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SMILE AWHILE

SMILE
AWHILE
AND WHILE YOU SMILE
ANOTHER
SMILES,
AND SOON THERE'S MILES
AND MILES
OF SMILES
AND LIFE'S WORTH WHILE
BECAUSE YOU SMILE.

Submitter comment: VERSE PRINTED ON DECORATED POSTCARD.

Where learned: DETROIT ; POSTCARD COLLECTION ; CIRCA 1910

Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; RHYME: AAABAAAAAA

James Callow Keyword(s): CHIASMUS

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse

Date learned: C00001910

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL, VERSE

LOVE MANY,
TRUST FEW,
ALWAYS PADDLE,
YOUR OWN CANOE.
I FOUND THIS IN MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF 1963.

Data entry tech comment: SALUTATION "DEAR DIANE" LEFT OUT BY KEYPUNCHER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ADVICE ; LIFE ; RHYME ABCB

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Chimney corner wisdom, advice, humorous fortune

Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

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AUTOGRAPH VERSE

WHEN YOU ARE OLD
AND OUT OF SHAPE
REMEMBER GIRDLES
ARE $2.98

Submitter comment: ENTERED INTO DIANE BRUKWINSKI'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK KEPT IN
DETROIT MICHIGAN IN 1969.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ADVICE ; HUMOR ; NONSENSE ; RHYME ABCB ; SURPRISE ENDING

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults

Date learned: 04-07-1972

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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE

DON!T GO TO LONDON,
DON!T GO TO FRANCE,
STAY IN MICHIGAN,
AND GIVE THE BOYS A CHANCE.

Where learned: DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE ; POPULARITY

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse

Date learned: 00-00-1969

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BIRTH

IF A PREGNANT WOMAN SEES ANY FOOD SHE MUST BE OFFERED A TASTE OF IT,
OTHERWISE SHE WILL LOSE THE BABY BECAUSE SHE WILL BE THINKING ABOUT
THE FOOD ALL NIGHT

Submitter comment: ROMANIAN

Keyword(s): IMPLIED WARNING ADVICE

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 10-06-1969

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CUSTOMS DURING PREGNANCY

IF YOU WANT YOUR FUTURE OFFSPING TO BE A MUSICIAN IT IS ADVISABLE
THAT YOU ATTEND A LOT OF CONCERTS.

Submitter comment: AN ITALIAN BELIEF

Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; MILFORD

Keyword(s): ADVICE PREDICTION

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth

Date learned: 08-00-1967

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ROPE JUMPING RHYME

WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND YOUR HUSBAND GETS CROSS,
JUST PICK UP A STICK AND SHOW HIM WHO'S BOSS.

Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; TOLD AT

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE POSITIVE ; PETTICOAT GOVERNMENT ; SEXISM

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse

Date learned: 02-22-1971

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GRAFFITI

LSD MELTS IN YOUR MIND, NOT IN YOUR HAND.

Data entry tech comment: THIS IS A PARODY OF THE M&M CANDY COMMERCIAL.

Where learned: DETROIT ; PLUM ST

Keyword(s): DRUGS PARODY OF TV COMMERCIAL ADVICE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture

Date learned: 10-31-1967

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SIGN ON A FLORIST'S TRUCK

BE CAREFUL HOW YOU DRIVE:
THE NEXT LOAD MAY BE FOR YOU}

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE HUMOR FLOWERS

Subject headings: --

Date learned: 11-05-1967

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MONEY AND WOMEN

IF YOU HAVE MONEY, SHARE IT WITH MEN
FOR WOMEN ARE UNGRATEFUL

Where learned: WEST AFRICA

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE, POSITIVE ; SEXISM ; WEALTH, GENEROSITY, GIVING

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Blason Populaire

Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

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KINDNESS

IF YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING GOOD ABOUT A PERSON, DON'T SAY ANYTHING
AT ALL

Submitter comment: NONE

Data entry tech comment: THIS IS JUST A WAY OF COMMON DECENCY.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 02-20-1968

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NO TITLE

IF YOU BUILD YOUR HOUSE OF TOOTHPICKS, DON'T SMOKE.

Submitter comment: NONE

Data entry tech comment: REMINDS ME OF " PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES, SHOULDN'T
THROW STONES.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL

Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 10-12-1965

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PROVERBIAL SAYING

IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE HEAT, GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN.

Submitter comment: NONE

Data entry tech comment: NONE

Where learned: HOME ; TOLD AT

Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 01-20-1971

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PROVERBIAL SAYING

IF YOU DON'T LIKE THE PEACHES, GET OUT OF THE ORCHARD.

Submitter comment: NONE

Data entry tech comment: IF YOU DON'T LIKE A SITUATION OR PLACE, GET OUT OF THERE AS
FAST AS YOU CAN TO AVOID PROBLEMS.

Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME

Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- V 20

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NONE

IF YOU DON'T LIKE MY PEACHES, DON'T SHAKE MY TREE.

Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 11-00-1968

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PROVERB

IF YOU CAN'T BEAT THEM, JOIN THEM.

Data entry tech comment: IF YOU CAN'T BE A WINNER, THEN JOIN THE GROUP.

Where learned: DETROIT

Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00-00-1956

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NONE

IF YOU CAN'T BE GOOD, BE CAREFUL.

Where learned: NOT LISTED

Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 09-00-1968

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PROVERB

EINEM GESCHENKTEN GAUL SIEHT MAN NICHT INS MAUL.
IF YOU HAVE A HORSE GIVEN TO YOU, DO NOT LOOK HIM IN THE MOUTH. TRAN
IN THE SENSE THAT YOU CAN NOT BE TOO
CRITICAL OF WHAT YOU GET FOR NOTHING.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb

Date learned: 11-24-1967

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PROVERB

IF THE BOOT FITS, WEAR IT

Where learned: WORK ; TOLD AT

James Callow Keyword(s): ACCEPTANCE ; ADVICE POSITIVE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 09-29-1968

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IF YOU HAVEN'T PUT SOMETHING DOWN, DON'T LOOK FOR IT}

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): TAKING NOTES

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 09-23-1971

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