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THERE IS A NAVAL TRADITION THAT ALL MEN CROSSING THE
EQUATOR FOR THE FIRST TIME (REFERRED TO AS POLYWOGS)
MUST RUN THE GAUNTLET, AFTER WHICH THEY ARE REFERRED
TO AS SHELLBACKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 03-09-1970
Proverb
Paddle your own canoe.
Submitter comment:
From - Uncertain
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James Callow comment:
Original Bn [V200, V600] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; CANOE ; Maxim ; Paddle ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
RAIN BEFORE 7 QUITS AFTER 11.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT RECALLS THIS FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SHELBY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 10-17-1970
IF YOU HAVE WARTS YOU SHOULD PRESS A SLICED POTATO
ON THEM TO GET RID OF THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
THE PRECEEDING STORY REMINDS ME OF ONE MY GRANDMOTHER TOLD:
IT SEEMS HER HUSBAND CAME HOME A LITTLE TIPSY AND ON THE WAY
UP THE STAIRS, TO GO TO BED, HE FELL AGAINST THE SIDE WALL,
WHICH WAS WALLPAPERED. HE HURT HIS ARM AND IT BEGAN TO
BLEED. HE SAID, "OH, MY POOR ARM," TRYING TO GAIN HER
SYMPATHY. SHE SAID, "TO HELL WITH YOUR ARM, IT'LL HEAL;
LOOK WHAT YOU'VE DONE TO MY WALLPAPER!"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CLAWSON
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Married couple |
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FIRE PREVENTION- ALLGAU, BAVARIA, GERMANY
IN ORDER TO PREVENT HOUSE FIRES, ALWAYS KEEP A PICTURE
OF ST. FLORIAN IN THE HOME.
Where learned: WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; PENNSYLVANIA, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Use of Object SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: 11-17-1968
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WHAT'S GREEN AND HAS FOUR RED WHEELS?
GRASS, I WAS JUST KIDDING ABOUT THE WHEELS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
RIDDLE
Q. WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER?
A. A SKUNK WITH DIAPER RASH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
RIDDLE
Q. WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER?
A. A BEAT-UP NUN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
TELL SOMEONE THAT YOU CAN SAY THE ALPHABET FASTER BACKWARDS THAN
THEY CAN SAY IT FORWARD. SHOULD THEY AGREE... AT THE GO SIGNAL
YOU TURN YOUR BACK TO THEM AND SAY THE ALPHABET FORWARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SPEECH
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-00-1970