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YOUR NAME FOREVER
HERE IS ONE LEAF RESERVED FOR ME,
FROM ALL THY SWEET MEMORIALS FREE,
AND HERE MY SIMPLE SONG MIGHT TELL
THE FEELINGS THOU MUST GUESS SO WELL
BUT COULD I THUS WITHIN MY MIND,
ONE LITTLE CORNER FIND,
WHERE NO IMPRESSION YET IS SEEN
WHERE NO MEMORIAL YET HAS BEEN
OH, IT SHOULD BE MY SWEETEST CARE
TO WRITE YOUR NAME FOREVER THERE.
Submitter comment: FROM THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF THE LATE CLARA MATHES, ENTRIES 1880
Data entry tech comment: ADDED COMMAS WHERE NEEDED AS WELL AS TITLE FOR VERSE.
Keyword(s): RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
Date learned: 11-21-1965
NARRATIVE
A LADY WAS SUPPOSEDLY TO HAVE GIVEN BIRTH TO A FREAK CHILD THAT
RESEMBLED A TYPE OF FISH OR FROG. IT WAS BORN WITH SLIMY, SCALY
SKIN. THE DOCTOR WAS DECIDELY NOT GOING TO SHOW THE CHILD TO HER
FOR FEAR TI WOULD HARM HER. THE CHILD ONLY LIVED FOR A DAY.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
NARRATIVE
MY MOTHER HEARD AN INTERVIEW OF MISS BETTY HOO BY
JOHN D. JEST OVER WMGS RADIO IN BOWLING GREEN, OHIO.
SHE WAS AN ORPHAN AT 5, ABUSED UNTIL 16, WHEN SHE
DECIDED TO BE A MISSIONARY. SHE HAS MOTHERED OVER
3000 YOUNGSTERS IN CHINA SO FAR. SHE WAS TELLING
THIS STORY:
SHE CAME TO THE UNITED STATES ON MISSION WORK AND
STEPPED OFF THE TRAIN. THE PORTER ASKED IF HE
COULD HELP HER WITH THE "GRIP." SHE SAID, "I
DIDN'T BRING IT WITH ME. MY MOTHER STILL HAS IT
AND IS SICK IN BED." LATER SHE FOUND OUT WHAT THE
OTHER MEANING OF "GRIP" WAS AND SHE WAS EMBARRASSED.
James Callow Keyword(s): GRIPPE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 09-17-1965
POLISH CHILDREN HAD TO KISS THEIR PARENTS HANDS AND
ASK FOR FORGIVENESS BEFORE GOING TO CONFESSION UNTIL
THEY WERE OUT OF EIGHTH GRADE. 1930S.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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 |
RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY.
COME AGAIN SOME OTHER DAY.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.646 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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
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
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
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
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 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