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Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
A WOMAN, A SPANIEL, AND WALNUT TREE,
THE MORE THEY'RE BEATEN, THE BETTER THEY BE.
Where learned: SCOTLAND ; NORTH COUNTRY, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
MY COUSIN HAD VERY SORE EYES AND NO HELP COULD BE FOUND. ONE
DAY AS THE GYPSIES WERE GOING BY MY AUNT RAN OUT AND ASKED A
GYPSY WOMAN WHAT COULD BE DONE FOR HER SON'S EYES. THE GYPSY
WOMAN WAS VERY FRIENDLY AND TOLD MY AUNT TO TAKE A BOTTLE AND
GO TO A PARTICULAR SPRING, FILL THE BOTTLE WITH SPRING WATER
AND EVERY SUNRISE WASH HIS EYES OUT WITH THE SPRING WATER. I
SAW THIS CLEAR UP MY COUSIN'S EYES. THIS TOOK PLACE IN
SCOTLAND WHERE I LIVED AS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SCOTLAND
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- B439 BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-20-1972
SOORACKS
"SOORACKS" WAS A WORKING MAN OF VERY CLEAN HABITS WHO
LIVED IN THE EAST END OF DUNDEE, SCOTLAND, ABOUT 100
YEARS AGO. HE WOULD COME INTO TOWN EVERY TUESDAY AND
FRIDAY WITH A BASKET SUSPENDED FROM HIS NECK WITH A
SUPPLY OF WATER AND "SOORACKS." WHEN HE HAD GATHERED
AN AUDIENCE, HE GAVE A SHORT LECTURE ON THE HARMFUL
CONSUMPTION OF RED MEAT AND THEN DISTRIBUTED HIS
VEGETABLES AMONG THE BOYS AND GIRLS. NO PAYMENT WAS
ASKED FOR. "SOORACKS" WAS AN EARLY PIONEER OF
VEGETARIANISM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SCOTLAND ; DUNDEE
Keyword(s): EATING HABITS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 01-28-1971
A TOAST IN VERSE.
MAY THE BEST YE'VE EVER SEEN
BE THE WORST YE'LL EVER SEE,
MAY A MOUSE NE'ER LEAVE YOUR GIRNAL
WI'A TEAR DROP IN HIS E'E,
MAY YE AYE KEEP HALE AND HE'RTY
TILL YE'RE AULD ENOUGH TAE DEE,
MAY YE AYE BE JUIST AS HAPPY
AS I WISH YE AYE TAE BE.
Submitter comment:
VERSIFIED TOAST. I WAS IN SCOTLAND IN 1977 AND THIS WAS SAID TO ALL
TRAVELERS AT THE PUBS.
Where learned: SCOTLAND
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 07-00-1977
DURING NEW HOGIMANAY, IT IS BAD LUCK TO ENTER A HOUSE AND
NOT BE GREETED BY A PERSON WITH BLACK HAIR.
Where learned: SCOTLAND
Date learned: 07-00-1975 ; 11-00-1987
IN SCOTLAND, IT IS BELIEVED THAT ON THE NIGHT OF A
FULL MOON, SOME MEN TURN INTO WEREWOLVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SCOTLAND ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 01-20-1970
THERE WAS A "QUACK" WHO LIVED IN SCOTLAND AND HAD A
CURE FOR WARTS. HE WOULD GIVE THE PATIENTS A LARGE
SHEAF OF STRAW AND HE HAD TO CARRY THE STRAW IN
HIS HAND AND FIND OUT WHERE A FUNERAL WAS TAKING
PLACE, AND AT THE FIRST MOVEMENT OF THE HEARSE, HE
HAD TO THROW THE STRAW UNDER THE HEARSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SCOTLAND
Date learned: 01-28-1971
SPUNK JANET IS A WOMEN IN SCOTLAND WHO IS KNOWN TO
HAVE A TRADE OF MANUFACTURING SPUNKS AND TELLING
FORTUNES. JANET, THEY SAY, HAS DEALINGS WITH THE
POWERS OF DARKNESS, AND IN HER MAGIC CHAMBER SHE
GETS GLIMPSES INTO THE FUTURE. MOST OF HER CUSTOMERS
WERE FROM WOMEN WHO WANTED LOVE CURES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SCOTLAND
James Callow Keyword(s): PUNK, TOUCHWOOD, OR OTHER TINDER. ; SPUNK=SCOTTISH GAELIC DERIVATION, SPONG--TINDER,
| Subject headings: | Prophet / Seer / Soothsayer BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 01-28-1971
NEVER GIVE A FRIEND A PURSE WITHOUT PUTTING A PENNY IN IT OR THAT
FRIEND WILL BECOME YOUR ENEMY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SCOTLAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 03-00-1978 ; 10-00-1987
SOORACKS
"SOORACKS" WAS A WORKING MAN OF VERY CLEAN HABITS WHO
LIVED IN THE EAST END OF DUNDEE, SCOTLAND, ABOUT 100
YEARS AGO. HE WOULD COME INTO TOWN EVERY TUESDAY AND
FRIDAY WITH A BASKET SUSPENDED FROM HIS NECK WITH A
SUPPLY OF WATER AND "SOORACKS." WHEN HE HAD GATHERED
AN AUDIENCE, HE GAVE A SHORT LECTURE ON THE HARMFUL
CONSUMPTION OF RED MEAT AND THEN DISTRIBUTED HIS
VEGETABLES AMONG THE BOYS AND GIRLS. NO PAYMENT WAS
ASKED FOR. "SOORACKS" WAS AN EARLY PIONEER OF
VEGETARIANISM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SCOTLAND ; DUNDEE
Keyword(s): EATING HABITS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 01-28-1971 ; 00-00-1871
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
MAY A MOUSE NEVER LEAVE YOUR CUPBOARD WITH A TEAR IN HIS EYE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER GRANDMOTHER IN SCOTLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; SCOTLAND
James Callow Keyword(s): WISH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 12-03-1965
The Water Is Wide
The water is wide I cannot get o'er, neither have I wings to fly. Give me a boat that can carry two and both shall cross, my true love and I.
I leaned my back against an oak, thinking it was a mighty tree. But first it bent and then it broke, so did my love prove false to me.
I put my hand in some soft bush, thinking the sweetest flower to find. I pricked my finger to the bone and left the sweetest flower behind.
Oh, love is handsome and love is kind, gay as a jewel when it was new. But love grows old and waxes cold, and fades away like morning dew.
The water is wide I cannot get o'er etc.
Submitter comment:
Originally part of a long Scots ballad "Lord Jamie Douglas." All that remains is the emotional core of the ballad.
Where learned: SCOTLAND ; Joan Baez tape
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad Epic |