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PROVERBS
A MAN'S TRUE NATURE COMES OUT WHEN HE'S DRUNK.
Submitter comment: (GRANDMOTHER)
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
PROVERB
MAN IST, WAS ESST.
(TRANSLATION: A MAN IS, WHAT HE EATS.)
Where learned: GERMAN CLASS
James Callow Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; FOOD ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
RETORT
WHEN SOMEONE ASKS YOU IF YOU HAVE A MATCH, YOU CHEERILY ANSWER BACK:
"YEAH, DAFFY DUCK AND SPIRO AGNEW." OR "SURE -- ME AND SUPERMAN."
Submitter comment: I OBTAINED THIS ONE WITHOUT EVEN ASKING FOR IT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; TOLD AT
James Callow Keyword(s): BRAG BOAST ; CARTOON CHARACTER DAFFY DUCK ANIMAL ; VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: SPIRO AGNEW
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Proverb
Tell me who you go with and I'll tell you what you are.
Submitter comment:
Informant heard her father say this in the year 1928.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; CHARACTER ; FRIENDS ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
You can dress a person up, but you can't take him out.
Submitter comment:
Used by informant's girlfriend at senior prom when informant started throwing chunks of fruit salad into the air and catching them in his mouth.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; CHARACTER ; Class ; DRESS ; Fashion ; Maxim ; Presentation ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Tell me with whom you walk and I'll tell you who you are.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; CHARACTER ; Company ; FRIENDS ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Walk
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Show me your friends and I'll tell you who you are.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V400] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; CHARACTER ; FRIENDS ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
If the shoe fits, wear it.
Submitter comment:
Proverbial Metaphor
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; CHARACTER ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Shoe ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
As the twig is bent so grows the tree.
Submitter comment:
Informant heard this from his mother in the year 1929
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): AGE ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; CHARACTER ; Grow ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB ; Tree ; Twig ; VERSE ; YOUTH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Children's Jump Rope
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLA
WENT UPSTAIRS TO KISS A FELLA
MADE A MISTAKE AND KISSED A SNAKE
THEN CAME DOWN WITH A BELLY ACHE.
HOW MANY DOCTORS DID IT TAKE?
(THEN PROCEED TO COUNT THE NUMBER OF DOCTORS BY COUNTING THE NUMBER OF TIMES THE CHILD JUMPS IN THE ROPE.)
Where learned: INFORMANT'S HOME
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 01-21-1968
JOHNNY'S LICKINS
JOHNNY OVER THE OCEAN,
JOHNNY OVER THE SEA,
JOHNNY BROKE A BOTTLE AND BLAMED IT ON ME.
I TOLD MA,
MA TOLD PA,
JOHNNY GOT A LICKIN' AND A HA-HA-HA
HOW MANY LICKINS DID JOHNNY GET?
(JUMPS AT DOUBLE SPEED--RED HOT PEPPERS--UNTIL A MISS)
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HUNTINGTON WOODS ; informant's home
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP ; Speed Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-10-1968
Jump Rope Rhyme
DOCTOR, DOCTOR, DO YOUR DUTY.
HERE COMES _____ THE BATHING BEAUTY.
SHE WIGGLES WHEN SHE WALKS
SHE CAN DO THE SPLIT
SHE WEARS HER SKIRT ABOVE HER KNEES
HOW MANY INCHES ABOVE HER KNEES?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-06-1967
Jump-rope rhyme
I asked my mother for 50 cents
to see the elephant jump the fence.
He jumped so high
he touched the sky
And didn't come down
til the fourth of July.
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump-Rope Rhyme: Ductch Girl
I'm a little Dutch girl dressed in blue
And these are the things I used to do:
Salute to the captain curtsy to the queen,
And turn my back on a dirty submarine.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Character Action Rhyme
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump-Rope Rhyme: Johnny
Johnny over the ocean
Johnny ov the sea
Johnny broke a window
And blamed it all on me.
I told ma.
Ma told pa.
Johnny got a lickin', ha-ha-ha!
(jump the number of lickin's Johnny got.)
Data entry tech comment:
Informent and collector share the same surname and resident
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER PLAIN JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Dutch Girl
I'm a little Dutch girl
Dressed in blue
These are the things
I like to do
Salute to the captain
Curtsy to the queen
Turn my back on the mean old king.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACTION RHYME ; CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Game Verse - Rope-jumping Rhyme
I'm a little Dutch girl dressed in blue,
These are the things I like to do,
Salute to the captain,
Curtsy to the queen,
Turn my back on the mean old king.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: COLLECTED FROM SCHOOL FRIENDS
Keyword(s): ACTION RHYME ; CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump-Rope Rhyme
I'm a little Dutch girl
dressed in blue
These are the things I like to do
Bow to the captain
Curtsy to the queen
And touch the bottom of the submarine.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTOR'S HOME
Keyword(s): ACTION RHYME ; CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
I am a pretty little Dutch girl
As pretty as pretty can be.
And all the boys in the neighborhood
Are crazy over me.
My boyfriend's name is Tommy.
He comes from the land of salami.
With pickles on his nose and 5 black toes.
That's the way my story goes.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
CHING, CHANG CHINAMAN, SITTING ON A FENCE/ TRYING TO MAKE A DOLLAR
OUT OF FIFTEEN CENTS.
HE MISSED, HE MISSED, HE MISSED LIKE THIS, 1, 2,
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-02-1970