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WHEN ROSES ARE RED THEY'RE READY FOR PICKING
WHEN CHICKENS ARE FAT THEY'RE READY FOR PLUCKING
BUT WHEN GIRLS ARE EIGHTEEN THEY'RE READY FOR
.....COLLEGE.
Where learned: GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 06-00-1965
WHEN YOU GET OLD
AND THINK YOU'RE SWEET
JUST TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES
AND SMELL YOUR FEET.
Where learned: GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 06-00-1965
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
WE'LL STICK TOGETHER, JUST LIKE GLUE.
Where learned: GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 06-00-1965
IF YOU STEP ON A CRACK,
YOU'LL BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
Submitter comment: THIS IS SUNG WHILE COMPETITORS AVOID CRACKS IN SIDEWALK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
SUGAR IS SWEET AND SO ARE YOU.
BUT
THE ROSES ARE WILTED, THE VIOLETS ARE DEAD,
THE SUGAR IS LUMPY, AND SO IS YOUR HEAD.
Where learned: GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 06-00-1965
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
PINK IS PRETTY AND SO ARE YOU.
Where learned: GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 06-00-1965
REMEMBER GRANT, REMEMBER LEE,
BUT MOST OF ALL, REMEMBER ME.
Where learned: GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 06-00-1965
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WHEN A PRPERSON GIVES A WALLET TO A ERSON AS A GIFT, HE
SHOULD PUT A PENNY IN IT FOR GOOD LUCK, SO THE PERSON
WILL NEVER BE BROKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Money BELIEF -- Good luck Gifts |
Date learned: 04-26-1972
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
YOU ASK ME TO WRITE IN YOUR AUTOGRAPH BOOK PRAY TELL ME HOW TO BEGIN THERE IS NOTHING ORIGINAL ABOUT ME EXCEPT MY ORIGINAL SIN
Submitter comment:
1939, BIRCH TREE, MO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 03-01-1972 ; 00-00-1939
CUTS
MUD PLACED ON A CUT WILL DRAW OUT THE PAIN AND HEAL THE WOUND
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): MUD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 04-26-1972
THE $200 CORVET.
AS THE STORY GOES, THERE IS A CORVET FOR SALE FOR ONLY $200
THAT A MAN DIED IN, AND WAS NOT FOUND FOR TWO WEEKS. AFTER THE
BODY WAS REMOVED, THE SMELL COULD NOT BE REMOVED FROM THE CAR NO
MATTER WHAT WAS DONE TO THE CAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): DEATH CAR ; DECAYED SMELL.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 04-26-1972
SPELL PLOP. WHAT DO YOU DO AT A GREEN LIGHT?
THE ONE ANSWERING ALMOST INVARIBLY ANSWERE STOP, AFTER SPELLING
PLOP. SAME PRINCIPLE FOLLOWS WITH JOKE. WHAT'S THE WHITE OF
AN EGG?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
Keyword(s): SPELLING
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-29-1971
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED
AND YOUR HUSBAND GETS CROSS
JUST PICK UP A BROOM AND SAY
"I'M BOSS."
Where learned: GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 06-00-1965
PROVERB
EARLY TO BED, EARLY TO RISE. WORK LIKE HELL AND ADVERTISE.
Data entry tech comment: PARODY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): BUSINESS ; INDUSTRY ; INITIAL ITERATION ; OBSERVATION ; PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-20-1972
IF YOU TOUCH THE DEAD, THEY WILL HAUNT YOU.
Submitter comment: MRS. COLEMAN LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
SUPERSTITION
IF YOUR EARS ARE RINGING, SOMEONE IS SAYING SOMETHING GOOD ABOUT
YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-17-1971
NEW YEAR'S DAY
IF YOU EAT CHICKEN ON NEW YEAR'S YOU WILL SCRATCH YOUR WAY THROUGH
THE YEAR. IF YOU EAT PORK YOU WILL BE PIGGY AND GRAB EVERYTHING.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT BELIEVES THIS AND CHICKEN IS NEVER SERVED ON NEW
YEAR'S IN HER HOUSE.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; informant's home
Date learned: 01-23-1971
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POLISH PROVERB
HE MAY PRAY UNDER A STATUE, BUT THE DEVIL IS UNDER HIS SKIN.
MODLI SIE PODFIGURA, A DJABLA MA ZA SKORA.
Submitter comment: INDICATES HYPOCRISY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-25-1969