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THE FOUNDING OF KRAKOW
ONCE THERE WAS A SETTLEMENT OF PEOPLE ON THE VISTULA RIVER NEAR
THE FOOT OF THE KARPATH MOUNTAINS. HOWEVER, THERE ALSO LIVED A
DRAGON IN A CAVE (CALLED THE JASKINIA). EVERY DAY HE WOULD COME
TO THE SETTLEMENT AND SWALLOW SOME SHEEP, AND THEN GO TO THE
VISTULA TO WASH HIS MEAL DOWN AND BACK TO HIS JASKINIA TO SLEEP.
THE PEOPLE WERE ANGRY--ESPECIALLY THE SHEPHERDS AND NOBLEMEN.
THE SHEPHERDS AND THE PEOPLE OFFERED REWARDS OF ALL SORTS TO
ANYONE WHO COULD KILL THE DRAGON. MANY GLORY-SEEKING NOBLEMEN
TRIED, BUT WERE CRUSHED. THEN A SHOEMAKER NAMED KRAKUS STEPPED
FORWARD. HE KILLED A SHEEP, GUTTED IT, AND STUFFED IT WITH
SULPHUR. THE FOLLOWING DAY KRAKUS WATCHED THE DRAGON COME FROM
HIS JASKINIA AND IN HIS PATH KRAKUS PLACED THE SHEEP.
THE DRAGON SWALLOWED THE SHEEP WITH ONE GULP AND CONTINUED AFTER
MORE SHEEP. HOWEVER, THE DRAGON FELT A BURNING THIRST AND RUSHED
TO THE VISTULA RIVER. THERE THE DRAGON DRANK AND DRANK, NOT BEING
ABLE TO QUENCH HIS THIRST. HE CONTINUED DRINKING. FINALLY, THE
DRAGON BURST AND DIED.
KRAKUS WAS HAILED BY THE PEOPLE AND MADE THE CHIEF OF THE SETTLE-
MENT. THEY TOOK HIS NAME AND DUBBED THE SETTLEMENT KRAKOW, OR THE
PEOPLE OF KRAKOW.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REMEMBERED BEING TOLD THIS STORY BY HIS FATHER AND FOUND
IT VERY INTERESTING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Supernatural Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
THE THREE MORALS
A SPARROW WAS FLYING IN THE THICK OF WINTER. HIS WINGS FROZE AND
HE FELL, COLD, ON A PATH. ALONG CAME A COW AND ACCIDENTALLY SHIT
ON HIM. THE SPARROW WAS WARM BUT DECIDED TO FLY ON. SO HE BEGAN
TO WORK HIS WAY OUT. A CAT CAME BY, GRABBED HIM, AND LATER ATE
HIM. AMEN.
THE THREE MORALS ARE:
(I) IT ISN'T ALWAYS YOUR ENEMY WHO SHITS ON YOU.
(II) IT ISN'T ALWAYS YOUR FRIEND WHO PULLS YOU OUT OF SHIT.
(III) WHERE YOU FEEL GOOD, STAY THERE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT FOUND THIS AMUSING AND WITH A DEFINITE POINT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Tale |
RIDDLE
Q: WHAT STAYS IN THE SAME CORNER ALL THE TIME, BUT TRAVELS AROUND
THE WORLD?
A: A POSTAGE STAMP.
Data entry tech comment: ANOTHER VARIANT IN U OF D FOLKLORE 5 X 8 CARD FILES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
Keyword(s): COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATED MATTER (Q) ; PARTICULAR AREA (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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TWO IRISHMEN
TWO IRISHMEN, TWO IRISHMEN
SITTING IN A DITCH
ONE CALLED THE OTHER ONE
A DIRTY SON OF A
PETERS MURPHY COCKTAIL, GINGERALE
NINE CENTS A GLASS,
IF YOU DON,T BELIEVE ME
I,LL KICK YOU IN THE
TWO IRISHMEN, TWO IRISHMEN (REPEAT)
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT FORND THE SONG ENJOYABLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
Keyword(s): IRISHMEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
TULIPS IN THE GARDEN
TULIPS IN THE PARK
BUT THE TULIPS I LIKE BEST
ARE TULIPS IN THE DARK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 03-02-1970
CAR BELIEF
IF A GIRL IS RIDING IN A CAR AND IT CROSSES OVER RAILROAD
TRACKS, SHE MUST LIFT UP HER FEET OR SHE WILL NOT GET MARRIED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANTS ATTITUDE WAS QUITE SKEPTICAL.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK ; Lehmbeck, Karen
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; FEET ; OMEN ; Relationship ; SUPERSTITION ; Tracks
James Callow Keyword(s): DIRECTION ; DISBELIEF ; POSITION
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
(FARTING)
IF A GIRL IS ON A DATE AND IS TRAVELING IN A CAR, AND HAS TO FART,
SHE ASKS HER DATE TO STOP THE CAR. SHE GETS OUT OF THE CAR. WHEN
SHE COMES BACK SHE SAYS SHE THOUGHT THE CAR HAD A FLAT TIRE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID SHE HAD FRIENDS IN HIGH SCHOOL WHO DID THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 10-03-1971
TELEPHONE PRANK
CALLER: DO YOU HAVE SIR WALTER RALEUGH IN A CAN?
ANSWERER: (WHO CAN WORK IN A STORE) YES.
CALLER: WELL THEN LET HIM OUT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HAS DONE THIS WITH FRIENDS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ; SLANG: "CAN" FOR TOILET."
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP,
A BAG OF PEANUTS AT MY FEET,
AND IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE,
I GIVE THE LORD A STOMACH ACHE.
Submitter comment: I REMEMBER THIS AS A PARODY OF A SCHOOL PRAYER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TELEPHONE PRANK
CALLER: DO YOU HAVE SIR WALTER RALEIGH IN A CAN?
ANSWERER: (WHO WORKS IN A STORE) YES.
CALLER: WELL THEN LET HIM OUT!
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HAS DONE THIS WITH HIS FRIENDS
Data entry tech comment:
SIR WALTER RALEIGH IS A BRAND OF TOBACCO
SOLD IN CANS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK ; COLLECTED AT INFORMANTS HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ; SLANG: "CAN" FOR "TOILET"
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 10-26-1971
REMEDY
FOR FEVER-USE PEPPERMINT LEAVES FRESH OR IF NOT IN SEASON, USE
DRIED, WITH BORAJA AND TOMARINDO (THEY TASTE AND SMELL LIKE LEMON,
IN THE FORM OF STICKS.). ADD CINNAMON. BOIL TOGETHER ABOUT 15 MINUTES
THEN STRAIN AND DRINK HOT. MAYBE YOU MIGHT ADD 1 OR 2 JIGGERS OF
WHISKEY, IF IN PAIN OR IN HAVING LABOR PAINS.
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS LEARNED BY THE INFORMANT WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL IN
TEXAS. SHE WAS TAUGHT THIS BY HER MOTHER OR GRANDPARENTS, PRIMARILY
HER GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P248 BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 01-10-1973
IF YOU PICK A DANDELION AND PLACE IT UNDER SOMEONE'S
CHIN AND YOU SEE A YELLOW SPOT OR SHADOW UNDER HIS
CHIN, THEN THIS PERSON LIKES BUTTER.
Submitter comment:
I BELIEVED THIS WHEN I WAS VERY YOUNG BUT AM QUITE
SKEPTICAL OF IT NOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN YOU SEE A CHIMNEY SWEEP, QUICKLY PULL OFF A BUTTON FROM YOUR
CLOTHING TO PREVENT BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT FOUND THIS AMUSING BUT IMPRACTICAL.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
Keyword(s): CONVERSION ; HOME, DOMESTIC PURSUITS ; OCCUPATIONS: CHIMNEY SWEEPING
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress BELIEF -- Conversions P883.22 |
Date learned: 10-08-1971
OH SAY OH PLAYMATE,
COME OUT AND PLAY WITH ME,
AND BRING YOUR DOLLY'S THREE,
CLIMB UP MY APPLE TREE,
SLIDE DOWN MY RAIN BARREL,
GO THROUGH MY CELLAR DOOR
AND WE'LL BE JOLLY FRIENDS,
FOREVER MORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK ; 48146
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-24-1988
DIET
FIVE POUNDS CAN BE LOST IN THREE DAYS BY EATING HARD
BOILED EGGS AND DRINKING WATER.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT FOUND THIS ABSURD.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 2018 MARKISE ; LINCOLN PARK ; Smith, Theresa
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; DIET ; HEALTH ; WEIGHT ; Weightloss
James Callow Keyword(s): DISBELIEF
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 10-11-1971
CUSTOM
AN (ON) CHRISTMAS EAT WINE SOUP AND POPPYSEED STEW.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT STATED HIM (HIS) MOTHER'S PARENTS' PARENTS, ETC.,
(DON'T KNOW BEGINNING) STARTED THE CUSTOM.
Data entry tech comment:
COLLECTOR'S PUNCTUATION CORRECTED BY KEYPUNCHER.
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK ; 651 LIBERTY ; Walter, Cynthia
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; FOOD CUSTOM ; Poppyseed ; Wine
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.27 |
Date learned: 10-01-1970
COUNTING-OUT RHYME
ENGINE, ENGINE, NUMBER NINE, GOING DOWN CHICAGO LINE. IF THE TRAIN
SHOULD JUMP THE TRACK, DO YOU WANT YOUR MONEY BACK? Y-E-S AND YOU
ARE NOT IT!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 01-10-1973
JOKES, OTHERWISE
A MAN CAME UP TO ME AND SAID HE HADN'T HAD A BITE
IN THREE DAYS, SO I BIT HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 01-10-1973
JOKES, OTHERWISE
I KNOW A GIRL SO DUMB, SHE THOUGHT A FOOTBALL COACH HAD FOUR WHEELS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 01-10-1973
JOKES, OTHERWISE
I DON'T DRINK, I DON'T SMOKE, I DON'T SWEAR. OH DAMN, I LEFT MY
CIGARS IN THE BAR!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 01-10-1973