We are off to see the Wild West Show, the elephant and the kangaroo, big baboons and cheetahs, nothing could be neeter, we're off to see the Wild West Show.

(Persons balance a glass of beer on his head and gets floor)

"And in this cage we have the _______!"

(All)

"The _______! Incredible, Fantastic! No Shit! What the fuck is an _______?"

(Person removes glass of beer from his head and says)

"The ______ is a very strange animal. It _______."

(Chorus is repeated ehre and the song begins again.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Where learned: Myself

Keyword(s): ALCOHOL ; Crude ; DRINK ; Lewd ; Rugby ; SONG ; Sport ; Swear ; West ; Zoo

Subject headings:

Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.334
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing
Filter - Mature Content

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Wedding Custom

It is a custom for the bride and groom to entwine arms and share a cup of wine at the wedding reception.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Keyword(s): Arm ; Arms ; Bride ; CEREMONY ; Cup ; CUSTOM ; DRINK ; Entwine ; GLASS ; Groom ; Reception ; WEDDING ; Wine

Subject headings:

CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage

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Food: Recipe

Beef Tea:

1 lb lean beef, cut into small pieces. Put into a glass canning jar, without a drop of water, cover tightly and set in a pot of cold water. Heat gradually to a boil and continue this streadily for three hours, until the meat is like white rags and the juice drawn out. Season with salt to tast and, when cold, skim.

Submitter comment:

My mother used to fix this for me as a child when I was sick and couldn't keep anything in my stomach.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Keyword(s): Beef ; Beverage ; Boil ; Boil ; Broth ; Canning ; DRINK ; FOOD ; Liquid ; Simmer ; Skim ; TEA

Subject headings:

Food Drink -- Mixed preparation in liquid

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Food: Recipe

Tamarind Water:

Pat tamarinds into a pitcher or tumbler till it is 1/3 full. Then fill up with cold water, cover it, and let it infuse for quarter of an hour or more. Currant jelly or cranberry juice mixed with water makes a pleasant drink for an invalid.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Keyword(s): Cranberry ; Currant ; DRINK ; Invalid ; Jelly ; RECIPE ; Tamarind

Subject headings:

Food Drink -- Water

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Toast

Drink:

Here's to you, as good as you are,
and to me, as bad as I am.
And as bad as I am,
I'm as good as you are -as bad as I am

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Original BN [N400, C855] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.

Keyword(s): Bad ; DRINK ; Good ; GREETING ; Me ; TOAST ; You

Subject headings:

Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech

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Toast

Here's to you, as good as you are,
and here's to me, as bad as I am.

But as good as you are
And as bad as I am,

I'm as good as you are
as bad as I am

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs Added by TRD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): Bad ; DRINK ; Good ; GREETING ; INSULT ; Me ; TOAST ; You

Subject headings:

Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech

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Toast

Here's to you, as good as you are, and to me, as bad as I am.
But as good as you are, and as bad as I am,
You're as bad as I am, as good as you are.

And here's to me, as bad as I am.
And to you, as good as you are.
But as bad as I am and as good as you are,
I'm as good as you are, as bad as I am

Submitter comment:

Undetermined Origin

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs Added by TRD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ;

Keyword(s): Bad ; DRINK ; Good ; INSULT ; Me ; TOAST ; You

Subject headings:

PROVERB -- VC870 VC870.570

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Toast

Here's to you as good as you are, here's to me as bad as I am. As good as you are and as bad as I am I'm as good as you are as bad as I am.

Submitter comment:

An old drinking refrain uttered at the 20's

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs Added By TRD

James Callow comment:

Original BN [C700] crossed out. Replaced with current classification

NOT in verse form

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): Bad ; CHARACTER ; DRINKING ; Good ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; TOAST ; VERSE

Subject headings:

Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech

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Toast

Nazdravlje

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs Added By TRD

James Callow comment:

Translation?

Where learned: HUNGARY

Keyword(s): DRINK ; Hungary ; Language Serbian ; TOAST ; Well Wishes

Subject headings:

SPEECH -- Formula

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Toast

Egeszsegere

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs Added By TRD

James Callow comment:

Translation?

Where learned: HUNGARY

Keyword(s): DRINK ; Good Will ; Hungary ; Serbian ; TOAST

Subject headings:

SPEECH -- Formula

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Toast

zu woll sein

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs Added By TRD

James Callow comment:

Translation?

Where learned: GERMANY

Keyword(s): DRINK ; GERMAN ; Saying ; TOAST ; Well Wishes

Subject headings:

SPEECH -- Formula

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DRINKING A LARGE AMOUNT OF COLD WATER IMMEDIATELY AFTER
DELIVERY WILL MAKE A WOMAN'S STOMACH LARGE.

Data entry tech comment:

Updated by TRD

Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI ; Deovelente Road

Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Child Birth ; Cold ; Consume ; Delivery ; DRINK ; Labor ; PREGNANCY ; SIZE ; STOMACH ; TEMPERATURE ; WATER

Subject headings:

BELIEF -- Body part Senses
BELIEF -- Birth
BELIEF -- Measure of space: distance, height, depth
BELIEF -- Measure of quantity or weight Liquid
BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: 06-21-1973

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DRINKING ICE WATER EXCESSIVELY IMMEDIATELY AFTER DELIVERY
WILL CAUSE SEVERE BLOODCLOTTING.

Data entry tech comment:

Updated by TRD

Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI

Keyword(s): BELIEF ; BLOOD ; CLOTTING ; DRINK ; Labor ; PREGNANCY ; WATER

Subject headings:

BELIEF -- Birth
BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: 06-10-1973

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COLD CURE: FLAX SEED LEMONADE REMEDY
TO A LARGE TABLESPOON OF FLAX SEED, ALLOW A TUMBLER
AND A HALF OF COLD WATER. BOIL THEM TOGETHER 'TILL
THE LIQUID BECOMES VERY STICKY, THEN STRAIN IT HOT
OVER A QUARTER OF A POUND OF PULVERIZED SUGAR AND
AN OUNCE OF PULVERIZED GUM ARABIC. STIR 'TILL QUITE
DISSOLVED AND SQUEEZE INTO IT THE JUICE OF A LEMON.
THIS MIXTURE HAS FREQUENTLY BEEN FOUND AN EFFICACIOUS
REMEDY FOR A COLD TAKING A WINE GLASS AS OFTEN AS THE
COUGH IS TROUBLESOME.

Data entry tech comment:

Updated by TRD

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Cold ; COUGH ; CURE ; DRINK ; FLAX ; Flax Seed ; Lemonade ; RECIPE ; REMEDY ; TEA

Subject headings:

BELIEF -- Remedy

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MARY MARGARET TRUMAN WAS THE DAUGHTER OF THE PRESIDENT,
LA-DE-DA
SHE LIVED IN THE WHITE HOUSE WITH HER UGLY MOTHER BESS.
HER SOCIAL POSITION WAS NOT VERY HIGH
AND SHE WAS A MEMBER OF I PHELTA THIGH!
BACK IN 1952 WHEN HARRY GOT THE SHOE, LA-DE-DA
THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT FOR MARY MARGARET TO DO.
SO SHE WENT TO MISSOURI TO WORK IN A BREWERY
SO DRINK MORE BEER!

Data entry tech comment:

Updated by TRD

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Keyword(s): DRINKING SONG ; PRESIDENT ; RHYME ; Sorority ; TOAST ; Truman

Subject headings:

Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery

Date learned: 04-00-1972

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EVIL AVERTING CUSTOM

"AT CHRISTMAS TIME, IT IS A CUSTOM IN GERMANY TO HAVE DUCK AND
SAUERKRAUT, SOME STOLLEN--WHICH IS A FRUIT AND NUT COFFEE CAKE, AND
SOME BEER TO DRINK WHILE SONGS ARE SUNG. WHEN YOU DO THIS,
YOUR FAMILY WILL HAVE GOOD HEALTH AND HAPPINESS ALL YEAR."

Data entry tech comment:

Updated by TRD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD

Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; DRINK ; EVIL ; FOOD ; FOOD CUSTOM ; GERMAN ; Germany ; holiday ; LUCK ; LUCK ; tradition

Subject headings:

CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Menus

Date learned: 02-04-1968

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