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(CATCH TALE)
ME: ADAM AND EVE AND PINCHME WENT OUT IN A BOAT, IT
TIPPED OVER AND ADAM AND EVE SWAM ASHORE. WHO DROWNED?
YOU: PINCHME!
ME: OKAY, I'LL PINCH YOU!
Where learned: ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CHILDREN'S VERSE
TWELVE AND TWELVE MAKES TWENTY FOUR,
SHUT YOUR MOUTH AND SAY NO MORE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated 11.10.13 by TRD
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
Keyword(s): Arithmetic, Math, Mathematics, Addition,
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CROWN IN THE CAKE
IN FRANCE ON CHRISTMAS DAY, DECEMBER 25TH, A FAMILY WILL
GET TOGETHER AND HAVE A HUGE FEAST. AFTER DINNER, A LARGE
CAKE IS BROUGHT OUT. THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE WILL CUT THE
CAKE VERY CAREFULLY. SOMEWHERE IN THE CAKE, THERE IS A SMALL
CROWN, THE SIZE OF A HALF DOLLAR. THE ONE WHO GETS THE
CROWN IS KING OR QUEEN FOR THE DAY. HE OR SHE GETS ANYTHING
THEY DESIRE, AND ALL THEIR WISHES MUST BE OBEYED. THIS IS ONLY
FOR THAT DAY.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER SPOKE OF THIS TRADITION WITH A SMILE.
IT IS A FADING TRADITION IN FRANCE. SHE REMEMBERS IT
FROM HER EARLIEST CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: CANADA ; COLLECTED IN ONTARIO
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. |
Date learned: 00-00-1926
ANIMAL RHYME
THE ELEPHANT IS A PRETTY BIRD,
IT FLITS FROM BOUGH TO BOUGH.
IT BUILDS ITS NEST IN A RHUBARB TREE
AND WHISTLES LIKE A COW.
Where learned: ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
Keyword(s): HUMOR ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Prose Narrative C820.442 |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
CHILDREN,S VERSE
SAM, SAM THE DIRTY OLD MAN,
WASHED HIS FACE IN A FRYIN' PAN;
COMBED HIS HAIR WITH A DONKEY'S TAIL,
SCRATCHED HIS BELLY WITH A PIG'S TOE-NAIL.
Where learned: ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
Keyword(s): COMPARE "OLD DAN TUCKER" ; RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
CHILD RHYME
JOHNNY MORGAN PLAYED THE ORGAN,
JIMMY PLAYED THE DRUM,
HIS SISTER PLAYED THE TAMBOURINE
TILL FATHER SMACKED HER BUM.
Where learned: ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
Keyword(s): FAMILY MEMBER CHAIN ; MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS ; RHYME: ABCB ; SLANG FOR BUTTOCKS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
CHILDREN'S RHYME
I HAD AN AUNT NELLIE / WHO HAD A WOODEN BELLIE / AND WHEN SHE
TOUCHED IT, / OUT POPPED JELLY.
Where learned: ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
Keyword(s): BELLY ; FEMININE RHYME ; ORTHOGRAPHY PROMPTED BY RHYME ; RHYME: AABA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
CHILDREN'S SCHOOL CHANT
NO MORE PENCILS/ NO MORE BOOKS,/ NO MORE TEACHERS / DIRTY LOOKS.
Where learned: ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
Keyword(s): RHYME:ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
CHILD'S RHYME
I'M DIRTY BILL FROM VINEGAR HILL
NEVER HAD A BATH AND NEVER WILL.
Where learned: ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
Keyword(s): RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
AT THE WIDE SPOT IN THE RIVER, MAKOKABATAN, A YOUNG
INDIAN BRAVE, DROWNED. WHILE HE WAS PADDLING DOWN
THE RIVER, A FAR OFF VOICE SEEMED TO BE CALLING
HIM. AFTER TALKING WITH THE VOICES, HE FOUND HIM-
SELF IN THE RIVER. THE GODS HAD DECIDED THAT THE
BOY WAS TO STAY WITH THE RIVER AND GUARD ALL
TRAVELERS FROM THE PERILS OF THE WATER.
Submitter comment:
I WAS FISHING ON THIS RIVER ONE NIGHT, BY MY-
SELF, WHEN I THOUGHT I HEARD A VOICE CALLING
MY NAME. WHEN I CAME BACK TO CAMP, SAMMY ASKED ME
IF I HAD FUN, I TOLD HIM THAT THE WIND TALKED.
THIS IS WHEN HE TOLD ME THE LEGEND. HE SAID THAT
THE BOY GETS LONELY, AS ANYONE WOULD, SO HE
TALKS TO THE RIVER TRAVELERS.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
CHILDREN'S RHYME
OLD DADDY DACON,
BOUGHT A BIT OF BACON,
PUT IT ON A CHIMNEY TOP
FOR FEAR IT WOULD BE TAKEN.
Where learned: ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
Keyword(s): FEMININE RHYME ; RHYME: AABA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
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REMEDY FOR GETTING RID OF WARTS.
TAKE A MILKWEED PLANT AND CUT IT OPEN AT THE STEM AND PUT THE JUICE
THAT COMES OUT ON THE WARTS AND THEY SHOULD DISAPPEAR WITHIN DAYS.
Submitter comment:
THIS REMEDY WAS TOLD TO ME BECAUSE I HAD WARTS ON MY KNEE AND THERE
WAS MILKWEED AROUND ME. I USED IT BUT IT DIDN'T WORK.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
YOU MUST PLANT AN ONION TO CURE WARTS.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; KOMOKA
Date learned: 10-17-1970
IF AN IRISHMAN IS COMING TO AMERICA ON THE 17TH
OF ANY MONTH AND IS ON THE SEA, HE IS SUPPOSED TO
HAVE FORTUNE AND FAME IN AMERICA.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HIS FATHER WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER.
Data entry tech comment: RELATED TO ST. PATRICKS'S DAY--MARCH 17?
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; TOP HAT SUPPER CLUB ; WINDSOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 17 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- February 17 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 17 BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 12101963 ASSUMED
UKRAINIAN NEW YEAR'S GREETING
AT MIDNIGHT, IT IS CUSTOMARY TO TAKE A SMALL BELL AND A
HANDFUL OF WHEAT AND TO KNOCK ON THE DOOR OF THE HEAD OF
THE HOUSEHOLD. WHEN HE OPENS HIS DOOR, THE MEMBERS OF HIS
HOUSEHOLD TOSS WHEAT ON THEIR MASTER AND WISH HIM A HAPPY
NEW YEAR. THEY WISH FOR HIM MANY BLESSINGS, PLENTY OF
FOOD, AND GOOD LUCK. THE WHEAT IS SYMBOLIC OF FRUITFULNESS.
A SPECIAL NEW YEAR'S SONG IS SUNG IN WHICH GOD'S BLESSINGS
ARE INVOKED FOR THE NEW YEAR. THE HEAD OF THE HOUSE THANKS
THEM AND IN TURN WISHES THEM A HAPPY NEW YEAR. THEN THEY
HAVE A JOYOUS CELEBRATION.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; ANCASTER
Keyword(s): FOOD ; SPRINKLING ; THROWING
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00001960S
MATHEMATICAL JOKE
THERE ONCE WAS A BUM WHO WOULD COLLECT CIGARETTE BUTTS FROM THE
STREETS. IF SEVEN BUTTS MALE ONE CIGARETTE AND HE HAD 49 BUTTS, HOW
MANY CIGARETTES DID HE SMOKE?
EIGHT CIGARETTES. HE SMOKED THE SEVEN CIGARETTES AND WITH THE SEVEN
BUTTS HE HAD LEFT OVER HE MADE THE EIGHTH CIGARETTE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM A FRIEND.
Where learned: ONTARIO ; WINDSOR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
Recipe for Fried Green Tomatoes
Ingredients are: 1 medium green tomato (per person), white
cornmeal, bacon drippings, salt. Slice tomatoes about 1/2 inch
thick, season with salt and pepper, and then coat both sides with
cornmeal. In a large skillet, heat enough bacon drippings to
coat the bottom of the pan and fry tomatoes until lightly browned
on both sides.
Submitter comment:
She said you'll think you've died and gone to heaven! I'm
thinking about trying this one!
Where learned: ONTARIO ; WINDSOR
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Manner of preparation Process Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable |
Date learned: 03-00-1992
Recipe for Flesh Beans
Make pastry (use Robin Hood Pie dough, in sticks. Box makes 3
beans). Roll it thin. Mix in bowl: 1/4 lb. flank steak, 1 diced
potato, 1 small onion, diced 1/2 carrot, diced celery, diced
mushroom. Finish thinning out on rag or waxed paper. Wrap up
bean in rag. Tie with string. Bring to boil. Lower to medium
heat for 3 hours. Turn over at least once. Allow to cool,
serve, and eat.
Submitter comment:
What I found odd is cooking all the items in a rag. Grace
said it's a wonderful meal; I'll take her word for it!
Where learned: ONTARIO ; WINDSOR
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Mixed preparation in liquid |
Date learned: 03-00-1992