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I HAD AN AUNT NELLIE
WHO HAD A WOODEN BELLIE
AND WHEN SHE TOUCHED IT,
OUT POPPED JELLY.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Body part Senses Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CHILDREN'S VERSE
STARE, STARE, LIKE A BEAR,
CALL YOUR MOTHER "GINGER HAIR,"
CHASE YOUR FATHER ROUND A CHAIR,
LIKE A SAUSAGE IN THE AIR.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
POLICEMAN, POLICEMAN, DON'T CATCH ME,
CATCH THAT BOY BEHIND THAT TREE.
HE STOLE SUGAR AND I STOLE TEA.
POLICEMAN, POLICEMAN, DON'T CATCH ME.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CHILDREN'S RHYME
MOTHER, MOTHER, NELLY, NELLY,
MAKE A CAKE TO FILL MY BELLY.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SCHOOL RHYME
LATIN IS A SUBJECT
THAT NO ONE ENJOYS;
IT KILLED THE ANCIENT ROMANS,
AND NOW IT'S KILLING BOYS.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SCHOOL RHYME
DETENTION, DETENTION, DETENTION,
I'VE FORGOTTEN MY LATIN DECLENSION.
THE SECOND OR THE FIRST?
THE THIRD IS THE WORST.
DETENTION, DETENTION, DETENTION.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
Keyword(s): PUNISHMENT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CHILDREN'S RHYME: ANIMAL
DEAR OLD MR. FOX,
HE NEEDS A CHRISTMAS BOX,
A HAT AND A COAT,
AND A PAIR OF KHAKI SOCKS.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ROSES ARE RED,
CABBAGES ARE GREEN,
MY FACE MAY BE FUNNY,
BUT YOURS IS A SCREAM.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER,
AND SO DO PIGS AND SWINE;
RATS AND MICE DO HAVE THEIR CHOICE,
AND SO DO I HAVE MINE.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM PROVERBIAL RETORT ANIMALS ; METER: IAMBIC ; MONOLOGUE QUATRAIN ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CHILDREN'S VERSE
TWELVE AND TWELVE MAKES TWENTY FOUR,
SHUT YOUR MOUTH AND SAY NO MORE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated 11.10.13 by TRD
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
Keyword(s): Arithmetic, Math, Mathematics, Addition,
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PASTIME-GAME-CUSTOM
IN THE LATTER PART OF THE 19TH CENTURY, A UNIQUE FORM
OF ENTERTAINMENT WAS STAGED BY THE PEOPLE OF PT. BRUCE,
ONTARIO, A SMALL FISHING VILLAGE ON THE NORTH SHORE OF
LAKE ERIE. AT THAT TIME, LARGE FRESH WATER STURGEON WERE
CAUGHT IN THE GREAT LAKES. THESE FISH OFTEN EXCEEDED
100 LBS. IN WEIGHT AND ONE RECORD FISH WEIGHING 192 LBS.
WAS CAUGHT. THIS FISH WAS SUPPOSEDLY THE LARGEST EVER
CAUGHT.
PRIOR TO MARKETING, THESE FISH WOULD BE CONFINED IN A
BAY ON THE RIVERSIDE NEAR THE MOUTH OF THE HARBOR.
THE WATER IN THIS BAY AREA WAS ABOUT THREE FEET DEEP AND
THE FISH WERE HELD BY A COMMON LIVESTOCK FENCE
STRETCHED ACROSS THE SHALLOW WATER.
IT WAS THE CUSTOM ON NATIONAL HOLIDAYS TO HAVE A FISH
WRESTLE, THIS SPORT COMPARED TO "CATCHING THE GREASED
PIG" AMUSEMENTS IN OTHER PIONEER SETTLEMENTS. THE
PURPOSE OF THIS GAME WAS TO SEE WHICH OF THE STALWART
YOUNG MEN OF THE VILLAGE COULD THROW ONE OF THESE
FISH OUT OF THE WATER. SINCE THE FISH WAS SLIPPERY
AND IN ITS OWN ELEMENT, THIS FEAT WAS RARELY ACHIEVED.
THE STURGEON DOES NOT BITE, BUT IT DOES SHOW ANGER AND
WOULD BUTT AND KNOCK THE MEN OFF THEIR FEET.
THIS GAME SEEMED TO BE UNIQUE TO PORT BRUCE AND
OCCURRED IN THE BAY AREA ON THE RIVER DIRECTLY ACROSS
FROM THE OLD HOTEL--LATER NAMED THE ROCABONE INN (?).
THE FISH WERE SUPPLIED BY THE FISHERY OF LEVI YOUNG
OR THE SMALE BROTHERS.
Data entry tech comment: PHOTOGRAPH OF SITE OF FISH-WRESTLE ON 5 X 8 CARD.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; PORT BRUCE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 11-07-1968
EVERY TIME THERE WAS A STORM AND A COW DIED, THE
PEOPLE KNEW THAT A CALF WOULD BE BORN WITHIN A MONTH.
Submitter comment:
JEAN HEARD THIS FROM HER GRANDMOTHER WHO LIVED ON
A FARM IN QUEBEC. HER GRANDMOTHER FIRMLY BELIEVES
THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS ; CANADA ; QUEBEC
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
IN WESTERN CANADA PEOPLE BELIEVE IN THE LEGEND OF
THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN. IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE
HALF MAN, HALF ANIMAL OF ENORMOUS SIZE. NOONE HAS AC-
TUALLY SEEN IT, BUT PEOPLE CLAIM TO HAVE BROUGHT
BACK HAIR AND FOOTPRINTS FROM IT.
EVEN TODAY A LOT OF MONEY IS SPENT ON RESEARCH OF
THIS THING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CANADA ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MONSTER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
IN WESTERN CANADA PEOPLE BELIEVE IN THE LEGEND OF
THE ABOMINABLE SNOWMAN. IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE
HALF MAN, HALF ANIMAL OF ENORMOUS SIZE. NOONE HAS AC-
TUALLY SEEN IT, BUT PEOPLE CLAIM TO HAVE BROUGHT
BACK HAIR AND FOOTPRINTS FROM IT.
EVEN TODAY A LOT OF MONEY IS SPENT ON RESEARCH OF
THIS THING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CANADA ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MONSTER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
A MISHAP ABOUT AN OPEN, FRESHLY-DUG GRAVE: SUCH AS THE
CASKET FALLING INTO THE GRAVE HARSHLY, INSTEAD OF
BEING LOWERED GENTLY, WILL BRING A BAD OMEN UPON
THE SOUL OF THE DEAD.
Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER, AGE 75.
Where learned: CANADA ; BONREX RIVER ; NEW BRUNSWICK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PRINCESS SUMMER FALL
WINTER SPRING.
Submitter comment:
SAYING MADE BY AN INDIAN CHIEF UP
IN IPPERWASH CANADA
Where learned: CANADA ; IPPERWASH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
RIDDLE {SICK HUMOR}
QUESTION: WHY DO THEY BOIL WATER WHEN SOMEBODY HAS A BABY?
ANSWER: SO IF IT DIES, THEY CAN MAKE SOUP.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; TORONTO
James Callow Keyword(s): CANNIBALISM
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00001971 (SUMMER)
AN ITALIAN GYPSY BELIEF IS THAT IF THE FATHER EATS
RAW GARLIC JUST BEFORE BIRTH, THE BABY WILL BE A BOY.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; Chatham
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-29-1969
YOU MUST PLANT AN ONION TO CURE WARTS.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; KOMOKA
Date learned: 10-17-1970
ON NEW YEAR'S EVE IN SPAIN, SWALLOWING ONE GRAPE ON EACH
OF THE TWELVE STROKES OF MIDNIGHT WILL BRING GOOD LUCK,
FAILING TO SWALLOW A GRAPE OR DROPPING ONE WILL BE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
LEARNED ITEM FROM FATHER WHO FREQUENTLY TRAVELS
TO EUROPE.
Where learned: CANADA ; MONTREAL ; RECEIVED IN MAIL
Date learned: 00-00-1970