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COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG
UP THE APPLES AND PEARS - UP THE STAIRS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 11-30-1972
COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG
TIT FOR TAT - YOUR HAT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 11-30-1972
COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG
PLATES OF MEAT - YOUR FEET
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 11-30-1972
WEDDING TRADITION
ENGLISH-WEDDING AFTER A WEDDING THE GROOM THROWS MONEY TO THE
CHILDREN FROM THE CHURCH TO THE HOUSE OF THE PARTY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Giving coins |
Date learned: 11-30-1972
BLASON POPOLAIRE
WELSHMEN ARE CALLED "TAFFYS"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-30-1972
COCKNEY RHYMING SLANG
ON THE RORY O MOORE MEANS ON THE FLOOR
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 11-30-1972
BIRDIE, BIRDIE IN THE SKY,
DROP A WHITE WASH IN MY EYE,
ME NO WORRY,
ME NO CRY,
ME JUST HAPPY COWS DON'T FLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): ANIMALS ; BABY TALK ; EUPHEMISM: WHITEWASH FOR BIRD DUNG ; RHYME: AABAA ; SUGGESTION COW DUNG
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM IN A DISH/ HOW MANY PIECES DO YOU WISH? 1,2,3,
AND O-U-T SPELLS OUT YOU GO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SHE EATS LIKE A BIRD - A "VULTURE."
Submitter comment: PHRASE IS USED AS AN INSULT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 02-09-1972
HICCUPS
PUT A BAG OVER YOUR HEAD AND PRESS BOTH EAR LOBES.
Submitter comment:
THIS FOLK REMEDY HAS BEEN PRACTICED FOR YEARS BY MANY FAMILIES
AND IS STILL CATCHING ON.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-11-1972
3-6-9, THE GOOSE DRANK WINE, THE MONKEY CHEWED TOBACCO ON THE 1STREET CAR LINE. THE LINE BROKE, THE MONKEY GOT CHOKED AND THEY ALL WENT TO HEAVEN IN A LITTLE ROW BOAT.
Submitter comment:
A CATCHY VERSE SAID TO ACCOMPANY A GAME OF CLAPPING HANDS WITH A
PARTNER, AND KEEPING RHYTHM WITH THE BEAT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-11-1972
ALONG IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS, THERE SAT (ANY
NAME SWEET AS A ROSE. ALONG CAME (ANY NAME) AND KISSED HER ON
THE CHEEK. HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECIEVE?
Submitter comment:
THIS POEM WAS SAID WHILE PLAYING JUMPROPE. THE PERSON WHO WAS
JUMPING HAD HIS NAME IN THE FIRST BLANK, AND SOMEONE SHE LIKED
WENT IN THE SECOND BLANK. THEN SHE WOULD JUMP AND COUNT TILL SHE
MISSED OR GOT TIRED.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00001960S EARLY
STEP ON A CRACK, BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
Submitter comment:
THIS SAYING WAS SAID WHILE WALKING DOWN A SIDEWALK, MOSTLY WHILE
WALKING TO SCHOOL. BACK THEN AND EVEN NOW IT IS CONSIDERED BAD
LUCK TO STEP ON A CRACK IN THE CEMENT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.533 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00001960S EARLY
IF IT THUNDERS IN FEBRUARY, THEN THERE WILL BE FROST IN MAY.
Submitter comment:
THIS FORCAST WAS TOLD BY MRS. HAMPTON WHO SAYS THAT THIS IS VERY
TRUE. HER MOTHER ORIGINALLY TOLD HER THIS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- February CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May BELIEF -- P0200 BELIEF -- P0500 BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 10-02-1972
IF THE SUN RISES RED, THIS MEANS RAIN.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY MRS. HAMPTON'S MOTHER WHO BELIEVED IT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 10-02-1972
WARTS ARE CAUSED BY HANDLING TOADS.
Submitter comment: I HAVE HEARD THIS SEVERAL TIMES FOR MANY YEARS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00001960S LATE
IF IT'S RAINING AND THE SUN IS SHINING, THEN THE DEVIL IS BEATING
HIS WIFE.
Submitter comment: THIS STORY HAS MANY VARIATIONS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 09-21-1972
LAST NIGHT, THE NIGHT BEFORE, 24 ROBBERS KNOCKING AT MY DOOR.
WHEN I GOT UP TO LET THEM IN, THEY HIT ME IN THE HEAD WITH A
ROLLING PIN. READY OR NOT, HERE I COME.
Submitter comment: A VERSE SAID BY THE PERSON WHO IS "IT" PLAYING HIDE AND GO SEEK.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.525 |
Date learned: 09-25-1972
IN CASE OF FIRE, THROW IN.
Submitter comment: THIS SAYING IS WRITTEN USUALLY IN THE FLY LEAF OF A SCHOOLBOOK.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Z220 |
Date learned: 00001960S LATE
PUT YOUR HANDS ON YOUR HIPS, AND LET YOUR BACKBONE SLIP.
OH, SHAKE IT TO THE EAST, OH SHAKE IT TO THE WEST,
OH SHAKE IT TO THE VERY ONE THAT YOU LIKE THE BEST.
Submitter comment:
THIS CATCHY LITTLE POEM LEARNED IN MY CHILDHOOD WAS SAID WHILE A
GROUP OF CHILDREN STOOD IN A LARGE CIRCLE. WE WOULD ACT OUT
EVERYTHING THE POEM SAID.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dramatic Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.526 |
Date learned: 00001960S EARLY