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MR. RAWOT CALLS HIS SPOON A SHOVEL AND THIS HAS BEEN PASSED
THROUGHOUT THE FAMILY.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
DONNA'S PARENTS USED TO SAY "UP AND AT 'EM" TO GET THEIR
CHILDREN UP IN THE MORNING, UNTIL DONNA MISUNDERSTOOD AND
SAID "UP AND BANANA" INSTEAD. HER FAMILY STILL SAYS "UP AND
BANANA."
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Group of Vowels and Consonants, and of Words SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
YOU MUST WEAR ORANGE TO THE POLO GAMES THAT STEVE BUNN'S
FAMILY PLAYS IN OR IT'S BAD LUCK FOR THEM.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
"FAH"
THIS IS THE TERM DONNA'S GRANDFATHER APPLIES TO ANYTHING
(FOOD) THAT HAS NO SUBSTANCE OR TASTE; IT'S LIKE HAVING A
MOUTHFUL OF NOTHING (WHIPPED CREAM, EGG WHITES AFTER
HAVING BEEN BEATEN, ETC.).
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF YOU SLEEP ON A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE, IN YOUR DREAMS YOU
WILL SEE YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
"CHAIR UP" WAS A TRADITION AT NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. THE
FRESHMAN BOYS WOULD TAKE ALL OF THE CHAIRS OUT OF OLD
MAIN, PUT THEM INTO THE STAIRWELL OF THE TOWER (A CLASSROOM
BUILDING) AND WIRE THEM TOGETHER. PURPOSE WAS TO GET AWAY
WITH IT AND DELAY CLASSES.
James Callow comment:
NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE IS IN ILLINOIS, SAYS INFORMANT IN
ANOTHER ENTRY.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
AT NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE IN ILLINOIS, THERE IS A ROCK THAT
IT IS TRADITIONAL FOR EVERY CLASS TO PAINT. EACH CLASS TRIES
TO "OUT-DO" THE OTHERS.
Submitter comment: "OUT-DO" MEANS TO DO BETTER THAN.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): COLLEGE PRANK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
WHEN A TEACHER IS LATE FOR A CLASS, YOU MUST WAIT
TEN MINUTES FOR A PROFESSOR AND TWENTY MINUTES FOR A DOCTOR.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
FIRE! FIRE! FALSE ALARM!
JANIE FELL INTO'S BILLY'S ARMS.
FIRST CAME LOVE,
THEN CAME MARRIAGE,
THEN CAME BILLY WITH A BABY CARRIAGE.
HOW MANY BABIES DID THEY HAVE?
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): BIRTH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
Proverb
Blason Populaire:
Tell a woman she is beautiful and the devil will repeat it to her ten times.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V400] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BEAUTY ; DEVIL ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VANITY ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
MINNIE-MINNIE HA-HA
WENT TO SEE HER PAPA.
PAPA DIED;
MINNIE-MINNIE CRIED.
MINNIE HAD A BABY,
SHE NAMED HIM TINY TIM.
SHE PUT HIM IN THE BATHTUB TO SEE IF HE COULD SWIM.
DRANK A GALLON OF WATER
AND ATE A BAR OF SOAP.
TRIED TO SWALLOW THE BATHTUB
BUT IT WOULDN'T GO DOWN HIS THROAT.
IN CAME THE DOCTOR,
IN CAME THE NURSE,
IN CAME THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
OUT CAME THE DOCTOR,
OUT CAME THE NURSE,
OUT CAME THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
AND THAT WAS THE END OF TINY TIM.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT SUSIE AS SWEET AS A ROSE.
SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET;
ALONG CAME JIM AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
HOW MANY TIMES DID HE KISS HER?
ONE, TWO, THREE,...
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): COUNTING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
Proverb
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK ;
Keyword(s): Ail ; CURE ; Ill ; MEDICINE ; PREVENTION ; Remedies ; REMEDY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Belief: Weather
Weather:
Red sky at night, sailors delight \
Red sky in morning, sailor take warning.
Submitter comment:
Informant heard in the Navy
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; Nautical ; Ocean ; Predicting ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; RHYME ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
The Blacksmiths Son
Long ago in a small village there lived a blacksmith. Now although blacksmiths were poor, they were, nevertheless, held in respect because they were the strongest men in the village.
People used to go to the blacksmith for advice and help. This particular balcksmithhad one son, and the blacksmith wanted his son to be a blacksmith also. But the son was lazy and did not like to work. One day he told his father: "father, I have a very brilliant idea. I'm going to learn your trade in an easy way. Here's my plan: Put me in a large basket above yuor workshop and I will watch everything you do. And by watching you constantly, I will earn your trade."
So the son was put in the basket and watched his father fort several months. Then the son said to his father: "Father, I think I'm ready." And so the father gave the son tools, and a large piece of iron, and said to his son: "now son, what are you going to make?"
"Father," the son said, "I think I'll make a hammer."
"Son," the father said, "If you can make a hammer, you will be a better blacksmith than I, because it took me five years to learn how to make a hammer." And the son worked feverishly for several days but to no avail. So the son went to his father and said: "Father, I think I'll make a horseshoe instead."
The father said; "Son, if you can make a horseshoe, you will be a better blacksmith than I, because it took me three years to learn how to make a horseshoe." The son again went out, pounding and forming, but to no avail. He said to the fahter: "Father, I think I will make a nail instead of a horseshoe."
The fahter said: "Son, if you can make a nail, you will be a better blacksmith than I, because it took me two years to learn how to make a nail." The son worked for several hours, but to no avail. He said to his father: "Father, I will make something you never made. I will make a needle."
"Son," said the father, "if you make a needle, you will be a better blacksmith than I, for no smith has made a needle. " And so, the son worked and worked until finally there was nothing left. but he did not give up. He said: "Father, I will make something with no iron at all."
"Son, if you can make something without iron, it will indeed make you a great blacksmith," the father replied.
The son said: "Come watch, Father." He took a pair of tongs and heated them red hot, and suddenly plunged them into a barrel of water, and said: "Father, I did it. I made a pss."
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original Boggs Number [ B665] crossed out and B646 is written next to it.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
Keyword(s): Blacksmith ; FAMILY ; Father ; Hammer ; HORSESHOE ; HUMOR ; IRON ; Learn ; Lesson ; Needle ; Outsmart ; Skill ; Son ; TRADE ; Wise ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Romantic Realistic |
ON TOP OF OLD SMOKEY ALL COVERED WITH CHEESE;
I LOST MY POOR MEAT BALL WHEN SOMEBODY SNEEZED,
IT ROLLED OFF THE TABLE AND ON TO THE FLOOR;
THEN MY POOR MEAT BALL ROLLED RIGHT OUT THE DOOR.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
Keyword(s): JOKE ; MUSIC ; PARODY ; SONG ; Tune
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 01-28-1972
MING TOY LOVED A BOY, HAPPY LITTLE JAPANESE;
OOO LONG WAS HIS NAME, SET HER HEART AFLAME;
ONE DAY HE SAY SOON I GOTTA GO AWAY,
WHEN HE LEAVE MING TOY GRIEVE; EVERYBODY HEARD HER SAY_HAY_HAY;
SO LONG, OOO ONG, HOW LONG YOU GONNA BE GONE;
SO DON,T BE TOO LONG, OOO LONG, HURRY BACK HOME;
OH YOU LITTLE JAPANESE. I'LL BE WAITING UNDERNEATH THE BAMBOO TREE;
PLEASE DON,T BE TOO LONG, OOO LONG, HURRY BACK HOME.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
Keyword(s): ; Asian ; Chinese ; ETHNIC ; HUMOROUS INTERNAL RHYME ; Japanese ; MUSIC ; RHYME ; SONG ; Tune
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Sorrow Unhappiness |
Date learned: 02-02-1972
CUSTOM
ON THE DAY WE CELEBRATE THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION, DECEMBER 8TH,
THIS INFORMANT'S MOTHER MAKES SPECIAL BREAD THAT IS THEN BLESSED
BY A PRIEST.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DID NOT KNOW SPECIFIC REASON BEHIND THE CUSTOM, JUST
THAT IT HAS BEEN DONE FOR GENERATIONS IN HER FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F120 Food Drink -- Plant food Cereal BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
ST. MARTIN'S DAY
AN OLD POLISH SUPERSTITION IS THAT IF THERE IS FROST ON ST.
MARTIN'S DAY, THEN THE PEOPLE CAN PUT THEIR SLEIGHS AWAY AND BRING
THEIR WAGONS OUT FOR THERE WILL BE NO MORE SNOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F111 BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
OMEN
ITALIANS BELIEVE THAT ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT, THE EVE OF ALL SAINTS DAY,
ALL THE DEAD PEOPLE MARCH IN A PROCESSION, WITH THEIR THUMBS AS
CANDLES. IF ONE HEARS A KNOCK ON THEIR WINDOW NEAR MIDNIGHT, IT
IS A SIGN THAT DEATH WILL OCCUR WITHIN THAT HOUSEHOLD WITHIN THE
YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 10-00-1971