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THERE IS A RED LIGHT ON HAGGERTY ROAD THAT SEEMS TO
CHASE YOU. IT DOESN'T BLINK ON OR OFF OR GET
BIGGER OR SMALLER WHILE YOU DRIVE ALONG THE ROAD,
BUT IT SEEMS AS IF IT FOLLOWS YOU ALL THE WAY DOWN
HAGGERTY ROAD TO A CERTAIN POINT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
James Callow Keyword(s): MYSTERIOUS LIGHT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-01-1968
GHOST STORY
ON A STREET CALLED TANGLEWOOD ON BELLE ISLE IN DETROIT
{MICHIGAN}, TEENAGERS USUALLY WENT AT NIGHT TO HAVE
DRINKING PARTIES. THEY SAID THEY ALWAYS SAW A GHOST
DRIVING A WHITE OLDSMOBILE. ONE NIGHT A TEENAGE GIRL
WAS DRIVING ALONE--OUT TO MEET HER FRIENDS ON TANGLEWOOD.
AS SHE WAS DRIVING SHE SAW THIS OLDSMOBILE WITH A GHOST
WHITE DRIVER AND SHE GOT SO SCARED SHE CRASHED INTO A
TREE AND GOT KILLED. NOW THE KIDS SAW THIS AND THEY
SAY THAT IF YOU GO THERE AT NIGHT AND TURN YOUR HEAD-
LIGHTS ON INTO THE WOOD YOU CAN SEE THE YOUNG GIRL
WANDERING AROUND. THEY ALSO SAY THAT HER MOTHER WENT
CRAZY AND ALSO WANDERS AROUND IN THE WOODS AT NIGHT
DRESSED IN WHITE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TANGLEWOOD, BELLE ISLE, DETROIT, OLDSMOBILE, HEADLIGHTS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 04-05-1972
( PUNCH LINE FROM A SONG)
THERE ONCE WAS A FAMOUS SKIN DIVER NAMED OSEE WHO WAS
ASKED TO TEST A NEW UNDERWATER FLASHLIGHT, INVENTED BY
A PROFESSOR DAWNSEARLY. TO CONDUCT THE TEST, THE
SKINDIVER, THE PROFESSOR AND SOME PROFESSIONAL TEST
CONDUCTORS TOOK A SHIP TO THE NEAREST MURKY WATERS.
OSEE SUBMERGED IN A DIVING SUIT EQUIPPED WITH AN
INTERCOM. HE TOLD THE MAN ON BOARD THAT HE WAS TURNING
ON THE FLASHLIGHT. THEN, THROUGH THE INTERCOM THEY
ASKED THE FATAL QUESTION: "OSEE, CAN YOU SEE BY THE
DAWNSEARLY LIGHT?"
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): NATIONAL ANTHEM SONG: OH, SAY, CAN YOU SEE, BY THE DAWN'S EARLY LIGHT.
| Subject headings: | 6677 Formula Tale |
Date learned: 11-02-1970
IT'S ALWAYS DARKEST BEFORE THE DAWN.
Keyword(s): LIGHT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-00-1964
VOCABULARY
A HOLE IN AN OVERCAST IS CALLED A "SUCKER HOLE."
Submitter comment:
YOU DON'T WANT TO GET ON TOP IF YOU CAN'T GET BACK DOWN WITHIN THE
LAW.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): FLIGHT INSTRUCTOR USE THIS TERM.
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Date learned: 11-00-1971
RIDDLE
QUESTION: WHAT DID THE RED TRAFFIC LIGHT SAY TO THE GREEN
TRAFFIC LIGHT?
ANSWER: I WONDER WHERE THE YELLOW WENT?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): LIGHT (Q) ; YELLOW (A)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
RIDDLE
QUESTION: WHAT DID THE RED LIGHT SAY TO THE GREEN LIGHT?
ANSWER: WHERE DID THE YELLOW GO?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): LIGHT (Q) ; YELLOW (A)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
Proverb
A house without a woman and firelight is like a body without a soul or sprite.
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Keyword(s): BODY ; Domesticity ; Feminine ; FIRE ; Firelight ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Soul ; SPIRIT ; Warmth ; Woman
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Lightning:
Lightning never strikes in the same place twice.
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Keyword(s): Event ; LIGHTNING ; LUCK ; Odds
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Lightning never strikes twice in the same place.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHANCE ; FATE ; LIGHTNING ; LOCATION ; LUCK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Words of Wisdom:
Don't hide your light under a bushel.
Submitter comment:
Handed down to Shirley from her father, Frank.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): Barrel ; Bushel ; LIGHT ; POTENTIAL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
It is always darkest before dawn.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UTICA
Keyword(s): Dark ; Dawn ; Hope ; LIGHT ; METAPHOR ; NATURE ; Sky
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Toast
Polish:
Niech gwiazda sukces nigdy nie wychodzą na niego, nigdy nie wyjdzie za niego. A kto nie wypije jego zdrowie może pioran trzasnie. (repeat).
Translation:
May the star of success never go out for him, never go out for him.
And whoever will not drink his health, May the lightning strike him down. (repeat).
Submitter comment:
This song I know from home as well as from the young people in Poland.
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Keyword(s): DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; HEALTH ; LIGHTNING ; POLISH ; Social ; SONG ; Star ; SUCCESS ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Proverb
Many hands make light work.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Community ; Hands ; Help ; LIGHT ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WORK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Language: Games
Q: I STAND ALONE UPON A ROCK/ THE ANGRY WAVES I DAILY MOCK/
THE SHIPS THAT PASS ME IN (THE) NIGHT/ ARE SAFELY GUIDED BY MY LIGHT
A: A LIGHTHOUSE.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BUILDING ; GAME ; Guide ; Language ; LIGHT ; Lighthouse ; Night ; RHYME ; RIDDLE ; Rock ; Ship ; TRANSPORTATION ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle True Riddle |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
Proverb
Many hands make light work.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Geviydala
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Easy ; Hands ; Help ; LIGHT ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WORK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Don't light the candle at both ends.
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Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Burnout ; Candle ; LIGHT ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WORK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Autograph Verse
Album Rhyme:
Yours till butter flies
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Keyword(s): Album ; Aphorism ; AUTOGRAPH ; Butter ; Butterfly ; Devotion ; FLIES ; Flight ; Fly ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; Signature ; VERSE ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Custom; Agriculture
Plant cucumbers by the dark of the moon. If you plant them by the light of the moon, they will just make vines.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE ; Crop ; Cucumber ; Dark ; FARMING ; LIGHT ; Lore ; MOON ; PLANT ; VEGETABLE ; Vine
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Working |