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Proverb
Flunk now and avoid the June rush.
Submitter comment:
Grade school pun.
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Keyword(s): ACADEMIC ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Fail ; Flunk ; Grade ; June ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; PUN ; SCHOOL ; Summer ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Joke
Easter Joke:
"Easter will be a little late this year, they found the body."
Submitter comment:
Sign on the desk of a room in Payne Hall, Peabody College.
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Where learned: Myself
Keyword(s): BODY ; Easter ; holiday ; JOKE ; RELIGION ; Resurrection
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Autograph Verse
Album Rhyme:
Remember me
you can, you must
As long as you can bite a crust,
But when your jaws are old and bare,
forget me then, if you dare.
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Keyword(s): AGE ; Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; Crust ; FOOD ; GUM ; Jaw ; MEMORY ; poem ; Remember ; RHYME ; Signature ; TEETH ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Prank
Dorm Doorknobs:
I have often heard of this trick praticed in college dormatories and once actually saw it being done. One night, quiet [sic] late when most everyone had gone to sleep a girl on muy floor took a ball of string and tied either end to doorknobs which faced one another. The idea of this is that the next morning when girls began leaving for class they would be unable to open their doors. You can well imagine the shouting which occured the "morning after" this trick.
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Keyword(s): COLLEGE ; Doorknob ; Dorm ; Dormitory ; JOKE ; PRACTICAL JOKE ; Prank ; String
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C537 |
Wedding Custom
Wedding Custom:
At Jewish weddings there is a practice of the bride and groom smashing their champagne glass againsst the floor during the ceremony to symbolize that marriage sometimes involves disorder and discontent.
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Keyword(s): CEREMONY ; Cultural ; Culture ; DISCONTENT ; Disorder ; GLASS ; Jewish ; MARRIAGE ; Practice ; RELIGION ; Smash ; SYMBOL ; Symbolic ; Symbolize ; tradition ; WEDDING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Joke
Elephant Joke
Question: What do you get when you cross an elephant with a jar of peanut butter?
Answer: An elephant that sticks to the roof of your mouth.
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Where learned: Television ; I Dream Of Jeannie
Keyword(s): ELEPHANT ; HUMOR ; JOKE ; Language ; Mouth ; Peanut Butter
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- W700 |
Language
"Piecing" means munching on candy or junk instead of eating a meal.
Submitter comment:
Heard from people from Delaware
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Keyword(s): CANDY ; FOOD ; Junk ; Language ; Nutrition ; Piecing ; SLANG ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Language
"Hatching Jacket" is a maternity dress or top.
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Keyword(s): CLOTHING ; DRESS ; Hatching ; Jacket ; Language ; Maternity ; PREGNANCY ; SLANG ; Top ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Language: Rhyme
Mary had a little lamb
The doctor had a fix
'Til Old Macdonald had a farm
Then the doctor quit.
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Keyword(s): DOCTOR ; Farm ; JOKE ; Lamb ; Language ; Mary ; Old MacDonald ; PLAY ON WORDS ; poem ; PUN ; RHYME ; VERSE ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
BLONDIE AND DAGWOOD WENT TO TOWN./BLONDIE BOUGHT AN EVENING GOWN./
DAGWOOD BOUGHT A PAIR OF SHOES./ SONNY BOUGHT THE EVENING NEWS. AND
IN IT THEY READ: CLOSE YOUR EYES AND COUNT TO TEN/ IF YOU MISS YOU
MUST TAKE THE END.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT IS A 10 YEAR OLD GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-27-1967
BLONDIE AND DAGWOOD WENT TO TOWN,/ BLONDIE BOUGHT AN EVENING GOWN./
DAGWOOD BOUGHT A PAIR OF SHOES./ COOKIE STAYED HOME TO READ THE NEWS
AND THIS IS WHAT SHE SAW: (COUNT UNTIL YOU MISS)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00001950'S
BLONDIE AND DAGWOOD WENT DOWNTOWN/ BLONDIE BOUGHT AN EVENING GOWN/
SUZIE BOUGHT A PAIR OF SHOES/ DAGWOOD BOUGHT THE EVENING NEWS/ AND
THIS IS WHAT IT SAID: "SHUT YOUR EYES AND COUNT TO TEN, UNLESS YOU
WANT TO BE A BIG FAT HEN."
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 04-00-1970
Jump-Rope Rhyme
CINDERELLA, DRESSED IN CUSTARD
WENT DOWNTOWN TO BUY SOME MUSTARD.
ON THE WAY HER GIRDLE BUSTED,
HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE DISGUSTED?
ONE?
TWO?
THREE?
(ETC.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WALSH COLLEGE
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-31-1970
Jump-Rope Rhyme: Cinderella
CINDERELLA, CINDERELLA, DRESSED IN YELLOW
RAN UPSTAIRS TO CATCH HER FELLA.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
1, 2, 3, 4 ETC. (UNTIL ONE MISSES)
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Berkley ; 1787 BEVERLY
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
Jump-Rope Rhyme
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLOW
RAN UPSTAIRS TO KISS A FELLA
ON THE WAY, HER GIRDLE BUSTED
HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE DISGUSTED?
1,2,3, . . .
Submitter comment:
LEARNED THIS FROM 3 LITTLE GIRLS ABOUT 6 OR 7 WHO CAME INTO THE STORE WHERE I WORK.
Where learned: THE STORE WHERE I WORK
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-17-1969
Jump-Rope Rhyme
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLOW,
WENT UPSTAIRS TO KISS A FELLA,
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE GET?
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE . . . .
(KEEP COUNTING UNTIL THE JUMPER MISSES.)
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
Jump Rope Rhyme
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLOW
WENT DOWNSTAIRS TO KISS HER FELLOW
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE GET?
1-2-3- - -
Submitter comment:
A jump rope rhyme.
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
Jump-Rope Rhyme
CINDERELLA, DRESSED IN YELLOW,
WENT DOWNSTAIRS TO KISS A FELLOW,
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
1,2,3,4, . . .
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-23-1969
JUMP ROPE RHYME
DOWN BY THE RIVER, DOWN BY THE SEA,
JOHNNY BROKE A BOTTLE AND BLAMED IT ON ME.
I TOLD MA, MA TOLD PA,
JOHNNY GOT A LICK'N, HA HA HA
HOW MANY LICK'NS DID HE GET?
1, 2, 3, 4, 5...
Submitter comment:
THE COUNTING CONTINUES ON UNTIL THE PERSON JUMPING MISSES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
GAME VERSE
DOWN BY THE OCEAN
DOWN BY THE SEA
JOHNNY BROKE A BOTTLE
AND BLAMED IT ON ME
I TOLD MA
MA TOLD PA
JOHNNY GOT A LICKIN
HA HA HA
HOW MANY LICKINS DID JOHNNY GET
1-2-ETC.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED FROM SCHOOL FRIENDS.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-25-1967