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XYZ--USED TO INFORM SOMEONE THAT HIS/HER ZIPPER IS
DOWN. DERIVED FROM "EXAMINE YOUR ZIPPER."
Submitter comment:
COLLECTED FROM MRS. VARIER IN A CONVERSATION
ABOUT FOLKLORE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
YOU TELL 'EM, SAUSAGE, YOU GOT THE GUTS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): RETORT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001920S
WE SHALL OVERCOME
Submitter comment:
WHEN READING IN A PAPER OR AFTER AN INCIDENT INVOLVING
BRUTALITY OF BLACK PEOPLE, IT IS SAID IN DESPAIR.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB
SMILE, GOD LOVES YA!
Submitter comment:
A PHRASE BARB (AGE 19) OFTEN USED WHEN SOMEONE WASN'T
SMILING.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
SMART ALECK SAYING
DON'T LOOK AT ME IN THAT TONE OF VOICE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
SMART ALECK
JUST BECAUSE YOUR HEAD COMES TO A PEAK,
DOESN'T MEAN YOU'RE SHARP.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001960S
SMART ALECK SAYING
I'VE GOT A BONE TO PICK WITH YOU.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
SMART ALECK SAYING
I HAD MY TONGUE ON MY EYE TEETH
SO I COULDN'T SEE WHAT I WAS SAYING.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
A CHILD SAVING HIS FIRST COMMUNION TIE AND BURNING
IT WHEN AND IF HE COMMITS A MORTAL SIN.
Submitter comment: DOES NOT REMEMBER (WHEN LEARNED)
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Crucial Moment of Life Life Cycle |
Date learned: 10-28-1967
IF YOU CRY ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, YOU'LL CRY EVERY
DAY FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HOME.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
IF YOU GET SLAPPED ON NEW YEAR'S DAY FOR GETTING
IN TROUBLE, YOU'LL PROBABLY BE IN TROUBLE EVERY DAY
DAY OF THE YEAR.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN FAMILY AS A CHILD.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
MARY WENT INTO THE DOCTOR'S OFFICE. HE EXAMINED HER
AND ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WAS GOING TO BE THE MOTHER OF
TWINS. MARY ONLY LAUGHED -- SHE KNEW SHE DID IT ONLY
ONCE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU SING AT THE DINNER TABLE, YOU'LL GET
A CRAZY WIFE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 10-17-1967
WHEN TWO PEOPLE SAY THE SAME THING AT ONCE, THE FIRST
ONE TO SAY "YOU OWE ME A COKE" IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE
THE OTHER ONE BUY THEM A COKE. (SOFT DRINK(
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN TWO PEOPLE SAY THE SAME THING AT THE SAME TIME,
THEY HOOKED LITTLE FINGERS AND MADE A WISH.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MADAGASCAR BURIAL CUSTOM
IT WAS A COMMON CUSTOM IN MADAGASCAR AMONG THE
NATIVES TO DIG UP THE DEAD RELATIVES EVERY SEVEN
YEARS. IN DOING THIS, THEY RE-EMBALM THE DEAD
RELATIVES. HAVING THEM ALL TOGETHER, THEY
CELEBRATE BY HAVING A FEAST.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-28-1968
MEAL CUSTOM
IT IS CUSTOMARY IN THE MID-EAST TO BELCH AFTER A
MEAL IN ORDER TO SHOW APPRECIATION.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
NUMBER OF BIRTHS PREDICTION
THE NUMBER OF RIBBONS A GIRL BREAKS WHILE UNWRAPPING HER
PRESENTS AT HER BRIDAL SHOWER WILL BE THE NUMBER OF
CHILDREN SHE WILL HAVE WHEN SHE IS MARRIED.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 01-21-1968
YOU CAN TELL THE GENDER OF THE UNBORN CHILD BY
SUSPENDING A WEDDING BAND ON A STRING ABOVE
THE MOTHER'S STOMACH. IF THE RING MOVES IN A CIRCLE,
THE CHILD IS A GIRL. IF IT MOVES BACK AND FORTH,
IT'S A BOY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-17-1968
IT IS COMMON IN SEVERAL PARTS OF SPAIN TO SAY THAT, IF A
BOY IS BORN HEAD-FIRST, HE WILL BE A NOTHING IN LIFE.
IF BORN FEET-FIRST, HE WILL GROW TO BE A VERY SUCCESS-
FUL AND COMPETENT MAN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-17-1968