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ST. MARY'S
DEAR MABELLE,
DOWN AT ST. FRANCIS IS THE POST OFFICE AND SOMETIMES
I WILL DROP A LETTER OR POSTAL IN IT. REMEMBER
IF IT ARRIVES IT'S FROM YOUR FRIEND, MARY THREN.
FROM THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK KEPT BY MABELLE FREUND AROUND
1910-11 IN ADELL AND MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN.
GIVEN TO THE ARCHIVE BY HER DAUGHTER, MRS. MARY ANDRECOVICH.
Where learned: WISCONSIN, ASSUMED ; WATERTOWN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
KNOCK KNOCK JOKE
KNOCK KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
DUKE
DUKE WHO?
DUKE THE BELLS A RINGING FOR HOLLY
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; KEATING SCHOOL
Keyword(s): DECK THE HALLS WITH BOUGHS OF HOLLY (?) ; NAME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-28-1967
FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH IS A DAY WHEN EVERYTHING GOES WRONG.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
COUNTING OUT
ONE, TWO, BUCKLE MY SHOE,
THREE, FOUR, SHUT THE DOOR;
FIVE, SIX, PICK UP STICKS,
SEVEN, EIGHT, LAY THEM STRAIGHT,
NINE, TEN, A BIG FAT HEN.
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; CINCINNATI
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1953
COUNTING OUT RHYME (SIC)
ONE FOR THE MONEY;
TWO FOR THE SHOW;
THREE TO GET READY;
AND FOUR TO GO.
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; CINCINNATI
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THERE HAS BEEN LOVELY WEATHER FOR A LONG TIME, THEN THERE IS
SURELY GOING TO BE A BAD WINTER (OR WET SPRING, OR MISERABLE
SUMMER) FOLLOWING.
Where learned: SOURCE UNKNOWN ; BETHESDA ; MARYLAND, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THERE'S A RING AROUND THE MOON, IT MEANS IT'S GOING TO RAIN.
Where learned: SOURCE UNKNOWN ; BETHESDA ; MARYLAND, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU DON'T WANT SOME BAD THING TO HAPPEN, KNOCK ON WOOD.
Where learned: SOURCE UNKNOWN ; BETHESDA ; MARYLAND, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Plants SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU TRIP ON THE FRONT STEPS WHEN YOU ARE GOING OUT IN THE
MORNING, YOU HAD BETTER GO RIGHT BACK IN AND STAY HOME,
BECAUSE YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK ALL DAY.
Where learned: SOURCE UNKNOWN ; BETHESDA ; MARYLAND, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT YOU CAME INTO A ROOM TO
GET, GO BACK TO WHERE YOU STARTED AND COME IN AGAIN
AND YOU WILL THINK OF IT.
Submitter comment: IT WORKS FOR ME. THIS PROBABLY HAS TRUE ASSOCIATIONAL
Where learned: SOURCE UNKNOWN ; BETHESDA ; MARYLAND, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOUR EARS RING, SOMEONE IS THINKING ABOUT YOU.
IF A PORTION OF YOUR SKIRT HEM IS TURNED UP, YOUR BOY-FRIEND IS THINKING ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: BETHESDA ; MARYLAND, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Observation ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, YOU ARE GOING TO KISS A FOOL.
Where learned: BETHESDA ; MARYLAND, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MANY LEGENDS ARE BUILT AROUND SUPPOSED HAPPENINGS IN
CONNECTION WITH LAVA FLOWS IN THE OUTLYING ISLANDS
OF THE HAWAIIAN CHAIN. I HAVE HEARD SEVERAL VARIA-
TIONS OF THIS TALE.
ONE DAY ONE OF "THE OLD ONES" (A LEGENDARY PERSON WHO
APPEARS IN MORTAL FORM, ASKING FOR ALMS) APPEARED AT
THE DOOR OF A POOR MAN'S HUT ON THE SLOPES OF MAUNA
KEA. HE WAS GIVEN HOSPITALITY, AND WHEN IT WAS TIME
FOR HIM TO GO, HE INSTRUCTED THE POOR MAN TO PUT THREE
STONES AT THE FOUR CORNERS OF HIS LAND. THE OLD MAN
DID AS HE WAS TOLD, AND SOON AFTER, THE VOLCANO
ERRUPTED AND LAVA POURED DOWN THE MOUNTAIN, DESTROYING
EVERYTHING IN ITS PATH--BUT WHEN IT REACHED THE OLD
MAN'S LAND, IT SPLIT AND WENT AROUND. (THEY WILL
STILL SHOW YOU A NUMBER OF PLACES WHICH ARE BARE OF
LAVA AND THERE IS A VARIATION OF THE STORY TO GO
WITH EACH ONE.)
Where learned: BETHESDA ; MARYLAND, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): ANGEL?
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Supernatural Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formation BELIEF -- Formation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A BRILLIANT DEDUCTION
BUTTER IS BUTTER
CHEESE IS CHEESE,
WHAT IS A KISS
WITHOUT A SQUEEZE.
Data entry tech comment: TAKEN FROM INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK
Where learned: OVER THE TELEPHONE ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COURTSHIP ; FOOD ; RHYME: ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): HUG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 08-06-1964
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
THE OTHER TEAM CAN T SCORE WHILE YOU VE GOT THE BALL
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
ONCE IN A BLUE MOON
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
POLISH SAYING
W STARYM PIECU DJABET PALI
LITERALLY AN OLD STOVE THE DEVIL BURNS
IN OTHER WORDS STILL WATER RUNS DEEP
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS POLISH TEXT
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-24-1971
COUNTING OUT
APPLES, PEACHES, PEARS, AND PLUMS,
TELL ME WHEN YOUR BIRTHDAY COMES.
THIS IS DONE TO DETERMINE AN "IT" FOR A GAME. ALL PLAYERS
PUT ONE FOOT INTO A CIRCLE AND THE "SAYER" GOES AROUND
SAYING ONE WORD ON EACH FOOT. THE PERSON WHO THE RHYME
ENDS ON TELLS THE "SAYER" HIS BIRTHDATE. THE COUNTER THEN
COUNTS DOWN THE MONTH AND DATE AND THE PERSON ON WHO IT
ENDS IS "OUT." THE LAST PERSON TO REMAIN IS THE "IT."
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; CINCINNATI
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1953
COUNTING OUT
EENE, MEENE, MINE, MO
CATCH A FROGGIE BY THE TOE,
IF HE HOLLERS LET HIM GO,
EENE, MEENE, MINE, MO.
O-U-T SPELLS OUT!
Submitter comment: USED TO DETERMINE AN "IT" FOR A GAME. THE ONE LEFT IS THE "IT."
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; CINCINNATI
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
KNOWLEDGE BUMP
AS THE BARBER WAS CUTTING MY HAIR HE NOTICED THAT I HAVE
A NATURAL BUMP ON THE LOWER BACK PART OF MY SKULL.
WHEN HE NOTICED THIS HE COMMENTED THAT I HAVE A "KNOWLEDGE BUMP".
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; BARBER SHOP ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face |
Date learned: 09-18-1969