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WAY DOWN SOUTH IN THE LAND OF COTTON,
MY FEET STINK, BUT YOURS ARE ROTTEN..
Submitter comment: FROM MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
I (PICTURE OF AUTO) GIGGLE,
I (PICTURE OF AUTO) LAUGH,
BECAUSE YOU WANT MY (PICTURE OF AUTO) GRAPH!
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
BELIEF CURE
IF A CHILD IS SCARED OF AN ANIMAL, ANY PARTICULAR ANIMAL, YOU ARE TO
GET SOME HAIR FROM THAT ANIMAL AND BURN IT.
WHILE THE HAIR FROM THE ANIMAL IS BURNING, THE CHILD IS
SUPPOSED TO INHALE THE SMOKE FROM THE FIRE. IF HE OR SHE DOES THIS
THEY WILL BE CURED OF BEING SCARED OF THE ANIMAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): FRIGHT ; FUMAGATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-12-1968
RIDDLE
WHAT DOESN'T EAT NOR DOESN'T DRINK BUT RUNS AND STRIKES?
-- A CLOCK
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): CLOCK
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 10-02-1970
RIDDLE
WHAT IS BLACK AND ROUND AND HAS A WHOLE IN THE MIDDLE?
-- A RECORD.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): PHONOGRAPH
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
THE MOON SHINES TONIGHT ON CHARLIE CHAPMAN [sic]
HIS SHOES ARE CRAKLIN FOR WANT OF BLACKNIN
AND HIS OLD CARKY PANTS NEED A MENDIN
FOR THE WANT OF SENDIN, FOR THE GONE AWAY.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): PARODY ; RHYME ; SONG ; Tune ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE BETWEEN MEN AND BOYS IS THE PRICE OF THEIR TOYS
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO INFORMANT IN 1969 BY A MARRIED MAN
ABOUT 21 YEARS OF AGE. THE MAN SAW IT AS A TRUE PROVERB.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
James Callow Keyword(s): INTERNAL RHYME ; OBSERVATION ; QUALITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Maturity PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 03-10-1970
COUNTING OUT RHYME
SKY BLUE, SKY BLUE, WHO'S IT? NOT YOU.
THIS IS TO DETERMINE WHO'S "IT" IN A GAME. EACH PLAYER
PUTS ONE FOOT IN WITH EACH SYLLABLE OR WORD SAID A
DIFFERENT FOOT IS TOUCHED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO,
THREE POTATO, FOUR,
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATOE,
SEVEN POTATO, ORR.
Submitter comment:
THIS RHYME IS USED TO DETERMINE WHO GETS TO GO FIRST, IN
JUMPING ROPE. THE WAY THAT IT IS DONE IS THAT ALL THAT
ARE PLAYING PUT IN A HAND AND A LEADER CALLS OUT THIS
RHYME, AND AT EACH NUMBER TOUCHES THE HAND OF ONE
PERSON. AT ORR, THE HAND WHO IS TOUCHED IS OUT.
THIS IS CONTINUED UNTIL ONLY ONE REMAINS, AND SHE IS
THE ONE WHO GOES FIRST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rime
CHRIS COLUMBUS SAILED THE OCEAN BLUE IN 14 HUNDRED AND 92. THE WAVES WENT HIGHER AND HIGHER AND OVER THEY WENT.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
STRAW IS PLACED UNDER KITCHEN TABLE ON CHRISTMAS EVE IN MEMORY OF
THE BIRTH OF JESUS.
Submitter comment:
IT IS A CUSTOM THAT WAS PRACTICED IN POLAND WHEN INFORMANT WAS
A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Straw |
Date learned: 10-21-1970
OMEN
IF FOR NO APPARENT REASON YOU HEAR A LOUD SOUND IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE NIGHT THIS NOISE FORETELLS A DEATH OF SOMEONE YOU KNOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-08-1970
OMEN
IF YOU SEE A FALLING STAR IN THE SKY, IT FORETELLS A FORTHCOMING
DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Observation |
JUMP ROPE RHYME
NOT LAST NIGHT BUT THE NIGHT BEFORE, 48 ROBBERS CAME
KNOCKING AT MY DOOR. AS I WENT OUT TO LET THEM IN, THEY HIT
ME IN THE HEAD WITH A ROLLING PIN AND THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID:
SPANISH DANCERS TURN AROUND, TURN AROUND
SPANISH DANCERS TOUCH THE GROUND, TOUCH THE GROUND.
SPANISH DANCERS GET OUT OF TOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-27-1970
RIDDLING QUESTION
WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO FIND A LOST NEEDLE?
WALK THE FLOOR BAREFOOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-13-1970
RIDDLE QUESTION
WHAT IS THE MAIN USE OF COW-HIDE IN THE UNITED STATES?
TO KEEP THE COW TOGETHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-13-1970
THE HATCHET MAN
TWO GIRLS WENT TO THE BEACH FOR THE SUMMER WHERE THEY RENTED A
COTTAGE. PEOPLE AROUND THE AREA WARNED THEM ABOUT THE HATCHET MAN
WHO COMES OUT ON THE BEACH EACH SUMMER AND HAS ALREADY KILLED THREE
PEOPLE THIS SEASON. THE GIRLS FIGURED THEY WOULD BE ALRIGHT IF THEY
LOCKED THE DOORS EACH NIGHT. ONE NIGHT ONE OF THE GIRLS HAD A DATE
AND SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO MEET THE GUY ON THE BEACH. TO BE SAFE, THEY
DECIDED TO WORK OUT A SIGNAL SO THAT THE GIRL LEFT INSIDE THE HOUSE
WOULD KNOW WHEN TO OPEN THE DOOR. LATER ON IN THE EVENING THE
GIRL HEARD SOME NOISES AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS. THEN THE NOISE WENT
AWAY. BUT AFTER A FEW MINTUES SHE HEARD THE NOISE AGAIN, THIS TIME
AT THE FRONT DOOR. SHE HEARD SOMETHING SCRATCHING AT THE DOOR AND
IT KEPT GETTING LOUDER AND LOUDER. SHE SCREAMED AND TOLD IT TO GO
AWAY. THE SCRATCHING SLOWLY FADED AWAY. AFTER A WHILE THE GIRL FELL
ASLEEP. WHEN SHE AWOKE THE NEXT MORNING SHE OPENED THE DOOR AND FOUND
DEEP SCRATCH MARKS IN IT, BLOOD ON THE PORCH AND HER GIRLDFRIEND,S
PURSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS ; COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): INATTENTION TO WARNINGS-SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT ; MURDER OF GIRL
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 11-18-1970
REMEMBER GRANT
REMEMBER LEE
THE HECK WITH THEM,
REMEMBER ME.
Submitter comment:
THIS LITTLE VERSE IS ONE IN WHICH INFORMANT SAID SHE USED
A LOT WHILE AUTOGRAPHING YEARBOOKS WHILE STILL IN
HIGH SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
I WISH YOU LUCK, I WISH YOU JOY,
I WISH YOU FIRST A BABY BOY.
AND WHEN HIS HAIR BEGINS TO CURL,
I WISH YOU THEN A BABY GIRL.
AND WHEN HER HAIR IS UP IN PINS,
I WISH YOU THEN A SET OF TWINS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLACK,
YOU LOOK BETTER WITH A KNIFE IN YOUR BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 00001961-1962