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NEVER KISS BY THE GARDEN GATE,
LOVE IS BLIND BUT THE NEIGHBOR AIN'T.
Where learned: OVER THE TELEPHONE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Cynical insight |
PROVERB
DON'T POKE YOUR NOSE INTO ANOTHER PERSON'S BUSINESS.
Where learned: OVER THE TELEPHONE
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; CURIOSITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
ELEPHANT JOKE
WHY CAN'T AN ELEPHANT RIDE A TRICYCLE?
HE DOESN'T HAVE A LITTLE FINGER TO RING THE BELL
Where learned: OVER THE TELEPHONE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 12-03-1967
ELEPHANT JOKE
HOW DO ELEPHANTS GET ACROSS A POND?
THEY STEP ON THE LILY PADS.
Where learned: OVER THE TELEPHONE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 12-03-1967
A BRILLIANT DEDUCTION
BUTTER IS BUTTER
CHEESE IS CHEESE,
WHAT IS A KISS
WITHOUT A SQUEEZE.
Data entry tech comment: TAKEN FROM INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK
Where learned: OVER THE TELEPHONE ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COURTSHIP ; FOOD ; RHYME: ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): HUG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 08-06-1964
WART CURE
TO CURE A WART, RUB A RAW POTATO OVER IT AFTER YOU'VE CUT THE
POTATO OPEN. THEN THROW THE POTATO IN A FIELD. THE WART WILL
DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: OVER THE TELEPHONE
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
RAIN BUBBLES
IF THE RAIN FALLS INTO PUDDLES, MAKING BUBBLES, THAT MEANS IT'S
GOING TO RAIN FOR THREE MORE DAYS.
Where learned: OVER THE TELEPHONE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
SORE THROAT CURE
TAKE HOT COALS FROM A FIRE, WRAP THEM IN A CLOTH AND
THEN PUT THE CLOTH AROUND THE SORE THRAOT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY HER MOTHER, A SICILIAN IMMIGRANT.
Where learned: OVER THE TELEPHONE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
IF A TEASPOON FALLS TO THE FLOOR, A YOUNG GIRL IS COMING;
IF IT'S A SOUP SPOON, IT'LL BE AN OLD WOMAN; IF IT'S A
KNIFE, IT'LL BE A MAN.
Where learned: OVER THE TELEPHONE
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration Implement to handle food BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 03-07-1970