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DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE GUY WHO STOLE 25 CARBURETORS?
HE WALKED OUT WITH ONE A DAY UNDER HIS COAT UNTIL
HE WAS FINALY CAUGHT BY A GUARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; FORD MOTOR CO ; ENGINE PLANT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
METAPHORICAL PROVERB
LIKE A BULL IN A CHINA SHOP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE GUY WHO STOLE 25 CARBURETORS?
HE WALKED OUT WITH ONE A DAY UNDER HIS COAT UNTIL
HE WAS FINALY CAUGHT BY A GUARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; FORD MOTOR CO ; ENGINE PLANT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: 05-10-1968
HAIR CHAINS
IN THE LATE 19TH AND EARLY 20TH CENTURIES, HAIR CHAINS
WERE COMMON FUNERAL CUSTOMS. THE HAIR WAS CLIPPED
FROM A NEWLY DEAD PERSON AND IN MOST CASES A CLOSE
RELATIVE FASHIONED A HAIR CHAIN FROM IT. THIS WAS
WORN AS AN ORNAMENT AND WAS A COMMON MEANS OF
REMEMBERING A DEPARTED LOVED ONE.
Submitter comment:
I OBSERVED SEVERAL HAIR CHAINS AT THE HENRY FORD MUSEUM
IN DEARBORN. THIS CUSTOM HAS DIED OUT AND HAS NOT
BEEN REVIVED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; HENRY FORD MUSEUM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-25-1970 ; 00001900s ; 00001800S
IF YOU DROP A PEICE OF SILVERWARE, YOU WILL HAVE VISITORS IN THE
NEAR FUTURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: CA00001915
PROVERB
TRANSLATION: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON.
POLISH: JAKI AJCIEC TOKI SYN.
Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER REMEMBERS IT FROM POLAND.
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
A POLISH PROVERB
CHADZI I TU, I TU JAK WIECZRY ZYD.
HE WALKS WERE AND THERE LIKE THE WANDERING JEW.
Submitter comment: MY FATHER REMEMBERS THIS FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
BOI SIE JAK ZYD SIVIECONG EVADY.
Submitter comment: MY FATHER KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-17-1967
IF YOU BACK INTO THE HOUSE YOUR GLASSES WILL NOT STEAM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
DIVERS' GESTURES
THUMB AND INDEX FINGER CLOSED IN A CIRCLE, OTHER FINGERS
STRAIGHT: ALL RIGHT? AND ALL RIGHT.
HIT CHEST WITH CLOSED FIST: LOW ON AIR.
MAKE CUTTING MOTION ACROSS THROAT WITH INDEX FINGER:
OUT OF AIR.
TAKE MOUTHPIECE OUT OF MOUTH: GIVE ME AIR.
CLOSED FIST WITH THUMB POINTING UP/DOWN: LET'S
GO UP/DOWN.
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE BRIDE MUST NOT SEE THE GROOM ON THE DAY OF THE
WEDDING, UNTIL THEY MEET IN CHURCH, OR ELSE BAD LUCK
WILL FOLLOW.
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Bride and groom must not see each other BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 06-00-1968
EACH YEAR, BECAUSE BOTH OF THEIR BIRTHDAYS ARE
DECEMBER 17, OUR FAMILY CELEBRATES BOTH MY GRANDFATHER
AND MY FATHER'S BIRTHDAYS WITH A BIG PARTY THE SUNDAY
NEAREST THEIR BIRTHDAYS. COUSINS, AUNTS AND UNCLES,
BROTHERS AND SISTERS, ALL GATHER FOR CAKE AND ICE CREAM.
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
POLISH CUSTOM ASSUMED
THE WHITE GLOVES OF PALLBEARERS ARE PUT ON TOP OF THE
CASKET BEFORE BURIAL.
Submitter comment: OBSERVED AT GRANDMOTHER'S BURIAL.
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-16-1968
COMMENT ON LAZINESS
I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT MANUAL LABOR
WAS A MEXICAN GENERAL.
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ALWAYS MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS WITH YOUR KNIFE ON A
LOAF OF BREAD BEFORE STARTING.
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
PROVERB
PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE SELDOM FOUND IN WOMEN AND NEVER FOUND IN MEN
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; DEFINITION ; OBSERVATION ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 01-21-1970
CHILDREN'S SONG
DID YOU EVER TAKE A WALK ON A HOT SUMMER DAY
DOWN BY THE RIVER JUST TO PASS THE TIME AWAY?
PUT YOUR HANDS IN YOUR POCKET AND YOUR
POCKETS IN YOUR PANTS, AND WATCH THE LITTLE
FISHEES DO THE HOOTCHIE-HOOTCHIE DANCE.
OH AN OLD CROW FLEW IN A COUNTRY STORE
AND HE PTTTT ON THE COUNTER AND HE PTTTT ON THE
FLOOR, AND HE PTTTT IN THE COFFEE AND HE PTTTT IN
THE TEA. AND IF I HADNA' RUN, HE'D A PTTTT ON ME.
IF FROGS HAD WINGS AND TOADS HAD HAIR
AUTOMOBILES COULD FLY IN THE AIR. IF PUMPKINS
GREW ON WATERMELON VINES, YOU OUGHTA HAVE
SNOW IN THE SUMMERTIME.
PTTTT-DA-DEE-YA-DA-PTTT-DING
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): BIRD DUNG ; LUBBERLAND ; MARVELS ; ONOMATOPOEIA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad Epic Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C360 SPEECH -- Onomatopoeia |
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RIDDLE QUESTION
IF A BIRD FLYS HALFWAY INTO THE FOREST, HOW FAR IS IT
TO THE OTHER END?
-- HALFWAY
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): DISTANCE MEASUREMENT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
RIDDLE
WHY CAN'T IT RAIN FOR TWO DAYS IN A ROW?
-- THERE IS ALWAYS A NIGHT IN BETWEEN.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): WEATHER TIME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-15-1968