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HEADS OF SAWDUST AND PUTTY
YOUR HEADS ARE FILLED WITH SAWDUST AND PUTTY. (REFERRING
TO DULL STUDENTS. MAUREEN'S INFORMANT WAS HER 7TH GRADE TEACHER
ELLA ROY OF GERMAN DESCENT
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INSULT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
UGLY
UGLY AS SIN
ANOTHER WAY OF SAYING THAT A PERSON IS UGLY IS TO SAY THAT HE OR
SHE IS 'UGLY AS SIN'
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): DEROGATORY ; INSULT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Entry filtered.
A PHILOSOPHER IS A BLIND MAN IN A DARK ROOM LOOKING FOR A BLACK
CAT... THAT ISN'T THERE.
Submitter comment: HEARD ON RADIO.
Where learned: OHIO
Keyword(s): DEFINITION
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; COLOR ; INSULT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
"ROSES ARE RED
THEY GROW IN THIS REGION
IF I HAD YOUR FACE
I'D JOIN THE FOREIGN LEGION."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INSULT ; PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.15 |
Date learned: 10-00-1975
JERRY FORD JOKE
Q: WHICH MEMBERS OF HIS FAMILY DOES JERRY FORD TALK TO BEFORE CASTING
HIS VOTE ON ELECTION DAY?
A: ALL FIVE OF THEM. JERRY HOLDS THE LEVER AND WHEN HE SAYS "NOW:"
THEY JERK THE VOTING MACHINE UP AND DOWN.
Submitter comment: PRESIDENT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INSULT ; NUMBERS ; POLISH JOKE? ; PRESIDENT GERALD FORD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Secular hero RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-00-1975
ETHNIC JOKE
QUESTION: HOW COME A CERTAIN CITY HAS NO MORE ICE CUBES?
ANSWER: THE LADY WHO HAD THE RECIPE DIED.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A JOKE ABOUT HAMTRAMCK. I HESITATED IN USING THE NAME
BECAUSE I DIDN'T WANT TO OFFEND ANYONE OF POLISH DESCENT. I'VE
ALWAYS LIKED THIS JOKE BECAUSE IT'S SO STUPID IT'S FUNNY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INSULT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: CA00001970
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
THE ROSES ARE RED,/THE VIOLETS ARE DEAD,/THE SUGAR BOWL IS EMPTY,/
AND SO IS YOUR HEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): INSULT ; RHYME:AABA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
SPECTACLES
FOUR EYES, DOUBLE CHIN,/ ENOUGH TO MAKE THE MONKEY GRIN.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): COUPLET FUNCTION NONSENSE ; GLASSES INSULT ; RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
AUTOGRAPH (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; READING OR WRITING BACKWARDS OR UPSIDE DOWN (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
ONLY MONKEYS LOOK UPSIDE DOWN}
Submitter comment: WRITTEN UPSIDE DOWN ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.
Where learned: AUTOGRAPH BOOK
Keyword(s): ANIMALS ; CATCH INSULT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
VERSE AUTOGRAPH MATERIAL (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; ROSES ARE RED, AND OTHER SUCH ASSOCIATIONS (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
ROSES ARE RED,/ VIOLETS ARE BLUE/ WHEN I TAKE A SHOWER/ I THINK
OF YOU. DRIP, DRIP, DRIP SUSAN ADAMS
Where learned: AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; HOLY NAME GRADE SCHOOL
Keyword(s): INSULT SLANG ; PARODY ; QUATRAIN FUNCTION ; RHYME: ABCBD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 06-00-1961
AN AUTOGRAPH
THE ROSES ARE WILTED,
THE VIOLETS ARE DEAD,
THE SUGAR BOWL'S EMPTY,
AND SO IS YOUR HEAD.
Submitter comment:
I GOT THIS FROM MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
IT WAS WRITTEN BY DAVE. IN 1961
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK
Keyword(s): INSULT ; PARODY OF " ROSES ARE RED..." ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 11-11-1967 ; 00-00-1961
VERSE
ROSES ARE RED,
VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
THE LORD SURE MADE A CRAZY ONE,
WHEN HE MADE YOU.
Submitter comment: WRITTEN IN AN AUTOGRAPH BOOK 1938
Data entry tech comment: LINES DIVIDED BY KEYPUNCHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): INSULT ; PARODY OF " ROSES ARE RED..." ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 10-06-1970 ; 00-00-1938
AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL.
YOU'RE JUST LIKE A PICTURE---------------- FIT TO BE HUNG}
Submitter comment:
ENTRY MADE ON MAY 4, 1962 IN PEGGY TRINGALI'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK
KEPT IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): INSULT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 05-04-1962
FRANKENSTEIN
(NAME) IS A FRIEND OF MINE,
HE RESEMBLES FRANKENSTEIN.
WHEN HE DOES THE IRISH JIG,
HE LOOKS JUST LIKE PORKY PIG.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): QUATRAIN INSULT DANCING-IRISH JIG ; RHYME: ABAB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Entry filtered.
YOUR MAMA
YOUR MAMA DON,T WEAR NO DRAWERS
I SAW HER WHEN SHE TOOK THEM OFF.
SHE PUT THEM IN A TRUNK
AND OUT JUMPED A SKUNK.
SHE PUT THEM ON THE LINE
THE SUN REFUSED TO SHINE.
SHE PUT THEM ON A TRACK
AND THE TRAIN BACKED BACK.
SHE PUT THEM IN THE TUB
AND THE SOAP REFUSED TO SCRUB.
YOUR MAMA DON'T WEAR NO DRAWERS.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DOZENS ; INSULT
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
FLYLEAF VERSE
HAIL, HAIL, BYRON'S IN JAIL.
TAFT IS ELECTED JUST AS WE EXPECTED.
Submitter comment:
THE ABOVE WAS FOUND IN MR. FINK'S "POWERS GRADED SPELLER"
COPYRIGHTED IN 1905, IN HIS OWN HANDWRITING ON THE BACK
COVER OF THE TEXT.
Data entry tech comment:
WILLIAM JENNINGS BRYAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHANT ; ELECTIONS ; INSULT ; POLITICIANS ; PRESIDENTS ; RIDICULE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
Date learned: 09-17-1969
AUTOGRAPH
I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU SWELL
IF I HAD A PEANUT
I'D GIVE YOU THE SHELL)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; PALMER PARK
Keyword(s): FOOD ; HUMOROUS INSULT ; RHYME: ABCDC ; RIDICULE OF LOVE
James Callow Keyword(s): ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 06-03-1959
AUTOGRAPH BOOK JINGLE
I LOVE, I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU I DO;
BUT DON'T GET EXCITED
I LOVE MONKEY'S T6O)
Keyword(s): FALSE LOVE ; HUMOROUS INSULT ; RHYME: AABA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 10-27-1968