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IT IS A SURE SIGN OF TROUBLE IF A PERSON DREAMS OF SILVER MONEY.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about luck BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about objects BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
"NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP, A DOLLAR DOWN AND A DOLLAR A WEEK."
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
MOROCCAN WEDDINGS
IN MOROCCO, AFRICA WATER AND MILK ARE SPRINKLED OVER YOUNG BRIDES
DURING THE MARRIAGE CEREMONY. THIS IS TO PURIFY THE GIRLS OF ANY
EVIL DEMONS THAT MAY BE AROUND. IN OTHER CEREMONIES THEY CROSS
SWORDS OVER THE NEWLYWED'S HEADS TO SCARE AWAY BAD SPIRITS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT ACTUALLY PARTICIPATED IN SUCH A CEREMONY.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Ceremony BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications |
Date learned: 00001971 WINTER
MANY YOUNG MOTHERS BELIEVE THAT PET CATS WILL STIFLE THE BREATH OF
THEIR BABIES IF THEY HAVE THE CHANCE.
Submitter comment: MANY OF THE INFORMANT'S PATIENTS HAVE ASKED HIM ABOUT THIS.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): SUFFOCATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
YOU SHOULD LET OTHERS RUN THEIR MOUTH WHILE YOU RUN YOUR OWN
BUSINESS.
Submitter comment: THIS INFORMANT'S FORMER EMPLOYER USED TO SAY THIS.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
THE SKUNKS
MAMA SKUNK WAS WORRIED BECAUSE SHE COULD NEVER KEEP TRACK OF HER TWO
KIDS. THEY WERE NAMED "IN" AND "OUT" AND WHEN "IN" WAS IN, "OUT" WAS
OUT. AND IF "IN" WAS OUT, "OUT" WAS IN. ONE DAY SHE CALLED "OUT"
AND TOLD HIM TO BRING "IN" IN. HE DID. "GOOD!" SAID MAMA SKUNK.
"HOW DID YOU FIND HIM IN SO SHORT A TIME?" "IT WAS EASY SAID
OUT, "INSTINCT!"
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): IN STINCT=INSTINCT ; IN STINKS
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
THE SKUNKS
MAMA SKUNK WAS WORRIED BECAUSE SHE COULD NEVER KEEP TRACK OF HER TWO
KIDS. THEY WERE NAMED "IN" AND "OUT" AND WHEN "IN" WAS IN, "OUT" WAS
OUT. AND IF "IN" WAS OUT, "OUT" WAS IN. ONE DAY SHE CALLED "OUT"
AND TOLD HIM TO BRING "IN" IN. HE DID. "GOOD!" SAID MAMA SKUNK.
"HOW DID YOU FIND HIM IN SO SHORT A TIME?" "IT WAS EASY SAID
OUT, "INSTINCT!"
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): IN STINCT=INSTINCT IN STINKS
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
Children's Rime
Does your nose run, do your feet smell?
Why, then you're built upside down.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; Goucher College
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Maxim
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Submitter comment:
Supposedly said by Abraham Lincoln.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; Goucher College
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Folk Speech
I haven't seen you in "a month of Sundays."
(Folk way of saying, in a long time.)
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; Goucher College
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Superstition
The only objects that are supposed to be able to kill witches are those that are made of silver.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Metal Stone Bone Gold Silver Copper |
Neck Riddle
What's the difference between a violin and a fiddle?
Answer: A violin has a case; a fiddle is thrown over the back.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Neck Riddle
What's the difference between a vase(1)/vez/ and a vase(2)/vaz/?
Answer: A vase(2) costs over $5.00.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Children's Play Song
Chorus:
Boom, Boom, ain't it great to be crazy
Boom, Boom, ain't it great to be crazy
A horse and a flea and three blind mice
Sat on a table shooting dice
The horse, he slept and fell on the flea
Oops said the flea, there's a horse on me (chorus)
Eli, Eli, he sells sox
A dollar for a pair, a nickel for a box
The longer you wear 'em, the shorter they get
You put 'em in the water and they don't get wet (chorus)
A man sells a pair of Venetian underwear
He wore 'em nine months without a single tear
Wore 'em nine months, without exageration
Couldn't take 'em off 'cause he lost the combination (chorus)
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; Goucher College
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Riddle
Why do people usually tap the side of their coffee or tea cup, after stirring the contents?
Answer: Because you can see it (the contents), smell it, taste it, and touch it, but you can't hear it, so you tap it.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; Goucher College
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Once through the lips, forever on the hips.
(Sign on the door of our cupboard.)
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; Goucher College
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Expression
Being "in the family way" is another way of saying being pregnant.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; Goucher College
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Occupational Saying
A farmboy, in the hills of Maryland, when asked to do a favor, once gave this reply: "Might as well, can't dance, too wet to plow, too windy to haul rocks, corn's all in, chickin's been fed."
Where learned: MARYLAND ; Frederick
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech C870.550 |