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BUSY 2-LEGGED CAT

HE WAS AS BUSY AS A TWO-LEGGED CAT IN A THREE-LEGGED RACE.

Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT IS FROM THE SOUTH SOMEWHER.

Where learned: TOLD AT BOTH INFORMANTS AND INFOFMEES PLACE OF WORK -SEARS

Keyword(s): ANIMAL SIMILE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: 03-14-1970

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A CERTAIN SILVER DOLLAR BRINGS LUCK.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT HAS BEEN CARRYING THE SAME SILVER DOLLAR
WITH HIM SINCE 1927. HE NEVER GOES ANYWHERE WITHOUT IT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SEARS, ROEBUCK

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Emblem

Date learned: 09-18-1970 ; 00-00-1927

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Grafidi

Here I sit so broken hearted
Came to shit
But only farted.

 

Submitter comment:

On the lavatory walls at Sears, Grand River and Oakman.

 

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.


 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; lavatory wall ; Sears

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture

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Graffiti

Candy is dandy, but SEX won't rot your teeth

 

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Informant and collector are the same person.

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; lavatory wall ; Sears

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture

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