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CUTS BLEED MORE FREELY DURING THE FULL MOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
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Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ONE DAY WHILE TELLING ME ABOUT A GIRL WHO BECAME PREGNANT AND
SAID SHE HAD BEEN RAPED, SHE TOLD ME THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
AROUND HER ORIGINAL HOME, MILPORT, KENTUCKY, BELIEVED THAT A
WOMAN COULDN'T GET PREGNANT FROM A SINGLE ACT OF INTERCOURSE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
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Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF IT SNOWS WHILE THE SUN IS SHINING, THE DEVIL'S WIFE IS PLUCKING
GEESE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
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Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN IT'S RAINING AND THE SUN IS SHINING AT THE SAME TIME, THE
DEVIL IS BEATING HIS WIFE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
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Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HOUSE DEMON AND THE FARMER
ONE FARMER BECAME VERY RICH BECAUSE EVERYTHING WENT SO
WELL FOR HIM. THERE WERE NO MISHAPS OR ACCIDENTS OF ANY
KIND. THE OTHER FARMERS DECIDED THAT HE MUST HAVE A
HOUSE-DEMON AS A FRIEND, SO THEY STARTED WATCHING HIM
CLOSELY.
FIRST OF ALL, THEY NOTICED THAT HE NEVER WENT TO CHURCH,
ONLY HIS WIFE AND SON. (HOUSE-DEMONS DON'T LIKE ANYONE WHO
WENT TO CHURCH). THEN ONE NIGHT, THEY NOTICED THAT THE
FARMER PUT OUT A PLATE OF SCRAMBLED EGGS BY HIS DOOR. THE OTHER
FARMERS HAD BEEN TRYING TO THINK OF A GOOD WAY TO SCARE
THE DEMON AWAY, BUT COULDN'T THINK OF ONE. BUT NOW THEY
FOUND THE WAY. SO THEY DEUMPED THE EGGS OUT AND BURIED
THEM. INSTEAD OF THE EGGS, THEY PUT SOME COW MANURE IN THE
PLATE AND LEFT IT BY THE FARMER'S DOOR.
THE NEXT DAY, THE NEWS SPREAD THAT THE FARMER'S COW WAS
SICK. SINCE THEY HAD NO VETERINARIANS IN THOSE DAYS, THE
COW DIED WITHIN A FEW DAYS. SHORTLY AFTER THE COW'S
DEATH, THE FARMER'S SON BECAME ILL AND ALMOST DIED. THEN
AFTER THE SON WAS WELL AGAIN, HIS STEAM BATH BUILDING
BURNED DOWN. SO THE PEOPLE TALKED AMOND THEMSELVES THAT
NOW THAT THEY HAD ANGERED THE DEMON, THE DEMON WAS PUNISH-
ING THE FARMER FOR SOMETHING HE DIDN'T DO.
Submitter comment:
TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN BY RAMUNE M. STONYS
TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN BY COLLECTOR
James Callow comment: ALSO SEE P425 FOR MORE ON HOUSE DEMONS BY THIS INFORMANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
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Date learned: 01-19-1972
RE AND REPEAT WERE GOING ACROSS A BRIDGE
AND RE FELL OFF. WHO WAS LEFT?
ANSWER: REPEAT
THEN THE TELLER REPEATS THE STORY UNTIL THE LISTENER
CATCHES ON TO THE JOKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
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Date learned: 00-00-1971
HOUSE DEMON AND THE FARMER
ONE FARMER BECAME VERY RICH BECAUSE EVERYTHING WENT SO
WELL FOR HIM. THERE WERE NO MISHAPS OR ACCIDENTS OF ANY
KIND. THE OTHER FARMERS DECIDED THAT HE MUST HAVE A
HOUSE-DEMON AS A FRIEND, SO THEY STARTED WATCHING HIM
CLOSELY.
FIRST OF ALL, THEY NOTICED THAT HE NEVER WENT TO CHURCH,
ONLY HIS WIFE AND SON. (HOUSE-DEMONS DON'T LIKE ANYONE WHO
WENT TO CHURCH). THEN ONE NIGHT, THEY NOTICED THAT THE
FARMER PUT OUT A PLATE OF SCRAMBLED EGGS BY HIS DOOR. THE OTHER
FARMERS HAD BEEN TRYING TO THINK OF A GOOD WAY TO SCARE
THE DEMON AWAY, BUT COULDN'T THINK OF ONE. BUT NOW THEY
FOUND THE WAY. SO THEY DEUMPED THE EGGS OUT AND BURIED
THEM. INSTEAD OF THE EGGS, THEY PUT SOME COW MANURE IN THE
PLATE AND LEFT IT BY THE FARMER'S DOOR.
THE NEXT DAY, THE NEWS SPREAD THAT THE FARMER'S COW WAS
SICK. SINCE THEY HAD NO VETERINARIANS IN THOSE DAYS, THE
COW DIED WITHIN A FEW DAYS. SHORTLY AFTER THE COW'S
DEATH, THE FARMER'S SON BECAME ILL AND ALMOST DIED. THEN
AFTER THE SON WAS WELL AGAIN, HIS STEAM BATH BUILDING
BURNED DOWN. SO THE PEOPLE TALKED AMOND THEMSELVES THAT
NOW THAT THEY HAD ANGERED THE DEMON, THE DEMON WAS PUNISH-
ING THE FARMER FOR SOMETHING HE DIDN'T DO.
Submitter comment:
TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN BY RAMUNE M. STONYS
TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN BY COLLECTOR
James Callow comment: ALSO SEE P425 FOR MORE ON HOUSE DEMONS BY THIS INFORMANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
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Date learned: 01-19-1972
RE AND REPEAT WERE GOING ACROSS A BRIDGE
AND RE FELL OFF. WHO WAS LEFT?
ANSWER: REPEAT
THEN THE TELLER REPEATS THE STORY UNTIL THE LISTENER
CATCHES ON TO THE JOKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
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Date learned: 00-00-1971
IT TAKES TWO TO MAKE A BARGIN {SIC} - ALSO TO MAKE
AN ARGUEMENT!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
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SAYING
THAT'S A STORM THAT WILL CURDLE MILK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS SAYING WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD (1920'S),
BUT DOES NOT USE IT NOW, JUST HAPPENED TO REMEMBER IT.
Where learned: HOME ; PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH ; 15207 ; 1579 ANDERSON RD
Keyword(s): WEATHER
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Date learned: 10-02-1971
POLISH PROVERB
TO THINK ABOUT BLUE ALMONDS.
Submitter comment:
POLISH: MUSLEC A NIEBIESKICH MIGDATACH.
USED WHEN ONE DREAMS OF SOMETHING IMPOSSIBLE.
I LEARNED THIS FROM MY MOTHER.
Keyword(s): FOOD NUTS
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