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FOOTBALL GAME SONG

(SUNG) GOD IS ON OUR SIDE.

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Keypunched by R.J.Miller 11/82

Updated by TRD 01/12

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

Keyword(s): Fan ; Football ; RELIGION ; SONG ; SPORTS

James Callow Keyword(s): MORALE

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

Date learned: 11-00-1971

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DID YOU KNOW THEY CAN'T MAKE ICE IN HAMTRAMCK ANYMORE?
THEY LOST THE FORMULA.

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

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman
BELIEF -- Poli

Date learned: 12-05-1967

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DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE POLACK UP NORTH, WHO PUT HIS
FALSE TEECH IN BACKWARDS AND BEFORE THEY CUOULD STOP
HIM, HE CHEWED OFF HALF HIS HEAD.

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

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman
BELIEF -- Poli

Date learned: 12-05-1967

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WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A POLISH MOTHER-IN-LAW
AND AN ELEPHANT?
ABOUT TWO POUNDS.

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

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman
BELIEF -- Poli

Date learned: 12-05-1967

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WHY WASN'T CHRIST BORN IN POLAND? HE COULDN'T FIND
THREE WISE MEN.

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

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman
BELIEF -- Poli

Date learned: 12-05-1967

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LEGEND OF STUD SERVICE AT UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

SINCE IT WAS BELIEVED IN THE SOUTH THAT THE BEST SLAVES
WERE HALF WHITE AND HALF BLACK, THERE WAS CONSIDERABLE
PROFIT IN SELLING THIS KIND OF SLAVE. IT IS SAID EVEN
TODAY THAT THERE IS ON RECORD THE NAMES OF MEN WHO GAVE
OUT THEIR SERVICES AS STUDS TO SEED BLACK WOMEN AT
THE UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; UNIVERSITY OF VIRGINIA

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage

Date learned: 10-00-1968

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ON SOME DATE IN EARLY JUNE (PERSON CAN'T REMEMBER)
THE WATERS ARE BLESSED. TO GO SWIMMING BEFORE
THIS IS A SURE SIGN OF DROWNING.

Data entry tech comment: FEAST OF ST. JOHN
CN[ GEBOLYS, SUZETTE

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

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June 24 St. John's Day / Midsummer Day

Date learned: 03-21-1968

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WHEN TWO PEOPLE WALKING ARE SEPARATED, THEY SAY
"BREAD AND BUTTER." THAT MEANS NO DISAPPOINTMENT WILL
COME TO THEM.

Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ; LUNCHROOM

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula

Date learned: 10-09-1967

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HOLD BOTH HANDS UP WITH TWO FINGERS UP FORMING V's. PUT ONE
HAND BEHIND YOUR HEAD AND THE OTHER A COUPLE OF FEET IN
FRONT OF YOU, THEN GIGGLE UP AND DOWN.
WHAT'S THIS?
IT'S AN INDIAN RIDING IN A V-8.

Submitter comment: A V-8 IS A TYPE OF AUTOMOBILE.

Where learned: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY ; ENGINEERING BUILDING

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 08-00-1968

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THE ANSWER IS WASHINGTON IRVING, WHAT IS THE QUESTION?
WHAT'S THE CAPITOL OF THE UNITED STATES, SAUL?

Where learned: VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY ; ENGINEERING BUILDING

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 08-00-1968

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A SAD POEM AND ITS FOOTNOTE--GRAFFITTI

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AS I SIT HERE BROKEN HEARTED
PAID A NICKEL AND ONLY FARTED!
SOMEBODY SCREWED YOU, THIS IS A FREE POT.

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MEN'S JOHN, U. OF D.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; ENGINEERING BUILDING

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote

Date learned: 02-06-1967

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A WARNING.

BEWARE OF THE MASKED SKULKER!

Submitter comment: GRAFFITTI

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; ENGINEERING BUILDING

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote

Date learned: 02-06-1967

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ADMINISTRATIVE PUN

E=MC SQUARED
F-. NICE WORK, AL, BUT NEXT TIME SHOW YOUR CALCULATIONS.

Submitter comment: THIS STATEMENT IS USED BY THE FACULTY ON EXAMINATIONS
INVOLVING CALCULATIONS.
GRAFFITTI

Data entry tech comment: ALBERT EINSTEIN'S THEORY

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; ENGINEERING BUILDING

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote

Date learned: 02-06-1967

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GRAFFITTI -- A POEM

IN DAYS OF OLD WHEN KNIGHTS WERE BOLD,
AND TOILETS WEREN'T INVENTED,
MEN DROPPED THEIR LOADS UPON THE ROADS,
AND WALKED AWAY CONTENTED.

Submitter comment: IN MEN'S TOILET, U. OF. D.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; ENGINEERING BUILDING

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote

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MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER HANGING UP CLOTHES.
MY MOTHER PUNCHED YOUR MOTHER RIGHT IN THE NOSE.
WHAT COLOR BLOOD CAME OUT?

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; EAST 201

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump

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

Date learned: 03-00-1971

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ON EASTER MORNING, THE CHILDREN OF THE FAMILY GO AROUND THE HOUSE
HUNTING FOR EASTER EGGS THAT THE EASTER BUNNY HID FOR THEM.

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THE EASTER BUNNY, LIKE THE EGG, HAS ITS ORIGINS IN PRE-CHRISTIAN
FERTILITY LORE. BEING SUCH FERTILE ANIMALS, THE HARE AND THE RABBIT
SYMBOLIZED THE NEW LIFE OF THE SPRING SEASON.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Bunny

Date learned: 04-06-1971

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CHEER

AT U OF D HIGH IN DETROIT, THE TEAM WAS CALLED THE CUBS. IT JUST SO
HAPPENED THAT WKNR RADIO WAS HAVING A CONTEST AND GIVING A LION
CUB TO THE PERSON WHO COULD COUNT HOW MANY TIMES THE LION ROARED ON
WKNR ON ONE GIVEN NIGHT. A KID FROM U OF D WON THE LION CUB AND HE
BROUGHT IT TO THE GAMES. A CHEER WAS MADE UP LIKE GROWLING AND
ROARING. R-R-R-R-ROAR, R-R-R-R-RED, R-R-R-R-ROAR.
ROAR, RED, ROAR! THE TEAM'S COLOR WAS RED.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT HIGH SCHOOL, ASSUMED

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula

Date learned: 03-08-1971

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AT A RECEPTION, SILVERWARE HIT ON PLATE MEANS THE
MARRIED COUPLE KISSES.

Submitter comment: FOUND IT OUT AT AN HUNGARIAN WEDDING.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HUNGARIAN WEDDING

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Glassware tapping

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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BE CAREFUL WHEN YOU LEAVE HERE

DON'T LET THE DOOR KNOB HIT YOU
WHERE THE GOOD LORD SPLIT YOU.
THIS MEANS GOOD-BYE AND BE CAREFUL, OUT HERE IN THIS WORLD.

Submitter comment: SHE USED A PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH IN EXPLAINING THIS ITEM.
THE INFORMANT SEEMS TO REMEMBER THIS ITEM FROM HER EARLY ADOLESCENT
YEARS IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD, WHERE SHE LIVED FOR 16 YEARS. SHE
WAS CUNNING IN THE WAY SHE TOLD THIS ITEM. HER ASSOCIATES IN THE
ROOM MAY HAVE PROMOTED THIS ACTION.
THIS IS A VERSE THAT SHE REMEMBERED FROM MOTHER.

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

James Callow Keyword(s): CROTCH OR BUTTOCKS

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

Date learned: 00001960S

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APPEAL

JACK FELL DOWN AND BROKE HIS CROWN,
WHAT YOU THINK OF YOURSELF IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHAT
OTHERS THINK OF YOU.

Submitter comment: SHE USED PHILOSOPHICAL APPROACH IN EXPLAINING THIS ITEM.
THE INFORMANT SEEMS TO REMEMBER THIS ITEM FROM HER EARLY ADOLESCENT
YEARS IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD, WHERE SHE LIVED FOR 16 YEARS. SHE
WAS CUNNING IN THE WAY SHE TOLD THIS ITEM. HER ASSOCIATES IN THE
ROOM MAY HAVE PROMOTED THIS ACTION.

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

James Callow Keyword(s): MORALE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00001960S

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