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KING KAHMAI MAI
IN HAWAII, ON THE ISLAND OF PAUI, THERE IS AN UPSIDE DOWN WATERFALL,
AND THIS IS CAUSED BY THE TRADEWINDS, WHICH PUSH THE FALLING WATERS
UPWARD. THE LEGEND BEHIND THIS DEALS WITH KING KAHMAI MAI, WHO WAS
KING OF THE ISLAND MANY YEARS AGO. IT IS SAID THAT HE DROVE ALL THE
PAGANS OFF THE ISLAND, AND THOSE THAT DID NOT LEAVE WERE SACRIFICED
TO THE GODS BY BEING PUSHED OFF THIS WATERFALL. WHEN ALL OF THE
PAGANS HAD LEFT THE ISLAND, THE KING VOWED THAT NO OTHER MAN WOULD
BE ABLE TO DIE BY JUMPING OFF THIS WATERFALL. UP TO THIS DAY THERE
HAS BEEN NOBODY KILLED FROM JUMPING OFF THE WATERFALL BECAUSE OF THE
STRONG TRADEWINDS, AND THEY SAY THAT THE TRADEWIND IS ACTUALLY
KING KAHMAI MAI FULFILLING HIS PROMISE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 14120 E 7 MILE RD ; A&P FOOD STORE
Keyword(s): DEAD KING RETURNS AS WIND TO PREVENT SUICIDE FROM WATERFALL.
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Running water |
Date learned: 04-03-1970
If win' don' blow yo won' see foul under cloes.
Submitter comment:
You won't know the true circumstances until something
unexpected happens to upset the normal course of events.
Where learned: VIRGIN ISLANDS ; Saint Thomas
Keyword(s): cloes = clothes ; don' = don't ; win' = wind ; won' = won't ; Yo = you
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1991
WINDOW IN THE DOGGIE JOKE
THERE WAS AN ECCENTRIC OLD LADY WHO HAD A LITTLE DOG
THAT SHE LOVED VERY MUCH AND JUST DOTED ON. THE DOG WAS
GETTING OLD AND HADN'T BEEN FELLING WELL, SO THE LADY TOOK
IT TO THE VET. THE DOCTOR TOLD HER THAT THE DOG HAD A
WEAK HEART AND WOULDN'T BE AROUND MUCH LONGER. HE SAID
HE JUST HAD A DOG WHO DIED AND SUGGESTED A HEART TRANSPLANT.
THE LADY CONSENTED AND THE DOCTOR WAS REALLY EXCITED
BECAUSE THIS WAS A FIRST--A HEART TRANSPLANT IN A DOG. THE
LADY WAS WATCHING THE DELICATE OPERATION AND THE SKILLFUL
DOCTOR ASKED THAT SINCE HE WAS ALREADY OPERATING, COULD
HE PUT A WINDOW IN THE DOG SO THEY COULD WATCH THE NEW
HEART WORK. THE LADY BEGAN TO WORRY ABOUT MONEY, BUT
CONSENTED ANYWAY.
FINALLY SHE GOT SO WORRIED ABOUT THE COST OF THE OPERATION
AND EVERYTHING THAT SHE THOUGHT SHE {HAD} BETTER INQUIRE
ABOUT IT. SHE ASKED THE DOCTOR, "HOW MUCH IS THAT WINDOW
IN THE DOGGIE?"
Where learned: INDIANA ; University of Notre Dame
Keyword(s): SONG: HOW MUCH IS THAT DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW.
James Callow Keyword(s): HOW MUCH IS THAT DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW?
| Subject headings: | 6677 Formula Tale |
Date learned: 03-28-1971
WINDOW IN THE DOGGIE JOKE
THERE WAS AN ECCENTRIC OLD LADY WHO HAD A LITTLE DOG
THAT SHE LOVED VERY MUCH AND JUST DOTED ON. THE DOG WAS
GETTING OLD AND HADN'T BEEN FELLING WELL, SO THE LADY TOOK
IT TO THE VET. THE DOCTOR TOLD HER THAT THE DOG HAD A
WEAK HEART AND WOULDN'T BE AROUND MUCH LONGER. HE SAID
HE JUST HAD A DOG WHO DIED AND SUGGESTED A HEART TRANSPLANT.
THE LADY CONSENTED AND THE DOCTOR WAS REALLY EXCITED
BECAUSE THIS WAS A FIRST--A HEART TRANSPLANT IN A DOG. THE
LADY WAS WATCHING THE DELICATE OPERATION AND THE SKILLFUL
DOCTOR ASKED THAT SINCE HE WAS ALREADY OPERATING, COULD
HE PUT A WINDOW IN THE DOG SO THEY COULD WATCH THE NEW
HEART WORK. THE LADY BEGAN TO WORRY ABOUT MONEY, BUT
CONSENTED ANYWAY.
FINALLY SHE GOT SO WORRIED ABOUT THE COST OF THE OPERATION
AND EVERYTHING THAT SHE THOUGHT SHE {HAD} BETTER INQUIRE
ABOUT IT. SHE ASKED THE DOCTOR, "HOW MUCH IS THAT WINDOW
IN THE DOGGIE?"
Where learned: INDIANA ; University of Notre Dame
Keyword(s): SONG: HOW MUCH IS THAT DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW.
James Callow Keyword(s): HOW MUCH IS THAT DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW?
| Subject headings: | 6677 Formula Tale |
Date learned: 03-28-1971
Ethnic: Ukraine
Belief:
In Ukraine, it is believed that if you're locked out of your house and forced to come in through the window, you must also leave by the window or you will experience some misfortune.
Submitter comment:
Informant received information from grandparents in Ukraine.
Data entry tech comment:
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [P880] written and crossed out twice/replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Fylypiw, Stephanie
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CUSTOM ; Door ; ETHNIC ; FUNERAL HOME SLOGAN? ; SUPERSTITION ; Ukraine ; UKRAINIAN ; UKRAINIAN BELIEF ; Window
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Belief: Weather
Weather Proverb:
If the wind is from the East, the fishing is the least;
But if the wind is from the West, the fishing is the best.
Submitter comment:
My mother heard this proverb from my father, who likes fishing.
Data entry tech comment:
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James Callow comment:
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; Cracchiolo, Mary ; 22625 O'CONNOR ST ; Connor St ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): Air ; DIRECTION ; East ; FISHING ; PREDICTION ; RHYME ; WEATHER ; West ; Wind
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Belief: Weather
When rain comes before wind top sails and mizzen mind.
When wind comes before rain you may make sail again.
Submitter comment:
Told on a boat on the Fourth of July (American Holiday of Independence)
Data entry tech comment:
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* mizzen is the fore and aft sail on the mizzenmast - a boat having three or more masts.
James Callow comment:
Original BN [B465] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: Mulligan, Tim ; On a Boat
Keyword(s): Nautical ; Ocean ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; PREDICTION ; Rain ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER ; Wind
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Belief: Weather
The south wind brings wet weather,
The north wind wet and cold together,
The west wind always brings us rain,
The last wind blows it back again.
Submitter comment:
Verse without Music or Prediction Divination
Heard in School
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James Callow comment:
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO ;
Keyword(s): Compass ; DIRECTION ; North ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; PREDICTION ; Rain ; South: east West ; Wind
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
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.
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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 |
Proverb
Ill Wind:
It is an ill wind that blows no good.
Data entry tech comment:
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James Callow comment:
Various grammatical corrections.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Plotts, Eleanor
Keyword(s): ETHNIC ; EVIL ; FATE ; Gaelic ; Good ; Ill ; Irish ; LUCK ; OMEN ; Wind
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Toast
Gaelic Blassing:
May the road rise to meet you, and the wind be always at your back, and may the Lord hold you in the hollow of his hand.
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James Callow comment:
Listed as a toast by other collectors
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; McGartland, Bernard ; 19493 Biltmore
Keyword(s): Back ; BLESSING ; DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; Gaelic ; Irish ; Lord ; Road ; Social ; TOAST ; Wind
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
You make a better door than you do a window.
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James Callow comment:
[When said? When someone gets in the way?]
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; Door ; INSULT ; Obstruction ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; View ; Window ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Proverb
An ill wind blows no good.
Submitter comment:
Can't remember
Data entry tech comment:
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [V600} crossed out. Replaced wtih current classification.
Where learned: Moran, Midge
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Wind
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
It's an ill wind that blows no good.
Submitter comment:
Informant heard this in Detroit, MI.
Data entry tech comment:
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [V880] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE ; Mousseau, Celia
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Ill ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Wind
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Autograph Rhyme
Album Verse:
Yours till the windows have pains.
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Where learned: St Charles, Rosalee
Keyword(s): Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; Devotion ; Pains ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; Signature ; VERSE ; Windows ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Language
Etymology of "shotgun"
I remember how in grade school days my brother and I would yell out "shotgun" as we ran to the car for a ride. This word claimed a seat by the window for whoever could shout first.
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Keyword(s): Car ; ETYMOLOGY ; Language ; Origin ; Shotgun ; SLANG ; Window ; WORDS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Folk etymology |
Saying
...three sheets to the wind. Meaning he's drunk.
ie There was a guy three sheets to the wind.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Yates, Janice
Keyword(s): DRUNK ; EUPHEMISM ; Language ; Saying ; Sheets ; SLANG ; Term ; Wind
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
Irish Blessing
May the road rise to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face
The rains fall soft upon your fields and
Until we meet again...
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
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James Callow comment:
Leave Taking?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Castagna, Marion
Keyword(s): Back ; BLESSING ; Culture ; ETHNIC ; Field ; God ; Irish ; Rain ; Road ; TRAVEL ; Wind
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Irish Blessing
An Irish Blessing
May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face
And Grains fall soft upon your fields
And until we meet again
May God hold you in the hollow of his hand.
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James Callow comment:
Leave-Talking?
Too long, so not included.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19479 WOODBINE ; Harrington, Mrs John ; Harrington, Nora
Keyword(s): BLESSING ; Culture ; God ; Grain ; Irish ; Road ; TRAVEL ; VERSE ; Well Wishes ; Wind
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
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Joke
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
Doll Joke:
Negro Doll: Wind it up and it moves into your neighborhood.
Submitter comment:
From his friend, Brian.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: HOME ; Cunningham, Joseph
Keyword(s): Doll ; JOKE ; NEGRO ; Neighborhood ; RACISM ; Racist ; Slur ; Tasteless ; Wind-up
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula Filter - Mature Content |