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WHEN YOU FIND SOME MONEY, SAVE IT FOR IT WILL BRING
YOU GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: I WAS ALWAYS TOLD THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Money |
Date learned: 11-06-1967
AN AUTOGRAPH
THE ROSES ARE WILTED,
THE VIOLETS ARE DEAD,
THE SUGAR BOWL'S EMPTY,
AND SO IS YOUR HEAD.
Submitter comment:
I GOT THIS FROM MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
IT WAS WRITTEN BY DAVE. IN 1961
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK
Keyword(s): INSULT ; PARODY OF " ROSES ARE RED..." ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 11-11-1967 ; 00-00-1961
AN AUTOGRAPH
MM[ THE ROSES ARE WILTED,
THE VIOLETS ARE DEAD,
THE SUGAR BOWL'S EMPTY,
AND SO IS YOUR HEAD.
Submitter comment:
I GOT THIS FROM MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
IT WAS WRITTEN BY DAVE. IN 1961
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK
Keyword(s): INSULT ; PARODY OF " ROSES ARE RED..." ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
VERSE
THE BOY STOOD ON A BURNING DECK,/ HIS FEET WERE FULL OF BLISTERS/
HE SLIPPED ON A NAIL AND TORE HIS PANTS,/
SO NOW HE WEARS HIS SISTERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Highland
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 11-22-1970
HICCUPS CURE
TAKE A PAPER BAG AND BREATHE INTO IT SEVERAL TIMES.
Submitter comment: I ONCE HEARD THIS FROM A FRIEND.
Where learned: HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-15-1967
WORK CHANT
WHEN LINING TRACK FOR THE RAILROAD THE MEN WOULD LINE UP AGAINST THE
TRACKS WITH TOOLS CALLED LINING BARS. WHEN THEY RECEIVED THE SIGNAL
FROM THE FOREMAN, ONE OF THE MEN OF THE CREW WOULD HOLLER,
"GIMME MUD." AT THIS POINT THEY'D ALL DIG THEIR LINING BARS
INTO THE GROUND NEXT TO THE TRACK. THEN ONE OF THE MEN WOULD
HOLLER, "CALL ON UNCLE JOE." WITH THIS SIGNAL, THEY'D ALL YELL
TOGETHER, "JOE," WHILE THEY PUSHED THE BAR AGAINST THE RAIL TO BEND
IT. IF THEY'D GO TOO FAR THE FOREMAN WOULD SIGNAL THE OTHER WAY.
WHEN THIS WOULD HAPPEN, THE MAN WHO INITIALLY HOLLERED WOULD STOP
THE CREW BY SAYING, "CHANGED OUR MINDS} TALK TO 'EM (MARTIN)."
THE CREW WOULD THEN SET THEIR LINING BARS ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE
RAIL, AND THE NEW MEN WOULD CHANT OUT THE SAME REFRAIN.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS MY UNCLE WHO IS ONLY TWO AND A HALF YEARS OLDER THAN
ME. HE LEARNED THIS CHANT WHILE ACTUALLY WORKING ON THE RAILROAD
FOR A FEW SUMMERS UP IN WISCONSIN AROUND A TOWN CALLED BURLINGTON,
WHILE HE WAS STILL IN COLLEGE.
Where learned: 1542 HIGHLAND AVE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.334 |
Date learned: 06-00-1965
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
I'M PRETTY CUTE, AND SO ARE YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
TO KILL A WITCH
WHILE FLIPPING TELEVISION CHANNELS LAST NIGHT, I PAUSED A MOMENT
IN MY INDECISION TO SEE HOW TO KILL A WITCH. A WOMAN FROM THE
PIONEER SOUTHWEST BELIEVED THAT BY MAKING AN IMAGE OF THE WITCH
IN QUESTION AND "MURDERING" THAT IMAGE, THE WITCH WOULD DIE. IN
THIS INSTANCE A DRESS THAT THE WITCH HAD WORN WAS HUNG UP TO
CREATE THE IMPRESSION OF THE WITCH'S PRESENCE. THEN THE KILLER
PLUNGED A HATPIN INTO "HER."
Where learned: HIGHLAND PARK ; ILLINOIS ; 1704 W PARK AVE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
TO KILL A WITCH
ONCE AGAIN THE WIZARD OF OZ WILL BE TELEVISED FOR ALL GOOD
CHILDREN. EACH ONE WILL COME AWAY WITH THE BELIEF THAT ALL BAD
WITCHES CAN BE KILLED BY THROWING WATER ON THEM. SUCH AN ACTION
RESULTS IN THE SLOW DISSOLVING AND DISAPPEARING OF THE WITCH.
Where learned: HIGHLAND PARK ; ILLINOIS ; 1704 W PARK AVE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
KISS A FOOL
TODAY, WHILE CHATTING OVER A CUP OF COFFEE IN THE
ROOST OF MERCY COLLEGE'S STUDENT CENTER (DETROIT, MICHIGAN),
IT NOTICED RUTH'S NOSE TWITCH A LITTLE. SHE GAVE IT A
SMALL SCRATCH AND MUMBLED SOMETHING UNDER HER BREATH.
I THOUGHT PERHAPS SHE HAD CAST A SPELL ON ME BY THIS
LITTLE RITUAL. (RECENTLY I SAW A TELEVISION SHOW
"BEWITCHED" IN WHICH THE WITCH'S NOSE TWITCHING
INDICATED THAT SHE WAS CASTING A SPELL). I ASKED RUTH
WHAT SHE HAD SAID. OF COURSE, I RECEIVED THE TYPICAL
FEMALE ANSWER, "OH, NOTHING." AFTER PUMPING A FEW
MINUTES, SHE FINALLY PLEASED MY CURIOSITY. SHE HAD
SAID "ITCHY NOSE MEANS YOU'LL KISS A FOOL."
MY ONLY THOUGHT WAS THAT I WOULDN'T KISS HER
GOODNIGHT. I KNOW BETTER--NOW.
Where learned: HIGHLAND PARK ; ILLINOIS
| Subject headings: | Observation |
FISHY, FISHY BITE MY HOOK.
YOU BE THE CAPTAIN, I'LL BE THE COOK.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS AS A BOY, BY AN OLD MAN AS
HE SAT FISHING ON THE SHORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Highland
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.646 |
Date learned: 11-22-1970
TRADE NAME
IN THE TRUCKING BUSINESS, A TRACTOR IS KNOWN AS A HORSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
TRADE NAME
IN THE TRUCKING BUSINESS, A TRAILER WHICH IS TWENTY FEET LONG IS
KNOWN AS A PUP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
TRADE NAME
TWO TWENTY-FOOT TRAILERS (PUPS) CONNECTED BY A DOLLY ARE KNOWN AS A
TRAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
TRADE NAME
A SINGLE AXLE TRACTOR IS CALLED A SKINNY ASS BY TRUCKERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
JOKE
ONCE IN A LITTLE POLISH TOWN THERE WAS A RABBI WHO WAS
CONSIDERED VERY WISE. HE WAS SO WISE, IN FACT, THAT THE
TOWNSPEOPLE DECIDED TO SEND HIM TO ROME TO DEBATE WITH THE
POPE. WHEN THE RABBI GOT TO ROME, BY SOME STROKE OF LUCK
HE OBTAINED A PRIVATE AUDIENCE WITH THE POPE. WELL,
IT SEEMS THAT THE POPE COULDN'T SPEAK POLISH AND THE RABBI
COULDN'T SPEAK ITALIAN, SO THEY DEBATED WITH GESTURES AS
FOLLOWS:
THE POPE STUCK OUT ONE FINGER. THE RABBI STUCK OUT TWO.
THEN THE POPE TOOK OUT A PIECE OF CHEESE. THE RABBI
RESPONDED BY PRODUCING AN EGG. AT THIS, THE POPE EMBRACED
THE RABBI IN WONDER AND THEN LEFT. WHEN QUESTIONED BY A
CLERIC, THE POPE REMARKED THAT HE HAD NEVER SEEN SUCH A
WISE MAN IN HIS LIFE. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO EXPLAIN THE
ARGUMENT: I USED ONE FINGER TO INDICATE ONE GOD, BUT
HE COUNTERED WITH TWO FINGERS TO SHOW THAT THERE ARE TWO
KINGDOMS--THAT OF GOD AND THAT OF THE WORLD. I BROUGHT
OUT A CHEESE TO SHOW THAT THE EARTH IS FLAT, BUT HE
BROUGHT AN EGG TO SHOW THAT THE WORLD IS ROUND.
WHAT A GENIUS!"
WHEN THE RABBI GOT BACK TO HIS LITTLE POLISH TOWN, THE
PEOPLE ASKED HIM WHAT HAD HAPPENED. "IT WAS THE STRANGEST
THING," HE SAID, "FIRST HE STICKS OUT HIS FINGER
MEANING TO POKE ME IN THE EYE, SO I STUCK OUT TWO
MEANING I WAS GOING TO GET BOTH HIS EYES (FORGOTTEN PART).
THEN HE PULLS OUT A CHEESE SO, NATURALLY, I BROUGHT AN EGG.
ANYBODY KNOWS YOU CAN'T MAKE A CHEESE BLINTZ WITHOUT AN
EGG."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Romantic Realistic |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
JOKE
ONCE IN A LITTLE POLISH TOWN THERE WAS A RABBI WHO WAS
CONSIDERED VERY WISE. HE WAS SO WISE, IN FACT, THAT THE
TOWNSPEOPLE DECIDED TO SEND HIM TO ROME TO DEBATE WITH THE
POPE. WHEN THE RABBI GOT TO ROME, BY SOME STROKE OF LUCK
HE OBTAINED A PRIVATE AUDIENCE WITH THE POPE. WELL,
IT SEEMS THAT THE POPE COULDN'T SPEAK POLISH AND THE RABBI
COULDN'T SPEAK ITALIAN, SO THEY DEBATED WITH GESTURES AS
FOLLOWS:
THE POPE STUCK OUT ONE FINGER. THE RABBI STUCK OUT TWO.
THEN THE POPE TOOK OUT A PIECE OF CHEESE. THE RABBI
RESPONDED BY PRODUCING AN EGG. AT THIS, THE POPE EMBRACED
THE RABBI IN WONDER AND THEN LEFT. WHEN QUESTIONED BY A
CLERIC, THE POPE REMARKED THAT HE HAD NEVER SEEN SUCH A
WISE MAN IN HIS LIFE. HE THEN PROCEEDED TO EXPLAIN THE
ARGUMENT: I USED ONE FINGER TO INDICATE ONE GOD, BUT
HE COUNTERED WITH TWO FINGERS TO SHOW THAT THERE ARE TWO
KINGDOMS--THAT OF GOD AND THAT OF THE WORLD. I BROUGHT
OUT A CHEESE TO SHOW THAT THE EARTH IS FLAT, BUT HE
BROUGHT AN EGG TO SHOW THAT THE WORLD IS ROUND.
WHAT A GENIUS!"
WHEN THE RABBI GOT BACK TO HIS LITTLE POLISH TOWN, THE
PEOPLE ASKED HIM WHAT HAD HAPPENED. "IT WAS THE STRANGEST
THING," HE SAID, "FIRST HE STICKS OUT HIS FINGER
MEANING TO POKE ME IN THE EYE, SO I STUCK OUT TWO
MEANING I WAS GOING TO GET BOTH HIS EYES (FORGOTTEN PART).
THEN HE PULLS OUT A CHEESE SO, NATURALLY, I BROUGHT AN EGG.
ANYBODY KNOWS YOU CAN'T MAKE A CHEESE BLINTZ WITHOUT AN
EGG."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Romantic Realistic |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
DON'T EVER COUNT THE CARS OF A FUNERAL PROCESSION FOR
THE NUMBER OF CARS YOU COUNT WILL BE HOW MANY YEARS
YOU HAVE LEFT TO LIVE.
Submitter comment: MY GIRLFRIEND ONCE TOLD ME THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 10-10-1967
THE SCOTS MAKE SURE THAT THE FIRST PERSON TO STEP FOOT
ACROSS THEIR DOORWAY IN A NEW YEAR IS DARK-HAIRED,
BECAUSE THIS ACTION WILL BRING GOOD LUCK TO THE HOUSEHOLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Good luck BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Grandpa had a frightful creature that lived in the swamps and
often sat on the rail fence at the entrance to the small swamps
waiting to catch unsuspecting kids who disobeyed the rules and
wandered there. He was a katty-hue-gag and looked somewhat like the
Jaberwock.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Supernatural Being BELIEF -- Abnormal in size |