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SUGAR BEATERS
Submitter comment:
NATIVES IN MUNISING CALL PEOPLE FROM THE LOWER PENINSULA "SUGAR
BEATERS". THE REASON FOR THIS IS NOT APPARENT, BUT IT SEEMS TO
BE DEROGATORY. THE EXPRESSION TURNS UP USUALLY WHEN THE NATIVE
REFERRING TO A DEER HUNTER FROM THE LOWER PENINSULA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MUNISING
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
THE SHIP THAT WOULDN'T SINK
UPON HEARING THAT MY BROTHER AND I WERE DIVERS AND
WERE IN MUNISING TO DIVE ON SHIPWRECKS, SOMEONE TOLD US
ABOUT A SHIP THAT HAD FOUNDERED NORTH OF GRAND ISLAND.
THE SHIP WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LOADED WITH WHISKEY. HE
TOLD US THAT SINCE IT WAS A WOODEN VESSEL, IT WOULDN'T
SINK ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM; BUT WOULD FLOAT
AROUND AT A CERTAIN DEPTH (UNDETERMINED) AND WOULD
PROBABLY HAVE FETCHED UP ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE
ISLAND, HAVING DRIFTED THAT WAY AND EVENTUALLY GROUNDING
THERE. HE SERIOUSLY SEEMED TO BELIEVE WHAT HE TOLD US,
BUT I AM INCLINED TO THINK THAT HE WAS KIDDING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MUNISING
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 07-00-1965
THE SHIP THAT WOULDN'T SINK
UPON HEARING THAT MY BROTHER AND I WERE DIVERS AND
WERE IN MUNISING TO DIVE ON SHIPWRECKS, SOMEONE TOLD US
ABOUT A SHIP THAT HAD FOUNDERED NORTH OF GRAND ISLAND.
THE SHIP WAS SUPPOSED TO BE LOADED WITH WHISKEY. HE
TOLD US THAT SINCE IT WAS A WOODEN VESSEL, IT WOULDN'T
SINK ALL THE WAY TO THE BOTTOM; BUT WOULD FLOAT
AROUND AT A CERTAIN DEPTH (UNDETERMINED) AND WOULD
PROBABLY HAVE FETCHED UP ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE
ISLAND, HAVING DRIFTED THAT WAY AND EVENTUALLY GROUNDING
THERE. HE SERIOUSLY SEEMED TO BELIEVE WHAT HE TOLD US,
BUT I AM INCLINED TO THINK THAT HE WAS KIDDING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MUNISING
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 07-00-1965
THE CATFISH FISHERMAN
THE INFORMANT TOLD THE STORY OF A MAN WHO HAD LOST A HAND AND HAD
A HOOK IN ITS PLACE. HE USED TO FISH ON THE MISSISSIPPI FOR
CATFISH AND WHEN HE'D CATCH ONE, HE'D GET IT ALONGSIDE THE BOAT,
GAFF IT WITH HIS HOOK AND HAUL IT IN. WELL, ONE DAY HE GOT ONE
THAT WAS JUST A LITTLE TOO BIG. HE HAD IT ALONGSIDE THE BOAT;
BUT WHEN HE GAFFED IT TO HAUL IT IN, IT PULLED HIM UNDER AND
DROWNED HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MUNISING
Keyword(s): ACCIDENT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 08-00-1966
WHEN TALKING TOGETHER A PERSON SHOULD NEVER MENTION ANYTHING THAT
HAS NEVER HAPPENED TO HIM. FOR EXAMPLE IF HE SAYS HE'S NEVER
HAD A FLAT TIRE, HE USUALLY HAS ONE WITHIN ONE WEEK.
Data entry tech comment: FIRST CAUSED BY ANTICIPATING THEM AS NEGATIVES OR ZEROES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 Favorites BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 11-13-1969
FRENCH LOVE SONG
AU CLAIR DE LA LUNE,
MON AMI PIERROT,
PRETE-MOI TA PLUME,
POUR ECRIRE UN MOT.
MA CHAUDELLE EST MORTE.
YE N' AI PLUS DE FEU,
OUIRES MOI TO PORTE.
POUR L'AMOUR DE DIEU.
Submitter comment: HEARD IN FRANCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love |
CAMPSONG
LOVE GROWS UNDER THE WILD OAK TREE,
SUGAR FLOWS LIKE CANDY.
TOP OF THE MOUNTAIN SHINES LIKE GOLD,
WHEN YOU KISS YOUR LITTLE HONEY SORT OF HANDY. (ENDS HERE.)
DREAMS, DREAMS, WONDERFUL DREAMS,
SOME FOR YOU AND SOME FOR ME,
OH......... (BEGIN AGAIN, FASTER EACH TIME)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
FRENCH CUSTOM: BUSINESS
THE FLEA MARKET IS A FRENCH CUSTOM. IT IS A PLACE ON THE
OUTSKIRTS OF PARIS WHERE SECOND HAND JUNK IS SOLD.
SOMETIMES THE ITEMS SOLD ARE VALUABLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE.
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB,
HIS FOOT WAS BLACK WITH SOOT,
AND EVERYWHERE THE LAMB WOULD GO,
HIS SOOTY FOOTIE PUT.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS WRITTEN IN MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK BY MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR,
ON 12241954.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BABY TALK. ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 12-24-1954
SHOOTING STARS
WHEN YOU SEE A SHOOTING STAR
YOU SHOULD MAKE A WISH. IT IS
BELIEVED THAT IF YOU WISH HARD ENOUGH THE
WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ;
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
" COME GATHER ROUND THE FIRESIDE "
COME GATHER ROUND THE FIRESIDE BRIGHT
IN BONDS OF BROTHERHOOD TONIGHT
AND RAISE YOUR VOICES LUSTILY
TO SING OF OUR FRATERNITY.
THE CIRCLE CHANGES WITH THE YEARS
THE BROTHERS COME AND DISAPPEAR
BUT STILL THE FIRE IS BURNING BRIGHT
UPON THE CHAPTER HEARTH TONIGHT.
CHORUS:
LONG MAY SHE LIVE. AND MAY THERE BE
TRUE FELLOWSHIP ETERNALLY.
ONCE MORE WE PLEDGE OUR LOYALTY
TO SIGMA PI FRATERNITY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): FRATERNITY SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Admiration Praise Adulation Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion |
CUSTOM
ON THE MONDAY AFTER EASTER THE FARMERS BLESSED THE FOUR CORNERS
OF THEIR LAND WITH HOLY WATER.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; TAYLOR
Keyword(s): SYMBOL: FOUR CORNERS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Monday Dyngus BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
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ARABIAN MAXIM
THE SON OF A DUCK IS A SWIMMER.
Submitter comment:
EXPLAINED AS BEING SIMILAR TO MANY OTHERS
WHICH COMMENT ON HEREDITARY TRAITS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
PARODIES OF SONGS
WE GOT RATS, WE GOT MICE.
WE GOT COLD BEER ON ICE
IN THE CELLARS OF OLD---HIGH
DRINK IT DOWN
TAKE YOUR SHIRT AND WIPE IT UP
IN THE CELLARS OF OLD --HIGH
FOR THE FIELDS OF CHIVALRY.
SHOUT OUT YOUR NUMBERS LOUD AND STRONG.
MORE BEER.
Submitter comment: SUNG TO THE TUNE OF "AS THE CAISSONS GO ROLLING ALONG."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): DRINKING SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion |
CHOP UP AN ASPIRIN AND PUT IT IN THE GROUND WITH THE SEED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): PLANTING CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
GYPSY DAVEY
IT WAS LATE LAST NIGHT
WHEN THE BOSS CAME HOME,
ASKING ABOUT HIS LADY
AND THE ONLY ANSWER HE RECEIVED,
SHE'S GONE WITH THE GYPSY DAVEY,
SHE'S GONE WITH THE GYPSY DAVE.
GO SADDLE FOR ME MY BUCKSKIN HORSE,
AND MY HUNDRED DOLLAR SADDLE,
POINT OUT TO ME THEIR WAGON TRACKS,
AND AFTER THEM I'LL TRAVEL,
WELL AFTER THEM I'LL RIDE.
WELL HE HAD NOT RODE TO THE MIDNIGHT MOON,
WHEN HE SAW THEIR CAMPFIRE GLEAMING.
HE HEARD THE NOTES OF THE BIG GUITAR
AND THE VOICE OF THE GYPSY SINGING
THAT SONG OF THE GYPSY DAVE.
TAKE OFF, TAKE OFF YOUR KIDSKIN GLOVES,
AND YOUR BOOTS OF SPANISH LEATHER,
AND GIVE TO ME YOUR LILY WHITE HANDS,
WE'LL GO BACK HOME TOGETHER;
WE'LL GO BACK HOME AGAIN.
NO, I WON'T TAKE OFF MY K
NOR MY BOOTS OF SPANISH LEATHER,
I'LL GO MY WAY FROM DAY TO DAY,
AND SING WITH THE GYPSY DAVEY,
I'LL GO WITH THE GYPSY DAVE.
HAVE YOU FORSAKEN YOUR HOUSE AND HOME?
HAVE YOU FORSAKEN YOUR BABY?
HAVE YOU FORSAKEN YOUR HUSBAND DEAR,
TO GO WITH THE GYPSY DAVEY?
AND SING WITH THE GYPSY DAVE?
YES, I'VE FORSAKEN MY HOUSE AND HOME,
TO GO WITH THE GYPSY DAVEY,
AND I'VE FORSAKEN MY HUSBAND DEAR,
BUT NOT MY BLUE-EYED BABY,
MY PRETTY LITTLE BLUE-EYED BABY.
Submitter comment: BALLAD PERFORMED ON APPALACHIAN DULCIMER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WATERFORD
James Callow Keyword(s): CHILD BALLAD 200
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: 00-00-1984
DAINTY DAVEY
BEYOND THE TOWN THERE LIVED A MAIDE
AND SHE WAS THE KEEPER OF HER TRADE,
SHE FELL IN LOVE WITH A LIGHT TRIGADE
AND SHE CALLED HIM DAINTY DAVEY.
CHORUS: SO LEASE ME ON YOUR CURLY POW.
O DAINTEY DAVEY, DAINTY DAVEY.
SO LEASE ME ON YOUR CURLY POW.
YOU'RE MY OWN DEAR DAINTY DAVEY.
MY LOVE, MY LOVE, MY LOVE, CRIED HE,
OH, I HAVE A LONGIN' FOR THE SEA.
I'LL GO DEFEND MY COUNTRY.
SAY GOODBYE TO THE DAINTY DAVEY.
REPEAT CHORUS
FOUR YEARS AND SEVEN DAYS WERE GONE.
WHEN SHE SPIED HIS FIGURE COMING ON
SHE KNEW IT WAS HER OWN DEAR ONE
SAYIN, "COME KISS ME DAINTY DAVEY."
Submitter comment: PERFORMED ON APPALACHIAN DULCIMER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WATERFORD
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad, Song, Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1984
ONE I LOVE
MY FRIENDS HAVE ALL FELL OUT WITH ME
BECAUSE I KEEP YOUR COMPANY
BUT LET THEM SAY
WHAT 'ERE THEY WILL
CAUSE I LOVE MY LOVE WITH MY FREE WILL
ONE I LOVE, TWO HE LOVES, THREE HE'S BEEN GOOD TO ME
Submitter comment: BALLAD PERFORMED ON APPALACHIAN DULCIMER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WATERFORD
Keyword(s): COUNTING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love |
Date learned: 00-00-1984
CROW ON THE GRAVE
IF YOU SHIVER THAT MEANS A CROW IS WALKING ON YOUR GRAVE.
THIS ITEM WAS GIVEN BY LURELL HARDACRE A FRIEND OF THE LANNEN'S
LURELL IS OF CZECH-RUSSIAN DESCENT AND IS A 64 YEAR OLD WIDOW
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ;
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-08-1972