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ROSES ARE RED,
VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
SUCK ON A PICKLE,
I HOPE YOU TURN BLUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
Date learned: 10-03-1967
I WAS HERE, YOU WERE NOT.
NOW YOU ARE HERE, AND I AM NOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
IF YOU STEAL THIS NOTEBOOK,
YOU SHOULD BE SHAME.
FOR (NAME) IS NOT YOUR NAME.
AND WHEN YOU DIE, THE LORD WILL SAY:
WHERE'S THAT NOTEBOOK YOU STOLD THAT DAY.
AND IF YOU SAY, "I DO NOT KNOW,":
THE LORD WILL SAY,
"PLEASE STEP BELOW."
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL, SHE WROTE THIS
POEM AT THE BEGINNING OF EVERY BOOK AND WRITING TABLET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
Date learned: 10-12-1971
PROVERB
BETTER TO HAVE A WISE ENEMY,THAN A FOOLISH FRIEND
Submitter comment:
I REMEMBER HEARING THIS INFORMATION FROM MY GRANDMOTHER OF
IRISH DESCENT, MARION DOWNEY
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001970S
PROVERB
IT IS WORSE TO DISTRUST A FRIEND THAN TO BE DECEIVED BY HIM.
Submitter comment: I REMEMBER HEARING THIS INFORMATION FROM MARION DOWNEY.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001970S
PROVERB
IF YOU CAN'T SAY ANYTHING NICE DON'T SAY ANYTHING AT ALL.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
WISHING, WISHES
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON , I HOPE I HIT A HOMERUN.
Submitter comment:
TONY AND HIS FRIENDS USED THIS GOOD LUCK SAYING WHEN THEY WERE
CHILDREN PLAYING BASEBALL.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
LUCK
IT IS ALWAYS GOOD LUCK TO PUT ON THE RIGHT SHOE BEFORE THE LEFT.
Submitter comment:
THIS SUPERSTITION MAY BE DERIVED FROM THE SAYING,
PUT THE RIGHT FOOT FORWARD.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 00001960S
FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES MARRIAGE,
THEN COMES (NAME) WITH A BABY CARRIAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
Date learned: 10-03-1967
WHEN YOU GET OLD AND OUT OF SHAPE,
REMEMBER THE GIRDLE (IS) $5.98.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
BIRDS FLY NORTH AND BIRDS FLY SOUTH,
YOU'D SOUND BETTER WITH A SMALLER MOUTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
WISH
WHEN A GIRL'S SKIRT HEM IS ACCIDENTALLY
TURNED UP FROM A GUST OF WIND ETC.
IF SHE SPITS OVER HER LITTLE FINGER
SHE MAY MAKE ONE WISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-30-1971
WEATHER BELIEFS
WHEN RAINDROPS CREATE BUBBLES ON THE SURFACE OF THE PUDDLES
THIS IS A SIGNAL OF RAIN FOR THREE DAYS.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P460 BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
ACNE CURE
MY UNCLE AND I WERE DISCUSSING THE BAD GASH I HAD ON MY HAND.
MY UNCLE SAID THAT MELTED LAMBFAT WOULD HELP TO HEAL IT QUICKLY
HE ALSO SAID THAT IT WOULD BE MOST HELPFUL IN CLEARING UP ACNE.
Submitter comment:
MY UNCLE HAS USED MELTED LAMBFAT FOR YEARS AS A HEALING AGENT.
CUTS LACERATIONS
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
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IF YOU EAT CANDY AND DO NOT BRUSH,
YOUR PRETTY WHITE TEETH WILL TURN TO MUSH.
Submitter comment:
MARY ANN'S BROTHER IS A DENTIST AND THIS IS WHAT
HE WROTE IN HIS NIECE'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
ORANGES GROW IN CALIFORNIA,
THEY GROW IN FLORIDA TOO.
BUT IT TAKES A STATE LIKE MICHIGAN
TO GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 03-29-1971
APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE,
WHO'S NOT READY, HOLLAR "I."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.525 |
Date learned: 11-00-1967