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Tongue Twister:

Of all the saw I ever saw saw, I never saw a saw saw like that saw saws.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Original BN [C700] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.

Something similar in Prose already typed.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; ; Wisok, David

Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER

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

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Tongue Twister:

I stood on the steps of Burgesses fish sauce shop,

Mimicking him hiccuping and welcoming him in.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Burgess's?

Make Verse?

The word him is underlined, with an arrow pointing at it with the word Ant??

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Wisok, David

Keyword(s): GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music
SPEECH -- Formula

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GIFT BELIEF

IF SOMEONE GIVES YOU A KNIFE FOR A GIFT, YOU MUST PAY SOMETHING
FOR IT, OTHERWISE THE KNIFE CUTS YOUR FRIENDSHIP.

Data entry tech comment:

Updated by TRD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Wisok, David

Keyword(s): Cut ; FRIENDSHIP ; GIFT ; KNIFE ; MONEY ; Sever ; Sharp ; SYMBOL ; SYMBOLISM

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank

Date learned: 01-00-1968

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