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ACCORDING TO THIS INFORMANT, IT IS BAD LUCK TO PLAY
A MUSICAL INSTRUMENT IN A HOUSE WHERE SOMEONE
HAS RECENTLY DIED. THE NOISE IS SAID TO SCARE
THE ANGELS AWAY FROM THE HOUSE.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MAUCH CHUNK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Music BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 00001961 SPRING
Proverb
Spare the rod, spoil the child.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300, V600] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; CHILD ; Maxim ; Parenting ; PROVERB ; Rod ; Spare ; Spoil ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Necessity is the mother of invention.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Invention ; Maxim ; MOTHER ; NECESSITY ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
AUTOGRAPH BOOK RHYME
"SPAGHETTI IS STRONGER,
SALAMI IS LONGER
NOW'S THE TIME TO FALL IN LOVE."
Submitter comment: FOLLOWING IS FROM INFORMANT'S JUNIOR HIGH AUTOGRAPH BOOK, 1929/1933
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW
Keyword(s): FOOD ; RHYME: AAB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
WISECRACKS, GAGS, SILLY STORIES, INSULTS (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
ASHES TO ASHES,/ DUST TO DUST,/ IF BOYS DON'T GET YOU,/HALFWITS
MUST.
Submitter comment: FROM INFORMANT'S JUNIOR HIGH AUTUGRAPH BOOK 1929-1933
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW
Keyword(s): DEATH ; ITERATION ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00001929-1933
AUTOGRAPH BOOK RHYME (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; WISECRACKS, GAGS, SILLY STORIES, INSULTS (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
DOESN'T IT GET YOUR NANNY,/ DOESN'T IT GET YOUR GOAT,
WHEN YOU'RE IN THE BATHTUB,/ AND CAN'T FIND THE SOAP.
Submitter comment: FROM INFORMANT'S JUNIOR HIGH AUTUGRAPH BOOK, 1929-1933
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; BATHTUB VERSE ; IMPERFECT RHYME ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00001929-1933 ; 10-02-1971
WISECRACKS, GAGS, SILLY STORIES, INSULTS (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
ASHES TO ASHES,/ DUST TO DUST,/ IF BOYS DON'T GET YOU,/HALFWITS
MUST.
Submitter comment: FROM INFORMANT'S JUNIOR HIGH AUTUGRAPH BOOK 1929-1933
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW
Keyword(s): DEATH ; ITERATION ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00001929-1933 ; 10-02-1971
HAIR CUSTOM
NEVER WASH YOUR HAIR AFTER YOU HAVE A TOOTH FILLED.
WAIT UNTIL THE NEXT DAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT PRACTICED THIS AS A YOUNG GIRL AND WOMAN
BECAUSE HER MOTHER HAD TOLD HER THIS WAS RIGHT. (1920_30)
GRADUALLY SHE CAME TO SEE THAT IT HAD NO REASONABLE VALIDITY
AND NO LONGER PRACTICES IT.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
Keyword(s): DENTAL WORK ; TEETH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
JUMP ROPE RHYME
JOHNNY OVER THE OCEAN,
JOHNNY OVER THE SEA,
JOHNNY STOLE A NICKLE AND BLAMED IT ON ME.
I TOLD MA,
MA TOLD PA.
JOHNNY GOT A LICKIN'-HA! HA! HA!
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THIS WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL (1920'S).
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH ; INFORMANT'S HOME
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
CHRISTMAS DECORATION LIGHTS SHOULD BE LEFT ON ALL NIGHT ON
CHRISTMAS EVE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS WHEN YOUNG (1920-1930), SAW IT PRACTICED, AND
PRACTICES IT HERSELF.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Lights and candles |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
AUTOGRAPH BOOK SIGNATURE
YOURS TILL TO-MORROW.
PROMISE
Submitter comment: FOLLOWING IS FROM INFORMANT'S JUNIOR HIGH AUTOGRAPH BOOK, 1929-1933
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
AUTOGRAPH BOOK SIGNATURE
YOURS TILL COWS MILK.
Submitter comment: FOLLOWING IS FROM INFORMANT'S JUNIOR HIGH AUTOGRAPH BOOK, 1929-1933
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; FRIENDSHIP ; PROMISE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1929
AUTOGRAPH BOOK RHYME
YOURS TILL AUSTRIA GETS HUNGARY AND FRIED TURKEY IN GREECE.
Submitter comment: FOLLOWING IS FROM INFORMANT'S JUNIOR HIGH AUTOGRAPH BOOK, 1929-1933
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW
Keyword(s): COUNTRY ; FRIENDSHIP ; PROMISE ; PUN
James Callow Keyword(s): FOOD ; PUN ON HUNGRY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
AUTOGRAPH ENTRY
BUTTER IS FAT
AND SO IS CHEESE.
HOW ABOUT A HUG OR A SQUEEZE?
Submitter comment: FOLLOWING IS FROM INFORMANT'S JUNIOR HIGH AUTOGRAPH BOOK, 1929-1933
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW
Keyword(s): FOOD ; PROPOSITION ; RHYME: ABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1929
CHILD WORMS
TO PREVENT A BABY FROM GETTING WORMS, CHOP UP A PIECE OF GARLIC AND
RUB THE JUICE ON THE BABY'S BELLY BUTTON AND UNDER ITS NOSE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HER MOTHER WHEN INFORMANT WAS A YOUNG GIRL.
(1915-1920) MOTHER ACTUALLY DID THIS WITH HER CHILDREN.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
Keyword(s): PREVENTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
PREVENTION OF THE FLU
TO PREVENT CATCHING THE FLU,
WEAR A PIECE OF GARLIC TIED TO A STRING
AROUND THE NECK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER HAD HER CHILDREN PRACTICE THIS
IN THE EARLY 1920'S.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
VERSE
MOTHER, MOTHER, WHAT IS THAT
HANGING DOWN OLD GRANDMA'S BACK?
SHUT YOUR MOUTH YOU DIRTY THING,
THAT'S YOUR GRANDMA'S CORSET STRING.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS SAID WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD DURING THE 1920,S
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
Keyword(s): DIALOGUE ; IMPROPRIETY ; QUESTION AND ANSWER ; RHYME: ABCC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
SPELLING RHYME
CHICKEN IN A CAR,
CAR WON'T GO,
THAT'S THE WAY YOU SPELL CHICAGO}
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID THIS WHEN YOUNG IN THE 1920,S
Where learned: HOME ; PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
Keyword(s): RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
SAYING
A GREEN CHRISTMAS MAKES A FULL GRAVEYARD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS MOTHER WHO SAID THE SAYING WAS USED
IN DUNDEE, SCOTLAND, WHERE SHE LIVED UNTIL SHE WAS AROUND THIRTY YEA
OLD. INFORMANT,S MOTHER CAME TO AMERICA IN 1912, THREE YEARS AFTER
THE INFORMANT WAS BORN.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
06151958
MY MOTHER YOUR MOTHER LIV%S ACROSS THE STREET,
1819 BROADWAY STREET,
EVERY NIGHT THEY HAVE A FIGHT AND MY MOTHER PUNCHED YOUR MOTHER
RIGHT IN THE NOSE,
HOW MANY PUNCHES DID SHE RECEIVE?
1, 2, 3,...
Submitter comment:
MY COUSIN TOLD ME THIS JUMP ROPE RHYME WHEN I WAS VISITING HER.
THE GIRLS WOULD USE THIS RHYME WHILE JUMPING ROPE IN 1958.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; HAZELTON
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |