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CHILDREN'S SONG
DID YOU EVER TAKE A WALK ON A HOT SUMMER DAY
DOWN BY THE RIVER JUST TO PASS THE TIME AWAY?
PUT YOUR HANDS IN YOUR POCKET AND YOUR
POCKETS IN YOUR PANTS, AND WATCH THE LITTLE
FISHEES DO THE HOOTCHIE-HOOTCHIE DANCE.
OH AN OLD CROW FLEW IN A COUNTRY STORE
AND HE PTTTT ON THE COUNTER AND HE PTTTT ON THE
FLOOR, AND HE PTTTT IN THE COFFEE AND HE PTTTT IN
THE TEA. AND IF I HADNA' RUN, HE'D A PTTTT ON ME.
IF FROGS HAD WINGS AND TOADS HAD HAIR
AUTOMOBILES COULD FLY IN THE AIR. IF PUMPKINS
GREW ON WATERMELON VINES, YOU OUGHTA HAVE
SNOW IN THE SUMMERTIME.
PTTTT-DA-DEE-YA-DA-PTTT-DING
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): BIRD DUNG ; LUBBERLAND ; MARVELS ; ONOMATOPOEIA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad Epic Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C360 SPEECH -- Onomatopoeia |
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A man died and went to the Pearly Gates. St. Peter stopped
him and said that he could not go to heaven because of his
many sins. The man protested, and asked what he had done
that was so bad. St. Peter replied that the man had
committed many sexual sins, chief among them that he had had
oral sex. "But St. Peter," the man exclaimed, "everyone
on earth does it, so how can it be wrong?" St. Peter did
not want to punish the man unfairly, and so he asked God
what he should do. God instructed him to go down to Earth
and find out for himself how things were. After a long
time St. Peter returned, shaking his head. "God," he said,
"it's even worse than we feared! Almost everyone is
performing oral sex. There are only a few virtuous souls
who are obeying your commandments." Then God instructed
St. Peter to make up a special plaque to honor those who
did not partake of oral sex, hoping that it would encourage
others to be good. And do you know what it said? (At this
point in the joke, the teller addresses the listener with
an earnest tone. When the listener says "No, what did it
say?", the teller laughs out:) "So you didn't get one
either!"
Submitter comment:
This was a joke that was popular in the steel mill where
Tom works. The men especially liked telling this joke
to women whom they thought would be embarrassed.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; Rouge Steel
Keyword(s): Catch story, pornographic
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 00001980CA
I (PICTURE OF AUTO) GIGGLE,
I (PICTURE OF AUTO) LAUGH,
BECAUSE YOU WANT MY (PICTURE OF AUTO) GRAPH!
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
BELIEF CURE
IF A CHILD IS SCARED OF AN ANIMAL, ANY PARTICULAR ANIMAL, YOU ARE TO
GET SOME HAIR FROM THAT ANIMAL AND BURN IT.
WHILE THE HAIR FROM THE ANIMAL IS BURNING, THE CHILD IS
SUPPOSED TO INHALE THE SMOKE FROM THE FIRE. IF HE OR SHE DOES THIS
THEY WILL BE CURED OF BEING SCARED OF THE ANIMAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS ; 6741 WHITEFIELD
Keyword(s): FRIGHT ; FUMAGATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-12-1968
RIDDLE
WHAT DOESN'T EAT NOR DOESN'T DRINK BUT RUNS AND STRIKES?
-- A CLOCK
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): CLOCK
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 10-02-1970
RIDDLE
WHAT IS BLACK AND ROUND AND HAS A WHOLE IN THE MIDDLE?
-- A RECORD.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): PHONOGRAPH
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
RIDDLE QUESTION
IF A BIRD FLYS HALFWAY INTO THE FOREST, HOW FAR IS IT
TO THE OTHER END?
-- HALFWAY
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): DISTANCE MEASUREMENT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
RIDDLE
WHY CAN'T IT RAIN FOR TWO DAYS IN A ROW?
-- THERE IS ALWAYS A NIGHT IN BETWEEN.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): WEATHER TIME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-15-1968
EVERYONE IS GIVEN A ROSE TO PUT ON THE CASKET BEFORE
LEAVING THE GRAVE.
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; GRANDMAS FUNERAL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-16-1968
THE MOON SHINES TONIGHT ON CHARLIE CHAPMAN [sic]
HIS SHOES ARE CRAKLIN FOR WANT OF BLACKNIN
AND HIS OLD CARKY PANTS NEED A MENDIN
FOR THE WANT OF SENDIN, FOR THE GONE AWAY.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS ; Harrington, Margaret
Keyword(s): PARODY ; RHYME ; SONG ; Tune ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND BOYS IS THE PRICE OF THEIR TOYS
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO INFORMANT IN 1969 BY A MARRIED MAN
ABOUT 21 YEARS OF AGE. THE MAN SAW IT AS A TRUE PROVERB.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
James Callow Keyword(s): INTERNAL RHYME ; OBSERVATION ; QUALITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Maturity PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 03-10-1970
COUNTING OUT RHYME
SKY BLUE, SKY BLUE, WHO'S IT? NOT YOU.
THIS IS TO DETERMINE WHO'S "IT" IN A GAME. EACH PLAYER
PUTS ONE FOOT IN WITH EACH SYLLABLE OR WORD SAID A
DIFFERENT FOOT IS TOUCHED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
POLISH PROVERB
DON'T CRY HOP BEFORE YOU JUMP. (TRANSLATION)
NIE KRZYCZ HOP, AZ NIE YORZESKOCGYSG. (POLISH)
Submitter comment:
HOP IS AN EXPRESSION USED WHILE JUMPING. MY FATHER KNOWS THIS
FROM POLAND.
Data entry tech comment: JUMP IS AN EXPRESSION USED WHILE HOPPING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
PROVERB
DON'T CROSS THE BRIDGE UNTIL YOU REACH IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ANTICIPATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
SUPERSTITION
DON'T CHANGE HORSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREAM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-06-1971
POLISH PROVERB
DIABLI TO WIEDZA. (POLSIH)
THE DEVILS KNOW IT. (TRANSLATION)
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USED IN REFERENCE TO SOME KNOWLEDGE NOBODY KNOWS. MY FATHER
KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): SUPERNATURAL
James Callow Keyword(s): SECRECY?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-17-1967
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO,
THREE POTATO, FOUR,
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATOE,
SEVEN POTATO, ORR.
Submitter comment:
THIS RHYME IS USED TO DETERMINE WHO GETS TO GO FIRST, IN
JUMPING ROPE. THE WAY THAT IT IS DONE IS THAT ALL THAT
ARE PLAYING PUT IN A HAND AND A LEADER CALLS OUT THIS
RHYME, AND AT EACH NUMBER TOUCHES THE HAND OF ONE
PERSON. AT ORR, THE HAND WHO IS TOUCHED IS OUT.
THIS IS CONTINUED UNTIL ONLY ONE REMAINS, AND SHE IS
THE ONE WHO GOES FIRST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
POLISH PROVERB
DIABET NIE SYSI. (POLISH)
THE DEVIL DOES NOT SLEEP. (TRANSLATION)
Submitter comment: MY FATHER KNOWS THIS PROVERB FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): SUPERNATURAL
James Callow Keyword(s): AWAKE?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-17-1967
PROVERB
THE AXLE THAT SQUEAKS THE LOUDEST GETS THE GREASE.
Data entry tech comment: END OF A SECTION
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ATTITUDE ; COMPLAINERS ; OBSERVATION ; PERSISTENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-06-1971
Proverb
Smile and the world smiles with you. Cry and you cry alone.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V200] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; 7733 CALHOUN ; Downes, JoAnn
Keyword(s): Alone ; Apart ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cry ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; SMILE ; Together ; VERSE ; World
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |