If you travel with wolves, you've got to howl with them. When in Rome do as the Romans do; If you travel in fast company, you've got to keep step or drop out; Do as the rest do. p.142

I have heard this provrb from my mother and other people since childhood.

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BIRDS ; Feather ; Flock ; FRIENDSHIP ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Relationship ; VERSE

Subject headings:

PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

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Autograph Rhyme

Album Rhymes:

When you are very old and grat

I want you to remember the day

That I said you are my good friend.

Yours till the cows come home.

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Keyword(s): Age, Gray ; Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; COLOR ; Cows ; Devotion ; FRIENDSHIP ; Home ; LOVE ; RHYME ; Signature ; VERSE

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Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music

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Autograph Rhyme

Album Rhyme:

When years and montyhs have glided by

And on this page you cast your eye,

Remember it was a friend sincere

That left this kind remembrance here.

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Keyword(s): Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; Devotion ; FRIENDSHIP ; poem ; RHYME ; Signature ; VERSE

Subject headings:

Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music

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Wedding Custom

At all traditional weddings it is common for the guests and family of the groom to sit on one side of the church (room, etc) and for the guests and family of the bride to sit on the other side.

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Keyword(s): Bride ; CHURCH ; CUSTOM ; FAMILY ; FRIENDS ; Groom ; Pews ; SEPARATION ; Side ; Sit ; tradition ; WEDDING

Subject headings:

CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage

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SHARP OBJECTS ARE TABOO BECAUSE THEY PIERCE FRIENDSHIPS.
DO NOT PASS THEM DIRECTLY.

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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Keyword(s): BELIEF ; FRIENDSHIP ; Objects ; Sharp ; SUPERSTITION ; Taboo

Subject headings:

Prediction / Divination

Date learned: 04-00-1972

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Autograph Rhyme

Remember well and hear in mind that a true friend is hard to find.

But when you find one just and true, change not the old for the new.

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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE

Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; FRIENDSHIP ; RHYME ; VERSE

Subject headings:

Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music

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CHILDREN'S SONG

PLAYMATE,
COME OUT AND PLAY WITH ME.
AND BRING YOUR DOLLIES THREE.
CLIMB UP MY APPLE TREE.
SLIDE DOWN MY RAINBARREL.
HIDE IN MY CELLAR DOOR.
AND WE'LL BE JOLLY FRIENDS,
FOREVER MORE. MM
I'M SORRY PLAYMATE,
I CANNOT PLAY WITH YOU.
MY DOLLY HAS THE FLU.
BOO-HOO-HOO-HOO-HOO.
AIN'T GOT NO RAINBARREL.
AINT GOT NO CELLAR DOOR.
BUT WE'LL BE JOLLY FRIENDS,
FOREVER MORE!

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Keypunched by R.J.Miller 11/82

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): CHANT ; Children's Song ; FRIENDS ; Play ; RHYME ; SONG

Subject headings:

Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children

Date learned: 02-00-1971

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BELIEF

DO NOT GIVE ANY SHARP OBJECTS,(SCISSORS, KNIVES, ETC.)
AS A GIFT. YOU WILL SEVER YOUR FRIENDSHIP WITH THAT PERSON.

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INFORMANTS MOTHER-IN-LAW WAS VERY DEVOUT IN THIS BELIEF.

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Where learned: OHIO ; CANTON

Keyword(s): BELIEF ; FRIENDSHIP ; GIFT ; Relationship ; Sever ; Sharp ; SUPERSTITION ; SYMBOL

James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC ; HOSTILITY

Subject headings:

BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank

Date learned: 02-12-1972

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SUPERSTITION ABOUT SCISSORS (POLISH)

POLISH BELIEF. YOU MUST NEVER HAND A PAIR OF SCISSORS OR A KNIFE
TO A PERSON. BECAUSE THIS WILL SEVER THE FRIENDSHIP. YOU LAY
THEM DOWN ON A TABLE AND LET THE OTHER PERSON PICK THEM UP.

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE

Keyword(s): BEHAVIOR ; BELIEF ; m Friendship ; Relationship ; Sever ; Sharp ; SIGN ; SUPERSTITION ; SYMBOL

James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC ; HOSTILITY

Subject headings:

BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank

Date learned: 01-00-1970

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NEVER GIVE OR ACCEPT ANYTHING SHARP OR POINTED TO A FRIEND
BECAUSE IT WILL SEVER THE RELATIONS WITH THAT PERSON.

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