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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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Graffiti
Birdie, birdie in the sky,
Why'd you drop your whitewash in my eye?
Birdie, birdie I don't cry,
I'm sure glad cows don't fly!
Submitter comment:
Collected from a john wall
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; RESTROOM WALL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
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Graffiti
On a john wall:
Repent--the end is near!
Submitter comment:
Where learned: john wall
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti
Help abolish Student Government
Retain Paul Sak
(Paul Sak is the current president of the Student Government)
Submitter comment:
This material was found on a lavatory wall.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; lavatory wall
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti
Could "Club Hockey" be a Neanderthal pawnbroker? I doubt it.
Submitter comment:
taken from a lavatory wall
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; lavatory wall
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti
Peanuts and Lucy secretly
live in Common Law.
Submitter comment:
found on a lavatory wall
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; lavatory wall
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti
Life Stinks
Submitter comment:
note written on classroom wall.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; classroom wall
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti
God is dead but the virgin's pregnant again.
Submitter comment:
taken from a lavatory wall
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; lavatory wall
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti
Moses was an Arab traitor
Submitter comment:
Informant found on wall in a bathroom at the U of D.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; bathroom wall
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti
Mary Poppins is a "Junkie"
Submitter comment:
Informant found on a bar wall in Detroit.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Bar wall
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti
This is where Napoleon tore his Boneaparte.
Submitter comment:
read on a lavatory wall
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; lavatory wall
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti
Flush hard, it's a long way to the Union.
Submitter comment:
Found on most U of D john walls.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; john wall
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
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Graffiti
Candy is dandy, but SEX won't rot your teeth
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; lavatory wall ; Sears
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti
Bruno Leon is an unrolled chambered nautilis.
Submitter comment:
Viewed on wall outside his office. School of Architecture insignia is the chambered nautilis.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; wall
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |