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COUNTING OUT
WHEN WE WERE SMALL AND PLAYED GAMES IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD,
WHICH REQUIRED ONE OF US TO BE IT, WE WOULD OFTEN FOLLOW
THIS:
EACH PERSON WOULD EXTEND CLOSED FISTS IN FRONT OF HIMSELF.
THEN ONE PERSON WOULD SAY THIS WHILE TOUCHING EACH FOOT
GOING AROUND TO EVERYONE:
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, THREE POTATO, FOUR,
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO, SEVEN POTATO, OR.
WHERE HIS HAND LANDED WHEN SAYING "OR" THAT PERSON WAS OUT.
THIS WOULD CONTINUE UNTIL THE LAST ONE WOULD BE IT.
Where learned: ROYAL OAK ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
PROVERB
ECONOMICAL IN THE INEXPENSIVE, AND EXTRAVEGANT IN THE EXPENSIVE.
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL GREEK TEXT CAN BE SEEN ON 5X8 CARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ELLIPSIS ; EXTRAVAGANCE ; PARALLELISM
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
A CHILD IS INNOCENT, UNTIL HE BECOMES OLDER.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATION FROM GREEK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
PROVERB
THE CAT WHO CAN'T REACH THE FISH, SAYS THEY SMELL.
GREEK?
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM GREEK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): JEALOUSY ; OBSERVATION ; SOUR GRAPES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
Superstition: Baseball
NO ONE SHOULD MENTION TO A PITCHER BETWEEN INNINGS THAT
HE HAS A SHUTOUT OR NO-HITTER GOING.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): BAD LUCK ; BASEBALL ; BASEBALL STADIUM ; CHANCE ; CUSTOM ; Fan ; FATE ; jinx ; LUCK ; No-Hitter ; Shutout ; SPORTS ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 09-24-1969
GOOD WEATHER MEANS MONEY
DOWN IN FLORIDA, THE SUN SHINES EVERY DAY__ AND IF ON ANY DAY IT
DOES NOT SHINE, THE NEWSPAPER COMPANIES DISTRIBUTE COPIES FREE
OF CHARGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; SAINT MARYS RECTORY
Keyword(s): MONEY WEATHER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business |
Date learned: 11-17-1968
LUBSCOSE (NORWEGIAN DISH)
4 - LARGE POTATOES DICED
4 - MEDIUM PORK CHOPS DICED
1- ONION - MEDIUM
1- TBSP SALT - ADD PEPPER
1 - QUART WATER
BOIL FOR 20 MIN. ADD 1 PT. MILK AND SIMMER FOR 15 MIN. OR UNTIL
MIXTURE THICKENS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Kind of Food and Its Preparation |
Date learned: 04-03-1970
PROVERB
GREEK: ,ADO' A,VVUA' ICA CYE'VN A TECAVEA'QNJOU.
TRANSLATION: FROM THORNS YOU GET ROSES-(FROM BAD PARENTS YOU GET GOO
CHILDREN).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
BELIEF IN THE PATRON SAINTS
MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER,
CAROLINE SASSAK, ALWAYS PRAYED THAT SHE
WOULD DIE ON HER PATRON SAINTS FEAST DAY
AND SHE DID. MY AUNT, MARY DROTAR, ALSO SAID
SHE WOULD DIE ON HER PATRON SAINT'S DAY (OCTOBER 25)
AND SHE DID ALSO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
RIDDLE
HOW LONG IS A CHINA MAN?
-- SO LONG IS HIS BROTHER.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS TOLD TO KAREN BY HER FATHER.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): ORIENT NATIONALITY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-18-1967
RIDDLE
Q. WHAT IS RED, AND GOES THROUGH WALLS?
A. CASPER, THE FRIENDLY STRAWBERRY.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-26-1967
GERMAN CABBAGE SALAD
CHOP CABBAGE VERY FINE
CHOP 1 ONION VERY FINE.
SALT AND PEPPER TO TASTE
HEAT 1 TABLESPOON BACON DRIPPINGS,
1/2 CUP VINEGAR
1 TSP. SUGAR
POUR OVER CHOPPED CABBAGE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable |
Date learned: 04-03-1970
IF YOU SUCK YOUR THUMB IT WILL FALL OFF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; JACK AND JILL NURSERY SCHOOL
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
IF YOU SUCK YOUR THUMB, SANTA WON'T BRING YOU PRESENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; JACK AND JILL NURSERY SCHOOL
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
Toast
Here's to you, as good as you are, and to me, as bad as I am.
But as good as you are, and as bad as I am,
You're as bad as I am, as good as you are.
And here's to me, as bad as I am.
And to you, as good as you are.
But as bad as I am and as good as you are,
I'm as good as you are, as bad as I am
Submitter comment:
Undetermined Origin
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ;
Keyword(s): Bad ; DRINK ; Good ; INSULT ; Me ; TOAST ; You
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- VC870 VC870.570 |
CATCH JOKE
ONE PERSON STARTS SAYING:
I ONE A HORSE.
THEY DIRECT THE OTHER PERSON TO SAY:
I TWO A HORSE.
THEY ALTERNATE THE PHRASE COUNTING ONE NUMBER HIGHER
EACH TIME UNTIL THE CATCH:
I EIGHT (ATE) A HORSE.
Submitter comment: HEARD IN ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
WHEN YOU ARE PREGNANT DON'T LOOK AT SOMEONE WHO IS DEFORMED
OR IT WILL MAKE YOUR BABY DEFORMED ALSO.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT IS COLLECTOR'S MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-28-1970
CONFIRMATION GIFT, VIENNA, AUSTRIA
WHEN BOYS AND GIRLS IN VIENNA WOULD GET CONFIRMED IN THE
EARLY 1900S, THEIR SPONSORS WOULD GIVE THEM A GOLD, STAR-
SHAPED EARRING DESIGNED FOR PIERCED EARS. EACH CHILD
WOULD WEAR THE EARRING THROUGH HIS RIGHT EAR LOBE FOR HIS
ENTIRE CONFIRMATION DAY.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO ME BY MY GRANDFATHER, CHARLES F. ZIMMEL, WHO STILL
HAD THE GOLD EARRING AMONG HIS SOUVENIRS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Maturity |
Date learned: 10-08-1968
CONJURATION
STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT,
FIRST STAR I'VE SEEN TONIGHT,
I WISH I MAY, I WISH I MIGHT,
MAKE A WISH COME TRUE TONIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 03-14-1970
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
IF YOU SEE A MONKEY UP IN A TREE,
PULL HIS TAIL AND THINK OF ME.
Submitter comment: FROM HER AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): COUPLET ; HUMOR ; REMEMBRANCE ; SURPRISE ENDING
James Callow Keyword(s): METER: IAMBS ; RHYME: AA ; RHYME: INTERNAL ; SELF-CRITICISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 00-00-1938