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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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Language: Tongue Twister
Sarah, Sarah, sitting in a shoe shine shop.
Sarah, Sarah, sitting in a shoe shine shop.
All day long she sits and shines
All day long she shines and sits.
Sarah, Sarah, sitting in a shoe shine shop.
Submitter comment:
I actually heard informant recite this. It circulated among Phi Kappa Theta fraternity brothers at University of Detroit in 1958-63.
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James Callow comment:
Almost same thing already typed as prose.
Original BN [S570] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Language ; REPETITION ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language: Tongue Twister
Tongue Holder:
How many sheets can a sheetcutter cut,
If a sheetcutter could cut sheets?
He'd cut all the sheets that a sheetcutter could, if a sheetcutter could cut sheets.
Submitter comment:
Spoken as rapidly as possible.
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James Callow comment:
Verse?
Crossed out the word Holder in TongueHolder and wrote Twister.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAME ; Language ; Prose ; REPETITION ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Language: Tongue Twister
She sells sea shells by the sea shore.
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James Callow comment:
Already typewritten as prose.
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAME ; Language ; REPETITION ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language: Tongue Twister
Sally sells seashells by the seashore.
Submitter comment:
She thinks she learned this one in school.
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Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Language ; REPETITION ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language: Tongue Twister
She sells sea shells by the seashore.
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Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Language ; REPETITION ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language: Tongue Twister
She seels sea shells down by the seashore. If she sells sea shells down by the seashore where are the sea shells she sells down by the seashore?
Submitter comment:
Learned from Childhood.
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Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Language ; REPETITION ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Proverb
Everything that glitters is not gold.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replaced with current classiication.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Glitter ; Gold ; Judgment ; Maxim ; METAL ; PROVERB ; Superficial ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Look before you leap.
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Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replacedw tih current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Leap ; Look ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; REPETITION ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Language
Tongue-Twister:
Rubber baby buggy bumpers.
Submitter comment:
She learned it when she was growing up.
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James Callow comment:
Why Verse?
Original BN [C870.570] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; BABY ; Buggy ; Bumper ; Language ; Rubber ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Verse
The Tutor:
A tutor who tooted the flute
Tried to teach two young tooters to toot;
said the two to the tutor,
"Is it harder to toot, or
To tutor two tooters to toot?"
Submitter comment:
Origin: Grandmother: Sarah Lipchinsky, New York City
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Verse?
Where learned: Bagley School
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Flute ; Language ; MUSIC ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; RHYME ; Teach ; TONGUE TWISTER ; Toot ; Tutor ; Youngster
James Callow Keyword(s): TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Language
Tongue Twister:
A tooter who tutored the flute tried to tutor two tooters to toot.
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James Callow comment:
Verse?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Flute ; Language ; MUSIC ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER ; Toot ; Tutor ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Tongue Twister
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers.
If Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers,
How many pickled peppers did Peter Piper pick?
Submitter comment:
From Childhood
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James Callow comment:
Verse?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Entertainment ; GAME ; Language ; Peppers ; Peter ; Piper ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Tongue Twister
Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers. A peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked; if Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled peppers where is the peck of pickled peppers Peter Piper picked?
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Verse?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAME ; Language ; Peppers ; Peter ; Piper ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Tongue Twister
WHO GOT SHOTT?
A duel was lately fought by Alexander Shott and John Nott. Nott was shot and Shott was not. In this case it is better to be Shott than Nott. There was a rumor that Nott weas not shot, and Shott avows that he shot Nott, which proves either that the shot Shott shot at Nott was not shot, or that Nott was shot.
Notwithstanding that circumstantial evidence is not always good. it may be made to appear on trial that the shot Shott shot shot Nott, or as accidents with firearms are frequent it may be possible that the shot Shott shot shot Shott himself, when the whole affair would resolve itself into its original elements, and Shott would be shot and Nott would be ot. Anyway, it is hard to tell who was shot.
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James Callow comment:
Besides, what is this? A Tongue Twister?
Where learned: ALMANAC ; Curious Duel
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Shot ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Tongue Twister
Tangle Talk:
A Tutoe who tooted a flute
Tried to teach two young tooters to toot
Said the two to the tutor,
"is it harder to toot, or to tutor two tooters to toot?"
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Tongue Twister?
Original BN [C700] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Flute ; GAME ; Language ; Tangle ; TONGUE TWISTER ; Tutor
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Tongue Twister
Nonsense TongueTwister:
Howe many knees could a negro grow if a negro could grow knees?
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James Callow comment:
Sense? None? Ambiguous?
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT HIGH SCHOOL
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Knees ; NEGRO ; Spoof ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Entry filtered.
"THEOPHOLUS THISTLER"
THEOPHOLUS THISTLER, THE SUCCESSFUL THISTLE SIFTER,
SUCCESSFULLY SIFTED THREE THOUSAND THISTLES THROUGH THE
THICK OF HIS THUMB. IF THEOPHOLUS THISTLER, THE SUCCESSFUL
THISTLE SIFTER, SUCCESSFULLY SIFTED THREE THOUSAND THISTLES
THROUGH THE THICK OF HIS THUMB, WHERE ARE THE THREE
THOUSAND THISTLES THAT THEOPHOLUS THISTLER, THE SUCCESSFUL
THISTLE SIFTER, SUCCESSFULLY SIFTED THROUGH THE THICK OF HIS
THUMB.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAME ; Language ; Sifter ; Thistle ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
Tongue Twister
TOMMY THRESHER THREW THREE FREE THROWS (SAY IT THREE
TIMES RAPIDLY).
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAME ; Language ; SPEECH ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
Tongue Twister
OLD OILY AUTOS (REPEAT FIVE TIMES RAPIDLY).
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Language ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-00-1972