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CHURCH
WHEN NAPOLEON CAME TO INVADE MALTA OF ITS CHURCHES' RICHES, A
SACRISTAN OF ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL PAINTED THE SOLID SILVER DOOR
BLACK. NAPOLEON WAS FOOLED AND JUST RECENTLY THE BLACK PAINT
HAS BEGUN TO CHIP OFF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16721 GLENMORE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Metal Stone Bone |
PROVERBS
HE WHO PRAISES EVERYBODY, PRAISES NOBODY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): LACCK OF DISCRIMINATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
A NUMBER SUPERSTITION
YOUR FATHERS PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT IF THIRTEEN PEOPLE SAT AT A TABLE
BAD LUCK WOULD COME TO ONE OF THEM.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER HUSBAND AND HIS RELATIVES
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 03-10-1967
My sister kept complaining that she was afraid to sleep in her
room at night because she was seeing a ghost in it if she was to
wake up during the middle of the night. My mother went and found a
horseshoe and nailed it up above my sister's door frame with the
intention that if the ghost would try and come into her room again
it would hit its head on the horseshoe and go away.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; Aberdeen
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
BELIEF
IF YOU HAPPEN TO PUT ON ANY GARMENT WRONG SIDE OUT, WEAR IT THAT
WAY ALL DAY, OTHERWISE YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IT IS BAD LUCK TO PLANT A CEDAR TREE; YOU WILL DIE WHEN IT'S BIG
ENOUGH TO SHADE YOUR GRAVE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IF YOU TELL A DREAM BEFORE BREAKFAST, IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF ABOUT WEATHER
IF IT RAINS THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH, IT WILL RAIN FOR FIFTEEN
DAYS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF ABOUT WEATHER
IF MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LAMB, IT WILL GO OUT LIKE A LION. IF IT
COMES IN LIKE A LION, IT WILL GO OUT LIKE A LAMB.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF ABOUT WEATHER
COUNT THE FOGS IN AUGUST AND YOU WILL KNOW HOW MANY SNOWS THERE
WILL BE THE NEXT WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NOT GIVEN
WHEN WALKING BY A BARREL, A SNAKE CALLED OUT TO THE MAN TO SAVE
HIM. WHEN THE MAN PULLED HIM OUT RELUCTANTLY BECAUSE HE WAS
AFRAID THE SNAKE WOULD BITE HIM, THE SNAKE IMMEDIENTLY DID BITE
THE MAN. WHEN ASKED WHY HE BIT THE ONE WHO HELPED HIM HE
ANSWERED, "YOU KNEW I WAS A SNAKE ALL OF THE TIME."
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal Tale |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE,
WHO'S NOT READY HOLLER "AYE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALPENA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
BELIEF
WHEN YOU HEAR A RAIN CROW, IT WILL RAIN WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FINNISH RIDDLE
Q: HUNDREDS OF HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS OF THOUSANDS.
Q: THERE ARE WINDOWS IN OUR HOUSE.
Q: SATA SATTA, TUGAT TUGATTA ON MEIDAN KOKISSA IKKUNOITA.
A: A FISHING NET.
A: NUOTTA TAI VERKKO JA SEN SIMAT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FINLAND
Keyword(s): BUILDING (Q) ; ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORT GOODS (A) ; NUMBERS (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
"OUTHOUSE SONG"
I'M A JUVENILE DELINQUENT,
I CAN'T GO HOME ANYMORE.
I BEAT UP SINNERS AND I DRINK WITH BUMS,
AND I WAIT ON THE CORNER FOR MY PICK-UP TO COME.
OH I'M A JUVENILE DELINQUENT,
I CAN'T GO HOME ANYMORE.
MY MOTHER HATES ME AND MY FATHER BEATS ME,
AND I BET ON THE RACES CAUSE MY HORSES CAN RUN.
AND THEN THERE'S GRANNY,
SWINGIN' ON THE OUTHOUSE DOOR,
WITHOUT HER NIGHTY ON.
AND THEN THERE'S GRANDPA SCREAMIN' GRANNY GET YOUR NIGHTY BACK,
GRANNY GET YOUR NIGHTY BACK,
GRANNY GET YOUR NIGHTY BACK ON!
I REALLY MEAN IT!
GRANNY GET YOUR NIGHTY BACK ON.
Submitter comment:
THE FIRST EIGHT LINES OF THIS STRANGE TUNE WERE SUNG TO
THE WELL-KNOWN MELODY WHICH WE RECOGNIZE AS "YANKEE DOODLE."
James Callow comment: TUNE OF "I'M A YANKEE DOODLE DANDY" MIGHT BE MEANT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; FRASER ; COUSINS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 00001970S
NOT GIVEN
ONCE UPON A TIME, A BEAR AND A TURTLE BOASTED OF THEIR STRENGTH.
THE BEAR TOLD THE TURTLE HE COULD JERK HIM A MILE. TO DEMONSTRATE
THIS THE BEAR GOT A 100 FOOT CHAIN AND TOOK ONE END AND GAVE THE
TURTLE THE OTHER. THE TURTLE SAID HE COULD NOT DO ANY PULLING
ON LAND BUT HE COULD OVERMATCH THE BEAR IN THE WATER. SO, HE TOOK
HIS END OF THE CHAIN AND TIED IT TO A STUMP UNDER WATER AND
HOLLERED, "READY!" THE BEAR RARED BACK WITH ALL HIS MIGHT BUT
HE COULD NOT OUT PULL THE TURTLE. AFTER ABOUT THREE ATTEMPTS
THE TURTLE POKED HIS HEAD ABOVE THE WATER AND SAID: "BROTHER
BEAR, I TOLD YOU I WAS THE STRONGEST. YOU DIDN'T EVEN 'PULL
UP THE SLACK.'" THE TURTLE WON THE BET WITHOUT AN EFFORT.
ONCE, A RABBIT AND A TURTLE HAD A BET WHO WAS THE FASTEST RUNNER.
THE TURTLE PLACED HIS TWIN BROTHER AT THE END OF THE TRACK.
WHEN THE GONG WENT OFF THE RABBIT WENT "STRAIT" TO THE GOAL
AT RAPID SPEED THINKING HE HAD WON THE BET TO FIND THE TWIN
TURTLE SHOWED UP IN FRONT. HE WON THE BET, WITHOUT RUNNING AT
ALL.
ONCE UPON A TIME A LITTLE RED HEN FOUND SOME GRAINS OF WHEAT:
SHE ASKED THE GOOSE, THE TURKEY, THE RABBIT IF THEY WOULD HELP
HER PLANT THEM; ALL SAID NO. SO SHE PLANTED THEM AND AFTER THE
WHEAT MATURED, SHE ASKED: WHO WILL HELP ME GATHER THE WHEAT?
ALL REPLIED: "I WON'T." SHE GATHERED IT HERSELF; AND THEN
ASKED WHO WOULD HELP CARRY IT TO THE MILL: ALL REPLIED: "I
WILL NOT." SO SHE CARRIED IT AND HAD IT MADE INTO FLOUR AND IT
WAS COOKED INTO BREAD AND THEN SHE ASKED WHO WOULD HELP EAT IT.
ALL REPLIED, "I WILL." SHE SAID "I WILL EAT IT MYSELF; SINCE
I HAD ALL THE TROUBLE ALONE."
BROTHER FOX BUILT A NEW HOUSE AND INVITED TURKEYS, GEESE AND
DUCKS TO A PARTY. ALL CAME AND WENT IN EXCEPT THE WISE, OLD
GOOSE. AFTER AWHILE BROTHER FOX INQUIRED OF MISS GOOSE WHY SHE
DIDN'T COME IN. ALL THE OTHERS CAME IN. SHE SAID, "SO I SEE,
BUT I HAVEN'T SEEN ANY OF THEM COME OUT."
ALL THE FEROCIOUS ANIMALS MET TO PROVE WHO RULED THE JUNGLES.
THE LION SAID HE DID, THE ELEPHANT SAID HE DID, THE TIGER SAID
HE DID, THE GORILLA SAID HE DID AND THE BEAR SAID HE DID. TO
PROVE WHO WAS THE MOST POWERFUL, THEY SELECTED A BATTLE ZONE,
WHICH INCLUDED A BED OF SKUNKS. TO PROTECT HIS HOUSEHOLD, THE
SKUNK RELEASED HIS GAS, AND ALL THE ANIMALS LEFT WITHOUT PROVING
WHO WAS BOSS. THE SKUNK PROVED HE IS THE BOSS.
Submitter comment:
MR. WRIGHT'S GRANDFATHER, STEPHEN SAPP, WAS A BLACKSMITH WHO
MADE PLOWS, FIXED WAGONS AND BUGGIES, SHOED HORSES. HE WAS
THE ONLY BLACKSMITH IN THE WHOLE COUNTY AND HE WAS SO INDIS-
PENSIBLE THAT HE WAS NEVER SUBJECT TO SLAVERY. HE WOULD TELL
A PROFUSION OF STORIES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal Tale |
CAR FOR SALE
A PERSON BOUGHT THAT CAR AND EVERY TIME HE CLOSED THE WINDOWS THE
STENCH INSIDE THE CAR WOULD BE SO STRONG YOU COULDN'T GET IN THE
CAR--LIKE ON A WARM DAY. THIS STILL HAPPENED YEARS AFTERWARDS.
Submitter comment:
I, THE COLLECTOR, TOLD THEM ABOUT THE CAR WHICH THE OWNER COULD NOT
SELL BECAUSE A PERSON WHO HAD DIED IN IT WAS LEFT IN IT FOR SOME
TIME AND THE ODOR REMAINED. IT PROMPTED THE FOLLOWING:
HEARD THIS IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19792 STOUT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Means of transportation Vehicle propelled by mechanical or other force on land BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
BELIEF
IF YOUR FOOT ITCHES, IT'S A SIGN YOU'LL WALK ON STRANGE GROUND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
HE WHO LAUGHS ON FRIDAY CRIES ON SUNDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
FABLE
TWO FOXES LIVED CLOSE BY. ONE SAID, "I'M GOING TO EAT ALL THE
CHICKENS I CAN." THE OTHER SAID, "IM GOING TO EAT ONLY WHAT I
NEED AND GO BACK TOMORROW FOR MORE." THE STUFFED FOX DIED ON
HIS WAY HOME BECAUSE HE ATE SO MUCH. THE OTHER FOX WAS SHOT BY
THE FARMER THE NEXT DAY. WHO WAS RIGHT?
Submitter comment: TAKEN FROM AN OLD TEXTBOOK IN NEW BRUNSWICK, CANADA, ABOUT 1925.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal Tale |