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KRAKOWIAK (POLISH DANCE)
LIKE THE AMERICAN SQUARE DANCE.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; NOT GIVEN ; HOME ; PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; LETTER ; OHIO ; NEW JERSEY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; GROSSE POINTE ; HARPER WOODS ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; WARREN ; JAPAN ; RUSSIA ; GRAND RAPIDS ; SHIPLE HALL ; GARDEN CITY ; ROYAL OAK ; TOLEDO ; TRENTON ; FARMINGTON ; KALAMAZOO ; CANADA ; ONTARIO ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT ; MAIL ; INDIANA ; DETROIT, ASSUMED ; TOLD AT HOME ; FERNDALE ; SOUTHFIELD ; TENNESSEE ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL ; HAMTRAMCK ; DEARBORN ; MINNESOTA ; ILLINOIS ; NEW YORK ; FLORIDA ; KOREA ; WISCONSIN ; NEW HAMPSHIRE ; STUDENT UNION ; READING ; AUSTRALIA ; Sylvania ; Sterling Heights ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; GROSSE POINTE PARK ; OAK PARK ; SOUTHGATE ; STURGEON LAKE ; REDFORD ; TOORAK ; VICTORIA ; ROSEVILLE ; LINCOLN PARK ; TRAVERSE CITY ; HUNTINGTON WOODS ; PONTIAC ; TROY ; PORT CHESTER ; SOUTH AMERICA ; BROOKVILLE ; MONTREAL ; SEOUL ; NORTH OLMSTED ; EASTOWN THEATER ; ERIE ; University of Notre Dame ; FRANKLINVILLE ; TORONTO ; TOLD AT ; TOLD BY ; TOLD IN ; SCRANTON ; MONROE ; GLENVIEW ; MOSCOW ; GULLEY ; FINLAND ; HARBOR BEACH ; HOUGHTON LAKE ; Hudson Lake ; INDIANAPOLIS ; JONESBORO ; KANSASVILLE ; LEXINGTON ; MASSILLON ; MAUCH CHUNK ; MELVINDALE ; MILFORD ; NEW ROCHELLE ; NIAGARA FALLS ; PANAMA CITY ; PATAGONIA ; ARGENTINA ; RESIDENCE HALL ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES ; TOLD AT HONORS HOUSE ; AMERICAN HISTORY CLASS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dance |
TWINKLE, TWINKLE
TWINKLE, TWINKLE LITTLE STAR, HOW I WONDER WHAT YOU ARE.
UP ABOVE THE WORLD SO HIGH LIKE A DIAMOND IN THE SKY. I WISH
I MAY, I WISH I MIGHT HAVE THE WISH I WISH TONIGHT.
IF YOU MAKE A WISH ON THE FIRST STAR THAT YOU SEE, YOUR
WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; GULLEY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Star |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
YOU'RE A CROSS BETWEEN A BULLDOG AND A BARBED-WIRE FENCE.
Submitter comment:
REPLY FROM FATHER UPON INQUIRING WHAT NATIONALITY
INFORMANT WAS.
Where learned: MINNESOTA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1948
Proverb
French Proverb:
Nothing succeeds like success
Submitter comment:
Heard in course of conversation with fellow teachers.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MINNESOTA
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; ETHNIC ; FRENCH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; SUCCESS ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Wellerism:
"I see" said the blind man, as he picked up the hammer and saw.
Submitter comment:
Heard frequently in New Brighton, MInn.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MINNESOTA
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BLIND ; Hammer ; Maxim ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PROVERB ; PUN ; Saw ; See ; Sight ; TOOLS ; VERSE ; Wellerism
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
HATE
THE MOST EXPENSIVE INDULGENCE IS HATE.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS WRITTEN IN A LETTER TO ME NOT LONG AGO BY MY GRANDFATHER.
Where learned: HOME ; MINNESOTA ; ROUTE 1 ; STURGEON LAKE ; WRITTEN IN A LETTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-05-1970
RIDDLE
WHAT CAN A PERSON WEAR THAT IS NEVER OUT OF STYLE?
-- A SMILE.
Where learned: HOME ; MINNESOTA ; TOLD AT ; MINNEAPOLIS
Keyword(s): TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSATIVE VERB "TO SMILE."
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
JIMMY'S IT,
CAUGHT A FIT,
AND CAN'T GET OVER IT.
Submitter comment: CHILDREN USED THIS VERSE TO TAUNT THE ONE WHO'S IT.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; MINNEAPOLIS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COUNTING OUT
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATOES, THREE POTATOES, FOUR,
FIVE POTATOES, SIX POTATOES, SEVEN POTATOES, MORE.
CHILDREN PUT FISTS FORWARD, AND ONE PLAYER COUNTS OFF
ALSO USING HIS HANDS. ON THE WORD "MORE" PLAYER PUTS HIS FIST
BEHIND HIS BACK. THE FIST THAT IS LEFT IS "IT" FOR THE GAME.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; MINNEAPOLIS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COUNTING OUT
APPLES, PEACHES, PEARS, AND PLUMS;
TELL ME WHEN YOUR BIRTHAY COMES,
D-E-C-E-M-B-E-R (OR ANY MONTH BY THE ONE ON WHOM
"COMES" FALLS).
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; MINNEAPOLIS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RHYME
GOOD FOOD GOOD MEAT,
GOOD GOD LET'S EAT.
Data entry tech comment: OFTEN HEARD THIS AS A CHILD.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; MINNEAPOLIS
Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: AA ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
RHYME
JIMMY'S IT, / CAUGHT A FIT, / AND CAN'T GET OVER IT.
Submitter comment: CHILDREN USE THIS VERSE TO TAUNT THE ONE WHO'S IT.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; MINNEAPOLIS
Keyword(s): RHYME: AAA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
BE REASONABLE--DO IT MY WAY.
Submitter comment: SIGN ON A STORE.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; MINNEAPOLIS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
RIDDLE
WHAT DID THE BEATLES SING WHEN THEY WERE IN
QUICKSAND? ANSWER: I WANT TO HOLD YOUR HAND.
Data entry tech comment: THE BEATLES ARE AN ENGLISH ROCK MUSIC GROUP ; AND I "WANT TO
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; MINNEAPOLIS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
RIDDLE
QUESTION: WHY DO DUCKS FLY SOUTH?
ANSWER: IT'S TOO FAR TO WALK.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; MINNEAPOLIS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR