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VERSE
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 A PLAYMATE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 08-11-1964
Proverbial Saying
Water seeks its own level
Submitter comment:
Proverbial Saying
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): Control ; Level ; WATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Let sleeping dogs lie.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Located in Pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; Disturb ; Dogs ; Passive ; SLEEP
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Birds of a feather flock together.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Dup of WPP
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): BIRDS ; Flock ; Homogeneous ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Belief: Weather
Weather Proverb:
If the wind is from the East, the fishing is the least;
But if the wind is from the West, the fishing is the best.
Submitter comment:
My mother heard this proverb from my father, who likes fishing.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; Connor St ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): Air ; DIRECTION ; East ; FISHING ; PREDICTION ; RHYME ; WEATHER ; West ; Wind
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Belief: Luck
Bowling: never change your line-up unless you have a losing streak.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P880] crossed out and replaced with current classification.
The word Luck is written across the top of the card.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): Bowling ; CUSTOM ; Entertainment ; LUCK ; SPORTS ; SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): LUCK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
ST LUCY'S DAY - PATRON OF THE EYES
A PROMISE IS MADE BY ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SACRIFICE THEMSELVES BY
NOT EATING ANYTHING MADE WITH FLOUR - SO THE SUBSTITUTION IS MADE
BY SERVING RICE, POTATOES AND WHEAT MADE INTO FOODS WHICH WILL TAKE
THE PLACE OF BREAD.
THE SACRIFICE IS NOT FOR THEIR OWN BENEFIT, BUT FOR SOMEONE THEY
MAY KNOW WHO MAY HAVE TROUBLE WITH THEIR EYES OR EVEN FOR THE
WHOLE CLAN TO PROTECT THEIR EYES FROM ANY HARM. CUSTOMS ORIGINATE,
AS ONE KNOWS, FROM THE ANCIENT BELIEFS THAT SOMEONE WAS HELPED BY A
PERSON'S SACRIFICE AND OF COURSE THE WORD TRAVELED AROUND THE
COUNTRYSIDE AND THE CUSTOM BEGAN. AS WITH ALL CUSTOMS, THEY HAVE
BECOME ALMOST EXTINCT IN PRESENT-DAY ITALY. CELEBRATED DECEMBER 13TH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F121 Food Drink -- Plant food BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-31-1971
ST. MARTIN'S DAY
THE FIRST WEEK OF OCTOBER IN ITALY IS THE MAKING OF WINE AND WHEN
THE WINE IS READY FOR CONSUMPTION, IT IS CELEBRATED ON NOVEMBER 11TH
WHICH HAPPENS TO BE ST. MARTIN'S DAY, THIS BEING THE DAY WHEN THE
WINE IS READY. THE USUAL GATHERING OF ALL RELATIVES TO CELEBRATE
THIS EVENT IN ONE'S HOME IS THE DUNKING IN WINE OF A HARD BISCUIT
WHICH IS MADE ONLY FOR THIS PARTICULAR DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F111 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Autumn Fall Harvest Thanksgiving |
Date learned: 10-31-1971
GHOST IN THE GRAVEYARD (HIDE-AND-SEEK VARIATION)
"ANOTHER GAME SIMILAR TO HIDE-AND-SEEK IS 'GHOST IN THE GRAVEYARD.'
LIKE HIDE-AND-SEEK EVERYONE EXCEPT THE PERSON WHO IS IT WILL HIDE
AND THE ONE WHO IS 'IT' WILL SEARCH FOR THEM. IF HE/SHE CATCHES
SOMEONE, THAT PERSON IS THE 'GHOST'S' HELPER AND HELPS HIM/HER
TRY TO CATCH THE REST. AFTER EVERYONE HAS BEEN CAUGHT OR EVERY-
ONE HAS REACHED 'GOOL' (FREE SPOT), THE FIRST ONE WHO WAS
CAUGHT IS 'IT.'"
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS DOWN IN OHIO A FEW YEARS AGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Hiding Searching |
Date learned: 04-00-1984
CHRISTMAS EVE
AFTER THE CHRISTMAS EVE DINNER, BREAD RESEMBLING
THE HOLY HOST WOULD BE SHARED
BY THE FAMILY. THE BREAD WOULD BE PASSED
FROM THE ELDEST, TO THE YOUNGEST, EACH
BREAKING OFF A PIECE AND EATING IT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THIS TRADITION WAS FOLLOWED
EVERY CHRISTMAS EVE, WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG BOY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.82 |
Date learned: 02-20-1972
AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTION
ON THE SHORES OF GICHIGOMI,
COME ON BY AND SOCK-IT-TO-ME.
U R A Q T
I N V U
Submitter comment:
UNDATED ENTRY IN KATHY CRACCHIOLO'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK
KEPT IN ST. CLAIR SHORES MICH. IN 1968
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): PARODY OF HIAWATHA ; TROCHAIC TETRAMETER ; TYPOGRAPHICAL VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 02-27-1971 ; 00-00-1968
AUTOGRAPH INSCRIPTION
MM[ ON THE SHORES OF GICHIGOMI,
COME ON BY AND SOCK-IT-TO-ME.
U R A Q T
I N V U
Submitter comment:
UNDATED ENTRY IN KATHY CRACCHIOLO'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK
KEPT IN ST. CLAIR SHORES MICH. IN 1968
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): PARODY OF HIAWATHA ; TROCHAIC TETRAMETER ; TYPOGRAPHICAL VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
RED FOX BLOODY MURDER!
"A GAME SIMILAR TO HIDE-AND-SEEK IS 'RED FOX BLOODY MURDER!' IN
THIS GAME, THE PERSON WHO IS 'IT' HIDES INSTEAD OF THE PLAYERS
WHO COUNT WHILE HE IS HIDING AND GO SEEK HIM OUT. WHENEVER
ONE OF THE PLAYERS SEES THAT PERSON, THE PLAYER WILL SHOUT,
'RED FOX BLOODY MURDER!' AND WILL RUN FOR 'GOOL.' THE GAME
CONTINUES UNTIL SOMEONE IS CAUGHT OR ALL HAVE REACHED 'GOOL'
SAFELY."
Submitter comment:
'GOOL' REFERS TO THE SPOT THAT IS 'FREE.'
BEFORE RUNNING TO 'GOOL', EACH PLAYER MUST SHOUT "RED FOX
BLOODY MURDER!" AND THE PERSON HIDING HAS TO BE SEEN BY EACH
PLAYER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR
James Callow Keyword(s): GOAL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Hiding Searching |
Date learned: 04-00-1984
COUNTING OUT RHYME
"IN GAMES LIKE HIDE-AND-SEEK, THE PERSON WHO WAS 'IT' WAS DETER-
MINED BY A NUMBER OF WAYS. ONE SUCH WAY IS BY EACH PLAYER OF THE
GAME PLACING HIS FOOT IN A CIRCLE. ONE OF THE PERSONS WOULD THEN
ASK (AT THE SAME TIME TAPPING A FOOT OF EACH PLAYER ONCE FOR EACH
SYLLABLE IN THE SAYING): 'BUB-BLE-GUM, BUB-BLE-GUM, IN A DISH,
HOW MAN-Y PIE-CES DO YOU WISH?' THE PERSON WHOSE FOOT WAS TAPPED
LAST WOULD THEN SAY A NUMBER (1-10) AND THE TAPPING OF FEET
WOULD CONTINUE UNTIL THE NUMBER HAD BEEN COUNTED. AT THE END OF
THE COUNT, THE TAPPER WOULD CONTINUE BY SAYING (E.G. 1-5):
'1-2-3-4-5 AND YOU WILL NOT BE IT.' THEN THE PERSON TO BE TAPPED
ON 'IT' WOULD BE OUT OF THE COUNTING. THE ROUTINE CONTINUED
UNTIL THERE WAS ONLY ONE PERSON LEFT AND HE WOULD BE 'IT.'"
Submitter comment:
THE COUNT COULD BE SHORTENED BY DELETING "NOT" FROM THE FIRST
PART OF THE SAYING ("...WILL NOT BE IT.")
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 04-00-1984
ANIMAL CALLS (CATTLE)
"TO CALL THE CATTLE IN FROM THE WOODS, MOST OF THE FARMERS IN MY
AREA (ST. CLAIR, MI.) WILL CALL 'COME BAHS, COME BAHS!' SEVERAL
TIMES VERY QUICKLY AND LOUDLY. THIS WILL CAUSE THE CATTLE TO
COME RUNNING UP TO THE BARN. IF THE FARMER DOESN'T FEEL LIKE
CALLING, AS MY GRANDFATHER DID MANY TIMES, HE'LL TURN THE MOTOR
ON IN THE SILO WHICH ACTS AS A DINNER BELL FOR THE CATTLE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F535 SPEECH -- Onomatopoeia SPEECH -- To Be Heard |
Date learned: 04-00-1984
RETORT
WHEN ARGUING WITH SOMEONE STUBBORN, GIVE UP AND SAY "SZKODA GADACZ"
IN POLISH THIS MEANS "THERE IS NO USE TALKING."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001930S ; 02-16-1980
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ROSES ARE RED
ROSES ARE RED
VIOLETS ARE BLUE
I KICKED MY WIFE
WITH MY ARMY SHOE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM A PLAYMATE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): HUMOR: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 08-11-1964
PROVERB
AS YOU WANDER THROUGH LIFE MY FRIEND
WHATEVER BE YOUR GOAL
KEEP YOUR EYE UPON THE DOUGHNUT
AND NOT UPON THE HOLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; OPTIMISM, NOT PESSIMISM ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
Proverb
Fools rush in where Angels fear to tread.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): ANGELS ; Danger ; Fools ; IGNORANCE ; WISDOM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |