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SOMERSET, MICHIGAN WAS AN OLD INDIAN BURYING GROUND,
AND WAS NAMED AFTER SOME INDIAN.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
DEVIL'S LAKE, MICHIGAN WAS SO NAMED BECAUSE TWO INDIANS WHO WERE
IN LOVE WITH THE SAME SQUAW FOUGHT FOR HER IN CANOES IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE LAKE. ONE DROWNED AND THEY THOUGHT THAT THE DEVIL
GOT HIM SO THEY CALLED IT DEVIL'S LAKE.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
BAW BEESE LAKE, SOUTH OF JACKSON WAS NAMED FOR SOME INDIAN.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
EAGLE POINT AT CLARK LAKE GOT ITS NAME FROM AN EAGLE THAT
USED TO INHABIT A BIG SWAMP WILLOW TREE ON THE POINT.
SOMEHOW OR OTHER THEY GOT THE EAGLE AND HAD IT MOUNTED IN THE LODGE
AND THAT IS HOW THE PLACE GOT ITS NAME.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
CLARK LAKE RECEIVED ITS NAME FROM A MR. CLARK WHO WAS A
GOVERNMENT SURVEYOR. HE WAS SO IMPRESSED BY ITS NATURAL BEAUTY
THAT HE ASKED TO HAVE HIS CREMATED ASHES SPREAD ON THE LAKE WHEN
HE DIED. THIS WAS DONE AND THE LAKE WAS NAMED AFTER HIM.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
THE MOSQUITO STORY
DO YOU KNOW THAT ONLY THE FEMALE MOSQUITOES BITE?
DO YOU KNOW WHY? A LONG TIME AGO NGOC TAM AND HIS
WIFE NHAM DIEP LIVED ON A SMALL FARM. TAM TENDED THE
RICE FIELDS AND DIEP RAISED SILKWORMS. DIEP WAS A
DAYDREAMER. SHE HAD VISIONS OF ONE DAY LIVING IN A
LARGE HOUSE WITH MANY SERVANTS TO WAIT ON HER. SHE
HATED TO WORK.
ONE DAY DIEP BECAME ILL WHILE TAM WAS OUT WORKING IN THE
FIELDS. WHEN TAM GOT HOME DIEP WAS DEAD. AS TAM WAS
SAYING PRAYERS FOR HER, A VISION CAME TO HIM. THE
VISION TOLD TAM TO TAKE DIEP'S BODY BY BOAT TO THE
ENCHANTED MOUNTAIN IN THE SEA.
AFTER MANY DAYS OF ROWING TAM REACHED THE MOUNTAIN.
HE CARRIED DIEP UP THE STEEP PATH TO A LOVELY FIELD
OF FLOWERS AND LAID HER DOWN. AS HE KNELT BESIDE HER
A WRINKLED, GRAY HAIRED OLD MAN WITH SPARKLING EYES
APPEARED. THE OLD MAN ASKED TAM TO STAY IN THIS PLACE
AND BECOME A DISCIPLE. BUT TAM SAID HE LOVED DIEP
VERY MUCH AND WANTED HER BACK...SO THE OLD MAN TOLD
TAM TO MAKE A SMALL CUT ON HIS FINGER AND LET THREE
DROPS OF HIS BLOOD FALL ON DIEP. WHEN THIS WAS DONE
DIEP AWOKE TO THE WORLD OF THE LIVING AGAIN.
THE OLD MAN TOLD HER WHAT HAD HAPPENED. HE SAID SHE
MUST BE FAITHFUL, OBEDIENT AND WORK VERY HARD OR SHE
WOULD BE PUNISHED. THEN THE OLD MAN WAS GONE AND TAM
AND DIEP RETURNED TO THEIR BOAT. ON THE WAY HOME THEY
STOPPED AT A VILLAGE TO BUY SUPPLIES.
WHILE DIEP WAS WAITING FOR TAM AT THE DOCK, A LARGE
ELEGANT BOAT CAME IN. THE OWNER --A RICH MERCHANT--
ASKED DIEP ABOARD FOR A CUP OF TEA WHILE HIS SERVANTS
REPAIRED THE SAILS. THE MERCHANT TOLD DIEP SHE WAS
VERY BEAUTIFUL AND ASKED HER TO SAIL OFF WITH HIM AND
BECOME HIS WIFE. THESE WERE THE THINGS DIEP HAD ALWAYS
WANTED, SO SHE SAID YES AND DID NOT TELL THE MERCHANT
ABOUT TAM.
WHEN TAM RETURNED DIEP WAS GONE AND AN OLD SAILOR TOLD
HIM WHAT HAD HAPPENED AND WHERE THE MERCHANT LIVED.
TAM WAS VERY ANGRY. HE SET OUT FOR THE MERCHANT'S
HOME AND IN A FEW DAYS HE FOUND IT. HE TOLD A SERVANT
HE WANTED TO SEE THE MASTER AND HE WOULD WAIT IN THE
GARDEN. WHEN HE GOT TO THE GARDEN, HE CAME UPON DIEP
CUTTING SOME FLOWERS. DIEP WAS VERY SURPRISED TO
SEE TAM HERE IN THIS PLACE. SHE SAID SHE WAS HAPPY AND
WOULD NOT LEAVE.
TAM SAID HE DID NOT WANT HER BACK, HE ONLY WANTED HIS
THREE DROPS OF BLOOD. DIEP WAS GREATLY RELIEVED AND
MADE A SMALL CUT ON HER FINGER WITH THE FLOWER KNIFE.
TAM HELD OUT HIS ARM AND DIEP LET THE BLOOD FALL ON IT.
WHEN THE THIRD DROP FELL DIEP'S BEAUTY WAS GONE AND
SHE BEGAN TO SHRINK UNTIL SHE WAS THE SIZE OF A
MOSQUITO. THAT WAS DIEP'S PUNISHMENT. SHE BEGAN
BUZZING AROUND TAM'S HEAD AND IT SOUNDED AS IF SHE
WAS SAYING, "GIVE ME BACK THE BLOOD, I AM SORRY, I
AM SORRY."
TAM RAN BACK TO HIS BOAT AND ROWED FOR MANY DAYS UNTIL
HE FOUND THE ENCHANTED MOUNTAIN AGAIN. AFTER HE HAD
BECOME A DISCIPLE HE ASKED THE OLD MAN ABOUT DIEP.
AND THE OLD MAN SAID THAT DIEP AND ALL THE FEMALE
MOSQUITOES WHO CAME AFTER HER WOULD CONTINUE TO
SEARCH FOR THE THREE DROPS OF BLOOD. THEN HE SAID,
"AND THIS SHALL BE A REMINDER TO ALL PEOPLE TO LIVE
CLEANLY, BE OBEDIENT AND WORK HONESTLY." AND SO IT
HAS BEEN EVER SINCE.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Creation and Order of Animal Life |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
THERE WAS A TREE IN AFRICA THAT GOD SAID THERE WAS TWO OF SO HE
PULLED ONE UP AND STUCK IT IN THE GROUND UP SIDE DOWN.
Data entry tech comment: REVISED BY KEYPUNCHER FOR SOME COHERENCE
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Creation and Order of Plant Life |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
THE SNAKE
THE REASON THAT THE SNAKE CRAWLS ON ITS STOMACH IS THAT WHEN ADAM
ATE OF THE FORBIDDEN FRUIT, GOD CONDEMNED THE SNAKE, WHICH USED TO
WALK UPRIGHT, TO CRAWL ON ITS STOMACH, FOR TEMPTING ADAM.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Characteristics of Animals |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
WORTH DOING WELL
IF ANYTHING IS WORTH DOING , ITS WORTH DOING WELL.
Submitter comment: READ THIS IN GRADE SCHOOL
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): PRIDE IN WORKMANSHIP
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-04-1967
OUTSIDER'S LAMENT
I FELT LIKE A PORK CHOP AT A JEWISH PICNIC~
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): Anecdote ; DIET ; Exclusion ; FOOD ; Jest ; Jewish ; Left-out ; METAPHOR ; Pork ; RELIGION ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
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
THE BEAR WAS IN THE BUCKWHEAT...
I'LL SHOW YOU WHERE THE BEAR SHIT IN THE BUCKWHEAT.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
CHANGING BEDROOMS NUMBER 1,/ CHANGING BEDROOMS NUMBER 2, ETC. TO 10.
(TWO PEOPLE ARE JUMPING AND CHANGING PLACES IN THE ROPE AS THE CHANGE
IS CALLED FOR, ALL THE TIME NOT MISSING THE ROPE)
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-00-1969