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HALLOWEEN RHYME
TRICK OR TREAT SMELL MY FEET IF YOU DIE YOU KNOW WHY.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.1031 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween |
Date learned: CA00001973
CHINESE GAME
CHINESE PEOPLE CAUGHT BEES WITH THEIR OWN SHOE AND ATE THE HONEY.
Submitter comment:
JULIE WAS AN OLD NEIGHBOR OF MINE, AND SINCE HAS MOVED AWAY. I HAVE
LOST CONTACT WITH HER.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: CA0001970
IF YOU SEE A BLACK BEETLE LYING ON HIS BACK THE WEATHER IN THE
NEAR FUTURE WILL BE BAD. IF YOU HELP THE BEETLE YOU WILL HAVE BAD
LUCK IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Bad luck BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00001940S
FOR GOOD LUCK: IF YOU FALL DOWN YOU SHOULD KISS THE GROUND
WHERE YOU HAVE FALLEN. IF YOU EVER WALK OVER THE SPOT AGAIN, YOU
WILL BE GRANTED A WISH OR GIVEN GREAT LUCK IN THE FUTURE.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Date learned: UNKNOWN
IF A WORKMAN IS KILLED WHILE BUILDING A BRIDGE, HIS
GHOST WILL BE ENTOMBED IN THE TOWERS, AND AT TIMES IT
IS POSSIBLE TO HEAR HIM TRYING TO KNOCK HIS WAY OUT.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.13 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CATCH THE WIND
IF YOU HAVE LOST A LOVE, IF YOU CAN CATCH THE WIND
AND HOLD IT, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO "CATCH" YOUR LOVE
BACK AND HOLD IT FOREVER.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): IMPOSSIBLE TASK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT YOU CAME INTO A ROOM TO
GET, GO BACK TO WHERE YOU STARTED AND COME IN AGAIN
AND YOU WILL THINK OF IT.
Submitter comment: IT WORKS FOR ME. THIS PROBABLY HAS TRUE ASSOCIATIONAL
Where learned: SOURCE UNKNOWN ; BETHESDA ; MARYLAND, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOR A PERSON TO TRIM HIS NAILS ON SUNDAY BRINGS HIM BAD LUCK.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck |
IF YOU TRIP ON THE FRONT STEPS WHEN YOU ARE GOING OUT IN THE
MORNING, YOU HAD BETTER GO RIGHT BACK IN AND STAY HOME,
BECAUSE YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK ALL DAY.
Where learned: SOURCE UNKNOWN ; BETHESDA ; MARYLAND, ASSUMED
| 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: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU DON'T WANT SOME BAD THING TO HAPPEN, KNOCK ON WOOD.
Where learned: SOURCE UNKNOWN ; BETHESDA ; MARYLAND, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Plants SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THERE'S A RING AROUND THE MOON, IT MEANS IT'S GOING TO RAIN.
Where learned: SOURCE UNKNOWN ; BETHESDA ; MARYLAND, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THERE HAS BEEN LOVELY WEATHER FOR A LONG TIME, THEN THERE IS
SURELY GOING TO BE A BAD WINTER (OR WET SPRING, OR MISERABLE
SUMMER) FOLLOWING.
Where learned: SOURCE UNKNOWN ; BETHESDA ; MARYLAND, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THE LEAVES TURN UP (SO THAT THE UNDER-PARTS SHOW), A RAIN-
STORM IS COMING.
Where learned: COLORADO ; SOURCE UNKNOWN ; BOULDER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 00001942 CA.
ENDLESS TALE
ONCE UPON A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT
A BUNCH OF INDIANS SAT AROUND THE FIRE
AND THE CHIEF STOOD UP AND SPOKE
"ONCE UPON A DARK AND STORMY NIGHT
A BUNCH..."
THIS STORY GOES ON AND ON AND ON.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
PROVERB
LET THY FRIENDS KNOW THEE BUT NOT KNOW THEE WELL BECAUSE MEN
EASILY FORD THAT SEE THE SHALLOWS.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-01-1968
COMMON WORD
"GROOVY"IS THE IN-WORD ESTABLISHED BY A NOTED DISC-JOCKEY.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): RADIO
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 04-00-1968
NAMING
IN JEWISH TRADITION, IT IS LIKE A CURSE TO NAME SOMEONE
AFTER A PERSON WHO IS ALIVE.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
MARY NAMES
MY PARENTS HAD EIGHT CHILDREN AND ALL THE GIRLS WERE NAMED,
IN A WAY, AFTER MARY. MAUREEN IS AN IRISH DERIVATIVE; MY SISTERS ARE
NAMED DEIDRE MARY AND SHEILA MARIE. MY PARENTS ARE BOTH CATOLIC.
ALSO, MY MOTHER AND HER MOTHER ARE NAMED "MARY."
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
ARMBRUSTERS
THE WORD "ARMBRUST" MEANS CROSSBOW. IT IS OF GERMAN DERIVATION. THE
ARMBRUSTERS WERE THE CROSSBOWMEN IN THE GERMAN ARMY, THE ELITE CORPS
OF THE ARMY. THESE CROSSBOWMEN WERE HIGHLY-THOUGHT OF AND REVERED IN
SOCIETY, AS WELL AS PROTECTED IN BATTLE. THE ARMBRUSTERS WERE ORIGI-
NALLY LEASED IN THE BLACK FOREST. THE ARMBRUSTER COAT OF ARMS IS A
RAM'S HEAD ON A BLACK FIELD WITH GOLD STARS.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
CANOE TERMINOLOGY
DEAD-HEAD. USUALLY A SUBMERGED TREE OR LOG THAT IS IN THE WATER AND
IS TO BE AVOIDED.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: UNKNOWN