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IN A BASKETBALL GAME, IF SOMEBODY'S "HOT"--IN
SCORING POINTS--YOU ALWAYS FEED HIM THE BALL, BECAUSE
IF HE DOESN'T GET THE SHOTS HE WILL GET COLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
THEN THERE WAS THE ABSENT MINDED TEACHER AT JOHN CARROLL
UNIVERSITY (CLEVELAND, OHIO) WHO USED TO GO (TO) THE
LIBRARY FOR HOURS AT A TIME TO READ. ONE DAY, WHILE
ABSORBED IN THOUGHT, HIS NAME WAS PAGED FOR HIM TO GO
TO THE MAIN DESK. UPON HEARING HIS NAME, HE RAISED
HIS HEAD FROM THE DESK AND UTTERED A FEEBLE, "YES,
WHAT IS IT?"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
VOCABULARY OF SOME DETROITERS
INSTEAD OF SAYING, "HE DIED," SOME DETROITERS WILL
SAY, "HE BOUGHT THE FARM, OR "HE SOLD THE FARM."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-13-1970
GOOD WILL JEWISH CUSTOM
BAR MITZVAHS AND WEDDINGS ARE OCCASIONS FOR WHICH THE
JEWS LOOK FORWARD TO RECIPROCATING GOOD WILL AND THANKS
TO OLD FRIENDS AND RELATIVES. IT IS ALMOST AN OUTLOOK
OF EQUAL CELEBRATION FOR THE HONORED AND THE GUESTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
ANY STITCH YOU PUT IN ON SUNDAY, YOU TAKE OUT ON
MONDAY.
Submitter comment:
REFLECTS IRISH CATHOLICISM WORK PROHIBITION ON
SUNDAY, SAYS COLLECTOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time F574.5 (SUNDAY) |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG AND COULDN'T GET TO SLEEP, MY
MOTHER WOULD KNOCK ON HER BED'S HEADBOARD AND TELL ME
THAT IT WAS THE BOOGEY MAN COMING TO GET ME. IF I
MADE ANY NOISE OR MOVED HE WOULD FIND ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
JEWISH BAR MIZVAH TALE
JEWISH BOYS MUST LEARN EXTREMELY WELL THEIR READINGS THAT
ARE TO BE GIVEN ON THEIR BAR MIZVAH AT THE TEMPLE. THERE
IS A STORY OF A YOUNG BOY WHO ON HIS BAR MIZVAH WAS
SO NERVOUS THAT HE FAINTED. YET HE KNEW HIS LESSONS
SO WELL THAT HIS MOUTH SILENTLY UTTERED HIS LINES AS
THEY CARRIED HIM OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Maturity |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
SHORT AND THICK
DOES THE TRICK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
RIDDLE
WHAT IS ROUND AND PURPLE, TRAVELS IN A LONG, BLACK
LIMOSINE, AND CARRIES A MACHINE GUN?
ANSWER: AL CAPLUM
Data entry tech comment: PUN ON AL CAPONE A GANGSTER IN THE 1930'S.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): LIMOUSINE ; PLUM
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
WHEN YOU ARE MARRIED AND EATING HAM,
THINK OF ME AND MY OLD MAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): INSTRUCTIONS ; RHYME: AA ; SLANG: OLD MAN FOR ; SLANT RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1933
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
I WISH YOU LUCK,
I WISH YOU JOY,
I WISH YOU FIRST A BABY BOY.
AND WHEN HIS HAIR BEGINS TO CURL,
I WISH YOU THEN A BABY GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): BIRTH ; INITIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: ABBCC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1933
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND LIVE ON A HILL,
SEND ME A MESSAGE BY THE WHIP-POOR-WHILL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): BIRD ; INSTRUCTIONS ; RHYME: AA ; WHIP-POOR-WILL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1933
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
WHEN ON THIS PAGE YOUR BEAUTIFUL EYES YOU BEND,
LET IT REMIND YOU OF YOUR ABSENT FRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): PRAISE ; RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Z210 |
Date learned: 00-00-1933
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
THE HIGHER THE MOUNTAIN
THE COOLER THE BREEZE.
THE YOUNGER THE COUPLE
THE TIGHTER THEY SQUEEZE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ANALOGY ; ELLIPSIS ; RHYME: ABCB ; YOUTH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1933
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
GO LITTLE ALBUM FAR AND NEAR
TO ALL OF ROSIE'S FRIENDS SO DEAR,
SO EACH MAY WRITE A LITTLE PAGE
FOR HER TO READ IN HER OLD AGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): APOSTROPHE ; FUTURE ; RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1933
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
THIS IS A LOVELY LITTLE SPOT.
I'LL WRITE THE WORDS FORGET ME NOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1933
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
HAPPY HAVE WE MET
HAPPY HAVE WE BEEN,
HAPPY MAY WE PART,
AND HAPPY MAY WE MEET AGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; MEDIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: ABCB ; SLANT RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1933
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
I'VE LOOKED THE PAGES OVER
TO SEE WHAT OTHERS WROTE BEFORE.
BUT IN THIS LOVELY SPOT
I'LL NOW INSCRIBE FORGET-ME-NOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1933
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
ROSES ARE RED
VIOLETS ARE BLUE
ABOVE IT ALL
THE BEST IS YOU
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR ; FLOWERS ; PRAISE ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1933
JOKE
SAM WAS SITTING IN A BAR ONE DAY WHEN THE MAYOR CAME ON TV.
"HE'S A JERK," SAID SAM.
"DON'T EVER SAY THAT," SAID THE MAN SITTING NEXT TO HIM, "THE
MAYOR'S THE NICEST GUY YOU'D EVER WANT TO MEET."
"DON'T GET EXCITED," SAID SAM, "YOU'D THINK HE WAS A FRIEND OF
YOURS OR SOMETHING."
"FRIEND?" SAID THE MAN, "WHY ME AND THE MAYOR USED TO PLAY
FOOTBALL TOGETHER WHEN WE WERE KIDS."
"LISTEN, WHATEVER YOUR NAME IS," SAID SAM, "I DON'T BELIEVE YOU
KNOW THE MAYOR."
"MY NAME IS CECIL, SAID THE MAN, "AND I'LL PROVE TO YOU THAT
ME AND THE MAYOR ARE BUDDIES."
CECIL TOOK SAM TO THE MAYOR'S OFFICE. WHEN THE SECRETARY TOLD
THEM THE MAYOR WAS IN A MEETING, CECIL TOLD HER TO CALL HIM AND
TELL HIM THAT CECIL WAS HERE. AS SOON AS SHE CALLED HIM, THE
MAYOR CAME RUSHING OUT OF HIS OFFICE AND THREW HIS ARMS AROUND
CECIL. HE TOLD HIM HOW HAPPY HE WAS TO SEE HIM AND MADE HIM
PROMISE TO HAVE LUNCH WITH HIM THE NEXT DAY.
"WELL, NOW WHAT DO YOU SAY?" ASKED CECIL AS THEY WERE LEAVING
THE MAYOR'S OFFICE."
"OKAY," SAID SAM, "YOU PROVED IT." MM
THE NEXT WEEK, SAM WAS IN THE BAR READING THE PAPER AND COMPLAINING
ABOUT STATE TAXES GOING UP WHEN CECIL OVERHEARD HIM.
"HEY, THE GOVERNOR DOES THE BEST HE CAN," SAID CECIL.
"OH, I SUPPOSE YOU KNOW HIM TOO," SAID SAM.
"KNOW HIM?" SAID CECIL, "ME AND HIM ARE ALMOST LIKE BROTHERS."
"BET YOU FIVE BUCKS HE'S NEVER HEARD OF YOU," SAID SAM.
SO CECIL TOOK SAM TO THE GOVERNOR'S MANSION. THE GOVERNOR WAS
SO HAPPY TO SEE CECIL, HE THREW HIS ARMS AROUND HIM AND INSISTED
THAT THE TWO MEN STAY FOR DINNER.
WHEN THEY LEFT, SAM GAVE CECIL THE FIVE BUCKS AND TOLD HIM HOW
IMPRESSED HE WAS. MM
THE NEXT WEEK, SAM WAS SITTING IN THE BAR COMPLAINING ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT. CECIL WALKED UP TO HIM BUT BEFORE HE COULD SAY ANYTHING,
SAM SAID, "DON'T TELL ME, DON'T TELL ME! YOU AND THE PRESIDENT
WENT TO SCHOOL TOGETHER."
"WHY, NO, I MET HIM IN THE ARMY," SAID CECIL, "BOY WE HAD SOME GOOD
TIMES TOGETHER."
"THIS IS TOO MUCH, CECIL," SAID SAM. "THE MAYOR, OK...THE
GOVERNOR, OK...BUT THE PRESIDENT, NO WAY! TEN TO ONE YOU DON'T KNOW
THE PRESIDENT."
SOON SAM AND CECIL WERE ON THEIR WAY TO WASHINGTON. WHEN THEY
GOT TO THE WHITE HOUSE, THE PRESIDENT RAN OUT AND THREW HIS ARMS
AROUND CECIL AND INSISTED THE TWO MEN SPEND THE WEEK-END. AFTER
THEY LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE, SAM GAVE CECIL HIS MONEY AND TOLD HIM
NOTHING WOULD SURPRISE HIM ANYMORE.
"NEXT THING I KNOW," SAID SAM, "YOU'LL BE TELLING ME YOU KNOW THE
POPE."
"KNOW HIM?" SAID CECIL, HE'S PROBABLY THE BEST FRIEND I EVER HAD." MM
SOON SAM AND CECIL WERE HEADED FOR VATICAN CITY. WHEN THEY GOT
THERE, IT WAS A SUNDAY MORNING AND A HUGE CROWD WAS GATHERED OUTSIDE
THE VATICAN.
"LOOK, SAM," SAID CECIL, "I DON'T THINK YOU'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO
GET PAST ALL THE GUARDS. THE POPE'S DUE TO COME OUT ON THAT
BALCONY IN A FEW MINUTES. YOU STAND UP HERE IN THE FRONT AND
WATCH. IF YOU SEE ME WALK OUT WITH THE POPE, WILL YOU BELIEVE
I KNOW HIM?"
"SURE," SAID SAM, "TO GET THAT FAR YOU'D HAVE TO KNOW HIM."
IN A FEW MINUTES CECIL WALKED OUT ON THE BALCONY WITH HIS ARM
AROUND THE POPE'S SHOULDER. THE CROWD WAS CHEERING AND YELLING.
CECIL RAISED HIS ARM TO WAVE TO SAM, BUT WHEN HE LOOKED DOWN HE
SAW SAM FALL TO THE GROUND. HE EXCUSED HIMSELF TO THE POPE AND RAN
DOWN TO SEE WHAT HAD HAPPENED.
"SAM, SAM! HE SAID, "ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?"
"I THINK SO," SAID SAM OPENING HIS EYES, "I GUESS I MUST HAVE
FAINTED. CECIL, I DIDN'T BELIEVE YOU KNEW THE MAYOR, BUT YOU DID.
I DIDN'T BELIEVE YOU KNEW THE GOVERNOR, BUT YOU DID. I REALLY
DIDN'T BELIEVE YOU KNEW THE PRESIDENT, BUT YOU DID. I HAVE TO
ADMIT I WAS SURPRISED WHEN YOU WALKED OUT ON THE BALCONY WITH YOUR
ARM AROUND THE POPE. BUT WHEN THE CROWD STARTED YELLING,
"WHO'S THAT MAN WITH CECIL?" I JUST COULDN'T TAKE ANYMORE."
Submitter comment: I HEARD THIS JOKE AT A PARTY IN 1980.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): HARRY GARRETT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 00-00-1980