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A BOY ASKED HIS MOTHER IF HE IS DUST BEFORE
BEING BORN, AND HIS MOTHER SAID YES. HE ASKED
IF HE WAS DUST WHEN HE DIED, AND RECEIVED THE
SAME ANSWER. SO HE TOLD HIS MOTHER, "WELL, THERE
IS SOMETHING EITHER COMING OR GOING UNDER MY BED."
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 11-16-1965
RIDDLE
CUSTOMER: HOW MUCH IS THAT BIRD?
CLERK: TEN DOLLARS, MA'AM.
CUSTOMER: I'LL TAKE IT. WILL YOU SEND ME THE BILL?
CLERK: SORRY, MA'AM. YOU'LL HAVE TO TAKE THE
WHOLE BIRD.
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Bird PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 09-28-1965
RING
I RECEIVED A GOOD LUCK CHARM FROM MY MOTHER WHO
RECEIVED IT FROM HER MOTHER. IT'S A RING.
IT HAS A GOLD COLORED BAND WITH A SORT OF TREASURE
BOX ON TOP. INSIDE THE BOX IS A RUBY.
THIS CHARM DOES NOT BRING ME LUCK IN GAMES, RAFFLES
OR ANYTHING OF THAT SORT. BUT IT DOES MAKE ME HAPPY
AND LETS ME THINK OF CERTAIN THINGS. WHENEVER I WEAR
THIS RING, IT MAKES ME HAPPY AND I HAVE GAY MOODS.
I CALL IT A GOOD LUCK CHARM BECAUSE I AM LUCKY TO
HAVE IT AFTER ALL THESE YEARS.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; SAINT HYACINTH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 02-16-1972
LOVE CHARM
IF A PAIR OF LOVERS PLUCK A LAUREL TWIG
AND BREAK IT IN HALF, EACH KEEPING A PIECE
THEY WILL REMAIN LOVERS. ON ST. VALENTINES DAY,
PLACE TWO LEAVES ON YOUR PILLOW AND YOU
WILL DREAM OF LOVE.
Submitter comment:
I REMEMBER SOME OF THE GIRLS TALKING LIKE
THIS AT SCHOOL ONE DAY.
Where learned: BROUGHT UP SOMETIME AT SCHOOL.
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- February 14 Valentine's Day CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IF YOU LOOK IN A MIRROR ON RAINY NIGHTS AND STARE
INTO THE MIRROR WHILE SAYING "I BELIEVE IN ROSEMARY'S BABY"
AND CONCENTRATE HARD, IT IS BELIEVED THAT YOU CAN
SEE ROSEMARY KILLING HER BABY.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; SAINT HYACINTH SCHOOL
Keyword(s): INCANTATION
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 02-29-1972
IN THE YEAR 1975 CHINA WILL CONQUER THE WORLD, BECAUSE
ITS PEOPLE WILL BE TOO CRAMMED IN THEIR OWN LAND.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; SAINT HYACINTH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 02-29-1972
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DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE POLOCK WHO:
THOUGHT THE TYPEWRITER WAS PREGNANT BECAUSE IT MISSED A PERIOD.
Where learned: DETROIT ; REGINA HIGH SCHOOL
James Callow Keyword(s): MENSTRUATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
TALKATIVE
HE HAS THE GIFT OF GAB.
Submitter comment:
BOB TOLD ME THIS ONE DAY WHEN WE WERE AT SCHOOL AND WE WERE LISTENING
TO THIS BOY TALK QUITE A BIT.
Where learned: SCHOOL
Keyword(s): SLANG ; SPEECH METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
A RICH MAN LIVES ON MONEY, AND A POOR MAN LIVES ON
PRIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
PROVERB
HE WHO SMILES CARRIES THE SUN.
Where learned: MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL
Keyword(s): OVERSTATEMENT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
NO TITLE
IF YOU BUILD YOUR HOUSE OF TOOTHPICKS, DON'T SMOKE.
Submitter comment: NONE
Data entry tech comment:
REMINDS ME OF " PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES, SHOULDN'T
THROW STONES.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL
Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
PROVERB
HE WHO IS YOUNG HAS AN OPEN MIND.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL
Keyword(s): YOUTH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
JOHNNY AND JESUS
THERE WAS A SMALL LAD WHO USED TO DASH INTO CHURCH EVERY TIME HE
PASSED, KNEEL DOWN AND SAY "HELLO JESUS THIS IS JOHNNY" AND THEN
RUN ABOUT HIS PLAY. ONE DAY JOHNNY WAS HIT BY A CAR AS HE PLAYED
AND A BYSTANDER JUST BEFORE JOHNNY DIED, THOUGHT HE HEARD A LOW
VOICE SAY "HELLO JOHNNY THIS IS JESUS".
Submitter comment: ONE OF A HUGE BODY OF "SISTER SAID" AND A GOOD EXEMPLUM.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; SAINT MATTHEWS SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Prayer |
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
IF YOU SUCK YOUR THUMB IT WILL FALL OFF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; JACK AND JILL NURSERY SCHOOL
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
COED TRADITION-COURTSHIP
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN A COED IS NOT REALLY
A COED UNTIL SHE HAS BEEN KISSED UNDER THE
ENGINEERING ARCH AT MIDNIGHT ON A FRIDAY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; COMMERCE SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 09-00-1965
ACCOUNTING TRADE JOKE
YOU HEAR THE STORY ABOUT THE BOOKKEEPER WHO WOULD
LOOK IN HIS DRAWER EVERY MORNING BEFORE HE WOULD START
TO WORK. WELL, EVERYONE IN THE OFFICE WONDERED WHAT
WAS IN THAT DRAWER THAT WAS SO IMPORTANT THAT THE
BOOKKEEPER COULD NOT START HIS WORK WITHOUT LOOKING
AT IT. THEY WOULD ASK BUT HE WOULDN'T TELL. THE
DAY AFTER HE RETIRED, THEY LOOKED IN HIS DESK AND
FOUND A NOTE THAT READ, "DEBITS TO THE WINDOWS--
CREDITS TO THE DOOR."
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; COMMERCE SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 09-00-1963
GOING STEADY
WHEN A GUY AND A GIRL ARE GOING STEADY, EACH HAS A HALF OF A
GOLD HEART--THE TWO HALVES FIT TOGETHER PERFECTLY.
Where learned: ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Symbols of engagement |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
ACCOUNTING STUDENT'S NICKNAME
BOOKIE - THE NAME GIVEN TO THE ACCOUNTING STUDENT WHO KNOWS HOW TO
MAKE JOURNAL ENTRIES WITHOUT UNDERSTANDING THE THEORY BEHIND IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; COMMERCE SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
FOAM
THAT'S AS FUNNY AS A FLOOD IN A FIZZLE FACTORY.
Where learned: GRADE SCHOOL 2 ; ALL GRADES INCLUSIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |