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FRENCH CUSTOM
OUTDOOR MARKETS ARE A FRENCH CUSTOM. OUT DOOR MARKETS ARE SET
UP THREE TIMES A WEEK. THEY ARE SET UP ON CERTAIN STREETS.
ALL THINGS ARE SOLD. THEY CAN BE FOUND IN ALL SECTIONS OF PARIS.
INDIVIDUAL SELLERS SELL IN THE OUTDOOR MARKETS.
Submitter comment: SEEN IN PARIS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; PARIS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
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CROUP
TO GET RELIEF FROM CROUP (ANY AFFECTION OF THE LARYNX MARKED BY A
HOARSE COUGH AND DIFFICULTY IN BREATHING) TAKE A SWALLOW OF KEROSENE,
Where learned: ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
" THE ANIMAL FAIR "
I WENT TO THE ANIMAL FAIR,
THE BIRDS AND THE BEES WERE THERE.
THE OLD BABOON, BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON,
WAS COMBING HIS AUBURN HAIR.
THE MONKEY, HE GOT DRUNK.
HE SAT ON THE ELEPHANT'S TRUNK.
THE ELEPHANT SNEEZED AND FELL ON HIS KNEES,
AND THAT WAS THE END OF THE MONK, THE MONK,
THE MONK, THE MONK.
( REPEAT )
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
SILLY SALLY RIDDLE
Q: SILLY SALLY LIKES APPLES, BUT SHE DOES NOT LIKE FRUIT.
SILLY SALLY LIKES GLASS, BUT SHE DOES NOT LIKE WINDOWS.
SILLY SALLY LIKES JEFF, BUT SHE DOES NOT LIKE JOHN.
SILLY SALLY LIKES BOOKS, BUT SHE DOES NOT LIKE PAGES.
SILLY SALLY LIKES HIPPIES, BUT SHE DOES NOT LIKE BEATNIKS.
SILLY SALLY LIKES COOKIES, BUT SHE DOES NOT LIKE CRACKERS.
SILLY SALLY LIKES SKIING, BUT SHE DOES NOT LIKE SNOW.
SILLY SALLY LOVES MISSISSIPPI.
WHAT DOES SILLY SALLY LIKE?
A: SILLY SALLY LIKES WORDS WITH DOUBLE LETTERS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM CLASSMATES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORT GOODS (Q) ; HARDWARE (Q) ; PARTICULAR
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; INITIAL ITERATION ; MEDIAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle True Riddle RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 10-12-1967
NONSENSE RHYME
THE OTHER NIGHT UPON THE STAIR,
I SAW A MAN WHO WASN'T THERE.
HE WASN'T THERE AGAIN TODAY.
GEE WHIZ, I WISH HE'D GO AWAY.
Where learned: ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
OLD MOTHER HUBBARD
OLD MOTHER HUBBARD WENT TO THE CUPBOARD,/ TO GET HER POOR DAUGHTER A
DRESS./ WHEN SHE GOT THERE, THE CUPBOARD WAS BARE,/ AND SO WAS
HER DAUGHTER, I GUESS.
Where learned: ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): INTERNAL RHYME ; NURSERY RHYME PARODY ; RHYME: ABCB ; SURPRISE ENDING
| Subject headings: | -- .C730329 |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
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PROVERBIAL PHRASE
WHEN LIFE GIVES YOU LEMONS MAKE LEMONADE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; RESOURCEFULNESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
BELIEF
A GIRL WHO SINGS AT THE TABLE WILL MARRY A CRAZY MAN.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER ALWAYS TOLD ME THIS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
NURSERY RHYME
THERE WAS AN OLD CROW SAT UPON A CLOD
THAT'S THE END OF MY SONG. THAT'S ODD.
Submitter comment:
THIS RHYME WAS ONE OF MY FAVORITES WHEN I WAS SMALL. IT IS NOT
VERY COMMON, BUT IT IS SOMEWHAT HUMOROUS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): NUTSHELL NARRATIVE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
BAD CHILDREN WILL RECEIVE SWITCHES AND COAL IN THEIR STOCKINGS.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A CUSTOM IN THE CLISDAL HOUSEHOLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Stockings and shoes |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
FRENCH CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
AT CHRISTMAS SHOES ARE PLACED BY THE CHIMNEY INSTEAD OF STOCKINGS.
PERE NOEL COMES DOWN TO FILL THE SHOES.
Submitter comment: HEARD IN FRANCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Stockings and shoes |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
CUSTOM
WHEN INFORMANT WAS LITTLE, A FAMILY
CUSTOM AT NEW YEAR'S WAS TO BE SURE THAT
SOMEONE--THE FIRST PERSON INTO THE HOUSE AFTER
MIDNIGHT--BROUGHT WITH HIM SOME BREAD
AND A BOTTLE OF WINE TO INSURE A FULL
CUPBOARD DURING THE COMING YEAR. IF NO ONE
WAS GOING TO BE OUT LATE, THE PROVISIONS
WERE LEFT OUT ON THE KITCHEN TABLE UNTIL
MORNING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): GIFTGIVING ; HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
Date learned: 11-08-1967
ONCE A PAUPER ALWAYS A PAUPER
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS GREEK TEXT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
THREE BAY LEAVES UNDER YOUR PILLOW ON VALENTINE'S DAY, WILL MAKE
YOU DREAM OF THE ONE YOU WILL MARRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- February 14 Valentine's Day BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
BELIEF
YOU SHOULD NOT SPREAD BUTTER WITH A FORK, IT WILL MAKE THE COW
KICK.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; DETROIT ZOO
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Butter ; Cow ; FOOD ; Fork ; SUPERSTITION ; Utensil
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Animal product Egg BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 12-00-1969
SUPERSTITION ; SUPERSTITION(COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; BAD LUCK: PLANT(CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
TO HAVE AN ENGLISH IVY PLANT IN A HOUSE IS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: BELIEF HELD BY THE MOTHER OF A FRIEND, MRS. MAIRE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.36 |
Date learned: 10-10-1967
PARODY-JACK & JILL
KAISER BILL/WENT UP THE HILL/TO FETCH A PIECE OF FRANCE
KAISER BILL/RAN DOWN THE HILL /WITH BULLETS IN HIS PANTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): ANTICLIMAX ; CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-29-1968