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Proverb
All the water I bathe with doesn't go on my skin alone.
Submitter comment:
Meaning: All my good fortunes are not mine alone, Others benefit from it.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
The A in All and the first letter of each last name on the card are each underlined.
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): Bathe ; BODY ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB ; SKIN ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
All the water I bathe in doesn't go on my skin.
Submitter comment:
All the benefits I get from being in this world doesn't/don't help me alone. -Interpretation. Told by mother.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
The word Proverb is crossed out as a title.
The letter A in All is underlined twice.
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Bathe ; BODY ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB ; SKIN ; WATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Play on Words
The reason the modern girl's bathing suit is real cool is that most of it is real gone.
Submitter comment:
Heard it at Awrey's Bakery where I worked last summer.
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Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Submission card located in pile marked These don't sound traditional - Do Not File Yet.
Keyword(s): Bathing Suit ; Bikini ; Fashion ; Female ; Girl ; HUMOR ; JOKE ; MODERN ; PUN ; Woman
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Play on Words
Women's Clothing:
Nothing can replace today's women's bathing suit; in fact, it already has.
Submitter comment:
Heard this at Awrey's Bakery where I worked last summer.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Submission card located in pile marked These don't sound traditional - Do Not File Yet.
Keyword(s): Bathing Suit ; Bikini ; Fashion ; Female ; Girl ; HUMOR ; JOKE ; PUN ; WOMEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Autograph Verse
Album Rhyme:
Don't it make you mad,
Don't it get your goat,
To get in the bathroom
Without the soap?
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Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; BATHROOM ; Goat ; Mad ; poem ; RHYME ; Signature ; Soap ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Vocabulary
Visiting Mrs. Murphy is another way of saying going to the restroom.
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Keyword(s): BATHROOM ; EUPHEMISM ; Murphy ; Nickname ; Restroom ; VISITING ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
Language
American Nicknames:
Mexicans call Americans "gringoes" because when the Texans went into the Battle of San Jacinto, they were singing "Green Grow the Lilacs." The Mexicans thought they were saying "gringo."
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Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): AMERICAN ; Battle ; Culture ; ETYMOLOGY ; Green ; Gringo ; Grow ; Language ; Lilacs ; Mexican ; NATIONALITY ; Nickname ; San Jacinto ; SLANG ; SONG ; Term
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Taunt
Fatty, fatty, two by four. Can't get through the bathroom door. So he did it on the floor.
Submitter comment:
Friends
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added By TRD
James Callow comment:
Orignal BN [S570] crossed out. Replaced with current classification
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): BATHROOM ; Bowels ; Door ; Fat ; Fatty ; Floor ; INSULT ; JOKE ; Large ; RHYME ; SIZE ; TAUNT ; URINATE ; WEIGHT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
FEVER CURE:
COOL A FEVER BY FREQUENTLY SPONGING OFF WITH SODA WATER
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): bathing ; CURE ; Fever ; REMEDY ; Sponging ; WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
Entry filtered.
WHEN PLAYING CARDS, IF YOU AND YOUR PARTNER ARE PARALLEL
WITH THE DIRECTION THE BATHTUB FACES, YOU WILL WIN THE
GAME.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Bathtub ; BELIEF ; Card ; GAME ; Parallel ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
Verse - Wit
Jungle Bells, shotgun shells
Robin laid an egg
The batmobile lost a wheel
and the Joker got away.
(sung to the tune of Jingle Bells)
Data entry tech comment:
Entered by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BATMAN ; Carol ; Christmas Carol ; Comic ; holiday ; Jingle Bells ; Pop Culture ; SONG ; Spoof
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wit |
BATS
BATS ATTACK PEOPLE AND PREY ON THE HUMAN BLOOD, TO COUNTERACT
THIS ATTACK, ONE SHOULD WEAR A CROSS AROUND THE NECK. THIS
WILL ALSO KEEP AWAY VAMPIRES.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Bats ; FEAR ; SUPERNATURAL ; SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMALS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications |
Date learned: 02-10-1972
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
IF A BAT FLIES INTO A HOUSE A GHOST IS NEAR.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Bat ; GHOST ; SIGN ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
CUSTOM
SATAN AND HIS FOLLOWERS CELEBRATE FOUR SABBATHS IN THE FOUR
DIFFERENT SECTIONS OR COVENS OF THE WORLD AROUND THE SAME TIME
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH CELEBRATES ITS SEASONAL CHANGES. HE ALSO
HAS ONE BIG CEREMONY CALLED THE BLOODY SABBATH.
ON THIS DAY ALL FOUR COVENS GET TOGETHER FOR A GOOD TIME OF
SACRIFICE (A YOUNG PERSON'S WARM BLOOD) AND PUNISHMENT FOR
ALL WHO HAVE BEEN DISOBEDIENT TO SATAN AND THE INSTALLMENT OF
NEW WITCHES.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
Keyword(s): Coven ; DEVIL ; DEVIL WORSHIP ; holiday ; PUNISHMENT ; Sabbath ; Sacrifice ; SATAN ; WITCHES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Fixed DateFor specific dates, use the following system: BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SUPERSTITION PERTAINING TO WOMEN AND CHICKEN
A WOMAN MUST NOT EAT CHICKEN LEST HER CHILDREN BECOME
FLIGHTY HEARTED LIKE THE BIRDS. THIS ABSTINENCE IS REQUIRED
THROUGHOUT HER ENTIRE LIFE NOT JUST DURING PREGNANCY.
Submitter comment:
THE SUPERSTITION IS PROPER TO THE BATOORO TRIBE OF ABOUT
100,000 PEOPLE IN UGANDA. THE SUPERSTITION IS DYING OUT
WITH INCREASED EDUCATION.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Batooro Tribe ; BEHAVIOR ; Chicken ; CHILD ; CHILDREN ; Consume ; Eat ; Fetus ; Flighty ; FOOD ; MOTHER ; PREGNANCY ; SUPERSTITION ; Uganda ; Woman
James Callow Keyword(s): AFRICA ; ANIMAL ; HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | Daily Life CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. Food Drink -- Meat Bird Poultry |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
A CHILD MUST NEVER PASS BEHIND HIS UNCLE
OTHERWISE THE UNCLE WILL SUFFER FROM CHRONIC DIZZINESS.
Submitter comment:
THE SUPERSTITION IS PROPER TO THE BATOORO TRIBE OF ABOUT 100,000
PEOPLE OF UGANDA.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Bataroo ; BEHAVIOR ; BELIEF ; CHILD ; Dizziness ; Dizzy ; Movement ; SUPERSTITION ; Uganda ; Uncle
James Callow Keyword(s): DIRECTION ; POSITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BATS
BATS ATTACK PEOPLE, AND PREY ON THE HUMAN BLOOD. TO COUNTERACT
THIS ATTACK ONE SHOULD WEAR A CROSS AROUND ONE'S NECK. THIS
WILL ALSO KEEP AWAY VAMPIRES.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Attack ; Bats ; Cross ; Legend ; Repel ; SUPERNATURAL ; SUPERSTITION ; SYMBOL ; Vampire
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 02-10-1972