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CHARLIE CHAPLIN WENT TO FRANCE,/ TO TEACH THE LADIES HOW TO DANCE,/
WITH A HEEL AND A TOE, AROUND WE GO./ SALUTE TO THE CAPTAIN,/ BOW TO
THE QUEEN,/ TOUCH THE BOTTOM OF THE DIRTY SUBMARINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME ; CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
OMEN
IF THE PALM OF YOUR HAND IS ITCHY, IT IS A
SIGN THAT YOU ARE GOING TO RECEIVE SOME MONEY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ;
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
Expression
To beat the tar out of someone means to beat them up
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ;
Keyword(s): Beat ; EUPHEMISM ; Expression ; Injure ; Language ; Saying ; Tar ; VIOLENCE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Expression
To Feather Your Nest means to make your life comfortable.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ;
Keyword(s): Comfortable ; Expression ; Feather ; Language ; LIFE ; Nest ; SLANG
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Belief: Animal
Crosses on Donkeys:
The fur on a donkey's back seems to make a dark cross length-wise. According to the informant, the cross is there because Christ rode the donkey into Jerusalem. When she told me this, another person who was present said she had always heard it was there because Mary rode on the donkey.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P682.4, M247.3] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAKLAND UNIVERSITY ;
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; ASS ; Christ ; CHRISTIANITY ; Cross ; DONKEY ; DONKEY ; Fur ; HAIR ; Jerusalem ; JESUS ; Mary ; RELIGION ; SYMBOL ; VIRGIN MARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Belief: Weather
Rain:
If it rains before seven it will shine before eleven.
Submitter comment:
Collector wrote down a phone number in the bottom right hand corner of the card: XXX-XXX-9651
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): NATURE ; Predicitng ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; Rain ; RHYME ; Sun ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Belief: Weather
Weather Proverb:
Pink sky at night; sailor sdelight
Red sky in the morning; sailors warning.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; Nautical ; Ocean: Predicting ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; RHYME ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Belief: Weather
Red in the morning, sailors take warning; Red at night, sailors delight.
Submitter comment:
From his mother
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [C880, P200] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): Color, Nature ; Nautical ; Ocean ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; PREDICTION ; RHYME ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Belief: Weather
Belief in Verse - Prediction:
Rain by seven, Done by eleven.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): NATURE ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; PREDICTION ; Rain ; RHYME ; Sky ; TIME ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Belief: Weather
Weather Prediction:
Start to rain before seven, quit before eleven.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P800] crossed out. Replaced with current classification
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ;
Keyword(s): NATURE ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; PREDICTION ; Rain ; RHYME ; Sky ; TIME ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Belief: Weather
The south wind brings wet weather,
The north wind wet and cold together,
The west wind always brings us rain,
The last wind blows it back again.
Submitter comment:
Verse without Music or Prediction Divination
Heard in School
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO ;
Keyword(s): Compass ; DIRECTION ; North ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; PREDICTION ; Rain ; South: east West ; Wind
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Language
A big black bug bled blue blood.
Submitter comment:
My Neighborhood
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Tongue Twister? This much (A big black bug) already typed as Prose.
Where learned: HOME ;
Keyword(s): BLOOD ; Blue ; Bug ; GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
Tongue Twister:
Of all the saw I ever saw saw, I never saw a saw saw like that saw saws.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [C700] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Something similar in Prose already typed.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language
Tongue Twister:
Rush the washing Russell,
Rush the washing Russell.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
A question mark is written on the card.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | -- .C700, S570 |
Language
Tongue Twister:
That that is, is that that is not, is not. Is not that it?
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Language
Weather Verse:
Rain Rain, go away. Come again another day.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): CHILD ; CHILDREN ; Language ; Play ; Rain ; RHYME ; SONG ; VERSE ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Maxim
Proverbial Apothegim Maxim:
All is fair in love and war.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Miscellaneous grammar corrections.
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): Cliche ; Fair ; LOVE ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; WAR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
All the water I bathe with doesn't go on my skin alone.
Submitter comment:
Meaning: All my good fortunes are not mine alone, Others benefit from it.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
The A in All and the first letter of each last name on the card are each underlined.
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): Bathe ; BODY ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB ; SKIN ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverbial Comparison
Is it clear now?
"Oh yes, Clear as mud."
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V600] crossed out. replaced wtih current classification
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB ; SARCASM ; SIMILE ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Proverb
Parallel Structure:
Give the world the best you can and the best will come back to you.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): Ability ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Return
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |