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IF YOU SING BEFORE BREAKFAST, YOU'LL CRY BEFORE SUPPER!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00001960S EARLY
AN ITCHY PALM MEANS MONEY WILL COME TO YOU.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM A FRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: 08-11-1964
IF THE BUBBLES ON TOP OF YOUR COFFEE CLUSTER IN THE
MIDDLE YOU WILL RECEIVE A LARGE AMOUNT OF MONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Non-alcoholic fruit beverage Coffee |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
IF YOUR EARS ARE RINGING, SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS WIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 08-11-1964
PENNY IN YOUR SHOE
WILL BRING GOOD LUCK TO YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music BELIEF -- Good luck Money |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
WHEN YOU GIVE A SHARP OBJECT AS A GIFT, BE SURE TO
INCLUDE A PENNY WITH IT FOR LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GILBERTS LOUNGE ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Money BELIEF -- Good luck Gifts BELIEF -- Good luck Sharp objects |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
ST. GERTRUDE CHURCH
THERE IS A LOCAL LEGEND IN THE PARISH OF ST. GERTRUDE (BUILT
IN 1887) IN ST. CLAIR SHORES THAT THE BODIES OF SAINTS MARTYRED
BY THE INDIANS ARE BURIED INTO THE BASEMENT OF THE CHURCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Church |
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND ALL OUT OF SHAPE,
REMEMBER GIRDLES ARE ONLY $3.98.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
ROSES ARE RED, PICKLES ARE GREEN,
MY FACE IS A HOLLER, BUT YOURS IS A SCREAM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
I'M THE CLOWN THAT CAME TO TOWN,
TO SIGN YOUR AUTOGRAPH BOOK UPSIDE DOWN.
Submitter comment: (NAME UPSIDE DOWN)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND LIVE IN A TREE,
SEND ME A COCONUT C.O.D.
Submitter comment: "COLLECT ON DELIVERY"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
THERE'S A SILVER SHIP AND THERE'S A GOLD SHIP,
BUT THERE'S NO SHIP LIKE FRIENDSHIP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Friendship |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
MAY THE BIRD OF HAPPINESS FLY UP YOUR NOSE
AND MAY AN ELEPHANT CARESS YOU WITH HIS TOES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTION
BEWARE OF BOYS WITH EYES OF GREY,
THEY KISS YOU ONCE AND TURN AWAY.
BEWARE OF BOYS WITH EYES OF BROWN,
THEY KISS YOU ONCE AND TURN YOU DOWN.
BUT LOVE THE BOYS WITH EYES OF BLUE,
THEY KISS YOU ONCE AND ASK FOR TWO.
Submitter comment:
UNDATED ENTRY IN KATHY CRACCHIOLO'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK KEPT IN
ST. CLAIR SHORES, MICHIGAN IN 1968.
James Callow comment:
; OBSERVATION ;
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): HUMOR ; KISSING ; OBSERVATION ; RHYME AA BB ; SURPRISE ENDING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Cynical insight |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL
REMEMBER THE BOY IN THE CITY REMEMBER THE GIRL IN THE TOWN
REMEMBER THE BOY WHO WRECKED YOUR BOOK BY WRITING THIS
UPSIDE-DOWN!
Submitter comment: THE PERSON WRITES THIS ON THE PAGE UPSIDE-DOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION RHYME: ABCB TYPOGRAPHICAL VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND LIVE IN A TREE SEND ME A COCONUT
COD (COLLECT ON DELIVERY)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL
WHEN YOU GROW UP AND LIVE IN A HUT SEND ME A PICTURE OF
YOUR FIRST-BORN NUT!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): CHILD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL
IF ALL THE BOYS LIVED ACROSS THE SEA, BOY WHAT A GOOD SWIMMER
BLANK WOULD BE!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1965