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RIDDLE
WHAT HAS A CRANK UP FRONT AND A BUNCH OF LITTLE
NUTS IN THE BACK?
A CLASSROOM
Submitter comment: TOLD TO HER BY A FRIEND IN SCHOOL
Where learned: LETTER ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): ANTI-TEACHER ; PUN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-09-1967
RIDDLE
WHAT IS BLACK AND WHITE, BLACK AND WHITE, BLACK AND WHITE, ECT.?
A NUN ROLLING DOWN A HILL.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO HER BY A FRIEND IN SCHOOL
Data entry tech comment: TO BE FOLLOWED BY THIS RIDDLE:
Where learned: LETTER ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): CHAIN SERIES ; COLOR ; RELIGION
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-09-1967
RIDDLE
Q: WHAT HAS MANY EYES BUT CANNOT SEE?
A: A POTATOE.
Data entry tech comment: 4 DUPLICATES IN U OF D FOLKLORE 5 X 8 CARD FILES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LETTER ; DETROIT ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): EATABLES AND DRINKS (A) ; PARTS OF THE BODY (Q) ; PRIVATIONAL
James Callow Keyword(s): VEGETABLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
BELIEF BIRTH
WEAR AN AFRICAN FERTILITY DOLL FOR NINE ENTIRE MONTHS AND IN THE
NEXT NINE YOU WILL HAVE A BABY.
Where learned: LETTER ; TOLD IN ; SOUTH AFRICA
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration 686 Ninths / Nine BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
LIMERICK
THERE WAS A YOUNG LADY OF NORWAY
WHO CASUALLY SAT IN A DOORWAY.
WHEN THE DOOR SQUEEZED HER FLAT
SHE EXCLAIMED, "WHAT OF THAT?"
THIS COURAGEOUS YOUNG LADY OF NORWAY.
Where learned: LETTER ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): IMPUSSIBLE SPEECH ; RHYME: AABBA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
KRAKOWIAK (POLISH DANCE)
LIKE THE AMERICAN SQUARE DANCE.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; NOT GIVEN ; HOME ; PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; LETTER ; OHIO ; NEW JERSEY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; GROSSE POINTE ; HARPER WOODS ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; WARREN ; JAPAN ; RUSSIA ; GRAND RAPIDS ; SHIPLE HALL ; GARDEN CITY ; ROYAL OAK ; TOLEDO ; TRENTON ; FARMINGTON ; KALAMAZOO ; CANADA ; ONTARIO ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT ; MAIL ; INDIANA ; DETROIT, ASSUMED ; TOLD AT HOME ; FERNDALE ; SOUTHFIELD ; TENNESSEE ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL ; HAMTRAMCK ; DEARBORN ; MINNESOTA ; ILLINOIS ; NEW YORK ; FLORIDA ; KOREA ; WISCONSIN ; NEW HAMPSHIRE ; STUDENT UNION ; READING ; AUSTRALIA ; Sylvania ; Sterling Heights ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; GROSSE POINTE PARK ; OAK PARK ; SOUTHGATE ; STURGEON LAKE ; REDFORD ; TOORAK ; VICTORIA ; ROSEVILLE ; LINCOLN PARK ; TRAVERSE CITY ; HUNTINGTON WOODS ; PONTIAC ; TROY ; PORT CHESTER ; SOUTH AMERICA ; BROOKVILLE ; MONTREAL ; SEOUL ; NORTH OLMSTED ; EASTOWN THEATER ; ERIE ; University of Notre Dame ; FRANKLINVILLE ; TORONTO ; TOLD AT ; TOLD BY ; TOLD IN ; SCRANTON ; MONROE ; GLENVIEW ; MOSCOW ; GULLEY ; FINLAND ; HARBOR BEACH ; HOUGHTON LAKE ; Hudson Lake ; INDIANAPOLIS ; JONESBORO ; KANSASVILLE ; LEXINGTON ; MASSILLON ; MAUCH CHUNK ; MELVINDALE ; MILFORD ; NEW ROCHELLE ; NIAGARA FALLS ; PANAMA CITY ; PATAGONIA ; ARGENTINA ; RESIDENCE HALL ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES ; TOLD AT HONORS HOUSE ; AMERICAN HISTORY CLASS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dance |
APOTHEGM
HONOR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER THAT THY DAYS MAY BE LONG UPON THE
LAND WHICH THE LORD THY GOD GIVEHT THEE.
Where learned: LETTER ; TOLD BY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-19-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
DO THE BEST YOU CAN TODAY AND TOMORROW YOU CAN DO BETTER.
Where learned: LETTER ; TOLD BY
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; PERSISTENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-19-1972
SMASHED
AS FLAT AS A PANCAKE
Where learned: LETTER
Keyword(s): DEFINITION ; FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): SHAPE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PRETTY BORING
DULL AS A HOE
Where learned: LETTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
SHREWD CHARACTER
DUMB LIKE A FOX
Where learned: LETTER
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PAR FOR THE COURSE
BE YOURSELF...IF YOU CANT DO ANY BETTER.
Where learned: LETTER
James Callow Keyword(s): OF ; PAR IS A GOLF TERM MEANING "AVERAGE" OR USUAL NUMBER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
ROLY-POLY
BIG AS A BARREL.
Where learned: LETTER
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
James Callow Keyword(s): SIZE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
NITWIT
HE HAS BATS IN HIS BELFREY.
Where learned: LETTER
Keyword(s): ANIMAL METAPHOR ; INSANITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
HE WAS ON THE FENCE IN THIS AFFAIR.
Where learned: LETTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
PUT A SHARP OBJECT (KNIFE OR SCISSORS) UNDER YOUR BED TO CURE
ARTHRITIS.
Where learned: LETTER
Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC-IMITATIVE MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-20-1969
GREY HAIRS
"EVERY GREY HAIR REPRESENTS A SIN OF THE PERSON WHO HAS IT.
THIS IS PARTICULARLY INDICATIVE WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE GREY HAIR.
PEOPLE WHO DYE THEIR HAIR SHOULD'NT BE TRUSTED.
THEY ARE PROBABLY DECEITFUL ABOUT OTHER THINGS."
Where learned: LETTER
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: 02-01-1971
CROUP
IF A BABY HAS THE CROUP FRY SOME ONIONS AND PUT THEM IN YOUR
HUSBAND'S SOCK. THEN PIN IT AROUND THE BABY'S NECK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS ON THE PHONE(A WET BATTERY 30 PARTY UNIT
INSTALLATION) WHILE A CHILD AND LIVING ON THE FARM IN CENTRAL
ILLINOIS. AN OLD LADY WAS SUGGESTING IT TO HER DAUGHTER
FOR A GRANDCHILD.
Where learned: LETTER
Keyword(s): CHILD'S CROUP ; HEAT REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-01-1971
A CHILD'S PRAYER SWEDISH
GUD SOM HATVER BARNEN KAR; SE TIL MIG SOM LITEN AR;
HVART JAG MIG I VERLDEN VANDER; STAR MIN LYCKA I GUD'S HANDER.
GOD THAT LOVES THE CHILDREN; WATCH O'ER ME THAT LITTLE IS;
WHERE EVER I TRAVEL IN THIS WORLD, RESTS MY FORTUNE IN
HIS HANDS.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT REMEMBERS HER MOTHER TELLING HER THIS PRAYER
ABOUT 75 YEARS AGO, WHEN SHE WAS A SMALL CHILD.
Where learned: LETTER ; MINNESOTA ; STURGEON LAKE
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
FEAR
FEAR WILL FILL WITH POISON THE GOLDEN CUP OF LIFE.
Submitter comment:
HE IS VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT LIFE.
WHEN I ASKED MY GRANDFATHER FOR A PROVERB, HE GAVE ME THIS ONE.
Where learned: LETTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-05-1970