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MORE SUPERSTITIONS (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
IT IS BELIEVED IN PARTS OF THE WORLD THAT DEATHS,
FIRES AND AIRPLANE CRASHES ALWAYS OCCUR IN THREES.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
RENT
RUFAS, RASTUS, JOHNSON BROWN
WHAT YOU GONNA DO WHEN THE RENT COMES ROUND?
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND OF MINE, AND HE REMEMBERS THIS FROM HIS
CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): IMPERFECT RHYME ; RHYME: AA ; RIDICULE OF NAME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00001971 SPRING
PROVERB
THE GOLDEN RULE IS TO GO TO SCHOOL, TO LOVE SOMEBODY, AND NEVER
STUDY.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-17-1972
BLUE BELLS,/ COCKLE SHELLS,/ EEVY IVY OVER. ( TWO PEOPLE SWING THE
ROPE BACK AND FORTH WHILE SOMEONE IS JUMPING OVER IT. THEN ON "OVER"
THE END PEOPLE START TURNING THE ROPE AND THE PERSON IN THE MIDDLE
JUMPS TIL HE MISSES.)
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-01-1971
DUMB, DUMB, DO, DO CATCH ME IF YOU CAN,
I CAN RUN FASTER THAN---CAN.
A GAME OF TAG IS PLAYED. THE PERSON BEING CHASED MAY DO A VARIETY OF
JUMPS AND THE CHASER MUST DO THEM ALSO. IF THE PERSON IS CAUGHT SHE
MUST TAKE AN END, LEAVING THE WINNER TO CALL SOMEONE TO CHASE HER.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
PEDIDDLE
IF A GUY SEES A CAR WITH ONLY 1 LIGHT ON, HE SAYS "PEDIDDLE" AND
KISSES THE GIRL. IF THE GIRL SEES IT FIRST, SHE SLAPS HIS FACE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-02-1970
TELEPHONE GREETING
"SUMMER'S BAKERY, WHICH CRUMB DO YOU WANT TO SPEAK TO."
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SOMETIMES ANSWERS HER TELEPHONE IN THIS MANNER.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 04-04-1972
A POPULAR EXPRESSION OF SARCASM IS "YEAH, THREE TIMES
FOR BALTIMORE."
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-17-1972
FORMULA SPEECH
BON APPETIT!
Submitter comment:
HIS FAMILY ALWAYS SAYS THIS BEFORE EATING DINNER OR LUNCH.
JOE'S FAMILY IS ITALIAN.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 02-10-1972
INITIATION CEREMONY
"SAY THE GREEK ALPHABET FOUR TIMES WHILE HOLDING A
BURNING MATCH."
Submitter comment:
USED BY KAPPA BETA GAMMA SORORITY AT THE UNIVERSITY
OF DETROIT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-00-1972