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IF YOU PUT A DOLLAR UNDER ANY STATUE OF THE INFANT OF
PRAGUE IN YOUR HOME, YOU WILL NEVER RUN OUT OF MONEY AND
WILL ALWAYS HAVE GOOD LUCK.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18989 GOULBURN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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ITALIAN PROVERB

THE WOLF LOSES ITS HAIR, BUT NOT ITS HABITS.
IL LUPO PERDE IL PELO, MA NO IL VIZZIO.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18989 GOULBURN

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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WHAT A GIRL LEARNS AT HER MOTHER'S KNEE, SHE FORGETS ON
A MAN'S LAP.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18989 GOULBURN

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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Graffiti

Bad muffins are a real gas.

 

Submitter comment:

I entered this in a graffiti contest for AAA insurance company--sponsored by WJR--a local radio station. I received recognition but no prizes.

 

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18989 GOULBURN

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture

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Graffiti

Zip is not the code of driving.

Submitter comment:

This is one of the old graffiti verses of AAA that I liked very much.

 

Data entry tech comment:

Informant had entered a graffiti contest for AAA insurance.
Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18989 GOULBURN

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture

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Graffiti

Bad tires are treadful.

 

Submitter comment:

I saw this graffiti on an advertisement while stopped for a traffic light on Gratiot--a main street in north-east part of Detroit. It was an advertisement for both AAA and General Tire Company.

 

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18989 GOULBURN ; Gratiot ; northeast Detroit

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture

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WEATHER BELIEF

WHEN I SAW CLOUDS ROLLING IN THE SKY, I USED TO BELIEVE THAT THE ANGELS WERE ROLLING OUT THEIR CARPET FOR THE SUN, SO IT COULD SHINE FOR THE REMAINDER OF THE DAY.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18989 GOULBURN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Angel
BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew
BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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