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U R STILL
2 SWEET
2 B
4 GOT 10
James Callow comment: WRITTEN AS AN ADDITION PROBLEM
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
WEATHER SIGN
IF DANDELIONS HAPPEN TO BLOOM IN APRIL, THERE'LL BE A HOT,
RAINY JULY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; TULLAHOMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
2 YOUNG
2 GO
4 BOYS
James Callow comment: WRITTEN AS AN ADDITION PROBLEM
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
2 Y'S YOU R
2 Y'S YOU B
2 Y'S U R
I C 4 ME
James Callow comment: WRITTEN AS AN ADDITION PROBLEM
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 02-10-1960
WEATHER SIGN
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; TULLAHOMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
WEATHER SIGN
SOMETIMES MOSQUITOES AND KNATS SWARM INTO THE HOUSE MORE IF
RAIN IS COMING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; TULLAHOMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
WEATHER SIGN
IT'S A SIGN OF RAIN IF DUCKS GET REAL NOISY WITHOUT ANY CALL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; TULLAHOMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
WEATHER SIGN
IT'S A SIGN OF RAIN IF CATS SNEEZE OR LICK THEIR FUR BACKWARDS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; TULLAHOMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
WEATHER SIGN
IF PEOPLE ARE GRUMPIER THAN USUAL, IT USALLY MEANS RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; TULLAHOMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
THE MOYA
THE MOYA TOOK PLACE AT A WEDDING TO GET MORE MONEY OUT OF THE CHEAPSKATES. WHEN THE OLD GEEZERS GOT DRUNK, THE MEN WOULD THROW SOME MONEY ON THE FLOOR AND SHOUT "MOYA" (SHE'S MINE). THEN THEY'D DANCE WITH THE BRIDE. EACH MAN WHO PAID HAD HIS TURN. WHEN NO ONE HAD ANY MONEY LEFT, THE HUSBAND TAKES THE WIFE AWAY AND THE (Y?) COUNT THE MONEY.
Submitter comment: THIS TOOK PLACE AT THE INFORMANT'S WEDDING IN PUNXUTAWNIE, PENNSYLVANIA ABOUT 26 YEARS AGO. IT SEEMS TO BE A POLISH CUSTOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Crucial moment of life Life cycle Crucial Moment in Life |
JUMP ROPE RHYME
FUDGE, FUDGE, CALL THE JUDGE,
MAMA HAS A NEW BORN BABY.
IT WASN'T A GIRL
IT'S NOT A BOY
IT'S JUST A PLAIN OLD BABY.
WRAP IT UP IN TISSUE PAPER
SEND IT DOWN THE ELEVATOR
FIRST FLOOR--STOP
SECOND FLOOR ----------.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
CHILDREN'S RHYME
THE WORMS CRAWL IN, THE WORMS CRAWL OUT, THEY EAT UP YOUR GUTS AND SPIT THEM OUT.
James Callow comment: RDNeedsReview
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WEATHER SIGN
IF BONES, MUSCLES, CORN ON FEET AND THE SUCH ACHE MORE THAN
USUAL, IT'S GOING TO RAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; TULLAHOMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
WEATHER SIGN
RAIN'S COMING IF THE STARS AT NIGHT ARE FADED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; TULLAHOMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
WEATHER SIGN
THE NUMBER OF DAYS THE MOON IS OLD WHEN THE FIRST SNOW FALLS
MEANS HOW MANY SNOWS YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE IN THE WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; TULLAHOMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
WEATHER SIGN
YOU CAN TELL BY HOW MANY DAYS THE FIRST SNOW STAYS ON THE GROUND
ABOUT HOW MANY DEEP SNOWS THERE WILL BE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; TULLAHOMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
YY U R (TOO WISE YOU ARE
YY U B (TOO WISE YOU BE
I C THAT U R 2YY'S
4 ME (ISEE THAT YOU ARE TOO WISE FOR ME.)
James Callow comment: WRITTEN AS AN ADDITION PROBLEM
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
BASKETBALL-HEAD
THERE WAS A BOY WHO WAS DRIVING NEAR
JAFFREY, NEW HAMPSHIRE. HE HAD AN ACCIDENT
AND WENT THROUGH THE WINDSHILE OF THE CAR
AND LOST HALF OF HIS BODY, FROM THE WAIST
DOWN. HE WALKS AROUND LEAVING BLOODY
HAND PRINTS, AND HE STRANGLES PEOPLE. HE
IS VERY STRONG AND HAS A VERY LARGE HEAD,
HENCE THE NAME "BASKETBALL-HEAD."
Where learned: NEW HAMPSHIRE ; CAMP MONADNOCK ; JAFFREY CENTER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
ITALIAN AND FRENCH SUPERSTITION: BREAD AND LUCK
ALWAYS HAVE THE CRUST OF THE BREAD FACING UP ON THE TABLE OR YOU
WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED WHILE TRAVELLING THROUGHOUT EUROPE 1959-1961.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; JAMAICA
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 12-24-1963
WEATHER SIGN
IF YOU COUNT THE NUMBER OF SUNNY DAYS BETWEEN JULY FIRST AND
SEPTEMBER FIRST, YOU CAN TELL HOW MANY REALLY COLD DAYS THERE
ARE GOING TO BE THAT WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; TULLAHOMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 02-12-1972