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A RETORT
I'M RUBBER, YOU'RE GLUE. WHATEVER YOU SAY BOUNCES OFF OF ME AND
STICKS TO YOU.
Submitter comment: SAID WHEN SMALL CHILD, USUALLY WHEN PLAYING WITH NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
AUTOGRAPH RHYME
YOURS UNTIL CANADA GOES DRY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): PUN ON A SOFT DRINK
| Subject headings: | Z210 |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
AUTOGRAPH RHYME
RUSSIA FRIES TURKEY IN GREECE AND SERVES IT ON CHINA IN THE USA
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): PUN ON GREASE FOOD COUNTRIES
| Subject headings: | Z210 |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
PROVERB
RED SKY AT NIGHT, SAILOR'S DELIGHT, RED SKY AT MORNING, SAILOR'S
TAKE WARNING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
James Callow Keyword(s): SUNSET, DAWN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
POLISH CUSTOM
A PERSON USUALLY TAKES A BREAK BETWEEN 3PM-6PM AND VISITS TEA SHOPS.
IF YOU ORDER TEA, IT IS BROUGHT IN A TALL THIN GLASS. SLICED LEMON
IS A MORE POPULAR ACCOMPANIMENT THAN CREAM. PASTRIES AND TARTS ARE
USUALLY SERVED WITH IT.
Submitter comment: STILL COMMONLY PRACTICED IN POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Date learned: 01-00-1979
RIDDLE
SINGS AND CAN'T TALK. RUNS AND CAN'T WALK. A SPINNING WHEEL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): PRIVATIONAL CONTRODICTIVE RIDDLE.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle True Riddle |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
PROVERB
SING AT THE DINNER TABLE AND YOU WILL MARRY A CRAZY MAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): FUNCTION.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Measure of time |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
PROVERB
EARLY TO BED AND EARLY TO RISE MAKES A MAN HEALTHY, WEALTHY AND WISE
Submitter comment: SECOND GRADE TEACHER ALWAYS SAID THIS TO OUR CLASS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
SUPERSTITION
THROW SALT OVER LEFT SHOULDER TO KEEP BAD LUCK AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
DARK HAIRED MAN MUST BE FIRST TO ENTER HOUSE ON NEW YEAR'S DAY FOR
YOU TO HAVE LUCK THE ENTIRE YEAR.
Submitter comment: SCOTTISH SUPERSTITION
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): FIRST-FOOTING
Date learned: 01-00-1979
COLD HANDS, WARM HEART.
Submitter comment: THIS IS AN ELLIPSIS. USES METONYMY, TEMPERATURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
PROVERB
LOOKS LIKE DEATH WARMED OVER.
Submitter comment:
IF SOMEONE DOESN'T LOOK TOO GOOD YOU'D SAY
THIS TO EXPLAIN THEIR LOOKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
PROVERB
SLOW AS MOLASSES.
Submitter comment:
IF YOU WERE ALWAYS WAITING FOR SOMEONE, OR IF SOMEONE WAS LAZY, YOU
WOULD SAY THIS TO EXPLAIN THEIR ACTIONS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
PROVERB
ALL THAT'S REQUIRED IN ENJOYING SAUSAGES OR LOVE IS ENJOYMENT.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS SAID AS A TYPE OF JOKE. A TYPE OF SIMILIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
James Callow Keyword(s): CIRCULAR REASONING ; ZEUGMA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
THE LADY WITH THREE HUSBANDS
THERE IS A STORY ABOUT ONE WOMAN SEVERAL YEARS AGO,
WHO ABOUT TWENTY YEARS OLD AND SHE FOUND A NICE MAN
AND MARRIED HIM. THEN AFTER ABOUT THREE MONTHS,
HER HUSBAND GOT SICK AND DIED. SHE LOVED HER
HUSBAND SO MUCH, THAT SHE COULDN'T SEE HIM BEING
PLACED IN THE GROUND, SO SHE HAD HIM CREMATED.
SEVERAL YEARS PASSED AND SHE FOUND ANOTHER MAN WHO SHE
LIKED AND AFTER SOME TIME, THEY TOO GOT MARRIED.
THEY LIVED HAPPILY FOR SEVERAL MONTHS AND THEN THE
HUSBAND SUDDENLY DIED. LOVING HIM VERY MUCH, ALSO,
SHE COULDN'T SEE HIM IN A GRAVE, SO SHE ALSO HAD HIM
CREMATED. SEVERAL MONTHS PASSED AND SOON SHE BECAME
ACQUAINTED WITH A THIRD MAN, AND AFTER A SHORT TIME,
SHE GOT MARRIED, AND AGAIN AFTER A SHORT TIME, THIS
HUSBAND DIED AND SHE HAD HIM CREMATED, TOO. AT THE
FUNERAL OF THIS LADY'S THIRD HUSBAND, A FRIEND OF
HERS, A SPINSTER, CAME TO HER AND SAID "HERE, I'VE
BEEN LOOKING FOR A MAN FOR YEARS AND YOU HAVE MEN ENOUGH
TO BURN."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Woman |
Date learned: 10-10-1970
SCHOOL FESTIVAL
SEPTEMBER TRADITIONALLY IS THE "BACK TO SCHOOL"
MONTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 10-07-1968
IF YOU'RE WALKING WITH SOMEONE AND ONE PERSON WALKS
ON ONE SIDE OF A POLE OR TREE, OR SOMETHING, AND
THE OTHER WALKS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE POLE, YOU
WILL BECOME ENEMIES UNLESS YOU SAY, "BREAD AND BUTTER."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
WATCHING FOR GROUNDHOGS ON GROUNDHOG DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Spring CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 |
Date learned: 09-29-1968
GRACE BEFORE MEALS
RUB-A-DUB-DUB, THANKS FOR THE GRUB,
YEAH, GOD.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AT SACRED HEART SEMINARY (DETROIT, MICHIGAN)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
RIDDLE
WHY DID THE ELEPHANT PAINT HIS TOENAILS DIFFERENT
COLORS? ANSWER: SO HE COULD HIDE IN THE
M&M'S BAG.
Data entry tech comment: M&M'S ARE CANDY-COATED CHOCOLATE DROPS. THE ; CANDY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 01-21-1970