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AUTOGRAPH VERSES
GOOD FORTUNE
GOOD FRIENDS
MUCH HAPPINESS TO THE END.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: CA00001957
AUTOGRAPH VERSES
I'V NEVER BEEN TO COLLEGE,
I'V NEVER BEEN TO SCHOOL,
BUT WHEN IT COMES TO KISSING,
I'M AN EDUCATED FOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: CA00001957
CHRISTMAS SOUP
THIS SOUP IS MADE EVERY CHRISTMAS EVE BY THE INFORMANT'S MOTHER. IT
IS SERVED BEFORE THE MAIN COURSE OF DINNER ON CHRISTMAS EVE. THE
INGREDIENTS ARE AS FOLLOWS:
SAUERKRAUT, NAVY BEANS, MUSHROOMS, SOUR CREAM, ONIONS, AND
GARLIC (HARD BOILED EGGS ARE OPTIONAL).
THE INFORMANT'S MOTHER MAKES A BIG POT OF THIS SOUP AND USES HER OWN
JUDGEMENT IN MEASURING OUT THE PORTIONS OF EACH INGREDIENT.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A CZECHOSLOVAKIAN RECIPE THAT HAS BEEN PASSED DOWN TO THE
INFORMANT'S MOTHER FROM HER GREAT, GREAT GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
Date learned: 11-12-1979
EVERY CHRISTMAS EVE, A MEMBER OF THE INFORMANT'S FAMILY GOES TO THEI
NEIGHBORHOOD CHURCH AND GETS SOME BLESSED HOSTS. THE HOSTS ARE EATE
WITH HONEY THAT NIGHT BEFORE THE FAMILY BEGINS THEIR DINNER. THE
PURPOSE OF THIS GESTURE IS TO BRING THE PRESENCE OF THE LORD INTO
THEIR HOUSE ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A CZECHOSLOVAKIAN CUSTOM ACCORDING TO THE INFORMANT'S MOTHER
WHO SAYS THAT IT DATES BACK TO SOME TIME BEFORE HER MOTHER'S
CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve |
Date learned: 11-12-1979 ; CA00001929
COMMON WORD
MRS. SALUTES SAYS "HAINT" FOR THE WORD, "AIN'T IT."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 09-11-1969
IF EVER YOU MARRY
IF EVER A HUSBAND YOU SHALL HAVE,
AND HE THESE LINES SHALL SEE
TELL HIM OF YOUR FUN IN SCHOOL
AND KISS HIM TWICE FOR ME
Submitter comment:
TAKEN FROM MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF 1963 IN REDFORD TOWNSHIP, BUT
SHE MOVED TO SOMEWHERE IN CALIFORNIA.
Data entry tech comment: ADDED TITLE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
Keyword(s): INSTRUCTIONS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
BABY BELIEF
SHE WAS ALWAYS TAUGHT THAT WHEN A BABY HAS AN UPSET STOMACH THAT
HE OR SHE SHOULD BE GIVEN ESSENCE OF PEPPERMINT OR CAMIL TEA
WHICH IS ACTUALLY TEA LEAVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
Keyword(s): CHAMOMILE? CAMOMILE?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
I SAW YOU IN THE OCEAN,
I SAW YOU IN THE SEA,
I SAW YOU IN THE BATHTUB,
WHOOPS--PARDON ME!!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL WHO HAD A LITTLE CURL
RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF HER FOREHEAD.
WHEN SHE WAS GOOD, SHE WAS VERY, VERY GOOD, AND
WHEN SHE WAS BAD, SHE WAS DEBBIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
James Callow Keyword(s): NURSERY RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
DEBBIE BOUGHT A LITTLE CAR,
AND IT WAS PAINTED RED,
AND EVERYWHERE THAT DEBBIE WENT,
THE COPS PICKED UP THE DEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
IF IN HEAVEN WE DON'T MEET,
HAND IN HAND WE'LL STAND THE HEAT:
IF IT GETS INTENTIONALLY HOT
PEPSI COLA HITS THE SPOT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
WHEN CUPID SHOOTS HIS ARROW:
I HOPE HE MRS. YOU!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
YOURS TILL GINGER SNAPS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
YOURS TILL THE STATUE OF LIBERTY SITS DOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
SUGAR IS SWEET AND SO ARE YOU.
BUT THE ROSES ARE WILTED, THE VIOLETS ARE DEAD,
THE SUGAR IS LUMPY, AND SO IS YOUR HEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLACK,
YOU LOOK BETTER WITH A KNIFE IN YOUR BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED
AND LIVE IN A WELL
AND 13 KIDS WILL GIVE YOU
A SPELL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND HAVE 48,
DON'T CALL IT A FAMILY, CALL IT THE UNITED STATES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED
AND YOUR HUSBAND IS CROSS,
PICK UP THE BROOM
AND SHOW HIM WHO'S BOSS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
TO SAVE ROOM FOR YOUR FRIENDS AND LOVER
I WILL WRITE ON YOUR BACK COVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Announcing a signature |
Date learned: 00-00-1963