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WEATHER VERSE
RED SKY AT NIGHT
SAILOR'S DELIGHT.
RED SKY IN THE MORNING
SAILORS TAKE WARNING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; FEMININE RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 00001950S
WEATHER BELIEF
RAIN BEFORE SEVEN.
SHINE BEFIRE ELEVEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; FEMININE RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00001950S
WEATHER RHYME
IN THE MORNING MOUNTAINS,
IN THE EVENING FOUNTAINS.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; FEMININE RHYME ; OBSERVATION PREDICTION ; PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-07-1969
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
WHATEVER SKIES MAY FIND ABOVE YOU,
WHEN XMAS COMES IT'S NICE TO KNOW
THAT THERE ARE FRIENDS WHO FONDLY LOVE YOU,
HOWEVER FAR AWAY YOU GO.
Where learned: KANSAS ; HUDSON
James Callow Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; FEMININE RHYME ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
HOW A MINORITY
REACHING A MAJORITY
SIEZING AUTHORITY
HATES A MINORITY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FEMININE RHYME ; TRIPLE RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 11-08-1985
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
'LO, SIR; 'LO, SIR,
MEET ME AT THE GROCER.
NO, SIR. WHY, SIR?
BECAUSE I HAVE A COLD, SIR.
WHERE'D YOU GET THE COLD, SIR?
AT THE NORTH POLE, SIR.
WHAT WERE YOU DOING THERE, SIR?
CATCHING POLAR BEARS, SIR.
HOW MANY DID YOU CATCH?
ONE, SIR; TWO, SIR; THREE, SIR; FOUR, SIR; FIVE, SIR.
SIX, SIR
OLD DUTCH CLEANSER.
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
James Callow Keyword(s): COUNTING ; FEMININE RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1972