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PROVERB
ANYONE WHO GOES TO A PSYCHIATRIST SHOULD HAVE HIS HEAD EXAMINED.
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ASCRIBED TO SAM ; CIRCULAR REASONING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 01-30-1970
THERE'S A HOLE IN THE BUCKET
1. THERE'S A HOLE IN THE BUCKET, DEAR IVAN, DEAR IVAN,
THERE'S A HOLE IN THE BUCKET, DEAR IVAN, A HOLE.
2. THEN PATCH IT DEAR LIZA, DEAR LIZA, DEAR LIZA,
THEN PATCH IT DEAR LIZA, DEAR LIZA, PATCH IT.
3. WITH WHAT SHALL I PATCH IT, DEAR IVAN, DEAR IVAN?
WITH WHAT SHALL I PATCH IT, DEAR IVAN, WITH WHAT?
4. WITH A STICK, DEAR LIZA ,ETC.
5. BUT THE STICK IS TOO LONG, DEAR IVAN, ETC.
6. THEN CHOP IT DEAR LIZA, ETC.
7. WITH WHAT SHALL I CHOP IT, DEAR IVAN, ETC.
8. WITH THE AX, DEAR LIZA,ETC.
9. BUT THE AX IS TOO DULL, DEAR IVAN, ETC.
10. THEN SHARPEN IT, DEAR LIZA, ETC.
11. WITH WHAT SHALL I SHARPEN IT, DEAR IVAN, ETC.
12. WITH THE STONE, DEAR LIZA, ETC.
13. BUT THE STONE IS TOO DRY, DEAR IVAN, ETC.
14. THEN WET IT, DEAR LIZA, ETC.
15. WITH WHAT SHALL I WET IT, DEAR IVAN, ETC.
16. WITH WATER, DEAR LIZA, ETC.
17. WITH WHAT SHALL I FETCH IT, DEAR IVAN, ETC.
18. WITH THE BUCKET, DEAR LIZA, ETC.
19. THERE'S A HOLE IN THE BUCKET, DEAR IVAN, ETC.
ETC...........
Submitter comment:
THIS CAMPFIRE SONG IS ONE OF THOSE CYCLIC SONGS THAT END WHERE THEY
BEGAN AND SO GO FOREVER.
Remembered from the days when I was a Boy Scout.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BOY SCOUTS ; REMEMBERED
Keyword(s): CIRCULAR FORM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
PROVERB
ALL THAT'S REQUIRED IN ENJOYING SAUSAGES OR LOVE IS ENJOYMENT.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS SAID AS A TYPE OF JOKE. A TYPE OF SIMILIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
James Callow Keyword(s): CIRCULAR REASONING ; ZEUGMA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
STRAIGHT DOUBLE TALK PROVERB
IF IT HAPPENS AGAIN DON'T LET IT HAPPEN AGAIN.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): CIRCULAR REASONING ; ROUND
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
IF YOU REALLY WANT TO FIND TROUBLE, COMPLAIN FOR NOTHING AND THAT
WILL MAKE TROUBLE AND THEN YOU WILL HAVE SOMETHING TO COMPLAIN ABOUT
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER, NELLY CARPE SAID THIS WHEN INFORMANT WAS A CHILD
INFORMANT CLAIMED HER GRANDMOTHER ALSO SAID THIS TO HER MOTHER,
NELLY CARPE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PONTIAC
Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
James Callow Keyword(s): CIRCULAR REASONING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
Verse
Narrative Verse: (Circular):
That's Tough! What's Tough?
Life. What's Life? A Magazine.
How much? 10 cents. Only have 5cents.
That's Though! What's Tough?
Life. What's Life? A Magazine.
How Much? 10 cents. Only have 5.
That's Tough! etc.etc.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added By TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [C720] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Really a Verse?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): A Round ; Answer ; Circular ; GAME ; Language ; LIFE ; MAGAZINE ; MONEY ; QUESTION ; Tough ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |