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FAMILY SAGA
MR. WRIGHT ALSO TOLD STORIES HIS GRANDFATHER TOLD
ABOUT HIMSELF.
GRANDPA ONCE PLANTED A WATERMELON PATCH. THE HOG
GOT INTO IT AND ATE IT ALL UP. SO GRANDPA HAD TO
REPLANT. THEREFORE HE STILL HAD A CROP WHEN EVERY-
BODY ELSE'S WAS GONE. THERE WAS A RAILROAD BEING
BUILT IN THE AREA AT THE TIME. THE RAILROAD WORKERS
CAME INTO THE PATCH AND TOOK SOME WATERMELONS. GRANDPA
SENT HIS SON INTO TOWN TO GET SOME POWDER, THEN HE GOT
HIS MUSKET AND WENT DOWN TO THE PATCH THAT NIGHT. HE
PUT HIS GUN DOWN AND WENT TO SLEEP. THIS WAS A BAD
THING TO DO, FOR THE GUN WAS STOPPED UP ALREADY.
WHEN THE WORKERS CAME THAT NIGHT, GRANDPA AWOKE, TOOK
HIS GUN AND SHOT IT. BUT IT SHOT BACKWARDS, AND
BROKE IN HALF. IT BURNT HIS BEARD AND FACE AND
BROKE SOME TEETH.
THE RAN HOME AND POUNDED ON THE DOOR TO LET HIM IN.
WHEN GRANDMA WENT TO THE FRONT DOOR, HE HAD RUN TO
THE BACK DOOR. WHEN SHE WENT TO THE BACK DOOR, HE
HAD GONE AROUND TO THE FRONT DOOR. WHEN HE FINALLY
ENTERED, HE TOLD HIS FAMILIES THAT "THOSE RASCALS
SHOT ME AND BROKE MY GUN."
ONCE GRANDPA (WHO WAS CALLED UNCLE STEVE BY ALL THE
FOLKS) AND PAPA WENT FISHING. PAPA WAS GREATLY AFRAID
OF SNAKES. WHILE GRANDPA WAS ROWING OUT IN THE LAKE,
A SNAKE FROM AN OVERHEAD TREE FELL DOWN INTO THE BOAT.
PAPA JUMPED OUT OF THE BOAT WHILE GRANDPA HIT AT THE
SNAKE WITH THE PADDLE AND BROKE IT "HALF IN TWO."
AS A RESULT OF PAPA'S JUMPING OUT OF THE BOAT, IT
TURNED OVER AND BOTH HAD TO SWIM TO SHORE.
PAPA WAS SO SCARED OF SNAKES, HE SAW A BUGGY LINE
CURLED UP ON THE GROUND AND HE MISTOOK IT FOR A
SNAKE. HE GOT HIS GUN AND SHOT THE BUGGY LINE TO
PIECES.
AFTER GRANDPA'S FIRST WIFE DIED, HE MARRIED A
WOMAN WHO HAD THREE SONS. AROUND JULY 4TH, WHEN THE
PLOWING WAS DONE, THE BOYS ASKED TO GET SUITS.
SUITS LASTED FIVE OR MORE YEARS BECAUSE THEY WERE
ONLY WORN ON SUNDAYS. THEY HAD BEEN PROMISED A
SUIT FOR A YEAR. FOR SOME REASON, GRANDPA DIDN'T GET
THEM THEIR SUITS. THERE FOLLOWED A BIG FIGHT, AND
THE WIFE AND HER BOYS LEFT HIM.
WELL, GRANDPA MARRIED AGAIN WITHOUT DIVORCING THE
PREVIOUS WIFE.
GRANDPA WAS ALSO A PREACHER. ONE DAY, THE HEAD
MINISTER DELEGATED TO HIM THE JOB TO ACCUSE THE
SINNERS AND EXCLUDE THEM FROM THE CHURCH UNTIL THEY
WERE IN CONDITION TO COME BACK. GAMBLING, BALL
PLAYING, DANCING, ETC.. WERE NOT ALLOWED.
ONE SUNDAY, GRANDPA REALLY GOT ENTHUSIASTIC AND HAD
EXCLUDED FIVE PEOPLE WHEN THE MINISTER SUGGESTED HE
STOP BECAUSE WITH EACH PERSON EXCLUDED HE ALSO LOST
A QUARTER IN THE SUNDAY COLLECTION. BUT GRANDPA
WAS TOO ENTHUSIASTIC, WITH HIS "CHIPS FLY, HEW TO
THE LINE!"
SUDDENLY, SOMEONE GOT UP AND SHOUTED THAT HE (GRANDPA)
HAD TWO LIVING WIVES. (UP TO THIS TIME, GRANDPA
HADN'T CONNECTED HIS CASE WITH THE REGULATION NOT
TO HAVE MORE THAN ONE WIFE. HE HAD FORGOTTEN). THIS
REALLY STOPPED GRANDPA. HE LOOKED UP TO THE SKY
SLOWLY, PUT ON HIS BEAVER HAT, WALKED SILENTLY OUT
OF THE DOOR, GOT HIS HORSE AND WENT HOME. HE DIDN'T
COME BACK FOR THREE MONTHS.
IN 1886 THERE WAS AN EARTHQUAKE. NONE OF THE PEOPLE
KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON. GRANDPA THOUGHT IT WAS AN
OLD MAN ON TOP OF THE HOUSE. HE TOOK A TORCH AND
GRANDMA TOOK A TORCH AND WENT OUTSIDE. HE WENT ONE
WAY AND SHE WENT THE OTHER TO SURROUND THE HOUSE. WHEN
THEY APPROACHED EACH OTHER, THEY THOUGHT THAT THAT
WAS HE. GRANDPA SHOUTED "HE'S AFTER ME!" AND BOTH
RAN AROUND TO THE FRONT WHERE THEY AGAIN RAN INTO EACH
OTHER. GRANDPA SHOUTED "HE'S GOT ME! HE GOT ME!"
THEN HE RAN TO HIS NEIGHBORS "PRAY! PRAY! JUDGMENT!
JUDGMENT!"
WHEN MAMA WAS A GIRL AND SHE AND HER SISTERS WERE
BEING TAKEN OUT BY BOYS, THE BOYS WOULD TREAT THE
GIRLS TO ORANGES, APPLES, BANANAS, AND CANDY.
THE GIRLS GAVE THE TREATS TO UNCLE TOM TO PUT INTO
HIS BIG POCKETS. THEY CAME HOME AND TOLD THEIR
MOTHER THEY WOULD GIVE HER SOME. UNCLE TOM CAME
HOME AN HOUR LATER WITH EMPTY POCKETS. HE HAD BEEN
TREATING OTHER GIRLS HIMSELF WITH THE TREATS.
NATURALLY, THE GIRLS WERE MAD.
ONCE, BROTHER REDGE WANTED TO MAKE SOME HOLES IN
WOOD TO FIX SOMETHING. SO HE HEATED A BOLT TO POUND
IT INTO THE WOOD. MR. SHAW CAME OUT AND SHOUTED
"YOU--------, DON'T KNOW NOTHIN." "LET ME DO IT."
HE WENT TO PICK UP THE BOLT AND IT STUCK TO HIS
HAND. HE GOT REALLY ANGRY AND THREW IT AT REDGE
AND HIS BROTHERS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
A SLAVERY TIME STORY
A STORY TOLD MR. WRIGHT WHEN HE WAS A BOY AT THE TURN
OF THE CENTURY.
LOTS OF PEOPLE STAYED IN THE WOODS AND LIVED IN
CAVES AND AT NIGHT CAME OUT TO STEAL CHICKENS AND HOGS,
ETC. THEY WOULD GO UP TO A MAN'S HOUSE AND GRAB A
TURKEY AT ROOST. DOGS WERE KEPT TO TRACK THE THIEVES,
WHO WERE BAREFOOTED. BUT THE PEOPLE COULD OUTRUN
DOGS IN THOSE DAYS. THEY WOULD RUN TO THE FENCE, JUMP
OVER IT; THEY WOULD TAKE A CERTAIN WEED AND HIT THEIR
FEET WITH IT. THE DOGS COULDN'T TRAIL THE THIEVES
ANY LONGER BUT WOULD JUST WHINE AT THE FENCE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
PROVERB FROM ITALY:
A FATHER AND A MOTHER CAN RAISE A HUNDRED CHILDREN, BUT ONE
HUNDRED CHILDREN CAN,T TAKE CARE OF A MOTHER AND FATHER.
Where learned: DETROIT ; DAUGHTERS HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
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ETHNIC JOKE
Q. HOW MANY POLLACKS DOES IT TAKE TO MAKE POPCORN ?
A. FIVE. ONE TO HOLD THE POPCORN AND FOUR TO SHAKE THE STOVE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
EAT HERRING AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 02-18-1970
(TALE FILLED WITH CONTRADICTION)
IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT,
AND THE SUN SHOWN DOWN IN SPLENDOR.
TWO MEN STOOD FACE TO FACE WITH THEIR BACKS TOGETHER.
ONE DREW A REVOLVER FROM HIS BELT,
THE OTHER'S HEAD DID SEVER.
ALONG CAME A GAY YOUNG MISS,
SHE WAS OLD AND BENT WITH YEARS.
AND ON HER FACE SHE WORE A SMILE,
AND HER EYES WERE FILLED WITH TEARS.
SHE RECOGNIZED THE DYING MAN,
AND CRIED ALOUD, "WHO IS HE?"
HE RAISED HIS HEADLESS BODY UP
AND SAID, "MY GOD, IT'S LIZZIE!"
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Prose Narrative Prose Narrative |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MR. AND MRS. HILL WERE DRIVING ALONG IN THEIR CAR,
DURING A RAINSTORM. SUDDENLY IN A FLASH OF LIGHTNING,
MRS. HILL SAW A SPOOKY CASTLE ON A HILLTOP. "LOOK,
DEAR," SHE SAID. AND TOO BAD HE DID, BECAUSE THE
CAR RAN OFF THE ROAD INTO A DITCH AND MR. AND MRS. HILL
WERE KILLED INSTANTLY.
BUT UP IN THAT CASTLE ON THE HILL WAS DR. FRANKENSTEIN
WHO HAD BEEN WORKING ALL OF HIS LIFE ON AN INVENTION
TO MAKE DEAD BODIES COME BACK TO LIFE. FRANKENSTEIN
SENT HIS ASSISTANT, IGOR, DOWN TO GET THE BODIES OF MR.
AND MRS. HILL. WHEN IGOR RETURNED, THE APPARATUS WAS
SET UP. THEY LAID THE BODIES DOWN. "GIVE THEM 5000
VOLTS, IGOR." ZAAP. BUT THEY WERE STILL DEAD. SO
FRANKENSTEIN DECIDED TO GIVE THEM FULL POWER--"GIVE
THEM 25000 VOLTS, IGOR!!" ZAAAP. BUT NO, STILL THEY
WERE DEAD. SO, FRANKENSTEIN, FACED WITH DEFEAT AFTER
A LIFETIME OF HARD WORK, STARTED PLAYING HIS FLUTE TO
RELAX HIS NERVES. LOOK--MRS. HILL'S HAND IS QUIVERING.
MR. HILL IS SITTING UP. THEY'RE TALKING TOGTHER!! "LOOK
IGOR" SAID DR. FRANKENSTEIN--"THE HILLS ARE ALIVE WITH
THE SOUND OF MUSIC!"
Submitter comment:
THIS JOKE IS A VERY CONTEMPORARY JOKE CONSIDERING
THE SONG FROM THE PRODUCTION "THE SOUND OF MUSIC."
FOR ANYONE LOOKING IN THE ARCHIVES AFTER 1980.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 02-22-1971
IT IS THE BUSINESS OF THE FUTURE TO BE DANGEROUS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
EACH YEAR IN THE SPRING, MY MOTHER'S GRANDFATHER WOULD LINE UP
ALL THE SMALL CHILDREN AND HAVE THEM EACH LICK SOME POWDER(WHITE)
CALLED CALAMEL OFF HIS PEN KNIFE IN ORDER TO CLEAN OUT
THEIR BLOOD FOR SUMMER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): BLOOD ; PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 04-00-1970
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
IT'S LIKE GETTING THE MILK WITHOUT BUYING THE COW
Where learned: BOYFRIENDS HOME
Keyword(s): COMMITTMENT BENEFITS INJUSTICE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-08-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
IT'S LIKE GETTING THE CREAM WITHOUT BUYING THE COFFEE
Where learned: BOYFRIENDS HOME
Keyword(s): COMMITTMENT BENEFITS INJUSTICE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-08-1968
EVERY YEAR ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF LINDA'S GRANDMOTHER'S
DEATH, IN THE HOUSE THEY ALWAYS HEAR HER WALKING
AROUND THE HOUSE AT THE EXACT SAME HOUR EVERY YEAR.
SHE HAS BEEN COMING BACK FOR QUITE A FEW YEARS NOW,
AND THE LADY ALWAYS WALKS AROUND THE ROOM WHERE
SHE DIED.
Submitter comment:
LINDA AND HER MOTHER TOLD ME THIS ONE NIGHT WHEN WE
STARTED TALKING ABOUT GHOSTS AND SPIRITS IN PEOPLE'S
HOUSES.
Where learned: HOME ; 2 YEARS AGO
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
IT IS BETTER TO WALK WITH A CRUTCH,
THAN NOT TO WALK AT ALL.
Submitter comment: {CONTEXT} UNKNOWN
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-09-1971
IT IS BETTER TO REMAIN SILENT AND BE THOUGHT OF AS A
FOOL THAN TO SPEAK OUT AND REMOVE ALL DOUBT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 7357 PARKINSON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-04-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
STILL WATER RUNS DEEP.
Submitter comment: QUIET PEOPLE DO AND THINK A LOT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 2154 DICKERSON ; 48215
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
IT IS A LONG ROAD THAT HAS NO TURNING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; 2154 DICKERSON ; 48215
Keyword(s): DRIVING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
IT GIVES ONE HEART
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
MOTHERLAND! YOU ARE LIKE GOOD HEALTH.
HOW WE ARE SUPPOSED TO LOVE YOU.
ONLY HE KNOWS WHO LOSES YOU.
TRANSLATION OF:
OJCYZNO! TY JESTES YAH AZROWIE.
YAH CIEBIE KOCHAI TIZEBA.
TEN TYLHO SIE DOWIE, KTO CIEBIE STROCI.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.320 |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
PROVERB
MORGENSTUND HAT GALD IN MUND.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): GELD ; GERMAN ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
PROVERB
THE MEASURE OF A MAN'S REAL CHARACTER IS WHAT HE WOULD DO IF HE
KNEW HE WOULD NEVER BE FOUND OUT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; TRENTON
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-01-1970