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IF YOUR HEAD IS WAX DON'T WALK IN THE SUN.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): HUMOR
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; STAY OUT OF DANGER IF YOU'RE VULNERABLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-01-1968
IF WOOLEN FLEECES SPREAD THE HEAVENLY WAY, BE SURE NO RAIN
DISTURBS THE SUMMER DAY.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): RIME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-07-1969
DONALD DUCK
DONALD DUCK WAS A ONE LEGGED, ONE LEGGED, ONE LEGGED DUCK.
DONALD DUCK WAS A TWO LEGGED, TWO LEGGED, TWO LEGGED DUCK.
DONALD DUCK WAS A THREE LEGGED,
THREE LEGGED, THREE LEGGED DUCK.
DONALD DUCK WAS A FOUR LEGGED, FOUR LEGGED, FOUR LEGGED DUCK.
Submitter comment:
Informant heard this on the school playground.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
Keyword(s): ACTION RHYME ; CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
DUMMY DUMMY DODO I CHOOSE YOU TO CHASE AFTER ME.(THIS IS A JUMP-ROPE
RHYME WHICH IS USED TO GET THE JUMPERS TO JUMP IN AND OUT OF THE ROPE
IN QUICK SUCCESSION. ONE FOLLOWING AFTER THE OTHER.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
AGING
THERE MAY BE SNOW ON THE ROOF, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE
FIRE'S OUT.
Submitter comment:
THE SNOW REFERS TO GREY OR WHITE HAIR AND THE FIRE
REFERS TO A YOUTHFUL HEART.
TOLD AS A QUIP.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; JACKSON ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-25-1970
SILVERWARE BELIEF
IF A PIECE OF SILVERWARE IS DROPPED, IT MEANS A VISITOR WILL COME
FROM THAT DIRECTION. IF THE PIECE IS A KNIFE, THE VISITOR WILL BE A
MAN; IF A FORK: A WOMAN; IF A SPOON: A CHILD.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S GRANDMOTHER TOLD HER THIS.
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-25-1970
IN APPLE PIE ORDER
Data entry tech comment: KEYPUNCHER HAS DELETED ELLIPSIS MARKS BEFORE THE WORD IN.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): FOOD ; FRUIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Pastry Sweet Dessert PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
IN GOD WE TRUST, ALL OTHERS PAY CASH.
Submitter comment: BLASON POPULAIRE AGAINST CATHOLICS}
Data entry tech comment:
ALTHOUGH THIS IS IDENTIFIED BY THE COLLECTOR AS A BLASON POPULAIRE
AGAINST CATHOLICS, IT SEEMS TO ME THAT THE OBJECT OF THE PROVERB IS
MORE PROBABLY BELIEVERS IN GOD IN GENERAL, AND THEN ONLY IF "IN GOD
WE TRUST" IS SAID MOCKINGLY OR SARCASTICALLY.
Where learned: SARAH FISHER HOME FOR CHILDREN
Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; CREDIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 03-00-1970
ANIMAL BELIEF
IF YOU GET STUNG BY A BEE, MUD WILL TAKE THE STING OUT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAYS HE WAS TOLD THIS BY A COMPLETE STRANGER,
WHEN HE WAS STUNG BY A BEE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 04-10-1972
WEATHER RHYME
IN THE MORNING MOUNTAINS,
IN THE EVENING FOUNTAINS.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; FEMININE RHYME ; OBSERVATION PREDICTION ; PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-07-1969
IT IS BAD LUCK IF SOME ONE GIVES YOU BABY ARTICLES AS SOON AS YOU
KNOW YOU ARE PREGNANT.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR ; TOLD AT HER HOME
Keyword(s): IMPLIED WARNING ; MISFORTUNE
James Callow Keyword(s): GIFT-GIVING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
TRAVEL PROVERB
WHEREVER YOU GO,
THERE YOU ARE!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SARAH FISHER HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 06-00-1969
TOM SWIFTIE
I'M A PLUMBER HE PIPED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIS HOME ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): JOB
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ; SAID
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 10-08-1968
BEST WORK
THE BEST WORK IS WHAT YOU LIKE.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS WRITTEN IN A LETTER TO ME NOT LONG AGO BY MY GRANDFATHER.
Where learned: HOME ; STURGEON LAKE ; WRITTEN IN A LETTER
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTENTMENT ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-05-1970
TERMITE
A TERMITE WENT INTO A BAR AND ASKED, "IS THE
BAR TENDER HERE?"
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): BARTENDER PUN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Insect PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 11-15-1968
THE BUTCHER'S PLIGHT
A LITTLE BOY WENT TO THE BUTCHER SHOP AND
ASKED THE BUTCHER FOR A BONE WITH SOME MEAT ON IT
FOR HIS DOG. THEN THE LITTLE BOY ADDED, "MAKE
SURE IT'S BETTER THAN THE ONE YOU GAVE ME YESTERDAY
BECAUSE IT WAS SO BAD MY DAD COULDN'T EVEN EAT IT."
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD
BUTCHER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
THE HARE THAT RAN AWAY
THIS ANCIENT STORY IS ONE OF A SERIES ABOUT THE WISE
BUDDHA IN HIS SUCCESSIVE ANIMAL INCARNATIONS. THE
STORY MAY BEGIN WITHOUT REFERENCE TO BUDDHA:
ONCE THERE WAS A WISE LION WHO DID MUCH TO HELP
HIS FELLOW CREATURES AND HE FOUND THERE WAS MUCH TO
BE DONE. FOR INSTANCE, THERE WAS A LITTLE NERVOUS
HARE...."
Submitter comment:
AN OLD EAST INDIAN FOLKTALE ABOUT A HARE THAT THOUGHT
THE SKY WAS FALLING DOWN, BECAUSE A PIECE OF FRUIT
HIT HIM ON THE HEAD. HE CAUSED COMMOTION AMONG
ALL THE ANIMALS AND THEY BEGAN TO BELIEVE THAT THE
SKY WAS FALLING, TOO. A LION CONVINCED HIM HE WAS
WRONG BY SHOWING THE HARE HOW IT REALLY HAPPENED.
THEN EVERYTHING IN THE WOODS RETURNED BACK TO
NORMAL.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): HENNY-PENNY CHILDREN'S STORY.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal Tale |
Date learned: 10-22-1972
Entry filtered.
FAITH HEALER STORY
A FAITH HEALER WAS PREACHING TO AN ASSEMBLED CROWD IN
A TENT. HE ASKED IF ANYONE AFFLICTED WOULD COME FORWARD.
SO ONE OF THE CROWD, A MAN ON CRUTCHES, CAME TO THE
PLATFORM. THE FAITH HEALER ASKED HIM HIS NAME, WHICH
WAS WALLY. THE PREACHER SAID, "GO BEHIND THE SCREEN,
WALLY." WALLY HOBBLED BEHIND THE SCREEN ON HIS
CRUTCHES. THE FAITH HEALER THEN ASKED IF THERE WAS
ANYONE ELSE AND ANOTHER MAN CAME FORWARD. "WHAT IS
YOUR NAME?" ASKED THE HEALER. "MY NAME IS RA-RA-RON-
RONALD," THE MAN REPLIED AND WAS SENT BEHIND THE
SCREEN. THE FAITH HEALER PRAYED AND SAID TO WALLY:
"OK, WALLY, THROW YOUR CRUTCHES OVER THE SCREEN."
THEN HE SAID TO RONALD, "RONALD, SAY SOMETHING."
BUT THERE WAS NO REPLY. THE FAITH HEALER REPEATED:
"RONALD, SAY SOMETHING." RONALD REPLIED, "WA, WA,
WAL, WALLY FE, FE, FELL DA, DA, DOWN."
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Man |
Date learned: 11-18-1967
TALE
A JEWISH PROPRIETOR IS LAYING ON HIS DEATH BED AND
HIS WIFE, SONS, DAUGHTERS, GRANDCHILDREN ALL COME
IN TO SEE HIM. HE TALKS TO THEM FOR A WHILE WEAKLY,
BUT THEN HE REALIZES THAT HIS WHOLE FAMILY IS THERE
BY HIS SIDE. HE SITS UP SUDDENLY AND SAYS, "SO,
WHO'S MINDING THE STORE?"
Submitter comment: HEARD IT FROM A FRIEND.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Man |
Date learned: 09-25-1965