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TARZAN/ELEPHANT JOKE #3
Q. WHAT DID THE ELEPHANTS SAY WHEN THEY SAW TARZAN
COMING OVER THE HILL?
A. NOTHING--ELEPHANTS CAN'T TALK!!
Submitter comment: THIS IS YET ANOTHER GROANER OR BOO JOKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNION LAKE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-00-1984
TARZAN/ELEPHANT JOKE #2
Q. WHAT DID TARZAN SAY WHEN HE SAW A HERD OF ELEPHANTS
WEARING SUNGLASSES COMING OVER THE HILL?
A. NOTHING--HE DIDN'T RECOGNIZE THEM!!
Submitter comment: ANOTHER GROANER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNION LAKE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-00-1984
TARZAN AND ELEPHANT JOKE #1
Q. WHAT DID TARZAN SAY WHEN HE SAW THE HERD OF ELEPHANTS
COMING OVER THE HILL?
A. LOOK--A HERD OF ELEPHANTS COMING OVER THE HILL!!
Submitter comment:
THIS JOKE IS KNOWN AS A GROANER, SINCE IT RECEIVES GROANS,
NOT LAUGHS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNION LAKE
James Callow Keyword(s): LITERAL CATCH
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-00-1984
ELEPHANTS IN TREES
Q. WHY DO ELEPHANTS WEAR SNEAKERS?
A. SO THEY CAN JUMP FROM TREE TO TREE WITHOUT DISTURBING
THEIR NEIGHBORS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNION LAKE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-00-1984
ELEPHANT IN CHERRY TREE JOKE
Q. WHY DO ELEPHANTS WEAR RED SNEAKERS?
A. SO THEY CAN HIDE IN CHERRY TREES!!
Q. HAVE YOU EVER SEEN AN ELEPHANT HIDING IN A CHERRY TREE?
A. NO
Q. WORKS PRETTY WELL, DOESN'T IT?!
Submitter comment: THIS IS ANOTHER BOO JOKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNION LAKE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-00-1984
ASPIRIN/ELEPHANT JOKE
A. SO YOU CAN TELL HIM FROM AS ASPIRIN!!!
Submitter comment:
THIS IS WHAT IS KNOWN AS A "GROANER" OR A "BOO JOKE," SINCE PEOPLE
GROAN OR BOO WHEN THEY HEAR IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNION LAKE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-00-1984
PLAID ELEPHANT JOKE
Q. HOW DO YOU KILL A MADRAS ELEPHANT?
A. PUT HIM IN WATER AND LET HIM BLEED!!!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNION LAKE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-00-1984
CURE FOR WARTS
IF YOU HAVE WARTS, PRESS AGAINST YOUR EARS WITH
YOUR FINGERS. IN ORDER TO BE SUCCESSFUL, YOU MUST
BELIEVE THAT THIS IS GOING TO WORK.
Submitter comment: RONDA'S MOTHER CURED HER WARTS BY THIS METHOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNION LAKE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-06-1967
CURE FOR ARTHRITIS
IF YOU HAVE ARTHRITIS TIE A CHESTNUT (BUCKEYE) AROUND YOUR NECK.
IF YOU DON'T TIE IT AROUND YOUR NECK, MAKE SURE YOU CARRY IT
AT ALL TIMES.
Submitter comment: HER MOTHER TOLD HER THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNION LAKE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-06-1967
A MEMBER OF THE SOPHOMORE CLASS ALWAYS DROPS HIS LUNCH TRAY ON THE
FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. IN THIS CUSTOM, ONE SOPHOMORE ALWAYS DROPS HIS
LUNCH TRAY ON THE FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL. HE RECEIVES A STANDING
OVATION. IF NO MEMBER OF THE SOPHOMORE CLASS DROPS HIS TRAY
ACCIDENTALLY, AN UPPERCLASSMEN (SIC) HELPS HIM. THIS HAS HAPPENED
EVERY YEAR SINCE 1962.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT SAW A FELLOW STUDENT DO IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Fixed DateFor specific dates, use the following system: |
Date learned: FALL 1967
IF YOU SING IN THE MORNING, YOU'LL CRY AT NIGHT.
Submitter comment:
MY INFORMANT, MUCH ANNOYED AT MY HABIT OF SINGING
AROUND THE KITCHEN BEFORE BREAKFAST, USED TO RECITE THIS
LITTLE VERSE TO ME ALMOST EVERY MORNING, ALTHOUGH,
PERSONALLY, I STILL CAN'T FIND ANY TRUTH IN IT.
WHERE MY INFORMANT HEARD THIS LITTLE SAYING IS
UNCERTAIN.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SAINT JOSEPH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
IT'S BAD LUCK TO PUT A HAT ON A BED.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; RATHSKELLER
Keyword(s): Bed ; BELIEF ; CLOTHING ; Fashion ; Hat ; LUCK ; Placement ; PREDICTION ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) |
Date learned: 11-20-1968
BELIEF
ITS HEALTHY TO LEAVE YOUR BEDROOM WINDOW OPEN DURING THE WINTER
Submitter comment: INFORMANT PRACTICED THIS WHEN SMALL
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
CHRISTMAS EVE DINNER
THE TRADITIONAL CHRISTMAS EVE DINNER WAS FISH. THERE WERE AT LEAST THREE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF FISH SERVED.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F122 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
WEATHER BELIEF
WHEN ALL THE COWS IN THE PASTURE LAY DOWN AT THE SAME TIME IT IS
GOING TO RAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 10-03-1972
DUMMY DUMMY DODO I CHOOSE YOU TO CHASE AFTER ME.(THIS IS A JUMP-ROPE
RHYME WHICH IS USED TO GET THE JUMPERS TO JUMP IN AND OUT OF THE ROPE
IN QUICK SUCCESSION. ONE FOLLOWING AFTER THE OTHER.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
DONALD DUCK
DONALD DUCK WAS A ONE LEGGED, ONE LEGGED, ONE LEGGED DUCK.
DONALD DUCK WAS A TWO LEGGED, TWO LEGGED, TWO LEGGED DUCK.
DONALD DUCK WAS A THREE LEGGED,
THREE LEGGED, THREE LEGGED DUCK.
DONALD DUCK WAS A FOUR LEGGED, FOUR LEGGED, FOUR LEGGED DUCK.
Submitter comment:
Informant heard this on the school playground.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
Keyword(s): ACTION RHYME ; CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
A CHARM TO BE SAID BY WHITE MAGICIANS WHEN PLUCKING
HEALING HERBS FROM THE GROUND:
OH SWEET HERB, ON CALVARY, MM'TWAS FIRST WHERE YOU WERE FOUND,
IN THE NAME OF HIM WHO DIED THERE,
I PLUCK YOU FROM THE GROUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.646 |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
Proverb
"Oh! What tangled webs we weave when first we practice to deceive."
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Submission is a direct quote from Sir Walter Scott, a Scottish Novelist (1771-1832): Marmion, Canto vi, Stanza 17.
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300, V:C880.300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Consequence ; Deceive ; Deception ; Lie ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Quote ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Web
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
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