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IF YOU DROP A DISHRAG, SOMEONE IS COMING SLOUCHER THAN YOU.

Where learned: KENTUCKY ; MAYFIELD

James Callow Keyword(s): SLOUCHIER?

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank

Date learned: 08-10-1968

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ITEM IN A BULLETIN PUT OUT BY THE LAND AND FORESTS
DEPARTMENT OF ONTAIN, CANADA: (ONTARIO?)
THE BEST WAY TO EFFECT CAPTURE OF A PROCUPINE IS
TO WAIT UNTIL HE'S IN THE OPEN. THEN WATCHING
FOR HIS SLAPPING TAIL, RUSH IN QUICKLY AND POP A
LARGE WASTETUB OVER HIM. THUS YOU WILL HAVE
SOMETHING TO SIT ON WHILE YOU FIGURE YOUR NEXT
MOVE.

Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO

James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote
BELIEF -- Mammal

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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DUCKY

ONE BIG ROCK IS PLACED ON THE GROUND. EACH PLAYER HAS
ONE STONE TO THROW AT THE LARGE ROCK. THE PERSON
WHOSE STONE MISSES THE ROCK BY THE LARGEST DISTANCE
IS OUT OF THE GAME AND HAS TO PLACE HIS STONE ON
TOP OF THE LARGE ROCK. THE REST OF THE PLAYERS
COLLECT THEIR STONES AND THROW AGAIN TRYING TO KNOCK
THE STONE OFF THE ROCK. THE PLAYERS TAKE A PLACE BY
THEIR STONE. WHEN THE STONE IS KNOCKED OFF THE ROCK,
ALL PLAYERS MUST "FLY" (RUN) BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL
POSITIONS BEFORE THE PLAYER WHO WAS OUT OF THE GAME
CAN PUT HIS STONE BACK UP ON THE ROCK. THE LAST ONE
BACK IS OUT OF THE GAME. THE GAME CONTINUES UNTIL
ONLY ONE PERSON IS LEFT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement

Date learned: 11-15-1968

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WEATHER BELIEF

RED SKY AT MORNING, SAILOR TAKE WARNING
RED SKY AT NIGHT, SAILOR'S DELIGHT

Submitter comment: THE MORNING RED SKY SIGNALS A BAD STORM, WHILE THE NIGHT SIGNALS A
A BEAUTIFUL DAY TO COME.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Weather sign or control

Date learned: 10-00-1981

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MY MOTHER WAS DEATHLY AFRAID OF GYPSIES AND THEY USED
TO COME AROUND. SHE BELIEVED THEY HAD UNNATURAL
POWERS AND COULD PUT A CURSE ON YOU.

Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO

Subject headings: BELIEF -- P439

Date learned: 10-00-1968

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MAKE YOUR OWN WEDDING DRESS, AND YOU'LL NOT LIVE TO
WEAR IT.

Submitter comment: I GOT THIS FROM SEVERAL SOURCES WHEN I WAS CONSIDERING
MAKING MY WEDDING GOWN; THIS GIRL MUST NOT BELIEVE IT,
HOWEVER, SINCE SHE'S MAKING HER OWN.

Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Marriage Bride

Date learned: 09-01-1968

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LITTLE FLY UPON THE WALL,
HIM AIN'T GOT NO HOME AT ALL.
HIM AIN'T GOT NO MAMA TO COMB HIS HAIR,
HIM DON'T CARE!
HIM GOT NO HAIR.

Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM NEIGHBORHOOD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): BABY-TALK

Subject headings: 730 Lyrical Verse

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NOTHING AS SOMETHING LOVEN
WHEN COMING FROM THE COVEN

Where learned: WXYZ RADIO

Subject headings: 730 Lyrical Verse

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IN OCTOBER OF 1976 I WAS HOSPITALIZED AND HAD TO UNDERGO SURGERY.
I WAS IN THE HOSPITAL FOR TWO WEEKS. WHILE I WAS THERE I KEPT
HAVING A RECURRING DREAM. IN THE DREAM MY MOTHER DIED. THE DREAM
WAS VERY DETAILED I SAW MY MOTHER DIE AND THEN I SAW HER FUNERAL.
BECAUSE OF THE DREAM AND MY SURGERY I WAS VERY UPSET SO MY HUSBAND
SENT ME TO MICHIGAN TO VISIT MY MOTHER. THE NIGHT BEFORE I WAS TO
LEAVE MY MOTHER'S AND RETURN HOME SHE HAD A HEART ATTACK AND DIED.
HER DEATH OCCURED EXACTLY AS IT HAD IN MY DREAM. THE FUNERAL WAS
ALSO AN EXACT ENACTMENT OF MY DREAM EVEN DOWN TO THE CASKET WHICH
MY FATHER PICKED OUT BEFORE I EVER SAW IT. I BELIEVE MY DREAMS
WERE MY MOTHER'S WARNING TO ME ABOUT HER DEATH.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling a death

Date learned: 04-00-1984

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IT IS GOOD LUCK FOR A SPIDER TO FALL ON A BRIDE AT
HER WEDDING.

Submitter comment: SHE HAD HEARD THIS FROM A GREAT AUNT AND TOLD IT TO ME
AT THE TIME OF MY WEDDING; SHE DIDN'T BELIEVE IT.

Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Marriage Ceremony

Date learned: 09-01-1967

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Jingle Bells, Batman Smells, Robin laid an egg.
Batmobile lost its wheel, and the Joker got away!

Submitter comment: Sung to the tune of Jingle Bells.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HEMLOCK

James Callow Keyword(s): Comic strip character

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery

Date learned: 00001970S

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TOMMY, TOMMY IN THE TUB,
MOTHER FORGOT TO PUT IN THE PLUG,
O, MY HEART, O, MY SOUL!
THERE GOES TOMMY DOWN THE HOLE.

Where learned: NOT GIVEN

Subject headings: 730 Lyrical Verse

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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BELIEF

IT IS A BELIEF THAT TURNING OVER FOOD WITH A KNIFE BRINGS BAD
LUCK.

Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BRUCE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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TAUNT

BARRY'S MADE AND I'M GLAD,
AND I KNOW HOW TO PLEASE HIM.
A BOTTLE OF BEER AND A KICK IN THE REAR,
AND THREE LITTLE GIRLS TO PLEASE HIM.

Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER DAD.

Where learned: SAINT MICHAEL GRADE SCHOOL

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse

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THOSE ENGAGED WITH AN EMERALD RING WILL NOT BE MARRIED.
I WAS CAUTIONED THIS BY MY MOTHER-IN-LAW AT THE TIME
WE WERE SELECTING MY ENGAGEMENT RING; SHE REALLY SEEMED
TO BELIEVE IT.

Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Marriage P545.015

Date learned: 07-00-1966

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YOUR DAUGHTERS WILL NOT MARRY IF PEACOCK FEATHERS ARE
KEPT IN THE HOME.

Submitter comment: INTERESTING CONTRADICTION, SINCE THIS PERSON WON'T
EVEN ALLOW A PET BIRD (EVEN CANARY OR PARAKEET) IN
HER HOME--SHE HAS FOUR DAUGHTERS.

Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship

Date learned: 03-20-1968

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ENGLAND GOT HUNGRY,
ATE TURKEY,
SLIPPED ON GREECE
AND BROKE CHINA.

Where learned: NEW JERSEY

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse

Date learned: 00-00-1958

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BELIEF

PLANTING BEANS ON GOOD FRIDAY IS SUPPOSED TO INSURE GOOD
CROP FOR THE YEAR.

Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BRUCE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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NEVER TAKE THE LAST PIECE OF ANYTHING ON A PLATE
OR YOU WILL BE AN OLD MAID.

Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO

Keyword(s): SPINSTER

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship
BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero

Date learned: 10-00-1968

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IF YOU STEP OVER A MOP HANDLE, YOU WILL NEVER GET
MARRIED; IF YOU JUMP OVER A BROOM HANDLE, YOU WILL
MARRY.

Submitter comment: I CAN REMEMBER AS A CHILD BEING VERY CAREFUL TO FOLLOW
THESE PRESCRIPTIONS.

Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship

Date learned: UNKNOWN

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