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New Shoes (A Poem)
When I am walking down the street,
I do like to watch my feet.
Perhaps you do not know the news,
Mom has bought me fine new shoes.
When the left one squeaks I do not speak,
I listen to its bappy beat.
Submitter comment:
I learned this when I was a kid from Mrs. Green, my school
teacher. I've always told it to my children and they still say
it whenever they buy new shoes.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): happy beat?
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
SAYING
MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY TODAY... EVEN IF IT'S YOURSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; CAR SIGN
James Callow Keyword(s): SONG TITLE: MAKE SOMEONE HAPPY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
Proverb
Happy is the bride the sun shines on.
Submitter comment:
My mother said this was a commonly repeated proverb in the country, when she was young.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bride ; fortune ; Happy ; Maxim ; OMEN ; PROVERB ; Sun ; VERSE ; WEDDING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Happy is the bride the sun shines upon.
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Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bride ; Happy ; LUCK ; Maxim ; OMEN ; PROVERB ; Shine ; Sun ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
HAPPY SPIRIT
THE RUSSIANS BELIEVE THAT WHEN SOMEONE HAS DIED, THEIR SPIRIT WILL
COME BACK AND, TO LET THE FAMILY KNOW THEY ARE HAPPY,
THEY WILL RAP TWICE ON THE FAMILY'S DOOR.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEATH ; Happy ; Russians ; SPIRIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 01-00-1968