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IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT,
AND SEVEN BANDITS SAT AROUND THE CAMPFIRE BRIGHT.
ONE BEGAN TO TELL A STORY AND IT BEGAN. . .
(REPEATED AD NAUSEUM)
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM IS TAKEN FROM THE INFORMANT'S EXPERIENCE AS A
BOY SCOUT.
Where learned: WASHINGTON DC
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Prose Narrative Prose Narrative |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SUPERSTITION
MURPHY'S LAW: IF ANYTHING CAN GO WRONG, IT WILL GO WRONG.
Submitter comment: LEARNED WHILE WORKING AS AN ECONOMIST IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; YONKERS ; WASHINGTON DC
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PESSIMISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-26-1963
PROVERB: APPEARANCE
THE WORLD IS GOVERNED MORE BY APPEARANCES THAN BY REALITIES, SO IT
IS AS FULLY NECESSARY TO SEEM TO KNOW SOMETHING AS IT IS TO
ACTUALLY KNOW IT.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT IS NOT POSITIVE, BUT SHE THINKS THAT SHE REMEMBERS
READING THIS AS A QUOTE OF DANIEL WEBSTER. SHE ADDS THAT SHE HAS
NOT COME ACROSS IT FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS.
Where learned: WASHINGTON DC
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-04-1967
RETORT
THAT'S AS FUNNY AS A SCREEN DOOR ON A SUBMARINE.
Where learned: WASHINGTON DC
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 04-18-1971
Toast
Are you making food for thrashers?
Submitter comment:
This question is usually directed toward the woman of the house who is preparing a large dinner.
Informant's Comment: An Indian custom at thrashing-time is for all the farmers to meet at one farm to help thrash the wheat. The women prepare the noon meal for the thrashers. In the same sense "making food for thrashers" implies a large amount or an overabundance.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V400] is crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: Stevens, Susan ; 7806 13th St ; WASHINGTON DC
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; FARMING ; FOOD ; RETORT ; Thrashers ; Wheat
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
SWIFTIES, TOM
"I HAVE VERY FEW IN MY GARDEN." HE SAID LACKADAISICALLY.
Where learned: 3618 TENTH STREET NW ; WASHINGTON ; WASHINGTON DC
Keyword(s): LAZY DAISY
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |