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ALBATROSS (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; BAD LUCK: BIRD (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)

THE ALBATROSS THAT HOVERS AROUND A SHIP BRINGS BAD LUCK AND
TO KILL THE ALBATROSS WILL ALSO BRING BAD LUCK.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT RECALLED THIS ITEM FROM SEVERAL AREAS BUT PARTICULARLY
FROM A POEM BY COLRIDGE.

Where learned: 20102 BEECH ROAD ; REMEMBERS HEARING OF THIS LEGEND

Keyword(s): COLERIDGE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.32

Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.

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DONALD DUCK

DONALD DUCK WAS A ONE LEGGED, ONE LEGGED, ONE LEGGED DUCK.
DONALD DUCK WAS A TWO LEGGED, TWO LEGGED, TWO LEGGED DUCK.
DONALD DUCK WAS A THREE LEGGED,
THREE LEGGED, THREE LEGGED DUCK.
DONALD DUCK WAS A FOUR LEGGED, FOUR LEGGED, FOUR LEGGED DUCK.

Submitter comment:

Informant heard this on the school playground.


 

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 20102 BEECH ROAD ; informant's home

Keyword(s): ACTION RHYME ; CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP

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

Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.

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INSIDE OUT

IF YOU PUT SOMETHING ON INSIDE OUT DON'T CHANGE IT OR YOU WILL HAVE
BAD LUCK.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT ACTUALLY SAID THIS ON SUCH AN OCCASION.

Where learned: 20102 BEECH ROAD

Keyword(s): CLOTHING ; CONVERSION ; HOME, DOMESTIC PURSUITS

James Callow Keyword(s): DRESSING ; POSITION DIRECTION

Subject headings: ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress
BELIEF -- Conversions P883.22

Date learned: NONE GIVEN

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SCRIBBLING (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)

IF SCRIBBLING IN AUTOGRAPHS/ REMEMBRANCE ASSURES,
WITH THE GREATEST OF PLEASURE/ I'LL SCRIBBLE IN YOURS.

Submitter comment: TAKEN FROM INFORMANT'S EIGHTH GRADE AUTOGRAPH BOOK.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 20102 BEECH ROAD

Keyword(s): QUATRAIN FRIENDSHIP ; RHYME: ABCB

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Scribbling

Date learned: 00-00-1929

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DUMMY DUMMY DODO I CHOOSE YOU TO CHASE AFTER ME.(THIS IS A JUMP-ROPE
RHYME WHICH IS USED TO GET THE JUMPERS TO JUMP IN AND OUT OF THE ROPE
IN QUICK SUCCESSION. ONE FOLLOWING AFTER THE OTHER.

Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 20102 BEECH ROAD ; TOLD AT

Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME

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

Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.

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SCRIBBLING (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; SCRIBBLING (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)

IF SCRIBBLING IN AUTOGRAPHS/ REMEMBRANCE ASSURES,
WITH THE GREATEST OF PLEASURE/ I'LL SCRIBBLE IN YOURS.

Submitter comment: TAKEN FROM INFORMANT'S EIGHTH GRADE AUTOGRAPH BOOK.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 20102 BEECH ROAD

Keyword(s): QUATRAIN FRIENDSHIP ; RHYME: ABCB

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Scribbling

Date learned: 00-00-1929

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JOB'S TEARS

THIS CHARM MAKES THE LIVING INVISIBLE TO A GROUP OF EVIL SPIRITS.

Submitter comment:

INFORMANT IS INTERESTED IN GARDENING AND MENTIONED THIS SEVERAL TIMES.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 20102 BEECH ROAD

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Devil Demon
BELIEF -- Plant

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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