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WELLERISM
EVERYONE TO THEIR OWN TASTE,
SAID THE OLD LADY AS SHE KISSED THE COW.
Where learned: OHIO ; YOUNGSTOWN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 00001950S AND 00001960S
TOM SWIFTY
"THAT MAN LOOKS LIKE AN OFFICER" TOM SAID GENERALLY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 01-15-1973
WELLERISM
'"ALL'S WELL THAT ENDS WELL,"' SAID THE PEACOCK WHEN HE LOOKED AT
HIS TAIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; PARODY ; PUN: PLAY ON "END" "TAIL"
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 10-24-1968
COW
AS THE COW SAID TO THE MAINE FARMER, 'THANKS FOR A WARM HAND
ON A COLD MORNING.'
Submitter comment:
MR. MENZIES HEARD THE LATE JOHN F. KENNEDY USE THIS LINE TO OPEN
A SPEECH ON A COLD MORNING. HE WAS THANKING THE CROWD FOR THEIR
WARM WELCOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; CLIMATE ; POLITICS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
TOM SWIFTY
'BOY, I WISH I HADN'T TAKEN THOSE PEP PILLS,' SAID TOM ENERGETICALLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TOM SWIFTY
THE ELECTRONIC MEMORY BANK IS MALFUNCTIONING, SAID TOM
THOUGHTLESSLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; STERLING HEIGHTS, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WELLERISM
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
"EVERY LITTLE BIT HELPS," SAID THE OLD LADY AS SHE URINATED INTO
THE OCEAN.
Data entry tech comment:
GOOD GRIEF
Where learned: ONTARIO
Keyword(s): SCATOLOGICAL
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY ; PARODY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
"EVERYONE TO HIS TASTE," SAID THE FARMER AS HE KISSED HIS COW.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): INDEPENDENCE ; IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 10-24-1968
WELLERISM-- SWIFTIE
NO NO YOU CAN'T HAVE ANY OF MY LOBSTER, HE SAID SHELLFISHLY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ; SHELLFISH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
WELLERISM
ONLY A FOOL WOULD USE LSD, SAID TOM ACIDLY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DRUG: L.S.D., REFERRED TO AS ACID
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
WELLERISM
"ONLY SEVEN MORE DAYS," DICK SAID, WEEKLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Keyword(s): PUN
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 01-00-1972
WELLERISM
OURS WAS THE GROUP THAT HAD 35% MORE CAVITIES
HE SAID CRESTFALLEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): "CREST" IS THE BRAND NAME OF TOOTHPASTE WHICH ; PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
PROVERB
WHEN I WAS LEAVING TO COME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT I TOLD MY
GIRLFRIEND THAT ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER. SHE REPLIED
WITH "OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND."
Submitter comment: TOLD IN JERSEY CITY IN DECEMBER, 1967
Where learned: NEW JERSEY ; JERSEY CITY
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; RETORT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Dating Courtship PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 12-00-1967
TOM SWIFTIE
PICK OUT A NICE PIECE OF MEAT, MOTHER SAID TENDERLY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 03-26-1971
TOM SWIFTEE
"I'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE A PAINTER," TOM SAID EASILY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 02-21-1968
TOM SWIFTEE
"BOWLING'S MY GAME." TOM SAID STRIKINGLY. (ALSO SPARINGLY.)
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
PLANT YOU NOW, DIG YOU LATER, LIKE THE FARMER TOLD THE POTATO.
Submitter comment:
A WAY OF SAYING GOOD BYE TO SOMEONE.
MY MOTHER, MRS. BOND, SAID SHE USED THIS ALOT WHEN SHE WAS
A KID GROWING UP IN THE 1930'S.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.500 SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
TOM SWIFTIE
"NO, YOU CANNOT BUY MY BROWN TROUT", TOM SAID SELFISHLY
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; SCHAUMBURG
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
"CONFUCIUS SAY:"
MAN WHO SIT ON HOT STOVE SHALL RISE AGAIN.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: CA00001972
"CONFUCIUS SAY:"
MAN WHO FARTS IN CHURCH WILL SIT IN HIS OWN PEW.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SLANG: PEW FOR STENCH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: CA00001972