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JOKE
WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU CROSS JACKIE GLEASON WITH JIMMY DURANTE?
AN ELEPHANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 14587 ROBSON
Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-16-1971
GERMAN CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
GERMANS DO NOT GIVE PRESENTS AT CHRISTMAS THAT ARE BOUGHT
AT THE STORES. THEY FEEL IT IS MORE IN THE SPIRIT OF CHRISTMAS
TO MAKE THE PRESENTS THAT THEY GIVE.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN GERMANY THIS SUMMER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; 14587 ROBSON
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Gifts, gift giving at Christmas |
Date learned: 03-16-1971
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
ON CHRISTMAS WHEN GIVING PRESENTS TO CLOSE FRIENDS AND
RELATIVES, INSTEAD OF USING A BOW ON TOP OF THE PRESENT MY
SISTERS FRIEND'S PARENTS USE A CHRISTMAS BULB SO THAT EVEN
WHEN THE GIFT IS GONE THE THOUGHT WILL BE REMEMBERED EVERY
YEAR ON THE CHRISTMAS TREE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; 14587 ROBSON
Superstition: Animals
Cat Superstitions:
If a human touches kittens before their eyes are open the mother cat will let them starve.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P752] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Ayotte, Christopher ; 14587 ROBSON
Keyword(s): Abandon ; ANIMALS ; BELIEF ; Cats ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
CINDEREEL DRESSED IN YELLOW/ WENT DOWNSTAIRS TO MEET HER FELLOW./
WHEN SHE GOT THERE HER GIRDLE BUSTED/ HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE DISGUSTED?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; 14587 ROBSON
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
DOWN BY THE RIVER WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS THERE SAT ________ SWEET AS A ROSE.
ALONG CAME ________ AND KISSED HER ON THE NOSE.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, . . . . . .
(WHEN THE GIRL JUMPING STARTS THE KISSES SHE JUMPS AS MANY TIMES UNTIL SHE MISSES. THAT IS HOW MANY KISSES THE GIRL RECEIVED.)
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 14587 ROBSON
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-16-1971