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FLYLEAF-FRIENDSHIP
SHIRLEY HAD A LITTLE LAMP,
SHE HAD IT TRAINED NO DOUBT.
EVERTIME HER BOYFRIEND CAME,
THE LITTLE LAMP WENT OUT.
Submitter comment: FROM MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK, DATE 1939. MY GIRLFRIENDS WROTE IN IT.
Data entry tech comment: ADDED COMMAS WHERE NECESSARY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NORTHVILLE
Keyword(s): LIGHT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
RED NIGHT,
SHEPHERD'S DELIGHT,
FINE DAY TOMORROW.
Submitter comment:
MRS. CAMPBELL IS AN ELDERLY SCOTCH WOMAN WHO IS A
FRIEND OF MY GRANDMOTHER'S. THE ABOVE IS A VERY
COMMON WEATHER PREDICTION IN SCOTLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NORTHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
WHAT ARE A WOMAN'S FOUR FAVORITE ANIMALS?
A MINK FOR HER BACK
A JAGUAR FOR HER GARAGE
A TIGER FOR HER BED
AND A JACKASS TO PAY FOR IT ALL.
Submitter comment: I HEARD THIS JOKE AT A PARTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NORTHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-00-1987
TO CURE A SORE THROAT, FILL A GLASS HALF FULL OF WARM WATER;
ADD A FEW TABLESPOONS OF TABLE SALT TO THE WATER. CRUSH UP
ONE ASPIRIN AND ADD TO GLASS. STIR THE MIXTURE UNTIL THE
ASPIRIN AND SALT ARE DISSOLVED. GARGLE WITH THE MIXTURE,
THEN SPIT IT OUT. REPEAT AS NECESSARY
Submitter comment:
A PHARMACIST I WORKED WITH,TOLD ME THIS WAS VERY EFFECTIVE.
HE OFTEN RECOMMENDED IT TO CUSTOMERS. I HAVE TRIED IT AND
IT WORKED FOR ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NORTHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1981
TO CURE HICCUPS, SWALLOW NINE SIPS OF WATER WHILE HOLDING
YOUR BREATH.
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THIS IN ELEMENTARY OR JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL, I HAVE
ALWAYS USED THIS TO REMEDY MY HICCUPS. IT ALWAYS WORKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NORTHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 00001970S
APPLY MEAT TENDERIZER SUCH AS "ACCENT" TO A BEE STING
OR BUG BITE, IT WILL TAKE AWAY THE PAIN AND ITCH.
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THIS AT A PARTY FROM A NEIGHBOR, WHEN SOMEONE WAS
STUNG BY A BEE. SHE SAID SHE HEARD IT SOMEWHERE, AND TRIED
IT ON HER SON WHEN HE WAS STUNG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NORTHVILLE
Keyword(s): BEE STINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-00-1987
THE POOR OLD SLAVE
THE POOR OLD SLAVE HAS GONE TO REST
HE KNOWS THAT HE IS FREE
HIS BONES THEY LIE DISTURBED AND NIGH
WAY DOWN IN TENNESSEE
THE PEE OR OLE SLEE AVE HAS GEE AWN TO REE EST
HE KNEE OWES THAT HE O IS FREE O FREE FREE
HIS BEE OWNS THEY LEE I DEE STEER RUBBED AND NEEI
WAY DEE OWN IN TE N O SE O SE SE MM
THE PIG-ITTY POOR OLE SLIG-ITTY SLAVE HAS GIG-ITTY GONE TO
RIG-ITTY REST
HE NIG-ITTY KNOWS THAT HIG-ITTY O IS FRIG-ITTY O FREE FREE
HIS BIG-ITTY BONES THEY LIG-ITTY LIE DISTIG-ITTY URBED
AND NIG-ITTY NIGH
WAY DIG-ITTY DOWN IN TIG-ITTY N O SIG-ITTY O SEE SEE
Submitter comment:
THIS SONG IS SUNG PHONETICALLY. THE INFORMANT IS NOT SURE
WHERE SHE FIRST HEARD THIS SONG. SHE THINKS IT WAS DURING
THE 1940'S IN GRAND BEND, CANADA AT A PARTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NORTHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest SPEECH -- Group of Vowels and Consonants, and of Words |
Date learned: 10-00-1987
FLYLEAF-FRIENDSHIP
SHIRLEY HAD A LITTLE LAMP,
SHE HAD IT TRAINED NO DOUBT.
EVERTIME HER BOYFRIEND CAME,
THE LITTLE LAMP WENT OUT.
Submitter comment: FROM MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK, DATE 1939. MY GIRLFRIENDS WROTE IN IT.
Data entry tech comment: ADDED COMMAS WHERE NECESSARY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NORTHVILLE
Keyword(s): LIGHT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 08-00-1964