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IF IT RAINS ON THE WEDDING DAY, THE BRIDE WILL HAVE GOOD
FORTUNE ALWAYS.
Where learned: COLORADO ; COLORADO SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-25-1973
MAXIM
BETTER NEVER THAN LATE.
Submitter comment: THIS IS AN OLD APACHE SAYING.
Data entry tech comment:
SISTER SPEAK WITH FORKED TONGUE
VARIANT
Where learned: COLORADO
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; REVERSAL?
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
OLD KING COLE WAS A MERRY OLD SOUL
A MERRY OLD SOUL WAS HE;
HE CALLED FOR HIS PIPE AND HIS OPIUM BOWL,
AS WELL AS SOME LSD.
Where learned: COLORADO ; FORT LYON
Keyword(s): PARODY--NURSERY RHYME QUATRAIN DRUGS--OPIUM, LSD CHIASMUS ; RHYME: ABAB ; SUPRISE ENDING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 04-00-1968
TOLD AS A TRUE STORY TO MY INFORMANT:
A YOUNG FELLOW WAS IN A DRIVE-IN IN THAT NEIGHBOR-
HOOD AND WAS TRYING TO SHOW HIS BRAVERY TO HIS GIRL
AND ANOTHER COUPLE IN HIS CAR. HE TOOK A REVOLVER
WITH ONE BULLET IN IT AND HELD IT TO HIS HEAD.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS THE CHAMBER WITH THE LIVE
CARTRIDGE AND HE KILLED HIMSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; COLORADO ; DETROIT ; CORTEZ
James Callow Keyword(s): RISK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
IF THE LEAVES TURN UP (SO THAT THE UNDER-PARTS SHOW), A RAIN-
STORM IS COMING.
Where learned: COLORADO ; SOURCE UNKNOWN ; BOULDER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 00001942 CA.
OLD KING COLE WAS A MERRY OLD SOUL,
A MERRY OLD SOUL WAS HE;
HE CALLED FOR HIS PIPE, AND HIS OPIUM BOWL,
AS WELL AS SOME L.S.D.
Where learned: COLORADO ; FORT LYON
Keyword(s): DRUGS ; PARODY, NURSERY RHYME QUATRAIN ; RHYME: ABAB CHIASMUS ; SURPRISE ENDING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
TO CURE HICCUPS, SWALLOW A WHOLE TABLESPOON OF SUGAR.
Where learned: COLORADO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001970S CA
APACHE CUSTOM
IF SOMEONE DIES IN AN APACHE HOUSE, THE HOUSE MUST
BE BURNED.
Submitter comment: THIS IS AN OLD APACHE CUSTOM.
Where learned: COLORADO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
AIRCRAFT PILOT'S CUSTOM
WHEN A STUDENT PILOT LANDS AFTER HIS OR HER FIRST SOLO FLIGHT,
THE STUDENT'S SHIRT IS TORN OFF AND OFTEN THE STUDENT IS THROWN IN
THE MUD.
Where learned: COLORADO ; COLORADO SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
PROVERB
YOU CAN'T MAKE A SILK PURSE OUT OF A SOW'S EAR.
Where learned: COLORADO ; PUEBLO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TOLD AS A TRUE STORY TO MY INFORMANT:
A YOUNG FELLOW WAS IN A DRIVE-IN IN THAT NEIGHBOR-
HOOD AND WAS TRYING TO SHOW HIS BRAVERY TO HIS GIRL
AND ANOTHER COUPLE IN HIS CAR. HE TOOK A REVOLVER
WITH ONE BULLET IN IT AND HELD IT TO HIS HEAD.
UNFORTUNATELY, IT WAS THE CHAMBER WITH THE LIVE
CARTRIDGE AND HE KILLED HIMSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; COLORADO ; DETROIT ; CORTEZ
James Callow Keyword(s): RISK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
RIDDLE
IF YOU ARE IN A ROOM
AND ALL FOUR SIDES, CEILING AND FLOOR
ARE MADE OF STEEL AND TOTALLY ENCLOSED,
THERE ARE NO OPENINGS,
THE ONLY THINGS IN THE ROOM OTHER THAN YOURSELF
ARE A TABLE AND A SAW,
HOW DO YOU GET OUT?
ANSWER: CUT THE TABLE IN HALF,
PUT THE TWO HALVES TOGETHER TO MAKE A HOLE,
AND CRAWL OUT THROUGH THE HOLE.
Where learned: COLORADO ; GORE RANGE
Keyword(s): RIDDLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 07-00-1980
COMMON WORD
A QUEEB
Submitter comment: THE PASSAGE OF AIR THROUGH THE FEMALE GENITALIA
Where learned: COLORADO ; DENVER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 12-00-1978
COMMON WORD
IT'S HOT
Submitter comment: IT MEANS A CONCERT WAS GREAT
Where learned: COLORADO ; DENVER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 12-00-1978