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A BLACK BOW
A BLACK RIBBON PLACED ON A DOOR OF A HOUSE, MEANS
A RECENT DEATH HAS COME TO THAT FAMILY. MM
AFTER A HUSBAND DIES, THE WIFE SHOULD WAIT ONE FULL
BEFORE BEING REMARRIED.
Where learned: GROSSE POINTE ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 04-26-1972
2 Y'S U R
2 Y'S U B
I C U R
2 Y'S 4 ME.
TOO WISE YOU ARE
TOO WISE YOU BE
I SEE YOU ARE
TOO WISE FOR ME!
Where learned: BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
DON'T PUT YOUR HAIR IN RUNNING WATER OR IT WILL DRIVE YOU CRAZY.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): INSANITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 01-31-1971
PINT
A PINT IS A POUND THE WORLD AROUND.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COSMOS ; ECONOMICS
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; QUANTITY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SIGNATURES
YOURS TILL THE BELLY BUTTONS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; PROMISE ; PUN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
SIGNATURES
YOURS TILL WINDOWS HAVE PANES
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; PROMISE ; PUN
James Callow Keyword(s): PAIN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL
THE HIGHER THE MOUNTAIN
THE COOLER THE BREEZE
THE YOUNGER THE COUPLE
THE TIGHTER THEY SQUEEZE
Submitter comment: AUTOGRAPH BOOK, 1943
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COURTSHIP ; RHYME: ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): HUG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1943
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
TULIPS IN THE GARDEN
TULIPS IN THE PARK
BUT THE TWO LIPS I LIKE BEST
ARE YOUR TWO LIPS IN THE DARK.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): ABCB ; FLOWERS ; PLAY ON WORDS ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1956
AUTOGRAPH ENTRY
GOD MADE APPLES.
GOD MADE TREES.
GOD MADE _____
FOR _____ TO SQUEEZE.
Submitter comment:
TAKEN FROM BARBARA LEGOWSKI'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK. ENTRY DATED:
JUNE 6, 1965 KEPT IN DETROIT
Data entry tech comment: THE BLANK SPACES ARE FILLED IN WITH TWO DIFFERENT PEOPLE'S
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): FOOD ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 06-00-1965
CUSTOM
SALUTE THE COLORS WHEN BOARDING A SHIP.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: DATE NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
PROVERB
THE BEST THINGS IN LIFE ARE FREE. IT'S THE WORST THINGS THAT ARE SO
EXPENSIVE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): ECONOMICS
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PARODY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-17-1965
DRY MARCH AND WET MAY WILL BRING A FLOURISHING
HARVEST OF (RYE) GRAIN.
MARZEC SUCHU, A MOKRY MAJ-ZYTO JAKO GAJ. (POLISH ASSUMED)
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon PROVERB -- Weather Proverb |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS DRUNK AS A SKUNK.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ANIMAL ; DEFINITION
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOL ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-17-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS DEAD AS A DOORNAIL.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; DEFINITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
WHEN I WAS SINGLE,
MY POCKETS USED TO JINGLE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
IF THIS BOOK YOU STEAL AWAY,
WHAT WILL YOU SAY ON JUDGEMENT DAY?
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
Date learned: 10-20-1967
IF BY CHANCE THIS BOOK SHOULD ROAM
BOX ITS EARS AND SEND IT HOME.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
Date learned: 04-18-1960
A LITTLE SPARK, A LITTLE COIL,
A LITTLE GAS, A LITTLE OIL,
A LITTLE TIN, A LITTLE BOARD,
PUT IT ALL TOGETHER AND
YOU'LL HAVE A LITTLE FORD.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1928
WHEN YOU DIE IN TENNESSEE,
I'LL SHIP YOUR BODY CO.O.D.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1935
I HAD A LITTLE MONKEY
I SENT HIM TO THE FARM
ALONG CAME A COPPER
AND SHOT HIM IN THE ARM.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): POLICE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1935