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EVERY DOG FROM A DIFFERENT VILLAGE. (WHEN YOU'RE PLAYING CARDS
AND NONE ARE THE SAME). MAUREEN'S INFORMANT WAS HARMON'S GRANDMA
FROM BOHEMIAN DESCENT IRENE LANNEN, DECEASED.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
WHAT TIME WILL YOU BE HOME?
WHAT TIME WILL YOU BE HOME? PLENTY AFTER 12:00. (IF SAID QUICKLY
IT SOUNDS LIKE 20 AFTER 12:00. MAUREEN'S INFORMANTS WERE HER PARENTS
EDWARD OF IRISH AND FRENCH DESCENT AND PATRICIA OF IRISH AND BOHEMIAN
DESCENT
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CATCH TRICK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
I'M GOING TO SEE A MAN...
I'M GOING TO SEE A MAN ABOUT A HORSE. REFERS TO GOING TO THE
BATHROOM. THIS PIECE HAS UNKNOWN ORIGINS
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
GUMPTION IN YOUR LITTLE FINGER
YOU HAVE MORE GUMPTION IN YOUR LITTLE FINGER THAN THE REST OF
THE BUNCH HAS IN THEIR WHOLE BODY. GUMPTION MEANS INCENTIVE
OR INITIATIVE. MAUREEN'S INFORMANT WAS IRENE LANNEN, HER
GRANDMA OF BOHEMIAN DESCENT
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
BUMPS ON LOGS
YOU SIT THERE LIKE BUMPS ON LOGS. MAUREEN'S INFORMANT WAS HER
7TH GRADE TEACHER ELLA ROY OF GERMAN DESCENT
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
WHAT TIME IS IT?
WHAT TIME IS IT? TIME TO GET A NEW WATCH. THIS REBUKE CAME
FROM MAUREEN'S HIGH SCHOOL DAYS AT MERCY
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ASKING TIME OF DAY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
WHAT TIME IS IT?
WHAT TIME IS IT? HALF-PAST KISSIN' TIME, TIME TO KISS AGAIN
MAUREEN'S GRANDFATHER JOE LANNEN AN 87 YEAR OLD WIDOWER WAS HER
INFORMANT. HE IS OF IRISH DESCENT AND RESIDES AT 14545 WOODMONT
IN DETROIT
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ASKING TIME OF DAY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
SHELL-OUT FALTER {PUN ON FALL-OUT-SHELTER}
A MAN WHO DIDN'T PAY HIS CHECK SUFFERED FROM SHELL-OUT FALTER
USED IN POST WWII DAYS {BY} MAUREEN'S PARENTS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SPOONERISM
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
HEADS OF SAWDUST AND PUTTY
YOUR HEADS ARE FILLED WITH SAWDUST AND PUTTY. (REFERRING
TO DULL STUDENTS. MAUREEN'S INFORMANT WAS HER 7TH GRADE TEACHER
ELLA ROY OF GERMAN DESCENT
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INSULT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
WHAT TIME IS IT? 2 HAIRS PAST A FRECKLE EASTERN ELBOW TIME.
SAID WHILE LOOKING AT YOUR ARM WHEN YOU DON'T WEAR A WATCH
THIS PIECE CAME FROM MAUREEN'S HIGH SCHOOL DAYS AT MERCY
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
NEVER HIT A WOMAN
NEVER HIT A WOMAN WITH A CHILD, USE A BRICK. NEIL'S INFORMANT WAS
HELEN OF OAK PARK. SHE WORKED WITH NEIL AT KRESGE'S IN 1971. HELEN
COMES FROM A HUNGARIAN BACKGROUND.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-07-1972
I'M GOING TO THE $2.00 WINDOW REFERS TO GOING TO THE BATHROOM
MAUREEN'S INFORMANT WAS A FRIEND'S GRANDFATHER JOSEPH CUMMINS
OF GERMAN AND SCOTCH DESCENT LIVING IN DETROIT
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
JAMAICAN PROVERB
ME NO BREAD NUT- MAKE FIG TAKE ROOT ON ME.
Submitter comment: THIS MEANS I'M NOT GOING TO COME TO YOU. YOU COME TO ME.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-08-1972
LET'S GO DOWN TO THE BASEMENT AND JUMP OUT THE WINDOW.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 05-06-1972
YOU'RE AS WELCOME IN MY HOUSE AS A CASE OF SMALLPOX.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
SAINT PATRICK'S DAY
DRINKING GREEN BEER IS ANOTHER TRADITIONAL CUSTOM. YOU DRINK THE
HEALTH OF IRELAND, GOD, AND YOUR FAMILY.
Where learned: HOME ; RELATIVES HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): DRINKING A TOAST
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 17 Feast of St. Patrick Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage Fermented BELIEF -- Color SPEECH -- Formula |
PROVERB
ASK ME NO QUESTIONS, AND I WILL TELL YOU NO LIES.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
James Callow Keyword(s): HONESTY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
COME RIDDLE ME, RIDDLE ME,
RIDDLE ME.
NONE ARE SO BLIND
AS THEY THAT WONT SEE.'
Submitter comment: ORIGIN? GRANDMOTHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PARADOX ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.600 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
DOG IN A MANGER
DON'T BE A DOG IN THE MANGER.
Submitter comment:
MARILOU'S INFORMANT WAS NORMA ALBUS, A NEIGHBOR IN HER OLD NEIGH-
BORHOOD, OF GERMAN-SCOTTISH EXTRACTION (57 YEARS) SHE SAID: MM[ DON'T BE A DOG IN THE MANGER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; MEANNESS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
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