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PROVERB: NEVER A QUARREL

WHERE SISTERS DWELL AND BROTHERS MEET, QUARREL SHOULD NEVER COME.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 1838 Rosemont ; BERKELEY

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

Date learned: 03-24-1970

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FUDGE, FUDGE TELL THE JUDGE, / MAMA'S GOING TO HAVE A NEW BABY,/NOT
A BOY, NOT GIRL,/ JUST A PLAIN OLD BABY./ WRAP IT UP IN TISSUE
PAPER SEND IT DOWN THE ELEVATOR./ FIRST FLOOR: STOP,/ SECOND FLOOR:
GO/ THIRD FLOOR: RED HOT PEPPERS.

Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; 1838 Rosemont ; BERKELEY ; TOLD AT

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP

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

Date learned: 03-17-1970

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WARDING OFF DEVIL

IF YOU THROW SALT OVER YOUR SHOULDER
YOU'LL WARD OFF THE DEVIL.

Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; 1838 Rosemont ; BERKELEY

Subject headings: Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration

Date learned: 03-24-1970

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ALABAMA BUSKA, KING OF THE JEWS BOUGHT HIS WIFE A NEW PAIR OF SHOES.
WHEN THE SHOES BEGAN TO WEAR
ALABAMA BUSKA BEGAN TO SWEAR. WIFE, WIFE,
GO UP STAIRS, WIFE, WIFE COME DOWNSTAIRS.
WIFE TOUCH THE GROUND E

Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; 1838 Rosemont ; BERKELEY ; TOLD AT

Keyword(s): ACTION-JUMP ; CHARACTER

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C70 C70.560

Date learned: 03-17-1970

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BUYING A NEW HOUSE

IF YOU BUY A BRAND NEW HOME, SOMETIMES BAD LUCK IN THE
FORM OF ILLNESS, WILL BEFALL A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.

Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; 1838 Rosemont

Subject headings: 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually.
BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness
BELIEF -- Bad luck

Date learned: 03-24-1970

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Proverb

"Oh! What tangled webs we weave when first we practice to deceive."

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Submission is a direct quote from Sir Walter Scott, a Scottish Novelist (1771-1832): Marmion, Canto vi, Stanza 17.

James Callow comment:

Original BN [V300, V:C880.300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.

Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; Ward, Mary ; 1838 Rosemont ; BERKELEY

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Consequence ; Deceive ; Deception ; Lie ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Quote ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Web

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

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Cinderella Dressed in Yella

CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLA
WENT DOWNSTAIRS TO KISS HER FELLOW.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE? 1,2,3, ETC.
RED HOT PEPPERS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 1838 Rosemont ; INFORMANT'S HOME ; Berkley

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP ; Speed Jump

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

Date learned: 03-17-1970

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Good Morning Shining Faces

Good morning, good morning, we're all in our places with sunshining faces.

 

Submitter comment:

Informant learned song first day of school (Shrine of the Little Flower Grade School) in first grade.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 1838 Rosemont ; informant's home ; Berkley

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

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Daddy's Little Sweetheart

Roses on my shoulders, slippers on my toes. I'm Daddy's little sweetheart, don't you think I'm sweet?

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 1838 Rosemont ; Berkley

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

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