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GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
OF ALL THE GIFTS I'VE GIVEN MYSELF,/ MOST COMFORTING, TRIED AND TRUE.
THE ONE I OFTENEST THINK ABOUT,/ IS THE GIFT TO MYSELF OF YOU.
Submitter comment: A CLASSMATE HAD WRITTEN THIS IN INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Data entry tech comment: COMMA ADDED IN THE PLACE OF A PERIOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; FARMINGTON
Keyword(s): QUATRAIN ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Friendship |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
GIFT OF FRIENDSHIP (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; FRIENDSHIP (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
OF ALL THE GIFTS I'VE GIVEN MYSELF,/ MOST COMFORTING, TRIED AND TRUE.
THE ONE I OFTENEST THINK ABOUT,/ IS THE GIFT TO MYSELF OF YOU.
Submitter comment: A CLASSMATE HAD WRITTEN THIS IN INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Data entry tech comment: COMMA ADDED IN THE PLACE OF A PERIOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; FARMINGTON
Keyword(s): QUATRAIN ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Friendship |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
RIDDLE
WHAT'S A BOO-BEE-BUG?
A BUG THAT GOES BEHIND A BEE AND SAYS "BOO BEE".
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
RIDDLE
WHAT HAPPENS TWICE IN A MOMENT,
ONCE IN A MINUTE,
BUT NOT AT ALL IN A THOUSAND YEARS? (THE LETTER M).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): DIMINISHING CHAIN DIMINUTIVE CHAIN ; SPELLING RIDDLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-26-1972
KNOCK KNOCK JOKE
KNOCK KNOCK. WHO'S THERE? ORANGE JUICE. ORANGE JUICE WHO? ORANGE
JUICE SORRY YOU MADE ME CRY?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-25-1972
KNOCK}KNOCK JOKE
KNOCK KNOCK. WHO'S THERE? BANANA. BANANA WHO? KNOCK KNOCK. WHO'S
THERE? BANANA. BANANA WHO? KNOCK KNOCK. WHO'S THERE? ORANGE. ORANGE
WHO? ORANGE YOU GLAD I DIDN'T SAY BANANA?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-26-1972
GESTURE
IN GREAT BRITAIN, IF A PERSON HOLDS A FIST AT YOU AND PUTS THE THUMB
STRAIGHT UP IN THE AIR, HE IS SAYING THAT YOU'RE OK OR A GOOD GUY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 09-26-1972
GESTURE
IN EUROPE, WHEN A LARGE CROWD IS AT SOMETHING LIKE A SPORTING EVENT,
INSTEAD OF BOOING, THEY WHISTLE WHEN SHOWING DISPLEASURE WITH
SOMETHING OR SOMEBODY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- To Be Heard |
Date learned: 09-26-1972
NAMES
GEDUNK OR GUIDUNK: } A NAME USED FOR A SNACKBAR ON A MILITARY }
INSTALLATION BY MEMBERS OF THE VARIOUS SEA GOING SERVICES. I HAVE
SEEN BOTH OF THESE SPELLING USED.
Submitter comment:
I WAS PERFECTLY SERIOUS IN MY USE OF THIS TERM, AS IT IS COMMON
MILITARY SLANG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 09-27-1972
RIDDLE
IT NEVER MOVES BY DAY OR NIGHT
YET KEEPS ON GOING OUT OF SIGHT. (A ROAD).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle True Riddle |
Date learned: 09-26-1972
TONGUE TWISTER
PETER PIPER PICKED A PECK OF PICKLED PEPPERS,
HOW MANY PECKS OF PICKLED PEPPERS COULD PETER PIPER PICK,
IF PETER PIPER PICKED SOME PECKS OF PICKLED PEPPERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 09-24-1972
TONGUE TWISTER
HOW MUCH WOOD COULD A WOODCHUCK CHUCK
IF A WOODCHUCK COULD CHUCK WOOD?
HE WOULD CHUCK AS MUCH WOOD AS A WOODCHUCK WOULD CHUCK,
IF A WOODCHUCK COULD CHUCK WOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 09-26-1972
RHYME
APPLE, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE,
WHO'S NOT READY HOLLAR I.
Submitter comment:
THIS RHYME IS OF TEN USED BY THE PERSON THAT IS "IT" IN A GAME SUCH
AS HIDE-AND-SEEK. TO FIND OUT IF EVERYBODY HAS FOUND A HIDING PLACE
QUITE AMUSED BY THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-26-1972
NONSENSE RHYME/JUMPROPE RHYME
I KNOW A FUNNY THING I WANT TO TELL:
THREE YOUNG BOYS IN A PEANUT SHELL
ONE CAN READ,
ONE CAN WRITE,
ONE CAN SMOKE HIS GRANDPA'S PIPE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-26-1972
CHILDREN'S SONG
WHILE ONE SLICK SEAL SLID IN THE SLUSH, THE OTHER SLICK SEAL
SLID OUT (REPEAT THREE MORE TIMES).
GLORY, GLORY WHAT'S IT TO YA?
GLORY, GLORY WHAT'S? IT TO YA?
GLORY, GLORY WHAT'S IT TO YA?
WHILE ONE SLICK SEAL SLID IN THE SLUSH, THE OTHER SLICK SEAL SLID
OUT.
Submitter comment: SUNG TO THE TUNE OF "BATTLE HYMN OF THE REPUBLIC."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 09-26-1972
MILITARY CUSTOM
BLANKET PARTY: } WHEN A MEMBER OF THE MILITARY DOES SOMETHING THAT
VIOLENTLY DISPLEASES A GROUP OF FELLOW SERVICE MEN STATIONED WITH
HIM, THIS FORM OF REVENGE IS CARRIED OUT. THE MALIGNED GROUP
GATHERS TOGETHER AFTER LIGHTS OUT AND THROW A BLANKET OVER THE
SLEEPING VICTIM AND BEAT ON HIM UNTIL THEY ARE SATISFIED WITH THEIR
REVENGE. IN DOING THIS, THE VIOLATOR DOES NOT KNOW WHO THE
INDIVIDUALS WERE THAT TOOK PART IN THE BEATING.
Submitter comment:
I ACTUALLY SAW THIS OCCUR WHILD IN BASIC TRAINING, AND THE BEATEN
MAN WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR THREE DAYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): PHYSICAL PUNISHMENT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F535 |
Date learned: 09-27-1972
NAME
PECKER CHECKER: } THIS IS THE NAME USED BY THE SEA SERVICES GIVEN
TO A HOSPITAL CORPSMAN. THIS IS DUE TO THE PRACTICE ON MANY SHIPS
OF THE CORPSMAN HAVING TO CHECK THE MEMBERS OF THE CREW FOR V.D.
UPON THE RETURN FROM A EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME ON LIBERTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F535 |
Date learned: 09-27-1972
MILITARY CUSTOM
IT IS A COMMON CUSTOM IN THE MILITARY OF THE SEA TO REFER TO THE
COMMANDING OFFICER OF AN INSTALLATION OR SHIP AS "CAPTAIN," AND
THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER, OR SECOND IN COMMAND, AS "COMMANDER."
THIS IS TRUE NO MATTER WHAT MAY BE THE INDIVIDUALS TRUE RANK,
WHETHER HE BE AN OFFICER OR ENLISTED MAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F535 |
Date learned: 09-27-1972
LUCK/OMEN
GOOD LUCK WILL BE YOURS IF THE FIRST ROBIN YOU SEE IN THE SPRING
FLIES UP, BUT IF HE FLIES DOWN, YOU ARE DOOMED TO A STREAK OF BAD
LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Good luck P881.32 BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.32 |
Date learned: 09-26-1972
RHYME
FIRST THEY HIRED ME,
THEN THEY FIRED ME,
THEN BY GOLLY I LEFT MY WIFE AND 23 CHILDREN TO DIE OF STARVATION
AND THOUGH IT WAS RIGHT. {THOUGHT?}
Submitter comment:
THIS IS SAID WHILE WALKING, WITH THE BEAT COINCIDING WITH THE PACE
OF THE WALK. THE INDIVIDUAL SAYS THE FIRST WORK OF THE RHYME
WHILE STEPPING DOWN WITH HIS LEFT FOOT, AND FINISHES SO THAT WHEN
HE SAYS "RIGHT," HE LANDS ON HIS RIGHT FOOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): MILITARY CADENCE?
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.349 |
Date learned: 09-26-1972