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Food: Recipe
Tamarind Water:
Pat tamarinds into a pitcher or tumbler till it is 1/3 full. Then fill up with cold water, cover it, and let it infuse for quarter of an hour or more. Currant jelly or cranberry juice mixed with water makes a pleasant drink for an invalid.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Cranberry ; Currant ; DRINK ; Invalid ; Jelly ; RECIPE ; Tamarind
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Water |
Music
The article studies three historical traditions of the banjo, the folk, minstrel popular, and classical.
Traditions of the banjo are characterized by:
a) The ways in which knowledge of the banjo was transmitted.
b) Closeness of the performer or craftsman to his audience or clientele
c) Self-perceived relation between the craftsman or musician to other crafstmen or musicians.
Exact origins of banjo unknown. Possible from West Africa with slaves.
Earliest banjo was made from a gourd.
Frets introduced in the 1860's and 70's
Peak of development (quality) in 1920's
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Where learned: ; The Physical Development of the Banjo ; New York Folklore Quarterly
Keyword(s): Audience ; Banjo ; Classical ; Craftsman ; Folk ; Fret ; GOURD ; HISTORY ; Instrument ; Minstrel ; MUSIC ; Origin ; Performer ; Slaves
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wood Gourd ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Musical instrument |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Jump-Rope Rhyme:
Teacher, teacher with a stick
What's my grade in arithmetic?
A..B..C..D..E..F..A..B..C..
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Arithmetic ; Entertainment ; GAME ; Grade ; Jump Rope ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Riddle
What's black and white and red all over?
Variations of answers:
1) Newspaper
2) Skunk with a diaper rash
3) Penguin with a sunburn
4) Blushing zebra
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Black ; Blush ; Brain Teaser ; COLOR ; Diaper Rash ; JOKE ; NEWSPAPER ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; Red ; RIDDLE ; SKUNK ; Sunburn ; White ; WORDPLAY ; Zebra
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Saying
Out of Cite [sic]
This saying, used by young people, means that something is enjoyable, pleasing, or otherwise good. It can be paralleled with such jargon as "cool," "bad," or "mellow."
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WESTLAND
Keyword(s): Bad ; Cite ; Cool ; Era ; Jargon ; Language ; Mellow ; Nickname ; SLANG
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Language
Tongue Twister:
Blue bottom trousers, buttons made of brass, loose around the ankles tight around the ass. Ask me any questions surely I won't tell, if you don't believe me you can go to WELL...hello operator give me number nine; if the line is busy give me back my dime.
Other endings might be "you look like frankenstein" or any "-ine" ending.
Submitter comment:
He learned it in school when he was about 10 or 11
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Taste? Also, Verse?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Blue ; Button ; Dime ; GAME ; Jump Rope ; Language ; Operator ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; RHYME ; SONG ; TONGUE TWISTER ; Trousers ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
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Verse
You want a penny? Go kiss Jack Benny.
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Verse?
Where learned: HONORS HOUSE
Keyword(s): Jack Benny ; KISS ; MONEY ; Penny ; RHYME ; Saying ; SLANG ; TAUNT ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Verse
"Surprise" Verse:
Question: Inchme and Pinchme were walking across the bridge. Inchme fell in. Who was left?
Answer: Pinchme. (At this, the person who responded recieves a pinch.)
Submitter comment:
Informant learned this through experience during childhood - Plymouth MI, 1940's.
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Not Verse?
Original BN [C800] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Answer ; Inch ; JOKE ; Language ; Pinch ; PRACTICAL JOKE ; QUESTION ; RHYME ; SURPRISE ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Verse
Telephone Answer:
"Ring...."
"City Morgue, you stab 'em, we slab 'em." (sic)
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Verse?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WESTLAND
Keyword(s): Answer ; JOKE ; Language ; Morgue ; RHYME ; Slab ; Stab ; TELEPHONE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Saying
Format for answering telephone:
"Barker's Morgue, you stab 'em, we slab 'em."
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Verse?
Where learned: WORK
Keyword(s): JOKE ; Morgue ; Saying ; Slab ; Stab ; TELEPHONE ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Saying
Saying About Navy Chow:
The cooks perform miraces. How else could you take good food and turn it to crap without passing it through the human body?
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Original BN [B400] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
Where learned: NAVY
Keyword(s): Chef ; COOK ; Crap ; FOOD ; HUMOR ; INSULT ; JOKE ; Navy ; Rude ; Saying
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
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Taunt
Fatty, fatty, two by four. Can't get through the bathroom door. So he did it on the floor.
Submitter comment:
Friends
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Orignal BN [S570] crossed out. Replaced with current classification
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): BATHROOM ; Bowels ; Door ; Fat ; Fatty ; Floor ; INSULT ; JOKE ; Large ; RHYME ; SIZE ; TAUNT ; URINATE ; WEIGHT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
TO CURE A TOOTHACHE PICK THE TOOTH WITH A COFFIN NAIL,
MIDDLE TOE OF AN OWL, A SPLINTER FROM A TREE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING OR APPLY THE JUICE OF A PRICKLY ASH.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Claw ; Coffin ; Juice ; LIGHTNING ; Nail ; Owl ; Prickly Ash ; REMEDY ; Splinter ; TOOTHACHE ; Tree
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-30-1973
LEANNESS: CURE FOR OBESITY:
OBESITY IS CAUSED GENERALLY BY LACK OF POWER IN THE
DIGESTIVE ORGANS TO DIGEST AND ASSIMILATE THE FAT
PRODUCING ELEMENTS OF FOOD. FIRST, RESTORE DIGESTION,
TAKE PLENTY OF SLEEP, DRINK ALL THE WATER THE STOMACH
WILL BEAR IN THE MORNING ON RISING, TAKE MODERATE
EXERCISE IN THE OPEN AIR, EAT OATMEAL, CRACKED WHEAT,
GRAHAM MUSH, BAKEAD SWEET APPLES, ROASTED AND BROILED
BEEF, CULTIVATE JOLLY PEOPLE AND BATHE DAILY.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Apples ; Beef ; Company ; DIET ; EXERCISE ; FOOD ; Grain ; Jolly ; Lean ; Leanness ; Obesity ; OVERWEIGHT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
Riddle
WHY DID THE BOY PUT HIS CAR IN THE OVEN?
HE WANTED A HOT ROD.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Boy ; Car ; Hot Rod ; JOKE ; Oven ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; RIDDLE ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
Riddle
WHAT'S WHITE ON THE OUTSIDE AND GREEN ON THE INSIDE AND
IT HOPS?
A FROG SANDWICH
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): COLOR ; FROG ; Green ; Hop ; JOKE ; Jump ; RIDDLE ; Sandwich ; White
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
Joke
WHAT DID ONE STRAWBERRY SAY TO THE OTHER?
IF YOU HADN'T BEEN SO SWEET WE WOULDN'T HAVE GOTTEN
IN THIS JAM.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Jam ; JOKE ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; STRAWBERRY ; Sweet ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-00-1972