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AUTOGRAPH
IT ISN'T BY SIZE THAT YOU WIN OR YOU FAIL.
JUST BE THE BEST OF WHATEVER YOU ARE.
Where learned: ALABAMA
| Subject headings: | Z210 |
Date learned: 06-25-1947
PROVERB
LET HE WHO IS WITHOUT SIN CAST THE FIRST STONE; SOMEBODY
GIVE ME A BRICK!
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS HOW SOME PEOPLE WHEN COMPARED WITH OTHERS ARE
SAINTS, OR AT LEAST WITH LESS SIN.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; UNION SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SMELLED AS SWEET OR LOOKED AS SWEET AS PRETTY GIRLS GOING
TO MEETING (CHURCH).
Submitter comment:
REMEMBER THIS FROM MY GRANDFATHER ANDREW YOUNG, WATERLOO,
ALABAMA.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; WATERLOO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-01-1970
SORE REMEDY
IF YOU HAVE A SORE PUT DIRT ON IT AND IT'LL STOP THE BLEEDING.
Submitter comment:
MY FATHER PUT DIRT ON HIS SORES WHEN HE WAS YOUNG, AND HE SAID,
"MY SORES DIDN'T GET INFECTED, BUT HEALED AND GOT SCABS ON THEM."
THEY CALLED THEIR SCABS "DIRT SCABS."
Where learned: ALABAMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
TAPE WORM REMEDY
SUGAR AND KEROSENE FOR THE REMOVAL OF THE WORMS.
Where learned: ALABAMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1935
REMEDY
IF YOU STEP ON AN OLD NAIL, USE A PENNY AND FAT PORK TO DRAW THE
POISON OUT OF THE WOUNDED FOOT.
Submitter comment: I DON'T KNOW HOW THIS REMEDY WORKED, BUT THIS IS WHAT WAS DONE.
Where learned: ALABAMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
PROVERB: GETTING ATTENTION
THE SQUEAKY WHEEL GETS THE GREASE.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; HUNTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-27-1973
IF SOMEONE SENDS YOU A THREATENING LETTER, WHAT YOU DO IS BURN THE
LETTER AT THREE CORNERS AND SEND IT BACK TO THE ENEMY.
Where learned: ALABAMA
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 01111984CA
IF YOU ARE LYING ON THE FLOOR AND
SOMEONE STEPS ACROSS YOUR BODY IF YOU DO NOT GRAB THAT
PERSON AND MAKE THEM STEP BACK ACROSS YOU BACKWARDS THAT PORTION
OF YOUR BODY WILL BE CUT AWAY FROM THE REST OF YOUR BODY.
Where learned: ALABAMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 01111984CA
IF SOMEONE SWEEPS YOUR FEET WITH A BROOM, YOU HAVE TO
GRAB THE BROOM AND SPIT ON IT OR BAD THINGS WILL HAPPEN.
Where learned: ALABAMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck Broom Sweeping BELIEF -- Conversions Broom Sweeping |
Date learned: 01111984CA
IF YOU DREAM ABOUT A WEDDING GOWN IT IS SAID TO BE A SIGN OF DEATH.
Where learned: ALABAMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about objects |
Date learned: 01111984CA
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: ALABAMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 04091984CA
IF YOU WALK OUT OF YOUR HOUSE AND HAVE TO TURN AROUND IN YOUR
TRACKS, YOU SHOULD TURN AROUND SIX TIMES BEFORE YOU GO BACK INTO
THE HOUSE.
Where learned: ALABAMA
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 04091984CA
IF YOU WALK UNDER A LADDER YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK ALL DAY.
Where learned: ALABAMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 04091984CA
BLACK-AMERICAN BELIEF
IF YOU SAY YOUR PRAYERS AFTER YOU GO TO BED, YOU
SAY THEM TO THE DEVIL.
Submitter comment: MOTHER USED TO REMIND HIM OF THIS BEFORE BED-TIME.
Where learned: ALABAMA
James Callow Keyword(s): BEDTIME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Prayer |
BLACK AMERICAN
A MAN WHOSE SECOND TOE IS LONGER
THAN HIS BIG TOE WILL BE HENPECKED.
Where learned: ALABAMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
BLACK-AMERICAN BELIEF
IF A YOUNG MAN DREAMS THAT HE EATS
A PICKLE, HE WILL BE LOVED BY AN
OLDER, SOUR-TEMPERED WOMAN.
Where learned: ALABAMA
Keyword(s): DREAMS
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 09-18-1985
BLACK-AMERICAN CUSTOM
FOR VENTILATION, PLACE A PAN OF
COLD WATER IN THE CENTER OF THE
ROOM BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP; THIS
HELPS CLEANSE THE AIR WHILE YOU
ARE SLEEPING.
Where learned: ALABAMA
Keyword(s): VENTILATION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: 09-18-1985
THIS IS A CHANT USED BY A BLACK PEANUT VENDOR TO ATTRACT ATTENTION
TO HIS WARES.
LARGE PEANUTS, GOLDEN BROWN,
MAKES MY LIPS JUMP UP AND DOWN.
BEST PEANUTS IN ALL THE TOWN.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS LEARNED BY ME WHEN MY FRIEND RECALLED THE RATHER AMUSING
INCIDENT WHEN SHE RETURNED FROM A VACATION IN ALABAMA
Where learned: ALABAMA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Cries of street vendor |
Date learned: 00-00-1986 ; 00-00-1986
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BLACK-AMERICAN RECIPE
RECIPE FOR BAKED SKUNK
CAREFULLY CLEAN AND PREPARE YOUNG SKUNK. ALLOW CLEAN
SKUNK TO SOAK IN SALT WATER ABOUT 3 DAYS TIME.
SELECT A FLAT BOARD OF GREEN OAK, LESS THAN ONE INCH
THICK. CAREFULLY STRETCH SKUNK ON BOARD AND NAIL
DOWN SOLIDLY THE LEGS. PLACE SKUNK AND BOARD IN
PRE-HEATED OVEN AT 375 DEGREES FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND
A HALF. AFTER COOKING TIME IS UP, TAKE SKUNK AND
BOARD OUT OF OVEN. CAREFULLY TAKE NAILS OUT OF BOARD.
CAUTIOUSLY LIFT THE SKUNK OFF THE BOARD, THEN EAT
EAT THE BOARD
Submitter comment:
HILARIOUS JOKESTER.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; HUNTING CAMP
Keyword(s): JOKE
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote Food Drink -- Meat Wild animal |
Date learned: 09-00-1985