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DIMPLE
" DIMPLE ON THE CHIN, DEVIL WITHIN"
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
Date learned: 00-00-1969
BLONDE
BORN BLONDE, DIE BALD
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): BALDNESS ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; HAIR COLOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Birth PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-23-1968
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LYRICAL VERSE
OH, I DON'T CARE IF IT RAINS OR FREEZES,
LONG AS I HAVE MY PLASTIC JESUS,
RIDING ON THE DASHBOARD OF MY CAR;
THUNDER ROAR AND LIGHTNING CRASH,
I WON'T FEAR; HE'S ON THE DASH,
TAKE HIM WITH YOU WHEN YOU TRAVEL FAR.
OH, I CAN DRIVE FROM COAST TO COAST,
LONG AS I HAVE MY HOLY GHOST,
RIDING ON THE DASHBOARD OF MY CAR;
GOIN' NINETY I AIN'T WARY,
CAUSE I GOT MY VIRGIN MARY,
GUARANTEEIN' I WON'T GO TO HELL.
OH, I DON'T CARE IF IT'S DARK AND SCARY,
LONG AS I HAVE MY VIRGIN MARY,
RIDING ON THE DASHBOARD OF MY CAR.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; TOLD AT ; SAILING CLUB PARTY
Keyword(s): BIBLICAL ; FEMININE RHYME ; IMPERFECT RHYME: FREEZES JESUS ; RELIGION ; RHYME: AABCCB ; SLANG FOR DASHBOARD CLIPPING ; STATUES USED AS AMULETS IN AUTOMOBILES ; TRAVEL
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 10-23-1971
CHILDREN SONG ( MISS LULU )
MISS LULU HAD AN ENGINE,
THE ENGINE HAD A BELL,
MISS LULU WENT TO HEAVEN,
THE ENGINE WENT TO ...
HELLO OPERATOR,
GIVE ME NUMBER NINE,
AND IF YOU DISCONNECT ME
I'LL KICK YOU RIGHT...
BEHIND THE REFRIGERATOR,
THERE WAS A PIECE OF GLASS
MISS LULU STEPPED UPON IT
AND BROKE HER LITTLE...
ASK ME NO MORE QUESTIONS,
I'LL TELL YOU NO MORE LIES
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT FORGOT THE LAST TWO LINES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DISGUISED IMPROPRIETIES ; ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 10-18-1971
MULE IN THE BARNYARD TIRED AND SICK
BOY WITH A PIN ON THE END OF A STICK
BOY JABS MULE, MULE GIVES A LURCH
SERVICES MONDAY AT THE CORNER CHURCH.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS IS A FAVORITE POEM RIDDLE OF HIS MOTHER'S.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SAINT FRANCIS CLUB
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; INDIRECTION EUPHEMISM ; MISTREATMENT OF ANIMALS, PUNISHMENT FOR ; POETIC VUSTICE ; RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 03-20-1972
LYRICAL VERSE- DAILY LIFE:
SING BEFORE YOU EAT. CRY BEFORE YOU SLEEP.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; IMPERFECT RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.330 |
Date learned: 04-02-1968
TWO THICK NEVER STICK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS WHEN SHE SEES TWO FRIENDS ALWAYS TOGETHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 05-00-1967
NO SOONER SAID THAN DONE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS WHEN IN A SARCASTIC MOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- V475 |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
THE MORE THE MERRIER.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAYS THIS WHEN MORE PEOPLE APPEAR
FOR A PART THAN EXPECTED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID THIS WHEN MY BROTHER DID SOMETHING LIKE MY FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ELIPSIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 01-00-1970
VERSE WITHOUT MUSIC, LYRICAL DEALS WITH EMOTIONS NOT STORY
SNEEZE ON MONDAY, SNEEZE FOR DANGER;
SNEEZE ON TUESDAY, KISS A STRANGER;
SNEEZE ON WEDNESDAY, SNEEZE FOR A LETTER;
SNEEZE ON THURSDAY, SOMETHING BETTER;
SNEEZE ON FRIDAY, SNEEZE FOR SORROW;
SNEEZE ON SATURDAY, SEE LOVE TOMORROW.
Submitter comment:
I THINK THAT THIS IS A VERY BEAUTIFUL VERSE. IT IS A CHAIN TALE
BECAUSE OF THE WAY IT IS TOLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | Observation Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
PROVERB
NO WORK NO EAT.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER'S FATHER USED TO TELL ME THIS WHEN I WAS A YOUNG GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
ONCE A KING ALWAYS A KING, BUT ONCE A NIGHT IS ENOUGH.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; INTERCOURSE ; PUN ON KNIGHT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
PROVERB
THE OLDER THE FIDDLE THE SWEETER THE TUNE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
ONCE A PAUPER ALWAYS A PAUPER
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS GREEK TEXT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
PROVERB
ONCE BURNED TWICE SHY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ONCE BURNT TWICE SHY
YOU AVOID AN UNFORTUNATE HAPPENING THE SECOND TIME
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
PROVERB
WHEN I WAS LEAVING TO COME TO THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT I TOLD MY
GIRLFRIEND THAT ABSENCE MAKES THE HEART GROW FONDER. SHE REPLIED
WITH OUT OF SIGHT OUT OF MIND
Submitter comment: TOLD IN JERSEY CITY IN DECEMBER 1967
Where learned: NEW JERSEY ; JERSEY CITY
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 12-00-1967
PROVERB
FRIENDS ARE LIKE DIAMONDS
PRECIOUS AND RARE
FALSE ONES LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES
FOUND EVERYWHERE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |