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WASHING YOUR HAIR OR GOING TO BED WITH A WET HEAD WILL CAUSE
YOU TO HAVE CONSUMPTION.

Where learned: OHIO ; LUCAS COUNTY

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses
BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness

Date learned: 10-03-1972

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NEVER PUT AN UMBRELLA UP INSIDE A HOUSE, IF YOU DO SOME ONE
YOU KNOW WILL DIE.

Where learned: OHIO ; LUCAS COUNTY

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 10-03-1972

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WHEN A BIRD FLIES INTO A WINDOW AND IT KILLS ITSELF THE PERSON
STANDING CLOSEST TO THE WINDOW WILL HAVE A LOVED ONE DIE.

Where learned: OHIO ; LUCAS COUNTY

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Bird
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial

Date learned: 10-03-1972

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NEVER THROW OUT THE BACK DOOR WHAT YOU BRING IN THE FRONT, IT
WILL CAUSE BAD LUCK.

Where learned: OHIO ; LUCAS COUNTY

James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Bad luck

Date learned: 10-03-1972

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LOVE

DEAR LOUISE:
I LOVE YOU LITTLE
I LOVE YOU BIG
I LOVE YOU LIKE A LITTLE PIG.
I DON'T MEAN PIG I MEAN WIG.

Data entry tech comment: ANY NAME COULD BE SUBSTITUTED INSTEAD OF LOUISE.

Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk

Keyword(s): RHYME: ABBB

James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; INITIAL ITERATI6N

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

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ASHES TO ASHES, DUST TO DUST,
IF IT WEREN'T FOR (NAME SCRATCHED OUT)
YOUR LIPS WOULD RUST.

Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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WHEN YOU GET OLD AND HAVE TWINS,
DON'T COME TO ME FOR SAFETY PINS.

Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND HAVE TWO TWINS,
I'LL FURNISH YOU WITH SAFETY PINS.

Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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WHEN YOU GROW UP AND HAVE TWINS,
DON'T COME TO ME FOR SAFETY PINS.

Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE
ROSES NECK, DO YOU?
JUST -------------

Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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WART REMOVAL

20 DRAMS OF SUBLIMED SULPHUR
5 FLUID DRAMS OF GLYCERINE
1 FLUID DRAM OF ACETIC ACID
APPLY MIXTURE REPEATEDLY TO EACH WART FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THE
WARTS WILL DRY UP AND FALL OFF. FOR HANDS APPLY AT NIGHT AND
WRAP.

Where learned: OHIO ; LUCAS COUNTY

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Method of Curing

Date learned: 10-03-1972

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SPIDER IN THE EAR

PUT SOME WATER AND OLIVE OIL OR CASTER OIL TOGETHER AND POUR IN
EAR AND SPIDER WILL COME OUT.

Where learned: OHIO ; LUCAS COUNTY

James Callow Keyword(s): CASTOR OIL

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Insect
BELIEF -- Remedy

Date learned: 10-03-1972

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ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE
RAIN ON THE ROOF REMINDS ME OF YOU.
DRIP! DRIP! HA HA
LOVE

Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE
MONKEYS BELONG IN THE ZOO AND SO DO YOU.

Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
GOD MADE ME CUTE, WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU?

Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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REMEMBER THE GIRL IN THE COUNTRY,
REMEMBER THE GIRL IN THE TOWN,
REMEMBER THE GIRL WHO SPOILED YOUR BOOK,
BY WRITING UPSIDE DOWN (WRITTEN UPSIDE DOWN)

Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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SPASMS

PUT DRIED MUSTARD IN HOT WATER AND BATHE FEET AND PUT BODY IN A
TUB OF IT. FOR QUICK RELIEF RUB ALCOHOL ON HEART, ARMS, AND
FEET. TURPENTINE IN HOT WATER IS ALSO GOOD.

Where learned: OHIO ; LUCAS COUNTY

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Method of Curing

Date learned: 10-03-1972

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BABY'S COLD

2 DROPS OF MELTED BUTTER TO AS MANY MONTHS OLD AS THE BABY IS.

Where learned: OHIO ; LUCAS COUNTY

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs
BELIEF -- Animal
BELIEF -- Method of Curing

Date learned: 10-03-1972

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WHEN YOU ARE MARRIED
AND YOUR HUSBAND IS CROSS,
TAKE UP THE ROLLING PIN
AND SAY I'M BOSS.
YOUR FRIEND
YOURS TILL THE TABLE LEGS ROLL THEIR STOCKINGS.

Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony

Date learned: 10-12-1944

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PINS AND NEEDLES
NEEDLES AND PINS
WHEN LOUISE GETS MARRIED
HER TROUBLE BEGINS.

Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony

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