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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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WHEN HE DONATES BLOOD TO THE RED CROSS, THERE'S SO
MUCH ALCOHOL IN IT, THEY USE IT TO STERILIZE THE
INSTRUMENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLISM ; DRINKING ; HUMOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF IT WASN'T FOR THE PRETZELS, HE'D BE ENTIRELY ON A
LIQUID DIET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLISM ; BEER ; DRINKING ; HUMOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
The Nun in the Bar
A guy picked up a nun in the street and invited her into a bar to have a drink with him. "I really shouldn't," said the nun. But the man finally convinced her. when they got into the bar she told him she'd have a double martini, but to bring it in a coffee cup so that other people wouldn't knwo she was drinking. "Hey bartender," the man yelled out. "Give me a double martini in a coffee cup!" "oh," replied the bartender, "That nun's back again."
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Keyword(s): BAR ; Bartender ; Bartender Jokes ; Comic dialogue ; DIALOGUE ; DRINKING HUMOR ; HUMOR ; JOKES ; Pub ; RELIGION ; RELIGIOUS ; Religious Jokes
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious |
Proverb
Draft beer not students.
Submitter comment:
Sit-ins.
Data entry tech comment:
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James Callow comment:
[Common saying at sit-ins and picket lines.]
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
KW:5ZM
Keyword(s): ALCOHOL ; BEER ; Beverages ; COLLEGE ; DRINK ; DRINKING ; Picket Line ; Protest ; Sit-In ; Students
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Toast
Here's mud in your eye!
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Coldwater
Keyword(s): DRINKING ; Eye ; MUD ; Social ; TOAST ; VISION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toasts
May your eyeballs never cease to stop rolling (Irish).
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; Eyeballs ; Irish ; SARCASM ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
Irish Drinking Toast:
May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you are dead.
Data entry tech comment:
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Keyword(s): DEVIL ; DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; HEAVEN ; HELL ; Irish ; Jest ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
May you be in Heaven a half an hour before the Devil knows your dead.
Submitter comment:
Well Wish
Data entry tech comment:
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James Callow comment:
Called a Toast by others.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEATH ; DEVIL ; DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; HEAVEN ; Irish ; Social ; TIME ; TOAST ; Well Wish
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
Irish Toast:
Usually at weddings - "May you be in Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows your dead."
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Dead ; DEVIL ; DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; HEAVEN ; Irish ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
May you be in heaven 1/2 an hour before the Devil discovers you've been dead and buried.
Submitter comment:
Her mother told her. Popular in Ireland.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): Buried ; Dead ; DEVIL ; DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; HEAVEN ; Irish ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
May you get to heaven a half-hour before the devil knows you're dead.
Data entry tech comment:
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [W200] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: OHIO
Keyword(s): Dead ; DEVIL ; DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; HEAVEN ; Irish ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
Here's to your health, may it ever be so weak.
Data entry tech comment:
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Keyword(s): CUSTOM ; DRINKING ; HEALTH ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
An Old Irish Toast:
May your joys be as deep as the ocean, and your sorrows as light as its foam.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; Foam ; Irish ; Ocean ; Salute ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
An Irish Toast:
May you be in heaven half an hour before the Devil knows your dead.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEATH ; DEVIL ; DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; HEAVEN ; HELL ; Irish ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
May all your children be born bald and naked.
Data entry tech comment:
There were two identical cards for this submission: The only difference is that one listed an informant and the other did not. I included the informant in the submission and combined the cards to avoid duplicate entries.
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Keyword(s): Bald ; CHILDREN ; DRINKING ; Naked ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
may your children have rich parents.
Submitter comment:
She heard this from a Polish disk jockey who was from Chicago.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHILDREN ; DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; fortune ; PARENTS ; POLISH ; Riches ; Social ; TOAST ; WEALTH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
May you live till you die.
Submitter comment:
Heard it from a Polish disk jockey who was from Chicago.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEATH ; Die ; DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; Live ; POLISH ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
Gaelic Blassing:
May the road rise to meet you, and the wind be always at your back, and may the Lord hold you in the hollow of his hand.
Data entry tech comment:
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James Callow comment:
Listed as a toast by other collectors
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Back ; BLESSING ; DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; Gaelic ; Irish ; Lord ; Road ; Social ; TOAST ; Wind
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
Toast - Viennese:
Prost, dos die Gurgel nicht verust
"Drink so your throat doesn't rust."
Data entry tech comment:
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James Callow comment:
An exclamation point and a question mark are written under neath the submission.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; Rust ; Social ; Throat ; TOAST ; Viennese
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
To your health
Submitter comment:
From Childhood
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
A large, boxed in exclamation point is written on the submission card.
Keyword(s): DRINKING ; HEALTH ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |