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BELIEF
IF SOMEONE COMES IN THE FRONT DOOR AND LEAVES BY THE BACK DOOR IN
IRELAND IT WILL BRING BAD LUCK TO THE HOUSE, BECAUSE THE PERSON
TOOK ALL THE GOOD LUCK OUT WITH HIM.
Submitter comment:
THE POLICE USED TO DO THIS ALL THE TIME IN IRELAND JUST
TO DISTURB THE WOMEN.
Where learned: LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): HOME, DOMESTIC PURSUITS ; IRISH BELIEF
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.2 |
Date learned: 11-15-1968
BAD LUCK TO GIVE YOUR BOYFRIEND AN ELECTRIC SHAVER,
BECAUSE YOU WILL BREAK UP.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 04-15-1971
IT'S BAD LUCK TO HAVE YOUR PICTURE TAKEN WITH YOUR
BOYFRIEND.
James Callow Keyword(s): Photography
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 04-15-1971
AIN'T GONNA CRY NO MORE
HOW IN THE DICKENS,
CAN I WATER MY CHICKENS?
IF I AIN'T GONNA CRY NO MORE.
AIN'T GONNA CRY NO MORE, NO MORE,
AIN'T GOONA CRY NO MORE.
HOW IN THE DEUCE,
CAN I WATER MY GOOSE?
IF I AIN'T GONNA CRY NO MORE.
AIN'T GONNA CRY NO MORE, NO MORE,
AIN'T GONNA CRY NO MORE.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; PARKERS PRAIRIE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Daily Life |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
SILENCE IS THE FENCE AROUND WISDOM.
Submitter comment:
ORIGIN: UNKNOWN
HAS KNOWN IT SINCE CHILDHOOD
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PARK RIDGE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 08-07-1964
WHEN A STORM IS NEAR, SPRINKLE EACH OF THE ROOMS
OF THE HOUSE WITH HOLY WATER. THE HOLY WATER WILL
AVERT THE STORM FROM THE HOUSE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS AS A MEMBER OF A RURAL
COMMUNITY NEAR PARISVILLE, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; PARISVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Religious objects |
Date learned: 02-19-1967
DON'T CUT A BABY'S HAIR UNTIL AFTER HIS FIRST BIRTHDAY OR
HE WON'T TALK.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
TO CURE WARTS RUB THEM WITH A COIN (MONEY) (SIC).
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): MONEY
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
TO HAVE PRETTY SKIN WASH YOUR FACE IN BABY URINE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Date learned: 06-00-1972
IF THE HEM OF YOUR DRESS IS ACCIDENTALLY TURNED UPWARD,
KISS IT AND YOU'LL RECEIVE A NEW ONE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
IF YOU WALK BACKWARDS YOU'RE CURSING YOUR MOTHER.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Curse |
IF YOUR INDEX TOE IS LARGER THAN YOUR FORETOE, IT IS A
SIGN THAT YOU WILL LOSE YOUR HUSBAND.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Measure of space: distance, height, depth |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
A FROG'S URINE WILL CAUSE WARTS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
ALWAYS BURN YOUR HAIR THAT COMES OUT. IF YOU THROW IT AWAY
AND A BIRD GETS IT AND BUILDS A BIRD NEST, YOU'LL HAVE A
HEADACHE.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
FOR SORE THROAT RELIEF, TIE A STRING DIPPED IN TURPENTINE
AROUND YOUR NECK OVERNIGHT.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
THE GOLD CHESTS
IT (W)AS DOWN THERE IN DECATURVILLE, TENNESSEE, 'N
MY COUSIN WAS SUPPOSED TO MARRY ALVIN BOGGS (HE LIVED
DOWN THERE WHERE THE INTERSTATE NOW RUNS THROUGH LINDEN).
WELL, SHE UP 'N RAN AWAY WITH JESSIE CARTER ON HER
WEDDIN' DAY. WELL, BOGGS WAS SO UPSET HE MOVED TO
TEXAS AND WE DIDN'T HEAR FROM HIM FOR ABOUT FIVE YEARS.
THEN ONE DAY HE CAME IN BY TRAIN AND HE HAD FIVE BIG CHESTS
WITH HIM. IT TOOK ABOUT FOUR MEN TO GET THEM CHESTS
OFF THE TRAIN AND TO HIS HOUSE. WELL EVERYBODY THOUGHT
HE HAD GOLD IN 'EM, BUT HE NEVER WOULD OPEN 'EM. HE
SHOT ONE MAN WHO TRIED TO STEAL ONE. WELL, IT WASN'T
'TIL HE WAS ON HIS DEATH BED AND ONE OF HIS COUSINS ASKED
HIM IF HE COULD OPEN THE CHEST. YOU KNOW WHAT WAS IN
THERE? SCRAP IRON. EVER' ONE OF 'EM FILLED WITH
SCRAP IRON. AN ALL THIS TIME WE THOUGHT THEY WERE
FILLED WITH GOLD; AND THAT'S THE TRUTH.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMOR
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
DEATH STORY
DID YOU HEAR WHAT HAPPENED TO VIRGINIA GARTON WHEN
VIRGINIA SMITH'S MOTHER DIED? WELL, SHE HAD BEEN TO
TOWN AND INSTEAD OF GOING IN HER HOUSE AND PUTTING HER
PACKAGES DOWN, SHE WENT UP TO VIRGINIA SMITH'S TO SEE
IF THERE WAS ANYTHING SHE COULD DO TO HELP OUT. A FEW
DAYS LATER, AFTER MRS. SMITH'S MOTHER DIED, MRS. GARTON
MISSED ONE OF HER PACKAGES AND CALLED MRS. SMITH TO SEE
IF SHE HAD LEFT IT THERE. SHE ASKED, "VIRGINIA, DID
I LEAVE A PACKAGE AT YOUR HOUSE THE OTHER DAY? IT HAD
A SLIP IN IT." MRS. SMITH WAS KIND OF QUIET FOR A
MINUTE AND THEN SAID, "WHEN I SAW THE SLIP, I THOUGHT
IT WAS ONE MY MOTHER HAD BROUGHT WITH HER AND I BURIED
HER IN IT." MRS. GARTON SAID, "OH, THAT'S ALL RIGHT,
I GOT IT ON SALE ANYWAY." TO WHICH MRS. SMITH VERY
CALMLY REPLIED, "THAT'S EVEN BETTER--MOTHER ALWAYS
DID LOVE A BARGAIN."
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
REGIONAL STORY
THERE'S A RIVER, WELL, CANAL, I GUESS YOU'D CALL IT,
THAT CONNECTS THE HUDSON AND HARLEM RIVERS IN UPPER
MANHATTAN, AND EVEN THOUGH IT'S WIDER THAN THE
CUMBERLAND (RIVER), IT'S CALLED A CREEK, SPUYTENDYVIL
(SPITE-IN-DIE-VAL) CREEK. THE STORY GOES THAT WHEN
THE DUTCH SETTLED NEW YORK, THERE WAS A SUPERSTITION
THAT THE DEVIL LIVED IN THAT CREEK IN THE FORM OF A
GIANT SEA TURTLE, AND ALTHOUGH A STORM HAD WASHED THE
BRIDGE AWAY, THE LEADER OF THE DUTCH SAID THAT HE WOULD
SWIM THE CREEK "SPUYTENDYVIL," (IN SPITE OF THE DEVIL).
HE DID AND SUPPOSEDLY WAS TAKEN BY THIS TURTLE AND WAS
NEVER SEEN AGAIN. EVEN TODAY, THAT RIVER IS CALLED OLD
SPUYTENDYVIL CREEK.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name PROSE NARRATIVE -- Still water Small body. Lake, pond.... |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
IN ST. LOUIS, THE "VEILED PROPHET" HAS BECOME A LEGENDARY
FIGURE. ACCORDING TO THE LEGEND, THIS PROPHET OR KING
FROM A FAR-AWAY LAND VISITS EVERY YEAR THE FAIREST CITY IN
THE LAND (WHICH IS ALWAYS ST. LOUIS) AND THERE SELECTS HIS
QUEEN OF LOVE AND BEAUTY, WHO WILL REIGN WITH HIM FOR A
YEAR. IN REALITY, THE ANNUAL OCCASION IS A SOCIAL AFFAIR
AT WHICH THE DEBUTANTES ARE PRESENTED TO SOCIETY. BUT IT
IS CARRIED OUT WITH ALL THE SPLENDOR AND POMP BEFITTING
HIS ROYAL MAJESTY WHO APPEARS AT THE BALL IN ROYAL ROBES
AND WITH VEILED FACE ACCOMPANIED BY HIS PAGES, HERALDS
(WHO ANNOUNCE THE DEBUTANTES WHOSE NAMES, ESPECIALLY
THAT OF THE CHOSEN QUEEN, HAVE BEEN KEPT SECRET UNTIL THIS
SHINING HOUR), AND THE BENGAL LANCERS WHO FORM AN HONOR
GUARD FOR THE QUEEN.
THE DAY AFTER THE BALL, THE VEILED PROPHET, HIS QUEEN AND
HER COURT, RIDE THROUGH THE STREETS OF THE CITY IN THE
ANNUAL VEILED PROPHET PARADE, COMPLETE WITH FLOATS,
MARCHING BANDS, ETC.
IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE PPARADE THE PROPHET "DISAPPEARS"
UNTIL HIS NEXT ANNUAL VISIT. (BUT SOMEHOW THE QUEEN
ALWAYS STAYS BEHIND TO PRESIDE AT ALL THE SOCIAL AFFAIRS OF
THE CITY.)
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Maturity CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Festival |
Date learned: 04-08-1969
WHISKEY HILL
IN AND NEAR THE TOWN OF DUBOIS (WYOMING?) THERE IS A
MOUNTAIN, CALLED BY THE TOWNSPEOPLE "WHISKEY HILL."
THE NAME COMES FROM THE LEGEND THAT IN THE EARLY DAYS
OF TIMBER CUTTING IN THAT AREA, THE LUMBERJACKS WOULD
GET EXTREMELY COLD IN THE THIRTY-BELOW WEATHER PREVALENT
IN THAT AREA. SO IN THE SUMMER MONTHS, THEY WOULD BUY
WHISKEY AND STASH IT IN PLACES KNOWN ONLY TO THEMSELVES
ON THE MOUNTAIN. THEN, IN THE WINTER, THEY WOULD BE
ABLE TO WARM THEMSELVES. NO TOWNSPEOPLE EVER FOUND
ANY OF THE STASHED (HIDDEN) WHISKEY SO NO ONE KNEW
IF IT WAS A TRUE STORY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): CACHE ; TEMPERATURE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formation PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 00-00-1964