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LITTLE FISHIE IN THE BROOK,
COME AND BITE MY LITTLE HOOK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
THERE WAS A YOUNG WOMAN NAMED BRIGHT,
WHOSE SPEED WAS MUCH FASTER THAN LIGHT.
SHE SET OUT ONE DAY,
IN A RELATIVE WAY,
AND RETURNED ON THE PREVIOUS NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
Keyword(s): HUMOR, FIRST PERSON NARRATIVE ; INDIRECTION LIMERICK ; METER: ANAPESTIC TETRAMETER ; QUATRAIN CONTRADICTIONS ; RHYME: MASCULINE, AABBA ; RIDICULE NONSENSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 11-12-1968
A CANNER, EXCEEDINGLY CANNY,
ONE MORNING REMARKED TO HIS GRANNY:
A CANNER CAN CAN, ANYTHING THAT HE CAN CAN;
BUT A CANNER CAN'T CAN A CAN CAN HE?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
Keyword(s): METER: TROCHAIC ; PUN, WORD PLAY HUMOR ; RHYME: AABA ; RHYME: FEMININE, IMPERFECT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
APPALACHIAN LEGEND
THERE WAS ONCE A DOG WHO WAS SUCH A GOOD COON HUNTER THAT HE
COULD TREE ANY COON IN THE AREA. HE'S DEAD NOW, BUT ON CLEAR
NIGHTS YOU CAN STILL HEAR HIM BAYING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 14012 BRAMELL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal |
Date learned: 02-26-1970
PROVERBS
MOST OF US DON'T PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD UNTIL WE GET THE OTHER
ONE IN HOT WATER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORMS
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
IT SEEMS THAT ONE NIGHT RAY ROWLAND, MY ROOMMATE AND A
HIGH SCHOOL BUDDY OF HIS WERE IN THE ROOM. SOMETHING
HAD HAPPENED ABOUT WHICH THEY FELT A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF
PRIDE, I GUESS. THE NEXT THING I SAW WAS RAY AND JERRY
APPROACHING EACH OTHER AS IF TO SHAKE HANDS. BUT WHAT
HAPPENED WAS DEFINITELY A HANDSHAKE IN THE NORMAL SENSE
OF THE WORD, ANYHOW. WITH THEIR RIGHT HANDS, THEY
TOUCHED THUMBS IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE TOPS OF THE HANDS
FACED EACH OTHER. THEN THE HANDS SWUNG AROUND AND THE
BOTTOMS TOUCHED, THUMBS STILL TOUCHING. UPON THE
RELEASE OF THE THUMBS, THE HANDS SLIPPED OFF EACH OTHER.
NEXT CAME A SNAP OF THE FINGERS, FOLLOWED BY A SLAP OF THE
RIGHT LEG. THE HAND THEN CAME UP TO THE MOUTH FOR A
SMALL AMOUNT OF MOISTURE ON THE MIDDLE FINGER TO BE
APPLIED TO THE SIDE OF THE HEAD ABOVE THE EAR.
I THOUGHT IT WAS FUNNY. I LAUGHED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORMS
James Callow Keyword(s): SPITTLE
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
BELIEF
IF YOU ARE BAD BEFORE CHRISTMAS YOU WILL GET COAL IN YOUR
STOCKING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORMS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Stockings and shoes |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
YOU MAKE ABOUT AS MUCH SENSE AS A SCREEN DOOR IN A SUBMARINE.
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
Jump Rope Song
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT __(GIRL'S NAME)__ AS SWEET AS A ROSE.
ALONG CAME __(BOY'S NAME)__ AND KISSED HER ON THE NOSE,
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
ONE, TWO, THREE . . .
AND SO ON UNTIL THE JUMPER MISSES.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE ; 115 EMMONS
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
NAME VERSE
TABLES ARE ROUND
CHAIRS ARE SQUARE
YOU AND _____
MAKE A GOOD PAIR.
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS WRITTEN IN THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF COLETTE BY A
SCHOOLMATE.
Data entry tech comment: ANY NAME CAL BE FILLED IN THE BLANK SPACE
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): LOVE ; OBSERVATION ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
KICK THE CAN
OBJECT: TO TOPPLE A CAN SET UP ON A ROCK BEFORE BEING
TAGGED OR OTHERWISE CAPTURED BY THE PERSON WHO IS "IT."
THE KIDS WHO WERE NOT IT USUALLY HID WHILE THE KID
WHO WAS IT SOUGHT THEM OUT. THE PERSON WHO WAS IT
HAD TO TAG OR CATCH ALL THE OTHERS BEFORE ONE OF
THEM KNOCKED OVER THE CAN. IF A BUNCH WERE TAGGED
AND THE CAN WAS TOPPLED THEY WERE FREE UNTIL CAUGHT
AGAIN. IF ALL WERE CAUGHT THE FIRST ONE CAUGHT WAS
THE NEW "IT."
Where learned: REMINISCING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 10-05-1968
APPALACHIAN LEGEND
THERE WAS ONCE A DOG WHO WAS SUCH A GOOD COON HUNTER THAT HE
COULD TREE ANY COON IN THE AREA. HE'S DEAD NOW, BUT ON CLEAR
NIGHTS YOU CAN STILL HEAR HIM BAYING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 14012 BRAMELL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal |
Date learned: 02-26-1970
THE CADET GHOST OF ST. JOHN'S
ABOUT SEVEN YEARS THERE WAS A CADET AT ST. JOHN'S WHO
WAS VERY UNHAPPY. THE PRESSURES OF SCHOOL WERE REALLY
GETTING TO HIM AND TO TOP IT OFF, HE WAS NOT GOING
TO BE ABLE TO GO HOME FOR THANKSGIVING.
ONE NIGHT, AFTER QUIET HOURS HAD BEGUN, HE PLAYED
A BEATLES RECORD VERY LOUD. EVEYONE THOUGHT THAT
THIS WAS STRANGE BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT IT WAS QUIET HOURS
AND THERE WAS TO BE NO NOISE. AFTER A WHILE SOMEONE HEARD
A SCREAM. EVERYONE WENT DOWN TO HIS ROOM TO SEE WHAT
WAS THE MATTER. THE CADETS FOUND THEIR FRIEND HANGING
FROM A ROPE. HE HAD COMMITTED SUICIDE.
NO ONE EVER LIVED IN THAT ROOM AGAIN.
EVERY YEAR ON THE NIGHT OF HIS DEATH THE CADETS CAN
HEAR BEATLES MUSIC COMING FROM HIS ROOM, THOUGH NO ONE
IS LIVING THERE. THEN, A WHILE LATER A SCREAM IS
HEARD THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.
NO ONE CAN EXPLAIN THE MUSIC OR THE SCREAM.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS MY BROTHER.
HE TOLD ME THAT THE CADETS JUST SIT IN THE HALL ON THAT
NIGHT AND WAIT FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; SAINT JOHNS MILITARY ACADEMY ; DELAFIELD
Keyword(s): ST. JOHN'S
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1982
THE LEGEND OF STRASBURG STREET OR "KNOCK-KNOCK" STREET
SOMEONE ONCE TOLD ME A STORY ABOUT AN INCIDENT WHICH SUPPOSEDLY
OCCURRED ON STRASBURG STREET IN DETROIT. THERE WAS A TERRIBLE
ACCIDENT ON THIS STREET ONE NIGHT IN WHICH A LITTLE THREE-YEAR-
OLD GIRL WAS KILLED AND HER BODY BADLY DISMEMBERED. THE POLICE
SEARCHED THE AREA FOR HER REMAINS BUT FAILED TO LOCATE ONE OF
HER ARMS. NOW THE STORY HAS IT THAT WHEN YOU DRIVE DOWN STRASBURG
STREET AT NIGHT, IF YOU ARE VERY QUIET, YOU CAN HEAR A KNOCKING ON
THE SIDE OF YOUR CAR. FOR THIS REASON STRASBURG STREET IS KNOWN
AS KNOCK-KNOCK STREET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WALSH COLLEGE
Date learned: 03-31-1970
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POLISH HOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
HOW MANY POLACKS DOES IT TAKE TO SCREW IN A LIGHTBULB?
THREE. TWO TO TURN THE LADDER AND ONE TO HOLD THE BULB.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS COLLECTED 02231967 WHEN MY COUSIN RON VISITED
ME. WE ARE BOTH PART POLISH AND ENJOY EXCHANGING
POLISH JOKES WITH EACH OTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman BELIEF -- Poli |
HALLOWEEN PRANKS
THERE IS THIS STORY ABOUT A GROUP OF FRIENDS DOWN SOUTH, WHO HAD
FUN EVERY YEAR, DOING PRANKS ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT. SINCE WHAT THEY
DID WAS BASICALLY CONSIDERED TO BE INNOCENT, THEIR PARENTS REALLY
DIDN'T CARE WHAT THEY DID. ONE OF THESE BOYS HAD THE IDEA ONE
NIGHT TO GO AROUND KNOCKING OVER OUT-HOUSES FOR FUN. SINCE ALL
AGREED THAT THIS WOULD BE FUN THEY ALL RAN OUT AND DID THEIR
THING. ON COMING INTO THE HOUSE, ONE OF THESE BOYS MET HIS
FATHER, WHO AT FIRST SIGHT SLAPPED THE BOY. THE BOY BEING AMAZED
ASKED HIS FATHER "WHAT WAS THAT FOR" AND THE FATHER REPLIED "THAT
WAS FOR KNOCKING OVER THE OUT-HOUSE." THE BOY IMMEDIATELY SHOT
BACK AND SAID "I THOUGHT THAT THESE PRANKS DIDN'T BOTHER YOU" AT
WHICH THE FATHER REPLIED "THEY WOULDN'T, IF I HADN'T BEEN IN THE
OUT-HOUSE WHEN YOU GUYS KNOCKED IT OVER."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 26516 PENNIE ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ordinary Tale |
EASTER FOOD
UKRAINIAN PEOPLE, AMONG OTHERS, PUT A PAT OF BUTTER IN THE FORM OF
A LAMB OR JUST A STICK OF BUTTER PLACED IN A DISH IN THEIR EASTER
BASKETS. THE BUTTER REPRESENTS THE INNOCENT VICTIM.
Submitter comment:
Told at informant's place of occupation - Detroit Board of Education
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DETROIT BOARD OF EDUCATION
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 03-17-1970
Tongue Twister
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
If Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers,
How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
Submitter comment:
From Childhood
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added By TRD
James Callow comment:
Verse?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Gwizdola, Maureen
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Entertainment ; GAME ; Language ; Peppers ; Peter ; Piper ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
EASTER FOOD
UKRAINIANS PLACE CHOCOLATE EASTER EGGS, BUBBLE GUM, CATSUP, POTATO
CHIPS, ETC. IN THEIR EASTER BASKETS TO REPRESENT MODERN DAY
SACRIFICES DURING LENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; SELF-SACRIFICE ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 03-17-1970
APPALACHIAN LEGEND
THERE WAS ONCE A DOG WHO WAS SUCH A GOOD COON HUNTER THAT HE
COULD TREE ANY COON IN THE AREA. HE'S DEAD NOW, BUT ON CLEAR
NIGHTS YOU CAN STILL HEAR HIM BAYING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 14012 BRAMELL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal |
Date learned: 02-26-1970