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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
"GREEN AS GOOSE SHIT."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
IF YOU DROP A KNIFE, A MAN IS COMING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration Implement to handle food BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 10-24-1969
RED CLOUDS AT NIGHT,
SHEHPHERD'S DELIGHT,
RED CLOUDS IN THE MORNING,
SHEPHERD'S WARNING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance P880.800 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
WRINKLED AS A CAT'S ASS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SPEECH
WHATEVER TURNS YOU ON.
Submitter comment: (MEANING "WHATEVER YOU WANT TO DO")
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
TALK SPEECH
THOSE PANTS MUST HAVE BEEN SPRAYED ON
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
Keyword(s): CLOTHING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
ROUGH AS A COB.
Submitter comment: SAID OF A BOISTROUS PERSON
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 09-12-1969
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
I WANT ____________ SO MUCH I CAN ALMOST TASTE IT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
Keyword(s): FOOD DESIRE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Superstition
Break a mirror and you'll have seven years of bad luck. Open an
umbrella indoors and something bad will happen to you. Walk
underneath a ladder and you'll have an accident.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
Date learned: 00-00-1968
NAMING
FISHIES--NAME GIVEN TO CATHOLIC SCHOOL KIDS BY THE PUBLIC SCHOOL
KIDS, STEMMING FROM WHEN THE CATHOLICS COULDN'T EAT MEAT ON FRIDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- FamilyGroup |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
PRETENDED OBSCENE
WHAT HAPPENS IF A NEWLY-WED COUPLE DO NOT KNOW THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN LUBRICATING JELLY AND PUTTY? THEIR WINDOWS FALL OUT)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
I'M SO HUNGRY THAT EVERY TIME I SWALLOW, MY STOMACH
SAYS 'MUCH OBLIGED.'
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
SHE'S SO SKINNY THAT IF SHE TURNED SIDEWAYS AND STUCK
OUT HER TONGUE, SHE'D LOOK LIKE A ZIPPER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WORMS
A DROP OF TURPENTINE ON A TEASPOON OF SUGAR FOR WORMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
CROUP
USE HOG LARD, POLECAT GREASE, AND WARM LAMP OIL AS A CHEST POTION FOR
THE CROUP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
Keyword(s): POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-12-1969
RIDDLE
Q: ROUND AS A BISCUIT,/ BUSY AS A BEE;/ CUTEST LITTLE THING/ YOU
EVER DID SEE.
A: A WATCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
Keyword(s): CLOTHES (A) ; EATABLES (Q) ; INSECT (Q) ; STATE OF BEING (Q)
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle True Riddle |
Date learned: 09-12-1969
MY MOTHER PASSED AWAY AND THEN MY BROTHER TAKEN SICK. THEN
MY MOTHER CAME TO MY BEDSIDE AND STOOD IN THE DOOR ONE MORNING.
I WAS LAYING THERE, I WASN'T SLEEP, AND SHE CALLED MY NAME THREE
TIMES...MARTHA...MARTHA...MARTHA. SHE SAID GO AND SEE ABOUT
BUDDY. BUDDY WAS MY BROTHER, BUT HIS NAME WAS CHARLIE. SHE SAID
HE'S SICK AND I WENT OVER TO SEE ABOUT HIM AND HE WAS SICK.
HE WAS LYING THERE SO SICK, I ASKED HIM, BUDDY, WHY DIDN'T YOU
LET ME KNOW YOU WERE SICK. HE SAID, WELL I DIDN'T WANT TO BOTHER
YOU. I SAID THAT'S NOT BOTHERING ME, I'M SUPPOSE TO HELP YOU
WHEN YOU GET SICK AND WHEN I GET SICK YOU SUPPOSE TO TAKE CARE OF
ME. IT HURTED ME SO BAD I CRIED BECAUSE HE WAS SO SICK I COULDN'T
HELP HIM. I WASHED CLOTHES AND IRONED FOR HIM AND DID OTHER
THINGS TOO. BUT HE BECAME MORE SICK AND HE PASSED AWAY AND THAT
WAS THE END OF THAT.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER ALSO TOLD ME THAT HER SECOND HUSBAND HAD VISITED
HER AFTER HE DIED. SHE SAID SHE TOLD THE PASTOR'S WIFE ABOUT IT,
BUT SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE IT. MY GRANDMOTHER SAID IT WAS TRUE. SHE
SAID HER FIRST HUSBAND ALSO CAME TO SEE ABOUT HER. SHE SAID SHE
HAD NO REASON TO LIE. IT REALLY DID HAPPEN. SHE SAID THEY BOTH
TALKED TO HER AND JUST VANISHED AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; ECORSE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN