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NOT GIVEN
HIS MIND'S AS LONG AS A PIECE OF STRING.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; HUNTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
EPITAPH, FOUND IN BOOT HILL
HERE LIES LESTER MOORE
SIX SLUGS FROM A .44
NO LESS, NO MORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEATH FROM GUNSHOT ; PUN ON PERSONAL NAME ; RHYME: AAA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-16-1969
EAT A LOT OF CARROTS
IF YOU EAT A LOT OF CARROTS YOU WILL HAVE PRETTY EYES.
WAS A WAY MOTHERS IN ITALIAN FAMILIES GOT THEIR CHILDREN TO EAT FOOD
IF THEY DID NOT LIKE IT>
Submitter comment: PASSED DOWN FROM MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 12-00-1982
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GADSDEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-15-1973
TO EASE ASTHMA, CHANGE YOUR BED AND PLACE A PAN OF HOT WATER
UNDER IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HEAT REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
KING ST. STEPHAN AND THE HUNGARIAN NOBLES
IN 999, KING ST. STEPHAN FORBID THE PAGAN SACRIFICE OF WHITE HORSES
BY THE NOBLES SO THAT THEY MIGHT BECOME CHRISTIANS. AND SO IT WAS,
UNTIL ONE DAY HE CHANCED TO SEE SOME NOBLES SACRIFICING THE WHITE
HORSES TO THE PAGAN GODS. HE DEMANDED AN EXPLANATION OF
THEMSELVES. HE HAD PROCLAIMED THERE TO BE ONLY ONE GOD. THEY
REPLIED: "THE HUNGARIAN NOBLE IS MAN ENOUGH TO HAVE TWO GODS."
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HER GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
LIKE A FOX IN A HENHOUSE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; HUNTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-27-1973
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Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
A TRAVELING SALESMAN WAS PASSING THROUGH THE
COUNTRYSIDE ONE DAY AND HE STOPPED AT A FARMHOUSE
FOR A DRINK OF WATER. THE FARMER, THE FARMER'S
WIFE, AND THE BEAUTIFUL 19 YEAR OLD DAUGHTER AND
THE SALESMAN TALKED SOCIABLY A WHILE AND THE
SALESMAN GOT IDEAS ABOUT THE DAUGHTER. BUT HE
DIDN'T WANT TO STAY AROUND VERY LONG, BECAUSE HE
WANTED TO GET BACK TO THE CITY, SO HE SAID TO THE
FARMER, "I'LL BET YOU $5.00 THAT I CAN LIFT YOUR
WHOLE FAMILY AT ONE TIME." "HO, HO," THE FARMER
SAID, "I'LL BET YOU CAN'T." SO THE SALESMAN
HAD THE FARMER LAY FACE DOWN ON THE FRONT LAWN,
THE WIFE ALSO FACE DOWN ON HER HUSBAND'S BACK AND
THE DAUGHTER FACE UP ON HER MOTHER'S BACK. THEN HE
GOT ON TOP OF THE PILE AND LET ON THAT HE WAS
GOING TO LIFT THEM ALL, BUT INSTEAD, HE STARTED
GETTING INTO THE DAUGHTER. SHE HOLLERED. "OH,
DADDY, HE'S DOING IT." AND THE FARMER LAUGHED
AND ANSWERED, "HE IS LIKE HELL, I'LL PULL ALL THE GRASS
OUT FIRST.
Data entry tech comment:
SEXUAL INTERCOURSE INTIMATED.
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK ; JOKE COLLECTION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 10-05-1971
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ORDER IS HEAVEN S FIRST LAW
Submitter comment: CONVERSATION
Where learned: OHIO ; Sylvania
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
WILLIAM TELL
THE VILLAGE OF INTERLOCKEN WAS UNDER THE DOMINATION OF THE LORD
GESSLER. GESSLER WAS A VERY STERN AND CRUEL RULER. ONCE HE TOOK
OFF HIS HAT AND PLACED IT ON A STICK AND TOLD EVERYONE TO KNEEL AND
PAY HOMAGE TO IT AS IF IT WERE HIS OWN PERSON. TELL WAS A FARMER
OF THAT AREA, AND HE REFUSED TO PAY TRIBUTE TO THE HAT. BECAUSE OF
THIS, GESSLER WAS INFURIATED AND TOLD TELL THAT UNLESS HE SHOT AN
APPLE OFF THE HEAD OF HIS SON, HE WOULD HAVE TO GO TO PRISON.
(TELL HAD THE REPUTATION OF BEING A VERY GOOD HUNTER.) TELL COULD
SEE NO WAY OUT, SO HE TOOK TWO ARROWS, BUT SLIPPED ONE INTO HIS
SHIRT. HE LOADED HIS CROSSBOW AND SHOT THE APPLE OFF HIS SON'S
HEAD. GESSLER THEN ASKED HIM WHY HE TOOK TWO ARROWS. TELL
ANSWERED, "IF I HAD MISSED THE APPLE, I SURELY WOULDN'T HAVE MISSED
YOU." FOR THIS REMARK, TELL WAS TAKEN PRISONER, BUT HIS SON WAS
RELEASED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT TOLD ME THAT THE MOTIF OF "AN APPLE BEING SHOT OFF SOME-
ONE'S HEAD" WAS FOUND IN EARLIER GERMAN TRADITION. THESE GERMANS
WERE THE SAME TRIBE AS THOSE THAT SETTLED IN SWITZERLAND.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
THE CHRISTMASTIME LIGHTS
JUST BEFORE THE RECENT POWER BLACKOUT IN SOUTHEAST TEXAS, A VOICE
WAS HEARD TO SAY, "WAIT A MINUTE, LADY BIRD, WHILE I TEST THE
CHRISTMAS TREE LIGHTS."
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOOD BELIEFS
IF YOU BOIL ANYTHING GREEN DURING DOGDAYS IT WILL SPOIL.
Submitter comment:
MY AUNT DOES NOT COOK ANYTHING GREEN DURING DOG DAYS. THIS
INCLUDES COLLARDS, TURNIPS, BEANS, AND PEAS.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; MILLEDGEVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- August CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Summer Food Drink -- Manner of preparation Process BELIEF -- Measure of time Summer BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
CURING OIL
OLIVE OIL IS SAID TO BE A CURE FOR APPENDICITIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-22-1968
MYSTERY STREET
THE INFORMANT RELATES BEING TOLD THAT "STRASBURG," A STREET ON THE
EAST SIDE OF DETROIT, WAS A MYSTERY STREET. HE SAID THAT A GIRL
WAS RUN OVER BY A CAR IN 1962 AND THAT THE DRIVER REFUSED TO STOP.
THE GIRL BEAT CONTINUOUSLY ON THE TRUNK UNTIL THE DRIVER STOPPED.
WHEN THE DRIVER DID STOP, THE GIRL WAS DEAD. NOW, EVERY TIME A
CAR GOES DOWN STRASBURG, IT GOES THUMP, THUMP, THUMP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 14857 ALMA
Keyword(s): KNOCK-KNOCK STREET
Date learned: 03-15-1967
SIGNS OF ANGER
HIS JAWS ARE GETTING TIGHT.
I HEARD THE COLORED LABORERS OF THE CITY OF DETROIT USE THE
EXPRESSION "HIS JAWS ARE GETTIN' TIGHT" TO INDICATE THAT A
PERSON WAS BECOMING ANGRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
FOLK BELIEFS
A SORE WILL NOT HEAL DURING DOG DAYS. DOG DAYS ARE FORTY
DAYS DURING LATE SUMMER. IT USUALLY STARTS THE LAST OF
JULY TO LATE AUGUST.
Submitter comment:
MY AUNT ALWAYS SAID THIS DURING DOG DAYS. TO A CERTAIN EXTENT IT
WAS TRUE. SORES TOOK A LONG TIME TO HEAL.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; MILLEDGEVILLE
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- August CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Summer BELIEF -- Measure of time Summer BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
EXPECTANT MOTHERS
A PERSON CAN TELL WHEN A WOMAN IS PREGNANT BY LOOKING
AT A VEIN IN HER NECK. IF YOU SEE A DOUBLE HEARTBEAT
SHE IS PREGNANT.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; MILLEDGEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
POLISH SAYING
AS LIFE, SO DEATH.
(AS YOU LIVE, SO YOU WILL DIE.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Farmington Hills
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-00-1983
IF I COVERED A MIRROR WHEN A STORM WAS RAGING, THE LIGHTNING
WOULD NOT STRIKE ME.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY ; PAGE 82
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
ITCH IN THE PALM OF THE HAND
IF THE PALM OF THE HAND ITCHES IT MEANS THAT YOUR GOING TO GET SOME
UNEXPECTED/SURPRISING MONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: 12-00-1982