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"TOMORROW, TOMORROW, BUT NOT TODAY," EVERY LAZY MAN
WILL SAY.
Where learned: HUNGARY
Keyword(s): TIME PROCRASTINATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.400 |
Date learned: 00-00-1910
RETORT: TIME
QUESTION: WHAT TIME IS IT?
REPLY: (LOOK AT WRIST PRETENDING TO READ TIME OFF YOUR WRIST):
TWO HAIRS PAST THE SECOND FRECKLE, EASTERN ELBOW TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TIME
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
WHAT TIME IS IT? FIVE O'CLOCK. HOW DO YOU LIKE THAT. I'VE BEEN
ASKING PEOPLE ALL DAY, WHAT TIME IT IS AND EVERYBODY TELLS ME
SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): TIME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
RIDDLE
WHY CAN'T IT RAIN FOR TWO DAYS IN A ROW?
-- THERE IS ALWAYS A NIGHT IN BETWEEN.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): WEATHER TIME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-15-1968
RIDDLE
HOW MANY MONTHS HAVE 28 DAY?
-- ALL OF THEM
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): TIME CALENDAR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-26-1968
RIDDLE
QUESTION: WHAT TIME IS IT WHEN THE CLOCK SAYS THIRTEEN O'CLOCK?
ANSWER: TIME TO GET THE CLOCK FIXED.
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK
Keyword(s): CLOCK (Q) ; TIME (A)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
RIDDLE
QUESTION: WHAT TIME IS IT WHEN THE CLOCK STRIKES 13?
ANSWER: TIME TO GET THE CLOCK FIXED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CLOCK (Q) ; TIME (A)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
Faerie: Elves and Time Travellers
There is no such thing as "a fairy," but rather "Faerie" is a place - a half-remembered world perhaps existing in another dimension. "Faerie" was inhabited not by faeries but by elves. These Elves were not diminutive, but tall, pale, thin and fair. They were especially noted for their grey eyes. They are unable to touch iron: suggesting that these were early time-travellers unable to come in contact with magnetic sources without "grounding out" of the earthly dimension.
Data entry tech comment:
Collector stamped a home address stamp onto the card in the place of "collector data."
Stamp reads: Mrs.W.E. Givens, Jr.
They then crossed out the Prefix and first initials [Mrs. W.E.] of the name, and wrote an indecipherable scrawl over the suffix [Jr.]. This scrawl may possibly be Rev. or Esq.
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original Boggs number P400 was crossed out and P423 was substituted.
Where learned: WALES ; ABERYSTWYTH
Keyword(s): Attributes ; Dimension ; Elf ; Elves ; Faerie ; Fairy ; IRON ; Legend ; Lore ; METAL ; MYTH ; Physics ; Time-Traveler
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Destiny
Apache Indians will never attack at night, because if they are killed at night their souls will be damned to limbo.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P880] crossed out and replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Attack ; DEATH ; ETHNIC ; Limbo ; Native American ; Nighttime ; Soul ; WAR ; Warrior
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- War |
Belief: Animal
A snake having been killed will not die until sundown
Submitter comment:
Informant was skeptical as to this belief
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: NEW YORK ; POUGHKEEPSIE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; DEATH ; Kill ; Serpent ; Snake ; Sundown ; SUPERSTITION ; Time of day
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Entertainment: Game
Jump Rope Song:
High, Low, Jolly Pepper / Splits, Kicks, Touch the ground.
High - Regular Turns
Low - must jump in squatting position
Jolly - Turn round and round
Peppers - turn rope very fast
Splits - Jump with legs apart
Kicks - Kick as you jump
Touch - Touch the ground with one hand
Ground - Touch the ground with both hands
Whichever one you miss on, the next person must do it.
Submitter comment:
The informant learned it from the neighborhood kids.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [C570] crossed out. Replaced with Current Classification
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): Entertainment ; EXERCISE ; GAMES ; Jump Rope ; Pastime ; RHYME ; SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Entertainment: Game
Jump Rope Rhyme:
Fudge, Fudge, Call the Judge / Moms Gonna Have a Baby / Not a Boy, Not a Girl / Just a Plain Ole Baby.
Submitter comment:
The informant learned it from the neighborhood kids
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [C570] crossed out. Replaced with Current Classification
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): Entertainment ; EXERCISE ; GAME ; Jump ; Jump Rope ; Pastime ; Play ; RHYME ; Rope ; SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Belief: Weather
Weather Proverb:
Rain before seven will stop before eleven.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Duplicate of WPP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Rain ; TIME ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Belief: Weather
Weather Verse:
Rain before seven; Quit before eleven.
Submitter comment:
She says it usually worked.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; JACKSON
Keyword(s): ; COLOR ; Hour ; NATURE ; Ocean ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; PREDICTION ; Sailor ; Sky ; TIME ; WARNING ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Belief: Weather
Weather Rhymes:
If it rains before seven, It will quit before eleven.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): NATURE ; Predicting ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; Rain ; Sky ; TIME ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Belief: Weather
Rain:
If it rains before seven, it will be clear before eleven.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V800, P8] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications
Dup. of WPP
Keyword(s): NATURE ; PREDICTION ; Rain ; Sky ; TIME ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Belief: Weather
Irish - Weather:
Rain before seven, fine at eleven.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P800] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification.
DUP. of WPP
Where learned: WORK
Keyword(s): ; NATURE ; PREDICTION ; Rain ; TIME ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Belief: Weather
Rain Proverb:
If it rains before seven, it stops before eleven.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P880, C88] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
DUP. of WPP
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): PREDICTING WEATHER ; PREDICTION ; Rain ; RHYME ; TIME ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Belief: Weather
Rain Before Seven:
Rain before seven, shine by eleven.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Dup of WPP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
Keyword(s): PREDICTING WEATHER ; PREDICTION ; Rain ; RHYME ; TIME ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Belief: Weather
Proverb - Weather:
Rain before seven, dry by eleven
Submitter comment:
My mother used to say this on rainy days
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NATURE ; Predicting ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; Rain ; Sky ; TIME ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |