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WHEN YOU GET MARYED (MARRIED)
AND LIVE ON A LAKE
GIVE ME A PIECE OF
YOUR WEDDING CAKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MISSOURI ; GROSSE POINTE ; BIRCH TREE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
IN THE SHOWERS OF LIFE
WHEN YOU NEED AN UMBRELLA
MAY YOURS BE HELD BY
A HANDSOME YOUNG FELLA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MISSOURI ; GROSSE POINTE ; BIRCH TREE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
Date learned: 03-01-1972 ; 00-00-1939
CHOOSE NOT YOUR FRIENDS FROM OUTWARD SHOW,
FOR REMEMBER, THE FEATHER FLOATS HIGH
AND THE PEARL LIES LOW.
Submitter comment:
FROM MY GRANDMOTHER, MRS. OTTO SCHMIDT, IN MY
AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Cynical insight |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
LAUGH WHEN YOU ARE HAPPY,
CRY WHEN YOU ARE SAD,
BUT NEVER, NEVER LET ANYONE
KNOW WHEN YOU ARE MAD.
Submitter comment: FROM LINDA O'LEARY IN MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Chimney corner wisdom, advice, humorous fortune |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
POOR MEN AND TRAMPS WHO WALK-- KINGS AND PRINCES WHO RIDE (THREE SKULL AND CROSSBONE SIGNS ON NEXT LINE) IN SKULL AND BONELAND WE'LL SAUNTER--SIDE BY SIDE.
Submitter comment: THIS LAST DATE AND LOCATION WRITTEN ON 5X8 CARD IN BRACKETS.
James Callow comment: RDNeedsReview
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
TREE BELIEF
IN GERMANY YOU CANNOT KILL A TREE.
TODAY THIS IS A LAW, BUT IS BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT
THE GODS INHABITED THE TREES.
Where learned: GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-11-1970
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
MM[ YOU ASK ME TO WRITE IN YOUR AUTOGRAPH BOOK
PRAY TELL ME HOW TO BEGIN
THERE IS NOTHING ORIGINAL ABOUT ME
EXCEPT MY ORIGINAL SIN
Submitter comment: 1939, BIRCH TREE, MO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
WHEN YOU ARE OLD AT 68,
DON'T LEAVE YOUR ONLY PLAYMATE.
Submitter comment: FROM JUDY OSGOOD IN MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
MY LOVE FOR YOU WILL NEVER FAIL,
AS LONG AS PUSSY HAS HER TAIL.
James Callow comment: RDNeedsReview
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
SOME LOVE ONE,
SOME LOVE TWENTY,
I LOVE YOU,
AND THAT'S A PLENTY.
Submitter comment: 1939, BIRCH TREE, MARYLAND
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYLAND ; GROSSE POINTE ; BIRCH TREE
Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
ALWAYS THE SAME AS B/4
1939 BIRCH TREE, MO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): DIGITAL VERSE ; FRIENDSHIP ; PAST ; REMEMBERANCE ; TYPOGRAPHICAL VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NOT HOW LITTLE FOR HOW MUCH BUT HOW MUCH FOR HOW LITTLE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): FRUGALITY ; QUANTITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-20-1972
PROVERBIAL SIMILE
NOTHING IS MORE WICKED THAN A SERPENT'S TOOTH
EXCEPT AN UNGRATEFUL CHILD.
Submitter comment: FROM UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; INGRATITUDE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00001964 ( SUMMER )
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ACT ENTHUSIASTIC (SIC) AND YOU'LL BE ENTHUSIASTIC.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER AND SAYS IT MEANS THAT EVEN
THOUGH YOU'RE NOT ENTHUSED ABOUT SOMETHING ACT AS THOUGH YOU ARE
AND EVENTUALLY YOU WILL BE ENTHUSED. INFORMANT BELIEVES THIS TO BE
TRUE.
Data entry tech comment: KEYPUNCHER BELIEVES THIS TO BE TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ATTITUDE ; FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-20-1972
Belief
IN GERMANY YOU CANNOT KILL A TREE.
TODAY THIS IS A LAW, BUT IS BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT
THE GODS INHABITED THE TREES.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [B400] crossed out. Replaced with curretn classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CUSTOM ; ETHNIC ; GERMAN ; Germany ; God ; Inhabit ; Law ; Live ; Origin ; SPIRIT ; Tree
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-11-1970
HOME REMEDIES
CHEST CONGESTION - PLACE A LARGE QUANTITY OF ROCK CANDY
IN A LITTLE WHITE WHISKEY TO MAKE A THICK SYRUP.
TAKE A FEW SPOONFULS SEVERAL TIMES A DAY.
(SECOND CURE:)
RENDER THE FAT OF A POLECAT. EAT TWO OR THREE SPOONFULS
THIS BRINGS UP THE PHLEGM.
Where learned: GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 04-01-1972
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
WHEN TWILIGHT DRAWS THE CURTAIN
AND PINS IT WITH A STAR
REMEMBER I WILL THINK OF YOU
NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE.
1939 BIRCH TREE, MO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; LOVE ; RHYME ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
HIGH UPON A MOUNTAIN
CARVED IN ROCK,
ARE THESE FOUR WORDS --
FOR GET ME NOT)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): EPITAPTH ; FRIENDSHIP ; SURPRISE ENDING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Forget me not |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
IN YOUR FRUITCAKE OF MEMORIES,
REMEMBER ME AS A NUT.
Submitter comment:
TOLD IN GROSSE POINTE, MICHIGAN
1939 BIRCH TREE, MISSOURI
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): INSTRUCTIONS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
SAILING DOWN LIFE'S RIVER,
IN A LITTLE BARK CANOE,
HOPE YOU HAVE A PLEASANT JOURNEY
AND ROOM ENOUGH FOR TWO.
Submitter comment:
TOLD IN GROSSE POINTE, MICHIGAN
1939 BIRCH TREE, MISSOURI
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 03-01-1972