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WHY DOESN'T SWEDEN EXPORT CATTLE?
BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO KEEP HER STOCKHOLM}
Where learned: OHIO ; Sylvania
Keyword(s): ANIMALS: CATTLE ; CONUNDRUM
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ON STOCK HOME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN REDECORATING ONE OF THE BUILDINGS OF THE CONVENT
IN SYLVANIA, THE CHAPEL WAS CONVERTED TO A
COMMUNITY ROOM. ONE EVENING AS ONE OF THE SISTERS
SAT ALONE STUDYING, SHE HEARD FEET SHUFFLING ALONG
THE WALL BUT, LOOKING, SHE SAW NO ONE. THIS
HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES TO VARIOUS SISTERS. IT
SEEMS THAT THE POOR SOULS COME BACK TO SAY THE
STATIONS OF THE CROSS, WHICH WERE ONCE ERECTED
ALONG THE WALLS.
Submitter comment:
A GROUP OF US WERE TOLD ABOUT THIS BY THE SISTER WHO
HAD HEARD THE FOOTSTEPS.
Where learned: OHIO ; Sylvania
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.13 |
FOOD VERSE
A MOMENT ON THE LIPS,
FOREVER ON THE HIPS.
Submitter comment: HEARD IN OHIO DURING THE 1950'S
Where learned: OHIO ; Sylvania
James Callow Keyword(s): DIETING ; OVERWEIGHT ; WEIGHT-CONSCIOUSNESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001950S
PROVERB
A MAN'S HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE.
Where learned: OHIO ; Sylvania
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
Superstition
If you give someone a present or a wallet or a purse put a penny in and they will never be broke.
Data entry tech comment:
Entered by TRD
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; BLESSING ; COIN ; CUSTOM ; GIFT ; LUCK ; MONEY ; MONEY ; Purse ; SUPERSTITION ; Wallet ; WEALTH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P553 |
Action Song: Hand on My Heart
1. Hand on my heart,
What is this here (Point to head)
This is my tinker box
Mommy my dear
Tinker box, tinker box, ting aling a ling a loo (Circular movement of forefinger near temple)
That's what we learned at the school.
2. Hand on my heart,
What is this here
This is my eye blinker (Point to eye)
Mommy my dear
Eye blinker, tinker box ting a ling a loo
That's what we learned at the school.
(The third line of each verse changes, with a repetition of parts of the body previously sung, in the fifth line. The rest of the song remains the same as the above.)
3. This is my nose smeller (Point to nose)
Nose smeller, eye blinker, tinker box etc.
4. This is my chin chopper (Point to chin)
Chin chopper, nose smeller, eye blinker, tinker box etc.
5. This is my heart beater. (Point to heart)
6. This is my bread basket. (Point to stomach)
7. This is my knee bender. (Point to knee)
8. This is my toe tapper. (Point to toe)
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |