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AFTER THE FUNERAL THE UNDERTAKER BROUGHT THE POLISH PEOPLE
BEER AND WHISKEY SO THEY WOULD FORGET THE DEPARTED.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BULLSHIT
EVERYONE NEEDS TO HAVE A DRINK TO PLAY (USUALLY BEER).
FOUR OR MORE PEOPLE SIT AROUND TOGETHER AND PLAY THE GAME AS
FOLLOWS:
EVERYONE HAS CHOSEN A ONE-SYLLABLE NAME FOR THEMSELVES
THEY WILL BE REFERRED TO DURING THE GAME BY THAT NAME SO
THEY TELL EVERYONE ELSE AT THE BEGINNING WHAT THEIR NAME
IS (EX.- DOG, PIG OR SHOO). WHEN ONE PERSON CALLS ANOTHER BY
THEIR "NAME" DURING PLAY THEY ADD "SHIT" TO THE END OF THE
NAME (EX.-"DOGSHIT" OR "SHOOSHIT"). EACH PERSON THEREFORE
HAS A TWO-SYLLABLE NAME. A DIFFERENT NAME FROM THE PERSON'S
REAL ONE IS USED SO IT WILL CONFUSE OTHER PLAYERS WHILE
PLAYING THE GAME. THE PERSON WHO STARTS THE GAME SAYS THE
FOLLOWING STORY:
"THE DUKE OF YORK WAS WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND HE THOUGHT
HE SAW" (HERE HE SAYS THE NAME OF ONE OF THE PLAYERS, EX.-
SHOO) "SHIT."
THE PERSON CALLED (IN THIS CASE SHOO) REPLIES, "BULLSHIT."
THE 1ST PERSON SAYS "WHO SHIT?"
THE 2ND PERSON SAYS THE NAME OF ANOTHER ONE OF THE PLAYERS
AND THEN "SHIT". NOW THAT THIRD PERSON SAYS, "BULLSHIT" AND
THE PROCESS IS REPEATED AGAIN AND AGAIN, CHANGING NAMES
EACH TIME UNTIL SOMEONE MAKES A MISTAKE. THAT PERSON MUST THEN
TAKE A DRINK AND THE GAME IS STARTED AGAIN BY THE LAST PERSON
WHO MADE A MISTAKE.
Submitter comment:
THIS GAME ACTUALLY GETS HARDER TO PLAY AS IT GOES ALONG
BECAUSE THE PARTICIPANTS ARE DRINKING ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
AND THEIR SPEECH TENDS TO GET SLURRED. OF COURSE CONCENTRATION
IS ALSO AFFECTED AND CAN RESULT IN INTERESTING MISTAKES.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 07-00-1989
EXPECTANT MOTHER
WHEN I WAS ABOUT EIGHT MONTHS PREGNANT WITH MY FIRST CHILD,
I WENT SHOPPING WITH MY MOTHER-IN-LAW IN A VILLAGE IN LEBANON.
WE CAME ACROSS A VENDOR WITH A MONKEY. WHEN I NOTICED THE MONKEY,
I TOLD MY MOTHER-IN-LAW TO LOOK AT HOW CUTE IT WAS. SHE WAS
HORRIFIED! "SPIT, SHE YELLED, "QUICK, SPIT!
WHEN I ASKED WHY, SHE SAID IF I DIDN'T SPIT, THE BABY WOULD COME
OUT LOOKING LIKE A MONKEY.
"THAT'S A RIDICULLOUS SUPERSTITION," I TOLD HER, "I DON'T BELIEVE
IT AND I WON'T SPIT."
WHEN SHE TURNED HER BACK I QUICKLY SPIT -- JUST IN CASE.
James Callow Keyword(s): PRAISE ; SPITTLE
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 11-00-1982
POEM
MAY YOUR PATH BE STRUED WITH FLOWERS
WELCOME BE ON EVERY SIDE
MAY YOUR HOME BE VERY HAPPY
MAY NO SORROWS ENTER THERE
MAY SWEET ROSES BLOOM AROUND YOU
AND LOVE GREET YOU EVERYWHERE
MAY YOUR FRIENDS BE MOST FAITHFUL
AND NO THOUGHTLESS WORD IMPLANT
THAT WOULD MAKE YOU FEEL UNHAPPY
OR WOULD WOUND YOUR KINDER HEART
Submitter comment:
POEM BY ALBERT WALLEN, WHEELING, WEST VIRGINIA
IN AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF LATE MRS. GEORGE A. SCHNEIDER
AND LATE CLARA SPIELBUSCH, TOLEDO, OHIO
Data entry tech comment: IMPLANT MIGHT BE IMPART
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; FLOWERS ; FRIENDSHIP ; HAPPINESS ; KINDNESS ; METAPHOR ; METER: TROCHEES ; REPETITION ; RHYME: ABCADAEFCA ; SERIOUSNESS ; SINCERITY ; STANZA ; WISH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
Date learned: 11-21-1965
AUTOGRAPH SIGNATURE
REMEMBER ME WHILE LIFE IS SWEET
REMEMBER ME TILL NEXT WE MEET
LONG MAY YOU LIVE AND HAPPY BE
BELOVED BY ALL BUT MOST BY ME
YOUR FRIEND
ROSA HIMMELSBACH
JULY 30, 1882
Submitter comment: AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF LATE CLARA (SPIELBUSCH) MATHES
Keyword(s): FRIENDLY TONE ; INVERSION ; QUATRAIN ; WISH
James Callow Keyword(s): COMMAND INSTRUCTIONS ; FRIENDSHIP ; LONGEVITY ; REMEMBRANCE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 11-24-1965
AUTOGRAPH BOOK JINGLE
I LOVE, I LOVE YOU
I LOVE YOU I DO;
BUT DON'T GET EXCITED
I LOVE MONKEY'S T6O)
Keyword(s): FALSE LOVE ; HUMOROUS INSULT ; RHYME: AABA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 10-27-1968
AUTOGRAPH BOOK JUNGLE
FLORIDA GROWS ORANGES.
CALIFORNIA DOES TOO
BUT IT TOOK OHIO
TO GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU.
Data entry tech comment: ANY STATE COULD BE SUBSTITUTED FOR OHIO.
Keyword(s): FOOD ; LOCATION ; PRAISE ; RHYME: ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): NAMES OF STATES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 10-27-1968
WHERE THE CAT OF THE HOUSE IS BLACK,
OF LOVERS THEY'LL BE NO LACK;
WHERE THE CAT OF THE HOUSE IS GRAY,
THERE THE LOVERS WILL STAY AWAY.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
SEE A PIN AND PICK IT UP,
ALL DAY LONG YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
DON'T STEP ON A CRACK
OR YOU'LL BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS PLAYED WHEN WALKING ON A SIDEWALK. ONE HAD TO STEP
OVER THE CRACKS SO AS NOT TO BREAK THE MOTHER'S BACK.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 10-04-1965
RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY.
COME AGAIN SOME OTHER DAY.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.646 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LUCKY DAYS FOR MARRIAGE
MONDAY FOR HEALTH
TUESDAY FOR WEALTH
WEDNESDAY THE BEST DAY OF ALL
THURSDAY FOR LOSSES,
FRIDAY FOR CROSSES,
AND SATURDAY NO DAY AT ALL.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO ME, TEASINGLY, WHEN I DECIDED TO
HAVE MY WEDDING ON FRIDAY.
| Subject headings: | 860 Belief |
SMART-ALECK RHYME
IT'S RAINING, IT'S POURING,
THE OLD MAN'S SNORING.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.464 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THIS IS A POLISH CUSTOM. ON THE FIRST BIRTHDAY OF A BABY
THE CHILD WAS TO SELECT FROM A WHISKEY GLASS, A DOLLAR
BILL, A ROSARY, AND A BOOK. WHATEVER HE OR SHE SELECTED
THAT WOULD INDICATE WHAT THE CHILD WOULD BE IN THE FUTURE.
Submitter comment:
MY DAD CHOSE THE DOLLAR BILL. HE ISN'T RICH BY ANY
MEANS BUT HE IS MONEY CONSCIOUS.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
SEWING
EVERY STITCH YOU SEW ON SUNDAY YOU WILL HAVE TO PULL
OUT IN HELL.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Working |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
SATURDAY BATH
SATURDAY NIGHT WAS BATH NIGHT. WATER WAS CARRIED
IN BUCKETS AND HEATED ON THE OLD WOOD STOVE. THE
WASH TUB WAS BROUGHT INTO THE KITCHEN. THE
CLEANEST ONE GOT TO TAKE HIS BATH FIRST AND ON DOWN
THE LINE, AS THE SAME WATER WAS USED. THEN STANDING
UP YOU GOT RINSED WITH A FEW DIPPERS OF CLEAN
WATER.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Routine activity |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
THE JEWS WHO DIE BEFORE 11 A.M. MUST BE BURIED BY
SUNSET AND THE BODY MUST PASS OVER WATER ON THE
WAY TO THE CEMETERY.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-07-1965
GIFTS BETWEEN PARENTS AND CHILDREN ARE NEVER EXCHANGED.
Data entry tech comment: CHRISTMAS?
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MONDAY MORNING QUARTERBACK. THIS IS A NAME GIVEN TO
ANYONE WHO SECOND-GUESSES AN EVENT, DECISION, ETC.
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HOLY WATER
WHEN YOU BLESS YOURSELF WITH HOLY WATER, YOU SHOULD
SPRINKLE SOME ON THE FLOOR TO SAVE THE SOULS
IN PURGATORY.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church |
Date learned: 00-00-1964