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SIGNATURE, PROSE

"YOURS TILL RUSSIA GETS HUNGRY AND EATS TURKEY ON CHINA."

Submitter comment: THIS WAS WRITTEN IN MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF 1963

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 48205

Keyword(s): COUNTRY ; PROMISE ; PUN

James Callow Keyword(s): CINIAWARE ; PUN ON HUNGARY

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

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THE LEGEND OF STRASBURG STREET

ONE DAY ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO, A GIRL RIDING A
BICYCLE WAS KILLED BY A HIT AND RUN DRIVER WHILE ON
STRASBURG STREET, ON DETROIT'S EAST SIDE. THE MAN WAS
CAUGHT AND TILL THIS DAY YOU CAN HEAR A THUMPING NOISE
ON THAT STREET--PEOPLE SAY IT IS THE DEAD GIRL.

Submitter comment: VICKY LIVES IN THE AREA AND IS A FIRM BELIEVER IN THE STORY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 17137 GIRTRE ; 48205

James Callow Keyword(s): KNOCK-KNOCK STREET

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal

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