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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
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
AN OLD SAYING TO EXPRESS DISGUST OVER A NICE THING
BEING RUINED BY NEGLECT IS CALLED
PUTTING A TUXEDO ON A HOG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; ANIMAL ; CLOTHING ; CONTRAST ; INCONGRUITY
James Callow Keyword(s): COVER UP: SURFACE DRESSING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-10-1968
JAMAICAN SPIRIT BELIEF
NEVER HIT A BLACK DOG AT NIGHT BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE A GHOST. THERE
WERE GUYS WHO WOULD STONE STRAY DOGS UNTIL ONE NIGHT THEY SAW A BLACK
DOG. THEY THREW STONES AT IT BUT SOON FELT TNE STONES COMING BACK
AT THEM NO MATTER WHERE THEY WOULD GO. THE STONES JUST KEPT
FOLLOWING THEM. THEY ENDED UP IN THE HOSPITAL.
Submitter comment: DONALD LEE LEARNED THIS ITEM IN BUFF BAY, JAMAICA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL COLOR
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 10-31-1975
JAMAICAN METAPHORICAL PROVERB
YOU PLAY WITH A PUPPY THE PUPPY WILL LICK YOUR LIPS.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS SIMILAR IN MEANING TO "FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT".
DONALD LEE LEARNED THIS ITEM IN BUFF BAY JAMAICA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-31-1975
JAMAICAN SPIRIT BELIEF
WHEN YOU ARE BUILDING OR MOVING INTO A HOUSE, KILL ANY ANIMAL AND
SPRINKLE ITS BLOOD AROUND THE HOUSE TO MAKE A DEAL WITH THE
SPIRITS TO LEAVE IT ALONE. OFTEN MEN WON'T WORK ON HOUSES BEFORE
THIS IS DONE.
Submitter comment: DONALD LEE LEARNED THIS ITEM IN BUFF BAY JAMAICA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL SACRIFICE
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Work Commerce Business BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 10-31-1975
JAMAICAN MUMP PREVENTION IN ANIMALS
TO KEEP PUPPIES FROM GETTING MUMPS PUT RED CLOTH AROUND THEIR NECKS.
Submitter comment: DONALD LEE LEARNED THIS ITEM IN BUFF BAY, JAMAICA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; COLOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-31-1975
PORK
IF YOU WERE SENT TO THE STORE FOR A YARD OF
PORK, WHAT WOULD YOU BRING HOME?
THREE PIGS FEET.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): ANIMAL MEASUREMENT MAMMAL
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-22-1967
ELEPHANT JOKE
HOW CAN YOU TELL IF AN ELEPHANT IS IN YOUR HOUSE?
SEE IF HIS BIKE IS PARKED OUTSIDE.
Where learned: LIVING ROOM
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 12-03-1967
WHICH EATS MORE GRASS, BLACK SHEEP OR WHITE?
WHITE, THERE ARE MORE OF THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): ANIMALS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-23-1967
ELEPHANT JOKE
WHY DO ELEPHANTS HAVE WRINKLY LEGS?
BECAUSE THEY TIE THEIR TENNIS SHOES TOO TIGHT.
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED IT AT ST. FRANCIS HIGH SCHOOL IN MICHAWAKA, INDIANA.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-09-1967
RIDDLE
WHAT IS THE BEST WAY TO CATCH A SQUIRREL?
ACT LIKE A NUT.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-26-1967
RIDDLE QUESTION
HOW DO YOU CATCH A RABBIT?
HIDE BEHIND A TREE AND MAKE NOISES LIKE A CARROT.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT IS A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
WHO HEARD THE RIDDLE IN OCTOBER, 1963 FROM A FELLOW STUDENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; TALKING VEGETABLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A SNAKE AND A GOOSE?
A GOOSE IS A GRASP IN THE ASS.
A SNAKE IS AN ASP IN THE GRASS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMALS BIRD REPTILE ; SPOONERISM
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
WHAT IS GRAY HAS FOUR LEGS AND A TRUNK?
A MOUSE ON VACATION.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; ELEPHANT ; PUN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
WHAT HAS 1 HORN AND GIVES MILK?
A MILK TRUCK.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
WHAT IS THE SMARTEST DUCK IN SCHOOL?
WISE QUACKER
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): ANIMAL SOUND
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Onomatopoeia RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
RIDDLE
WHAT JUMPS INTO THE WATER AND OUT AGAIN AND DOESN'T GET WET?
EGG IN A DUCK'S BELLY
Submitter comment: HEARD THIS IN DORMITORY
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; OPPOSITIONAL: CAUSAL CONTRADICTIVE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
BAD BIRD
WHAT IS BLACK, SITS IN A TREE AND IS VERY DANGEROUS?
A CROW WITH A MACHINE GUN.
Submitter comment:
HEARD FROM AT LEAST FOUR DIFFERENT SOURCES AT
UNIV. OF DETROIT, APRIL, 1962
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
RIDDLE
WHY DO DRAGONS GO TO SLEEP IN THE DAYTIME? SO THEY CAN FIGHT NIGHTS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
RIDDLE
WHAT'S WHITE, HAS ONE HORN AND GIVES MILK?
A MILK TRUCK
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |