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WHEN THE GOLDEN SUN IS SETTING
AND THIS EARTH NO MORE YOU TROD,
MAY YOUR NAME IN GOLD BE WRITTEN
IN THE AUTOGRAPH OF GOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
Date learned: 00-00-1937
HICCUPS
SUGAR MIXED WITH WATER IS ONE CURE FOR HICCUPS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-24-1969
OUR LIFE IS BUT A GOLDEN TIE
THAT JOINS TWO FRIENDS TOGETHER.
AND IF WE NEVER BREAK THIS TIE
WE WILL BE FRIENDS FOREVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Friendship |
Date learned: 00-00-1938
WHAT! WRITE IN THIS BOOK,
WHERE OTHER MEN LOOK?
OH, NOT I!
I'M TOO SHY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Announcing a signature |
Date learned: 00-00-1938
SAVE YOUR NICKELS,
SAVE YOUR DIMES.
WHEN YOU GET FIVE DOLLARS,
COME UP AND SEE ME SOME TIME.
ROSES ARE RED,
BUTTERCUPS ARE YELLOW.
WHAT'S A "PUER" WITHOUT A "PUELLA?"
BREAD IS BREAD
CHEESE IS CHEESE.
WHAT IS A KISS WITHOUT A SQUEEZE?
Submitter comment: FROM MY MOTHER'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1937
PEACHES GROW IN CALIFORNIA AND FLORIDA, TOO.
BUT IT TAKES THE STATE OF MICHIGAN TO GROW A
PEACH LIKE YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
IT IS GOOD LUCK TO SHAKE THE HAND OF A CHIMNEY SWEEP.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Chimney ; Communication ; CUSTOM ; GREETING ; Hands ; LUCK ; Shake Hands ; SUPERSTITION ; Sweep
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Good luck P881.22 |
Date learned: 03-14-1970
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 |
THE FIRST MARINE FOUND THE BEANS PARLE VOO.
THE SECOND MARINE COOKED THE BEANS PARLE VOO.
THE THIRD MARINE ATE THE BEANS, BLEW A HOLE IN THE SUBMARINE
INKY DINKY PARLE VOO.
Submitter comment:
IN GRADE SCHOOL THIS SONG WAS POPULAR. IT WAS SUNG TO THE TUNE OF
THE FRENCH SONG.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): CHILDHOOD ; JOKE ; PARODY ; SONG ; Tune ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 11-11-1969
TRICKING SPIES
IN WORLD WAR ONE, WHEN SPIES WHO HAD INFILTRATED INTO ENEMY RANKS
WERE CAPTURED. THEY WERE PUT TO THE TEST. WHEN A GERMAN SPY
WHO CLAIMED TO BE FRENCH WAS CAUGHT, HE WAS ASKED TO REPEAT THE
WORD "GRENOUILLE" (FROG), WHICH SHOULD
SOUND SOMEWHAT LIKE GRRUNWEEAH
BUT A GERMAN WOULD ALWAYS SAY GRUNWEEHKH, MAKING A HARSH GUTTURAL
SOUND. SIMILARLY, WHEN A FRENCH SPY WAS CAUGHT BY THE GERMANS, HE
WAS ASKED TO SAY HATHAWAY BUT A FRENCHMAN COULD ONLY SUCCEED IN
SAYING HASSAWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; SAINT MARYS RECTORY
Keyword(s): PRONUNCIATION OF FOREIGN WORDS REVEALS IDENTITY AND NATIONALITY
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Legend |
Date learned: 11-17-1968
Proverb
Better late than never.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V200] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; 5120 THORNCROFT ; Feles, Ann
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Late ; Maxim ; Never ; PROVERB ; Punctual ; TIME ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
God helps those who help themselves.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V200] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; 5120 THORNCROFT ; Feles, Ann
Keyword(s): Apothegm' Aphorism ; God ; Help ; Initiative ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Retort
Shut up? I wasn't shut up, I was brought up, and when I think of you I throw up.
Submitter comment:
Collected upon hearing the informant answer someone who told him to shut up.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; Patrick, Richard
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
"A man running by for his life would never notice it."
Submitter comment:
Granny Clisdale used to admonish someone worrying over inicental details with this retort.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; Clisdale, Mrs Rosemary
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; DEATH ; incidental ; INSULT ; LIFE ; Notice ; RETORT ; RUNNING ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Belief: Weather
Color of the Sky:
(red) colored sky in the morning: sailor's warning.
(red) colored sky at night: sailor's delight
Submitter comment:
Learned in Childhood
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P800, 890] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; Carter, Mr L P
Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; Nautical ; Ocean ; Predicting ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; RHYME ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Ethnic: Scottish
Never cut your fingernails on Sunday.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
The word Legend has been crossed out from the top of the card.
Original BN [P400, P644, P43, P880] have been crossed out/replaced with current classifications
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; Bonner, Mrs. James
Keyword(s): DAYS OF THE WEEK ; ETHNIC ; GROOMING ; Scotland ; SCOTTISH ; Superstition, Belief
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time F574.5 (SUNDAY) BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
FRENCH CUSTOM
IN THE CENTER OF THE VILLAGE THERE IS USUALLY A CALVAIRE (LIKE
OUTDOOR SHRINES). AT CERTAIN TIMES OF THE YEAR FOR CERTAIN SHRINES
THERE IS A SPECIAL CEREMONY. FIRST THERE IS A SPECIAL CEREMONY
AT THE SHRINE AND THEN A SPECIAL PROCESSION FROM THE CHURCH TO THE
SHRINE. AT THE SHRINE THERE ARE SONGS, PRAYERS, AND THEN A
PROCESSION BACK TO THE CHURCH. THE PEOPLE WEAR THE OLD BRITAN
( BRETON ) COSTUMES. PEOPLE COME TO SEE THEM IN THESE BRITAN
( BRETON ) COSTUMES. THERE IS A PARTICULAR MUSIC MADE WITH BAGPIPES.
THERE ARE ALSO PARTICULAR DANCES. THE DAY ENDS WITH SINGING AND
DANCING.
Submitter comment: HEARD IN BRITTANY, FRANCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Festival |
Date learned: SUMMER 1964
FRENCH CUSTOM
THE BLESSING OF BOATS IS DONE IN FRANCE. THERE ARE CERTAIN DAYS
FOR THE BLESSING OF BOATS. IT IS USUALLY DONE ONCE A YEAR. IT IS
USUALLY DONE BEFORE A FLEET OF FISHERMAN (SIC) LEAVE.
Submitter comment: HEARD IN BRITTANY, FRANCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Festival BELIEF -- Prayer |
FRENCH CUSTOM
THE CELEBRATION OF THE FOURTEENTH OF JULY IS A FRENCH CUSTOM.
JULY 14 IS CELEBRATED AS A LIBERATION DAY. IT STARTS WITH MILITARY
PARADES. IT ENDS WITH DANCING IN THE STREETS. HEARD OF IN FRANCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 14 |
THE ORAL HISTORY OF MY FAMILY INCLUDES THE TALE OF
MY GRANDFATHER'S ARRIVAL AT ELLIS ISLAND, IN THE
EARLY TWENTIETH CENTURY. HE HAD BEEN A STOW-AWAY AND
WAS THEREFORE RELUCTANT TO GIVE HIS NAME TO THE
IMMIGRATION OFFICIAL PROCESSING HIM. HE ASKED THE
OFFICER TO SELECT A NEW NAME FOR HIM, AN AMERICAN
NAME. THE NAME "SHERMAN" WAS CHOSEN FROM THE
SIGNATURE OF ROGER SHERMAN ON THE DECLARATION OF
INDEPENDENCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; OAKLAND COUNTY
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 00-00-1983