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BELIEF--DAILY LIFE

A CURDLED SKY NEVER LEAVES THE GROUND DRY.

Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.

Where learned: INDIANA ; LA PORTE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.890
BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 11-23-1967

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FOG

FOG ON THE HILL
BRINGS WATER TO THE MILL
FOG ON THE MOOR
BRINGS SUN TO THE DOOR.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; ANDIAS PIZZARIA

Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Prose Narrative C820.462
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.890

Date learned: 10-03-1969

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BOOM BOOM

IF IT THUNDER IN ALL FOOLS DAY
IT BRINGS GOOD CROPS OF GRASS AND HAY.

Data entry tech comment: ITEM KEYPUNCHED AS IS

Where learned: AUDIAS PIZZARIA

Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE ; APRIL FOOL'S DAY ; BELIEF ; RHYME

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.890
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- April 1 April Fools
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- April 1 (April Fool's Day)
BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder

Date learned: 10-03-1969

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Belief: Weather

It's All in the Color:

Evening red and morning gray

Will speed the traveller on his way;

Evening gray and morning red,

Will bring the rain upon his head.

Submitter comment:

Found in a paper placement printed in Rhode Island. Paper then found in Audio's Pizzaria, Detroit, MI.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Dup. of WPP

Where learned: Rhode Island

Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; PREDICTION ; RHYME ; Sky ; Traveler ; WARNING ; WEATHER

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.890

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Belief: Weather

Rainbow:

Rainbow at night, sailors delight; Rainbow in the morning, sailors take warning.

Submitter comment:

Paper placement, printed in Rhode Island. Paper wwas then found in Audio's Pizzaria in Detroit.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Dup. of WPP

Where learned: Rhode Island

Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; Nautical ; Ocean ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; PREDICTION ; RHYME ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.890

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Verse

The Wind:

When the wind is in the East,

'Tis good for neither man nor feast;

When the wind is in the North,

The skillful fisher goes not forth;

When the wind is in the South,

It blows the bait in the fishes' mouth;

When the wind is in the West,

Then 'tis at its very best.

Submitter comment:

Discovered in a paper placement, printed in Rhode Island. Paper then discovered at Audio's Pizzaria in Detroit.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Dup. of WPP

Where learned: Rhode Island

Keyword(s): Bait ; DIRECTION ; East ; FISH ; Fisherman ; FOOD ; Formula ; North ; Ocean ; PREDICTION ; RHYME ; Sailor ; SEA ; Sky ; SONG ; South ; Sport ; VERSE ; WARNING ; West ; Wind

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.890

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