The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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POLISH JOKE.
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WHAT IS THE BEST THING TO COME OUT OF HAMTRAMCK?
AN EMPTY BUS.
WHAT WEARS A RED HAT, AN ORANGE CAPE, PURPLE PANTS
AND BLUE SHOES? HUMPTY DUMBROWSKI.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Date learned: 04-13-1967
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POLISH JOKE.
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DID YOU HEAR THE HAMTRAMCK HOSPITAL CLOSED TODAY?
THE MAIN SURGEON GOT CALLED BACK TO WORK AT DODGE MAIN.
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DODGE MAIN WAS A CHRYSLER MANUFACTURING PLANT LOCATED
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Date learned: 04-13-1967
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POLISH JOKE.
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A WOMAN WALKED INTO THE POLICE STATION CRYING, "HELP,
HELP, I WAS JUST RAPED BY A POLOCK." THE OFFICER IN
CHARGE ASKED HER, "HOW DO YOU KNOW IT WAS A POLOCK?"
SHE ANSWERED, "I HAD TO SHOW HIM HOW."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Date learned: 04-13-1967
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POLISH JOKE.
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DID YOU HEAR THAT THE LIBRARY IN HAMTRAMCK CLOSED?
SOMEBODY STOLE THE BOOK.
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HAMTRAMCK, MICHIGAN IS A PREDOMINENTLY POLISH COMMUNITY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Date learned: 04-13-1967
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POLISH JOKE.
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A POLISH WOMAN WALKED INTO A BAR CARRYING A DUCK UNDER
HER ARM. SHE SAT DOWN AT THE BAR AND THE BARTENDER
SAID, "WHAT WILL IT BE FOR YOU AND THE PIG?"
THE IRATE WOMAN SAID, "THIS ISN'T A PIG, IT'S A DUCK."
THE BARTENDER ANSWERED, "I WAS TALKING TO THE DUCK."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Date learned: 04-13-1967
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POLISH JOKE.
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WHAT DO THEY CALL THE POLISH SPECIAL FORCES?
THE GREEN BABUSHKAS.
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PUN ON THE UNITED STATES SPECIAL FORCES, THE GREEN BERETS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Date learned: 04-13-1967
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POLISH JOKE
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DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE POLISH ARMY SALUTE (IS)?
INFORMANT HOLDS HIS HAND UP IN SURRENDER POSITION.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO INFORMANT BY WALTER COSTEAU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Date learned: 04-05-1967
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POLISH JOKE
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WHY DON'T POLACKS KILL FLIES? THEY'RE THE POLISH NATIONAL
BIRD.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO INFORMANT BY WALTER COSTEAU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Date learned: 04-05-1967
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POLISH JOKE
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THERE WERE THREE PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THE CITY ALL THEIR
LIVES, AN ENGLISHMAN, A FRENCHMAN AND A POLE. ONE DAY
THEY ALL WENT INTO THE COUNTRY AND STOPPED AT A FARM.
THERE THEY SAW A GROUP OF PIGS WALLOWING IN SOME MUD,
AND ONE OF THEM SAID, "THAT LOOKS LIKE FUN, LET'S HOP
IN." AFTER THEY WERE IN THE MUD FOR A WHILE, THE
ENGLISHMAN SAID, "PHEW, SOMETHING STINKS," AND HE
LEFT. A LITTLE WHILE LATER THE FRENCHMAN SAID, "WOW,
SOMETHING SURE STINKS," AND LEFT. FINALLY THE PIGS
LEFT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Date learned: 04-05-1967
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POLISH JOKE
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YOU KNOW HOW A POLOCK TIES HIS SHOES? (INFORMANT THEN
PLACED HIS LEFT FOOT ON A CHAIR AND BENDS DOWN AND
TIES HIS RIGHT SHOE).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Date learned: 04-05-1967
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CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
AMONG THE POLISH, A WIGILIA (VIGIL) FEAST IS ALWAYS KEPT ON
CHRISTMAS EVE. THE WHOLE FAMILY FASTS FOR THE ENTIRE DAY, AND
A LARGE RITUAL DINNER CLIMAXES THE PREPARATION FOR CHRISTMAS.
SEVEN ITEMS MUST BE INCLUDED IN THE MEAL:
1) LONG WAFER-LIKE PIECES OF BREAD, WHICH RESEMBLE THE HOST
USED IN MASS (THIS IS CALLED OPLOTKI). THE OLDEST PERSON IN
THE FAMILY TAKES A PIECE OF THIS, AND THEN PASSES IT AROUND THE
TABLE. THESE ARE USUALLY DECORATED IN BRIGHT COLORS, AND SCENES
OF THE NATIVITY ARE DEPICTED. THEN
(2) GARLIC IS SERVED IN SMALL SECTIONS, FOLLOWED BY
(3) BARSZCZ OR POTATO SOUP WITH VINEGAR.
(4) FISH IS THE MAIN COURSE, SINCE MEAT MAY NOT BE EATEN ON
CHRISTMAS EVE.
(5) PIEROGI, OR FRIED DUMPLING WITH STUFFING, ARE SERVED NEXT,
FOLLOWED BY
(6) MASHED POTATOES AND
(7) SWEET BREAD.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s):
ABSTINENCE FROM MEAT ; CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; FOOD ; holiday ; Vegetarian
Date learned: 10-15-1971
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