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PROVERB
YOU CAN DRESS'EM UP BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE'EM OUT.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS YOU CAN PUT FANCY CLOTHES ON A GIRL BUT
YOU CAN'T ASSOCIATE WITH THEM BECAUSE FANCY CLOTHES
WILL NOT CHANGE THEIR BASIC CHARACTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
PROVERB
YOU CAN'T JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
THREE ON A MATCH
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR THREE PEOPLE TO LIGHT THEIR CIGARETTES OFF OF THE
SAME MATCH.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SAINT CLAIR
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.5 |
Date learned: 00001960S
LUCKY CROSSING
IF YOU LIFT YOUR FEET OFF THE FLOOR OF YOUR CAR WHILE CROSSING A
BRIDGE OVER WATER YOU WILL ALWAYS REACH THE OTHER SIDE SAFELY.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS A MORE COMMON BELIEF IN THE EARLY 1900S WHEN PEOPLE WERE A
LITTLE MORE WARY ABOUT DRIVING CARS OVER BRIDGES.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SAINT CLAIR
James Callow Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE ; MAGIC
Date learned: 00001960S
THE GIRL WHO LOST HER VIRGINITY AND HER LIFE.
THIS GUY FINALLY TALKED HIS GIRL INTO SPENDING THE NIGHT WITH HIM
AT A MOTEL AFTER THEIR SENIOR PROM. SHE WAS A VIRGIN BEFORE THAT
NIGHT. DRIVING HER HOME AFTER THEY HAD HAD INTERCOURSE THEY WERE
INVOLVED IN A SERIOUS ACCIDENT AND SHE WAS KILLED. SHE WENT TO HELL
FOR ETERNITY AND AT NIGHT HER GHOST COMES BACK TO HAUNT THE MOTEL
ROOM AND ITS OCCUPANTS. HER BOYFRIEND WAS ALSO HAUNTED BY HER AND
KILLED HIMSELF BY DRIVING OFF A CLIFF WITH HIS CAR.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SAINT CLAIR
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; SUICIDE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00001960S
TRICK OR TREAT RHYME
TRICK OR TREAT.
SMELL MY FEET.
I LIVE ON MILL STREET.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USED BY TRICK OR TREATERS ON HALLOWEEN IN ORDER TO COLLECT
CANDY AND OTHER GIFTS. THE NAME OF THE STREET IN THE THIRD LINE IS
NOT ALWAYS MILL BUT RATHER THE STREET THE PERSON LIVES ON. THIS IS
SUPPOSED TO BE A CLUE TO THEIR IDENTITY.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SAINT CLAIR
Date learned: 00001960S
TRICK OR TREAT RHYME
A BALL IN A HOLE IN A WALL AND THAT'S ALL.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USED BY TRICK OR TREATERS ON HALLOWEEN IN ORDER TO COLLECT
CANDY AND OTHER GIFTS. NONSENSE RHYME.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SAINT CLAIR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.1031 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween |
Date learned: 00001960S
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
SHALL I TELL YOU A STORY
ABOUT JACK AND HIS GLORY?
SHALL I BEGIN IT?
THAT'S ALL THAT'S IN IT.
SHALL I TELL YOU ANOTHER
ABOUT JACK AND HIS BROTHER?
SHALL I BEGIN IT?
THAT'S ALL THAT'S IN IT.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS RECITED IN TWO PARTS AS SHOWN BY THE BREAK I PUT IN BETWEEN.
THE FIRST JUMPER ENTERS AT THE BEGINNING OF THE FIRST PART AND EXITS
AT THE END OF IT. THE SECOND JUMPER DOES THE SAME THING FOR THE
SECOND PART.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SAINT CLAIR
James Callow Keyword(s): JACK-A-NORY ; NUTSHELL NARRATIVE IN VERSE
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.560 BB C82 |
Date learned: 00001960S
WHEN MY OLDEST DAUGHTER WAS THREE, MY FAMILY AND I WERE TRAVELING
FROM TEXAS TO MICHIGAN. IT WAS LATE AT NIGHT AND I WAS SLEEPING
WITH CATHY BESIDE ME WHEN I HAD A DREAM OF A TRUCK STRIKING OUR
CAR. I WOKE UP SHOUTED A WARNING TO MY HUSBAND AND GRABBED HOLD
OF MY DAUGHTER JUST BEFORE THE CAR WAS HIT FROM BEHIND BY A SEMI.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | 841 Dreams about the dead and sick BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about the dead and sick |
Date learned: 03-00-1984
WIND FROM THE EAST
FISHING IS LEAST.
WIND FROM THE WEST
FISHING IS BEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.448 |
Date learned: 03-00-1984
IT IS BAD LUCK TO SAY MACBETH IN A THEATER. IF YOU DO SO YOU MUST
GO OUTSIDE AND TURN AROUND THREE TIMES BEFORE COMING BACK IN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Bad luck BELIEF -- Conversions |
Date learned: 03-00-1984
IT IS CONSIDERED BAD LUCK TO SAY "GOOD LUCK" TO A PERFORMER BEFORE
A PERFORMANCE. YOU SHOULD SAY INSTEAD "BREAK A LEG".
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Good luck BELIEF -- Bad luck SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-00-1984
I WANNA BEER
JUST LIKE THE BEER
THAT PICKLED MY OLE MAN.
IT WAS A BEER
AND THE ONLY BEER
THAT DADDY EVER HAD.
A GOOD OLE FASHIONED BEER
WITH LOTS OF FOAM.
TOOK TEN MEN TO CARRY DADDY HOME.
OH I WANT A BEER
JUST LIKE THE BEER
THAT PICKLED MY OLE MAN.
Submitter comment: SONG IS PARADY OF I WANT A GAL
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery |
Date learned: 03-00-1984
GLORY GLORY HALLELUIAH
TEACHER HIT ME WITH A RULER
I MET HER AT THE DOOR
WITH A LOADED .44
AND SHE AIN'T MY TEACHER NO MORE.
Submitter comment: SONG IS A PARADY OF THE BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery |
Date learned: 03-00-1984
MISS SUZIE HAD A STEAMBOAT
THE STEAMBOAT HAD A BELL.
MISS SUZIE WENT TO HEAVEN,
THE STEAMBOAT WENT TO...
HELLO OPERATOR
GIVE ME NUMBER NINE.
IF YOU DISCONNECT ME
I'LL KICK YOU IN THE..
BEHIND THE FRIGORATOR
SAT A PIECE OF GLASS.
MISS SUZIE FELL UPON IT
AND BROKE HER LITTLE ...
ASK ME NO MORE QUESTIONS.
I'LL TELL YOU NO MORE LIES.
MISS SUZIE TOLD ME ALL OF THIS
THE DAY BEFORE SHE DIED.
Submitter comment:
THIS SONG IS NOT TO MY KNOWLEDGE A PARODY. IT IS A CHILD'S SONG
OR CHANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 03-00-1984
IT IS BAD LUCK TO BUY YOURSELF AN OPAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Bad luck Jewelry (gems, rings, etc.) |
Date learned: 03-00-1984
IT IS BAD LUCK TO WHERE AN OPAL IF YOU WEREN'T BORN IN OCTOBER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F100 BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Measure of time Month BELIEF -- Bad luck Jewelry (gems, rings, etc.) |
Date learned: 04-00-1984
YOU CAN TELL IF A BABY IS GOING TO BE LEFT OR RIGHT HANDED BY
WHICH SIDE OF THE MOTHER'S SPINE THE FETUS IS LYING ON. IF ON THE
RIGHT THE CHILD WILL BE RIGHT HANDED IF ON THE LEFT, LEFT HANDED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY A NURSE FROM TEXAS WHO WOULD READ THE
X-RAYS OF EXPECTANT MOTHERS. SHE WAS ACCURATE ON THE THREE OF THE
INFORMANTS CHILDREN WHOES X-RAYS SHE EXAMINED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-00-1984
THE GOREY FAMILY HAVE A NEW YEAR'S EVE TRADITION.
AT MIDNIGHT THEY TAKE ALL THEIR POTS AND PANS
AND BANG THEM TOGETHER. ALL THIS IS TAKING PLACE
WHILE THE FAMILY EXITS THROUGH THE BACK DOOR
AND ENTERS THROUGH THE FRONT.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS DONE TO LET THE BAD LUCK GO OUT THE BACK
DOOR, WHILE LETTING THE GOOD LUCK INTO THE FRONT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
DURING RECESS TERRI HEARD A RUMOR THAT IF YOU KISSED
A MEMBER OF THE OPPOSITE SEX, YOU WOULD GET KOOTIES.
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THAT YOU WOULD GET KOOTIES FROM JUST
TOUCHING A MEMBER OF THE OPPOSITE SEX.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): COOTIES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness SPEECH -- Gesture |