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PRACTICAL JOKE
BECAUSE THE DOORS AT AMHERST COLLEGE OPEN INWARD, ANOTHER
DESTRUCTIVE PRANK IS TO LEAN A BUCKET OF WATER AGAINST THE
OUTSIDE OF A CLOSED DOOR. OPENING THE DOOR FROM THE INSIDE
CAUSES THE WATER TO SPILL INTO THE ROOM. THIS HAS BEEN DONE
WITH A FULL FIFTY-FIVE GALLON DRUM.
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS COLLECTED BY THE INFORMANT IN THE
FRESHMEN DORMS OF AMHERST COLLEGE IN AMHERST,
MASSACHUSETTS; IT WAS COLLECTED BY ME IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: Massachusetts ; AMHERST
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window |
Date learned: 00001979-80 ; 03-00-1980
PRACTICAL JOKE
PUSHING PENNIES INTO THE KEYHOLE OF A DOOR WILL BLOCK THE
TUMBLERS AND LOCK A PERSON IN HIS ROOM.
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS COLLECTED BY THE INFORMANT IN THE
FRESHMEN DORMS OF AMHERST COLLEGE IN AMHERST,
MASSACHUSETTS; IT WAS COLLECTED BY ME IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: Massachusetts ; AMHERST
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 00001979-80 ; 03-00-1980
PRACTICAL JOKE
ONE PRANK IS TO FILL A PERSON'S ROOM WITH SMOKE BY PLACING THE
STEM OF A LIT PIPE THROUGH THE KEYHOLE, AND BLOWING INTO THE BOWL.
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS COLLECTED BY THE INFORMANT IN THE
FRESHMEN DORMS OF AMHERST COLLEGE IN AMHERST,
MASSACHUSETTS; IT WAS COLLECTED BY ME IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: Massachusetts ; AMHERST
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 00001979-80 ; 03-00-1980
PRACTICAL JOKE
ONE DESTRUCTIVE PRANK IS TO GAIN ENTRANCE TO A PERSON'S ROOM
WHILE HE IS OUT AND TO SPREAD VASELINE ON HIS BEDSHEETS.
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS COLLECTED BY THE INFORMANT IN THE
FRESHMEN DORMS OF AMHERST COLLEGE IN AMHERST,
MASSACHUSETTS; IT WAS COLLECTED BY ME IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: Massachusetts ; AMHERST
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 00001979-80 ; 03-00-1980
PRACTICAL JOKE
TELEPHONES IN THE DORMS OF AMHERST COLLEGE HAVE REMOVABLE CORDS
BETWEEN THE RECEIVER AND THE REST OF THE PHONE; REMOVAL OF THE
CORD STILL ALLOWS THE PHONE TO RING. A COMMON PRANK IS TO
REMOVE THE CORD, THEN MAKE A CALL TO THAT PHONE.
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS COLLECTED BY THE INFORMANT IN THE
FRESHMEN DORMS OF AMHERST COLLEGE IN AMHERST,
MASSACHUSETTS; IT WAS COLLECTED BY ME IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: Massachusetts ; AMHERST
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 00001979-80 ; 03-00-1980
MY MOTHER IS SOMEWHAT SUPERSTITIOUS, AND SHE SAYS THIS WHENEVER SHE
FINDS A PENNY.
"PENNY, PENNY, BRING ME LUCK,
I'M THE FIRST TO PICK YOU UP."
Where learned: Massachusetts
Keyword(s): APOSTROPHE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
PROVERB
THE JOURNEY OF MANY NITES BEGINS WITH A SINGLE STEP.
Submitter comment: CHEMISTRY CLASS "THOUGHT FOR THE WEEK."
Where learned: CULVER ; MASSACHUSETTS, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
CRANBERRY SCOOP
CRANBERRY SCOOP PICTURES SEE SQ692406-3 TO SQ692406-7
Submitter comment:
THE CRANBERRY SCOOP WAS USED IN THE HARVESTING OF CRANBERRIES. THE
ONE PICTURED COMES FROM KINGSTON MASSACHUSETTS. AND IS ABOUT 35 YEARS
OLD. IT BELONGED TO MY GREAT UNCLE. THEY STOPPED USING THE SCOOP
FOR HARVESTING THE ENTIRE CRANBERRY BOG IN THE EARLY TO MIDDLE 1950S
WHEN A MECHANIZED PICKER WAS INTRODUCED INTO THE BUSINESS. IT WAS
STILL USED TO HARVEST ALONG THE SIDES OF THE BOG FOR THE
MECHANICAL PICKER COULDN'T HARVEST THERE.
THE OLD SCOOPS THAT ARE NO LONGER BEING USED IN THE BOG HAVE BEEN
USED IN THE HOME FOR NEWSPAPER RACKS AND MAGAZINE RACKS. IN SOME
CASES THE SCREEN WAS REMOVED AND A PIECE OF CREWEL WORK WAS PUT IN
ITS PLACE TO MAKE THE SCOOP MORE ATTRACTIVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Massachusetts ; MADISON HEIGHTS ; KINGSTON
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTIONAL SHIFT
| Subject headings: | Favorites Favorites ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Occupation Fishing ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Household furniture and utensil |
Date learned: 00-00-1938
Ethnic Joke: Polish
HOW DID THE POLAK BREAK HIS ARM? HE FELL OUT OF THE TREE RAKING
LEAVES.
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Where learned: BOSTON ; Massachusetts
James Callow Keyword(s): DOING THINGS THE HARD WAY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
Ethnic Joke: Polish
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A POLISH MAMA AND A HIPPOPOTAMUS?
ABOUT TWENTY POUNDS.
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Where learned: BOSTON ; Massachusetts
James Callow Keyword(s): WEIGHT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
Ethnic Joke: Polish
DID YOU HEAR WHO WON THE POLISH BEAUTY CONTEST? NOBODY.
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Where learned: BOSTON ; Massachusetts
James Callow Keyword(s): UGLY UGLINESS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
Ethnic Joke: Polish
WHAT DO YOU CALL FOUR-HUNDRED POLISH PARACHUTISTS? AIR-POLLUTION.
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Where learned: BOSTON ; Massachusetts
James Callow Keyword(s): SMELL BODY ODOR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
THIS IS AN OLD CONFUCIUS SAYING PETER HEARD FROM
AN OLD CHINESE PROFESSOR.
RIGHT IS NOT ALWAYS RIGHT AND
WRONG IS NOT ALWAYS WRONG.
GOOD IS ALWAYS GOOD AND
EVIL IS ALWAYS EVIL.
Where learned: BOSTON ; Massachusetts
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
Whenever you move into a new house you should always put a
loaf of bread and an envelope with some money on the window sill
before you move in. This is an offering to God for his blessing
on the home so you will never be hungry or without money.
Submitter comment:
This was one of the folklores that were always followed
because all of my brothers, sister, mother, and father did it and
they always had what they needed. I cannot recall a day when I
was hungry or could not get some money if I needed it when I was
growing up.
Where learned: BOSTON ; Massachusetts
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1953
HABIT IS EVERYTHING-----EVEN IN LOVE.
Where learned: HOME ; DORM ROOM ; Massachusetts ; TOLD IN ; 63 ELEANOR RD ; SPRINGFIELD
Keyword(s): ASSONANCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-23-1971
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DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE NEW CEREAL "PROSTITUTIES?"
YOU THROW OUT THE CEREAL AND EAT THE BOX.
Where learned: Massachusetts ; LAWRENCE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
LITTLE MISS MUFFET SAT ON A TUFFET, EATING HER CURDS AND WHEY
WHEN ALONG CAME A SPIDER AND SAT DOWN BESIDE HER
AND SHE SMASHED IT WITH HER SPOON
Where learned: Massachusetts ; LAWRENCE
James Callow Keyword(s): NURSERY RHYME PARODY ; REVERSAL OF SITUATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
JACK BE NIMBLE JACK BE QUICK
JACK JUMPED OVER THE CANDLESTICK
AND SINGED THE HAIR OFF HIS LEGS
Where learned: Massachusetts ; LAWRENCE
James Callow Keyword(s): NURSERY RHYME PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
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OLD MOTHER HUBBARD WENT TO THE CUPBOARD TO GET HER POOR DOG A BONE
BUT WHEN SHE BENT OVER THE DOG DROVE HER OVER 'CUZ HE HAD A BONE OF HIS OWN.
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James Callow comment:
KEYPUNCH CARDS ARE MISSING HERE
Where learned: Massachusetts ; LAWRENCE
James Callow Keyword(s): NURSERY RHYME PARODY
| Subject headings: | -- .C730329 Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
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JACK AND JILL WENT UP THE HILL, EACH ONE HAD A QUARTER.
WHEN THEY CAME DOWN JILL HAD FIFTY CENTS
AND YOU CAN BET THEY DIDN
James Callow comment: KEYPUNCH CARDS ARE MISSING HERE
Where learned: Massachusetts ; LAWRENCE
James Callow Keyword(s): NURSERY RHYME PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 00-00-1968