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AUTOGRAPH RHYME
RUSSIA FRIES TURKEY IN GREECE AND SERVES IT ON CHINA IN THE USA
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): PUN ON GREASE FOOD COUNTRIES
| Subject headings: | Z210 |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
WHERE WERE THE FIRST DOUGHNUTS MADE?
IN GREECE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN: GREASE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RIDDLE
QUESTION: WHAT WERE TARZAN'S LAST WORDS?
ANSWER: WHO GREASED THE VINE?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GREASED (A) ; TARZAN'S (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
RIDDLE
QUESTION: WHAT WERE TARZAN'S LAST WORDS?
ANSWER: WHO GREASED THE GRAPEVINE?
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): GREASED (A) ; TARZAN'S (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
Proverb
The Squeaky Wheel:
the wheel that squeaks the loudest gets the grease.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V700] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Compliance ; Grease ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB ; Rebel ; Squeak ; VERSE ; Wheel
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
The squeaking wheel gets greased.
Submitter comment:
Heard this often as a child, also, when living in Missouri and Ohio.
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Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V800] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; ATTENTION ; Grease ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB ; Squeak ; VERSE ; Wheel
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
The axle that squeaks gets the most grease.
Submitter comment:
Proverbial Metaphor
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Axle ; Grease ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Squeak ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Autograph Rhyme
Autograph Rhyme / Pun:
Who greased the grapevine/
-Tarzan
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Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; Grapevine ; Grease ; poem ; PUN ; Signature ; Tarzan ; VERSE ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Food: Recipe
Cracklin-Bread:
Take hog skins and render in a hot oven. Pour off the grease. Put through a grinder and season cornbread with it. Bake in hot oven.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Bake ; BREAD ; COOK ; Cornbread ; Cracklin ; Fat ; FOOD ; Grease ; Hog ; Pig ; RECIPE ; SKIN
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Cereal |
FOR DOG BITES, USE A PLASTER OF GOOSE GREASE AND HAIR
OF THE DOG THAT BIT YOU.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CURE ; DOG ; Goose ; Grease ; HAIR ; REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Animal |
REALLY REALLY OLD GREASY RAG, AND PUT TWO WALNUTS IN IT. WHOEVER HAS THE WARTS MUST CARRY IT IN POCKET FOR TWO DAYS.
THEN AFTER THE DAYS, BURY IT DEEP IN GROUND AND CAN'T
TELL A SOUL WHERE YOU HID IT.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Bury ; CURE ; Grease ; Rag ; REMEDY ; SECRET ; Walnuts ; Wart
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)