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LEGEND
IF A BIRD FLIES THROUGH YOUR HOME, THERE LL BE A DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 01-26-1972
ANIMAL RIDDLE
DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU GET WHEN YOU CROSS A PARROT WITH A MOUNTIAN
LION?
I DON'T KNOW, BUT WHEN IT TALKS YOU BETTER LISTEN.
Submitter comment:
LARRY HEARD IT FROM HERMAN CARDUCCI VTR EDITOR, U OF D TELEVISION
STATION.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; CAR
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; JOKE ; PUZZLE ; RIDDLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
PRACTICAL JOKE (PIMP)
MAKE A PAPER CUP AND PUT SHAVING CREAM IN IT. STICK THE TOP END
UNDER A DOOR AND STEP ON THE CUP. THE SHAVING CREAM WILL
GO SQUIRTING INTO THE ROOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ; EAST LANSING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
PRACTICAL JOKE (PIMP)
THE GIRLS FLOOR GETS TOGETHER AND GOES OVER TO THE GUYS FLOOR AND
KIDNAPS ONE OF THE GUYS ON THE FLOOR. THEY LEAVE A RANSOM NOTE
THAT SAYS: RANSOM IS SET AT ONE KEG OF BEER. THEN A PARTY IS HELD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ; EAST LANSING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
CHARMING PIN
SEE A PIN AND LET IT LAY
BAD LUCK YOU WILL HAVE THAT DAY.
SEE A PIN AND PICK IT UP,
ALL THAT DAY YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: (LEARNED FROM) HER MOTHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; PURCHASING DEPARTMENT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief |
Date learned: 07-28-1964
"A" MY NAME IS ALICE, MY HUSBAND'S NAME IS ALFRED, WE COME FROM
ALABAMA, AND HE SELLS APPLES. "B" MY NAME IS BETTY MY HUSBAND'S NAME
IS BOB, WE COME FROM BOSTON AND HE SELLS BANANAS.
THE RHYME CONTINUES WITH EACH LETTER OF THE ALPHABET.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
ALABAMA BUSCHA, KING OF THE JEWS,
BOUGHT HIS WIFE A NEW PAIR OF SHOES.
WHEN THOSE SHOES BEGAN TO WEAR, ALABAMA BUSCHA BEGAN TO SWEAR, WIFE,
WIFE GO UPSTAIRS, WIFE, WIFE TOUCH THE FLOOR, RED HOT PEPPERS
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTION RHYME, SPEED-JUMP ; CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
FINNISH TALE: THE NAMES OF THREE TREES
ONCE UPON A TIME, THE WOLF, THE FOX AND THE HARE MADE A BET ABOUT
WHICH OF THEM COULD SAY FASTEST THE NAMES OF THREE TREES. THE
WOLF SAID, "PINE, FIR, WHITE PINE." THE FOX SAID, "WILLOW, GREAT
SALLOW, JUNIPER." BUT THE HARE SAID, "ALDER, FIR, BIRCH" AND WON
THE BET.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FINLAND
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal Tale |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
ALL IN TOGETHER GIRLS. NEVER MIND THE WEATHER GIRLS. JANUARY, ETC.
JUMP OUT ON YOUR BIRTHDAY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: FALL 00001967
FINNISH TALE: CAT, HARE, AND BEAR
ONCE UPON A TIME THE CAT AND HARE WENT HUNTING TOGETHER. WHILE
THEY WERE RESTING AT NIGHT THEY TALKED AND THEY WONDERED, "WHAT
WOULD HAPPEN TO US IF THE BEAR CAME AND ATE US?" THE CAT SAID,
"I WOULD DO ONLY ONE THING." THE HARE BOASTED, "I WOULD HAVE
A HUNDRED OR EVEN A THOUSAND IF THE BEAR WOULD COME."
SO AFTER A WHILE THE BEAR CAME AFTER THEM. THE CAT CLIMBED
THE TREE. THE BEAR DIDN'T FOLLOW BUT WENT AFTER THE HARE. FROM
THERE THE CAT WAS WATCHING THE BEAR CHASE THE HARE. THE BEAR
TRIED TO JUMP ON THE HARE AFTER EACH HOP, BUT THE BEAR JUMPED ON
AND CAUGHT THE HARE AND ATE HIM. SO THE CAT LAUGHED FROM THE
TREE, "SO IT GOES, HE HAD A HUNDRED WAYS, EVEN A THOUSAND, AND
WAS EATEN, HE WHO HAD ONE WAS SAVED."
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FINLAND
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal Tale |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
FINNISH TALE: THE ROOSTER, CAT, DOG, AND A PIG
ONCE UPON THE TIME THERE WAS A ROOSTER AND A CAT TOGETHER IN THE
YARD. THE AUTUMN COMES. THE CAT SAYS, "SHOULD WE BUILD A HOUSE?"
THE HEN SAYS, "WELL, WE COULD BUILD A SMALL ONE." SO THEY GATHER
ALL KINDS OF THRASHING AND SLOWLY BUT SURELY THEY GOT THEIR HOUSE
BUILT.
THE DOG COMES AND SAYS, "LET ME COME IN." "WE MIGHT AS WELL
BECAUSE YOU ARE SO SMALL," THEY SAY. AND THEY TAKE HIM IN.
THE PIG CAME AND SAYS, "LET ME COME IN." "WE MIGHT AS WELL
BECAUSE YOU ARE SO SMALL," THEY SAY. THE PIG SAYS, "I'M AFRAID
OF COLD AND I WILL HEAT UP YOUR HOUSE." AND THEY LET HIM IN.
THE NIGHT COMES. WOLVES ARE RUNNING IN THE FORESTS AND TRY TO
GET INTO THE HOUSE. THE HEN AND THE CAT ARE AFRAID. THE PIG
SAYS, "DON'T BE AFRAID, WAIT TILL THEY SEE ME." ONE WOLF GOES,
LISTENS IN THE YARD AND TELLS TO THE OTHERS, "OH, WHAT AN
AWFUL THING THERE IS IN THE BACK OF THE FIREPLACE." THE PIG
SAYS, "NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, I'LL TAKE CARE OF IT." THE
WOLVES FLED. THEY FLED AND FLED AND THUS LEFT THE HOUSE
UNDISTURBED AND THE ROOSTER, CAT, DOG, AND PIG WERE NOT EATEN.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FINLAND
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal Tale |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
BLUE BELLS, COCKLE SHELLS,/ EEVY IVY OVER. / HERE COMES TEACHER WITH
A BIG BLACK STICK/ BETTER KNOW MY ARITHMETIC.
Where learned: THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
BLUE BELLS, COCKLE SHELLS,/ EEVY, IVY, OVER/ I LOVE COFFEE,/ I LOVE
TEA,/ I LOVE BOYS/ AND THEY LOVE ME. YES, NO, MAYBE, SO
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
MNEMONIC DEVICE
OLD OLLIE OLIVER TRIED THERESA AFTER FRED AND GEORGE VIOLATED
SISTER HARRIET
Submitter comment:
THIS SENTENCE IS USED TO REMEMBER THE CRANIAL NERVES
I LEARNED THE DEVICE FROM A GIRL THAT WAS IN MY ANATOMY CLASS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
BLUE BELLS COCKLE SHELLS/ EEVY, IVY, OVER/ JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH,
APRIL, MAY, ETC. 1, 2, 3, ETC.
Where learned: THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
ACCOUNTING TRADE JOKE
YOU HEAR THE STORY ABOUT THE BOOKKEEPER WHO WOULD
LOOK IN HIS DRAWER EVERY MORNING BEFORE HE WOULD START
TO WORK. WELL, EVERYONE IN THE OFFICE WONDERED WHAT
WAS IN THAT DRAWER THAT WAS SO IMPORTANT THAT THE
BOOKKEEPER COULD NOT START HIS WORK WITHOUT LOOKING
AT IT. THEY WOULD ASK BUT HE WOULDN'T TELL. THE
DAY AFTER HE RETIRED, THEY LOOKED IN HIS DESK AND
FOUND A NOTE THAT READ, "DEBITS TO THE WINDOWS--
CREDITS TO THE DOOR."
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; COMMERCE SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 09-00-1963
FRIENDS
A FALSE FRIEND AND A SHADOW ONLY STAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-23-1969
CHARLIE CHAPLIN WENT TO FRANCE,
TO TEACH THE GIRLS THE HULA-HULA DANCE.
HEEL, TOE, AROUND I GO./ SALUTE THE CAPTAIN, CURTSEY TO THE QUEEN,/
AND TOUCH THE BOTTOM OF A BLUE SUBMARINE."
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME ; CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-02-1967
Jump Rope Rhyme
CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS SAILED THE OCEAN BLUE
IN FOURTEEN HUNDRED AND NINETY-TWO.
THE WAVES WENT HIGHER AND HIGHER
AND OVER THE OCEAN BLUE.
(CHANTED BY THE CHILDREN AS THE ROPE IS SWUNG FROM SIDE TO SIDE. PARTIAL UNDERLINING INDICATES AT WHAT POINTS THE ROPE IS SWUNG.)
(ON THE WORDS "HIGHER" AND HIGHER" THE ROPE IS SWUNG HIGHER FROM SIDE TO SIDE.
ON THE WORDS "OVER" AND "BLUE" THE ROPE IS SWUNG AROUND IN THE CONVENTIONAL MANNER.)
THIS CHILD JUMPS OUT OF THE ROPE AND IT IS REPEATED FOR THE NEXT CHILD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN GRADE SCHOOL IN NORTHWEST DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
Jump-Rope Rhyme
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLOW
WENT DOWN THE STAIRS AND MET A FELLOW.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
1,2,3,4, . . . . (CONTINUE COUNT UNTIL PERSON MISSES)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1960