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SHAME, SHAME, DOUBLE SHAME,
EVERYBODY KNOWS YOUR NAME.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS CHANTED WHENEVER A TEACHER SCOLDED A STUDENT
IN FRONT OF THE CLASS.
Where learned: DORMITORY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
GOOD FRIDAY
ON GOOD FRIDAY, KEEP SILENT FROM 12 NOON TILL 3:00 P.M. FOR THOSE
WERE THE HOURS THAT CHRIST HUNG ON THE CROSS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DORMITORY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
I WAS BORN NORMAL, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DORMITORY ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
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GYPSY BURIAL CUSTOM
AT A BURIAL, EACH PERSON EXCEPT THE NEAREST RELATIVE
OF THE DECEASED TAKES A DRINK OF WINE BEFORE ANY DIRT
IS THROWN OVER THE CASKET. WHEN ALL HAVE FINISHED,
THE NEAREST RELATIVE POURS HIS WINE ON THE CASKET.
THIS SIGNIFIES THE DEAD TAKING HIS LAST DRINK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DORMITORY ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-00-1969