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VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"ROADMASTER" (THE NEWER AND LARGER VESSELS OF MORE ENGINE RPM AND
SPEED).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"PUSHING A BIG BONE" (A VESSEL AT FULL SPEED SEEN FROM A DISTANCE
WITH MUCH FOAM BOILING AVOUT THE BOW).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"WET BOAT" (A VESSEL TAKING HEAVY SEAS).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"WHALEBACK" (TYPE OF VESSEL PECULIAR TO THE GREAT LAKES, HAVING A
ROUNDED, SUBMARINE-LIKE (WHALE LIKE) DECK:A RARITY IN 1970, ONLY ONE
PLYING THE WATERS (CARRYING OIL)).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Underworld |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"SHARP END" (BOW OF A FREIGHTER)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"DRAGGIN' BOTTOM" ( EVIDENCE OF A MUD WAKE IN RIVERS AND CHANNELS)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"HUMPING" (THE VESSEL SHUDDERS WHEN THE KEEL IS BUT FIVE OR SIX
INCHES FROM THE BOTTOM, AND WHEN THE SHIP IS LOADED HEAVILY.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
WITH LARD IN MY HAIR, AND MY EARS PINNED BACK . . .
Submitter comment: MEANING: DRESSED UP SMARTLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ; TRAVERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
WITH LARD IN MY HAIR, AND MY EARS PINNED BACK . . .
Submitter comment:
MEANING: IN A VICTIMIZED POSITION, FROM EMBARRASSMENT OR
PUNISHMENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ; TRAVERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
CRAZY LIKE A FOX.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
TRUE RIDDLE
Q: I WENT TO THE WOODS AND FOUND IT. I SAT ME DOWN TO LOOK FOR IT.
I BROUGHT IT HOME WITH ME BECAUSE I COULDN'T FIND IT. WHAT WAS IT?
A: A THORN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; BUILDINGS (Q) ; NATURAL ; NATURAL PHENOMENA (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 02-02-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"DOUBLE SEA RUN" (CRISSCROSSING WAVES CAUSED BY A WIND SHIFT.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
THE "CHARLIE NOBLE" (COOK'S SMOKESTACK: CHIMNEY FROM COOKSTOVE
PROTRUDING THROUGH BULWARK.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"SOUND THE SIDE TANKS" (DETERMINE THE LEVEL OF WATER IN BALLAST
TANKS)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
VOCABULARY: GREAT LAKES SAILING
"GLASS" (BAROMETER)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Date learned: 02-21-1970
LOCAL LEGEND: THE THREE BEARS (THE MOTHER AND HER TWO CUBS)
AN ENORMOUS FOREST FIRE BROKE OUT ON THE WISCONSIN SIDE OF LAKE
MICHIGAN. A MOTHER BEAR AND HER TWO CUBS WERE FORCED TO SWIM
TOWARD THE MICHIGAN SIDE TO ESCAPE THE FLAMES. SHORTLY BEFORE
THE TWIN CUBS REACHED THE MICHIGAN COAST NEAR LELAND, THEY GREW
EXHAUSTED AND DROWNED. THE MOTHER BEAR, A STRONGER SWIMMER,
REACHED LAND FIRST AND, UNAWARE OF HER CUBS' FATE, FELL INTO A
DEEP SLUMBER TO AWAIT THEIR ARRIVAL. THE CUBS NEVER ARRIVED,
BUT CAN BE SEEN FROM THE SHORELINE AS NORTH AND SOUTH MANITOU
ISLANDS. THE BEAR STILL SLEEPS; THE ENORMOUS SANDY BLUFFS TO
THIS DAY ARE KNOWN AS SLEEPING BEAR DUNES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal PROSE NARRATIVE -- Air Weather Fire PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LOCAL LEGEND: THE THREE BEARS (THE MOTHER AND HER TWO CUBS)
AN ENORMOUS FOREST FIRE BROKE OUT ON THE WISCONSIN SIDE OF LAKE
MICHIGAN. A MOTHER BEAR AND HER TWO CUBS WERE FORCED TO SWIM
TOWARD THE MICHIGAN SIDE TO ESCAPE THE FLAMES. SHORTLY BEFORE
THE TWIN CUBS REACHED THE MICHIGAN COAST NEAR LELAND, THEY GREW
EXHAUSTED AND DROWNED. THE MOTHER BEAR, A STRONGER SWIMMER,
REACHED LAND FIRST AND, UNAWARE OF HER CUBS' FATE, FELL INTO A
DEEP SLUMBER TO AWAIT THEIR ARRIVAL. THE CUBS NEVER ARRIVED,
BUT CAN BE SEEN FROM THE SHORELINE AS NORTH AND SOUTH MANITOU
ISLANDS. THE BEAR STILL SLEEPS; THE ENORMOUS SANDY BLUFFS TO
THIS DAY ARE KNOWN AS SLEEPING BEAR DUNES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal PROSE NARRATIVE -- Air Weather Fire PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
If you tip a cow when it is asleep the milk from that cow
will become sour.
Submitter comment:
A farmer told our family this story when we stopped to
buy some fresh fruits and vegetables from his farm on our
way to Traverse City.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
Keyword(s): drink, sour.
James Callow Keyword(s): cow tipping
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 00-00-1983
PROVERBIAL
MY STOMACH FEELS AS IF MY THROAT WAS CUT....
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 02-02-1970
TAUNT
AN INSULT: WHERE DO YOU GO ?--YUBA U.?
OR WHERE ARE YOU GOING AFTER HIGH SCHOOL, YUBA U.?
Submitter comment:
YUBA IS A HICK TOWN TRADING POST IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN.
ASKING SOMEONE IF THEY ARE GOING TO YUBA UNIVERSITY
IS MEANT AS AN INSULT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-02-1970