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Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
HE CAME OUT OF THERE, LIKE SHIT THROUGH A FUNNEL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SCATOLOGICAL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
VITAMIN BELIEF
IF YOU EAT YELLOW VEGETABLES LIKE CARROTS, SQUASH, WAX BEANS, YOUR
EYES WILL BE STRONG AND YOU'LL HAVE GOOD VISION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-31-1971
HUMOROUS RELIGIOUS SONG
THEY PLAYED THE GAME ON SATURDAY
IN THE DEVIL'S OWN BACKYARD
WITH JESUS PLAYING QUARTERBACK AND
MOSES PLAYING GUARD
THE ANGELS IN THE GRANDSTAND
GAVE OUT A MIGHTY YELL
WHEN JESUS SCORED A TOUCHDOWN
AGAINST THE BOYS FROM HELL.
REFRAIN:
ROCK 'EM, SOCK 'EM, JESUS BLOCK 'EM.
GO, CHRIST, GO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
LEMME KISS YUH
WHAT IS YOUR NAME LITTLE BOY?
MY NAME IS LEMME.
LEMME WHAT LITTLE BOY?
LEMME KISS YUH!
WHAT IS YOUR NAME LITTLE GIRL?
MY NAME IS IDA.
IDA WHAT LITTLE GIRL?
IDA'NT (DON'T) WANTA!
WHAT IS YOUR NAME LITTLE BOY?
MY NAME IS LEMME.
LEMME WHAT LITTLE BOY?
LEMME KISS YUH!
WHAT IS YOUR NAME LITTLE GIRL?
MY NAME IS ASKA.
ASKA WHAT LITTLE GIRL?
ASKA MY MOMMA!
WHAT IS YOUR NAME LITTLE BOY?
MY NAME IS LEMME.
LEMME WHAT LITTLE BOY?
LEMME KISS YUH!
WHAT IS YOUR NAME LITTLE GIRL?
MY NAME IS OLLIE.
OLLIE WHAT LITTLE LITTLE GIRL?
OLLIE RIGHT! (PUCKER LIPS AND KISS THE AIR)
Submitter comment:
OBTAINED FROM CAMP STAPLETON ABOUT TWELVE YEARS AGO [1953]. ONE OF THE
COUNSELORS TAUGHT IT TO US AS WE SAT AROUND THE CAMPFIRE
SINGING.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GESTURE ; KNOCK KNOCK JOKE ; QUESTION AND ANSWER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
WHO'S GONNA BE YOUR MAN?
WHO'S GONNA SHOE YOUR PRETTY LITTLE FEET?
AND WHO'S GONNA GLOVE YOUR HANDS?
AND WHO'S GONNA KISS YOUR RED RUBY LIPS?
WHO'S GONNA BE YOUR MAN?
I DON'T NEED NO MAN.
I DON'T NEED NO MAN.
PAPA'S GONNA SHOE MY PRETTY LITTLE FEET,
I DON'T NEED NO MAN.
IF PAPA'S GONNA SHOE YOUR PRETTY LITTLE FEET,
THEN WHO'S GONNA GLOVE YOUR HANDS?
AND WHO'S GONNA KISS YOUR RED RUBY LIPS?
WHO'S GONNA BE YOUR MAN?
I DON'T NEED NO MAN.
I DON'T NEED NO MAN.
MAMA'S GONNA GLOVE MY PRETTY LITTLE HANDS,
I DON'T NEED NO MAN.
IF PAPA'S GONNA SHOE YOUR PRETTY LITTLE FEET,
AND MAMA'S GONNA GLOVE YOUR HANDS,
THEN WHO'S GONNA KISS YOUR RED RUBY LIPS?
WHO'S GONNA BE YOUR MAN?
I DON'T NEED NO MAN.
I DON'T NEED NO MAN.
BROTHER'S GONNA KISS MY RED RUBY LIPS,
I DON'T NEED NO MAN.
IF PAPA'S GONNA SHOE YOUR PRETTY LITTLE FEET,
AND MAMA'S GONNA GLOVE YOUR HANDS,
AND BROTHER'S GONNA KISS YOUR RED RUBY LIPS,
WHO'S GONNA BE YOUR MAN?
I DON'T NEED NO MAN.
I DON'T NEED NO MAN.
THE ONLY, ONLY MAN I EVER DID LOVE,
IS ON THAT TRAIN AND GONE.
THE LONGEST TRAIN I EVER DID SEE,
WAS A HUNDRED COACHES LONG.
AND ON THAT TRAIN WAS THE ONLY, ONLY MAN.
AND ON THAT TRAIN AND GONE.
Submitter comment:
I learned this at camp.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CAMP ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): INCREMENTAL REPETITION ; QUESTION AND ANSWER STRUCTURE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
I'M CHIQUITA BANANA AND I'M HERE TO SAY
GET RID OF YOUR TEACHER THE EASY WAY.
PEEL A BANANA AND PUT IT ON THE FLOOR
AND WATCH YOUR TEACHER FLY OUT OF THE DOOR.
Submitter comment:
THIS SONG WAS POPULAR WHAN I WAS IN GRAD SCHOOL.
THIS WAS SUNG TO THE MUSIC OF THE ADVERTISEMENT FOR CHIQUITA BANANAS
AT THAT TIME.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): JOKE ; MUSIC ; PARODY ; RHYME ; SONG ; Tune
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 11-13-1969
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CHINKATEE CHUU CHUU PAN
ONCE THERE LIVED A CHINA MAN
HIS NAME WAS CHINKATEE CHUU CHUU PAN
HIS LEGS WERE LONG
HIS FEET WERE SHORT
POOR LITTLE CHINK COULD HARDLY WALK
AT LAST ONE DAY HE DID DIE
AND IN HIS COFFIN HE DID LIE
THEY SENT HIS BODY TO JAPAN
AND THAT WAS THE END OF THE CHINA MAN.
CHINKATEE, CHINKATEE CHUU CHUU PAN
ALA GA WAL A GA, STUN OF A LULA GA
AND THAT WAS THE END OF THE CHINA MAN.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HIS UNCLE IN NEW YORK MANY YEARS AGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST: LONG AND SHORT ; HUMOR ; MOCK EPIC ; NONSENSE REFRAIN ; RHYME: AABCDEEAAAFA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
BASEBALL SUPERSTITION
IT IS BELIEVED TO BE BAD LUCK IN BASEBALL TO STRIKE OUT THE FIRST
BATTER AGAINST YOU.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT ONLY HEARD OF THIS, DID NOT PLAY BY IT HIMSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBER
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- P888 P888.2 |
Date learned: 09-30-1971
PRE-NATAL SUPERSTITION
NOTHING SHOULD EVER BE BOUGHT FOR A BABY BEFORE IT IS BORN.
THIS CAN CAUSE THE CHILD TO BE BORN EITHER DEAD OR BADLY DEFORMED.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
PREGNANCY BELIEF
DURING HER PREGNANCY, HER MOTHER-IN-LAW MADE HER EAT A LITTLE OF
EVERYTHING THAT WAS ON THE DINNER TABLE BECAUSE SHE BELIEVED THAT
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN SAW FOOD AND DIDN'T EAT IT, HER CHILD WOULD BE
MARKED OR DEFORMED AT BIRTH.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; mother-in-law
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
KISSING BELIEF
IN THE OLDEN TIMES, IT WAS SAID THAT IF A GIRL KISSED A BOY, SHE
WOULD HAVE A BABY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
James Callow Keyword(s): PREGNANCY WITHOUT SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BIRTH BELIEF
IF AN EXPECTANT MOTHER GOES TO A FUNERAL AND LOOKS IN THE
COFFIN THE CHILD SHE BEARS WILL NEVER HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BABY DELIVERY
IN THE OLDEN DAYS IT WAS BELIEVED BY THE YOUNG THAT THE
DOCTOR BROUGHT THE BABIES IN A LITTLE BLACK BAG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM ; PREGNANCY WITHOUT SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-12-1971
PREGNANCY BELIEF
IF YOU ARE PREGNANT, THIS WOMAN SHOULD NOT WEAR A NECKLACE
OR SHE WILL BE CHOKING THE BABY BY WEARING IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | 840 BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-07-1971
BELIEF
A MOTHER LOSES A TOOTH FOR EVERY CHILD THAT SHE BEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-04-1970
PREGNANCY SUPERSTITION
WHEN A WOMAN IS PREGNANT AND SEES SOMETHING HORRIBLE SHE SLAPS
HER HAND ON ANY PART OF THE BODY AND IT WILL LEAVE A BIRTHMARK
OF THE THING SHE SAW.
Data entry tech comment:
There are three others similar to this in archive.
Informant and collector share same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Specific distinguishing characteristic Dimple, wart, mole, scar, freckle, birthmark, strawberry mark, bruise, spot (on any part of body) BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-22-1969
FOOD SUPERSTITIONS REGARDING PREGNANCY
IF WHILE A WOMAN IS PREGNANT, AND SHE HAS A CRAVING FOR A
CERTAIN FOOD, AND SHE THEN TOUCHES HERSELF, THE BABY WILL HAVE
A BIRTH MARK ON THAT SPOT THAT THE WOMAN TOUCHED.
Data entry tech comment:
There are several others like this in the archive.
Informant's homeland=Italy?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home ; from informant's homeland
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC?
Date learned: 03-07-1971
PREGNANCY BELIEF
IT IS BELIEVED BY SOME THAT IF PREGNANT WOMEN HAVE BEAUTIFUL
THOUGHTS THEY WILL HAVE A BEAUTIFUL CHILD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REMEMBERS THIS TO BE A COMMON PRACTICE IN HER
YOUNGER DAYS AND KNEW OF PEOPLE WHO HAD USED IT,
APPARENTLY WITH SUCCESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | 840 BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-03-1971
PREGNANCY BELIEF
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN LIFTS HER ARMS ABOVE HER HEAD SHE WILL LOSE
HER BABY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM ONE OF HER FRIENDS.
Data entry tech comment:
THERE ARE SEVERAL LIKE THIS IN THE ARCHIVE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 840 BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
LUCK BELIEF
A CHILD BORN WITH A "CZEPEK" (FILM ON INFANT'S HEAD) IS ALWAYS LUCKY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CAUL
James Callow Keyword(s): CAUL AMNION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Good luck P881.2 |
Date learned: 02-07-1971