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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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Tipicanoe and Spiro Who?
Data entry tech comment:
Refers to campagin slogan of William Henry Harrison and John Tyler, "Tippecanoe and Tyler too," during the 1840 presidential election.
Informant and collector are the same person.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Don't walk on the grass, it might grow up to be a good smoke.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Raquel Welch wears arch-supports
Data entry tech comment:
Raquel Welch was a 1960s sex symbol.
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; Commerce and Finance john
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti
Memories of the past are like alcoholic liquors--the longer they age the better they get.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL ; DETROIT ; washroom
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti
Santa Claus runs a fly by night operation.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL ; DETROIT ; washroom
| 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
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 |
Did you know that Nixon is considered a psychopathic liar by the International Psychological Society.
You're crazy
See Time Aug. '69
Data entry tech comment:
President Richard Nixon was on the cover of Time Magazine on August 15, 1969.
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT LIBRARY ; desk in reference room
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti
Bruno Leon is an unrolled chambered nautilis.
Submitter comment:
Viewed on wall outside his office. School of Architecture insignia is the chambered nautilis.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; wall
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti
Is this wall relevant to modern society?
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; LAVATORY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti
Welcome to the great American brain drain!
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; LAVATORY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti
"The triangle is a communistic plot designed to undermine the circle."
-- J. Edgar Hoover
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; LAVATORY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti
I.P. Freely
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; LAVATORY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Bucks with Short Horns
Bucks with short horns stand close.
Submitter comment:
World War II graffiti.
Where learned: World War II
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Entry filtered.
Graffiti
I.P. Peculiar
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; LAVATORY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti
Frodo lives!
Submitter comment:
See Tolkien's Lord of the Rings.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; LAVATORY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti--Participatory
What this wall needs is some good dirty jokes!
What this stall needs is some good parties.
What this stall needs is some hay.
---Mr. Ed
Data entry tech comment:
Mr. Ed was a talking horse in a 1960s TV series of the same name.
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; LAVATORY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti--Participatory
The Pope should be pleased.
Rosemary had a baby.
The Devil she did!
Data entry tech comment:
Rosemary's Baby was a 1968 horror film in which the father of the baby is revealed to be Satan.
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; LAVATORY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti
George Wallace--Your sheets are ready!
Data entry tech comment:
Alabama governor George Wallace was a segregationist running for president in 1968.
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; LAVATORY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |