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FRANK'S OLDER BROTHER USED TO TELL HIM WHEN HE WAS SMALL
IF HE'D BURY A POCKET KNIFE IT WOULD GROW A KNIFE TREE.
HE TRIED IT BUT ALWAYS FORGOT WHERE HE BURIED IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Custom P500.532 |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
I RECALL IT WAS CONSIDERED UNLUCKY TO PLACE A WET
UMBRELLA ON A BED TO DRY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
FRANK SAYS HE REMEMBERS OLD TIMERS SAY THAT (WHEN) A BIRD
FLEW DOWN ON THE WINDOW AND LOOKED IN THAT WAS A SIGN
OF A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
FOR GOOD LUCK EACH DAY PUT YOUR RIGHT SHOE ON FIRST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
James Callow Keyword(s): LEFT RIGHT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Good luck |
WHEN YOU ARE READY TO LEAVE YOUR HOME TO GO SOMEWHERE AFTER
YOU GO OUT THE DOOR, IF YOU NEED TO GO BACK INTO THE HOUSE
FOR SOMETHING, DO NOT SIT DOWN, THAT IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
| 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: 07-09-1973
ROSES ARE PINK, FAIRIES ARE BLACK,
WHEN YOU ARE GONE, I'LL COME BACK.
Where learned: NEW YORK, ASSUMED ; ENDICOTT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
IF TWO PEOPLE WALKING TOGETHER GO SEPARATE WAYS AROUND A POLE
OR TREE IT WILL BE BAD LUCK.
James Callow comment: BREAKING A PAIR IS AGAINST NATURE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU DROP A KNIFE, YOU WILL RECEIVE A VISIT FROM A MAN. IF YOU
DROP A FORK A WOMAN WILL COME, AND IF YOU DROP A SPOON A BABY
WILL VISIT YOU.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; SAINT HYACINTH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-29-1972
GOLDEN GATES TO HEAVEN
GOLDEN GATES TO HELL
DARN THE BOY WHO KISSES YOU
RUNS OFF AND TELLS.
Data entry tech comment: THE LAST LINE WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE IT IT WOULD READ :"THAT ;
Where learned: AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COURTSHIP ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1935
JOHNNY AND JESUS
THERE WAS A SMALL LAD WHO USED TO DASH INTO CHURCH EVERY TIME HE
PASSED, KNEEL DOWN AND SAY "HELLO JESUS THIS IS JOHNNY" AND THEN
RUN ABOUT HIS PLAY. ONE DAY JOHNNY WAS HIT BY A CAR AS HE PLAYED
AND A BYSTANDER JUST BEFORE JOHNNY DIED, THOUGHT HE HEARD A LOW
VOICE SAY "HELLO JOHNNY THIS IS JESUS".
Submitter comment: ONE OF A HUGE BODY OF "SISTER SAID" AND A GOOD EXEMPLUM.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; SAINT MATTHEWS SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Prayer |
RIDDLE
WHERE WAS THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDECE SIGNED?
ON THE BOTTOM
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): HISTORICAL
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-29-1965
RIDDLE
WHAT TIME WAS IT WHEN THE ELEPHANT SAT ON THE FENCE?
TIME TO GET A NEW FENCE
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-20-1965
RIDDLE
WHY DO THE DUCKS FLY SOUTH FOR THE WINTER?
BECAUSE IT'S TOO FAR TO WALK
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
RIDDLE
WHAT HAPPENS TO GIRLS WHO EAT BULLETS?
THEIR HAIR COMES OUT IN BANGS
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
RIDDLE
A NICKLE AND DIME WERE ON THE EMPIRE STATE BUILDING.
THE NICKLE ROLLED OFF. WHY DIDN'T THE DIME?
BECAUSE THE DIME HAD MORE CENTS
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-28-1965
RIDDLE
WHAT DID THE INDIAN SAY WHEN THE DOG FELL OFF THE CLIFF?
DOGGONE}
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-23-1965
RIDDLE
WHAT IS BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER?
AN EMBARRASSED ZEBRA
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
RIDDLE
WHY IS THE ELEPHANT STANDING ON THE MARSHMELLOW?
BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT TO FALL IN THE HOT CHOCOLATE
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): MARSHMALLOW
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-28-1965
RIDDLE
WHAT IS THE BIGGEST PENCIL IN THE WORLD?
PENNSYLVANIA
Where learned: SAINT LEONARD SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): PLACE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-22-1965
FARMER WITH TROUBLE
A FARMER HAD THREE SONS WHO WORKED VERY HARD ON THE FARM AND DID
NOT SEEM TO HAVE ANY ENEW JERSEYOYMENT OTHERWISE. SO THE OLD GENT,
FIGURED
D HE HAD TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, AND HE SUGGESTED THEY CLEAN UP
THE BACK FORTY WHERE THE COWS USUALLY HERDED AND MAKE A BASEBALL
DIAMOND SO THEY COULD INVITE THEIR FRIENDS TO PLAY BALL AND
PICNIC. SO, THE FIRST SUNDAY, BEFORE THE GAME WAS HALF OVER
ONE OF THE SONS CAME TO THE HOUSE, AND BROTHER, WAS HE A MESS.
THE OLD MAN ASKED WHAT HAPPENED. "WELL," THE SON SAID, "I HIT
ONE A COUNTRY MILE, THE COACH ON FIRST SAID KEEP GOING. WHEN I
REACHED SECOND THE COACH ON THIRD WAIVED ME TO COME AHEAD. THE
PLAY WAS CLOSE BUT I WAS CALLED OUT WHEN I SLID INTO WHAT I
THOUGHT WAS THIRD BASE. SO, HERE I AM."
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): COW MANURE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 10-07-1972