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ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
GOD BLESS THE MAN WHO MARRIES YOU.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
PROVERB
REMEMBER, GOOD THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
CONFU
CONFUSCIOUS SAY:
MAN WHO WALK THROUGH SCREEN DOOR LIKELY TO STRAIN HIMSELF.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
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THIS IS SET IN A LOGGING CAMP OF FRENCH-CANADIAN
LOGGERS. ALL THE LOGGERS IN THE CAMP ARE HUGE,
MUSCULAR, SIX AND A HALF FEET TALL AND
TREMENDOUSLY STRONG.
ONE DAY THE LOGGERS ARE SITTING AROUND THEIR CAMP
WHEN A LITTLE IRISHMAN COMES OUT OF THE WOODS AND
SAYS:
FOR FRENCH-CANADIANS). SO HE RUNS OFF INTO THE WOODS.
ONE BIG, MUSCULAR LOGGER GETS UP AND RUNS AFTER THE
IRISHMAN. A LITTLE WHILE LATER THERE'S THE SOUND
OF A STRUGGLE GOING ON IN THE TREES AND THE LOGGER
COMES FLYING INTO THE CAMP, ALL BROKEN AND BLOODY.
THEN THE LITTLE IRISHMAN COMES OUT OF THE TREES AND
SAYS: "HEY, FROGY." AND RUNS OFF INTO THE WOODS.
THREE HUGE, STRONG, TOUGH LOGGERS GET UP AND GO
AFTER THE IRISHMAN. PRETTY SOON, THERE'S THIS LOUD
RUMBLE IN THE WOODS AND SOUNDS OF BUSHES BEING BROKEN.
HALF THE LOGGING CAMP GOES OUT AND FINDS THE LOGGERS
SCATTERED ALL OVER THE GROUND. ALL BROKEN UP WITH
LEGS AND ARMS, ALL STRATCHED UP AND HALF DEAD.
THE LOGGERS ARE REAL MAD AND THEY GO OUT AFTER THE
IRISHMAN. BACK IN THE CAMP, THE OTHER HALF OF THE
MEN HEAR THIS TERRIBLE THUNDER NOISE AND THEY HEAR
WHOLE TREES FALLING AND BLOOD-CURDLING SCREAMS.
THEN IT'S QUIET. THEY'RE JUST ABOUT TO GO OUT AND
HELP THEIR PALS WHEN ONE LIMPING, BLACK-EYED,
BROKEN-ARMED, BLEEDING, BRUISED LOGGER CRAWLED
BACK INTO CAMP AND GASPS: "DON'T GO OUT THERE.
HE TRICKED US; THERE'S TWO OF THEM!"
Submitter comment:
HE WAS TOLD THIS BY A BRITISHER LIVING IN CANADA.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
James Callow Keyword(s): FROGGY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
PRANK
WHEN MY FAMILY WOULD GO UP NORTH, I WOULD STEAL ALL THE
TOILET PAPER OUT OF THE OUTHOUSES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
BASEBALL CUSTOM
IT IS TRADITIONAL TO EAT HOT DOGS AT BASEBALL GAMES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ELDER ARMENIANS FINGER A STRING OF BEADS SIMILAR TO A
ROSARY TO PASS THE TIME. IN THE UNITED STATES,
ARMENIAN PEOPLE FINGER BEADS SO THAT THEY CAN STOP
SMOKING.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
James Callow Keyword(s): WORRY BEADS.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
"B" ON YOUR BACK
MARK: (DRAWS LETTER "B" ON DAN'S BACK) HEY, DAN, WHAT
IS THAT?
DAN: IT'S A "B", MARK.
MARK: THEN KILL IT!! (SWATS MARK'S BACK HARD)
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
HURTS, DON'T IT?
BETTY: HEY, SALLY, WOULD YOU LIKE A HURTS 'DONUT?'
SALLY: SURE, BETTY.
BETTY: HURTS, DON'T IT?
(BETTY SOCKS SALLY)
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
MILITARY TRADITIONS -NAVAL
IF A GIRL GETS KISSED UNDER THE SITTING INDIAN AT
ANNAPOLIS, SHE WILL MARRY THE GUY SHE KISSED.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
CUSTOM
AT ST. MARY'S ACADEMY, A HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIRLS ONLY, IN
MONROE, MICHIGAN, IT IS A TRADITION THAT YOU ARE NEVER
TO WALK DOWN THE STEPS OF MARBLE IN FRONT OF THE
SCHOOL UNTIL YOU ARE GRADUATING. IF YOU DO WALK DOWN,
THEN BEFORE YOU ARE GRADUATING, SOME SORT OF AWFUL
BAD LUCK IS SUPPOSED TO FALL UPON YOU.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 03-27-1971
SCHOOL CUSTOMS
IT IS TRADITIONAL AT HOMECOMING FOOTBALL GAMES FOR THE
CAPTAIN OF THE FOOTBALL TEAM TO KISS THE HOMECOMING
QUEEN.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 11-17-1969
THE IRISH KNIGHT: TRADITIONAL STATUE FOR WINNER OF
CENTRAL-ST. FRANCIS DE SALES FOOTBALL GAME.
Submitter comment:
LEARNED THIS WHEN I WAS A FRESHMAN IN HIGH SCHOOL
IN TOLEDO, OHIO.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INSULT
BE THANKFUL FOR WHAT YOU GET, YOU COULD GET
SOMETHING YOU DESERVE!
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INSULT
I NEVER FORGET A FACE, BUT IN YOUR CASE, I'LL MAKE AN
EXCEPTION.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INSULT
WHEN YOU WERE BORN, YOUR MOTHER LOOKED AT YOU AND
SAID, "OH, WHAT A TREASURE," AND YOUR FATHER SAID,
"YEH, LET'S BURY IT."
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INSULT
I'D LIKE TO HELP YOU GET AHEAD, YOU NEED ONE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A PUN ON AHEAD-A HEAD. I FELT IT COULD
BE CLASSIFIED AS AN INSULT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INSULT
IF YOU HAD A BRAIN, YOU'D BE ARRESTED FOR STOLEN
PROPERTY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INSULT
YOU'RE ABOUT AS SHARP AS A MARBLE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN