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IF YOU PIERCE YOUR EARS AND THEN PUT EARRINGS
IN RIGHT AWAY, YOUR EYES WILL TURN GREEN.
Where learned: DETROIT ; PASTEUR SCHOOL ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 01-29-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO COUNT TOWELS IN THE BATHROOM.
Where learned: DETROIT ; PASTEUR SCHOOL ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 01-29-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO GO IN ONE DOOR AND OUT ANOTHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
MOTHER AND CHILD
THE CHURCH OF ST. LUKE IN BOLOGNA, ITALY, HOUSES THE FAMOUS
JEWEL STUDDED PICTURE OF THE MADONNA AND CHILD WHICH IS
BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN PAINTED BY ST. LUKE. A GREAT MANY MIRACLES
ARE ATTRIBUTED TO IT.
Where learned: TRENTON ; NEW JERSEY, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Holy placeChurchTemple BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Use of Object SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
FESTIVAL
EGG NOG IS THE USUAL XMAS (CHRISTMAS) DRINK KEPT ON HAND FOR GUESTS.
Submitter comment:
CHILDHOOD
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; DEARBORN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; DRINK ; holiday
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Single dishes |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
HOPE DEFERRED MAKETH THE HEART SAD.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
YOU CAN'T MAKE BUTTER OUT OF COW SHIT.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS AN OLD EXPRESSION MEANING THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE THE
PROPER MATERIALS THAT YOU CAN'T ACCOMPLISH ANYTHING. THE INFOR-
MANT SAID IT WHEN HE LOOKED AT WOOL DYED WITH MAGNOLIA LEAVES.
HE CONSIDERED THE COLOR UNATTRACTIVE. HE SAID HE'D HEARD THE
EXPRESSION ALL HIS LIFE AROUND LEBANON, TENNESSEE.
Where learned: LEBANON ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LOVE
DEAR LOUISE:
I LOVE YOU LITTLE
I LOVE YOU BIG
I LOVE YOU LIKE A LITTLE PIG.
I DON'T MEAN PIG I MEAN WIG.
Data entry tech comment: ANY NAME COULD BE SUBSTITUTED INSTEAD OF LOUISE.
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk
Keyword(s): RHYME: ABBB
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; INITIAL ITERATI6N
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
ASHES TO ASHES, DUST TO DUST,
IF IT WEREN'T FOR (NAME SCRATCHED OUT)
YOUR LIPS WOULD RUST.
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN YOU GET OLD AND HAVE TWINS,
DON'T COME TO ME FOR SAFETY PINS.
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND HAVE TWO TWINS,
I'LL FURNISH YOU WITH SAFETY PINS.
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN YOU GROW UP AND HAVE TWINS,
DON'T COME TO ME FOR SAFETY PINS.
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE
ROSES NECK, DO YOU?
JUST -------------
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE
RAIN ON THE ROOF REMINDS ME OF YOU.
DRIP! DRIP! HA HA
LOVE
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE
MONKEYS BELONG IN THE ZOO AND SO DO YOU.
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
GOD MADE ME CUTE, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
REMEMBER THE GIRL IN THE COUNTRY,
REMEMBER THE GIRL IN THE TOWN,
REMEMBER THE GIRL WHO SPOILED YOUR BOOK,
BY WRITING UPSIDE DOWN (WRITTEN UPSIDE DOWN)
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN YOU ARE MARRIED
AND YOUR HUSBAND IS CROSS,
TAKE UP THE ROLLING PIN
AND SAY I'M BOSS.
YOUR FRIEND
YOURS TILL THE TABLE LEGS ROLL THEIR STOCKINGS.
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 10-12-1944
PINS AND NEEDLES
NEEDLES AND PINS
WHEN LOUISE GETS MARRIED
HER TROUBLE BEGINS.
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND LIVE BY THE LAKE,
DON'T FORGET TO SEND ME A PIECE OF YOUR WEDDING CAKE.
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN