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OLD SAYING
WHEN YOU STAND AROUND AND KILL TIME, YOU DON'T KILL TIME, TIME
KILLS YOU.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS SAYING WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER DURING THE
1930'S.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW ; 15116 ; 107 PARK LANE DR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
RIDDLE
IF A FARMER CAN RAISE 50 BUSHELS OF CORN IN DRY WEATHER,
WHAT CAN HE RAISE IN WET WEATHER ?
-- AN UMBRELLA
Where learned: HOME ; OHIO ; Sylvania ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): FARMING AGRICULTURE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-0000
SAYING
A GREEN CHRISTMAS MAKES A FULL GRAVEYARD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS MOTHER WHO SAID THE SAYING WAS USED IN
DUNDEE, SCOTLAND WHERE SHE LIVED UNTIL SHE WAS AROUND 30 YEARS OLD.
INFORMANT'S MOTHER CAME TO AMERICA IN 1912, THREE YEARS AFTER
INFORMANT WAS BORN.
Where learned: HOME ; PENNSYLVANIA ; 4236 WILLOW AVE ; PITTSBURGH ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): DEATH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Predictions |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
IF SOMEONE LOOKS AT YOU THE WRONG WAY THEY CAN GIVE YOU THE
EVIL EYE---YOU GET VERY BAD HEADACHES AND THEY WILL NOT GO
AWAY. THE ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF IT IS TO GO TO SOMEONE
THAT CAN PASS THE EVIL EYE. THEY WILL SAY CERTAIN PRAYERS
AND SOON IT WILL GO AWAY AND RETURN TO THE PERSON THAT GAVE
IT TO YOU.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GREENBURG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Curer |
SUPERNATURAL STORY CONCERNING DEATH
IN 1935 , MY GRANDMOTHER, WHO HAD BEEN CARING FOR MY SICK GRANDFATHER
WENT OUT THE BACK DOOR OF HER HOME
IN GREENVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA, TO PUMP
SOME WATER. SHE SAW A TALL YOUNG MAN WITH SHOULDER_LENGTH HAIR, LONG
ROBES, AND A STRANGE GLOW ABOUT HIM,
WALK AROUND THE SIDE OF THE HOUSE.
SHE FOLLOWED HIM BUT HE DISAPPEARED. THAT SAME DAY MY GRANDFATHER
DIED. SINCE THAT DAY,SHE HAS REPEATED THE STORY TO MEMBERS OF OUR
FAMILY, REFERRING TO THE YOUNG MAN AS THE "ANGEL OF DEATH."
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; Greenville
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Angel BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1957
RED ROVER
THIS GAME IS PLAYED BY FOUR OR MORE PERSONS. THE
PLAYERS FORM TWO TEAMS OF EQUAL NUMBER. EACH TEAM
FORMS A STRAIGHT LINE, JOIN HANDS AND FACE EACH OTHER
LIKE SO: (DIAGRAM ON 5 X 8 CARD SHOWS TWO TEAMS
FACING OPPOSITE EACH OTHER). ONE TEAM THEN DARES A
MEMBER OF THE OTHER TEAM TO RUN OVER AND BREAK THE
CHAIN OF THEIR TEAM BY SAYING, "RED ROVER, RED ROVER,
LET SO AND SO COME OVER." IF SO AND SO CANNOT RUN
THROUGH THEIR HANDGRIPS HE, THEN, MUST BE ON THEIR
TEAM. THE OTHER TEAM THEN REPEATS THE CHANT AND TRIES
TO CATCH ONE OF THEIR MEMBERS. THE GAME IS OVER WHEN
ALL BUT ONE MEMBER OF A TEAM IS CAUGHT.
Submitter comment: LEARNED THIS GAME AT GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; Greenville
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Song: Game, Pastime, Sport |
Date learned: 11-30-1967
COUGH SYRUP
BOIL DESIRED QUANTITY OF FLAXSEED AND PUT LEMON JUICE IN IT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER USED THIS WHEN INFORMANT WAS A CHILD. (1920'S)
Where learned: HOME ; PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW ; 15116 ; 107 PARK LANE DR
Keyword(s): FLAX
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001920'S
POISON IVY
RUB SALT ON POISON IVY RASH.
IT WILL BURN, BUT WILL CAUSE THE RASH TO SUBSIDE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REMEMBERS THIS PRACTICED BY HER MOTHER
IN THE EARLY 1900'S.
Where learned: HOME ; PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH ; 1587 ANDERSON RD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
ARTHRITIS CURE
CARRY A BUCKEYE IN YOUR PURSE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT ACTUALLY DOES THIS.
Where learned: HOME ; PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH ; 15215 ; 22 WINCHELL ST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
I HAD A LITTLE TURTLE, HE LIVED IN A BOX,
HE SWAM IN THE RIVER AND CLIMBED ON A ROCK.
HE SNAPPED AT A MINNOW, HE SNAPPED AT A FLEA,
HE SNAPPED AT A MOSQUITO, AND HE SNAPPED AT ME.
HE CAUGHT THE MINNOW, AND HE CAUGHT THE FLEA,
HE CAUGHT THE MOSQUITO, BUT HE DIDN'T CATCH ME.
James Callow comment: RDNeedsReview
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; JOHNSTOWN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
GERMAN NEW YEARS EVE CUSTOM
IN OUER FAMILY IT IS CUSTOMARY TI INCLUDE SAURKRAUT IN THE NEW YEAR'S
EVE MEAL. EATING THIS VEGETABLE WILL MAKE ONE WEALTHY THE WHOLE
NEXT YEAR.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS THOUGHT THE NEW YEARS EVE MEAL SHOULD INCLUDE
SAUERKRAUT. SHE LEARNED THIS CUSTOM FROM HER PARENTS WNEN SHE WAS 4.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; JOHNSTOWN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: 00-00-1962 ; 00-00-1905
WHEN THE DECEASED IS LAID OUT IN THE COFFIN, BEFORE
THE COFFIN LID IS CLOSED, A THIN SCARF IS PLACED
OVER THE FACE SO THE DAMPNESS OF THE ATMOSPHERE
AS THE PERSON "TRAVELS" TO HEAVEN WON'T BE TOO
HARSH ON HIM.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; JOHNSTOWN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
WENT UP THE FIRST STAIR--JUST LIKE ME.
ARROW DRAWN FROM 1ST TO
WENT UP THE 10TH STAIR--JUST LIKE ME.
WALKED INTO THE ROOM--JUST LIKE ME.
LOOKED INTO THE MIRROR--JUST LIKE ME.
SAW A MONKEY--JUST LIKE ME.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; JOHNSTOWN
James Callow Keyword(s): CATCH
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 10-06-1964
WENT UP THE FIRST STAIR--JUST LIKE ME.
ARROW DRAWN FROM 1ST TO
WENT UP THE 10TH STAIR--JUST LIKE ME.
WALKED INTO THE ROOM--JUST LIKE ME.
LOOKED INTO THE MIRROR--JUST LIKE ME.
SAW A MONKEY--JUST LIKE ME.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN JOHNSTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; JOHNSTOWN
James Callow Keyword(s): CATCH
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 10-06-1964
ON NEW YEAR'S YOU PUT YOUR MONEY ON THE WINDOWSILL
OUTSIDE THE FRONT DOOR AND THEN BRING IT IN.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; KULPMONT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
PROVERB
HUND AS GAUTZE BEISSE NET.
A BARKING DOG SELDOM BITES. (TRANSLATION)
Data entry tech comment: TRANS INACCURATE.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; READING
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; THREATS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
PROVERB
D'R SCHAFFMANN IS SEI LU WAERT
THE LABORER IS WORTHY OF HIS HIRE
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; READING ; PO BOX 1182
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
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POLISH JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
THERE WERE TWO POLLACKS BUILDING A HOUSE. ONE WAS NAILING THE BOARDS
UP WHILE THE OTHER ONE CUT THEM. THE ONE WHO WAS NAILING KEPT CURSING
AND THROWING NAILS AWAY. THE SECOND POLLACK BECAME CURIOUS AND ASKED
HIM WHAT HE WAS DOING. HE SAID THAT SOME OF THE NAILS HAD THE HEAD
ON THE WRONG END AND HE COULDN'T USE THEM SO HE THREW THEM AWAY. THE
OTHER POLLACK REPRIMANDED HIM FOR THROWING THEM AWAY AND TOLD HIM
THAT HE SHOULD SAVE THEM SINCE THEY COULD BE USED ON THE OTHER SIDE
OF THE HOUSE.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SAINT CLAIR
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
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POLISH JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
TWO POLLACKS WENT TO TAKE A VOCATIONAL TEST. AFTER THE TEST, THE
FIRST ONE REMARKED THAT IT WAS A HARD TEST AND HE DIDN'T ANSWER MANY
OF THE QUESTIONS. THE SECOND ONE SAID THAT HE HAD THOUGHT IT WOULD BE
HARD BEFORE HE TOOK IT AND SO HE PICKED THE SMARTEST LOOKING PERSON
AT THE TEST TO SIT NEXT TO AND COPIED ALL HIS ANSWERS.
Submitter comment:
THE JOKE, OF COURSE, HERE IS THAT VOCATIONAL TESTS HAVE NO RIGHT OR
WRONG ANSWER BUT ARE DESIGNED TO TELL WHAT TYPE OF JOB YOU WOULD BE
BEST SUITED FOR.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SAINT CLAIR
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 00001960S
KNOCK-KNOCK JOKE
FIRST PERSON: I HAVE A NEW KNOCK-KNOCK JOKE, DO YOU WANT TO HEAR IT?
SECOND PERSON: YES.
FIRST PERSON: YOU START.
THE SECOND PERSON WILL ALMOST ALWAYS START AND WHEN YOU SAY WHO'S
THERE THEY WILL BECOME CONFUSED AND THEN REALIZE WHAT YOU HAVE DONE.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SAINT CLAIR
James Callow Keyword(s): CATCH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1969