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ROSES ARE RED,
VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
SUGAR IS SWEET
AND SO ARE YOU.
BUT THE ROSES ARE WILTED,
AND THE VIOLETS ARE DEAD,
AND THE SUGAR IS LUMPED
AND SO IS YOUR HEAD.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM PLAYMATE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
PRANK DONE IN THE COUNTRY (RICHMOND, MICHIGAN)
"MY FATHER ONCE TOLD US ABOUT HOW WHEN HE AND HIS BROTHERS ONCE
TOOK A PAPER SACK AND FILLED IT WITH COW MANURE. THEY TOOK THE
SACK FILLED WITH MANURE AND PLACED IT ON A PERSON'S FRONT PORCH.
THEN THEY LIT THE BAG WITH A MATCH AND RANG THE DOORBELL BEFORE
RUNNING AWAY. WHEN THE GUY CAME TO THE DOOR HE SAW THE SMALL
FIRE AND TRIED TO STAMP IT OUT, THUS GETTING MANURE ALL OVER
HIS SHOES."
Submitter comment:
WE WERE WARNED THAT IF WE TRIED SOMETHING LIKE THIS WE'D
REGRET IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 04-00-1984
OH, I GOT A GAL NAMED CROSS-EYED SUE
HER EYES ARE RED AND HER LIPS ARE BLUE
SHE HAS DIMPLED HAIR AND CURLEY CHEEKS
HER FALSE TEETH RATTLE AND BACKSIDE KLINKS.
HER OLD MAN'S A SIGHT TO SEE
HE'S DRUNK BOTH NIGHT AND DAY
HE FEEDS HIS HORSES COLD FLAP JACKS
AND HE FEEDS HIS KIDS ON HAY.
CROSS-EYED SUE, SHE WEARS A SHOE
THAT BUTTONS UP THE BACK
HER FEET'S TOO BIG FOR STOCKINGS
SO SHE WEARS A GUNNY SACK.
CROSS-EYED SUE AND A KANGAROO
ARE VERY MUCH ALIKE
THE KANGAROO HOPS AROUND ALL DAY
AND SUE SHE HOPS ALL NIGHT.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES ; INFORMANT'S HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
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Proverb
Don't put all your eggs in one basket.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Basket ; Eggs ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Close only counts in horseshoes.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Close ; HORSESHOES ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Bad deeds, like chickens come home to roost.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bad ; Chicken ; Deed ; Home ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Roost ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
You reap what you sow.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; FARMING ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; PROVERB ; Reap ; Sow ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
A whistling woman a cackling hen / will always come to a no good end.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cackle ; FATE ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle ; Woman
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Pennywise but pound foolish.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Finances ; Foolish ; Maxim ; MONEY ; Penny ; Pound ; PROVERB ; Thrifty ; VERSE ; Wise
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Proverb
He who laughs last, laughs best.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Retort
Daily Life Custom:
When a person sneezes, it is customary to say "Gesundheit!"
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): BLESSING ; COMEBACK ; RETORT ; SNEEZE ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
COUNTING OUT RHYME
EACH CHILD INVOLVED PUTS HIS TWO FISTS FORWARD AND ONE
PERSON DOES THE COUNTING OUT, SAYING ONE WORD AS HE
TAPS EACH FIST. THE RHYME IS:
ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER NINE,
GOING DOWN CHICAGO LINE.
IF THE TRAIN SHOULD JUMP THE TRACK,
DO YOU WANT YOUR MONEY BACK?
CHILD MAY REPLY, YES, AND THE COUNTER CONTINUES, Y-E-S
SPELLS YES, AND YOU ARE NOT IT. WHOEVER HAS THE WORD "IT"
SPOKEN TO HIM, PUTS THAT FIST BEHIND HIS BACK. THE PROCESS
CONTINUES UNTIL ONE PERSON HAS ONE FIST LEFT AND THAT
PERSON IS IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
ALL THE CHILDREN WHO AR GOING TO PLAY A CERTAIN GAME IN
WHICH ONE OF THEM IS GOING TO BE IT, STAND IN A CIRCLE.
THEY THEN CLENCH THEIR FISTS AND HOLD THEM AT ABOUT WAIST-
HIGH IN FRONT OF THEM. ONE PERSON ASSUMES THE ROLE OF
COUNTER. HE THEN STARTS AT THE PERSON NEXT TO HIM AND
SAYS, "ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO." EACH FIST IS "ADDRESSED"
SEPARATELY AND THE COUNTER CONTINUES, "3 POTATO, 4, 5
POTATO, 6 POTATO, 7 POTATO, OR." WHOEVER'S FIST IS
TAPPED ON "OR" BY THE COUNTER, TAKES HIS FIST AND PUTS
IT BEHIND HIS BACK. THIS PROCESS CONTINUES UNTIL ONE
PERSON IS LEFT AND THEN THAT PERSON IS IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00001950'S
RIGHT EYE ITCHES- TO CRY
LEFT EYE ITCHES- GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye |
Date learned: 02-17-1970
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU BURY A PERSON WITHOUT SHOES, THEY WILL COME BACK AND
HAUNT YOU.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): Barefoot ; BELIEF ; Bury ; DEATH ; SHOES ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-27-1971