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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGAM MAXIM STATED DIRECTLY
FEED A COLD, STARVE A FEVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; NEW YORK ; ALBANY ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1973
LIMERICK
THERE ONCE WAS A GIRL NAMED ANNHEISER,
WHO SAID THAT NO GUY COULD SURPRISE HER.
UNTIL A GUY NAMED GIBBONS,
UNTIED ALL HER RIBBONS,
AND NOW SHE'S SADDER BUT WISER.
Submitter comment: SOME OF THESE ITEMS ARE FRATERNAL ORGANIZATION FOLKLORE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; NEW YORK ; ALBANY ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): BEER BRAND NAME PUNS: ANHEISER & BUDWEISER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 12-00-1973
WHEN A CLAP OF THUNDER SOUNDS IN THE SKY, THE DWARVES ARE SAID
TO BE BOWLING AGAIN.
Submitter comment: MY GRANDFATHER AND GRANDMOTHER USED THIS EXPLANATION TO
Where learned: INDIANA ; TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA ; NEW ALBANY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Color BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH, TAKE TEN STEPS BACK
TO COUNTER THE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: INDIANA ; NEW ALBANY
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Conversions |
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