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TELEPHONE ANSWER
PHONE RINGS: YOU ANSWER AND SAY, HELLO, CITY
MORGUE. YOU STAB 'EM, WE SLAB 'EM.
Submitter comment:
THIS PATICULAR ITEM STARTED A CHAIN REACTION OF FUNNY WAYS TO
ANSWER YOUR PHONE. SHE DELIGHTED HERSELF IN TELLING THEM TO ME,
TRYING TO MAKE ME BELIEVE THAT SHE MADE THEM ALL UP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 01-00-1974
BLUE MIST
IT IS BELIEVED THAT UPON A CERTAIN STREET IN GROSSE ILE, AT A
CERTAIN TIME, THE BLUE MIST DESCENDS UPON ANY CAR THAT TRESPASSES
THERE.
Submitter comment: THERE DOESN'T SEEM TO BE A STORY AS TO THE WHY OF THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
James Callow Keyword(s): GROSSE ILE IS AN ISLAND IN THE DETROIT RIVER ; GROSSE ILE, MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 01-00-1974
COOKIE FACTORY
PHONE RINGS; HELLO, FRENDO'S COOKIE FACTORY, WHICH CRUMB DO YOU WANT?
Submitter comment:
RIGHT AS SHE FINISHED THIS ITEM, SHE IMMEDIATELY CONTINUED WITH THE
NEXT ONE, BARELY STOPPING FOR BREATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN SLANG
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 01-00-1974
PRIESTLY ADVICE TO ME-- DON'T BECOME PART ITALIAN ON DATES-- ROMAN
HANDS.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS PRIESTLY ADVICE TO ME IN HIGH SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; PUN: ROMAN AND ROAMIN' (ROAMING)
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
TELEPHONE ANSWER
PHONE RINGS; HELLO, CITY WATER WORKS, WHICH DRIP DO YOU WANT?
Submitter comment: NO COMMENT HERE EXCEPT WHAT I HAVE GIVEN BEFORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN SLANG
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 01-00-1974
TELEPHONE ANSWER
PHONE RINGS; HELLO, FRENDO'S SUMMER HOUSE, SOME ARE IN AND SOME ARE
OUT.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS HER FAVORITE AND SHE GLOWED WHEN SHE RECALLED IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 01-00-1974
THE TISSUE PRANK
ASK A PERSON TO SAY TERRIFIED. THEN ASK THEM TO SAY TISSUE. THEN ASK
THEM TO SAY IT TOGETHER. WHEN THEY SAY TERRIFIED TISSUE, ANSWER WITH
NO GO RIGHT AHEAD
Submitter comment:
AS SHE FINISHED THIS JOKE WITH MYSELF AS THE PERSON IT WAS PULLED ON
SHE STOOD THERE WITH HER EYES CLOSED AND HER LIPS PUCKERED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
James Callow Keyword(s): KISS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 01-00-1974
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WOP JOKE
QUESTION; WHY CAN'T AN ITALIAN SURF? ANSWER; BECAUSE HE'S WOP-SIDED
Submitter comment:
SINCE I'M ITALIAN SHE ENJOYED TELLING THIS ONE VERY MUCH. HER EYES
GREW AND A BROAD SMILE COVERED HER FACE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
James Callow Keyword(s): SLANG DEROGATORY
| Subject headings: | ITAL RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 01-00-1974
MAKING HOLY WATER
QUESTION; HOW DO YOU MAKE HOLY WATER? ANSWER; YOU BOIL THE HELL
OUT OF IT.
Submitter comment:
WITH THIS ITEM SHE STARTED LAUGHING BEFORE SHE EVEN SAID ONE WORD.
I NOTICED THAT AS SHE SETTLED DOWN TO SAY THE JOKE SHE TRIED TO
CARRY A STRAIGHT FACE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 01-00-1974
ALARM-CLOCK
QUESTION: IF YOU SET YOUR ALARM-CLOCK FOR EIGHT O'CLOCK AND WENT TO
BED AT SEVEN O'CLOCK, HOW MANY HOURS SLEEP WOULD YOU GET? ANSWER:
ONE HOUR.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT WHEN GIVING THE RIDDLE TRIED TO SLIP PAST THE WORD
OR NUMBER SEVEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 01-00-1974
BOUNDARY-LINE DISPUTE
IF A PLANE CRASHED ON THE BOUNDARY-LINE OF OHIO AND MICHIGAN, WHERE
WOULD YOU BURY THE SURVIVORS?
ANSWER: YOU DO NOT BURY SURVIVORS.
Submitter comment:
SHE SAID THIS ONE CAREFULLY STRESSING THE WORDS BOUNDARY-LINE SO THAT
YOUR MIND WOULD STILL BE ON BURYING THE PEOPLE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 01-00-1974
PETER PETER PUMPKIN EATER
PETER PETER PUMPKIN EATER,
HAD A WIFE BUT COULDN'T KEEP HER,
SO HE PUT HER IN A PUMPKIN SHELL,
FOUND SHE'D BEEN UNTRUE,
SO HE BURIED HIS WIFE AND THE PUMPKIN TOO.
Submitter comment:
SHE SAID THAT THIS WAS A HALLOWEEN FAVORITE, THAT WAS SAID FREQUENTLY
AT HALLOWEEN PARTIES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 01-00-1974
THE STIGMATA OF PADRE PIO
PADRE PIO OF SAN GIOVANNI DI ROTONDO IN ITALY HAS THE STIGMATTA OF
OUR LORD ON HIS HANDS. THE WOUNDS ARE SAID TO BE OPEN ABOUT ONCE A
MONTH. ALSO ONLY MEN WERE ALLOWED TO SEE THIS. THE REASON FOR
THIS IS UNKNOWN.
Submitter comment:
I ALSO HAD A CHANCE WHILE IN ITALY IN 72, TO SEE THIS SIGHT, HOWEVER
I CANNOT ACCOUNT FOR IT. THE WOUNDS WERE OPEN AND BLEEDING AS HE SAID
MASS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
James Callow Keyword(s): BELIEF ; SEXISM ; STIGMATA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 01-00-1974
KEEPING AWAY THE EVIL EYE
I CARRY IN MY CAR TO KEEP AWAY THE EVIL EYE AN ITALIAN CORNI HORN.
Submitter comment:
THE HORN IS IN THE SHAPE OF A GOAT'S, AND IS MADE OF EITHER WOOD GOLD
OR PLASTIC. IT HAS AT IT'S TOP USUALLY A CROWN. IT CAN BE FOUND MOST
ANYWHERE IN ITALY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Emblem BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 01-00-1974
Language
FLAT ROCK IS CALLED BY DOWNRIVER PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE IN FLAT ROCK
LEVEL PEBBLE.
Submitter comment:
JUST RECENTLY.
A TOWN SOME 25 MILES SOUTH OO DETROIT, MICHIGAN.; FLAT ROCK, MICHIGAN; THIS ITEM REFERS TO FLAT ROCK, MICHIGAN,
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James Callow comment:
INCOMPLETE COMMENT?
CN[ PARTIPILO, FRANK 720870
C1[ 14909 STONEHAM
C2[ RIVERVIEW, MICHIGAN 48192
CO[ JUST RECENTLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
Keyword(s): Flat ; Language ; Level ; MICHIGAN ; Nickname ; Pebble ; Region ; REGIONAL ; Rock ; SLANG ; STATE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Place |
Date learned: 01-00-1974
ONE OF THE FOOTBALL PLAYERS ON MY TEAM THOUGHT IT WAS BAD LUCK TO
WASH HIS PRACTICE UNIFORM AFTER A WIN. THUS AFTER 5 WINS IN A ROW
HIS UNIFORM BECAME SO DIRTY AND SMELLY WE SORT OF HOPED WE'D LOSE.
Submitter comment:
FOOTBALL TEAMS TEND TO BE VERY SUPERSTITIOUS, THERE ARE MANY ODDITIES
THAT SOME PLAYERS HELD, BUT THIS ONE WAS ONE OF THE STRANGEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
ONE OF MY HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATES HAD QUITE A SKILL WHEN IT CAME TO
BELCHING. HE COULD BELCH ENTIRE SENTENCES IN VERY LOUD AND GROSS
MANNER. ONE OF OUR FAVORITE PRANKS WAS TO FILE INTO THE LIBRARY AND
HAVE OUR EXPERT BELCHER HIDE IN A SECLUDED PART OF THE LIBRARY. WHEN
THINGS BECAME STILL, THE BELCHER WOULD LET GO WITH "QUIET PLEASE"
AND THE ENTIRE LIBRARY WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE NUN WOULD LAUGH.
Submitter comment:
MY SENIOR YEAR IN HIGH SCHOOL WAS QUITE CRAZY. WE MORE OR LESS
THRIVED ON PRANKS AND PRACTICAL JOKES. DAVE'S BELCHING EXPERTISE WAS
ONE OF THE FUNNIEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
BELIEF ABOUT THE NOSE
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, THAT MEANS YOU'LL KISS A FOOL.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT CHUCKLED AS SHE GAVE THIS ONE, AND ASKED IF MY NOSE
ITCHED BECAUSE IT WAS SO RED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Nose BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: 01-00-1974
SMALL CHANGE FOR GOOD LUCK.
AN OLD MALTESE CUSTOM SAYS, PUT SMALL CHANGE ON THE WINDOW SILL
BEFORE THE NEW YEAR COMES. LEAVE IT THERE UNTIL AFTER THE NEW YEAR
SO THAT YOU'LL HAVE FINANCIAL GOOD LUCK THAT YEAR.
Submitter comment:
EVEN THOUGH THE INFORMANT DIDN'T BELIEVE THE WART
CURE {PREVIOUS ENTRY}, SHE SEEMED TO
BELIEVE THIS ONE, JUST BY THE WAY SHE SAID IT.
SHE GOT THIS ITEM FROM HER MALTESE HUSBAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
James Callow Keyword(s): BELIEF
Date learned: 01-00-1974
WART CURE
IF YOU HAVE A WART, STEAL SOMEONE'S DISHRAG AND TAKE IT AND BURY IT.
THE WART WILL DISAPPEAR WITHIN THREE WEEKS.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT OFFERED THIS ONE, ALTHOUGH IT APPEARED SHE DID NOT
BELIEVE IT, SAYING SHE HAD HEARD IT FROM A FRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
James Callow Keyword(s): DISBELIEF
Date learned: 01-00-1974