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STAGE FRIGHT

TO ALLEVIATE STAGE FRIGHT, HELEN HAYES WOULD LOOK OUT AT THE
AUDIENCE FROM BEHIND THE CURTAIN AND CALL THE AUDIENCE ALL
SORTS OF CRUEL AND VULGAR NAMES.

Where learned: OUR LADY OF MERCY HIGH SCHOOL

Keyword(s): ACTRESS

Subject headings: Favorites
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate
BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

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MOCK GRACE BEFORE MEALS

RUB-A-DUB-DUB
BRING ON THE GRUB
YEAH, GOD!

Submitter comment: AT MERCY HIGH SCHOOL, LUNCH WAS EATEN UNDER THE STRICTEST
SUPERVISION, SO IT WAS CONSIDERED QUITE DARING FOR A
FOURSOME TABLE TO PRAY THUS.

Where learned: MERCY HIGH SCHOOL

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

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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DING-DONGS

WHAT IS GREEN AND GOES DING-DONG?
I DON'T KNOW
A GREEN DING-DONG
WHAT IS RED AND GOES DING-DONG?
I DON@T KNOW-RED DING-DONG, MAYBE?
NO STUPID} A FIRE ENGINE

Submitter comment: FIRST HEARD AT MERCY HIGH SCHOOL ABOUT 1959

Where learned: DETROIT ; MERCY HIGH SCHOOL

Keyword(s): COLOR ; VEHICLE TRANSPORTATION

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: CA00001959

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