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WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND LIVE BY THE LAKE,
PLEASE SEND ME A PIECE OF YOUR WEDDING CAKE.
Submitter comment:
MICHAEL WILHELMI SIGNED THIS IN INFORMANTS'
AUTOGRAPH BOOK, 1932, N. DAKOTA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NORTH DAKOTA ; PLYMOUTH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
LIFE IS LIKE A DECK OF CARDS;
WHEN YOU ARE IN LOVE, IT'S HEARTS;
WHEN YOU ARE ENGAGED, IT'S DIAMONDS;
WHEN YOU ARE MARRIED, IT'S CLUBS;
WHEN YOU ARE DEAD, IT'S SPADES.
James Callow comment: RDNeedsReview
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Chimney corner wisdom, advice, humorous fortune |
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GRASS
IF YOU DO THAT, THEN YOUR ASS IS GRASS AND I'M THE LAWN MOWER.
Submitter comment:
IF SOMEONE IS CONTEMPLATING DOING SOMETHING THAT YOU HAD RATHER
THEY NOT DO THEN AN APPROPRIATE ADMONISHMENT (OR PERHAPS
THREATENING) THING TO SAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
Keyword(s): COMEBACK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001971 WINTER
WHEN YOU NOTICE THAT SOMEONE'S SLIP IS SHOWING, INSTEAD OF
TELLING THEM EXPLICITLY, YOU TELL THEM BY SAYING "JOHNNY IS
OUT OF JAIL" WHICH MEANS THAT YOUR SLIP IS SHOWING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
Keyword(s): CLOTHES
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001971 WINTER
THE WELL RETORT
SOME PERSONS WHEN THEY THINK SAY "WELL...." A RETORT IS TO SAY
"THAT'S A DEEP SUBJECT" MEANING THAT THE SUBJECT-WELL- IS
DEEP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
Keyword(s): COMEBACK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 04-00-1971
WEE-PEAT
REPEAT AND WEEPEAT
WERE WALKING ALONG A BRIDGE.
REPEAT FELL OFF,
WHO WAS LEFT?
ANSWER - WEEPEAT.
AND THE STORY WOULD BE REPEATED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WEE-PEAT
REPEAT AND WEEPEAT
WERE WALKING ALONG A BRIDGE.
REPEAT FELL OFF,
WHO WAS LEFT?
ANSWER - WEEPEAT.
AND THE STORY WOULD BE REPEATED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PEPSI JINGLE
PEPSI COLA HITS THE SPOT
TEN MINUTES LATER HITS THE POT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; PLYMOUTH
Keyword(s): PARODY OF COMMERCIAL JINGLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Jump Rope Rhyme
I ate my peas with honey,
I've done it all my life.
It makes the peas taste funny
But it keeps them on the knife.
Submitter comment:
My niece says this is one of her
favorite rhymes at school.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |