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RIDDLE
WHAT IS BLACK, WHITE AND RED ALL OVER?
A NEWSPAPER OR A SUNBURNED ZEBRA.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM FRIENDS AT GRADE SCHOOL.
Where learned: OHIO ; WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-07-1967
SUPERSTITION
MURPHY'S LAW: IF ANYTHING CAN GO WRONG, IT WILL GO WRONG.
Submitter comment: LEARNED WHILE WORKING AS AN ECONOMIST IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; YONKERS ; WASHINGTON DC
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PESSIMISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-26-1963
PROVERBIAL
...STRAIGHT AS A DIE AND STIFF AS A RAMROD.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
THOSE THAT ARE RAISED IN THE BOG CAN'T FORGOT THE TURF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-18-1970
PROVERB: APPEARANCE
THE WORLD IS GOVERNED MORE BY APPEARANCES THAN BY REALITIES, SO IT
IS AS FULLY NECESSARY TO SEEM TO KNOW SOMETHING AS IT IS TO
ACTUALLY KNOW IT.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT IS NOT POSITIVE, BUT SHE THINKS THAT SHE REMEMBERS
READING THIS AS A QUOTE OF DANIEL WEBSTER. SHE ADDS THAT SHE HAS
NOT COME ACROSS IT FOR MORE THAN TEN YEARS.
Where learned: WASHINGTON DC
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-04-1967
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"DOUBLE SEA RUN" (CRISSCROSSING WAVES CAUSED BY A WIND SHIFT.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"HUMPING" (THE VESSEL SHUDDERS WHEN THE KEEL IS BUT FIVE OR SIX
INCHES FROM THE BOTTOM, AND WHEN THE SHIP IS LOADED HEAVILY.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"DRAGGIN' BOTTOM" ( EVIDENCE OF A MUD WAKE IN RIVERS AND CHANNELS)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"GLASS" (BAROMETER)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"SHARP END" (BOW OF A FREIGHTER)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
THE "CHARLIE NOBLE" (COOK'S SMOKESTACK: CHIMNEY FROM COOKSTOVE
PROTRUDING THROUGH BULWARK.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"SOUND THE SIDE TANKS" (DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF WATER IN BALLAST
TANKS)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
WITH LARD IN MY HAIR, AND MY EARS PINNED BACK . . .
Submitter comment:
MEANING: IN A VICTIMIZED POSITION, FROM EMBARRASSMENT OR
PUNISHMENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ; TRAVERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"WHALEBACK" (TYPE OF VESSEL PECULIAR TO THE GREAT LAKES, HAVING A
ROUNDED, SUBMARINE-LIKE (WHALE LIKE) DECK:A RARITY IN 1970, ONLY ONE
PLYING THE WATERS (CARRYING OIL)).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Underworld |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"WET BOAT" (A VESSEL TAKING HEAVY SEAS).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"PUSHING A BIG BONE" (A VESSEL AT FULL SPEED SEEN FROM A DISTANCE
WITH MUCH FOAM BOILING AVOUT THE BOW).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"ROADMASTER" (THE NEWER AND LARGER VESSELS OF MORE ENGINE RPM AND
SPEED).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"BLUE WATER PAST PORTHOLE" (SEAS HIGH EMOUGH TO COVER THE PORTHOLE
WITH SOLID WATER INSTEAD OF SPRAY)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"PULLING HER" (DURING RACE TO PORT WITH VESSEL OF ANOTHER COMPANY,
THE FIREMAN SHOVEL COAL AS FAST AS POSSIBLE).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
THE "OLD MAN" (THE SKIPPER, CAPTAIN, MASTER)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970