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STICKS AND STONES MIGHT BREAK MY BONES,
BUT NAMES WILL NEVER HURT ME.

Submitter comment: RETORT

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

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

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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I'M RUBBER, YOU'RE GLUE
EVERYTHING YOU SAY
BOUNCES OFF ME
AND STICKS TO YOU.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

Keyword(s): RETORT

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

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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BEANS IN THE POT
BACON IN THE PAN
GET 'EM WHILE THEY'RE HOT
GET 'EM WHILE YOU CAN.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

James Callow Keyword(s): GRUB CALL

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

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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ENGINE, ENGINE #9
GOING DOWN CHICAGO LINE.
IF THE TRAIN SHOULD JUMP THE TRACK,
DO YOU WANT YOUR MONEY BACK?

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

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

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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ONE, TWO BUCKLE MY SHOE.
THREE, FOUR SHUT THE DOOR.
FIVE, SIX PICK UP STICKS.
SEVEN, EIGHT LAY THEM STRAIGHT.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

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

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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PEAS PORRIDGE HOT,
PEAS PORRIDGE COLD,
PEAS PORRIDGE IN THE POT
NINE DAYS OLD.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

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

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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IF IN HEAVEN WE DON'T MEET,
HAND IN HAND WE'LL STAND THE HEAT.
IF IT GETS TOO AWFUL HOT,
PEPSI COLA HITS THE SPOT!

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVERTISING SLOGAN

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

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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I WISH YOU LUCK
I WISH YOU JOY
I WISH YOU FIRST A BABY BOY.
AND WHEN HIS HAIR BEGINS TO CURL,
I WISH YOU THEN A BABY GIRL.
AND WHEN HER HAIR STICKS OUT LIKE PINS,
I WISH YOU THEN A PAIR OF TWINS.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

James Callow Keyword(s): BIRTH

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

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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I AM A SHEET SLITTER; I SLIT SHEETS.
I'M THE BEST SHEET SLITTER THAT EVER SLIT A SHEET.

Submitter comment: TONGUE TWISTER

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.532
SPEECH -- Formula

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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BETTY BOTTER BOUGHT SOME BUTTER,
BUT, SHE SAID THE BUTTER'S BITTER;
IF I PUT IT IN MY BATTER
IT WILL MAKE MY BATTER BITTER;
BUT A BIT OF BETTER BUTTER
WILL MAKE MY BATTER BETTER.
SO SHE BOUGHT A BIT OF BUTTER
BETTER THAN HER BITTER BUTTER,
AND SHE PUT IT IN HER BATTER
AND THE BATTER WAS NOT BITTER.
SO 'TWAS BETTER BETTY BOTTER BOUGHT A BIT OF BETTER
BUTTER.

Submitter comment: TONGUE TWISTER

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.532
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO
THREE POTATO, FOUR.
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO
SEVEN POTATO HAS TO GO.

Data entry tech comment: SPELLING CORRECTED BY STUDENT EDITOR.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.750

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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JACK BE NIMBLE, JACK BE QUICK,
JACK JUMPED OVER THE CANDLESTICK.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

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

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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I WENT UPTOWN TO SEE MISS BROWN;
SHE GAVE ME A NICKLE TO BUY A PICKLE,
THE PICKLE WAS SOUR SO I BOUGHT A FLOWER,
THE FLOWER WAS RED SO I BOUGHT SOME THREAD,
THE THREAD WAS THIN SO I BOUGHT A PIN,.
THE PIN WAS SHARP, SO I BOUGHT A HARP.
AND ON THIS HARP I PLAYED:
I LOVE COFFEE,
I LOVE TEA,
HOW MANY PEOPLE ARE STACKED ON ME?
ONE, TWO, THREE...

Data entry tech comment: PUNCTUATION ADDED BY STUDENT EDITOR.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

James Callow Keyword(s): COUNTING ; STAIRCASE PARALLELISM

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

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR TURN AROUND,
TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR TOUCH THE GROUND.
TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR TURN OUT THE LIGHT,
TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR SAY GOOD-NIGHT.
TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR GO UPSTAIRS,
TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR SAY YOUR PRAYERS.

Data entry tech comment: PUNCTUATION ADDED BY STUDENT EDITOR.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; MEDIAL ITERATION

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

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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PEABODY IS KNOWN AS THE PLACE WHERE THE GIRLS ARE. GIRLS
AND THE GUYS ARE, TOO.
SINCE PEABODY IS A TEACHER'S COLLEGE AND SINCE MOST
TEACHERS IN THE PAST HAVE BEEN GIRLS, SOME PEOPLE ASSUME
THAT THE BOYS WHO ATTEND PEABODY ARE HOMOSEXUALS.

Submitter comment: SEXISM

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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IF A FUNERAL IS TO BE HELD IN YOUR HOUSE AND THE BODY IS
THERE, YOU SHOULD STAY AWAKE. THIS INSURES GOOD LUCK.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Good luck

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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A POSTAGE STAMP PUT ON A LETTER UPSIDE DOWN MEANS THAT THE
WRITER LOVES THE PERSON TO WHOM HE IS SENDING THE LETTER. IT
IS READ AS "I LOVE YOU."

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Word Letter
SPEECH -- To Be Seen

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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WHITE MARKS ON YOUR FINGERNAILS SHOW HOW MANY BOYFRIENDS
YOU HAVE ON A ONE TO ONE RATIO.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses
BELIEF -- Marriage
BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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IF A CHILD IS BORN BALDHEADED, HE WILL HAVE A LOT OF HAIR.
IF HE IS BORN WITH A LOT OF HAIR THEN HE WILL BE BALD.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST REVERSAL COMPENSATION

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses
BELIEF -- Birth

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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IF YOU DROP A KNIFE, YOU''LL HAVE A MAN AS A VISITOR; A
FORK, A WOMAN; AND A SPOON, A CHILD.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank

Date learned: 00-00-1972

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