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Taunt
Fatty, fatty, two by four. Can't get through the bathroom door. So he did it on the floor.
Submitter comment:
Friends
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added By TRD
James Callow comment:
Orignal BN [S570] crossed out. Replaced with current classification
Where learned: HOME ; Hanson, Margaret
Keyword(s): BATHROOM ; Bowels ; Door ; Fat ; Fatty ; Floor ; INSULT ; JOKE ; Large ; RHYME ; SIZE ; TAUNT ; URINATE ; WEIGHT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, YOU'RE GOING TO KISS A FOOL!
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
WHEN THE BOTTOM OF YOUR FEET ITCH YOU WILL SOON WALK ON
STRANGE GROUND.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: 09-16-1969
WHEN THE LEFT HAND ITCHES, ONE WILL RECEIVE MONEY.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: 11-02-1968
WHEN YOUR LEFT HAND ITCHES, YOU'RE GOING TO COME
INTO MONEY.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: 09-16-1969
IF YOUR RIGHT HAND ITCHES, YOU WILL BE SHAKING HANDS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
WHEN THE RIGHT HAND ITCHES ONE WILL GREET SOMEBODY.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: 10-25-1968
A HIGH FOREHEAD IS BELIEVED TO BE A SIGN OF INTELLIGENCE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Forehead |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
CURE FOR AN INFECTION
IF YOU SLICE AN ONION AND PLACE A SLICE ON THE INFECTED AREA
WRAPPING THE ONION AND INFECTED AREA IN GAUZE THE ONION WILL
DRAW OUT THE INFECTION.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THAT THIS CURE REALLY WORKS, BELIEVES IT TOO
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; MADISON HEIGHTS
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-00-1973
STONE AND COPPER ART
TWO 5X8 CARDS SHOWING TWO 3X3 COLOR PHOTOS OF THE ARTWORK
SEE SU 692406-1 TO 692406-2
Submitter comment:
THIS ARTWORK COMES FROM BRAZIL. ON THE BACK OF EACH PIECE IS THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION
(ORIGINAL SPELLING RETAINED). I DECLARE THAT THIS IS REAL COPPER HANDWORK, APPLICATED ONTO
TRUE FOSSILISED STONE WHICH IS MORE TAN 120 MILLIONS YEARS OLD. MADE BIJ YOUR WELKNOWN DUTCH
ARTIST, JOHANNES WILHELMUS VAN DARTELEN. UNIQUE IN THE WORLD: THE ARTIST GIVES HIS ADDRESS AS
AVENIDA BRASIL 456, CAMPINAS, E.S.PAULO, BRASIL IF WHAT THE ARTIST SAYS ABOUT HIS WORK BEING
UNIQUE IS TRUE THEN THE ARTWORK ISN'T REALLY FOLKART. I TURNED IT IN HOWEVER FOR I CANNOT
BELIEVE THAT HE IS THE ONLY PERSON IN THE WORLD THAT MAKES THIS TYPE OF ARTWORK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PARENTS HOME ; MADISON HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Metal Stone Bone Gold Silver Copper ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Metal Stone Bone Stone |
RIDDLE
IF A FARMER CAN RAISE 50 BUSHELS OF CORN IN DRY WEATHER,
WHAT CAN HE RAISE IN WET WEATHER ?
-- AN UMBRELLA
Where learned: HOME ; OHIO ; Sylvania ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): FARMING AGRICULTURE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
RIDDLE
IT SPINS AROUND BUT IS NOT SPINNING A WHEEL; IT CAN WALK A
ROPE BUT IS NOT A MONKEY.
-- A SPIDER.
Submitter comment: HEARD THIS IN DORMITORY
Where learned: HOME ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): ROPE FOR WEB
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
THERE'S MANY A SLIP 'TWIXT THE CUP AND THE LIP.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; 17287 GREENVIEW ; ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): GOSSIP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
PROVERB
IF YOU DANCE, YOU HAVE TO PAY THE FIDDLER.
Submitter comment: NONE
Data entry tech comment: YOU CAN'T GET ANYTHING FOR FREE, SO YOU PAY FOR EVERYTHING.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; 18471 FAIRFIELD ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): COMPENSATION ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-20-1970
MISTER PUMPKIN EATER
IF YOU ARE NOT IN BED AT THE TIME YOU ARE TOLD, A GIGANTIC
PUMPKIN HEAD WILL COME IN YOUR ROOM AND EAT YOU
Submitter comment:
I USED TO TELL MY SISTER THIS WHEN I BABYSAT AND SHE
WOULDN'T GO TO BED. YOU CAN IMPROVE ON IT BY ADDING SCARY
SOUNDS AND GESTURES. I'M NOT SURE WHERE I LEARNED IT, BUT SINCE
THEN WE TELL IT TO CHILDREN WE BABYSIT FOR.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): CARNIVEROUS PLANT ; FUNCTION: TO SCARE CHILD INTO GOING TO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Supernatural Being BELIEF -- Plant |
SAINT PATRICK'S DAY
DRINKING GREEN BEER IS ANOTHER TRADITIONAL CUSTOM. YOU DRINK THE
HEALTH OF IRELAND, GOD, AND YOUR FAMILY.
Where learned: HOME ; RELATIVES HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): DRINKING A TOAST
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 17 Feast of St. Patrick Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage Fermented BELIEF -- Color SPEECH -- Formula |
IF THE BLACK ENDS ON THE COLORING OF A CATERPILLAR ARE
WIDE OR MAKE UP A GREATER PROPORTION THAN THE BROWN,
THEN THE WINTER WILL BE A SEVERE ONE.
Where learned: HOME ; NEW YORK ; LE ROY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
SWEATS, SWEATING
IF YOU SWEAT AT NIGHT, PAT VINEGAR ON THE SURFACE OF YOUR BODY
WITH THE PALM OF YOUR HAND
AND YOU WILL PREVENT NIGHT SWEATS.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18285 LESURE
Keyword(s): PREVENTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-10-1971
HEADACHE
A TREATMENT FOR MIGRAINE HEADACHE IS TO PUT EQUAL PARTS OF VINEGAR
AND WATER IN A BASIN ON THE STOVE, AND LET IT BOIL SLOWLY. PUT YOUR
HEAD OVER THE FUMES FROM THE BASIN AND INHALE.
Where learned: HOME ; 18285 LESURE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-10-1971
AN OLD IRISH BLESSING
GOD GRANT YOU THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT WHAT YOU
CAN NOT CHANGE, THE COURAGE TO CHANGE WHAT YOU CAN,
AND THE WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18011 COYLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Expression of Fixed Form |