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KNOCK KNOCK JOKE
KNOCK, KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
WENDY
WENDY WHO?
WENDY JOKES ARE FINISHED, I'LL TELL YOU!
Submitter comment: I MADE UP THIS LAST JOKE FROM MY AUNT'S NAME, WENDY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRANKLIN VILLAGE
James Callow Keyword(s): WHEN THE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00001960S
Anatomy Joke
I've studied Gray, and learned to name
The parts which make the frame.
But it took a guy in a singles bar,
To show me what the parts were for.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE ; from a friend
James Callow Keyword(s): Henry Gray's "Anatomy"
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00001990s
Language: Rhyme
If wisdom's ways you'd willing seek
Five things observe with care;
Of whom you speak, to whom you speak,
And how, and when and where.
Submitter comment:
Found in autograph book from 1880's
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; Language ; poem ; RHYME ; Signature ; Speak ; VERSE ; When ; Where ; Whom ; WISDOM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
IF GUINEAS MAKE A LOT OF NOISE AT ROOSTING TIME, A STORM IS
APPROACHING. I HAVE SEEN THIS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PULASKI
Keyword(s): GUINEA HEN?
Date learned: 08-11-1968
PROVERB
PRACTICE WHAT YOU PREACH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): HUMILITY INTEGRITY AUTHENTICITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-16-1970
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NOW YOU'RE COOKING WITH ALL FOUR BURNERS.
Submitter comment:
HEARD OFTEN IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL TO CHARACTERIZE SOMEONE WHO
HAD FINALLY UNDERSTOOD A PROBLEM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): COMPREHENSION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
I WAS POURING HIM A HILL, HE WAS DIGGING ME A HOLE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): {WHEN IS THIS USED?} {DON'T KNOW}
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-03-1971
Proverb
The Whistling Girl:
A whistling girl and / A cackling hen / Always come to some bad end.
Submitter comment:
From her mother
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cackle ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
A whistling wife and a crowing hen never come to a good end.
Submitter comment:
Learned from youth.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Crowing ; FATE ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Whistle ; Wife
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Proverb
Whistling women and crowing hens are bound to come to some bad end.
Submitter comment:
From - Uncertain
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Crow ; FATE ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle ; WOMEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
A whistling girl and a crowing hen, both come to a bad end.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300, C880.300] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Crow ; FATE ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Whistling girls and cackling hens always come to a bad end.
Submitter comment:
I heard this as a child in Ferndale, MI
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original Bn [C880.400] crossed out. Replacedw tih current classification.
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cackle ; Crow ; FATE ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Whistling girls and crowing hens are sure to come to some bad end.
Submitter comment:
She heard this from her mother.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Crow ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
A whistling girl and a crowing hen, will always come to some bad end.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original Bn [C760, C700] crossed out. Repalced with current classification.
In autograph book?
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Crow ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Whistling girls and clucking hens always come to no good ends.
Submitter comment:
Told to her by her grandmother in Tennessee.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cluck ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
A whistling woman a cackling hen / will always come to a no good end.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cackle ; FATE ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle ; Woman
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Whistling girls and cackling hens / Always come to some bad ends.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [C800, V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cackle ; FATE ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Whistling girls and cackling hens always come to no good ends.
Submitter comment:
Informant was always reminded of this by ehr grandmother when she whisteld as a child in Detroit in the 1930's.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cackle ; FATE ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Whistling girls and crowing hens always come to some bad end.
Submitter comment:
Told to me when I was a small child.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Crow ; FATE ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Whistling girl and a crowing hen are sure to come to some bad end.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V700] has been crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Crow ; FATE ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |