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Proverb

You can't see the forest for the trees.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Masica, Barbara ; SAGINAW

Keyword(s): BLIND ; Forest ; Outlook ; Proximity ; TREES

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

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THE WORMS CRAWL IN

YOU SHOULD NEVER LAUGH AS THE HEARSE GOES BY
'CAUSE YOU MIGHT BE THE NEXT TO DIE.
THEY'LL PUT YOU IN A WOODEN BOX
AND COVER YOU UP WITH DIRT AND ROCKS.

ALL GOES FINE FOR ABOUT ONE WEEK
AND THEN THE COFFIN BEGINS TO LEAK.
THE WORMS CRAWL IN, THE WORMS CRAWL OUT,
THE WORMS PLAY PEANUCKLE ON YOUR SNOUT.
YOUR INSIDES TURN A SLIMY GREEN
AND PUSS FLOWS OUT JUST LIKE WHIPPED CREAM.
THE WORMS CRAWL IN, THE WORMS CRAWL OUT,
THE WORMS PLAY PEANUCKLE ON YOUR SNOUT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRADE SCHOOL ; SAGINAW

Keyword(s): DECAY OF BODY AFTER DEATH ; GORE, GOTHIC HORROR ; PINOCHLE, A CARD GAME

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Death
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children
BELIEF -- Insect

Date learned: 00-00-1958

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Glory, Glory

Glory, glory hallelujah
Teacher hit me with a ruler
Stood behind the door with a leaded forty-four.
Teacher doesn't teach here anymore.

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRADE SCHOOL ; SAGINAW

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

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Jump-Rope Rhyme

CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLOW,
WENT UPSTAIRS TO KISS A FELLA,
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE GET?
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE . . . .

(KEEP COUNTING UNTIL THE JUMPER MISSES.)

 

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 930 HOYT ; SAGINAW

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP

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

Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.

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Rope Jumping Rime

Ice cream, soda water

Ginger ale pop

Tell me the intials of your own sweetheart

( you go through the alphabet)

Where learned: Informant learned this in a Saginaw, Michigan grade school

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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

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