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I KNEW A MAN
K KNEW A MAN.
WHAT MAN?
THE MAN WITH THE POWER.
WHAT POWER?
THE POWER OF VOODOO.
VOODOO?
I DO.
DO WHAT?
KNOW A MAN.
WHAT MAN?
ETC.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
REPEAT
PETE AND REPETE WENT FOR A WALK. PETE GOT LOST, SO WHO
WAS LEFT?
REPETE.
PETE AND REPETE WENT FOR A WALK. PETE GOT LOST, SO WHO
WAS LEFT?
REPETE.
PETE AND REPETE WENT FOR A WALK. PETE GOT LOST . . .
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
WEE-PEAT
REPEAT AND WEEPEAT
WERE WALKING ALONG A BRIDGE.
REPEAT FELL OFF,
WHO WAS LEFT?
ANSWER - WEEPEAT.
AND THE STORY WOULD BE REPEATED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PETE AND REPETE WERE WALKING ACROSS A BRIDGE; PETE FELL
IN AND WHO WAS LEFT?
ANSWER: REPETE.
OK. PETE AND REPETE WERE WALKING ACROSS A BRIDGE;
PETE FELL IN AND WHO WAS LEFT, ETC.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS A POPULAR NO-END JOKE IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
(PROSE NARRATIVE: REPETITIOUS HOAX)
IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT IN THE EYES OF THE
CATSKILL MOUNTAINS. A BAND OF PIRATES WERE SEATED
AROUND THE CAMPFIRE. THE CAPTAIN SAID, "JACK, TELL
US A STORY." SO JACK BEGAN: "IT WAS A DARK AND
STORMY NIGHT...."
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO ME WHEN I WAS ABOUT 12 YEARS OLD AT
A CAMPFIRE IN OSCODA, MICHIGAN BY MR. KEITH L. ROACH
WHO LIVES IN DETROIT {MICHIGAN}.
THIS WAS TOLD TO ME WHEN I WAS ABOUT TWELVE YEARS OLD AT A
CAMPFIRE IN OSCODA, MICHIGAN BY MR. KEITH L. ROACH WHO
LIVES IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; OSCODA
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
(ROUND)
WHENEVER I FOUND SOMEONE THAT KNEW THIS CIRCULAR RHYME
I HAD FUN DOING IT.
1ST PERSON: YOU REMIND ME OF A MAN.
2ND PERSON: WHAT MAN?
1ST: MAN WITH THE POWER
2ND: WHAT POWER?
1ST: POWER TO DO VOO DOO.
2ND: WHO DO?
1ST: YOU DO.
2ND: I DO WHAT?
1ST: REMIND ME OF A MAN.
2ND: WHAT MAN? ETC. ETC. ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 10-08-1971
PROSE NARRATIVE: REPETITIOUS HOAX
IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT, AND THEY ALL SAT AROUND
THE CAMPFIRE, AND THEY SAID, 'ROBINSON, TELL US A STORY.'
AND, THIS IS WHAT HE SAID: 'IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY
NIGHT, AND THEY ALL SAT AROUND THE CAMPFIRE, AND THEY
SAID, 'ROBINSON, TELL US A STORY.' AND, THIS IS WHAT
HE SAID. . .. (REPEAT INDEFINITELY).
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HIS FATHER WHO IS NOW
DECEASED. THIS STORY IS UNIQUE IN THAT IT IS UNENDING
AND MAY BE REPEATED OVER AND OVER AGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 11-12-1971
ROUND
ONE DARK AND STORMY NIGHT WHILE SEATED AROUND A
CAMPFIRE, UP SPOKE CAPTAIN JENKS OF THE SHIP
A-WRECKED AND SAID, "MAJOR, GIVE US A STORY." THE MAJOR
SAT DOWN AND BEGAN AS FOLLOWS: "ONE DARK AND STORMY NIGHT
WHILE SEATED AROUND THE CAMPFIRE, UP SPOKE CAPTAIN JENKS
OF THE SHIP A-WRECKED AND SAID: "MAJOR GIVE US A STORY."
THE MAJOR SAT DOWN AND BEGAN AS FOLLOWS: "ONE DARK AND
STORMY NIGHT . . ."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 03-27-1970
WHAT'S LIFE
THAT'S TOUGH.
WHAT'S TOUGH?
LIFE.
WHAT'S LIFE?
A MAGAZINE.
HOW MUCH DOES IT COST?
FIFTY CENTS.
I ONLY GOT A NICKEL.
THAT'S TOUGH . . .
REPEAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 03-10-1970
ROUND
LAUGH, I THOUGHT I'D DIE.
DIE? THEY'D BURY ME.
BURY ME? THEY'D THROW DIRT ON ME.
DIRT ON ME? DIRT HAS WORMS.
WORMS? THEY'D TICKLE ME.
TICKLE ME? I'D LAUGH.
LAUGH? I THOUGHT I'D DIE.
DIE? THEY'D . . .
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 03-09-1972
OL FASHIONED PEANUT BUTTER
HOW DO YA GET OL' FASHIONED PEANUT BUTTER OUTA THE ROOF
OF YER MOUTH?
(ALL THIS IS ASKED IMITATING THE SPEECH OF SOMEONE WHO DOES
HAVE A MOUTHFUL OF PEANUT BUTTER).
WELL, YA KIN BLOW IT OUT. (NARRATOR BLOWS). NOPE, WELL
YA KIN SHAKE IT OUT. (NARRATOR SHAKES HIS HEAD). NOPE,
WELL YA KIN SCRAPE IT OUT WITH YER FINGER. YUP. NOW,
HOW DO YA GET OL' FASHIONED PEANUT BUTTER OFF YER FINGER?
WELL, YA KIN BLOW IT OFF. (BLOWS AGAIN). NOPE, YA
MIGHT BE ABLE TA SHAKE IT OFF. (SHAKES HIS FINGER).
OR YA MIGHT BE ABLE TA LICK IT OFF. . . . NOW HOW DO YA
GET OL' FASHIONED PEANUT BUTTER OUTA THE ROOF OF YER
MOUTH? WELL. . . .
AND THE TALE STARTS ALL OVER AGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OLD FASHIONED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
"I SEE," SAID THE BLIND MAN AS HE PICKED UP HIS
HAMMER AND SAW, AND THE MAN WITH NO LEGS KICKED
HIM IN THE TUMMY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 11-20-1968
TWELVE BOTTLES OF WHISKEY
I HAD TWELVE BOTTLES OF WHISKEY IN MY CELLAR AND MY WIFE
TOLD ME TO EMPTY THE CONTENTS OF EACH AND EVERY BOTTLE
DOWN THE SINK OR ELSE! SO I SAID I WOULD AND PROCEEDED
WITH THE UNPLEASANT TASK. I WITHDREW THE CORK FROM
THE FIRST BOTTLE AND POURED THE CONTENTS DOWN THE SINK,
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE GLASS, WHICH I DRANK. I
EXTRACTED THE CORK FROM THE SECOND AND DID LIKEWISE WITH
THE EXCEPTION OF ONE GLASS, WHICH I DRANK. I THEN
WITHDREW THE CORK FROM THE THIRD BOTTLE AND POURED THE
WHISKEY DOWN THE SINK WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ONE GLASS,
WHICH I DRANK. I PULLED THE CORK FROM THE FOURTH
SINK AND POURED THE BOTTLE DOWN THE GLASS, WHICH I
DRANK.
I PULLED THE BOTTLE FROM THE CORK OF THE NEXT AND
DRANK ONE SINK OUT OF IT, AND THREW THE REST DOWN THE
GLASS. I PULLED THE SINK OUT OF THE NEXT GLASS AND POURED
THE CORK FROM THE BOTTLE. THEN I CORKED THE SINK WITH
THE GLASS, BOTTLED THE DRINK AND DRANK THE POUR.
WHEN I HAD EVERYTHING EMPTIED, I STEADIED THE HOUSE WITH
ONE HAND, COUNTED THE BOTTLES, CORKS, GLASSES AND SINKS
WITH THE OTHER, WHICH WERE TWENTY-NINE AND AS THE HOUSE
CAME BY, I COUNTED THEM AGAIN AND FINALLY HAD ALL THE
HOUSES AND BOTTLES AND CORKS AND GLASSES AND SINKS
COUNTED, EXCEPT ONE HOUSE AND ONE BOTTLE, WHICH I DRANK.
Submitter comment:
TELLER GETS INCREASINGLY DRUNK AND INCREASINGLY ILLOGICAL AS
HE PROCEEDS WITH THE TALE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 11-19-1970
(TALE FILLED WITH CONTRADICTION)
ONE BRIGHT MORNING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,
BOYS GOT UP TO FIGHT.
BACK TO BACK THEY FACED ONE ANOTHER
DREW THEIR SWORDS AND SHOT EACH OTHER.
A DEAF POLICEMAN HEARD THE NOISE
AND CAME TO ARREST THOSE TWO DEAD BOYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Prose Narrative Prose Narrative |
Date learned: 09-19-1969
(TALE FILLED WITH CONTRADICTION)
IT WAS MIDNIGHT ON THE OCEAN
NOT A STREETCAR WAS IN SIGHT.
THE SUN WAS SHINING BRIGHTLY
AND IT RAINED ALL DAY THAT NIGHT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT CAN'T REMEMBER THE REST OF IT. IF YOU KNOW
IT HE WOULD BE VERY HAPPY TO LEARN IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Prose Narrative Prose Narrative |
Date learned: 11-10-1968
(TALE FILLED WITH CONTRADICTION)
ONE BRIGHT DAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT
TWO DEAD BOYS GOT UP TO FIGHT.
BACK TO BACK THEY FACED EACH OTHER
DREW THEIR SWORDS AND SHOT EACH OTHER.
THE DEAF POLICEMAN HEARD THE NOISE
CAME AND SHOT THE TWO DEAD BOYS.
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THIS TALE IS TRUE,
ASK THE BLINDMAN -- HE SAW IT TOO.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Prose Narrative Prose Narrative |
Date learned: 11-17-1968
(TALE FILLED WITH CONTRADICTION)
IT WAS SUMMER'S DAY IN WINTER
THE SNOW WAS RAINING DOWN.
A BARE-FOOTED GIRL WITH CLOGS ON
STOOD SITTING ON THE GROUND.
Where learned: ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Prose Narrative Prose Narrative |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
(TALE FILLED WITH CONTRADICTION)
ONE BRIGHT MORNING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,
TWO DEAD BOYS GOT UP TO FIGHT.
BACK TO BACK THEY FACED EACH OTHER,
DREW A SWORD AND SHOT EACH OTHER.
A DEAF POLICEMAN HEARD THE NOISE
AND CAME AND GOT THE TWO DEAD BOYS.
Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS FROM MY COMPANIONS.
Where learned: OHIO
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Prose Narrative Prose Narrative |
Date learned: 00001950S
(TALE FILLED WITH CONTRADICTION)
IT WAS A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT,
AND THE SUN SHOWN DOWN IN SPLENDOR.
TWO MEN STOOD FACE TO FACE WITH THEIR BACKS TOGETHER.
ONE DREW A REVOLVER FROM HIS BELT,
THE OTHER'S HEAD DID SEVER.
ALONG CAME A GAY YOUNG MISS,
SHE WAS OLD AND BENT WITH YEARS.
AND ON HER FACE SHE WORE A SMILE,
AND HER EYES WERE FILLED WITH TEARS.
SHE RECOGNIZED THE DYING MAN,
AND CRIED ALOUD, "WHO IS HE?"
HE RAISED HIS HEADLESS BODY UP
AND SAID, "MY GOD, IT'S LIZZIE!"
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Prose Narrative Prose Narrative |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
(TALE FILLED WITH CONTRADICTION)
ONE BRIGHT DAY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,
TWO DEAD BOYS GOT UP TO FIGHT.
BACK TO BACK, THEY FACED EACH OTHER,
DREW THEIR SWORD AND SHOT EACH OTHER.
A DEAF POLICEMAN HEARD THE NOISE
CAME AND SHOT THE TWO DEAD BOYS.
IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE THIS TALE IS TRUE,
ASK THE BLIND MAN, HE SAW IT TOO.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Prose Narrative Prose Narrative |
Date learned: 11-17-1968