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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM-- FINNISH
NOT EVIL WITH EVIL BUT GOOD WITH EVIL
NOT EVIL FOR EVIL BUT GOOD FOR EVIL
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): ITERATION ; TRANSLATION? ; WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
BLASON POPULAIRE
PHI KAPPS NEVER GET DRUNK, IF THEY DO THEY NEVER STAGGER,
IF THEY STAGGER THEY NEVER FALL. IF THEY FALL THEY FALL ON THEIR
FACES, SO THEIR PINS NEVER SHOW.
Submitter comment: SPOKEN WHILE DRINKING AT THE 20'S WITH SOME FRATERNITY BROTHERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RESEMBLES A CHAIN TALE.
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES ; ITERATION ; WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB
HE WHO GOES FORTH WITH A FIFTH ON THE FOURTH, MAY NOT GO
FORTH ON THE FIFTH.
Submitter comment: READ IN PARISH BULLETIN. ALSO APPEARED IN READER'S DIGEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
A FLEA AND A FLY IN A FLUE
A FLEA AND A FLY IN A FLUE,/WERE IMPRISONED, SO WHAT COULD THEY DO?
SAID THE FLY ,LET US FLEE/ SAID THE FLEA, LET US FLY/
SO THEY FLEW THROUGH A FLAW IN THE FLUE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHIASMUS ; WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1953
AN INNOCENT MAIDEN FROM BUTTE
THOUGHT A BIG CITY SLICKER WAS CUTE.
NOW SHE'S IN, YOU MIGHT GUSS,
A MATFRNITY DRESS AND HE'S IH A PATERNITY SUIT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S FAMILY OWNS A BAR AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS
SHE REMEMBERED FROM A CUSTOMER.
INFORMANT'S DAMILY OWNS A BAR AND THIS IS ONE OF THE THINGS
SHE REMEMBERED FROM A CUSTOMER.
Keyword(s): LIMERICK ; RHYME: AABBA ; SEDUCTION ; TRIPLE RHYMES ; WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
CHILDREN'S RIME
I SCREAM,
YOU SCREAM,
WE ALL SCREAM
FOR ICE CREAM.
Where learned: TELEPHONE
Keyword(s): FINAL ITERATION ; WORD PLAY, PUN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 10-13-1967
RUSSIAN PROVERB
FRIENDSHIPS ARE MANY, BUT FRIENDS ARE FEW.
Where learned: WESTERN RUSSIA
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CONTRAST ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V233 |
PROVERB
THE GREAT AWAKENING FOLLOWS THE GREAT ASLEEPING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; EASTOWN THEATRE
Keyword(s): WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-07-1970
THE BEAVER FAMILY
PAPA BEAVER WAS SAYING GRACE BEFORE SUPPER:
"GOD BLESS MAMA DAM, PAPA DAM, BROTHER DAM, SISTER DAM..."
BABY DAM INTERRUPTED HIM--
"GOD BLESS THE WHOLE DAM FAMILY!"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PONTIAC
Keyword(s): BLESSING ; DAMN ; HUMOR ; PRAYERS ; TALKING ANIMALS ; WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
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ANOTHER NUN'S STORY
ONE DAY A VERY YOUNG SISTER WAS TEACHING IN HER NEW FIRST GRADE ROOM
ONE OF THE LITTLE BOYS IN HER ROOM CAME TO HER DESK AND SAID THAT HE
DID NOT FEEL WELL. SISTER TOLD HIM TO RETURN TO HIS PLACE AND
PERHAPS HE MIGHT FEEL BETTER IN A FEW MINUTES. A FEW MINUTES LATER
THE LITTLE BOY RETURNED TO THE DESK AND SAID THAT HE WAS STILL SICK.
HE HAD A "TUMMY ACHE." SISTER ASKED HIM IF HE KNEW WHERE THE
PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE WAS. THE BOY SAID THAT HE DID AND WAS SENT TO SE
THE PRINCIPAL. MM
SISTER HAPPENED TO TURN AROUND A FEW MINUTES LATER AND SEE THE SAME
BOY SEATED IN HIS SEAT WITH HIS SHIRT UNBUTTONED. QUICKLY SHE WENT
OVER TO HIM AND ASKED IF HE HAD GONE TO THE PRINCIPAL'S OFFICE. HE
SAID THAT HE HAD AND THAT SHE TOLD HIM TO STICK IT OUT UNTIL LUNCH
TIME.
Data entry tech comment:
KEYPUNCHER CHANGED THE SPELLING OF PRINCIPLE TO PRINCIPAL.
TUMMY ACHE AND STICK IT WERE UNDERLINED.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): PLAYING SICK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
TULIPS IN THE GARDEN
TULIPS IN THE PARK,
BUT THE TULIPS THAT _____ LIKES
ARE THE TULIPS IN THE DARK.
Data entry tech comment: ANY NAME COULD BE SUBSTITUTED WHERE THE BLANK IS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FLOWERS ; PLAY ON WORDS ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 02-00-1970
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
TULIPS IN THE GARDEN
TULIPS IN THE PARK
BUT THE TWO LIPS I LIKE BEST
ARE YOUR TWO LIPS IN THE DARK.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): ABCB ; FLOWERS ; PLAY ON WORDS ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1956
SEE SEE MY PLAYMATE
THIS SONG WAS SUNG WHILE PLAYING A GAME:
SEE SEE MY PLAYMATE
COME OUT AND PLAY WITH ME
AND BRING YOUR DOLLY SWEET
CLIMB UP MY APPLE TREE
SLIDE DOWN MY RAINBOW
INTO MY CELLAR DOOR
AND WE'LL BE JOLLY FRIENDS
FOR EVER MORE, MORE, MORE.
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED THE SONG WHILE SHE WAS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights ; WHILE GROWING UP
Keyword(s): PLAYMATE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 00001970'S
"Say Say O' Playmate
Say say o' playmate come out and play with me. / You and your
dolly three, climb up my apple tree. / Slide down my rainbow, into
my cellar door, / and we'll be jolly friends for ever more, more,
more, more, more.
So sorry playmate, I cannot play with you. / My dolly has
the flu, she spit up on her toe. / Ain't got no rainbow, ain't
got no cellar door. / But we'll be jolly friends for ever more,
more, more, more, more.
Submitter comment:
The first paragraph is the part the first child would sing
to the other child. Then the second child would reply to the
first paragraph with the answer. This was a hand clapping game
for children to play and also was used sometimes as a jump rope
chant.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sandusky
Keyword(s): O Little Playmate
Date learned: 00-00-1978
IN OBERAMERGAUE, GERMANY DURING CHRISTMAS TIME, THEY
HOLD A PASSION PLAY, DEPICTING THE BIRTH OF OUR LORD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; GERMANY ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BIRTH OF OUR LORD=CHRISTMAS. ; SOME CONTRADICTION HERE--PASSION PLAY=CRUCIFIXION.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Christmas Season See F645.2 for Advent Season. |
Date learned: 12-00-1967
IN OBERAMERGAUE, GERMANY DURING CHRISTMAS TIME, THEY
HOLD A PASSION PLAY, DEPICTING THE BIRTH OF OUR LORD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; GERMANY ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BIRTH OF OUR LORD=CHRISTMAS. ; SOME CONTRADICTION HERE--PASSION PLAY=CRUCIFIXION.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Christmas Season See F645.2 for Advent Season. |
Date learned: 12-00-1967