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WEATHER SIGN:
IF THE SUN SETS BEHIND THE CLOUDS ON THURSDAY, THEN IT'S GOING
TO RAIN BEFORE SATURDAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 03-04-1972
WEATHER SIGN:
IF THE SNOW FLAKES ARE SMALL, THERE'S GOING TO BE A HEAVY SNOW.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 03-04-1972
Language
American Nicknames:
Mexicans call Americans "gringoes" because when the Texans went into the Battle of San Jacinto, they were singing "Green Grow the Lilacs." The Mexicans thought they were saying "gringo."
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Kimble, Dement R
Keyword(s): AMERICAN ; Battle ; Culture ; ETYMOLOGY ; Green ; Gringo ; Grow ; Language ; Lilacs ; Mexican ; NATIONALITY ; Nickname ; San Jacinto ; SLANG ; SONG ; Term
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
"A RATTLESNAKE WON'T CROSS A HORSEHAIR ROPE"
IF SLEEPING IN THE WOODS, A HORSEHAIR ROPE PLACED ON THE
GROUND AROUND YOU WILL KEEP RATTLESNAKES AWAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 04-15-1972
JUMP ROPE RHYME
COKA-COLA WENT TO TOWN,
PEPSI COLA SHOT HIM DOWN,
DR. PEPPER PICKED HIM UP,
AND GAVE HIM A SHOT OF SEVEN-UP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 05-07-1972
Riddle
What's black and white and red all over?
Variations of answers:
1) Newspaper
2) Skunk with a diaper rash
3) Penguin with a sunburn
4) Blushing zebra
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Furtwengler, Marsha
Keyword(s): Black ; Blush ; Brain Teaser ; COLOR ; Diaper Rash ; JOKE ; NEWSPAPER ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; Red ; RIDDLE ; SKUNK ; Sunburn ; White ; WORDPLAY ; Zebra
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
PROVERB
YOU SHOULDN'T CRY OVER SPILT MILK.
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS YOU SHOULDN'T LOOK BACK AT OR FEEL BAD ABOUT
WHAT'S HAPPENED IN THE PAST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-23-1972
Language
Nickname for Grandfather:
"grandpa"
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Furtwengler, Martha
Keyword(s): Grandfather ; Grandpa ; Language ; Nickname
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Folk Name for Animal
Bunny - for Rabbit
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Furtwengler, Jan
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; ANIMAL ; Bunny ; Folk Name ; Nickname ; Rabbit
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Custom
Grammaw's Average Day:
"...go milk the cow and put the milk in the springhouse...churn sum buttermilk 'n make the butter...'n make a batch of hominy...rest a little whilst shelling peas...hoe and weed the garden 'n carry sum vegetables back to the cabin...take sic Mandy Lou sum soup on the next farm 'n gather sum herbs to doctor wid later on...shell sum butterbeans...gather sum pears 'n make sum preserves...git the aigs outta the nests 'n get the goat outta the garden...cook three meals a day."
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Boiling and Baking ; Booger Hollow
Keyword(s): ; Average ; Beans ; Chores ; CUSTOM ; Day ; Domestic ; Excerpt ; FARMING ; GARDEN ; Goat ; Grandma ; Narrative ; Peas ; Prose ; Shell ; Story ; VEGETABLE ; WORK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Routine activity |
Childrens' Rhyme
Everyday we go to shop
At the bakery, I like to stop
And point my finger and say "let's try it."
But my mother replies, "You're on a diet."
Oh, how happy I will be
When Mother no longer says to me:
"You can't eat this, You can't eat that,
Cause this and that will make you fat."
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Reichman, Sydney J
Keyword(s): Bakery ; CHILDREN ; Eat ; Fat ; Language ; MOTHER ; RHYME ; Shop ; SONG ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Jump-Rope Rhyme:
Teacher, teacher with a stick
What's my grade in arithmetic?
A..B..C..D..E..F..A..B..C..
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Furtwengler, Martha
Keyword(s): Arithmetic ; Entertainment ; GAME ; Grade ; Jump Rope ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Entertainment: Game
Traditional Game - Simon Says
Instructions are given for players to perform specific body motions. Players are only to obey if instruction is preceded by the words "Simon Says."
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Furtwengler, Jan
Keyword(s): BODY ; Entertainment ; GAME ; Motion ; Movement ; Obey ; Pastime ; Rules ; Simon Says
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics |
Prose Narrative Tale
Prose Narrative Tale:
Folktale of New England -- The Gingerbread Man.
Children's story of a runaway cookie including repeated theme: "rubn, run, as fast as you can. Can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread man."
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Bookhouse Volume One
Keyword(s): CATCH ; CHILDREN ; Cookie ; Fast ; Gingerbread ; Gingerbread Man ; Legend ; Narrative ; New England ; Prose ; REGIONAL ; Run ; Tale
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Tale |
Expression
"Wet behind the ears" means inexperienced
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Shearer, Alan
Keyword(s): EARS ; EUPHEMISM ; Expression ; Inexperienced ; Language ; Newcomer ; Rookie ; Saying ; Wet
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
PROVERB: FATHER KNOWS BEST
DON'T TEACH YOUR PAPPY HOW TO SUCK EGGS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-03-1970
Expression
"go off half-cocked" means to do something on impulse
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Shearer, Alan
Keyword(s): Expression ; Half-cocked ; Heated ; Impulse ; Language ; Saying ; TEMPER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Expression
To beat the tar out of someone means to beat them up
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; ; Shearer, Alan
Keyword(s): Beat ; EUPHEMISM ; Expression ; Injure ; Language ; Saying ; Tar ; VIOLENCE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
SASSAFRAS TEA REMEDY
SASSAFRAS TEA DRUNK IN FEBRUARY AND MARCH WILL THIN THE BLOOD FOR THE SUMMER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-12-1968