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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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Language
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
In this genre the fanciful name of the author in combination with the supposed title of the book produces a verbal irony, the import of which is most often obscene or scatalogical.
The Tiger's Revenge - Claude Balls
Hole in the Mattress - Mr. Completely
Hawaiian Romance - Komona Wanna Laiya
Russian Pastime - Ivben Jackinoff
Seventeenth Century England had something like title-author jokes. They were fake book lists with authors who were real people whom the crown was harrassing supposedly speaking on long winded topics.
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Where learned: Journal of American Folklore ; Title Author Jokes Now and Long Ago
Keyword(s): Author ; BOOK ; Fictional ; HUMOR ; OBSCENE ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; SCATOLOGICAL ; Title
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery Filter - Mature Content |
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Language
Vocabulary of Prejudiced Group:
During the first moon walk, prejudiced people in Flint would chant "Coon to the Moon."
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James Callow comment:
Were they black or white or both?
All were white
sense of "coon to the moon?"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; SOUTH QUAD
Keyword(s): CHANT ; Coon ; FLINT ; Language ; MICHIGAN ; MOON ; Moonwalk ; PREJUDICE ; RACISM ; SLANG ; Space
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula Filter - Mature Content |
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Greetings
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
Greeting an Intimate:
Among Negro adolescents of Detroit, greetings of "Hello, Momma," and "Hello, Daddy," exchanged between a boy and a girl indicate that they are sexually intimate. HOwever, a boy greeting a girl as "Hello, Momma" as a proposition is likely to get swatted with a purse.
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The informant observed this while teaching in the Detroit Public School system.
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James Callow comment:
T?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Daddy ; Detroit ; GREETING ; Innuendo ; Intimate ; Momma ; PROPOSITION ; Sexuality ; SLANG
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula Filter - Mature Content |
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Saying
"That's Tits" means 'I definitely approve." This saying can be applied to anything animate or inanimate.
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Original BN [V200] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Animate ; Approval ; Approve ; Inanimate ; Language ; Saying ; SLANG ; Tits
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula Filter - Mature Content |
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Saying
Shake your ass.
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Original BN [V700] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Original Title [Proverb] crossed out.
Keyword(s): ASS ; Language ; Saying ; Shake ; SLANG
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula Filter - Mature Content |
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Language: Rhyme
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
If you're white you're right.
If you're brown stick around.
If you're black get back.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Black ; Brown ; COLOR ; Ethnicity ; Language ; RACE ; RACISM ; Racist ; RHYME ; Saying ; SKIN ; White
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech Filter - Mature Content |
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Tongue Twister
I'm neither a fig plucker nor a fig plucker's son but I pluck your figs till the fig plucker comes.
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Original BN [C730.329] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Plucker? Yes.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Fig ; Language ; Plucker ; RHYME ; Saying ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech Filter - Mature Content |
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Joke
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
Doll Joke:
Negro Doll: Wind it up and it moves into your neighborhood.
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From his friend, Brian.
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Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): Doll ; JOKE ; NEGRO ; Neighborhood ; RACISM ; Racist ; Slur ; Tasteless ; Wind-up
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula Filter - Mature Content |
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NIGGER BABY
THROW A BALL ON THE ROOF OF A HOUSE OR GARAGE.
CALL A NAME WHEN THROWING; THAT PERSON MUST CATCH
THE BALL BEFORE IT HITS THE GROUND; THE REST OF THE
CHILDREN RUN AWAY.
WHEN YOU CATCH THE BALL YELL--NIGGER BABY. EVERYONE
MUST STOP WHERE THEY ARE; PERSON WITH THE BALL THROWS
IT AT SOMEONE TRYING TO HIT THEM. IF HIT, THAT
PERSON THEN YOU ARE OUT AND IF YOU DIDN'T HIT THEM,
YOU MUST TRY AGAIN.
DIAGRAM OF HOP SCOTCH GAME LAYOUT ON 5 X 8 CARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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COUNTING OUT
EENIE, MEENIE, MINIE, MOO,
CATCH A NIGGER BY THE TOE.
IF HE HOLLERS, MAKE HIM PAY,
FIFTY DOLLARS EVERY DAY.
OUT GOES Y-O-U.
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VERSE IS USED FOR CHOOSING SOMETHING OR SOMEONE. EACH WORD
FALLS ON A PERSON OR THING, AND THE LAST "YOU" DESIGNATES
WHICH IS TO DROP OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse Filter - Mature Content |
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EENIE, MEENIE, MINIE, MO,
CATCH A NIGGER BY THE TOE,
IF HE HOLLERS, LET HIM GO.
EENIE, MEENIE, MINIE, MO.
MY MOTHER SAYS TO CHOOSE THE VERY BEST ONE.
OUT GOES Y-O-U.
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IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT A VARIANT OF THIS VERSE
WHICH IS SUNG BY THE NEGRO CHILD IS "CATCH A TIGER BY
THE TOE" RATHER THAN "CATCH A NIGGER BY THE TOE."
ORIGIN: MY MOTHER, FLORENCE KAGINSKI.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse Filter - Mature Content |
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EENY, MEENY, MINEY, MOE,
CATCH A NIGGER BY THE TOE,
IF HE HOLLARS LET HIM GO,
EENY, MEENY, MINEY, MOE.
MY MOTHER SAYS TO CHOOSE THE VERY BEST ONE,
O-U-T SPELLS OUT YOU GO.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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EENIE, MEENIE, MINNIE, MOE
CATCH A NIGGER BY THE TOE.
IF HE HOLLERS MAKE HIM PAY
FIFTY DOLLARS EVERYDAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Filter - Mature Content |
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WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF A CPA?
A JEW THAT CAN'T STAND THE SIGHT OF BLOOD AND STAMMERS.
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): CPA: Racism ; ETHNIC SLUR ; Jewish
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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Q:HOW DOES A POLE SCRATCH HIS ELBOW?
A: (NON-VERBAL)-SCRATCH TABLE AND PLACE ELBOW ON PART OF TABLE SCRATCHED.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ETHNIC SLUR ; POLISH ; SCRATCH
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
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Q:HOW CAN YOU TELL THE BRIDE FROM THE GROOM AT A POLISH
WEDDING?
A:SHE IS THE ONE WITH HER ARMPITS BRAIDED OR A CLEAN
T-SHIRT.
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): ETHNIC SLUR ; JOKE ; POLISH
| Subject headings: | -- RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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HOW IS THE BEST WAY TO BREAK A POLLACK'S FINGER?
HIT HIM IN THE NOSE.
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): ETHNIC SLUR ; JOKE ; POLISH
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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HOW DO THEY TAKE A CENSUS IN ISREAL?
THEY ROLL A NICKEL DOWN THE STREET.
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Census ; ETHNIC SLUR ; Israel ; Israeli
| Subject headings: | -- RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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WHY DID THE POLES GET MARRIED IN THE BATHTUB?
THEY WANTED A DOUBLE RING CEREMONY.
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Bathtub ; ETHNIC SLUR ; JOKE ; MARRIAGE ; POLISH ; RING ; WEDDING
| Subject headings: | -- RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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HOLD UP HANDS AS IF SURRENDERING-WHAT'S THIS?
AN ITALIAN PREPARING FOR WORLD WAR III.
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): ETHNIC SLUR ; Italian ; Surrender ; WORLD WAR II
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 04-00-1972