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LEGEND
THIS GUY, CREEPY JESUS, WAS REPUTED TO BE A HOLY
ROLLER. HE WAS ABOUT FIVE FEET TALL AND WOULD GO
TO THE PEOPLE'S HOMES. HE'S FLASH SOMETHING IN A
PAPER BAG AND ASK IF YOU WANTED TO BUY IT. IF YOU
TOLD HIM YOUR FATHER WASN'T HOME, HE'D LEAVE RIGHT
AWAY EVEN IF YOUR FATHER WAS RIGHT THERE IN THE
FRONT YARD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
LEGEND
ONE DAY NEWT BUILT HIMSELF A BEAUTIFUL LOG CABIN--
IT WAS TWO STORIES AND EVERYTHING. ONE SIDE HAD
A BEAUTIFUL VIEW OF THE OCEAN AND THE OTHER THE
WOODS. ONLY HE DIDN'T HAVE ANY WINDOWS ON THE
OCEAN SIDE SO HE COULDN'T SEE OUT, BUT ON THE
WOODS SIDE, HE HAD A SUN PORCH--BUT FOR WINDOWS
HE PUT IN DOUBLE PANES AND EVERY TIME THE SUN
HIT THE WINDOWS, THEY WOULD STEAM UP SO HE
COULDN'T SEE OUT THERE EITHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
LEGEND
OLD NEWT SOLD EGGS, SEE, BUT HE'D NEVER COOK
ON HIS OWN. HE'D ALWAYS SHOW UP AT SOMEONE'S
HOUSE AT ABOUT 4:30 AND HANG AROUND UNTIL THEY
INVITED HIM TO EAT. HE HAD A DIFFERENT HOUSE FOR
EVERY DAY. OURS WAS FRIDAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
NAMING
GERMANS WHEN THEY FIRST CAME TO THE UNITED STATES
WERE CALLED "EASTERLINGS." WITH THEM THEY BROUGHT
THEIR FINE PRECIOUS METAL WORK IN SILVER. THE
FIRST TWO LETTERS OF EASTERLING WERE DROPPED AND
THE SILVER WORK WAS CALLED "STERLING."
THEY WERE CALLED "EASTERLINGS" BECAUSE THEY CAME
FROM THE EAST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration Implement to handle food |
Date learned: 05-13-1969
THIS IS A STORY THE DEAN OF STUDENTS USED TO TELL
TO KEEP US FROM GOING OFF BY OURSELVES AND PARKING.
THIS COUPLE WAS OFF ON A LONELY ROAD MAKING OUT
AND THE GIRL GOT SCARED FOR SOME REASON AND TOLD
THE BOY SHE WANTED TO GO RIGHT THEN. SO THEY
LEFT AND DROVE BACK TO CAMPUS. HE GOT OUT AND
WENT AROUND TO OPEN THE DOOR FOR HER. WHEN HE
REACHED FOR THE HANDLE, THERE WAS A PART OF AN
ARTIFICIAL ARM WITH A BIG HOOK HANGING ON THE
DOORHANDLE. LATER THAT NIGHT THEY HEARD ON
THE RADIO THAT A ONE-ARMED CONVICT HAD ESCAPED
FROM PRISON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
WHEN DR. MACKEY WAS A STUDENT IN COLLEGE
(DR. MACKEY IS THE PRESIDENT EMERITUS), ONE
NIGHT HE WAS OUTSIDE THE DORM AND THIS GUY ON
THE THIRD FLOOR DROPPED A WATER BALLOON ON
HIS HEAD.
THAT NIGHT, WHEN EVERYBODY WAS ASLEEP, DR.
MACKEY TOOK A HOSE PIPE AND CLIMBED UP THE
DRAINPIPE AND STUCK THE NOZZLE IN THIS
BOY'S BED THAT HAD DROPPED THE BALLOON ON HIM.
THEN DR. MACKEY CLIMBED BACK DOWN THE DRAINPIPE
AND TURNED THE HOSEPIPE ON FULL BLAST AND
SCARED THAT GUY TO DEATH AND NEARLY DROWNED
HIM AND NOBODY EVER FOUND OUT WHO DID IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
HUNGARIAN LEGEND
KING STEPHEN BROUGHT HUNGARY TO CHRISTIANITY
AND ROMAN CATHOLICISM, AND WAS PRESENTED
WITH A HEAVILY JEWELLED CROWN BY THE POPE.
DURING SOME WAR, THE ROYAL JEWELS WERE
BURIED AND AT THIS TIME THE CROSS ON THE TOP
OF THE CROWN WAS BENT. NOW THE CROWN IS
ALWAYS SHOWN WITH THE BENT CROSS.
Submitter comment: THIS CROWN WAS RECENTLY RETURNED TO HUNGARY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
LEGEND
THIS ONE GUY WAS SORT OF A HIPPIE-TYPE GOD.
HIS NAME WAS OWSLING. HE WAS THIS MAN WHO WAS
UP IN CANADA AND MADE ALL THIS LSD BY HIMSELF.
THIS WAS ABOUT EARLY 1964. AND HE TRAVELLED
ALL THE WAY FROM NEW YORK TO THE WEST COAST
TURNING ON PEOPLE. AT ONE POINT HE WAS AT THIS
PARTY, I THINK IT WAS IN BUFFALO AT A COLLEGE,
AND HE POURED ALL THIS LSD INTO THE PUNCHBOWL.
AND ALL THE STRAIGHT PEOPLE GOT TURNED ON,
AND SO DID ALL THE OTHER PEOPLE. AND HE WENT
AROUND--HE WAS SORT OF LIKE THE JOHNNY APPLESEED
OF ACID. AND HE MADE ALL THIS STUFF. IT WAS
VERY GOOD ACID. AND PEOPLE TO THIS DAY--AND
THIS IS THREE YEARS AFTER HE WAS IN PRODUCTION--
HE WAS SINCE ARRESTED IN CALIFORNIA, AND PEOPLE
STILL INSIST THAT THERE IS OWSLING ACID GOING
AROUND, THAT YOU CAN BUY IT, WHICH IS QUITE
RIDICULOUS, HE DIDN'T MAKE THAT MUCH.
PEOPLE ALSO INSIST THAT YOU CAN BUY SANDOS
ACID WHICH IS ALSO QUITE--SANDOS IS A
PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY IN SWITZERLAND--ALSO
QUITE RIDICULOUS, BECAUSE SANDOS CEASED
PRODUCTION IN 1962, SO I'M SURE IT'S ALL USED UP.
James Callow comment: DID THIS GIRL TAKE SOME?
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, THERE ARE
ARCHES ON THE CAMPUS. IT IS SAID THAT IF
YOU WALK THROUGH THE ARCHES, YOU WON'T
GRADUATE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
CHINESE LEGEND WITH MORAL
THIS RICH MAN HAD FEAST EVERY DAY--AND SO
MUCH WASTE, JUST THROW FOOD AWAY. THIS POOR
MONK CAME IN TO BEG FOR FOOD AND THEY DIDN'T
GIVE ANY TO HIM. BUT HE HAD ENOUGH BY JUST
GATHERING WHAT THEY THREW OUT--EVEN MORE THAN
HE NEEDED. SO, HE DRIED LEFT-OVER RICE IN SUN, AND
STORED IT. SOMETIMES LATER THIS RICH MAN
BECOMES POOR AND HE TURNS INTO BEGGAR. SO MONK
TOOK RICE AND SOAKED IT IN WATER, RECOOKED IT
AND SERVED TO THIS MAN. THIS MAN THANKED THE
MONK. THE MONK TOLD HIM THERE WAS NO NEED FOR
THANKING HIM BECAUSE WHAT HE ATE BELONGED TO
HIMSELF.
MORAL: DON'T LIVE WASTEFUL LIFE. WHENEVER YOU
CAN HELP OTHERS, DO IT. YOU DON'T KNOW WHEN
IN TURN, YOU WILL NEED HELP (BUDDHISM).
IMPORTANT IN CHINA--POSITION IS INTANGIBLE. THE
WORLD TURNS. WE CAN'T BE SURE WE CAN MAINTAIN
WHAT HE HAVE--ONE DAY RICH, NEXT DAY POOR.
THE GOOD YOU DO TODAY WILL BE RESTORED FOR
FUTURE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Legend |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
CHINESE LEGEND
DURING WORLD WAR II, THREE CHINESE
FRIENDS WERE EATING DINNER BY CANDLELIGHT.
THEY WERE VERY POOR AND DID NOT HAVE MUCH
FOOD. ONE PIECE OF MEAT WAS LEFT--A
SLICE, JUST A SLITHER. ALL THREE WANTED
TO HAVE IT. SO, ONE ACCIDENTALLY KNOCKED
THE CANDLE OFF AND TRIED TO REACH THE MEAT.
BUT, WHEN HIS HAND GETS TO THE PLATTER,
HE FOUND TWO OTHER HANDS THERE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Legend |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
FARM BELIEF
PULL THE LONGEST LEG OFF A DADDY LONG-LEGS
AND THEY WILL LEAD YOU TO THE COWS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): SPIDER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
TURN BULL CREEK
JOAN RELATES THE STORY OF HOW TURNBULL CREEK OF CRAGGIE
HOPE, TENNESSEE GOT ITS NAME. TURNBULL CREEK GOT ITS
NAME FROM THE TIME A MAN RODE HIS AXE (OX?) INTO THE
SWOLLEN STREAM. FINDING IT TOO DEEP TO FORD, HE
STARTED YELLING, "TURN, BULL! TURN, BULL!"
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
THE HAND OF GOD
ONCE THIS OLD COUPLE WHO LIVED ON A FARM AWOKE ONE MORNING
TO FIND A HORSE MISSING. NOW ON THE FARM THEY HAD A
HIRED MAN NAMED TOMMY LYTLE EDGAR WHITAKER JOHN KNOX
FREEMAN WYNN, AND AS HE SAID "AND COOPER COMES IN THAR
SOMEWHAR." SO THEY SENT THIS MAN OUT TO LOOK FOR THE
HORSE, WITH HIS FATHER. IN A FIELD THEY FOUND THE HORSE
UNDER A DEAD TREE THAT HAD BEEN STRUCK BY LIGHTNING AND
FALLEN ON THE ANIMAL, KILLING HIM. THE FATHER OF THE
HIRED MAN SUMMED UP THE SITUATION IN THIS WAY, "YOU TAKE
GOD UP ONE SIDE AND DOWN T'OTHER AND HE DOES JUST ABOUT
AS MUCH HARM AS HE DOES GOOD."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): GOD EVALUATED, FOUND EQUALLY HELPFUL AND HARMFUL ; HUMOROUS NAME
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Gods PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lightning Thunder |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
BELCHEWELL SOPHIE
THE INFORMANT CAN DATE THIS STORY IN HIS FAMILY AT LEAST
AS FAR BACK AS 1820.
ONCE THERE WAS A COW WHO HAD A PARTICULARLY POPULAR CALF,
LOVED BY ALL THE OTHER ANIMALS. THIS CALF'S NAME WAS
BELCHEWELL SOPHIE, AND EVERY EVENING AT DINNERTIME, THE
MOTHER COW WOULD CALL OUT:BELCHEWELL SOPHIE
COME GET YOUR INDIA LINEN
COME GET YOUR CALICO
AND THE CALF WOULD COME FOR HER DINNER. ONE NIGHT WHEN
THE MOTHER COW CALLED, BELCHEWELL SOPHIE DIDN'T COME.
NOR DID SHE COME HOME THE NEXT DAY. BY THIS TIME, THE
MOTHER WAS SURE SHE HAD BEEN EATEN BY ONE OF THE OTHER
ANIMALS, SO A CONCLAVE OF ALL THE ANIMALS WAS CALLED TO
DECIDE HOW TO FIND THE CULPRIT. FINALLY, IT WAS DECIDED
THAT THEY WOULD BUILD A BONFIRE AND ASK ALL THE ANIMALS
TO JUMP OVER IT, THE IDEA BEING THAT ANY ANIMAL WHO HAD
EATEN AS MUCH AS A CALF WOULD BE TOO FAT TO MAKE IT OVER
THE FIRE. SO THE FIRE WAS BUILT, AND THE ANIMALS LINED UP
TO JUMP OVER. THE RABBIT WAS FIRST AND AS HE JUMPED, HE SANG
(MUSIC WRITTEN ON THE 5 X 8 CARD):
I AIN'T NO LIAR AND I AINT NO ROGUE;
I DIDN'T EAT BELCHEWELL SOPHIE SO JUMP OVER ITT
AND OVER HE WENT. ALL THE OTHER ANIMALS FOLLOWED HIM
SINGING THE SAME SONG, EXCEPT THE WOLF. HE SLUNK IN THE
SHADOWS AND REFUSED TO JUMP. FINALLY WHEN HE HAD
EXHAUSTED THE PATIENCE OF THE OTHERS, HE APPROACHED
THE FIRE AND SANG:
(MUSIC ON THE 5 X 8 CARD)
I AM A LIAR AND I AM A ROGUE;
I DID EAT BELCHEWELL SOPHIE SO JUMP IN IT.
SO HE JUMPED INTO THE FIRE AND WAS BURNED UP.
(MUSIC WRITTEN ON 5 X 8 CARD)
James Callow comment: MUSIC ON THE 5 X 8 CARD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): CANTE FABLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
THE HOOK
A MAN WITH A HOOK INSTEAD OF A HAND ROAMS THROUGH WARNER
PARK AT NIGHT. A COUPLE WITH A CONVERTIBLE (CAR) PARKED
THERE ONE NIGHT AND HEARD A RIPPING SOUND. WHEN THEY
GOT HOME AND GOT OUT OF THE CAR, A HOOK WAS IN THE
CONVERTIBLE TOP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
MURDERED BOYFRIEND
A GIRL AND BOY ON A DATE RAN OUT OF GAS ON A DARK,
LONELY ROAD. THE BOY TOLD HER TO STAY IN THE LOCKED
CAR AND NOT LOOK BACK, WHILE HE WENT FOR HELP. SHE
STAYED ALL NIGHT, AND IN THE MORNING, SHE TURNED AND
LOOKED OUT THE BACK WINDOW. HER BOYFRIEND'S HEAD WAS
ON THE TRUNK, LOOKING IN AT HER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): HORROR ; The Boyfriend's Death
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 00001960 CA
GHOST ON RAILROAD TRACK
AT MIDNIGHT AT THE RAILROAD CROSSING IN CHAPEL HILL,
TENNESSEE, A LIGHT IS SEEN TO APPROACH FROM DOWN THE
TRACK. THIS IS THE LANTERN CARRIED BY THE GHOST OF
HENRY NEESE, WHO WAS DECAPITATED HERE, BY A TRAIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00001962 CA
NEGRO WITH BRICK
SOMETIMES A GIRL AT THE OXFORD HOUSE DORMITORY OF
VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY WILL FIND HERSELF ALONE IN AN
ELEVATOR WITH A NEGRO MAN HOLDING A BRICK. AS SHE
STARTS TO STEP OUT, HE DROPS THE BRICK ON HER FOOT.
THIS MAN HAS REPORTEDLY ALSO APPEARED IN THE WOMEN'S
QUADRANGLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: 12-00-1969
PHANTOM TRAIN
AT MIDNIGHT AT THE RAILROAD CROSSING OF CHAPEL HILL,
TENNESSEE, THE INFORMANT AND A FRIEND SAW A LARGE LIGHT
APPROACHING FROM DOWN THE TRACK. THE LIGHT SEEMED
TO HAVE NO CENTER. WHEN IT WAS ONLY A FEW FEET AWAY,
SHE SAW IT WAS A TRAIN AND SHE QUICKLY STEPPED OFF THE
TRACK. AS IT PASSED HER AND DISAPPEARED, IT MADE NO
NOISE AT ALL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): GHOST TRAIN ; PHANTOM TRAIN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 11-00-1969