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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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PROVERB
IF YOU CAN'T FIND TIME TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT,HOW ARE YOU GOING
TO FIND TIME TO DO IT OVE.
Submitter comment: SOURCE NOT KNOWN.
Data entry tech comment:
GOOD ADVICE TO PEOPLE WHO NEED TO TAKE THINGS AT A SLOWER PACE,AND
TAKE TIME TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.
Where learned: HOME ; BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): RHETORICAL QUESTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-15-1967
PROVERB
IN WHOM WISDOM IS, IN HIM IS EVERYTHING; IN WHOM IT IS NOT, WHAT HAS
HE? HE WHO HAS ACQUIRED IT, WHAT DOES HE LACK? IN WHOM IT IS NOT,
WHAT HAS HE ACQUIRED?
Submitter comment: ORIGIN: THINKS FROM HER FATHER AS A SMALL GIRL.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PARK RIDGE
Keyword(s): WISDOM, CONTRAST, REPITITION
James Callow Keyword(s): PERIODIC SENTENCE ; RHETORICAL QUESTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
RIDDLE
WHY DOES A COW WEAR A BELL AROUND HER NECK?
ANSWER: HER HORN DOESN'T WORK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMALS: COWS ; RIDDLING QUESTION
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLUSION TO HORNS ON AUTOMOBILES ; PUN ON HORN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RIDDLE
HOW CAN YOU HAVE A SET OF TEETH INSERTED FREE OF CHARGE?
TEASE A BULLDOG.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): ANIMALS: DOGS ; RIDDLING QUESTION
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM FOR DOG BITE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
RIDDLE
WHY IS A RIVER RICH?
ANSWER: BECAUSE IT HAS TWO BANKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONUNDRUM ; RIDDLING QUESTION
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ON BANK
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RIDDLE
WHAT DO YOU CALL A CAT THAT DRINKS LEMONADE?
A SOURPUSS}
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMALS: CATS ; DEFINITION ; RIDDLING QUESTION
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RIDDLE
"WHY IS SLIPPING ON A BANANA PEEL LIKE MUSIC?"
"BECAUSE YOU'LL BE FLAT IF YOU DON'T SEE SHARP}"
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DORM
Keyword(s): BANANAPEEL ; FRUIT: BANANAS ; MUSIC: INTERVALS ; RIDDLING QUESTION
James Callow Keyword(s): LOOK SHARP ; PUN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RIDDLE
WHY IS BOWLING A QUIET GAME?
YOU CAN HEAR A PIN DROP.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): GAMES: BOWLING ; RIDDLING QUESTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-30-1967
RIDDLE
WHAT DID BEN FRANKLIN SAY WHEN HE DISCOVERED ELECTRICITY?
HOW SHOCKING}
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): CONUNDRUM ; FRANKLIN, BENJAMIN ; HISTORICAL ; RIDDLING QUESTION
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
"THE COOKIE JAR SONG"
DAD: "MOMMY STOLE A COOKIE FROM THE COOKIE JAR."
MOM: "WHO, ME?"
FAMILY: "YES YOU!"
MOM: "COULDN'T BE!"
FAMILY: "THEN WHO?"
MOM: "DADDY STOLE A COOKIE FROM THE COOKIE JAR!"
DAD: "WHO, ME?"
Submitter comment:
THIS SONG CAN CONTINUE ON UNTIL THE FAMILY
DECIDES TO STOP SINGING. IT CAN BE STARTED BY
ANY MEMBER, AND IS TOSSED RANDOMLY FROM PERSON TO PERSON
DEPENDING ON THE PREVIOUSLY CHOSEN STEALER'S PREFERENCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights ; WHERE I LEARNED ITEM AS A BOY
Keyword(s): SNACK
James Callow Keyword(s): QUESTION AND ANSWER DIALOGUE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 00001960S
AN ITALIAN GESTURE FORMED BY CUPPING THE RIGHT
HAND WITH FINGERTIPS TOGETHER. THIS MEANS TO SAY:
ARE YOU CRAZY? WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): RHETORICAL QUESTION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Foolishness Stupidity Insanity |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
Proverb
Ask me no Questions:
Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies.
Submitter comment:
Heard this in High School.
Data entry tech comment:
Added by TRD
James Callow comment:
The A in Ask is underlined in red.
Dup. of WPP
Keyword(s): Ask ; Lie ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; QUESTION ; RIDDLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Retort
Ask me no questions and I'll tell you no lies.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; Lies ; Questions ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; TRUTH ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
Wise Guy?
What are you? A wise guy or a truck driver?
(Question and answer given to someone who has made a wise remark.)
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [W400] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Class?
What's the answer?
Keyword(s): Answer ; Language ; QUESTION ; Remark ; RETORT ; SLANG ; Truck Driver ; Wise Guy
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Saying
When someone says "I thought..." you say "You know what Mr. Thought did."
They probably will want to know what he did so you tell him: "He thought a razor blade was toilet paper and he cut his behind."
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added By TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V501] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Taste??
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Answer ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; QUESTION ; razor ; RETORT ; Saying ; Think ; Thought ; Toilet Paper
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Verse
"Surprise" Verse:
Question: Inchme and Pinchme were walking across the bridge. Inchme fell in. Who was left?
Answer: Pinchme. (At this, the person who responded recieves a pinch.)
Submitter comment:
Informant learned this through experience during childhood - Plymouth MI, 1940's.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added By TRD
James Callow comment:
Not Verse?
Original BN [C800] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Answer ; Inch ; JOKE ; Language ; Pinch ; PRACTICAL JOKE ; QUESTION ; RHYME ; SURPRISE ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Verse
Narrative Verse: (Circular):
That's Tough! What's Tough?
Life. What's Life? A Magazine.
How much? 10 cents. Only have 5cents.
That's Though! What's Tough?
Life. What's Life? A Magazine.
How Much? 10 cents. Only have 5.
That's Tough! etc.etc.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added By TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [C720] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Really a Verse?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): A Round ; Answer ; Circular ; GAME ; Language ; LIFE ; MAGAZINE ; MONEY ; QUESTION ; Tough ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Riddle - Question
If you had oly one match, and enered a room in which there was a kerosene lamp, an oil heater, and a wood burning stove, which would you light first?
Answer: The match
Data entry tech comment:
Entered by TRD
Keyword(s): GAME ; RIDDLE ; Trick Question
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Riddle - Question
If you went to bed at 8 o'clock at night and set the alarm to get up at 9 in the morning, how many hours of sleep would this permit you to have?
Answer: One.
Data entry tech comment:
Entered by TRD
Keyword(s): Alarm ; QUESTION ; RIDDLE ; TIME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |