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JOKE
YELLO RIVER BY I.P. DAILEY.
Submitter comment: FROM HIS COUSIN, BOB MC KINNON
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
JOKE
BOOK - THIRTY YARDS TO THE TOILET BOWL BY WILLIE MAKIT
ILLUSTRATED BY BETTY WON'T.
Submitter comment: FROM HIS COUSIN, BOB MC KINNON
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
TAUNT
CHIEF DIRTY BOTTOM OF THE NO WIPEY TRIBE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-09-1967
POINTING THE INDEX FINGER AND RAISING THE THUMB (TO LOOK
LIKE A GUN) AT A PERSON, IS HOW YOU SAY HELLO.
Submitter comment: REMEMBERED FROM CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Body parts involved SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations |
Date learned: 01-15-1972
GREETING
IN INDIA THE PEOPLE GREET EACH OTHER BY PUTTING THEIR
HANDS IN A PRAYING POSITION AND SAYING "NAMASDA."
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations |
Date learned: 10-24-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
IT NEVER RAINS BUT WHAT IT POURS.
WHEN TROUBLE COMES - IT COMES IN BUNCHES.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER MISFORTUNE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
A LIBYAN BELIEF
FOR THE ARAB PEOPLES, THE SIGN OF THE GREATEST INSULT
IS TO BE SHOWN THE SOLES OF ANOTHER'S SHOES. FOR AN
EXAMPLE, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO BE
CAREFUL NOT TO CROSS THEIR LEGS EITH THEIR SHOW
SOLES SHOWING. THIS IS BECAUSE, FOR THE ARABS, THE
SOLE OF A SHOE IS THE LOWEST THING BECAUSE IT
TOUCHES THE GROUND, WHICH IS REGARDED AS THE LOWEST
DIRTIEST AND MOST DISGUSTING THING.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Derision Scorn |
Date learned: 11-29-1969
KNOCK ON WOOD, WHEN WISHING FOR SOMETHING AND IT
WILL HAPPEN.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Good luck P881.22 SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
THE POLISH USUALLY HAVE A CRUCIFIX AT THE DOOR AND
MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS BEFORE LEAVING HOME.
Submitter comment: PROBABLY UNIVERSAL.
Where learned: HOME
Date learned: 10-00-1968
A PERSON SHOULD NEVER POINT AT A STAR AT NIGHT FOR THIS
WILL CAUSE IT TO FALL FROM THE SKY.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour SPEECH -- Magical |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
DON'T PUT YOUR HAIR IN RUNNING WATER OR IT WILL DRIVE YOU CRAZY.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): INSANITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 01-31-1971
IN ORDER TO WARD OFF EVIL, ONE SHOULD POINT HIS INDEX
AND LITTLE FINGERS AT SOMETHING. (THE OTHER FINGERS
SHOULD BE CLOSED).
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CUSTOM ; EVIL ; EVIL EYE ; Eye ; Fingers ; GESTURE ; Prevent ; SUPERSTITION ; Ward
James Callow Keyword(s): HORNS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.12 |
Date learned: 02-14-1968
PINT
A PINT IS A POUND THE WORLD AROUND.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COSMOS ; ECONOMICS
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; QUANTITY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE VANISHING HITCHHIKER
THERE IS A STORY THAT HAS BEEN AROUND AS LONG AS I CAN
REMEMBER. IT IS SAID TO BE TRUE BUT NO ONE KNOWS FOR
SURE. IT IS A STORY ABOUT A LADY GHOST WHO HITCHHIKES
A RIDE FROM PASSING CARS. THE EVENT USUALLY TAKES PLACE
BETWEEN 3 A.M. AMD 6 A.M. AND IT USUALLY HAPPENS TO
DOCTORS ON THEIR WAY TO WORK(THERE IS A HOSPITAL NEARBY).
THEY WILL SEE A YOUNG GIRL HITCHING A RIDE. THEY WILL
PICK THE GIRL UP, SHE WILL GET INTO THE BACK SEAT OF
THE CAR. SHE IS WEARING A WHITE DRESS AND HAS LONG
LONG HAIR. SINCE IT IS EARLY MORNING, IT USUALLY COLD
OUTSIDE. THE DOCTOR USUALLY OFFERS HIS COAT TO THE
WOMAN. HE THEN DRIVES HER TO THE ADDRESS WHICH SHE GAVE
HIM (WHICH IS RIGHT NEAR THE HOSPITAL). WHEN HE GETS THERE
SHE IS GONE AND SO IS HIS COAT. THE PERSON WHO PICKED
THE GIRL UP WILL USUALLY GET OUT OF THE CAR AND GO UP
TO THE HOUSE TO SEE IF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE KNOW THE
GIRL WHICH THEY DESCRIBE. WHOEVER ANSWERS THE DOOR SAYS
YES, AND THAT SHE HAS BEEN DEAD FOR ? YEARS. THEY TELL THE
PERSON WHERE HER GRAVE IS. THE CEMETERY IS RIGHT ACROSS
THE WAY FROM THE HOSPITAL. WHEN THE PERSON GETS TO
THE GRAVESITE, THEIR COAT IS FOUND ON THE GRAVESTONE.
Submitter comment:
I AM NOT EXACTLY SURE OF THE INFORMANT, BUT THIS STORY
HAS BEEN AROUND AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. MANY PEOPLE
SWEAR THAT IT IS TRUE. AND EVERYTIME IT DOES HAPPEN,
THE STORY ALWAYS IS THE SAME. ONE STRANGE THING THAT
NO ONE UNDERSTANDS IS THAT IT IS USUALLY A MALE THAT
PICKS HER UP, NEVER A FEMALE.
Where learned: HOME ; ILLINOIS
Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1974 ; 00-00-1974
PLANT CUREALLS
FOR CONTINUED WELL BEING ALWAYS EAT PLENTY OF LEAFY SALADS
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PREVENTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-13-1971
RIDDLE
WHAT 3 LETTERS CAN YOUN THINK OF THAT WILL MAKE A BOY A MAN?
A-G-E; AGE
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 12-00-1965
RIDDLE
WHY IS THE LETTER "S" SO DIRTY?
BECAUSE IT MAKE OIL SOIL.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
RIDDLE
HOW MANY PEAS IN A PECK?
ONE P.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-18-1965
RIDDLE OF THREE
IN A HOUSE LIVED ORR AND NOR. ORR AND NOR WENT TO THE STORE. THERE
WERE THREE PEOPLE IN THE HOUSE BEFORE THEY LEFT. WHO WAS LEFT IN THE
HOUSE?
AND
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-30-1967
MONEY
WHAT'S THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN A NEW TEN DOLLAR BILL AND AN OLD ONE
DOLLAR BILL?
9 DOLLARS!!
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-00-1970