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Tongue Twister:
Betty Botter bought some butter. But, she said, the butters bitter: If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter. But a bit of better butter will make my batter better. So she bought a bit of butter and put it in her batter and it made her batter worse.
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Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Baking ; Batter ; Butter ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
Tongue Twister:
Of all the saw I ever saw saw, I never saw a saw saw like that saw saws.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [C700] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Something similar in Prose already typed.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
Tongue Twister:
Rush the washing Russell,
Rush the washing Russell.
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James Callow comment:
A question mark is written on the card.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | -- .C700, S570 |
Language
Tongue Twister:
A canner can can all the things that he can, but a canner can't can a can can he?
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James Callow comment:
Sense??
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAMES ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Language
Tongue Twister:
Betty Botta bought some butter. "But," she said, "this butter's bitter. If I put it in my batter, it will make my batter bitter. But a bit o' better butter will but make my batter better." So she bought a bit o' butter, better than the bitter butter, made her bitter batter better. So 'twas better Betty Botta bought a bit o' better butter.
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Something similar (but shorter) already typed as prose.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Baking ; Batter ; Butter ; COOKING ; Dearborn Heights ; GAME ; Language ; MICHIGAN ; Prose ; PUZZLE ; Redford ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
James Callow Keyword(s): Prose ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Maxim
All that Glitters is not gold.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [O700, V3] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Dup. of WPP
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; COLOR ; Gold ; Language ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Belief: Weather
April showers bring May flowers.
Submitter comment:
Weather Belief (proverb)
From her mother as child
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James Callow comment:
The word APRIL is underlined.
Dup. of WPP
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; April ; FLOWERS ; May ; Month ; NATURE ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; PREDICTION ; Rain ; RHYME ; Sky ; TIME ; WEATHER
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; May ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
As dead as a doornail.
Submitter comment:
The number 335 is typed in the upper right hand corner.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [V600] crossed out and replaced with current classifications.
The word As is underlined in red the first time it appears.
Dup of WPP.
The word (informant) has been written in red next to the name of Sophie Drouillard.
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Dead ; Doornail ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Maxim
Dog Proverb:
Love me, love my dog.
Submitter comment:
Informant incessantly repeats this.
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James Callow comment:
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; DOG ; LOVE ; TOLERANCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
LITTLE STROKES FELL GREAT OAKS.
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Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL
Keyword(s): Chop ; Cut ; Oak ; PATIENCE ; PERSEVERANCE ; Tree
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-21-1968
Proverb
Little strokes fell great oaks.
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): Chop ; Cut ; Oak ; PATIENCE ; PERSEVERANCE ; Tree
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Dead as a doornail
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Dead ; Doornail ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Proverb
Draft beer not students.
Submitter comment:
Sit-ins.
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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 |
Retort
That'll be a cold day in hell.
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The word retort is circled, and the question [To What?] is written next to it.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Cold ; COMEBACK ; HELL ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; TEMPERATURE ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
You are so dumb that you could screw up a one-car funeral.
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Just the hearse?
Keyword(s): Car ; COMEBACK ; Dumb ; Funeral ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Language: Tongue Twister
Sally Sawl, sitting on her slippery sled, saw a seesaw in some scratchy sand Saturday standing by a stop sign.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; tongue-twister ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Language: Tongue Twister
Wij willen Willem weg wouw Willem Wijzer worden wij willen Willem weer.
Submitter comment:
English translation: We want to do away with William, but if William wises up, we want William back again.
My father learned it when he was young and living in Belgium.
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James Callow comment:
Not a good tongue-twister after being translated into English.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Belgium ; ETHNIC ; Language ; tongue-twister
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Language: Tongue Twister
Shrewd Simon short sewed shoes, saved soles; Simon's shrewdish spouse, Sophie, sewed skirts, stitched sheets, stiffed sofas. Simon's seven stout sons sold several sundries. Sober sewell sold sodas, sorghum, sugar, spiars; Simple Sam sold studs, paddles, stirrups, Sagracious Stephen sold silver spoons, salves; Skeptical Saul sold silks, slacks, satins, shawls, stockings; Selfish Shelby sold shellfish, shells, shields. S:ender Silas sold sodas, salves, shoe-strings, soporifics; Sleepy SPencer sold sophists, stuffed sofas; Sophisticated Seth sold serums, screws, saws spikes, skates; Sister Sally scrawled signs, sang soprano songs.
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James Callow comment:
Too Long.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Language ; REPETITION ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Language: Tongue Twister
Sarah, Sarah, sitting in a shoe shine shop.
Sarah, Sarah, sitting in a shoe shine shop.
All day long she sits and shines
All day long she shines and sits.
Sarah, Sarah, sitting in a shoe shine shop.
Submitter comment:
I actually heard informant recite this. It circulated among Phi Kappa Theta fraternity brothers at University of Detroit in 1958-63.
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James Callow comment:
Almost same thing already typed as prose.
Original BN [S570] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Language ; REPETITION ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language: Tongue Twister
Tongue Holder:
How many sheets can a sheetcutter cut,
If a sheetcutter could cut sheets?
He'd cut all the sheets that a sheetcutter could, if a sheetcutter could cut sheets.
Submitter comment:
Spoken as rapidly as possible.
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James Callow comment:
Verse?
Crossed out the word Holder in TongueHolder and wrote Twister.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAME ; Language ; Prose ; REPETITION ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |