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(TALE FILLED WITH CONTRADICTION)
ONE BRIGHT MORNING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,
BOYS GOT UP TO FIGHT.
BACK TO BACK THEY FACED ONE ANOTHER
DREW THEIR SWORDS AND SHOT EACH OTHER.
A DEAF POLICEMAN HEARD THE NOISE
AND CAME TO ARREST THOSE TWO DEAD BOYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Prose Narrative Prose Narrative |
Date learned: 09-19-1969
ONE TIME A YOUNG MAN WENT TO AN EVENING MASS AND FELL
ASLEEP DURING THE SERMON. HE SLEPT THROUGH THE REST
OF THE MASS AND WHEN HE FAINLLY AWOKE, IT WAS LATE AT
NIGHT AND HE HAD BEEN LOCKED IN BY THE SEXTON WHO DID
NOT SEE HIM ASLEEP IN THE PEW. HE TRIED THE DOORS.
JUST THEN, THE CLOCK STRUCK TWELVE, AND WHEN HE TURNED
AROUND, HE SAW A PRIEST AT THE ALTAR WHO WAS BEGINNING
TO SAY MASS.
SINCE THIS YOUNG MAN WAS AN ALTAR BOY, HE WENT UP AND
SERVED MASS. WHEN MASS WAS OVER, HE ASKED THE PRIEST
WHY HE WAS SAYING MASS SO LATE AT NIGHT. THE PRIEST SAID
THAT HE HAD ACCEPTED OFFERINGS FOR MASSES WHEN HE WAS
ALIVE, BUT THAT HE DIED WITHOUT HAVING A CHANCE TO SAY
ALL OF THE MASSES THAT HE PROMISED. HE SAID THAT HE HAD
TO REMAIN IN PURGATORY UNTIL HE SAID ALL OF THE MASSES
THAT HE PROMISED, AND THAT HE WAS EVEN NOW IN PURGATORY.
WHEN THE BOY SAID THAT IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HE WAS ON
FIRE, THE PRIEST PLACED HIS HAND ON THE WALL. WHEN HE
REMOVED HIS HAND, A BLACK IMPRINT OF HIS HAND WAS BURNED
INTO THE WALL. THEN THE PRIEST VANISHED.
THE BLACK PRINT OF THE PRIEST'S HAND REMAINS ON THE
CHURCH WALL TO THIS DAY.
Submitter comment: THIS STORY WAS TOLD TO ME BY MY 7TH GRADE TEACHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 10-07-1969
(TALE FILLED WITH CONTRADICTION)
ONE BRIGHT MORNING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT,
BOYS GOT UP TO FIGHT.
BACK TO BACK THEY FACED ONE ANOTHER
DREW THEIR SWORDS AND SHOT EACH OTHER.
A DEAF POLICEMAN HEARD THE NOISE
AND CAME TO ARREST THOSE TWO DEAD BOYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Prose Narrative Prose Narrative |
Date learned: 09-19-1969
ONE TIME A YOUNG MAN WENT TO AN EVENING MASS AND FELL
ASLEEP DURING THE SERMON. HE SLEPT THROUGH THE REST
OF THE MASS AND WHEN HE FAINLLY AWOKE, IT WAS LATE AT
NIGHT AND HE HAD BEEN LOCKED IN BY THE SEXTON WHO DID
NOT SEE HIM ASLEEP IN THE PEW. HE TRIED THE DOORS.
JUST THEN, THE CLOCK STRUCK TWELVE, AND WHEN HE TURNED
AROUND, HE SAW A PRIEST AT THE ALTAR WHO WAS BEGINNING
TO SAY MASS.
SINCE THIS YOUNG MAN WAS AN ALTAR BOY, HE WENT UP AND
SERVED MASS. WHEN MASS WAS OVER, HE ASKED THE PRIEST
WHY HE WAS SAYING MASS SO LATE AT NIGHT. THE PRIEST SAID
THAT HE HAD ACCEPTED OFFERINGS FOR MASSES WHEN HE WAS
ALIVE, BUT THAT HE DIED WITHOUT HAVING A CHANCE TO SAY
ALL OF THE MASSES THAT HE PROMISED. HE SAID THAT HE HAD
TO REMAIN IN PURGATORY UNTIL HE SAID ALL OF THE MASSES
THAT HE PROMISED, AND THAT HE WAS EVEN NOW IN PURGATORY.
WHEN THE BOY SAID THAT IT DIDN'T LOOK LIKE HE WAS ON
FIRE, THE PRIEST PLACED HIS HAND ON THE WALL. WHEN HE
REMOVED HIS HAND, A BLACK IMPRINT OF HIS HAND WAS BURNED
INTO THE WALL. THEN THE PRIEST VANISHED.
THE BLACK PRINT OF THE PRIEST'S HAND REMAINS ON THE
CHURCH WALL TO THIS DAY.
Submitter comment: THIS STORY WAS TOLD TO ME BY MY 7TH GRADE TEACHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 10-07-1969
KICK THE CAN
EVERYONE HIDES BUT THE PERSON WHO IS "IT." THE
PERSON WHO IS "IT" LOOKS FOR THE OTHERS AND MUST
KICK THE CAN BEFORE THE PERSON WHO HE FINDS KICKS
IT. THE FIRST PERSON CAUGHT IS "IT" FOR THE NEXT
GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 10-09-1969
IF ONE URINATES AT THE SIDE OF THE ROAD, ONE
WILL ACQUIRE A STY UPON ONE'S EYE WITHIN ONE WEEK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
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THE BICYCLE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
ONE TIME A MAN WAS PULLED OVER TO THE SIDE OF THE
ROAD BY POLICE, WHO SAID HE WAS DRUNK. "I'M NOT DRUNK,"
HE SAID, "HERE I'LL PROVE IT--I'LL WALK ON TOP OF THIS
FENCE." HE CLIMBED ON TOP OF IT AND FELL OVER TO
THE OTHER SIDE, WHERE THERE WAS A BIG, BLACK BULL.
SUDDENLY, THE MAN RUSHED AT THE BULL, GRABBED HIM BY
THE HORNS AND WRESTLED WITH HIM. THE BULL THREW HIM
OFF. AGAIN AND AGAIN, HE RUSHED AT THE BULL AND
WRESTLED WITH HIM, WHILE THE POLICE WATCHED IN AWE.
FINALLY, THE MAN QUIT WRESTLING THE BULL AND CROSSED
BACK OVER THE FENCE. "I GUESS YOU'RE RIGHT," HE SAID,
"I MUST BE DRUNK--ANYTIME I CAN'T TAKE A BICYCLE AWAY
FROM A COLORED KID."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 09-14-1969
MY MOTHER, YOUR MOTHER, LIVE ACROSS THE STREET
TWO FIFTEEN EIGHTEEN BROADWAY STREET
EVERY NIGHT THEY HAD A FIGHT AND THIS IS WHAT THEY SAID:
ICKA BICKA SODACRACKER, ICKA BICKA BOO
ICKA BICKA SODACRACKER, OUT GOES YOU.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A RHYME FOR DESIGNATING WHO IS IT IN A GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-19-1969
EENY, MEENY, SLIPERY DIG,
DEELIA, DOLIA, DOMINIG,
HOCHIE, POCHIE, DOMINOCHIE,
CHI CHA CHOO
IGGLY BIGGLY BOO
AND OUT GOES YOU
IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DEEP BLUE SEA.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A RHYME FOR DESIGNATING WHO IS "IT" IN A GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-14-1969
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EENY, MEENY, MINY MOE,
CATCH A NIGGER BY HIS TOE,
IF HE HOLLERS, LET HIM GO,
MY MOTHER SAID TO CHOOSE THE VERY BEST ONE,
SO O-U-T SPELLS OUT YOU GO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-20-1969
GAME VERSE
WHEN PLAYING HIDE AND SEEK, A PERSON COUNTS TO 100 AND
THEN CHANTS:
APPLES, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PI,
WHO'S NOT READY, HOLLER I.
Submitter comment:
IF A PERSON IS NOT HIDDEN YET, HE YELLS "I" AND THE PERSON
WHO IS IT HAS TO COUNT OVER AGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
TWO LEGS SAT ON THREE LEGS
WITH ONE LEG IN HIS LAP.
IN COMES FOUR LEGS
AND RUNS AWAY WITH ONE LEG.
UP JUMPS TWO LEGS;
CATCHES UP WITH THREE LEGS,
THROWS IT AFTER FOUR LEGS
AND MAKES HIM BRING BACK ONE LEG.
ONE LEG = LEG OF MEAT; TWO LEGS = A MAN; THREE LEGS = A STOOL;
FOUR LEGS = A DOG.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
BE WHAT YOU IS, NOT WHAT YOU IS NOT. FOR THEY WHO ARE WHAT
THEY IS THE HAPPIEST BET.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
HOW MUCH WOOD WOULD A WOODCHUCK CHUCK
IF A WOODCHUCK COULD CHUCK WOOD?
A WOODCHUCK WOULD CHUCK AS MUCH AS HE WOULD CHUCK
IF A WOODCHUCK COULD CHUCK WOOD.
Submitter comment: TONGUE TWISTER
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.532 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF YOU SHIVER WHEN IT'S NOT COLD, IT MEANS THAT WHEN YOU ARE
DEAD, A GOOSE WILL WALK OVER YOUR GRAVE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Chills, shivering |
Date learned: 12-00-1969
If you say a prayer to St. Anthony when you lose something,
he will help you to find it.
Submitter comment:
Mrs. Leisner really believes this to be true. Many times
as a young girl I witnessed my mother performing this
ritual, and even now we always know when she has lost
something when we hear her say "St. Anthony help me!"
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LEXINGTON
Keyword(s): intercession
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Conversions |
Date learned: 00001930S
METHOD OF CURING
RUB MUTTON TALLOW ON THE BOTTOMS OF A BABY'S FEET AND HOLD HIS
FEET TO THE FIRE TO CURE A COLD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HOHENWALD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 06-11-1972
THERE IS A CHURCH IN LEWISTON, NEW YORK WHICH HAS BEEN EMPTY
FOR YEARS, AND ON CERTAIN NIGHTS WHEN IT IS APPROACHED
WITH A LIT LANTERN; IT IS BLOWN OUT.
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK ; LEWISTON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.13 |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
WE HAD A CUSTOM IN HIGH SCHOOL THAT BY PINCHING A PATTERN
INTO A DRINKING STRAW (FROM TOP TO BOTTOM) AND ALTERNATING
SAYING "HE LOVES ME, HE LOVES ME NOT," ONE COULD FIND
OUT THE TRUE STATE OF THEIR LOVE LIFE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; HIGH SCHOOL ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Use of Object SPEECH -- Formula |