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SAILING DOWN LIFE'S RIVER,
IN A LITTLE BARK CANOE,
HOPE YOU HAVE A PLEASANT JOURNEY
AND ROOM ENOUGH FOR TWO.
Submitter comment:
TOLD IN GROSSE POINTE, MICHIGAN
1939 BIRCH TREE, MISSOURI
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
IN YOUR FRUITCAKE OF MEMORIES,
REMEMBER ME AS A NUT.
Submitter comment:
TOLD IN GROSSE POINTE, MICHIGAN
1939 BIRCH TREE, MISSOURI
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): INSTRUCTIONS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
HIGH UPON A MOUNTAIN
CARVED IN ROCK,
ARE THESE FOUR WORDS --
FOR GET ME NOT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): EPITAPTH ; FRIENDSHIP ; SURPRISE ENDING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Forget me not |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
WHEN TWILIGHT DRAWS THE CURTAIN
AND PINS IT WITH A STAR
REMEMBER I WILL THINK OF YOU
NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE.
1939 BIRCH TREE, MO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; LOVE ; RHYME ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
ALWAYS THE SAME AS B/4
1939 BIRCH TREE, MO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): DIGITAL VERSE ; FRIENDSHIP ; PAST ; REMEMBERANCE ; TYPOGRAPHICAL VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
CHILDREN'S VERSE
STEP ON A LINE,
BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S SPINE.
Submitter comment: FROM THE CHILDREN IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): SIDEWALK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00001964 (SUMMER)
IF YOU LIE DOWN WITH DOGS, YOU GET FLEAS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): ANIMALS
James Callow Keyword(s): FRIENDS ASSOCIATES BAD COMPANY ; INSECTS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
PRIDE GOES BEFORE A FALL.
Submitter comment: WHEN LEARNING HOW TO SKI, MY MOM TOLD THIS TO ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001960S
PROVERB
I GOT THE ROTTEN END OF THE DEAL.
Submitter comment: UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): BAD DEALS
James Callow Keyword(s): CHEATED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
PROVERB
I GOT THE SHORT END OF THE STRAW.
Submitter comment: UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): BAD DEALS
James Callow Keyword(s): CHEATED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
INSULT
YOU'RE A GOOD EGG; AS GOOD AS EGGS RUN, BUT WHO WANTS
A RUNNY EGG? YOLK, YOLK, YOLK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT AND FRIENDS USED TO USE THIS INSULT WHILE
IN GRADE SCHOOL IN GROSSE POINTE IN THE MIDDLE 50S.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 02-18-1970
FUNERAL CUSTOM
PUT A FEW SPRINKLES OF THE PERSON'S NATIVE SOIL ON
HIS CASKET BEFORE HE IS BEING BURIED. THIS WILL
SIGNIFY THAT HE WILL ACTUALLY RETURN TO HIS
"NATIVE HOME."
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT ACTUALLY SAW THIS CUSTOM PERFORMED A
NUMBER OF TIMES. EX: 4/6/59; 8/28/70. IN EACH
INSTANCE A WOMAN PUT POLISH SOIL ONTO THE CASKET
AND SAID A POLISH PRAYER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-09-1972
BEFORE A BABY IS BORN, HANG GARLIC AROUND YOUR NECK TO
CHASE AWAY THE EVIL SPIRITS.
Submitter comment: FROM MRS. HOWARD, OF SCOTCH-IRISH DESCENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
CONFIRMATION -VIENNA, AUSTRIA
BEFORE THE CHILD IS CONFIRMED, THE GODMOTHER OR GODFATHER
TAKES THE YOUNGSTER TO DINNER. AFTER THE CONFIRMATION
THE SPONSOR TAKES THE CHILD FOR A RIDE AROUND VIENNA
Submitter comment:
PRONOUNCED FEE-AH-CUR--ACCENT ON THE AH
A HORSE AND BUGGY DRIVEN BY A CHAUFFEUR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Maturity |
Date learned: 11-17-1968
PROVERB
AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY.
Submitter comment: FROM-UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
CHILDREN'S VERSE
STEP ON A CRACK,
BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
Submitter comment: FROM-UNCERTAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
CHANT
RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY,
COME AGAIN SOME OTHER DAY.
Submitter comment: FROM-UNCERTAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
I GOT THE DIRTY END OF THE STICK.
Data entry tech comment: MEANING THE POORER END OF THE BARGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
WHEN YOU ARE OLD AT 68
DON'T LEAVE YOUR ONLY PLAYMATE.
Submitter comment: FROM JUDY OSGOOD IN MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Data entry tech comment: THE TITLE "FLY LEAF VERSE" WAS WRITTEN, BUT CROSSED OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): ADVICE ; RHYMING COUPLET
James Callow Keyword(s): SLANT RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
WHEN HILLS AND VALLEYS PART US
AND YOUR FACE NO MORE I SEE
JUST TAKE A PEN AND PAPER
AND WRITE A LINE TO ME.
Submitter comment: (1939, BIRCH TREE, MONTANA)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): FRIENDLY ; INVERSION ; METER: IAMBS ; NOTE AFTER PARTING ; QUATRAIN ; REQUEST ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
Date learned: 03-01-1972