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WHEN TWO PEOPLE SAY SOMETHIN SIMULTANEOUSLY, THEY CAN REPEAT THE
FOLLOWING RHYME AND MAKE A WISH AND IT WILL COME TRUE:
1ST PERSON--NEEDLES
2ND PERSON--PINS
1ST PERSON--WHAT COMES OUT OF THE CHIMNEY?
2ND PERSON--SMOKE
1ST PERSON--MAY YOUR AND MY WISH NEVER BE BROKE.
BOTH--THUMBS
WHEN "THUMBS" IS SAID, THE PERSONS INTERLOCK LITTLE FINGERS
AND PRESS THEIR THUMBS TOGETHER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech BELIEF -- Use of Object Human beings and their activities |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU DON'T HOLD YOUR FEET UP WHEN YOU DRIVE OVER A RAILROAD
YOU WILL LOSE YOUR BOYFRIEND.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Use of Object Human beings and their activities |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, YOU'LL KISS A FOOL.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Nose BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FIND A PENNY, PICK IT UP,
FOR THE REST OF THE DAY, YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief BELIEF -- Good luck Money |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DRINKING CARROT JUICE GIVES YOU A GOOD SUNTAN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
YOU SHOULD SAVE ALL YOUR FINGERNAILS AND TOENAILS THROUGHOUT
YOUR LIFE, BECAUSE IF THEY ARE NOT BURIED WITH YOU, YOU WON'T
GO TO HEAVEN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DOUBLE CHIN--DEVIL WITHIN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Chin |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A CERTAIN SUBJECT, SUCH AS MATH, IS STUDIED BY A MOTHER
DURING PREGNANCY, HER BABY WILL HAVE COMPETENCE IN THIS AREA.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Use of Object Human beings and their activities |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
YOU SHOULD MAKE GINERBREAD BEFORE CHRISTMAS, BUT IT IS BAD
LUCK TO EAT IT BEFORE NEW YEAR'S DAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
JOHN D. ROCKEFELLER (THE MULTIMILLIONAIRE)
NEVER TIPPED MORE THAN A DIME.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): CHEAP
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
SECULAR HERO
LEGEND IS NOW CIRCULATING THAT JOHN F. KENNEDY WAS
NOT ASSASSINATED, BUT THAT HE IS ALIVE IN THE DALLAS
(TEXAS) HOSPITAL AS A "VEGETABLE" ONLY. MRS. JOHN F.
KENNEDY ONASSIS VISITED HIM FREQUENTLY BEFORE HER
SECOND MARRIAGE AND RIGHT BEFORE HER MARRIAGE SHE
WAS ABLE TO GET A DIVORCE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): PRESIDENT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 05-00-1969
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ALL RIGHT, MARS GEO'GE, I AIN'T GWINE TER SAY NO MO'
D'N EF DE CAT HAD MY TONGUE.
Submitter comment: PUBLISHED BY COLLIER BOOKS, 1969.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
"WELL, DE BLACKER DE BERRY, DE SWEETER DE JUICE,"
Submitter comment:
"BOY, YOU OUGHT TO TRY VELMA," A MAHOGANY-BROWN BOY YELLED.
"SHE SURE CAN GO."
"HELL," ANSWERED A WHISKY VOICE SOMEWHERE IN THE SMOKE.
"THAT NAPPY-HEADED BLACK WOMAN? GIMME A HIGH YALLER FOR
MINE ALL DE TIME. I CAN'T USE NO COAL!"
PROTESTED A SLICK-HAIRED EBONY YOUTH IN THE CENTER OF THE
PLACE . . . .
PUBLISHED BY COLLIER BOOKS, 1969.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
PROVERB
DON'T LOOK A GIFT HORSE IN THE MOUTH.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-26-1969
PROVERB
DON'T MAKE A SILK PURSE OUT OF A SOW'S EAR.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-26-1969
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR COMPARISON
AS FUNNY AS A RUBBER CRUTCH IN A POLIO WARD.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
HE WOULDN'T GIVE ME AIR IF I WERE IN A JUG.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
HITCH YOUR WAGON TO A STAR.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WELLERISM
"I'M A STRIPTEASE ARTIST," SHE SAID REVEALINGLY.
Data entry tech comment:
COLLECTOR IDENTIFIES PLACE AS HIGH SCHOOL AND TIME THREE
YEARS AGO, BUT GIVES NO SPECIFIC PLACES OR DATES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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