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LIMERICK
THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN FROM JAPAN
WHOSE POETRY NEVER WOULD SCAN.
THEY TOLD HIM THE THING
DOESN'T GO WITH A SWING.
THAT'S BECAUSE I TRY TO GET ALL THE WORDS IN THE LAST LINE THAT
I POSSIBLY CAN.
Submitter comment: (MRS. CASE HEARD THIS IN HIGH SCHOOL)
Where learned: HOME ; LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): ALEXANDRINE ; RHYME: AABBA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 10-15-1972
STICK OUT YOUR CAN
HERE COMES THE GARBAGE MAN!
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 02-00-1970
POLISH CHRISTMAS FESTIVAL
DECEMBER 24 (CHRISTMAS EVE) IS CELEBRATED WITH A SPECIAL MEAL AND
A MEANINGFUL READING FROM SEVERAL DIFFERENT WORKS PERTAINING TO THE
SEASON OF CHRISTMAS.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; HAMTRAMCK ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve |
Date learned: 03-21-1971
COIN CUSTOM
IF YOU PUT A PENNY IN EACH OF YOUR DRESSER DRAWERS
AND KEEP THEM THERE YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE MONEY
WHILE YOU LIVE IN THAT HOUSE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS HIS MOTHER TOLD HIM THIS AND SWEARS IT IS TRUE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of quality Medium of exchange BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
WEATHER
THUNDER BEFORE SEVEN, RAIN BEFORE ELEVEN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.
Keyword(s): PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Prose Narrative C820.462 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 01-26-1971
FUDGE, FUDGE, CALL THE JUDGE./ MAMA'S GONNA HAVE A BABY./ IT AIN'T NO
BOY./ IT AIN'T NO GIRL./ IT'S JUST A PLAIN OLD BABY.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; HAMTRAMCK ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-11-1971
CHARMS
YOU RECIEVE CHARMS OR CHARM BRACELETS ON YOUR BIRTHDAY TO
INSURE THAT YOU WILL HAVE ANOTHER.
James Callow comment: COLLECTOR'S SPELLING CORRECTED
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
A NUMBER SUPERSTITION
YOUR FATHERS PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT IF THIRTEEN PEOPLE SAT AT A TABLE
BAD LUCK WOULD COME TO ONE OF THEM.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER HUSBAND AND HIS RELATIVES
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 03-10-1967
"OUTHOUSE SONG"
I'M A JUVENILE DELINQUENT,
I CAN'T GO HOME ANYMORE.
I BEAT UP SINNERS AND I DRINK WITH BUMS,
AND I WAIT ON THE CORNER FOR MY PICK-UP TO COME.
OH I'M A JUVENILE DELINQUENT,
I CAN'T GO HOME ANYMORE.
MY MOTHER HATES ME AND MY FATHER BEATS ME,
AND I BET ON THE RACES CAUSE MY HORSES CAN RUN.
AND THEN THERE'S GRANNY,
SWINGIN' ON THE OUTHOUSE DOOR,
WITHOUT HER NIGHTY ON.
AND THEN THERE'S GRANDPA SCREAMIN' GRANNY GET YOUR NIGHTY BACK,
GRANNY GET YOUR NIGHTY BACK,
GRANNY GET YOUR NIGHTY BACK ON!
I REALLY MEAN IT!
GRANNY GET YOUR NIGHTY BACK ON.
Submitter comment:
THE FIRST EIGHT LINES OF THIS STRANGE TUNE WERE SUNG TO
THE WELL-KNOWN MELODY WHICH WE RECOGNIZE AS "YANKEE DOODLE."
James Callow comment: TUNE OF "I'M A YANKEE DOODLE DANDY" MIGHT BE MEANT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; FRASER ; COUSINS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 00001970S
GODPARENTS
CONFIRMATION SPONSORS AND GODPARENTS GIVE PRESENTS AS PROTECTION
FROM EVIL.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): BAPTISM ; GIFTGIVING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Maturity |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
IF SOMEONE GIVES YOU AN ELEPHANT ORNAMENTATION AND
THE TRUNK IS UP, IT MEANS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Gifts BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
FIND A PENNY, PICK IT UP, ALL THE DAY YOU'LL
HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Money |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
BRIDAL SHOWER
IF A SHOWER IS HELD SOONER THAN A MONTH BEFORE A WEDDING, THE WEDDING
WILL NEVER TAKE PLACE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Bridal shower |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
ANYONE WHO BREAKS A GLASS WILL BE IN FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Eating utensils |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
IF YOU CARRY A RABBIT'S FOOT, IT WILL BRING YOU
GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Amulet, mojo |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
IT WILL GIVE YOU GOOD LUCK IF YOU KISS THE BLARNEY
STONE (IN IRELAND).
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Good luck Objects |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
BELIEF
AT CHRISTMAS TIME IF YOU GO TO BED EARLY, SANTA WILL COME THERE
FIRST AND YOU WILL HAVE A BETTER SELECTION OF PRESENTS.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Santa Claus |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
SEEING A LEPRECHAUN IS SUPPOSEDLY A SIGN OF GOOD
LUCK.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 10-29-1968
MARRIAGE
IF IT RAINS 3 DAYS BEFORE THE WEDDING, THE COUPLE WILL HAVE
3 CHILDREN. 4 DAYS, 4 CHILDREN. THIS ONLY WORKS A WEEK BEFORE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Date learned: CA1963-1975