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Proverbial Saying
Curiosity killed the cat.
(usually answered with:)
Satisfaction brought it back.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; PLAYGROUND ; Slowick, Vincent
Keyword(s): CAT ; CURIOSITY ; Killed ; PROVERB ; Resurrection ; Satisfaction ; Saying
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
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Toast
Ireland was Ireland when England was a pup,
And Ireland was Ireland when England had grown up.
and I'm an Irish Catholic and I go to early mass,
And if the lousy Limeys don't like it
They can kiss me bloomin' arse.
Submitter comment:
He heard it from an Irish Friend
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Lash, Michael
Keyword(s): Catholic ; Culture ; England ; ETHNIC ; Ethnicity ; IRELAND ; Irish ; Limey ; Mass ; Slur ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
IF A WOMAN EATS CATFISH BEFORE HER BABY IS TWO MONTHS
OLD SHE WILL DIE.
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Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI ; Hawkins, Alberta ; 111 Mulberry
Keyword(s): AGE ; BABY ; BELIEF ; Catfish ; Consume ; DEATH ; Die ; Eat ; FISH ; FOOD ; infant ; Kill ; Mom ; MONTHS ; MOTHER ; PREGNANCY ; Two
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Food Drink -- Meat Fish and other animal life related to water BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 04-15-1973
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IF A WOMAN HAS SEX DURING THE LATER STAGES OF PREGNANCY,
HER LABOR WILL BE DIFFICULT.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Criss, Dorothy ; 1214 N 39th Ave
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Complications ; Delivery ; INTERCOURSE ; Labor ; PREGNANCY ; SEX
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 08-20-1973
CATS AND DOGS SHOW AVERSION TO PREGNANT WOMEN.
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Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI ; Box 465 ; Milton, Jimmie
Keyword(s): ANIMALS ; BELIEF ; Cats ; Dogs ; PREGNANCY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 08-18-1973
WART CURES:
RUB IT WITH A KILLED CAT AND BURY THE CAT IN A BLACK
STOCKING.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Lipford, Allena
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Black ; Bury ; CAT ; CURE ; Dead ; Kill ; STOCKING ; Wart
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-30-1973
CATS KILL INFANTS BY SUCKING THEIR BREATH.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Lipford, Allena
Keyword(s): Babies ; BREATH ; Cats ; Infants ; Kill
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-14-1973
A CONVERSION TO SEEING A BLACK CAT CROSS THE ROAD
WHILE DRIVING IS TO MAKE AN "X" ON THE WINDSHIELD.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE ; Mooneyham, Carol
Keyword(s): Black ; CAT ; Cross ; DRIVING ; Road ; SUPERSTITION ; X
James Callow Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE
Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)
WHENEVER A GROUP OF CATS GATHER IN A GRAVEYARD ON THE
NIGHT OF THE NEW MOON, THEY ARE INHABITED FOR THAT NIGHT
BY THE SPIRITS OF THE DEAD. THEY WILL CONVERSE (LOUDLY)
ALL NIGHT LONG, BUT IN THE MORNING THEY WILL BE "ONLY"
CATS AGAIN.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MCKENZIE ; Whitehorn, David
Keyword(s): Cats ; Dead ; GHOST ; GRAVEYARD ; Inhabit ; MOON ; New Moon ; SPIRIT ; Tale
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 10-14-1973
IT'S LUCKY TO OWN A BLACK CAT, BUT UNLUCKY TO MEET ONE.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Bad ; Black ; CAT ; Good ; LUCK ; Unlucky
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 11-06-1973
A CAT LOOKING OUT A WINDOW IS "LOOKING FOR RAIN."
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Where learned: Arkansas ; RUSSELLVILLE ; Chesnut, Rev Franklin
Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM ; CAT ; CAT ; Rain ; SIGN ; Window
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
IF A CAT HAS A CROSS-SHAPED MARK ON ITS FOREHEAD, IT IS
DESCENDED FROM THE LITTER WHICH WAS BORN AT THE NATIVITY
OF CHRIST.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MCKENZIE ; Travillian, Annie Mae
Keyword(s): Born ; CAT ; Cross ; Descendant ; Fur ; Litter ; Mark ; Nativity ; SIGN ; Tale
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
IF A CAT LEAVES A HOUSE WHERE THERE IS AN ILLNESS AND
REFUSES TO COME BACK, THE PATIENT WILL NOT RECOVER.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MCKENZIE ; Whitehorn, David
Keyword(s): Abandon ; ANIMAL ; CAT ; DEATH ; ILLNESS ; PROPHECY ; Recovery
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 10-14-1973
IF YOU KICK A CAT YOU'LL GET RHEUMATISM.
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Where learned: Arkansas ; RUSSELLVILLE ; Chesnut, Laurelyn
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; Animal Cruelty ; CAT ; CRUELTY ; ILLNESS ; Kick ; OMEN ; PUNISHMENT ; Rheumatism
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
TOOTHACHE REMEDY:
CHEW ON SEVERAL LEAVES OF CATNIP.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MCKENZIE ; Travillian, Lloyd
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Catnip ; Chew ; CURE ; Herb ; Herbal ; ILLNESS ; Leaves ; REMEDY ; TOOTHACHE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-29-1973
SORE THROAT CURE:
MIX LARD AND TURPENTINE AND APPLY TO NECK
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COOKEVILLE ; Terry, Ernest
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Application ; Balm ; CURE ; Lard ; NECK ; REMEDY ; Sore Throat ; Turpentine
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
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Q;WHAT IS A POLISH VACATION?
A:SITTING ON SOMEONE ELSE'S FRONT STEPS.
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): ETHNIC SLUR ; JOKE ; POLISH ; Vacation
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- CUSTOM FESTIVAL RIDDLE -- Riddle Question Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
DON'T LET YOUR BOOKS INTERFERE WITH YOUR EDUCATION.
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Books ; EDUCATION ; HUMOR ; JOKE ; PROVERB ; PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
Holiday Tradition
We have a family tradition. Christmas Eve dinner is the same each year. There is no meat served at that meal, going back to the Catholic observance of Christmas Eve as a day of abstinence. THe foods served are spaghetti with anchovi sauce, Baccala ( Cod fish with almonds and spices), fillet of sole, fried shrimp.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD ; Dorris, Rose Mary
Keyword(s): ABSTINENCE ; Catholic ; Dinner ; ETHNIC ; FISH ; FOOD ; holiday ; Italian ; meat ; RELIGION ; tradition
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Custom
When someone would sneeze in his family - they'd say "scat" to imply that the sneeze sounded like a cat hissing.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; Wills, Henry ; Ashland City
Keyword(s): CAT ; CUSTOM ; FAMILY ; Saying ; SNEEZE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Custom |