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JUMP-ROPE RHYME

RIN TIN TIN SAT ON A PIN.
HOW MANY INCHES DID IT GO IN?
1, 2, 3,...ETC.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 16765 Beech Daly ; REDFORD

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

Date learned: 11-01-1968

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LIMERICK

THERE WAS AN OLD MAN OF PERU/ WHO DREAMED HE WAS KISSING HIS SHOE.
HE AWOKE IN THE NIGHT/ IN A TERRIBLE FRIGHT,/ AND FOUND IT WAS
PERFECTLY TRUE }

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 16765 Beech Daly ; 48240 ; REDFORD

Keyword(s): RHYME: AABBA

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse

Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY THE COLLECTOR

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THE HOOK

A COUPLE WERE PARKED AT A LOVER'S LANE NEAR JACKSON STATE PRISON.
WHILE LISTENING TO THE RADIO, THEY HEARD THAT A MAN ESCAPED FROM
PRISON. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS HAVING A HOOK FOR ONE OF HIS HANDS.
AFTER STAYING THERE FOR A WHILE, THEY DECIDED TO LEAVE. WHEN
THE BOY GOT OUT OF THE CAR TO OPEN THE DOOR FOR THE GIRL, HE FOUND
THE HOOK ON THE CAR DOOR (PASSENGER SIDE).

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 16765 Beech Daly ; REDFORD

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed

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Language

Tongue Twister:

Sheep shouldn't sleep in a shack

Sheep should sleep in a shed.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Malle Verse?

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Jekabson, Martha ; 16765 Beech Daly ; REDFORD

Keyword(s): GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Formula

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Language

Tongue Twister:

Betty Botta bought some butter. "But," she said, "this butter's bitter. If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter. But a bit o' better butter will but make my batter better." So she bought a bit o' butter, better than the bitter butter, made her bitter batter better. So 'twas better Betty Botta bought a bit o' better butter.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Something similar (but shorter) already typed as prose.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Jekabson, Martha ; 16765 Beech Daly ; REDFORD

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Baking ; Batter ; Butter ; COOKING ; Dearborn Heights ; GAME ; Language ; MICHIGAN ; Prose ; PUZZLE ; Redford ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE

James Callow Keyword(s): Prose ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech

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