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IF YOU DROP A FORK, A LADY WILL COME.
IF YOU DROP A KNIFE, A MAN WILL COME.
IF YOU DROP A SPOON, A CHILD WILL COME.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AT HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPANY VISITING
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Domestic object, wax, needle, dishware |
Date learned: 02-14-1967
RIDDLE
QUESTION: WHY DO THE FIREMEN WEAR SUSPENDERS?
ANSWER: TO KEEP THEIR PANTS UP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PANTS (A) ; SUSPENDERS (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
RIDDLE
QUESTION: WHY DOES UNCLE SAM WEAR RED - WHITE - AND - BLUE
SUSPENDERS?
ANSWER: TO HOLD HIS PANTS UP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PANTS (A) ; SUSPENDERS (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
RIDDLE
QUESTION: WHY DOES A FIREMAN WEAR RED SUSPENDERS?
ANSWER: TO KEEP HIS PANTS UP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): PANTS (A) ; SUSPENDERS (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
RIDDLE
QUESTION: WHY DID THE FIREMAN WEAR RED SUSPENDERS?
ANSWER: TO HOLD HIS PANTS UP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PANTS (A) ; SUSPENDERS (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
RIDDLE
QUESTION: WHY DOES A FIREMAN WEAR RED SUSPENDERS?
ANSWER: TO HOLD UP HIS PANTS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): PANTS (A) ; SUSPENDERS (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
RIDDLE
QUESTION: WHY DO FIREMEN WEAR RED SUSPENDERS?
ANSWER: TO HOLD UP THEIR PANTS.
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK
Keyword(s): PANTS (A) ; SUSPENDERS (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
RIDDLE
QUESTION: WHY DOES UNCLE SAM WEAR RED, WHITE, AND BLUE
SUSPENDERS?
ANSWER: TO HOLD UP HIS PANTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PANTS (A) ; SUSPENDERS (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
Japanese Snake Medicine
Japanese may eat snakes because of their belief in its medicinal value, especially when charred black.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by T.R. Davidson
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; COOKING ; Culinary ; CURE ; Japanese ; MEDICINE ; Natural Remedy ; PREVENTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Superstition
Superstition:
If you come in one door and immediately go out another you'll have company.
Submitter comment:
Sylvia learned this from her sister who in turn learned it at the nurses' lounge at Beaumont Hospital, Detroit.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P860] crossed out/replaced with current classifications
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Company ; CUSTOM ; Entrance ; Exit ; OMEN ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Proverb
Tell me with whom you walk and I'll tell you who you are.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; CHARACTER ; Company ; FRIENDS ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Walk
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Language: Rhyme
DAN, DAN A DIRTY OLD MAN
WASHED HIS FACE IN THE FRYING PAN
HE COMBED HIS HAIR WITH THE LEG OF A CHAIR
DAN, DAN THE DIRTY OLD MAN.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAYS IT HAS A TUNE BUT SHE CAN'T REMEMBER IT.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD 02-22-2011
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
Keyword(s): Dan ; Dirty ; Man ; NAME ; Old ; Pan ; RHYME ; RIDICULE ; Tucker
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery |
PROVERB
IF YOU SLEEP WITH DOGS--YOU GET UP WITH FLEAS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated / 02-24-2011 / TRD
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Association ; Company ; DOG ; Fleas ; FRIENDS ; Lay ; Lie ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Society ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Custom: Holiday
IN THE CENTER OF THE TOWN, THE UNATTACHED MEN WALKED
AROUND THE PLAZA COUNTER-CLOCKWISE, WHILE THE UNMARRIED
GIRLS WALKED IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION. OCCASIONALLY,
THE GIRLS WILL REST ON OVERLOOKING BALCONIES, FROM
WHICH THEY WILL THROW SMALL DARTS TRAILING COLORED
STREAMERS. AFTER THE PARADE, THE MAN IS ENTITLED
TO VISIT ONLY BALCONIES DECORATED IN THE COLORS MATCHING
THE STREAMERS HE HOLDS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated and Motifs added / 02-28-2011 / TRD
Where learned: Magazine
Keyword(s): Balcony ; COURTSHIP ; Dart ; ETHNIC ; Female ; Flirtation ; Male ; Parade ; Ribbon ; Spain ; Spanish ; Streamer ; Streamers
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern |
Proverb
Birds of a feather, flock together.
Submitter comment:
From my mother.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BIRDS ; Company ; Feather ; FRIENDSHIP ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB ; Similar ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Birds of a feather flock together.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BIRDS ; Company ; FRIENDS ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
On the third day the fish begins to stink.
Submitter comment:
For those houseguests who don't know when to leave.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [B660] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Company ; FISH ; Houseguest ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Stink ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
If you lay down with dogs, you'll get up with fleas.
Submitter comment:
The informant warns many female teens to be careful about freely engaging in sex because they may wind up "caught" (pregnant). She says this all the time.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300] crossed out, Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Company ; Dogs ; Fleas ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Relationships ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Autograph Rhyme
Autograph rhyme;
Yours till the Mississippi wears rubber pants.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; Mississippi ; Pants ; PUN ; RHYME ; River ; Rubber ; Signature ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Autograph Rhyme
Album Verse:
Yours till the Atlantic ocean wears rubber pants to keep its bottom dry.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): Album ; Atlantic ; AUTOGRAPH ; Ocean ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; Rubber Pants ; SEA ; Signature ; VERSE ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |