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ONE WHITE FOOT, BUY IT.
TWO WHITE FEET, TRY IT.
THREE WHITE FEET, SEE HOW IT GOES,
FOUR WHITE FEET, AND WHITE NOSE,
CUT OFF ITS FEET AND THROW IT TO THE CROWS.
Submitter comment: THIS APPLIES TO BUYING A HORSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
Keyword(s): ADVICE ; ANIMAL NUMBERS ; HUMOR EUPHEMISM SYMBOL OVERSTATEMENT ; INCREMENTAL REPETITION, SURPRISE ENDING CONTRAST QUINTET ; INTERACTION INITIAL INCREMENTAL REPETITION ; METER: DACTYL RHYME: FEMININE TRIPLE ; RHYME AABBB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN FROM THE CITY,
WHO MET WHAT HE THOUGHT WAS A KITTY.
HE GAVE IT A PAT
AND SAID, "NICE LITTLE CAT!"
THEY BURIED HIS CLOTHES OUT OF PITY.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): FUNCTION AND GENRE: LIMERICK ; HUMOR ; NUTSHELL NARRATIVE ANTICLIMAX QUINTAIN ; RHYME: AABBA, FEMININE ; SKUNK ; SOUND: DACTYLIC TETRAMETER ; SUBJECT: ACCIDENTS, ANIMALS ; UNDERSTATEMENT IRONY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER,
AND SO DO PIGS AND SWINE;
RATS AND MICE DO HAVE THEIR CHOICE,
AND SO DO I HAVE MINE.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; OAKVILLE
Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM PROVERBIAL RETORT ANIMALS ; METER: IAMBIC ; MONOLOGUE QUATRAIN ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MOSQUITO FLY HI,
MOSQUITO FLY LO,
FLY ON ME,
YOU FLY NO MO!
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
Keyword(s): CONTRAST QUATRAIN ELLIPSIS ; HUMOR SLANG CACOGRAPHY UNDERSTATEMENT ; METER: IRREGULAR, RHYME: STRAINED ; PRONUNCIATION ; RHYME: ABCB DIALECT ; THREAT ANIMAL REPETITION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
AUTOGRAPH
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE.
I HAVE A BULLDOG THAT LOOKS JUST LIKE YOU.
Submitter comment: FROM AUTOGRAPH BOOK KEPT IN DETROIT, 1960.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL
Date learned: 11-00-1973
AUTOGRAPH BOOK (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
WHEN A FEATHER WEIGHS A POUND,/ WHEN A FOX SHALL CHOOSE A HOUND,/
WHEN THE WORLD WILL COME TO AN END,/ THEN WILL I CEASE TO BE
YOUR FRIEND?
Where learned: LIBRARY
Keyword(s): RHETORICAL QUESTION ; RHYME ANIMAL ; RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Friendship |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
AUTOGRAPH (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
ONLY MONKEYS LOOK UPSIDE DOWN}
Submitter comment: WRITTEN UPSIDE DOWN ON THE BOTTOM OF THE PAGE.
Where learned: AUTOGRAPH BOOK
Keyword(s): ANIMALS ; CATCH INSULT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
AUTOGRAPH BOOK RHYME (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
DOESN'T IT GET YOUR NANNY,
DOESN'T IT GET YOUR GOAT,
WHEN YOU'RE IN THE BATHTUB,
AND CAN'T FIND THE SOAP.
Submitter comment:
FROM INFORMANT'S JUNIOR HIGH AUTUGRAPH BOOK, 1929-1933
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; BATHTUB VERSE ; IMPERFECT RHYME ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
A BELIEF
IF A DRAGONFLY LANDS ON YOUR EAR, IT WILL SEW IT UP.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS TALE AS A CHILD, AND AT THE TIME HE THOUGHT
THAT IT WAS PROBABLY TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL INSECT ; BELIEF
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 02-15-1972
ANTS
IF YOU STEP ON A COLONY OF ANTS, IT WILL RAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL INSECT ; HARMING NATURE
Date learned: 02-27-1972
WEATHER BELIEF
SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT ONE CAN PREDICT THE SEVERITY OF THE WINTER
BY OBSERVING THE COLORATION OF THE WOOLLY BEAR CATERPILLAR. IF THEY
ARE MOSTLY BLACK IN COLOR, THE WINTER WILL BE SEVERE, WHILE IF THEY
ARE MOSTLY BROWN IN COLOR, THE WINTER WILL BE LESS SEVERE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS BELIEF MIGHT BE TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL INSECT ; BELIEF
WEATHER
SIGN OF BAD WINTER: IF A CATERPILLAR HAS A WIDE
STRIPE ON HIS BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL INSECT LARVA
Date learned: 01-30-1970
IF A LADYBUG LANDS ON YOU SHE WILL BRING YOU GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL BEETLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Good luck P881.33 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SIGN OF GOOD LUCK
HAVING A LADYBUG LAND ON YOU IS A SIGN OF GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL BEETLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Good luck P881.33 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS BAD LUCK TO KILL A CRICKET, ESPECIALLY ON SUNDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL INSECT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.33 |
Date learned: 03-03-1970
BELIEF OR PREDICTION
YOU CAN DETERMINE THE TEMPERATURE OUTSIDE BY COUNTING THE NUMBER
OF TIMES A CRICKET RUBS HIS FOOT IN A MINUTE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL INSECT ; WHICH RUBBING PRODUCES CHIRPING SOUND.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.3 |
FISH (REPTILE)
IF YOU PICK UP A TOAD, AND IN DOING SO, TOUCHED ITS BACK, SAID
PERSON WOULD RECEIVE WARTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL AMPHIBIAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.35 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE DEAD MAN IN A CRAB
THERE IS A CERTAIN PART OF A CRAB NEAR THE END OF THE SHELL, WHICH
IS BELIEVED BY SOME TO BE A DEAD MAN. ANYONE WHO ATE THIS WOULD
IMMEDIATELY DIE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT AND HIS FRIENDS BELIEVED THIS ABSOLUTELY WHILE CHILDREN IN TIDEWATER, VIRGINIA IN THE 1930S.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL CRUSTACEAN ; BELIEF
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance P880.34 |
Date learned: 02-18-1970
SUPERSTITION
IT IS BELIEVED IN EL SALVADOR THAT THE DEVIL TAKES THE FORM OF A
DOG OR A FOX AND WEARS A CAPE. HE LIVES IN OLD HOUSES, AND WARM
CHIMNEY CORNERS OR WHEREVER IT IS DARK. HE PESTERS PEOPLE, MOVES
THINGS, LOSES AND MISPLACES THINGS. HE IS INVISIBLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMALS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
THE UNSEEN CAT RIDDLE
Q: HOW WOULD YOU SEE A BLACK CAT IN A DARK ROOM WITH NO WINDOWS
AT MIDNIGHT?
A: YOU WOULD TURN ON THE LIGHT.
Submitter comment:
ANTITHETICAL OPPOSITIONAL
TOLD TO INFORMANT BY HER 3RD GRADE TEACHER, MRS. CLAPPER.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (A) ; ANIMAL (Q) ; CATCH QUESTION
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 10-28-1968