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SONG OF GOOD HUMOR
OH SIR JASPER, PLEASE DON'T TOUCH ME
OH SIR JASPER, PLEASE DON'T TOUCH ME
OH SIR JASPER, PLEASE DON'T TOUCH ME
AS SHE LAID BETWEEN THE LILY WHITE SHEETS
WITH NOTHING ON AT ALL
( EACH TIME YOU REPEAT OH, JASPER, PLEASE DON,T TOUCH ME, LEAVE
OFF ONE WORD.)
Submitter comment:
SUNG TO THE TUNE OF, "GLORY, GLORY HALLELULAH".
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): JOKE ; MUSIC ; PARODY ; RHYME ; SONG ; Tune
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 10-27-1971
SONG OF GOOD HUMOR
LAST NIGHT AS I LAY ON MY PILLOW,
LAST NIGHT AS I LAY ON MY BED,
I STUCK MY FEET OUT OF THE WINDOW
AND IN THE MORNING MY NEIGHBORS WERE DEAD.
BRING BACK, BRING BACK, BRING BACK MY NEIGHBORS TO ME. (SUNG TWICE)
Submitter comment:
SUNG TO THE TUNE OF, "MY BONNIE LIES OVER THE OCEAN."
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): JOKE ; Lyrics ; MUSIC ; PARODY ; SONG ; Tune
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Emotion |
Date learned: 10-27-1971
3 MEN AT HOTEL RIDDLE
Q: THREE MEN WENT TO A HOTEL AND RENTED A ROOM. THE MANAGER CHARGED
THEM 30.00 DOLLARS $10.00 APIECE. THE ROOM WASN'T THAT GOOD SO THE
MANAGER DECIDED TO RETURN $5.00, TO SPLIT AMONG THE THREE MEN. THE
BELLBOY WAS SENT WITH THE MONEY AND ON THE WAY HE DECIDED TO KEEP
$2.00 AND GIVE THEM $3.00, $1.00 APIECE. THEREFORE, THEY EACH PAID
$9.00. BUT 9X3=27 AND 27+2>29. WHERE'S THE OTHER DOLLAR?
A: THAT'S THE WRONG WAY TO FIGURE IT OUT. THE MANAGER HAS $25.00.
25+5=30
James Callow comment: THE PATRONS HAVE $1 EACH=$3; THE BELLBOY HAS $2. TOTAL $30
Where learned: INDIANA ; University of Notre Dame ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): MONETARY (Q) ; MONETARY ITEMS (A) ; PERSONS (Q) ; PERSONS (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
WISH FOR OLD AGE
MAY ALLAH MAKE YOUR BEARD GROW LONG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; OFFICE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 02-08-1970
FOOD (ITOLOBCHIE)
THIS IS A UKRAINIAN DINNER WHICH IS LIKE STUFFED CABBAGE.
IT IS EGG, PEPPER, SALT, RICE, GROUND MEAT OR BACON AND ONIONS.
THIS IS THEN ROLLED IN CABBAGE.
Data entry tech comment: KEYPUNCHER HAS CORRECTED THE COLLECTOR'S SPELLING
Where learned: THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; NORTH QUAD
Keyword(s): HOLOBCHIE?
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Noon mealsDinnerLunch |
Date learned: 03-03-1971
PROVERB
THE HOUR OF HAPPINESS BRINGS INDIFFERENCE; THE HOUR OF SADNESS BRINGS
MEDITATION; AND THE HOUR OF DEATH BRINGS CONFESSION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CLASSROOM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
CRUCIAL MOMENT OF LIFE CUSTOM
"WHEN A FRATERNITY BROTHER OF MY FRATERNITY GETS MARRIED,
GRADUATES, OR GETS PINNED, WE TOAST HIM BY INTERLOCKING OUR ARMS
WITH THE DRINKS IN OUR HANDS, WE CLINK THE GLASSES BACKWARDS AND
CHUG THE DRINK."
Submitter comment: HE COMMENTS THAT THIS PROBABLY SOUNDS STUPID BUT THEY ALWAYS DO IT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DORM ROOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage After engagement: fun with friends, etc. SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 11-02-1970
EASTER CUSTOM
ON EASTER SATURDAY, IN OUR SLOVENIAN PARISH, BASKETS OF FOOD (HOME-
MADE BREAD, EASTER EGGS, SAUSAGE, HAM, POTICA--A TYPE OF NUTBREAD--)
ARE TAKEN TO THE CHURCH TO BE GIVEN A SPECIAL BLESSING. THIS FOOD
IS THEN EATEN FOR BREAKFAST ON EASTER SUNDAY, MONDAY, AND TUESDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; SWIECZONKA
Date learned: 10-02-1967
GOOD COFFEE
WHEN MAKING COFFEE, IN ORDER TO MAKE THE COFFEE TASTE BETTER, YOU
SHOULD PUT A PINCH OF SALT IN THE COFFEE GROUNDS.
Where learned: THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Non-alcoholic fruit beverage Coffee |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
NUMBERS
DON'T ROCK AN EMPTY ROCKING CHAIR, IT MEANS DEATH.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): EMPTINESS ; NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 11-06-1967
BELIEF
IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE FIRST BORN IN THE FAMILY IS SUPPOSSED TO
BE THE WISEST, WHILE THE LAST BORN IN THE FAMILY WILL BE THE
MOST AMBITIOUS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Number Last events: the last person to the table... |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
WOMEN S HEMS TALE
IF A GIRL S HEM IS TURNED UP IN A FOLD AND A FELLOW FLIPS IT
DOWN TO MAKE IT RIGHT, SHE WILL FIND HER HUSBAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 01-26-1972
LUCK (COLLECTORS TITLE) ; BAD LUCK: FRIDAY 13TH (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
FRIDAY THE 13TH IS AN UNLUCKY DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; UNION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.45 |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
NUMBER BELIEF
IF TWO THINGS OF THE SAME THING HAPPEN ON THE SAME DAY,
THEN A THIRD THING WILL HAPPEN. FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU
SEE TWO SETS OF TWINS ON THE SAME DAY THEN YOU WILL
ALSO SEE ANOTHER SET OF TWINS ON THE SAME DAY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER CHILDHOOD YEARS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation |
Date learned: 02-11-1971
BAD THINGS OCCUR IN GROUPS OF THREES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple |
NUMBERS
DEATH ALWAYS COME IN THREES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
SUPERSTITION
DEATH ALWAYS COMES IN THREES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple |
Date learned: 03-10-1971
HOSPITALITY CUSTOM
AMONG THE UKRANIANS, IT IS A CUSTOM, WHEN INVITED
TO EAT AT SOMEONE'S HOUSE, TO TURN DOWN THE
INVITATION THREE TIMES. IF ASKED A FOURTH TIME,
IT WOULD BE POLITE TO ACCEPT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple 686 Fourths / Quarters |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
NUMERICAL BELIEF (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
BAD LUCK COMES IN THREE'S.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A BELIEF COMMON IN THE OSWALD FAMILY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
POLISH ( ITALIAN ) EASTER CUSTOM
ON EASTER, WHEN ITALIAN PEOPLE GO VISITING, THEY EACH TAKE A
HARD-BOILED EGG AND TRY TO CRACK THE SHELL OF EACH OTHER'S EGG. THE
PERSON WHO CRACKED THE SHELL OF ANOTHER PERSON'S EGG FIRST IS THE
WINNER, AND THE PERSON WHOSE SHELL IS CRACKED FIRST IS THE LOSER.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A NORTHERN ITALIAN CUSTOM WHICH SHE LEARNED WHEN SHE WAS
A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CARPOOL ; EAST SIDE
Keyword(s): GAME