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"WOODS' KIDS"
WHEN CERTAIN UNFAVORABLE HAPPENINGS OCCUR WITHIN THE
ROSSER HOME, THE WOODS' KIDS ALWAYS TAKE THE BLAME. THESE
SMALL CREATURES INHABIT THE WOODS BEHIND THE HOUSE.
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Keyword(s): Blame ; FAMILY ; Fanciful ; Invisible ; Legend ; Tale ; TRICKSTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Legend |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
BLOW OUT---MEANS TO PROCESS OR GET AN AFRO HAIRSTYLE.
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SUBJECT/VERB AGREEMENT AND FORM ADDED AND CORRECTED BY
EDITOR.
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Keyword(s): Afro ; Blow Out ; EUPHEMISM ; Hairstyle ; Nickname ; SLANG
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Date learned: 06-00-1971
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TOUGH TILLY---MEANS A COWARD OR CRYBABY (USED IN
TAUNTING MANNER).
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Keyword(s): Cry Baby ; Nickname ; SLANG ; TAUNT ; Tease ; Tough
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Date learned: 06-00-1971
RACKED UP---MEANS ASLEEP OR BEHAVING AS SUCH (NEGATIVE
CONNOTATION).
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Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM ; Nickname ; Rack ; SLANG ; SLEEP
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Date learned: 06-00-1971
COP DODGIN'---MEANS BEING IN TROUBLE
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Keyword(s): Cop ; Dodging ; Nickname ; SLANG ; TROUBLE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Date learned: 06-00-1971
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO KISS
A FOOL.
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: 00001950S
IN LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK, WHEN A PERSON ASKS SOMEONE
TO WAIT UNTIL THE DESIRED PARTY REACHES THE TELEPHONE,
INSTEAD OF SAYING, "HANG ON," OR "ONE MINUTE," THEY
SAY, "HOLD THE WIRE."
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 08-26-1969
STEP ON A CRACK AND BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 00001950S
A BRIDE SHOULD WEAR SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW,
SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING BLUE.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Wear something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue |
Date learned: 00001950S
IF YOU OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN A HOUSE OR OTHER BUILDING
IT IS BAD LUCK.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 00001950S
THE GUY WHO CATCHES THE BRIDE'S GARTER WILL BE THE
NEXT TO MARRY.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Garter toss |
Date learned: 00001950S
WHOEVER GETS THE LARGEST PORTION OF A CHICKEN'S
WISHBONE WHEN TWO BREAK IT, HAS HIS WISH COME TRUE.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00001950S
IF ALL THE SEAS WERE ONE SEA,
WHAT A GREAT SEA THAT WOULD BE!
AND IF ALL THE TREES WERE ONE TREE,
WHAT A GREAT TREE THAT WOULD BE!
AND IF ALL THE AXES WERE ONE AX,
WHAT A GREAT AX THAT WOULD BE!
AND IF ALL THE MEN WERE ONE MAN,
WHAT A GREAT MAN HE WOULD BE!
AND IF THE GREAT MAN TOOK THE GREAT AX,
AND CUT DOWN THE GREAT TREE,
AND LET IT FALL INTO THE GREAT SEA,
WHAT A SPLISH SPLASH THAT WOULD BE!
Submitter comment: I WAS TOLD THIS POEM BY A FIRST GRADER ON THE PLAYGROUND.
Keyword(s): CHAIN GREATNESS ; SURPRISE ENDING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
VERSE WITHOUT MUSIC
MATHEW, MARK, LUKE AND JOHN,
BLESS THE BED THAT I LIE ON!
ALL FOUR CORNERS ROUND ABOUT,
WHEN I GET IN, WHEN I GET OUT.
FOUR CORNERS TO MY BED,
FOUR ANGELS ROUND MY HEAD;
ONE TO WATCH AND ONE TO PRAY,
AND TWO TO BEAR MY SOUL AWAY.
Submitter comment: HEARD IN SCHOOL.
Keyword(s): DEATH PIOUS SLEEPING BIBLICAL ; PIOUS ; PRAYER ; RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
VERSE WITHOUT MUSIC
THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL, WHO HAD A LITTLE CURL
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF HER FOREHEAD.
WHEN SHE WAS GOOD, SHE WAS VERY, VERY GOOD,
BUT WHEN SHE WAS BAD, SHE WAS HORRID.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER USED TO RECITE THIS WHEN I WAS BAD.
Keyword(s): NURSERY RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
ONE FOR THE MONEY,
TWO FOR THE SHOW,
THREE TO GET READY,
AND FOUR TO --GO!
Submitter comment: RHYME FOR A RACE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LITTLE SALLY WATERS, SITTING IN THE SUN,
CRYING AND WEEPING FOR A YOUNG MAN.
RISE, SALLY, RISE, WIPE OFF YOUR EYES,
FLY TO THE EAST, FLY TO THE WEST,
FLY TO THE ONE THAT YOU LOVE BEST.
Submitter comment: WE PLAYED THIS AS CHILDREN.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
SEE-SAW
TEETER TOTTER TEETER TOTTER
WASH YOUR FACE IN DIRTY WATER.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN NEIGHBORHOOD PLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C7500 C7500.522 |