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BEFORE YOU EAT AN APPLE, TWIST THE STEM, AND SAY A LETTER OF THE
ALPHABET, BEGINNING WITH A, FOR EACH TURN. WHEN THE STEM BREAKS THE
LETTER SAID WILL BE THE FIRST LETTER IN
YOUR FUTURE MATE'S LAST NAME.
Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS FROM MY CLASSMATES IN GRADE SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Word Letter |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
THE MORE THE MERRIER.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAYS THIS WHEN MORE PEOPLE APPEAR
FOR A PART THAN EXPECTED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
FOOL ME ONCE SHAME ON YOU, FOOL ME TWICE SHAME ON ME.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; TRICKSTER
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
LOVE CONQUERS ALL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS WHEN SHE TALKS OF MY SISTER,S FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
MERRY OLD ENGLAND.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS WHENEVER HE TALKS OF ENGLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
YOU HAVE AS MANY CLOTHES AS CARTER HAS PILLS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS WHENEVER MY MOTHER BUYS NEW CLOTHES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVERTISING ; CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 01-00-1974
I NEED THAT LIKE I NEED A HOLE IN THE HEAD.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS IN MOMENTS OF SARCASM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID THIS WHEN MY BROTHER DID SOMETHING LIKE MY FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ELIPSIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 01-00-1970
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, THREE POTATO, FOUR.
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO, SEVEN POTATO, OR.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT TOLD ME THIS WHEN I WAS YOUNG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
HOTTER THAN HELL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS WHEN IT IS VERY HOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
DANGLE A THREADED NEEDLE OVER A PREGNANT WOMAN'S ABDOMEN TO
PREDICT THE SEX OF THE CHILD.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ANAPEL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
BLOODY ENGLISHMEN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS WHEN HE TALKS OF ENGLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 01-00-1974
STEP ON A CRACK, BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS WHENEVER HE SEES A CRACK IN THE PAVEMENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.533 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 02-00-1975
FEE, FI, FO, FUM. I SMELL THE BLOOD OF AN ENGLISHMAN.
BE HE LIVE OR BE HE DEAD
ILL BREAK HIS BONES TO BAKE MY BREAD.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS WHENEVER HE HEARS A GREEN GIANT COMMERCIAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTIONAL SHIFT
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Prose Narrative C820.642 |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
IT'LL ALL COME OUT IN THE WASH.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS WHEN SHE THINKS YOU ARE LYING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Number Measure PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
THIRTY DAYS HATH SEPTEMBER, APRIL, JUNE AND NOVEMBER.
ALL THE REST HAVE THIRTY-ONE, EXCEPT FEBRUARY THAT HAS 28.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAYS THIS WHEN HE NEEDS TO REMEMBER THE NUMBER OF DAYS
IN A MONTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.574.4 ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
RICH MAN, POOR MAN, BEGGAR MAN, THIEF.
DOCTOR, LAWYER, INDIAN CHIEF.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object |
STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT, FIRST STAR I SEE TONIGHT.
WISH I MAY, WISH I MIGHT, RECEIVE THE WISH I WISH TONIGHT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT TOLD ME THIS WHEN I WAS YOUNG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 01-00-1965
IF YOU FORGET SOMETHING, AFTER HAVING ALREADY LEFT THE HOUSE, COME
BACK IN, GET IT, BUT SIT DOWN FIRST FOR A FEW MINUITES BEFORE
LEAVING AGAIN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT DOES THIS AFTER FORGETTING SOMETHING IN THE HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
A MOLE ON YOUR NECK AND YOU WILL HAVE MONEY BY THE PECK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS WHENEVER HE HEARS OF SOMEONE BECOMING RICH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.438 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 02-00-1979