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BOLUJEM JA (MY ACHING HEART)
BOLUJEM JA, BOLUJESH TI (MY ACHING HEART, YOUR ACHING HEART
BOLUJEMO ZBOG LJUBAVI OUR ACHING HEARTS -- FROM LOVE
JER NIKOGA NE LJUBIM JA, BECAUSE I LOVE NO ONE BUT YOU
SAMO TEBE, DUSHO MOJA. OH, DARLING.
Submitter comment: THE LANGUAGE IS SERBO-CROATIAN, A BRANCH OF SOUTH SLAVIC
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): CROATIA CK[ INITIAL ITERATION ; TAMBURITZA
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; TAMBURITZA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love |
Date learned: 00-00-1978
NA TE MISLIM (MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU)
NA TE MISLIM KADA ZORA SVICHE (MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU AT THE
BREAK OF DAY.
NA TE MISLIM KAD SE SVRSHE DAN. MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU WHEN
DAY IS DONE.
NA TE MISLIM KAD SE SVAKO BICHE MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU WHEN
EVERY BEING
SPREMA TIHO, DA PRESPAVA SAN. GENTLY GETS READY TO SLEEP.)
Submitter comment: THE LANGUAGE IS SERBO-CROATIAN, A BRANCH OF SOUTH SLAVIC
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): CROATIA ; TAMBURITZA
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love |
Date learned: 00-00-1983
CHUJESH MALA (LISTEN, LITTLE ONE)
CHUJESH, CHUJESH, CHUJESH MALA (LISTEN, LITTLE ONE
DOSTA SI VARALA YOU'VE BEEN FOOLING AROUND
CHUJESH, CHUJESH, CHUJESH MALA LONG ENOUGH.)
DOSTA SI VARALA, DOSTA SI VARALA.
Submitter comment:
THE LANGUAGE IS SERBO-CROATIAN, A BRANCH OF SOUTH SLAVIC
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): CROATIA
James Callow Keyword(s): ITERATION ; TAMBURITZA ; WARNING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Emotion |
Date learned: 00001979CA
OJ, MARICHKA PEGLAJ (HEY, MARICHKA, IRON)
OJ, MARICHKA, PEGLAJ, PEGLAJ, PEGLAJ, PEGLAJ (HEY, MARICHKA, IRON,
(REPEAT TWICE) IRON, IRON, IRON.(REPEAT TWICE)
OJ, MARICHKA, PEGLAJ HEY, MARICHKA, IRON
CJELI DAN I NOCH. ALL DAY AND NIGHT.)
Submitter comment:
THE LANGUAGE IS SERBO-CROATIAN, A BRANCH OF SOUTH SLAVIC
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): CROATIA
James Callow Keyword(s): ITERATION ; TAMBURITZA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 00001978CA
EATING BATTER GIVES YOU BIGGER BOOBS.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS TOLD TO ME BY MY GRANDMOTHER WHEN I WAS MAKING PANCAKES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NEW BUFFALO
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; BOOBS = BREASTS (ASSUMED)
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 00-00-1981 ; 10-14-1987
SECRETARIES' SAYING, "GIVE US RAISES
NOT ROSES."
Submitter comment:
IN RESPONSE TO BOSSES GIVING THEIR
SECRETARIES FLOWERS ON SECRETARIES DAY,
(THE WEDNESDAY IN THE LAST FULL WEEK OF
APRIL), THE PROFESSIONAL SECRETARIES
INTERNATIONAL REBELLED WITH THIS PHRASE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 21 equinox to June 20 |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
If you leave food uneaten at a big family gathering
you will have bad weather the next day. Conversely,
if you make sure that all the food has been consumed,
you will be sure to have good weather on the morrow.
Submitter comment:
Elinor heard this saying while a young girl. She has
been told that it is a German belief. To this day in her
family, the phrase "Finish it so it'll be a good day
tomorrow" is used to encourage everyone to eat.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRASER
Keyword(s): function, prediction, celebrations, meals
Date learned: 00001950S
PROVERBS
BOOKS BEFORE BOYS BECAUSE BOYS BRING BABIES.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A POPULAR SAYING TODAY AMONG A LOT OF GIRLS, DUE
TO THE RASH OF TEEN PREGNANCIES TODAY.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ELLIPSIS ; WARNING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-00-1990
This is a dinner prayer my sister taught me, that our
family still uses today.
God, thank you for the food we eat.
God, thank you for the birds that sing.
God, thank you for everything.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00001975 CA
" Miss Susie had a tugboat, the tugboat had a bell,
Miss Susie went to heaven, the tugboat went to
Hello operator, please ring me number nine,
And if you disconnect me, I'll kick you right behind
The 'frigerator, there was a piece of glass,
Miss Susie fell upon it, and broke her little
Ask me no more questions, I'll tell you no more lies,
Miss Susie told me all of this,
The day before she died."
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Kenmore
James Callow Keyword(s): ASS ; HELL ; REFRIGERATOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Song |
WHEN A PERSON MAKES A SMALL JOB SEEM BIGGER THAN IT ACTUALLY
IS, HE IS SAID TO BE "MAKING A MOUNTAIN OUT OF A MOLEHILL."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00001980CA
ICE COLD BEER MAKES YOU WANNA CHEER,
ICE COLD GIN MAKES YOU WANNA WIN,
ICE COLD DUCK (CLAP THREE TIMES)
MAKES YOU WANNA SCORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; BASKETBALL GAME
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLIC DRINKS ; INITIAL ITERATION ; INTERNAL RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival Custom Festival |
Cross my heart and hope to die, stick a needle in my eye.
If I'm lying may a lizard eat my gizzard.
Submitter comment: Child version of swearing to tell the truth.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HEMLOCK
James Callow Keyword(s): Asseveration ; FEMININE RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00001970S
A FRIEND OF MINE USES "GREETINGS AND HALLUCINATIONS" AS A
GREETING INSTEAD OF "GREETING AND SALUTATIONS."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): DELIBERATE MALAPROPISM
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
WHEN MY MOTHER'S OLDER BROTHER WAS ASKED TO SAY THE PRAYER
OVER DINNER, HE WOULD SAY, "GOOD BREAD, GOOD MEAT, GOOD GOD, LET'S
EAT!" THIS BLESSING WAS NOT RECEIVED FAVORABLY WITH HIS CHURCH OF
CHRIST PARENTS!
Where learned: OHIO ; CINCINNATI
Keyword(s): GRACE
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 00001940S
Miss Susie had an engine
The engine had a bell.
Miss Susie went to heaven
The Engine went to ...
Hello operator, give me number nine
If you disconnect me
I'll kick you right behind...
The refrigerator, there was a piece of glass
Miss Susie fell upon it and broke her little ...
Ask me no more questions, I'll tell you no more lies.
Miss Susie told me this the day before
She dyed her hair in purple,
She dyed her hair in pink,
She dyed her hair in polka dots
And washed it down the sink.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): REFRIGERATOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
When I was younger my mother always used to tell me to never
go outside with a wet head in the winter because my head would
freeze and I would catch a cold.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
James Callow Keyword(s): TEMPERATURE
Date learned: 00-00-1977
Hands Up to 85
To play this game there should be at least 3 or more players.
(The more players the more interesting a game!) The players stand
in a circle clapping each others hands throughout the entire game.
This game is usually played by young girls.
Object: To name something different about the subject your group
has chosen.
Rules: No one can repeat anything already named.
Players must not hesitate or demonstate.
Players must keep on the beat of the clap.
The rhyme: Hands up to 85,
Gonna get,
Names of,
(Name the subject) e.g., boy names
No hesitation,
No demonstration,
So let's go,
Starting with,
(Name the player to begin).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): hesitate or demonstrate ?
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics |
Date learned: 01-00-1992
St. Nicholas
My grandmother told me how the St. Nicholas legend began after
I told her I no longer believed in Santa. She said that moms and
dads aren't really lying to their children about Santa, that if you
have love in your heart you are Santa and that's what moms and dads
do. Originally, many, many years ago there was a kindly, wealthy
old gent, Nicholas. He had much wealth, but no children to whom to
distribute it. In his small village there were many poor families.
When he heard of a very lovely girl who could not marry her young
man because her parents had no dowry for her, he decided to help.
On the eve of Christ's birth, he approached the maiden's home.
Finding the window open, he tossed a bag full of coins into the
home. When the young maiden and her family discovered the small
bag, they used it as the girl's dowry. He saw what pleasure it had
brought the couple and the family and continued to help the poor
each Christmas Eve.
The townspeople found out who was doing such kind deeds and called
him Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus) from that day forward. Moms and
dads everywhere from then on assumed the role of Santa Claus with
their children.
Submitter comment:
She told me this story in such a loving way, that I was
prompted to tell my children the same story when they asked about
the "reality" of Santa Claus.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): RATIONALIZATION
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 00001960S
GRAY DUCK
CIRCLE FORMATION. THE CHILD WHO IS "IT" WALKS
AROUND THE OUTSIDE OF THE CIRCLE. THE CHILDREN HE
TAPS (TO THEM) HE SAYS "DUCK, DUCK, GRAY DUCK."
WHEN HE TOUCHES THE CHILD AND SAYS "GRAY DUCK" HE
STARTS TO RUN AND THE CHILD TAGGED FOLLOWS, TRYING
TO CATCH HIM. IF THE CAUGHT CHILD DOES NOT GET
BACK TO HIS SPOT IN THE CIRCLE IN TIME, HE MUST
SQUAT LIKE A DUCK IN THE CENTER OF THE CIRCLE AND
THE GAME CONTINUES TILL ALL THE DUCKS ARE SQUATTING.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM KINDERGARDEN CHILDREN.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR: GRAY ; CONFIGURATION: CIRCLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting SPEECH -- Onomatopoeia |
Date learned: 12-05-1966