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BEDTIME VERSE
SLEEP TIGHT AND DON'T LET THE BED BUGS BITE.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; DORM ; WINDSOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 09-23-1972
DROPPING CANDY
WHEN A KID DROPS SOME CANDY OR FOOD ON THE FLOOR OR GROUND, BY
STUMPING HIS LEFT FOOT AND SAYING ALOUD, "GOD KISS IT,"
THE CANDY OR FOOD CAN BE EATEN WITHOUT FEAR OF DIRT OR GERMS MAKING
THEM ILL.
Submitter comment:
I HAVE HEARD THE SAME BELIEF IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA (EXCLUDING THE
PART ABOUT STAMPING ONE'S FOOT); I HAVE ALSO RECENTLY HEARD
THIS BELIEF IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI
James Callow Keyword(s): DISINFECT
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
"WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME FOR? I DIDN'T COME TO STAY. I ONLY CAME
TO TELL YOU THIS IS EASTER DAY."
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A GREETING BY THE CHURCH DEACON TO THE CONGREGATION AT
EASTER MASS.
Keyword(s): RITUAL SPEECH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.663 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 10-30-1971
TONGUETWISTER
A SKUNK SAT ON A STUMP.
THE SKUNK THUNK THE STUMP STUNK,
THE STUMP THUNK THE SKUNK STUNK.
Submitter comment: I SURE CANT SAY IT.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT JOSEPH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
TONGUETWISTER
ONE SMART FELLOW, HE FELT SMART;
TWO SMART FELLOWS, THEY FELT SMART;
THREE SMART FELLOWS, THEY ALL FELT SMART.
Submitter comment: BE CAREFUL WITH THIS ONE.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT JOSEPH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: CA06001975
ON BURPING
BETTER BURP AND FEEL THE SHAME
THAN HOLD IT IN AND FEEL THE PAIN.
Submitter comment: RECITED WHEN A PERSON BURPS.
Where learned: NOT ENTERED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
DOWN THE HATCH, PAST THE LUNGS,
WATCH OUT STOMACH, HERE IT COMES.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT KNOWS OF NO SPECIAL OCCASION WHEN THIS IS USED.
IT IS JUST GENERALLY RECITED WHEN ONE HAS A DRINK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
LYRICAL VERSE
THROUGH THE TEETH AND PAST THE GUNS;
LOOK OUT STOMACH, HERE IT COMES.
Submitter comment: AT PARTIES WHEN DRINKING.
Where learned: EAST DETROIT, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: NOT ENTERED
ENTERTAINMENT TOAST (IRISH)
MAY YOU BE IN HEAVEN A HALF HOUR BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU,RE DEAD.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR ; INFORMANT HEARD FROM MOTHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
MY MOTHER IS SOMEWHAT SUPERSTITIOUS, AND SHE SAYS THIS WHENEVER SHE
FINDS A PENNY.
"PENNY, PENNY, BRING ME LUCK,
I'M THE FIRST TO PICK YOU UP."
Where learned: Massachusetts
Keyword(s): APOSTROPHE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
RHYME
STICKS AND STONES MAY BREAK MY BONES,/ BUT WORDS WILL NEVER HURT ME.
Submitter comment: SAID THIS DURING GRADE SCHOOL DAYS.
Where learned: GRADE SCHOOL
Keyword(s): INTERNAL RHYME ; RHYME: AABC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
SPECTACLES
FOUR EYES, DOUBLE CHIN,/ ENOUGH TO MAKE THE MONKEY GRIN.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): COUPLET FUNCTION NONSENSE ; GLASSES INSULT ; RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
OLD SAYING
MY MOTHER SAYS I AM SIX: AND MY DADDY SAYS I AM SEVEN.
IT REALLY DOES NOT MATTER BECAUSE I AM GOING TO HEAVEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 11-04-1977
GIVE ME FIVE
GIVE ME FIVE,
YOU HOLD YOUR HAND OUT.
ON THE BLACK HAND SIDE,
YOU TURN HAND OVER.
IN THE HOLE,
YOU MAKE A CIRCLE WITH YOUR THUMB AND RIGHT INDEX FINGER.
YOU GOT SOUL.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A GESTURE AMONG THE YOUNG BLACK CHILDREN OF THIS DAY AND
TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 11-04-1977
SPEECH BELIEF OR FORMULA SPEECH
A SLIP OF THE LIP CAN SINK A SHIP
Submitter comment:
THIS SAYING IS USED, FOR EXAMPLE, WHEN A PERSON IS KEEPING A SECRET
FROM SOMEONE ABOUT A SURPRISE OR GIFT. A ONE WORD SLIP-UP ABOUT IT
MIGHT CAUSE THE PERSON TO LEARN THE SURPRISE WHICH WOULD RESULT IN
NO SURPRISE AT ALL. AT THIS DATE 12-12-77 I AM TRYING VERY HARD TO
KEEP TWO SPECIAL CHRISTMAS GIFTS A SECRET. I TALK TO MY MOM ABOUT
MY BOYFRIEND'S GIFT AND MY MOM'S GIFT TO MY BOYFRIEND. I CERTAINLY
WOULD NOT WANT TO MIX THEM UP RESULTING IN BOTH PEOPLE KNOWING WHAT
THEY ARE RECEIVING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALPENA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 11-00-1969
TAUNT
I SEE PARIS, I SEE FRANCE
I SEE (NAME'S) UNDERPANTS
ARE THEY RED, ARE THEY PINK?
I DON'T KNOW BUT THEY SURE DO STINK
Submitter comment:
JULIE LEARNED THIS IN MINNEAPOLIS, MINNESOTA. SHE ADMITS SHE
PROBABLY SAID IT ALTHOUGH HER PARENTS DIDN'T WANT HER TO. NOW SHE
THINKS IT IS CRUDE.
COLORS
COUNTRIES
OLFACTORY
REPETITION
INITIAL ITERATION: I SEE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: CA00001966
TAUNT
(GIRL'S NAME) AND (BOY'S NAME) SITTIN' IN A TREE
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES MARRIAGE
THEN COMES (GIRL'S NAME) PUSHIN' A BABY CARRIAGE
Submitter comment:
I LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD. IT WAS USED TO TEASE THOSE WHO HAD REAL
OR SUPPOSED BOYFRIENDS OR GIRLFRIENDS. OFTEN IF A GIRL OR BOY HAD A
CLOSE FRIEND OF THE OPPOSITE SEX, TAUNTS SUCH AS THIS COULD HURT THE
RELATIONSHIP.
FEMININE RHYMES: MARRIAGE, CARRIAGE
RHYME: AABB
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Date learned: CA00001966
TAUNT
LIAR, LIAR, YOUR PANTS ARE ON FIRE
YOUR NOSE IS AS LONG AS A TELEPHONE WIRE
Submitter comment:
I LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD, PERHAPS FROM MY FATHER OR OLDER BROTHERS
AND SISTERS. IT BECAME AN EFFECTIVE RETORT WHEN YOU WERE SO MAD YOU
COULDN'T THINK OF ANYTHING ELSE TO SAY. IT REMINDED ME OF THE PUPPET
PINOCCHIO WHOSE NOSE GREW LONGER WITH EACH LIE HE TOLD.
INSULT
RETORT
RHYME: AA
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: CA00001966
TAUNT
LIAR, LIAR, YOUR PANTS ARE ON FIRE
HANGING FROM A TELEPHONE WIRE
Submitter comment:
SUSIE IS NOT SURE WHO SHE FIRST HEARD THIS FROM BUT THINKS IT WAS
PROBABLY ONE OF HER BROTHERS OR SISTERS.
INSULT
RETORT
RHYME: AA
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: CA00001963
TAUNT
LIAR, LIAR, PANTS ON FIRE
HANGING FROM A BULL'S TAIL
WHEN THE BULL BEGINS TO PEE
YOU WILL GET YOUR CUP OF TEA
Submitter comment:
JULIE LEARNED THIS FROM HER FATHER WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD.
INSULT
RETORT
RHYME: ABCC
INTERNAL RHYME
URINE AS DRINK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Date learned: CA00001966