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Belief: Animal
Some people believe that handling toads will give a person warts.
Submitter comment:
I do not believe this statement
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P740] is crossed out. Replaced with current classification
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): AMPHIBIAN ; ANIMAL ; BELIEF ; CURSE ; Disfigure ; SUPERSTITION ; Toad ; Wart
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Superstition: Animals
Turtles:
A belief in N.E. [New England?] states that if a snapping turtle bites you, it will hang on to you till the full moon and it will then let go.
Submitter comment:
I learned this from an old Fisherman.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P600, P752] crossed out. Replaced with Current Classification
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; BELIEF ; Bite ; Full Moon ; New England ; Region ; Snap ; SUPERSTITION ; Turtle
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
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.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
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 |
Lady Bug
If a lady bug landed on you, you would say this little verse
and blow it off your hand. If it flew away out of sight, without
landing, her children were safe.
Lady Bug, Lady Bug
Fly fast away
Your house is on fire
And your children astray.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNKNOWN ; ROSEVILLE ; Child
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 00001950S
Counting Game
Eeenie meenie, dik-sha deenie
ooka amaleenie
acha pacha umma lacha
I Love You
Data entry tech comment:
The only information available on the card is that it was submitted by a "Joy."
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): COUNTING RHYME ; GAME ; RHYME ; Selection
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Jump rope song
Grace, Grace, dressed in lace
Wnt upstaris to power her face
How many boxes did she waaste
One, two, three.......
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state where informant learned this song nor does the collect state where the informant lives.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Betty
Betty Boop
Isn't she cute?
All she eats is
Vegetable soup.
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state where informant lives or where it was learned.
Where learned: PLACE UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; Jump ; Plain
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump rope jingle
Blondie and Dagwood went downtown.
Blondie bought an evening gown.
Dagwood bought an eveining paper.
This is what it said -
Close your eyes and coutn to 10.
1,2,3,4,5,6,7,8,9,10.
Where learned: SOURCE UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): Charactor ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Unknown
Blue bells cockel shells enie inie over.
Data entry tech comment:
Collector and informant share the same surname. Collector does not indicate where it was learned or where the informant lives.
Where learned: SOURCE UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Blue Bells
Blue bells, cockele shells
Evy, ivy over.
(After swaying rope black and forth, as child jumps over it , Children begin a game3 of tag thru, the jump rope. )
Data entry tech comment:
Collector and informant are the same person. Collector does not state where it was learned or where the informant lives.
Where learned: SOURCE UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Folk Verse (Rope Jumping)
Blue bells, cockle shells,
Eevy, ivy, overhead.
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state where it was learned.
Where learned: PLACE UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |