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PRAYER

DEAR ST. PETER, DEAR ST. ANN
PLEASE SEND (GIRL'S NAME)
A HANDSOME MAN

Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; 14973 EDMORE

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief
BELIEF -- Prayer

Date learned: 02-18-1970

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LEGEND

IN ST. THOMAS, ONTARIO, CANADA MANY YEARS AGO A FAMILY OF BOYS LIVED
ON A FARM. THESE BRADEY BOYS, AS THEY WERE CALLED, TERRORIZED THE
COUNTRY SIDE. WHEN THEY SEEMINGLY ALL DIED, THE TOWNSPEOPLE BURNT
DOWN THEIR HOMESTEAD IN REVENGE FOR ALL THE HARDSHIPS THE BRADEY BOY
CAUSED. TO THIS DAY THE BRADEY FARM LIES IN WASTE AS IN MEMORY OF TH
BRADEY'S DESTRUCTION AND ALSO IN FEAR THAT SOME OF THE BRADEY BOYS
MIGHT STILL BE ALIVE AND EVENTUALLY SEEK REVENGE IF ANYONE WOULD TAK
OVER THEIR LAND.

Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; 14973 EDMORE

Keyword(s): FEAR ; PLACE NAMES

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate

Date learned: 02-15-1970

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COLONEL TALBOT

A SETTLER NAMED COLONEL TALBOT CAME TO THE AREA KNOWN AS ST.
THOMAS, ONTARIO, CANADA. HE PLANTED A CROP BUT DUE TO DROUGHT,
THE HARVEST FAILED. HE WAS IN DEBT TO MANY PEOPLE "UP TO HIS
EYEBALLS." HE DECIDED TO STAY FOR A YEAR. HIS CROP WAS SUCCESS-
FUL. HE THEN STAYED YEAR AFTER YEAR. THE MAIN STREET IN ST.
THOMAS IS NAMED TALBOT STREET AFTER COLONEL TALBOT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 14973 EDMORE

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name
BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming

Date learned: 02-15-1970

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COLONEL TALBOT

A SETTLER NAMED COLONEL TALBOT CAME TO THE AREA KNOWN AS ST.
THOMAS, ONTARIO, CANADA. HE PLANTED A CROP BUT DUE TO DROUGHT,
THE HARVEST FAILED. HE WAS IN DEBT TO MANY PEOPLE "UP TO HIS
EYEBALLS." HE DECIDED TO STAY FOR A YEAR. HIS CROP WAS SUCCESS-
FUL. HE THEN STAYED YEAR AFTER YEAR. THE MAIN STREET IN ST.
THOMAS IS NAMED TALBOT STREET AFTER COLONEL TALBOT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 14973 EDMORE

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name
BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming

Date learned: 02-15-1970

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COLONEL TALBOT

A SETTLER NAMED COLONEL TALBOT CAME TO THE AREA KNOWN AS ST.
THOMAS, ONTARIO, CANADA. HE PLANTED A CROP BUT DUE TO DROUGHT,
THE HARVEST FAILED. HE WAS IN DEBT TO MANY PEOPLE "UP TO HIS
EYEBALLS." HE DECIDED TO STAY FOR A YEAR. HIS CROP WAS SUCCESS-
FUL. HE THEN STAYED YEAR AFTER YEAR. THE MAIN STREET IN ST.
THOMAS IS NAMED TALBOT STREET AFTER COLONEL TALBOT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 14973 EDMORE

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name
BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming

Date learned: 02-15-1970

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BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM, IN A DISH.
HOW MANY PIECES DO YOU WISH? 1, 2, 3,

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; 14973 EDMORE

Keyword(s): ENDURANCE ; Jump

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

Date learned: 02-00-1970

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BLONDIE AND DAGWOOD WENT TO TOWN,/ BLONDIE BOUGHT AN EVENING GOWN./
DAGWOOD BOUGHT A PAIR OF SHOES,/ ALEXANDER BOUGHT THE NEWS,/ AND IN
THE NEWS IT SAID: "CLOSE YOUR EYES AND COUNT TO TEN, IF YOU MISS YOU
TAKE AN END.

Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; 14973 EDMORE

Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump

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

Date learned: 02-00-1970

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PRAYER

SWEETEST MARY UNDEFILED,
HELP AND GUIDE YOUR EARTHLY CHILD
PLEASE HELP ME KEEP MY CHILDREN GOOD
AND HELP ME REAR THEM AS I SHOULD
PLEASE ASK GOD TO GIVE ME GRACE,
TO KEEP MY TEMPER IN ITS PLACE.
AND GIVE ME PATIENCE WITH EACH CHILD,
AND BE LIKE THEE, O MOTHER MILD.

Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; 14973 EDMORE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Prayer

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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