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DEAR MABELLE,
WHEN YOU AND I IN HEAVEN MEET,
LET'S LAY OUR CROSS AT JESUS' FEET.
YOUR FRIEND,
NADEANE
FROM THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK KEPT BY MABELLE FREUND AROUND 1910-11
IN ADELL AND MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. GIVEN TO THE ARCHIVE BY HER
DAUGHTER, MRS. MARY ANDRECOVICH.
Where learned: ADELL ; WISCONSIN, ASSUMED ; SMI
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1910
Saying
Term used for those first dates when a parent drives you to or from an activity: Mommy-date.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: Smithson, Mrs B
Keyword(s): Chaperone ; DATE ; Drive ; Language ; Mommy ; Nickname ; Saying ; SLANG ; Term ; TRANSPORTATION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
IF A ROOSTER CROWS BEFORE MIDNIGHT, IT'S A SIGN OF DEATH.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES HEARD THIS WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL IN FORT SMITH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; FORT SMITH ; ARKANSAS, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
IF THE PICTURE OF A DEAD PERSON FALLS OFF THE WALL, IT'S A SIGN
OF DEATH. AT UNCLE'S FUNERAL, HIS SITER'S PICTURE FELL OFF
THE WALL, AND SHE HAD BEEN DEAD FOR A LONG TIME, BUT NOBOBY
DIED.
Submitter comment: SHE HEARD THIS FROM HER GRANDMOTHER AS A GIRL IN FORT SMITH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; FORT SMITH ; ARKANSAS, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO CROSS IN FRONT OF A FUNERAL.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES TOLD ME THIS ON JULY 21, 1968.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 07-21-1968
IF YOU DREAM ABOUT A WEDDING, IT IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Submitter comment: WHEN I WAS A SMALL GIRL, I HEARD IT FROM MY MOTHER ;
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling a death |
Date learned: 07-30-1968
VERSE ON A GRAVE STONE
"ANNA AGNES PARIS
JUNE 12, 1928
JUNE 12, 1928
A LITTLE BIT OF LOVE
TO BLOOM WITH GOD ABOVE."
Submitter comment:
COLLECTED WHILE I WAS IN SMITHVILLE FOR THE FOLK COUNTY FIDDLER'S
JAMBOREE AND CONTESTS HELD IN DECALB COUNTY, AND INCLUDING
FIDDLERS FROM UPPER CUMBERLAND REGION.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SMITHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C882 |
Date learned: 07-01-1972
VERSE ON GRAVE STONE
"JAMES TOY HAYES
SEPT. 6, 1828
FEB. 10, 1891
AN HONEST MAN THE NOBLEST
WORK OF GOD."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SMITHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C882 |
Date learned: 07-01-1972
VERSE ON A GRAVE STONE
"JOHN JEWELL
SON OF
J.C. & N.M. WEST
OCT. 11, 1903
OCT. 18, 1903
BUDDED ON EARTH TO
BLOOM IN HEAVEN
Submitter comment: THIS VERSE WAS FOUND ON SEVERAL CHILDREN'S STONES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SMITHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C882 |
Date learned: 07-01-1972
VERSE ON A GRAVE STONE
"WILL ROGER
SON OF
W.H. & M.C. HAYES
JUNE 30, 1892
DEC. 14, 1893
DEAR PAPA AND MAMA WEEP NOT FOR ME...
FOR I AM WAITING IN HEAVEN FOR THEE."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SMITHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C882 |
Date learned: 07-01-1972
PROVERB
RAKING YOU OVER THE COALS.
Submitter comment:
GOSSIPING ABOUT SOMEONE.
MRS. REAVES SAID THAT THIS WAS A COMMON EXPRESSION USED IN
FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
PROVERB
DYING LIKE FLIES WITH THE BOTTS.
Submitter comment:
MRS. REAVES SAID THAT THIS WAS AN EXPRESSION WHICH SHE HEARD
AS A GIRL IN FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS, WHEN SO MANY PEOPLE WERE
DYING BECAUSE OF AN EPIDEMIC.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-13-1968
WHY THE LIZARD NEVER LEARNED TO BELLOW
ONCE THERE WAS A LIZARD WHO HEARD A BULL BELLOW.
THIS SEEMED TO BE A FINE THING TO DO, SO HE
DECIDED TO ASK THE BULL TO TEACH HIM. THE BULL
WAS VERY FLATTERED AND DECIDED TO GO ABOUT TEACHING
THE LIZARD IN A VERY CAREFUL WAY. "FIRST," THE BULL
SAID, "YOU MUST HUMP UP YOUR BACK LIKE THIS," AND HE
SHOWED HIM. "OH, YES," SAID THE LIZARD, "I SEE NOW."
THANK YOU VERY MUCH."
SO THE LIZARD WENT AROUND FROM THEN ON HUMPING UP HIS
BACK, AND HE NEVER LEARNED TO BELLOW.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A STORY WHICH MY MOTHER TOLD ME WHEN I WAS
A SMALL GIRL. HER GRANDMOTHER TOLD IT TO HER IN
FORT SMITH, ARKANSAS WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL. I
RECORDED IT JULY 23, 1968, IN NASHVILLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
AN ACHING CORN ON THE FOOT IS AN INDICATION OF RAIN.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A COMMON SUPERSTITION. I CANNOT REMEMBER WHERE I
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
Date learned: 08-08-1968
IF THE SUN SHINES WHILE IT IS RAINING, IT IS A SIGN THAT IT
WILL RAIN TOMORROW.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS A COMMON SUPERSTITION IN
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
Date learned: 08-08-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO TAKE A PEN FROM A PERSON AND SIGN SOMETHING
WITH IT. YOU SHOULD WAIT UNTIL THE PERSON PUTS THE PEN
DOWN, THEN PICK IT UP AND USE IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Sharp objects |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
NEVER COUNT YOUR TEETH OR THEY'LL ALL DROP OUT.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES HEARD THIS SUPERSTITION AS A GIRL IN FORT SMITH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
IF YOU START ON A JOURNEY AND SOMEONE CALLS YOU BACK, YOU ARE TO
MAKE A CROSS WHERE YOU STOP, SPIT IN THE MIDDLE OF IT, AND WALK
BACKWARDS TO THE PERSON WHO CALLED YOU. TO TURN BACK WOULD BE
BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES HEARD THIS SUPERSTITION WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
Date learned: 07-19-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO STUB YOUR TOE.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES TOLD ME THIS SUPERSTITION AUGUST 8, 1968. I DO
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Bad luck Body parts and functions |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO BE HIT WITH A BROOM.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES LEARNED THIS SUPERSTITION FROM HER GRANDMOTHER
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Arkansas ; FORT SMITH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Broom Sweeping |
Date learned: 07-21-1968