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NAME
THE NAME CANUCK COMES FROM FRENCH - CANADIAN FUR TRAPPERS WHO
PADDLED THE BOAT OF THE SAME NAME TO TRAP BEAVER ETC. IN
CANADA'S NORTHERN LAKES AROUND THE 17TH CENTURY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; COLLECTED ON A CHORUS TRIP
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- FamilyGroup |
Date learned: 03-00-1967
RIDDLE
Q: LEGS I HAVE BUT SELDOM WALK;/ I BACKBITE ALL, BUT NEVER TALK.
A: FLEA.
Submitter comment: HE LEARNED IT FROM A FRIEND.
Where learned: ON A FISHING TRIP
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; INSECT (A) ; PARTS OF THE BODY (Q) ; PRIVATIONAL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle True Riddle |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
DEFINITION
A BUCCANEER IS A HELL OF A PRICE TO PAY FOR CORN.
Submitter comment: HEARD IT AT WORK.
Where learned: ON A FISHING TRIP
Keyword(s): ECONOMICS ; FOOD ; PLANT ; PUN
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PUN ; SLANG: BUCK FOR DOLLAR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
NAME
DEROGATORY NAME FOR A FRENCH - CANADIAN FROG IS A DEROGATORY
NAME USED IN MODERN TIMES FOR A FRENCH - CANADIAN. HE IS A
CANADIAN SO THIS NAME IS COMMON TO HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; COLLECTED ON A CHORUS TRIP
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- FamilyGroup |
Date learned: 03-00-1967
FISHING PREDICTIONS
IF THE COWS ARE LAYING DOWN IN THE
PASTURE THE FISH ARE BITING.
Submitter comment: HE LEARNED THIS FROM HIS FATHER.
Where learned: ON A FISHING TRIP
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
FISHING PREDICTIONS
DON'T BOTHER TO GO FISHING AFTER A BIG WIND
ALL THE FISH ARE OUT DEEP.
Submitter comment: HE LEARNED THIS FROM HIS FATHER.
Where learned: ON A FISHING TRIP
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
FISHING PREDICTIONS
FISH BITE GOOD AFTER AN EARLY MORNING RAIN.
Submitter comment: HE LEARNED THIS FROM HIS FATHER.
Where learned: ON A FISHING TRIP
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
THE ASHES OF RELATIVES ARE GENERALLY STORED IN A LITTLE
BOX AND KEPT SOMEWHERE IN THE HOME OF THE KIN. GOOD
VIRTUES OF THE DECEASED ARE TRANSFERRED TO THE LIVING.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT TOLD THIS TO SEVERAL OF US AT LUNCH ONE DAY,
AFTER RETURNING FROM A VACATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; UPON RETURN FROM A TRIP TO HAWAII
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GAME TO BE PLAYED WHILE TRAVELING
COUNT 99 NEGROES, 24 WHITE HORSES, AND 3 RED-HEADED
PEOPLE.
AFTER THIS IS DONE, THE NEXT PERSON OF OPPOSITE
SEX WHOM YOU SHAKE HANDS WITH WILL BE THE PERSON
YOU MARRY.
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED IT FROM HER COUSINS WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL.
Where learned: ON A TRIP BY CAR
Date learned: 04-02-1967
NAMING; LOCAL FESTIVAL
"MARDI GRAS" MEANS "FEAST OF THE FLESH"--ITS MAIN
PURPOSE IS TO WEAR YOU OUT SO YOU WON'T BREAK THE
TWO MONTHS OF LENT; FOR YOU TO BLOW OFF STEAM.
Where learned: CONVERSATION ABOUT HIS TRIP
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 |
Date learned: 02-20-1969
NAME
AN IRISH NAME WHICH IS POPULAR IN CANADA FOR A SPOILED BRAT, CRY
BABY, OR POUTER IS "SUCKEY BABY."
Where learned: TOLD ON ; CAMPING TRIP
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
"MY GALS"
MY GALS OF CORKER
SHE'S A NEW YORKER
I BUY HER EVERYTHING JUST TO KEEP HER IN STYLE
SHE'S GOT A PAIR OF HIPS
JUST LIKE TWO BATTLESHIPS,
THAT'S WHERE ALL MY MONEY GO-HO-HOES.
REFRAIN
SHE'S GOT A PAIR OF FEET
JUST LIKE THE U.S. FLEET
REFRAIN
SHE'S GOT A PAIR OF LIPS
JUST LIKE POTATO CHIPS
REFRAIN
THERE ARE MORE VERSES BUT I'M GETTING OLD AND CAN'T
REMEMBER THEM ALL.
Submitter comment: ANY VERSES CAN BE ADDED IF THEY RHYME.
James Callow Keyword(s): MY GAL'S A CORKER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
NAMING PLACE: BATON ROUGE (LOUISIANA)
THE CREEK INDIANS IN DECIDING WHO WANTED WAR OR
PEACE, THREW A RED STICK (BATON ROUGE) IN A
POWWOW CIRCLE. WAR WON OUT. AS A RESULT OF THE
WAR, THE CREEKS WERE CHASED OUT OF LOUISIANA. FOR
RETALIATION, THE CREEKS SLAUGHTERED SOME PEOPLE
IN FORT MIMS, ALABAMA IN 1814. ANDREW JACKSON
STARTED FIGHTING THESE INDIANS AND, AS A RESULT,
CAME INTO NATIONAL PROMINENCE AS A HERO.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; New Orleans ; ON A TRIP
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name SPEECH -- Folk etymology |