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CART AND HORSE

A PERSON WHO HAD BEEN CARRIED AWAY AND JUMPED
INTO SOMETHING WITHOUT THINKING MIGHT HAVE BEEN SAID TO HAVE
PUT THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; PRECIPITOUS ; REVERSAL ; SYMBOL ; TRANSPORTATION

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

Date learned: 09-00-1969

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JOKE

WHAT KIND OF BUS CAN GO ACROSS THE OCEAN? COLUMBUS

Submitter comment: FROM SCHOOL.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): HISTORICAL ; HISTORICAL PERSON ; TRANSPORTATION VEHICLE

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 04-15-1967

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DING-DONGS

WHAT IS GREEN AND GOES DING-DONG?
I DON'T KNOW
A GREEN DING-DONG
WHAT IS RED AND GOES DING-DONG?
I DON@T KNOW-RED DING-DONG, MAYBE?
NO STUPID} A FIRE ENGINE

Submitter comment: FIRST HEARD AT MERCY HIGH SCHOOL ABOUT 1959

Where learned: DETROIT ; MERCY HIGH SCHOOL

Keyword(s): COLOR ; VEHICLE TRANSPORTATION

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: CA00001959

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Saying

Term used for those first dates when a parent drives you to or from an activity: Mommy-date.

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Keyword(s): Chaperone ; DATE ; Drive ; Language ; Mommy ; Nickname ; Saying ; SLANG ; Term ; TRANSPORTATION

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Vocabulary

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