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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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BLUE - RARITY OF INCIDENTS - PROVERBIAL STATEMENTS
1) I'LL BE A BLUE-NOSED MONKEY!---SURPRISE AT AN EVENT OR
UNFAMILIAR OBJECT
2) ONCE IN A BLUE MOON---SELDOM
3) A BLUE APPLE---SOMETHING RARE
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Apple ; Blue ; COLOR ; METAPHOR ; Monkey ; MOON ; PROVERB ; Rarity ; SURPRISE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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Riddle
WHAT IS BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER?
VARIATIONS:
-A NEWSPAPER
-A SUNBURNED ZEBRA
-A COMMUNIST NUN
-AN EMBARRASSED NUN
-A SKUNK WITH DIAPER RASH
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Black ; COLOR ; GAME ; Language ; Red ; RIDDLE ; White
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
Tongue Twister
OLD OILY AUTOS (REPEAT FIVE TIMES RAPIDLY).
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Language ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
Tongue Twister
TOMMY THRESHER THREW THREE FREE THROWS (SAY IT THREE
TIMES RAPIDLY).
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAME ; Language ; SPEECH ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
"THEOPHOLUS THISTLER"
THEOPHOLUS THISTLER, THE SUCCESSFUL THISTLE SIFTER,
SUCCESSFULLY SIFTED THREE THOUSAND THISTLES THROUGH THE
THICK OF HIS THUMB. IF THEOPHOLUS THISTLER, THE SUCCESSFUL
THISTLE SIFTER, SUCCESSFULLY SIFTED THREE THOUSAND THISTLES
THROUGH THE THICK OF HIS THUMB, WHERE ARE THE THREE
THOUSAND THISTLES THAT THEOPHOLUS THISTLER, THE SUCCESSFUL
THISTLE SIFTER, SUCCESSFULLY SIFTED THROUGH THE THICK OF HIS
THUMB.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAME ; Language ; Sifter ; Thistle ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
Proverbial Speech
WHEN IT IS SPRINKLING RAIN GOD IS CHEWING TOBACCO AGAIN.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Chew ; EUPHEMISM ; God ; Language ; PROVERB ; Raining ; SPEECH ; TOBACCO ; WEATHER
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 04-00-1972