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SPIRTIUAL BELIEF
EVERYONE HAS THEIR OWN SPIRIT AND IT WILL TALK TO HIM THROUGH
THE OUIJA BOARD.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
BRUISES
IF YOU WAKE UP IN THE MORNING AND YOU ARE ALL COVERED WITH
BRUISES, IT MEANS THAT A DEAD PERSON HAS TOUCHED YOU IN THE NIGHT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 03-31-1968
COLLEGE BELIEF
IF A VIRGIN EVER WALKS THE PATH PAST THE BEAUMONT TOWERS AT
MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY, THE TOWER WILL CRUMBLE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- School BELIEF -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 01-24-1972
FREDERICK THE GREAT
FREDERICK THE GREAT IS BELIEVED TO BE BURIED IN A MOUNTAIN IN
GERMANY GUARDED BY RAVENS
IF GREAT NATIONAL TROUBLE ARISES THE
RAVENS WILL MAKE HIM AWAKEN TO SAVE GERMANY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; NATIONALISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
DURING THE WAR, THE JEWS MADE A WILL, SO THAT IF THEY
WERE LOST AT SEA, THEY WOULD HAVE SURVIVORSHIP RIGHTS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Custom |
Date learned: 04-01-1971
WITCH BELIEF
TO BECOME A WITCH, TAKE ONE GOLD RING, ONE CANDLE STICK HOLDER
AND ONE SCARF; BURY THESE IN THE EARTH TILL THE NEXT FULL MOON;
AT THE NEXT FULL MOON, AT MIDNIGHT, DIG UP THE RING, CANDLE-STICK
HOLDER AND SCARF AND BOIL THEM TOGETHER IN A LARGE POT THE
CANDIDATE WITCH THEN RECITES CERTAIN MAGICAL PHRASES AND
BECOMES A FULL-FLEDGED WITCH.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
NO ONE CAN SEE THE HUMP OF HIS OWN BACK BUT EVERYONE ELSE CAN
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FAULTS ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-03-1971
GEORGE EATS OLD GRAY RABBITS AND PAINTS HOUSES
YELLOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Date learned: 11-27-1971
MARRIAGE
WHEN BIRDS FLY OVER YOUR HOUSE, THAT IS A SIGN OF MARRIAGE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED FROM GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; BRIGGS BUILDING
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
CHAIR
IF A ROCKING CHAIR ROCKS AND NO ONE IS SITTING IN IT, THAT IS A
SIGN OF DEATH.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; BRIGGS BUILDING
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
SMOKY THE BEAR RIDDLE
HOW COME SMOKY THE BEARS' WIFE CAN'T ET PREGNANT? EVERYTIME SHE
GETS HOT. HE HITS HER WITH A SHOVEL.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL OF FIRE PREVENTION
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-28-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; OBSERVATION ; WEIGHT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-20-1967
HOW IS NASHVILLE LIKE ONE OF SHAKESPEARE'S PLAYS?
"A MID-SUMMER NIGHT'S DREAM"
Where learned: CARMICHAEL TOWERS ; VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
A PIG STINKS ON THE FARM, BUT NOT ON THE TABLE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; CONTRAST ; FOOD ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-03-1971
THE POT FIGHTS WITH THE KETTLE BUT THEYRE BOTH BLACK.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR ; COOKING UTENSIL ; HOSTILITY ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-23-1971
KING ARTHUR
A FRIEND OF MINE, MIKE JONES, REVEALED TO ME THAT KING ARTHUR
REALLY LIVED. HE CONTENDS THAT ENGLAND KNEW A PERIOD OF FIFTY
YEARS WHEN THERE WAS COMPLETE PEACE. THERE WAS NO ADVANCE OF
THE SAXONS, AND THAT LEADS MIKE TO BELIEVE THAT KING ARTHUR AND
HIS KNIGHTS REALLY EXISTED.
Submitter comment:
MIKE LEARNED THIS SOMEWHERE, BUT HE WASN'T SURE WHERE, PROBABLY
MERE SPECULATION.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Camelot ; King Arthur ; Legend ; Saxons
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
PIANO MOUNTAIN, SHRUB OAK, NEW YORK
THE STORY BEHIND THE NAMING OF PIANO MOUNTAIN GOES SOMETHING LIKE
THIS: ONCE THERE WAS A MAN WHO OWNED A MOUNTAIN AND BESIDES
OWNING THIS MOUNTAIN, HE ALSO HAD A DAUGHTER WHO WANTED TO OWN
A PIANO. SINCE THE MAN HAD NO PIANO, HE HAD TO FIND SOMEONE WHO
DID. THE ONLY PERSON THAT HAD A PIANO WAS A FARMER. SO FOR THE
PIANO, THE MAN TRADED THE MOUNTAIN, AND SO TODAY IT IS KNOWN AS
PIANO MOUNTAIN.
Submitter comment: PATRICK LEARNED THIS WHILE LIVING AT SHRUB OAK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 10-12-1967
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THERE WAS AN OLD COLORED MAN DRIVING SLOWLY DOWN THE
HIGHWAY IN ALABAMA. ALL OF A SUDDEN THE COPS PULL
HIM OVER, GRAB HIM OUT OF THE CAR, SHOVE HIM UP
AGAINST THE SIDE OF IT, AND SAY, "ALL RIGHT NIGGER,
WE SAW YOU RUN THAT RED LIGHT BACK THERE."
THE OLD COLORED MAN SAYS, "BUT OFFICER, DERE WASN'T
NO LITE!" ONE COP SLUGS HIM AND SAYS, "SHUT UP,
NIGGER, OR WEL'LL TAKE YOU IN FOR CONTEMPT OF COURT."
THEN THEY ADD, "BESIDES THAT YOU WERE GOING 80 MILES
AN HOUR." THE OLD MAN PROTESTS AGAIN, "BUT OFFICER,
DAT CAR CAN'T GO MOR'N THIRTY." "SHUT UP, NIGGER, OR
WEL'LL TAKE YOU IN FOR CONTEMPT." FINALLY THEY SAY,
"YOU ALSO WENT THROUGH A STOP SIGN." "BUT OFFICER,
DERE WERN'T NO----" "THAT DOES IT NIGGER!" SO THE TWO
COPS THROW THE NIGGER IN THE BACK OF THEIR CAR AND
TAKE HIM TO THE STATION. THEY DRAG HIM IN BEFORE THE
JUDGE. HE TAKES ONE LOOK AND SAYS, "WELL, WHAT'D
THIS DUMB NIGGER DO?" SO THE JUDGE SAID TO THROW HIM
IN A CELL FOR NOW. THEY THREW HIM INTO SOLITARY
CONFINEMENT AND HE STAYED THERE FOR 21 DAYS WITHOUT ANY
FOOD OR WATER. FINALLY THE TWO COPS AND THE JUDGE DRAG
HIM OUT OF THE CELL AND THE JUDGE SAYS, "YOU GOT YER
CHOICE, NIGGER, HANGIN' OR THE BULLDOG. THE OLD
NIGGER SCRATCHED HIS HEAD AND SAYS, "WELL, I SHO
DON'T WANNA HANG, SO I GIS I'S GOTTA TAKE DE BULLDOG."
SO THEY DRAG HIM OUT INTO A COURTYARD, TOSS HIM IN
THIS BIG HOLE AND FILL IT UP TO HIS HEAD. THEN THEY
LET THIS BIG, FEROCIOUS BULLDOG OUT OF A CAGE AND IT
COMES CHARGING AT THE OLD COLORED GUY. HE CAN HARDLY
MOVE, BUT JUST AS THE DOG IS ABOUT TO POUNCE ON HIS
HEAD, HE LEANS IT FORWARD AND THE BULLDOG GOES FLYING
OVER HIS HEAD. WELL, THAT DOG IS REALLY MAD NOW.
HE COMES FLYING AT THE COLORED MAN AGAIN. THE OLD GUY
CAN'T EVEN SEE THIS TIME, BUT RIGHT WHEN HE THINKS THE
DOG IS MAKING HIS LUNGE, HE MOVES HIS HEAD SIDEWAYS
AND THE DOG GOES FLYING BY AGAIN.
THE DOG IS FOAMING AT THE MOUTH NOW, AND HE'S REALLY
MAD. HIS FANGS ARE DRIPPING AND HE COMES FLYING AT
THE OLD GUY. THE MAN DOESN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO THIS
TIME, SO RIGHT WHEN THE DOG IS LEAPING THROUGH THE
AIR TO POUNCE ON HIS HEAD, HE REACHES UP AND BITES
HIM RIGHT IN THE BALLS.
ONE OF THE OFFICERS WALKS ACROSS THE COURTYARD, KICKS
THE OLD GUY IN THE HEAD, AND SAYS, "FIGHT FAIR,
NIGGER."
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THIS FROM A SCHOOLMATE NAMED WARNER CANTO
MOST RECENTLY, BUT HE DOESN'T REMEMBER WHERE HE HEARD
IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RACISM
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Man |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
POLITICIANS NEVER USE THE PHRASE "IT'S NICE TO MEET YOU" WHEN BEING
INTRODUCED TO SOMEONE . THERE IS A POSSIBILITY THAT THE POLITICIAN
HAS MET THE INDIVIDUAL BEFORE AND THIS PERSON, POSSIBLY A VOTING
CONSTITUENT OR CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTOR, MAY BE DISAPPOINTED THAT THE
PREVIOUS MEETING HAS SINCE BEEN FORGOTTEN. POLITICIANS INSTEAD
GREET INDIVIDUALS WITH THE WORDS "IT'S NICE TO SEE YOU" AND THUS SIDE
STEP THE PROBLEM ALTOGETHER.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CIRCUMVENTION ; OBSERVATION ; TACT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-00-1975
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POLISH JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY CALL THE POLISH NAVY? CHICK OF THE
SEA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COWARDICE.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 04-13-1967