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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
WHAT BUILDING HAS THE MOST STORIES?
-- THE LIBRARY.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): STORY STOREY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
RIDDLE
HOW LONG IS A CHINA MAN?
-- SO LONG IS HIS BROTHER.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS TOLD TO KAREN BY HER FATHER.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): ORIENT NATIONALITY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-18-1967
PROVERBIAL SAYING
IF YOU CAN'T STAND THE HEAT, GET OUT OF THE KITCHEN.
Submitter comment: NONE
Data entry tech comment: NONE
Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
PROVERB
HE THAT CAN HAVE PATIENCE CAN HAVE WHAT HE WILL.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
THIRTEEN (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
IT IS UNLUCKY TO BE THE THIRTEENTH AT THE DINNER TABLE.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
EAT HERRING AT 12:00 MIDNIGHT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 02-18-1970
CUSTOM
SPINKLE HOLY WATER ON ALL OF THE WINDOWS
DURING A STORM TO PROTECT THE HOUSE AND THOSE INSIDE.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS DONE AT INFORMANTS HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; TV STUDIO ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 10-06-1970
RECIPE FOR TOSTADAS
REFRY BEANS, MAKE A SALAD OF LETTUCE, TOMATO (DICED), AND
PICKLED PIGS FEET, PREHEAT GREASE, PUT CORN TORTILLA IN,
GREASE (FLAT) AND FRY UNTIL BROWNED, SPREAD BEANS ON FRIED TORTILLA,
PUT SALAD ON TOP OF BEANS, AND TOP WITH GRATED CHEESE (SHARP-
PREFERABLY).
Where learned: WESTERN YMCA ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food |
Date learned: 11-12-1971
TOAST BELIEF
IT IS A BAD OMEN IF A GLASS DOESN'T BREAK WHEN YOU THROW
IT ON THE GROUND AFTER A TOAST.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-30-1970
BLUEBELLS, COCKLESHELLS, I CALL (--). ( USED TO START THE JUMPING
QUICKLY.)
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 12-02-1971
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,/ THERE SAT---SWEET AS
A ROSE,/ SHE WAITED FOR A DAY AND SHE WAITED FOR A WEEK, AND ALONG
CAME ---AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
THIS CHANT IS USED TO KEEP THE ROPE IN RHYTHM,
BUT IT CAN ALSO BE USED
AS A PUT-DOWN TECHNIQUE BY SUBSTITUTING A BOY WHOM THE GIRL DISLIKES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 12-02-1971
RETORT
WHEN SOMEONE ASKS YOU IF YOU HAVE A MATCH, YOU CHEERILY ANSWER BACK:
"YEAH, DAFFY DUCK AND SPIRO AGNEW." OR "SURE -- ME AND SUPERMAN."
Submitter comment: I OBTAINED THIS ONE WITHOUT EVEN ASKING FOR IT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; TOLD AT
James Callow Keyword(s): BRAG BOAST ; CARTOON CHARACTER DAFFY DUCK ANIMAL ; VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: SPIRO AGNEW
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
DOG RIDDLE
HOW FAR CAN A DOG WALK INTO THE WOODS?
-- HALF WAY, THE OTHER HALF HE IS WALKING OUT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): DISTANCE MEASURMENT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-26-1968
THERE NEVER WAS A GOOD KNIFE MADE OF BAD STEEL.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
THEY THAT DO GOOD, NOT ONLY DO GOOD THEMSELVES, BUT
BY THEIR EXAMPLE ARE THE OCCASION OF MUCH GOOD BEING
DONE BY OTHERS.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
BELIEF
PLACE STATUE OF BLESSED VIRGIN IN THE ICE BOX
IF YOU WANT A FAVOR AND TAKE HER OUT ONLY AFTER IT IS GRANTED.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS DONE AT ST. MARY'S ACADEMY 1934-38.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 10-06-1970
CHRISTMAS DAY - ROUTINE ACTIVITY
INFORMANT STATED THAT CERTAIN TIMES IN EACH DAY
WERE DESIGNATED AS PERIODS OF SILENCE. HOWEVER,
ON CHRISTMAS, EASTER, AND PENTECOST THE COMMUNITY
OBSERVED GRAND CONG DAY. ON THESE THREE DAYS
THE SISTERS COULD FEEL FREE TO TALK ALL DAY.
Where learned: DETROIT ; SAINT RITAS CONVENT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Pentecost |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
JUMP ROPE RHYME
NOT LAST NIGHT
BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE
A PICKLE AND A LEMON
CAME KNOCKING AT MY DOOR
I WENT DOWNSTAIRS
TO LET THEM IN
AND THEY HIT ME ON THE HEAD
WITH A ROLLING PIN
Submitter comment: INFORMANT PLAYED TO THIS RHYME.
Where learned: TOLD AT ; Y HOUSE
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-04-1970
VOCABULARY
SMACK FREAK - HEROINE ADDICT
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THES IS A COMMMON NAME FOR THESE TYPE OF PEOPLE.
Where learned: TOLD AT ; Y HOUSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Date learned: 10-09-1970