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THE MAD BUTCHER OF KINGSBERRY RUN
KINGSBERRY RUN IS A ROAD RUNNING THROUGH THE FLATS OF CLEVELAND
(INDUSTRIAL AREA). MANY UNSOLVED MURDERS HAVE BEEN COMMITTED THERE
WHERE THE VICTIMS HAVE BEEN SLICED UP. THE MURDERER HAS BEEN
CALLED THE MAD BUTCHER. THIS INCIDENT HAS BECOME A LEGEND AMONG
THE PEOPLE OF CLEVELAND.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT HEARD OF THIS LEGEND WHILE LIVING IN CLEVELAND WHERE
HE SPENT THE FIRST 18 YEARS OF HIS LIFE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): MUTILATED MURDERS ; OHIO
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: 03-02-1970
TALE OF KISSING ELBOW
IF YOU KISS YOUR ELBOW, YOU'LL TURN INTO THE OPPOSITE SEX.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck |
Date learned: 01-26-1972
TALE OF KISSING ELBO.
IF YOU KISS YOUR ELBO,
YOU WILL TURN INTO THE OPPOSITE SEX.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): ELBOW
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 01-26-1972
CHING, CHANG CHINAMAN, SITTING ON A FENCE/ TRYING TO MAKE A DOLLAR
OUT OF FIFTEEN CENTS.
HE MISSED, HE MISSED, HE MISSED LIKE THIS, 1, 2,
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-02-1970
JUMP ROPE RHYME
LITTLE MISS MACK
DRESSED IN BLACK...
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID AS A CHILD SHE USED TO RECITE THIS
RHYME FREQUENTLY, HOWEVER SHE WAS UNABLE TO REMEMBER THE END OF IT NOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-12-1970
VERSE
ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER NINE,
COMING DOWN THE CHICAGO LINE.
IF THE TRAIN SHOULD JUMP THE TRACK,
DO YOU WANT YOUR MONEY BACK?
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL LOBBY
Keyword(s): RAILROAD ; RHETORICAL QUESTION ; RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
RIDDLE
WHAT'S LONG AT NIGHT AND SHORT IN THE DAY?
-- A CAT, BECAUSE YOU LET IT OUT AT NIGHT AND
TAKE IT IN DURING THE DAY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-22-1968
TANGLE TALK
"ONCE THERE WAS A BITTLE LUM SITTING ON A STURB CONE,
CHEWING A GUNK OF HUM. ALONG CAME A MOLICE PAN-SIMMIE
GOME! SIMMIE GOME! NOT BY A SARN DITE SAID THE BITTLE
LUM. SO THE MOLICE PAN SHOOK THE BITTLE LUM AND OUT
CAME THE GUNK OF HUM ON THE STURB CONE."
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL
Keyword(s): TONGUE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-18-1971
PROVERB
LITTLE STROKES FELL GREAT OAKS.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL
Keyword(s): Chop ; Cut ; Oak ; PATIENCE ; PERSEVERANCE ; Tree
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-21-1968
BELIEF CONCERNING BIRTH
IF A GIRL IS BORN WITH A WIDOW'S PEAK,
IT IS SUPPOSED TO BE A SIGN OF ROYALTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM
Keyword(s): HAIRLINE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Birth |
MARBLES
IT'S CUSTOMARY TO SHOOT MARBLES ON GOOD FRIDAY. ( IT IS ) FOLLOWED
QUITE RIGOROUSLY BY YOUNGER BOYS.
Submitter comment: ( THIS IS A CUSTOM IN THE ) BAHAMAS.
Data entry tech comment:
MARBLES ARE ALSO PLAYED IN SUSSEX, ENGLAND ON GOOD FRIDAY. IT HAS
BEEN SUGGESTED THAT IT SIGNIFIES THE THROWING OF DICE DURING THE
CRUCIFIXION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 02-04-1972
ST. PATRICK AND THE SNAKES
IN IRELAND WHEN ALL WERE PAGAN, AND CELTIC PRIESTS WERE
IN CHARGE, THERE CAME A CHRISTIAN PRIEST FROM FRANCE--
A HANDSOME, TALL, AND LEAN PERSON BY THE NAME OF
PATRICK. THERE HAD BEEN A TERRIBLE PLAGUE OF VIPERS
FOR A LONG TIME, A PUNISHMENT FROM GOD. PATRICK
WALKED INTO THE MAIN CITY AND INTO THE HIGH TEMPLE.
HE WENT UP TO THE ALTAR OF THE CELTIC PRIESTS AND
EXTENDED HIS STAFF OVER IT, AND THEREUPON IT
CRUMBLED. HE BLESSED HIMSELF AND DEDICATED THE TEMPLE
TO GOD; AND THEY SAY AT THAT MOMENT THE VIPERS WENT
INTO THE SEA AND DROWNED. ST. PATRICK THEN WENT OUT
AND CONVERTED MILLIONS.
Submitter comment:
I HAD FIRST HEARD ABOUT THE STORY OF ST. PATRICK AND
THE SNAKES FROM ONE OF MY FORMER INFORMANTS, JOHN
GRIFFIN, WHO DIDN'T KNOW THE WHOLE STORY, BUT TOLD ME
ABOUT JOHN WHOM HE THOUGHT WOULD KNOW THE WHOLE STORY.
JOHN TOLD ME THE STORY AND AFTERWARDS TOLD ME HOW THE
VIPERS REPRESENT DEVILS AND ST. PATRICK'S STAFF
REPRESENTS A PHALLIC SYMBOL, WHICH HAS POWER OVER THE
VIPERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
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WHEN A FLEMISH WOMAN PUTS THE FINGER NEXT TO HER
THUMB (INDEX FINGER) IN THE PALM OF A GUY'S HAND,
SHE WANTS TO GO TO BED WITH HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM
Keyword(s): INTERCOURSE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions |
Date learned: 11-13-1969
LEGEND OF WARDING OFF A BEATING
WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING WRONG
AND YOU DON'T WANT TO BE BEATEN BY YOUR MOTHER
PULL OUT ONE OF YOUR EYELASHES AND PUT IT UNDER A ROCK.
IT MUST BE A ROCK OR IT IS NO GOOD.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID HE TRIED IT UNDER A CONCK SHELL AND IT DID'NT WORK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM
Keyword(s): CONCH SHELL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: 01-26-1972
ST. PATRICK AND THE SNAKES
IN IRELAND WHEN ALL WERE PAGAN, AND CELTIC PRIESTS WERE
IN CHARGE, THERE CAME A CHRISTIAN PRIEST FROM FRANCE--
A HANDSOME, TALL, AND LEAN PERSON BY THE NAME OF
PATRICK. THERE HAD BEEN A TERRIBLE PLAGUE OF VIPERS
FOR A LONG TIME, A PUNISHMENT FROM GOD. PATRICK
WALKED INTO THE MAIN CITY AND INTO THE HIGH TEMPLE.
HE WENT UP TO THE ALTAR OF THE CELTIC PRIESTS AND
EXTENDED HIS STAFF OVER IT, AND THEREUPON IT
CRUMBLED. HE BLESSED HIMSELF AND DEDICATED THE TEMPLE
TO GOD; AND THEY SAY AT THAT MOMENT THE VIPERS WENT
INTO THE SEA AND DROWNED. ST. PATRICK THEN WENT OUT
AND CONVERTED MILLIONS.
Submitter comment:
I HAD FIRST HEARD ABOUT THE STORY OF ST. PATRICK AND
THE SNAKES FROM ONE OF MY FORMER INFORMANTS, JOHN
GRIFFIN, WHO DIDN'T KNOW THE WHOLE STORY, BUT TOLD ME
ABOUT JOHN WHOM HE THOUGHT WOULD KNOW THE WHOLE STORY.
JOHN TOLD ME THE STORY AND AFTERWARDS TOLD ME HOW THE
VIPERS REPRESENT DEVILS AND ST. PATRICK'S STAFF
REPRESENTS A PHALLIC SYMBOL, WHICH HAS POWER OVER THE
VIPERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
IT IS TRADITIONAL IN THE SUZIO FAMILY, THAT DURING ADVENT, ALL GOOD
DEEDS ARE REWARDED WITH A LITTLE STAR DRAWN ON A SHEET OF PAPER
HANGING ON A DOOR. EACH CHILD TRIES TO GET AS MANY OF THESE STARS,
AND THUS BE AS GOOD AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN BECAUSE ON CHRISTMAS EVE
LITTLE SCROLLS, TIED WITH RIBBONS, CONTAINING ALL THE STARS THEY
MERITED, ARE CARRIED IN A PROCESSION TO THE CRIB UNDER THE CHRISTMAS
TREE. EACH CHILD WANTS TO HAVE THE BEST GIFT POSSIBLE, SO THEY WORK
AS HARD AS THEY CAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM
| Subject headings: | 645 September 23 Equinox to December 20 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Manger scenes CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Christmas tree |
Date learned: 11-12-1969
RIDDLE
HOW COME SMOKEY THE BEAR'S WIFE CAN NOT GET PREGNANT?
ANSWER: EVERY TIME SHE GETS HOT, HE HITS HER WITH A SHOVEL.
Data entry tech comment: SMOKEY THE BEAR IS A TELEVISION COMMERCIAL CHARACTER USED ;
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-28-1972
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CONFUSCIOUS SAY
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
CONFUSCIOUS SAY:
HE WHO LAY GIRL ON GROUND FIND PEACE ON EARTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM
Keyword(s): HUMOR SEX METONYMY
| Subject headings: |
Date learned: 12-00-1968
TONGUE TWISTERS
RUBBER BABY BUGGY BUMPERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 10-18-1971
RIDDLE
WHAT IS SMOKEY THE BEAR'S MIDDLE NAME? ANSWER: THE.
Data entry tech comment: SMOKEY THE BEAR IS A TELEVISION COMMERCIAL CHARACTER USED ;
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-28-1972