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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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RIDDLE
Q: WHAT KEY IS THE HARDEST TO TURN?
A: A DONKEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; PLAYGROUND
Keyword(s): ANIMAL (A) ; HARDWARE (Q) ; METAPHORICAL NONOPPOSITIONAL
Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
Proverbial Saying
Curiosity killed the cat.
(usually answered with:)
Satisfaction brought it back.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Not a Proverb?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; PLAYGROUND
Keyword(s): CAT ; CURIOSITY ; Killed ; PROVERB ; Resurrection ; Satisfaction ; Saying
Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Nobody Loves Me
Nobody loves me, everybody hates me.
Think I'll eat some worms.
Big ones, little ones, ishy, gishy, goo ones,
Ones that squiggle and squirm.
First one's greasy -- goes down easy
Second one sticks to your tongue.
Third one's custard, fourth one's mustard
Fifth one tries to run.
First you cut the heads off
Then you suck the juice out
Then you throw the skins away.
No one knows how (name) can live on worms three times a day.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO ; PLAYGROUND
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Froggy Song
Here's a lively song of a froggy by the pond:
Crick-crick-crickety-crick berrong--
Submitter comment:
Informant learned in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, while working on a playground.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PLAYGROUND ; JOHNSTOWN
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Game
Verse while jumping rope:
I had a little teddy bear
His name was Tiny Tim
I put him into bathtub
To teach him how to swim.
He drank up all the water
And he ate up all the soap
Last night he was sick
With a bubble in his throat.
In came the doctor
In came the nurse
In came the lady with the big fat purse.
I don't want the doctor
I don't want the nurse
I want the lady with the big fat purse!
(Then count from 1-100)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; PLAYGROUND
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |