUSIC PERMITTED.
EVEN ON THE RADIO FOR THIS THREE DAY PERIOD THE ONLY TYPE OF MUSIC
PERMITTED ARE SELECTIONS BY MOZART, BACH ( , ) ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BEAUTY SHOP ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; 17619 6 MILE
Keyword(s): MUSIC
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Thursday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting F663.30 |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
PROVERBS OF THE LOCKER ROOM
1-WHEN THE GOIN' GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOIN'.
2-THE BEST WAY TO LOSE IS NOT TO.
3-A GIRL BEFORE THE GAME WILL RUIN YOUR CHANCES OF FAME.
4-QUITTERS NEVER WIN AND WINNERS NEVER QUIT.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; L:ocker Room ; PROVERB ; Saying ; SPORTS ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
CHURCH CUSTOM
THIS IS A GERMAN CATHOLIC FEAST WHICH IS CELEBRATED IN HONOR OF THE
FOUNDING OF THE HOLY EUCHARIST. IT TAKES PLACE ON THURSDAY EXACTLY
FOUR WEEKS AFTER ASCENSION THURSDAY. IT BEGINS BY CELEBRATING MASS
IN CHURCH. THEN THE HOLY EUCHARIST IS HONORED IN A PROCESSION WHICH
LEAVES FROM THE CHURCH AND GOES TO THE CHURCH GROUNDS. ON THE
GROUNDS ARE SET UP THREE ALTARS. THE PROCESSION GOES TO ALL THREE
ALTARS AND PRAYERS ARE CHANTED AND SONGS ARE SUNG. THE
PROCESSION IS LED BY THE PRIEST AND ALTAR BOYS AND FOLLOWED BY
THE MOST RECENT FIRST COMMUNION CLASS, FOLLOWED BY THE OTHER CHURCH
GROUPS FOR MEN, WOMEN OR CHILDREN.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MEMORIES OF HOMELAND GERMANY. INFORMANT NEVER MENTIONED NAME OF FEAST BUT IT SEEMS TO BE CORPUS
CHRISTI.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BEAUTY SHOP ; 17619 6 MILE
Keyword(s): CORPUS CHRISTI
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Pentecost |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
BAD LUCK TO WALK UNDER A LADDER.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 07-24-1968