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AUTOGRAPH BOOK
ROSES ARE RED . VIOLETS ARE BLUE. MY HEART PANTS FOR YOU.
Submitter comment:
MARY TOLD ME THAT IN THE PLACE OF THE WORDS HEART AND PANTS, THEY
WOULD DRAW A PICTURE OF A HEART AND A PAIR OF PANTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): PICTOGRAPHIC VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00001930S
AUTOGRAPH BOOK
ROSES ARE RED. VIOLETS ARE BLUE. SUGAR IS SWEET AND SO ARE YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00001930S
REMEDY
WHEN YOU HAVE A STONE BRUISE YOU CAN DRAW OUT THE SORENESS BY
PUTTING COW MANURE IN YOUR SOCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001930S
REMEDY
THIS REMEDY CAN BE USED FOR ANY TYPE OF RASH. TAKE OATMEAL AND BAKING
SODA AND PUT THEM TOGETHER IN A SOCK. RUN A BATHTUB OF WATER WHILE
YOU HAVE THE SOCK TIED TO THE END OF THE FAUCET. THIS WAY THE THINGS
INSIDE THE SOCK WILL FILTER INTO THE BATHTUB. THIS TAKES AWAY THE
ITCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001930S
REMEDY
RAW BACON WITH PEPPER MAKES A POULTICE FOR DRAWING OUT PAIN OR
SORENESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 00001930S
SAINT MAGNUS - APOSTLE OF THE ALLGAU
IN FUSSEN THERE IS A WATERFALL WHICH IS SPRING-FED FROM TYROL.
THE WATER FROM THE FALL FLOWS INTO A VERY NARROW GORGE.
ONE DAY ST. MAGNUS, THE APOSTLE OF THE ALLGAU, WAS BEING CHASED
BY HIS ENEMIES. THEY CORNERED HIM ABOVE THE WATERFALL. ST. MAGNUS HAD
TWO CHOICES: JUMP AND DROWN IN THE RUSHING WATERS OR BE CAPTURED BY
HIS ENEMIES. HE JUMPED AND MADE IT ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE GORGE.
TODAY, THERE STILL EXISTS A FOOTPRINT IN THE ROCK WHERE ST.
MAGNUS LANDED. NO MATTER WHAT MAN TRIES TO STEP INTO IT OR WHAT SIZE
SHOE HE WEARS, HIS SHOE WILL FIT THE FOOTPRINT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS LEGEND ; SAINT'S LEGEND: SAINT MAGNUS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 10-10-1968
IF THE SUN SHINES WHEN IT RAINS, IT WILL RAN SOMETIME DURING
THE NEXT DAY.
Submitter comment: NONE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | 800 |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
SILLY SONG
MARY HAD A STEAMBOAT,
STEAMBOAT HAD A BELL,
MARY WENT TO HEAVEN,
STEAMBOAT WENT TO ....
HELL_O OPERATOR,
DIAL NUMBER NINE,
IF THEY DON'T ANSWER,
KICK THEM IN THE . . . .
BEHIND THE REFRIGERATOR
IS A PIECE OF GLASS,
MARY SLIPPED
AND FELL UPON HER . . . .
ASK ME NO MORE QUESTIONS AND I'LL TELL YOU NO LIES,
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
Keyword(s): JOKE ; Lyric ; MUSIC ; SONG ; Tune ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
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WEATHER PROBERB
IF THE SNOW GOES CRISS-CROSS
ON THE FIRST DAY OF SNOW,
IT WILL BE A LONG HARD WINTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): RIME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Weather Proverb |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
WEATHER PROVERB
IF YOU HAVE A GREEN CHRISTMAS
YOU WILL HAVE A WHITE EASTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; METONYMY: GREEN FOR LACK OF SNOW ; METONYMY: WHITE FOR SNOW ; OBSERVATION ; SNOW
Date learned: 00-00-1968
LEGENG OF POLAND
DURING WORLD WAR II THE GERMANS BOMBED THE TOWN OF CHESTOCHOWA.
THE CHURCH IN THAT TOWN WAS HIT, BUT THE STATUE OF THE BLESSED
MOTHER WAS NOT TOUCHED WHILE EVERYTHING AROUND IT WAS DEMOLISHED.
IT IS CONSIDERED A MIRACLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
A MAN ACCEPTED A BET OF $200 TO GO INTO A CEMETERY AT NIGHT AND
POUND A STAKE INTO THE GROUND. AS HE WAS POUNDING THE STAKE,
SOMETHING KEPT ON PULLING ON HIS COAT. HE SCREAMED AND DIED. THE
POLICE CAME INTO THE CEMETERY AND FOUND HIS COAT WAS CAUGHT UNDER
THE STAKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): FEAR TEST
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
OUR FAMILY DOCTOR HAS A LARGE BIRTH MARK ON THE SIDE OF HIS FACE.
IT WAS SAID THAT WHILE HIS MOTHER WAS PREGNANT WITH HIM THERE
WAS A FIRE AND HIS MOTHER RAISED HER HAND TO HER FACE. THIS
CAUSED THE BIRTH MARK ON HIS FACE IN THE SAME PLACE WHERE THE
MOTHER HAD TOUCHED HER FACE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): MARKS BROUGHT ABOUT BY FEAR.
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC ; HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
SAYING
GRAB THE BULL BY THE HORNS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY HER MOTHER IN THE YEAR 1939.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-06-1972
PROVERB
FITS LIKE A GLOVE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD HER MOTHER SAY THIS WHEN SHE WAS A TEENAGER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 09-28-1972
BELIEF ABOUT SPIDER
IF A SPIDER GETS ON A PERSON
THEY WILL GET SOME MONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
BELIEF ABOUT DRINK
IT IS A BELIEF AT THE BEGINNING OF A SOCIAL
EVENING IF A PERSON POURING A DRINK
SPILLS IT OVER THE SIDE, HE WILL GET DRUNK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
BOWLING VOCABULARY
MOTHER IN LAW LEAVE - IS TWO PINS BACK OF EACH OTHER LIKE THE
1-5, 3-9, 2-8, PINS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | 555 Games / Pastimes / Sports |
Date learned: 03-20-1979
BOWLING VOCABULARY
BUCKET - IS THE 3-5-6-9 FOR THE LEFTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | 555 Games / Pastimes / Sports |
Date learned: 03-20-1979