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THIS IS THE STORY OF THE HAUNTED HOUSE. ONCE UPON
A TIME, A GROUP OF BOYS STARTED A CLUB. BEFORE YOU WERE
A MEMBER, YOU HAD TO VISIT A CERTAIN HAUNTED HOUSE. ONE
BOY WENT TO THE HEAD AND TOLD HIM HE WANTED TO BE A
MEMBER. THEY TOLD HIM WHEN HE GOT INSIDE THE HAUNTED
HOUSE, HE WOULD FIND THREE WINDOWS. THEY TOLD HIM TO
SHINE ONE LIGHT IN THE FIRST WINDOW, TWO IN THE SECOND,
THREE IN THE THIRD. HE WENT UP THERE AND WHEN HE GOT
INSIDE, HE JUST FOUND TWO WINDOWS. HE SHINED ONE
LIGHT IN THE FIRST WINDOW AND TWO IN THE SECOND. HE
LOOKED AROUND AND FOUND A DOOR. HE OPENED IT AND IN
FRONT OF HIM WERE BODIES OF BOYS WHO HAD BEEN UP
HERE BEFORE. HE STARTED TO LEAVE WHEN HE BLACKED OUT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
ONCE THERE WAS A FARMER WHO HAD A HUGE, HUGE PATCH
OF WATERMELONS. HIS NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR JUST LOVED
WATERMELONS, BUT THE FARMER HARDLY EVER GAVE HIM ANY,
THOUGH. THERE WAS A HAUNTED HOUSE UP THE STREET AND
ONE DAY THE FARMER TOLD THE MAN THAT IF HE SPENT THE
NIGHT IN THE HAUNTED HOUSE THAT HE'D GIVE HIM ALL
THE WATERMELONS HE WANTED. THAT NIGHT THE MAN SLEPT IN
THE HAUNTED HOUSE. HE WENT IN THERE AND HE SAW A
WHOLE BUNCH OF ROOMS. HE PICKED OUT ONE TO SLEEP IN,
HE STARTED TO GO TO SLEEP WHEN HE SAW TWO BIG EYES.
HE GOT HIS GUN AND SHOT AT 'EM. OUCH! HE FLEW FROM
THE BED OUT THE DOOR AND DOWN THE STREET. AS HE
WENT BY HIS NEIGHBOR'S HOUSE HE CALLED, "YOU CAN
FORGET ABOUT THEM WATERMELONS."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: 08-10-1968
FATAL HAIRDO TALE
WHEN I WAS A HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT IN NASHVILLE (1963-66)
THERE WERE A RASH OF FATAL HAIRDO STORIES CIRCULATING
AMONG THE HIGH SCHOOL GIRLS. EVERYONE WHO TOLD THE
STORIES VOWED THAT THEIR VERSION WAS THE T R U E
VERSION. I CAN REMEMBER THAT THE GIRL
WAS SAID TO HAVE BEEN A STUDENT AT STRATFORD HIGH
SCHOOL IN NASHVILLE, AND AT DONELSON HIGH SCHOOL
IN DONELSON, TENNESSEE WHICH IS A SUBURB OF NASHVILLE.
THE STORY BASICALLY WENT SOMETHING LIKE THIS:
THERE WAS THIS GIRL WHO HAD HER HAIR FIXED IN A
SPECIAL, ELABORATE WAY FOR A PROM OR SOME OTHER EVENT.
AFTER THE GIRL HAD HER HAIR DONE, FOR DAYS, AND EVEN
WEEKS AFTERWARDS, SHE ROLLED IT WITH TOILET PAPER EACH
NIGHT TO HOLD THE STYLE'S SHAPE AND NEVER BRUSHED IT OUT
BECAUSE SHE LIKED THE HAIRDO SO WELL. ONE DAY THIS GIRL
WAS SITTING IN CLASS AND BLOOD STARTED RUNNING DOWN
HER FACE. SHE FAINTED AND WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL.
AT THE HOSPITAL, HER HAIRDO WAS DISMANTLED AND A NEST
OF ROACHES WAS FOUND IN HER HAIR. THEY HAD BURROWED
AND EATEN THEIR WAY INTO HER HEAD AND INTO HER BRAIN
AND KILLED HER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): ALSO SEE SAME BASIC STORY WITH A SPIDER IN IT.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
ABOUT A YEAR AGO, I WAS LOOKING OUT THE DEN WINDOW AND I
SAW THIS STRANGE OBJECT THAT WAS OBLONG HOVERING VERY
LOW OVER TREES. IT WAS IN AUGUST. IT HAD VERY, VERY
BRIGHT ORANGE LIGHTS SHINING THROUGH ROWS AND ROWS OF
WINDOWS. SO, I DISMISSED IT FROM MY MIND AND I WAS
DETERMINED NOT TO TELL ABOUT IT BECAUSE THEY'D THINK
I WAS NUTS. SO, IN A FEW DAYS AT MY DAUGHTER'S BIRTHDAY
PARTY ONE OF THE LITTLE GUESTS CAME IN AND SAID, "GUESS
WHAT, MY SISTER AND I SAW THE OTHER DAY?" A FLYING SAUCER."
IT TURNED OUT IT WAS AT THE SAME LOCATION AND TIME AS
THE ONE I HAD SEEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): ALIENS ; UFO U. F. O. UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Celestial Body |
Date learned: 07-19-1968
HAUNTED HOUSE
ON THE CORNER OF 46TH AVE., NORTH AND CHARLOTTE
AVE., ACROSS FROM THE CHARLOTTE AVENUE CHURCH OF
CHRIST, THERE USED TO STAND A WEATHER-BEATEN LITTLE
GINGERBREAD COTTAGE WHERE NOBODY WOULD LIVE.
PEOPLE SAID THAT A MAN HAD ONCE GONE CRAZY OVER
RELIGION AND HANGED HIMSELF IN THE DINING ROOM.
FROM THE STREET YOU COULD HEAR STRANGE NOISES AND
SEE LIGHTS IF YOU WENT PAST LATE AT NIGHT. NOBODY
HAD LIVED IN IT FOR TWENTY YEARS WHEN, JUST BEFORE
WORLD WAR II, IT WAS MOVED TO THE BACK OF THE LOT AND
AN ESSO (GAS) STATION WAS BUILT ON THE CORNER.
DURING THE WAR HOUSES WERE SO SCARCE THAT THE OWNER
PAINTED IT UP AND RENTED IT TO WAR WORKERS. AFTER
THE WAR IT WAS TORN DOWN AND A REPAIR GARAGE WAS
BUILT ON THE SITE. A BUSINESS MAN LATER TOLD ME THAT
THE REASON IT WAS NOT LIVED IN WAS THAT IT WAS IN
LITIGATION BECAUSE ONE OF THE HEIRS COULD NOT BE
LOCATED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
HAUNTED HOUSE
AS LONG AS I HAVE LIVED IN THIS NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE
HAS BEEN A TWO-STORY, WHITE HOUSE ON FIFTY-FIRST AVE.,
NORTH JUST OFF CHARLOTTE THAT WAS HAUNTED BY A MAN
WHO SLIT HIS THROAT WITH AN OLD-FASHIONED RAZOR. IF
YOU WERE IN THE ROOM NEXT TO THE ONE WHERE HE KILLED
HIMSELF AND THE DOOR WAS CLOSED YOU WOULD HEAR A
SWOOSHING SOUND. WHEN YOU LOOKED DOWN, YOU WOULD
SEE A GREAT PUDDLE OF BLOOD FLOWING UNDER THE DOOR.
ONCE I WAS TELLING THE CHILDREN IN MY CLASS ABOUT
THIS HOUSE WHEN A LITTLE GIRL BEGAN TO WAVE HER
HAND FRANTICALLY. THIS IS WHAT SHE TOLD:
WE USED TO LIVE IN THAT HOUSE. NOBODY HAD EVER
TOLD US ABOUT IT BEING HAUNTED. ONE EVENING JUST
ABOUT SUNDOWN, I WENT IN THE FRONT DOOR. I DIDN'T
KNOW THERE WASN'T ANYBODY AT HOME WHEN I OPENED THE
DOOR. IT WAS ALMOST DARK BUT YOU COULD SEE YOUR WAY
AROUND A LITTLE. I WAS AFRAID TO GO ANY FURTHER.
THEN I THOUGHT I SAW A LIGHT UNDER THE FRONT ROOM
DOOR. I RAN OUT SCREAMING. THE NEIGHBORS CAME BACK
WITH ME AND ABOUT THAT TIME MY FATHER AND MOTHER
CAME HOME. THEY TOLD ME THAT I HAD JUST SEEN THE
SUNSET REFLECTED IN THE WAX FLOOR. I KNOW THEY WERE
RIGHT, BUT IT LOOKED JUST LIKE BLOOD AND I SURE
WAS SCARED.
Submitter comment:
THE GIRL'S NAME WAS JEAN CROUCH. I HAVE NEVER HEARD
OF ANYONE ELSE SEEING THE BLOOD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
HAUNTED HOUSE
UP IN THE COVE THERE WAS A HOUSE THAT EVERYBODY THOUGHT
WAS HAUNTED. EVEN THE REVENUE MEN THOUGHT IT WAS
HAUNTED. IT WAS OWNED BY A BOOTLEGGER NAMED LADD.
YOU COULD SEE HIM GO IN THE HOUSE BUT WHEN YOU WENT
IN TO ARREST HIM, YOU COULD SEARCH THE PLACE OVER AND
NOT BE ABLE TO FIND HIM. THE GOVERNMENT EVEN SENT MEN
THERE TO MEASURE THE HOUSE TO SEE IF IT HAD A SECRET
ROOM BUT THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY. AFTER OLD MAN LADD
DIED HIS CHILDREN SHOWED HOW THERE WAS A PASSAGEWAY
THROUGH THE CHIMNEY DOWN INTO THE CELLAR THAT LED OUT
TO A BIG CAVE WHERE HE STORED HIS BOOZE. EVEN THEN
NOBODY WOULD BUY THE PLACE AND FOR ALL I KNOW THE
LADDS ARE STILL LIVING THERE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): LIQUOR MOONSHINE TREASURY DEPARTMENT T-MEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
DEATH OF A CAT
ONCE SOME PEOPLE WENT IN THE KITCHEN AND SAW TWO CATS
SETTING IN FRONT OF THE FIRE COOKING PEAS IN AN EGGSHELL.
WHILE THEY WAS WATCHIN' THEM, ANOTHER CAT RUSHED IN AND
HOLLERED, "CRUMP'S DEAD." THE CATS DROPPED THEY (THEIR)
PEAS AND THEY ALL RUN OFF AND NOBODY EVER SAW THEM AGAIN.
Submitter comment:
OUT AND LOOKING HIM FULL IN THE FACE SAY:
JOHNNY REED! JOHNNY REED!
TELL MADAM MOMFORT
THAT MALLY DIXON'S DEAD!
THIS IS ONLY ONE OF MANY EXAMPLES THAT ARCHER TAYLOR,
P. 73, GIVES OF WHAT STITH THOMPSON CALLS THE "ROBERT IS
DEAD" MOTIF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal |
Date learned: 00001950 CA
ANECDOTE ABOUT A LINCOLN COLLEGE TEACHER
WHEN MR.AIRTH TAUGHT THE RESEARCH PAPER SECTION OF ENGLISH
COMP0SITION, HE SPENT TWO HOURS EVERY NIGHT IN THE LIBRARY
TRYING TO FIND OUT IF AND WHEN HIS STUDENTS PLAGURIZED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Legend |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
LINCOLN COLLEGE ANECDOTE
THE DEAN OF STUDENTS WENT THRU THE DORM ONE NIGHT AND FOUND A
DRAMA TEACHER IN BED WITH ONE OF THE GIRLS. HE WAS STANDING IN
THE DOOR AND SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" AND THE DRAMA TEACHER
SAID, AN EXPERIMENT IN PHYSICS."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Legend |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
LINCOLN COLLEGE ANECDOTE
AFTER MRS.MOLEN REPORTED MR. NEWTON FOR NOT MEETING HIS CLASS
ONE TUESDAY, NEWTON STARTED DOING THIS EVERY DAY - HE'D START THE
CLASS AND TEACH FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES AND THEN OPEN THE DOOR AND
YELL INTO THE HALL, "MRS.MOLEN, I'M ON THE JOB."
HE DID IT EVERYDAY THAT SEMESTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Legend |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
ANECDOTE ABOUT LINCOLN COLLEGE TEACHERS
AFTER THE OLD MAIN BUILDING BURNED - THE BASEMENT HAD BEEN THE
FACULTY OFFICES - THERE WERE A HALF A DOZEN TEACHERS WHO SAID THEY
MANUSCRIPTS OF BOOKS OR ARTICLES THEY WERE WORKING ON. MOST OF
THEM COULDN'T READ LET ALONE WRITE JOURNAL ARTICLES BEFORE OR
AFTER THE FIRE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Legend |
HORROR LEGEND
AT WEST POINT THE FOLLOWING INCIDENT SUPPOSEDLY HAPPENED AT A
PARTICULAR LOCATION ON AN ISOLATED ROAD:
A COUPLE WAS PARKING AND WHEN THE BOY TRIED TO START THE CAR,
NOTHING HAPPENED. HE TOLD THE GIRL THAT HE WOULD GO FOR HELP AND
SHE WAS TO STAY IN THE LOCKED CAR TIL HE CAME BACK. AFTER HE LEFT
EVERYTHING WAS VERY QUIET FOR A LONG TIME, THEN THE GIRL HEARD A
CONSTANT THUMPING ON THE ROOF. IN THE MORNING THE HIGHWAY PATROL
WOKE HER UP TELLING HER TO GET OF THE CAR AND NOT TO LOOK UP.
SHE DID LOOK UP AND HER BOYFRIEND WAS HANGING ABOVE THE CAR, WITH
FEET ON THE HOOD, FROM THE TREE. MM
OTHER VARIATIONS OF THE TALE USUALLY HAVE THE BOY'S HEAD SET
ON THE ROOF OF THE CAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
HORROR LEGEND
AT WEST POINT A TALE WAS TOLD OF A GIRL'S SCHOOL: TWO GIRLS
WERE IN A DORM ONE NIGHT AND HEARD A STANGE NOISE OUTSIDE. THE
GIRLS AGREED THAT ONE WOULD GO OUT TO SEE WHAT IT WAS AND WOULD
COME BACK AND KNOCK ON THE GIRL'S DOOR TO BE LET IN. SO THE GIRL
LEFT AND WAS GONE QUITE A WHILE. MEANWHILE, THERE WAS A FAINT
SCRATCHING ON THE DOOR, BUT THE GIRL INSIDE DID NOT OPEN IT...
IN THE MORNING SHE OPENED THE DOOR AND HER FRIEND WAS LYING
OUTSIDE DEAD.
VARIOUS VERSIONS OF THIS TALE HAVE BEEN HEARD BY ALMOST EVERY
COLLEGE STUDENT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
"GREEN EYES"
ONE NIGHT WHEN RIDING THROUGH THE BATTLEFIELD WITH 3 FRIENDS
WE SAW A WHITE, MISTY OBJECT CUT IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIELD. GENE
AND JOHN, WHO LIVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE PARK SWORE THAT THERE
WAS NO STATUE IN THAT PARTICULAR FIELD. DEBBI AND I WENT BACK
THE NEXT DAY, AND COULD NOT FIND A FIELD THAT LOOKED LIKE THE ONE
WITH A STATUE IN IT. TO THIS DAY, GENE AND JOHN SWEAR THAT IT WAS
THE GHOST OF GREEN EYES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
"GREEN EYES"
GREEN EYES IS SAID TO BE A YOUNG SOLDIER WHO WAS DECAPITATED
BY A CANNON BALL. THE HEAD WAS NEVER FOUND SO JUST THE BODY WAS
BURIED. THE YOUNG SOLDIER SEARCHES THE BATTLEGROUND FOR HIS
HEAD EVERY NITE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
"GREEN EYES"
GREEN EYES (OF CHICKAMAUGA BATTLEFIELD) IS SUPPOSED TO BE A
YANKEE SOLDIER THAT WAS SHOT, LEFT TO DIE, AND NEVER BURIED DURING
THE CIVIL WAR. HIS SPIRIT IS OUT FOR REVENGE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
DUMB DOCTOR RIDDLE
WHAT DOES ONE CALL THE PERSON WHO GRADUATES WITH THE
LOWEST GRADES OF ANYONE IN HIS MEDICAL SCHOOL CLASS?
ANSWER--DOCTOR
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 06-15-1973
UROLOGISTS
IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION A DOCTOR WHOSE SPECIALTY IS
UROLOGY IS REFERRED TO EITHER AS A PLUMBER OR A PECKER-
CHECKER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 06-15-1973
CROCKS
DOCTORS AT VANDERBILT HOSPITAL REFER TO PATIENTS WHO FAKE
ILLNESS OR WHO THINK THEY ARE SICK AS "CROCKS."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): HYPOCHONDRIA ; HYPOCHONDRIACS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Date learned: 06-15-1973