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MOSQUITO FLY HI,
MOSQUITO FLY LO,
FLY ON ME,
YOU FLY NO MO!
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
Keyword(s): CONTRAST QUATRAIN ELLIPSIS ; HUMOR SLANG CACOGRAPHY UNDERSTATEMENT ; METER: IRREGULAR, RHYME: STRAINED ; PRONUNCIATION ; RHYME: ABCB DIALECT ; THREAT ANIMAL REPETITION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
MARY HAD A LITTLE
IT WAS A TRIFLE AIRY.
IT DIDN'T SHOW CLEAN,
IT DIDN'T SHOW DIRT,
BUT OH! IT DID SHOW MARY.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-12-1965
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB,
SHE FED IT CASTOR OIL.
AND EVERY TIME IT WAGGED ITS TAIL,
IT FERTILIZED THE SOIL.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-12-1965
WHEN A CHILD IS BORN, EACH DAY AFTER THE BIRTH THE MOTHER
BECOMES MORE BEAUTIFUL.
Submitter comment:
John Rush; 63 Years old. Retired Moll worker. Slavic. Charleroi, Penna.
He heard this saying from his mother.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; CHARLEROI ; Rush, John
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 09-12-1973
SUPERSTITION
YOU SHOULD NEVER SEW ANYTHING WHILE A PERSON IS WEARING IT.
Submitter comment: HEARD IN STEELTON, PENNSYLVANIA ABOUT 1920. COLLECTED 01121964.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; STEELTON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
COUNTING OUT
ENGINE, ENGINE, NUMBER NINE,
GOING DOWN CHICAGO LINE,
IF THE TRAIN SHOULD JUMP THE TRACK,
DO YOU WANT YOUR MONEY BACK?
Y-E-S SPELLS YES (OR N-O SPELLS NO).
AND YOU ARE OUT.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
CUMULATIVE VERSE
ON A HILL THERE WAS A TREE,
PRETTIEST TREE YOU EVER DID SEE
THE TREE WAS ON A HILL
AND GREEN GRASS GREW ALL AROUND, ALL AROUND
ON THE TREE THERE WERE SOME LIMBS,
PRETTIEST LIMBS YOU EVER DID SEE.
THE LIMBS WERE ON THE TREE,
THE TREE WAS ON THE HILL,
AND THE GREEN GRASS GREW ALL AROUND, ALL AROUND.
ON THE LIMBS THERE WERE SOME TWIGS,
PRETTIEST TWIGS YOU EVER DID SEE,
THE LIMBS WERE ON THE TREE,
THE TREE WAS ON THE HILL,
AND THE GREEN GRASS GREW ALL AROUND, ALL AROUND.
CONTINUE WITH:
ON THE TWIGS THERE WERE SOME LEAVES
PRETTIEST LEAVES YOU EVER DID SEE.
AMONG THE LEAVES THERE WAS A NEST,
THE PRETTIEST NEST YOU EVER DID SEE.
IN THE NEXT THERE WERE SOME EGGS,
THE PRETTIEST EGGS YOU EVER DID SEE.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.534 |
Date learned: 11-13-1965
CIRCLE IS ROUND,
AND HAS NO END.
THAT'S HOW LONG,
I'LL BE YOUR FRIEND.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Friendship |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
REMEMBER THE GIRL IN THE CITY,
REMEMBER THE GIRL IN THE TOWN,
BUT MOST OF ALL REMEMBER THE GIRL WHO SPOILED
YOUR BOOK BY WRITING UPSIDE DOWN.
James Callow comment: THIS WHOLE VERSE IS WRITTEN UPSIDE DOWN
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GOOD FRIDAY
IN ITALY, ON GOOD FRIDAY, IT WAS A CUSTOM FOR THE PEOPLE TO TAKE
NOISEMAKERS TO CHURCH. AT A PRESCRIBED TIME DURING THE SERVICES,
EVERYONE WOULD BEGIN MAKING NOISES. SOMETIMES THIS WOULD BE A PIECE
OF WOOD AND A HAMMER AND NAILS--ANYTHING THAT WOULD MAKE NOISE.
ALSO IF SOMEONE IN FRONT OF YOU HAD A COAT ON AND LAID IT ON
THE PEW, YOU MIGHT NAIL THE COAT TO THE PEW AS A TYPE OF PRANK.
Submitter comment: AS RECOUNTED FROM MRS. BENESTELLI, A NEIGHBOR, ON TAPE.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; 935 FIDELITY DR ; PITTSBURGH ; 36
Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC ; PRANKS
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern |
Date learned: 11-01-1970
STEP OVER A BROOM, AND YOU'LL NEVER GET MARRIED.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 11-13-1965
IF YOU DROP A SPOON, IT IS A SURE SIGN THAT COMPANY
IS COMING.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration Implement to handle food BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 09-12-1965
IF YOUR NOSE IS ITCHY, IT IS A SURE SIGN THAT COMPANY
IS COMING.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: 09-12-1965
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH PROVERB
A MAN WILL ALWAYS DO WELL WITH A BIG BARN AND A BIG WIFE.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MAUCH CHUNK
James Callow Keyword(s): MARRIAGE ; OBSERVATION ; PROSPERITY ; ZEUGMA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06001961 (SUMMER OF 1961)
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH FARMING BELIEF
POTATOES AND PEAS SHOULD BE PLANTED WHEN THE MOON'S
HORNS POINT DOWNWARD.
Submitter comment: THAT IS, WHEN THE MOON IS WANING.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MAUCH CHUNK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F476 BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 00001961 SUMMER
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH SAYING
THE PIG MUST HAVE EATEN THE MUSIC.
Submitter comment: SAID WHEN HEARING BAD MUSIC PLAYED.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MAUCH CHUNK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001961 SUMMER
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH PROVERB
THE HAMMER DOESN'T LAST AS LONG
AS THE ANVIL.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MAUCH CHUNK
Keyword(s): TOOL METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
Proverb
Good cookin' lasts, kissin' don't.
Submitter comment:
Pennsylvania Dutch Saying
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; Schwartz, Valentine M ; MAUCH CHUNK
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; COOK ; COOKING ; DUTCH ; ETHNIC ; KISS ; KISSING ; MARRIAGE ; Maxim ; PENNSYLVANIA ; PROVERB ; REGIONAL ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
We grow too soon old and too late schmart!
Submitter comment:
Pennsylvania Dutch Saying
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; Schwartz, Valentine M ; MAUCH CHUNK
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; DUTCH ; ETHNIC ; Late ; Maxim ; Old ; PENNSYLVANIA ; Pennsylvania Dutch ; PROVERB ; REGIONAL ; Smart ; VERSE ; Wise ; Young
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Pennsylvania Dutch Saying:
The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Located in a pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; Schwartz, Valentine M ; MAUCH CHUNK
Keyword(s): Behind ; DUTCH ; ETHNIC ; Fast ; Hurry ; Maxim ; PENNSYLVANIA ; PROVERB ; Slow ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |