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IT TICKLES ME,
IT MAKES ME LAUGH,
TO THINK YOU WANT,
MY AUTOGRAPH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Announcing a signature |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
I'LL WRITE ON WHITE,
AND BE POLITE.
AND I'LL SAVE THE YELLOW,
FOR YOUR BEST FELLOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Announcing a signature |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
NEVER KISS HIM BY THE GARDEN GATE.
LOVE IS BLIND---
BUT THE NEIGHBORS AIN'T!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Chimney corner wisdom, advice, humorous fortune |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
LET ONWARD AND UPWARD BE YOUR MOTTO.
Submitter comment:
FROM AN AUTOGRAPH ALBUM OF WILLIAM DUGAN (1882), IN
POSSESSION OF MRS. R. A. GALLOUP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Exhortatory or homiletic, "to be a good girl" Z210 |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
UPON THIS BRIGHT AND YELLOW SPOT
I WRITE THE WORDS "FORGET-ME-NOT."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Forget me not |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
IN THE GOLDEN CHAIN OF FRIENDSHIP,
REGARD ME AS A LINK
Submitter comment:
FROM AUTOGRAPH ALBUM OF WILLIAM DUGAN IN
POSSESSION OF MRS. R. A. GALLOUP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Friendship Z210 |
FOR WEEKS MAY PASS
AND YEARS MAY END
YET YOU WILL FIND
IN ME A FRIEND
Submitter comment:
FROM AUTOGRAPH ALBUM OF MAY DUGAN IN
POSSESSION OF MRS. R. A. GALLOUP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Friendship |
I WISH YOU HEALTH. I WISH YOU WEALTH.
I WISH YOU GOLDEN STORE.
I WISH YOU HEAVEN AFTER DEATH.
WHAT CAN I WISH YOU MORE.
Submitter comment:
FROM ALBUM OF MAY DUGAN, IN POSSESSION OF MRS.
R. A. GALLOUP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
Date learned: 00-00-1883
MAY YOUR BIRTUES EVER SHINE,
LIKE BLOSSOMS ON A PUMPKIN VINE.
Submitter comment:
FROM ALBUM OF EDWARD DUGAN, IN POSSESSION OF MRS.
R. A. GALLOUP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
DEAR MAY
MAY YOUR JOY BE AS DEEP AS THE OCEAN
YOUR SORROW LIGHT AS THE FOAM.
Submitter comment:
FROM ALBUM OF EDWARD DUGAN, IN POSSESSION OF MRS.
R. A. GALLOUP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
Date learned: 00-00-1892
IN MEMORIES CASKET
DROP ONE PEARL FOR ME.
Submitter comment:
IN AUTOGRAPH ALBUM OF ANNIE DUGAN (1882), IN
POSSESSION OF MRS. R. A. GALLOUP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 00-00-1882
MAY ALL THAT IN THIS BOOK APPEARS
ADORN YOUR BRIGHT AND HAPPY YEARS.
REVEAL FRESH BEAUTIES, AND EMBRACE
YOUR LIFE WITH LOVELINESS AND GRASS (GRACE?)
Submitter comment:
FROM AUTOGRAPH ALBUM OF MAY DUGAN, IN POSSESSION
OF MRS. GALLOUP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
MY PEN IS POOR, MY INK IS PALE
MY HAND SHAKES LIKE A PUPPY DOG'S TAIL.
James Callow comment: RDNeedsReview
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1892
MY ALBUM IS OPEN! COME AND SEE!
WHAT! WON'T YOU WASTE A LINE ON ME?
WRITE BUT A THOUGHT--A WORD OR TWO,
THAT MEMORY MAY REVERT TO YOU.
James Callow comment: RDNeedsReview
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1892
MY ALBUM IS A GARDEN PLOT
WHERE ALL MY FRIENDS MAY SOW.
WHERE THORNS AND THISTLES FLOURISH NOT
AND FLOWERS ALONE MAY GROW
WITH SMILES FOR SUNSHINE, TEARS FOR SHOWERS,
I'LL WATER, WATCH, AND GUARD THESE FLOWERS.
(SIGNED) MAY V. DUGAN
James Callow comment: RDNeedsReview
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1883
LEGEND OF BEAR ISLAND
THERE IS AN INDIAN LEGEND THAT TELLS HOW THE FAMOUS MICHIGAN BEAR
ISLAND WAS MADE. IT WAS SAID THAT A MOTHER BEAR AND HER TWO CUBS
WERE ATTEMPTING TO SWIM ACROSS LAKE MICHIGAN, BUT THEY EACH WERE
OVERCOME BY EXHAUSTION BEFORE THEY COULD EVEN SWIM 5 TO 6 MILES.
THEIR BODIES NOW FORM THE BIG BEAR ISLAND AND THE TWO SMALL BEAR
ISLANDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
Keyword(s): AMERICAN INDIAN ; SLEEPING BEAR SAND DUNE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
LEGEND OF HOW BATTLE CREEK GOT ITS NAME
THERE WAS TWO SURVEYORS FROM DETROIT IN THE EARLY 1800'S WHO WERE
DOING THEIR WORK NEAR WHAT IS NOW THE BATTLE CREEK AND KALAMAZOO
RIVERS. AN INDIAN CAME UP TO THEIR CAMP AND ASKED FOR FOOD. SUB-
SEQUENTLY SOMEHOW A FIGHT WAS STARTED BETWEEN THESE MEN. AND
THUS, BATTLE CREEK GOT ITS NAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name Food Drink -- Food |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
THOUGHT TEASER
Q: IF YOU ARE IN A ONE ROOM HOUSE WHICH HAS ONE WINDOW ON EACH
WALL AND EACH WINDOW HAS A SOUTHERN EXPOSURE. AS YOU LOOK OUT ONE
OF THE WINDOWS AND SEE A BEAR OUTSIDE, WHAT COLOR IS THE BEAR?
A: IT IS WHITE! IT'S A POLAR BEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
Keyword(s): ANIMAL (Q)
James Callow Keyword(s): BUILDING (Q) ; HARD WARE (Q) ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
THOUGHT TEASER (RIDDLE)
Q: IF AN ELECTRIC TRAIN WERE GOING DUE NORTH AT A SPEED OF 100 M.P.H.
AND THE WIND WAS BLOWING IN A SOUTHEASTERLY DIRECTION AT 60 M.P.H.,
IN WHICH DIRECTION WOULD THE SMOKE BE BLOWING?
A: IN NO DIRECTION? ELECTRIC TRAINS DON'T HAVE SMOKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
Keyword(s): NATURAL PHENONMENA (Q) ; NUMBERS ; TRANSPORTATION (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
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