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PROVERBIAL PHRASE

MADONNA

Submitter comment: THIS IS AN ITALIAN EXPRESSION USUALLY SAID TO SOMEONE WHEN THEY ARE
EXAGGERATING. THIS IS ALL THAT IS SAID.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula
PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

Date learned: 02-00-1979

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DESERT

CANNOLI-A FRIED PASTRY SHELL FILLED WITH SOME KIND OF PUDDING OR
CUSTARD. THE ENDS ARE DIPPED IN CANDY SPRINKLES OR NUTS, THEN
SPRINKLED WITH POWDERED SUGAR.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: Food Drink -- Pastry Sweet Dessert

Date learned: 02-00-1979

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FOOD

POLENTA-POOR MAN'S MEAL MADE OF CORN MEAL AND COVERED WITH
MEAT SAUCE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: Food Drink -- Meat

Date learned: 02-00-1979

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FOOD

CANNELONI-PASTA TUBES FILLED WITH MEAT, COVERED WITH SAUCE, AND BAKED

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: Food Drink -- Manner of preparation Process
Food Drink -- Plant food Cereal

Date learned: 02-00-1979

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PROVERB

VECCHIA CON LE CALZE ROSE. WITH OLD AGE YOU WEAR RED SOCKS.

Submitter comment: THIS IS ITALIAN, USUALLY SAID WHEN AN OLDER PERSON IS OBVIOUSLY
TRYING TO LOOK YOUNGER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula
PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
PROVERB -- Blason Populaire

Date learned: 02-00-1979

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GESTURE

CUPPING YOUR FINGERS AND THUMB TOGETHER, THEN WAVING YOUR HAND UP
AND DOWN.

Submitter comment: THIS IS AN ITALIAN GESTURE MEANING WHAT'S THE MATTER WITH YOU.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Gesture

Date learned: 02-00-1979

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GESTURE

FLIPPING THE BACK OF YOUR HAND OFF YOUR CHIN.

Submitter comment: THIS IS ITALIAN, MEANING GO TO HELL.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Gesture

Date learned: 02-00-1979

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JOHN JACOB JINGLE-HIMER SMITH (SCHMIDT)
THAT'S MY NAME, TOO,
WHENEVER I GO OUT, THE PEOPLE ALWAYS SHOUT,
"JOHN JACOB JINGLE-HIMER SMITH."
HURRAH HURRAH HURRAH FOR... (REPEAT)

Submitter comment: SHE NOTED IN THE WRITTEN COPY THAT SHE GAVE ME THAT THE
"I" IN "HIMER" WAS PRONOUNCED WITH A LONG SOUND AS IN
"HIGH."

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): HUMOROUS NAME

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

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WHISTLING IN THE DRESSINGROOMS.

IT IS BAD LUCK TO WHISTLE IN THE DRESSINGROOMS.

Submitter comment: I HAVE SEEN THIS IN ACTION. I WAS AT ONE TIME IN A PLAY AT
GREENFIELD VILLAGE. DURING INTERMISSION I WAS IN THE
DRESSINGROOM, AND SOMEONE WAS WHISTLING. SOMEONE CAME IN AND
SAID THAT THIS WAS A BAD THING TO DO, BUT THE PERSON
JUST LAUGHED. THAT NIGHT DURING A DANCE ROUTINE, I ALMOST SLIPPED
AND FELL DOWN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: Favorites
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal

Date learned: 02-00-1979

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THEATER SUPERSTION

READING THE SCRIPT BACKSTAGE OF THE PLAY YOU ARE IN, IS BAD
LUCK.

Submitter comment: I HAVE BEEN IN PLAYS WHERE THE PERSON WHO HAS DONE THIS HAD
DIFFICULTY IN REMEMBERING HIS LINES.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: Favorites
BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion

Date learned: 02-00-1979

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COMMON WORD

B.F. EGYPT

Submitter comment: IT IS A PLACE THAT IS VERY FAR TO DRIVE TO.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Common Word

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COMMON PHRASE

TO BLOW LUNCH

Submitter comment: ANOTHER NAME FOR VOMITING

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Common Word
PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

Date learned: 09-00-1977

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VOCABULARY FOR MARIJUANA SMOKERS

HAVE SOME LUNCH

Submitter comment: IT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR GETTING HIGH SO NO ONE WILL KNOW.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Underworld

Date learned: 12-00-1978

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FEED A COLD STARVE A FEVER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Method of Curing

Date learned: 02-27-1979

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LIFT YOUR FEET AND HANDS AS YOU GO OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS OR YOU
WILL BE THE FAT LADY ON THE RAILROAD TRACKS

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

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

Date learned: 02-27-1979

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BUBBLE GUM

BUBBLE GUM BUBBLE GUM IN A DISH
HOW MANY PIECES DO YOU WISH

Submitter comment: THIS IS A SONG TO DETERMIN WHO IS IT,

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

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

Date learned: 02-27-1979

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BIRTH

IN FRANCE TO HAVE A MALE CHILD YOU HAVE TO DRINK A LOT OF WINE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage Fermented
BELIEF -- Birth

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ITALIANS WEAR A RED HORN FOR PROTECTION OR GOOD LUCK

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration
BELIEF -- Sign Color
BELIEF -- Good luck

Date learned: 02-09-1979

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SUPERSTITIONS

GERMAN PEOPLE USE BASIL IN A SMALL BURLAP SACK TIED AROUND THEIR NECK
TO KEEP WEREWOLF AWAY WHEN THERE IS A FULL MOON.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: BELIEF -- P 45

Date learned: 02-09-1979

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HELP, MURDER, POLICE!
MY MOTHER FELL IN GREASE.
I LAUGHED SO HARD,
I FELL IN LARD.
HELP, MURDER, POLICE!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

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

Date learned: 10-02-1967

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