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Etymology
Origin of name:
Cornersville, TN gets its name from the fact that it is located in the corner of four counties.
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Keyword(s): Cornersville, Counties ; ETYMOLOGY ; Language ; NAME ; Origin ; REGIONAL ; Tennessee ; WORD
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Folk etymology |
LEAVE TAKING
IN THE SOUTH, THE PEOPLE WERE WARMER AND MORE
DEMONSTRATIVE, THAT WHEN PEOPLE WERE READY TO
LEAVE FOR HOME, THEY WOULD KISS EVERYONE IN THE
HOUSE GOODBYE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): REGIONALISM
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Love Affection SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations |
Date learned: 10-12-1970
Belief: Animal
The Hoop Snake:
It is believed that a certain snake in the Southwest, the hoop snake, can travel by rgabbing its tail in its mouth and rolling like a hoop.
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Collector last name possibilities: Ston, Stan, Star, Stor, Stair, Stain, Stoin, Stoir.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; BELIEF ; Hoop ; REGIONAL ; Serpent ; Snake ; Southwest ; SUPERSTITION ; TRAVEL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Belief: Animal
Belief About Snakes:
In many parts of Mexico and South America the snake serves as a symbol of fertility.
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Original BN [B400] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Simpson, William ; 6319 LODEWYCK
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; ETHNIC ; FERTILITY ; Mexican ; MEXICO ; REGIONAL ; Serpent ; SIGN ; Snake ; SOUTH AMERICA ; South American ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Language
FLAT ROCK IS CALLED BY DOWNRIVER PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIVE IN FLAT ROCK
LEVEL PEBBLE.
Submitter comment:
JUST RECENTLY.
A TOWN SOME 25 MILES SOUTH OO DETROIT, MICHIGAN.; FLAT ROCK, MICHIGAN; THIS ITEM REFERS TO FLAT ROCK, MICHIGAN,
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INCOMPLETE COMMENT?
CN[ PARTIPILO, FRANK 720870
C1[ 14909 STONEHAM
C2[ RIVERVIEW, MICHIGAN 48192
CO[ JUST RECENTLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVERVIEW
Keyword(s): Flat ; Language ; Level ; MICHIGAN ; Nickname ; Pebble ; Region ; REGIONAL ; Rock ; SLANG ; STATE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Place |
Date learned: 01-00-1974
Proverb
We grow too soon old and too late schmart!
Submitter comment:
Pennsylvania Dutch Saying
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Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; Schwartz, Valentine M ; MAUCH CHUNK
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; DUTCH ; ETHNIC ; Late ; Maxim ; Old ; PENNSYLVANIA ; Pennsylvania Dutch ; PROVERB ; REGIONAL ; Smart ; VERSE ; Wise ; Young
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Good cookin' lasts, kissin' don't.
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Pennsylvania Dutch Saying
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Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; Schwartz, Valentine M ; MAUCH CHUNK
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; COOK ; COOKING ; DUTCH ; ETHNIC ; KISS ; KISSING ; MARRIAGE ; Maxim ; PENNSYLVANIA ; PROVERB ; REGIONAL ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Language
In some country places stepping into cow manure is called "cutting your foot."
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Keyword(s): Colloquialism ; COUNTRY ; Cow ; Cutting ; Foot ; MANURE ; REGIONAL ; SLANG ; Step ; Term
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Language
I have heard North Hall referred to as "Menopause Manor" the reason being that there are quite a few older residents in the dorm.
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North Hall of Vanderbilt University
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Keyword(s): AGE ; Dormitory ; Female ; Language ; Manor ; Menopause ; Nickname ; REGIONAL ; SLANG ; University ; Vanderbilt ; Vernacular ; Vocabulary ; WOMEN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Place |
Language
Many people in middle Tenn. speak of living in the "Bible Belt" of the state because churches are so prominent.
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Keyword(s): Belt ; BIBLE ; CHURCH ; COUNTRY ; Language ; Nickname ; REGIONAL ; SLANG ; STATE ; Tennessee ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Religion
An extremely grim account of religious confraternities in New Mexico and Colorado which practice self-flagellation and other penitent practices, especially on Good Friday.
The article explores the history behind and classifies different types of Muerte (death images) which are pulled on carts by penitents.
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Where learned: Journal of American Folklore ; Stark, Louisa R ; The Origin of the Penitence Death Cart
Keyword(s): Colorado ; CUSTOM ; DEATH ; Flagellation ; Images ; Inflicted ; Muerte ; New Mexico ; REGIONAL ; RELIGION ; Self
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Environmental Factor
Background and Environmental Factors:
Bottle Pinnacle, Wyoming - rare name - named for its shape.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; American Place Names
Keyword(s): Background ; Bottle ; ENVIRONMENT ; ETYMOLOGY ; Nickname ; Pinnacle ; REGIONAL ; SHAPE ; Topographical ; Wyoming
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Elves
Idea tht elves come in when no one is about to do household chores, etc. -Ireland
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Scheve, Linda
Keyword(s): Chores ; Clean ; Cultural ; Domestic ; Elves ; ETHNIC ; FANTASY ; IRELAND ; MYTH ; REGIONAL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Prose Narrative Tale
Prose Narrative Tale:
Folktale of New England -- The Gingerbread Man.
Children's story of a runaway cookie including repeated theme: "rubn, run, as fast as you can. Can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread man."
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Bookhouse Volume One
Keyword(s): CATCH ; CHILDREN ; Cookie ; Fast ; Gingerbread ; Gingerbread Man ; Legend ; Narrative ; New England ; Prose ; REGIONAL ; Run ; Tale
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Tale |
Saying
Pennsylvania Dutch Saying:
Throw papa down the stairs his hats
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Where learned: Furtwengler, Jan
Keyword(s): DUTCH ; Hat ; Papa ; PENNSYLVANIA ; REGIONAL ; Saying ; Stairs
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Saying
Northern Maine Saying:
A direction - Go down the road a piece and then tilt toward tilly.
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Where learned: MAINE ; Hutchison, Anne ; Houlton
Keyword(s): DIRECTIONS ; Maine ; REGIONAL ; Road ; Saying ; STATE ; Tilly ; Turn
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
FRENCH CANADIANS EAT MINCE MEAT PIE ON CHRISTMAS BECAUSE IT IS AN
OLD, TRADITIONAL CUSTOM.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Wells, Donald
Keyword(s): Canadian ; CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; ETHNIC ; FOOD ; FRENCH ; holiday ; meat ; Mincemeat ; Pie ; REGIONAL ; tradition
| Subject headings: | 122 Christmas |
Date learned: 03-30-1968
Don't eat "chittlings" (chitterlings) in the summer. This
would give you an upset stomach because too much pork in the
summer was not good for your health. "Chittlings are the
intestines of hogs.
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James Callow comment:
For eating pork only during months with an "R" in them, see
Puckett, Ohio, no. 6680.
Where learned: GEORGIA
Keyword(s): Chitlings ; FOOD ; Pork ; REGIONAL ; Seasonal ; Summer
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Meat Bred animal |