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VOCABULARY OF THE NUNS
HE SAYS THAT HIS NUNS WHEN HE WAS IN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL BELIEVED THAT
IF HE PRONOUNCED AUNT LIKE "ANT" (LIKE MOST PEOPLE DO) THAT THEY
WOULD TAKE HIM AND STEP ON A REAL "ANT" AND SUPPOSEDLY TELL HIM THAT
IF HE DIDN'T PRONOUNCE AUNT LIKE AUNT THAT EVERYTIME HE SAID AUNT
THE WRONG WAY AND THEY WOULD STEP ON AN ANT THAT SOMETHING WOULD
HAPPEN TO HIS REAL AUNT
Where learned: REDFORD TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Date learned: 09-18-1969
CHILDREN'S CHANT
POLICEMAN, POLICEMAN, DO YOUR DUTY,
HERE COMES (GIRL'S NAME) THE AMERICAN BEAUTY.
SHE CAN DO THE RHUMBA,
SHE CAN DO THE SPLITS,
SHE CAN WEAR DRESSES,
ABOVE HER HIPS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
Keyword(s): FASHION--DRESS LENGTH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse DRAMA -- Secular |
BABY BELIEF
SHE WAS ALWAYS TAUGHT THAT WHEN A BABY HAS AN UPSET STOMACH, THAT
SHE SHOULD BE GIVEN ESSENCE OF PEPPERMINT, OR CAMIL TEA
WHICH IS ACTUALLY TEA LEAVES.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
Keyword(s): BABY ; CHAMOMILE ; CHILD ; CURE ; Ingest ; Peppermint ; REMEDY ; TEA
James Callow Keyword(s): CHAMOMILE?
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- N466 BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-25-1969