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NIGHT BLESSING
GOOD NIGHT
SLEEP TIGHT
WAKE UP BRIGHT
IN THE MORNING LIGHT
TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT
WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT.
James Callow comment: BEGINS AS MONOMETER, SHIFTS TO DIMETER
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): RELIGION PRAYER RHYME
James Callow Keyword(s): COMMANDS INSTRUCTIONS
Date learned: 00-00-1964
NOW I LAY ME DOWN
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP
I PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO KEEP
THY LOVE GO WITH ME ALL THE NIGHT
AND WAKE ME WITH THE MORNING LIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGION PRAYER RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
GRAFFITI
GOD DIDN'T CREATE THE WORLD IN SEVEN DAYS.
HE GOOFED AROUND FOR SIX AND THEN
PULLED AN ALL-NIGHTER.
Data entry tech comment: A SIMILAR VERSE WAS USED IN THE MOVIE "OH GOD}"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; BASEMENT CARVEL 2
Keyword(s): BIBLICAL: GENESIS PARODY HUMOR TIME
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
GRAFFITI
ANGELS WHO GUARD YOU WHILE YOU DRIVE
USUALLY RETIRE AT 65.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; BASEMENT CARVEL 2
Keyword(s): AGES RHYME: AA
James Callow Keyword(s): GUARDIAN ANGELS ; HUMOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.422 BELIEF -- Angel |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
GRAFFITI
LSD MELTS IN YOUR MIND, NOT IN YOUR HAND.
Data entry tech comment: THIS IS A PARODY OF THE M&M CANDY COMMERCIAL.
Where learned: DETROIT ; PLUM ST
Keyword(s): DRUGS PARODY OF TV COMMERCIAL ADVICE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 10-31-1967
SAINT PATRICK'S PURGATORY
IN IRELAND THERE IS A LAKE CALLED LOUGH DEAGH WITH AN ISLAND IN THE
CENTER OF IT. THE ISLAND IS CALLED ST. PATRICK'S PURGATORY. IT IS
SAID THAT ST. PATRICK SPENT THREE DAYS ON THE ISLAND WITHOUT EATING
FOR PENANCE.
Submitter comment:
PEOPLE GO THERE NOW AND SPEND THREE DAYS THERE WITHOUT EATING LIKE
ST. PATRICK.
Where learned: OHIO
Keyword(s): PLACE NAMES ; RELIGION
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 12-01-1969
LEGEND
IN ST. THOMAS, ONTARIO, CANADA MANY YEARS AGO A FAMILY OF BOYS LIVED
ON A FARM. THESE BRADEY BOYS, AS THEY WERE CALLED, TERRORIZED THE
COUNTRY SIDE. WHEN THEY SEEMINGLY ALL DIED, THE TOWNSPEOPLE BURNT
DOWN THEIR HOMESTEAD IN REVENGE FOR ALL THE HARDSHIPS THE BRADEY BOY
CAUSED. TO THIS DAY THE BRADEY FARM LIES IN WASTE AS IN MEMORY OF TH
BRADEY'S DESTRUCTION AND ALSO IN FEAR THAT SOME OF THE BRADEY BOYS
MIGHT STILL BE ALIVE AND EVENTUALLY SEEK REVENGE IF ANYONE WOULD TAK
OVER THEIR LAND.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): FEAR ; PLACE NAMES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
VENGEANCE TREE LEGEND AT NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY
" THE VENGEANCE TREE IS NEAR THE SHORE OF ST. MARY'S LAKE ON THE
NOTRE DAME CAMPUS, SOUTH BEND, IND. AN INDIAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING A
WHITE MAN WAS TRIED NEAR THE SITE. HE SWORE INNOCENCE, AND SAID THAT
THE TREE WOULD STAND AS WITNESS TO HIS INNOCENCE. TODAY, THE TREE
WITH ITS FIVE BRANCHES STANDS AS PROOF OF HIS UPRAISED HAND IN
SWEARINGHIS FREEDOM FROM GUILT. IT IS A SYCAMORE TREE NEAR CORBY HAL
.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): PLACE NAMES
James Callow Keyword(s): INDIANA ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | 686 Fifths PROSE NARRATIVE -- Plant SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
MYSTERIOUS STREET
STRASBURG AVENUE, LOCATED IN FRONT OF VON STEUBEN JR. HIGH SCHOOL
ON THE EAST SIDE OF DETROIT, IS CLAIMED TO BE THE SITE OF AN AUTO
ACCIDENT WHICH KILLED A YOUNG GIRL. THE GIRL SUPPOSEDLY KNOCKS ON TH
CARS AS THEY DRIVE OVER IT AS A WARNING. SHE WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN
CARRIED ALONG BY A DRIVER WHO DIDN'T HEAR HER POUNDING ON THE SIDE
OF THE CAR.
Submitter comment:
AN ARTICLE APPEARED IN THE SUNDAY MAGAZINE SUPPLEMENT TO ONE OF
DETROIT'S NEWPAPERS ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO ON THIS SUBJECT.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): GHOSTS ; PLACE NAMES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
LYNDEN BANES JOHNSON HAS ONLY ORDERED A GRAVE FOR THREE DAYS.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): GHOSTS ; PRESIDENTS (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA)
James Callow Keyword(s): CONFIDENCE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
THERE WERE TWO MEN WHO LIVED IN THE SAME CITY. ONE MADE ARROWS AND
THE OTHER MADE BOWS. ONE DAY THEY DECIDED TO GO TO THE MARKET
TOGETHER TO SELL THEIR PRODUCTS. ON THE WAY A LION JUMPED INTO THEI
PATH. EACH MAN REFUSED TO GIVE THE OTHER HIS PRODUCT BECAUSE EACH
WANTED TO KILL THE LION HIMSELF AND GAIN FAME. DUE TO THIS THE LION
KILLED AND ATE BOTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CRAFTSMEN PRIDE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Tale |
SAYING WHICH WISHES ONE WELL
MAY YOU SIT ON THE TACK OF SUCCESS AND RISE QUICKLY.
Keyword(s): HUMOR METONYMY
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
TELEPHONE PRANK
CALL A BAR; ASK IF THEY HAVE POP IN BOTTLES. IF ANSWER IS YES, SAY
"YOU'D BETTER LET HIM OUT, MOM WANTS HIM AT HOME."
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM MY CHILDHOOD
Where learned: SUN PRAIRIE ; WISCONSIN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): HUMOR PRACTICAL JOKE METAPHOR SODA
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Entry filtered.
SAYING
I CAME TO THE END OF MY ROPE AND DIDN'T HAVE TIME TO TIE A KNOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
Keyword(s): DESPERATION ; METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: DATE UNKNOWN
PROVERB
IDLE HANDS ARE TOOLS FOR THE DEVIL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED FROM MOTHER.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
PROVERB
AN IDLE MIND IS THE DEVIL'S WORKSHOP.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: EARLY CHILDHOOD
PROVERB: ANCESTOR
IF A MAN FAILS, HE BLAMES HIS ANCESTORS.
ONLY A FOOL BLAMES OTHERS IF SOMETHING GOES WRONG FOR HIM.
Keyword(s): ANCESTRY ; PLACING BLAME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
PROVERB
IF AT FIRST YOU DON'T SUCCEED TRY, TRY AGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DISCOURAGEMENT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
PROVERB
MEHWE BKYCUW, CKOPWE IUKHEW. ( UKRAINIAN )
IF YOU BITE LESS OFF, YOU'LL SWALLOW IT FASTER. TRANSLATION.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM RELATIVES IN UKRAINE.
THIS REFERS TO NOT ATTEMPTING MORE THAN YOU CAN ACCOMPLISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): AMBITION ; EATING METAPHOR ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 10-14-1967