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STUCK ON TOILET

THE MAN OF THE HOUSE TOLD THE BABYSITTER NOT TO SIT ON THEIR
TOILET WHICH HAD JUST BEEN PAINTED. SHE FORGOT, SAT ON THE
TOILET, AND GOT STUCK. SHE CALLED FOR A DOCTOR, WHO CAME AND
SLIPPED ON THE FLOOR AND WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS. WHEN THE
AMBULANCE ARRIVED, THEY HAD TO UNBOLT THE TOILET. THE GIRL
WAS THEN RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL AND SHE HAD TO BE CUT AWAY
FROM THE TOILET SEAT.
LATER SHE SUED THE HOMEOWNER AND HAD TO SHOW HER SCARS TO THE
JUDGE TO PROVE THAT THIS REALLY HAPPENED. (IT REALLY DID.)

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale

Date learned: 08-00-1964

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NOT GIVEN

A HITCHHIKER IS THUMBING IN TEXAS; HE GETS PICKED UP BY A GUY
IN A CADILLAC. THEY START TALKING WHEN THE RIDER NOTICES A
PAIR OF THICK GLASSES ON THE SEAT.
"ARE THOSE YOURS?"
"YES."
"SHOULDN'T YOU BE WEARING THEM FOR DRIVING?"
"NO, I'VE GOT THE WINDSHIELD GROUND TO MY PRESCRIPTION."

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale

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BROWN-LINE STORY

MY MOTHER TOLD ME THAT IF YOU DON'T HAVE A
BROWN LINE FROM YOUR CHEST TO THE END OF
YOUR STOMACH, YOU CAN'T HAVE BABIES.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT TOLD THIS TO ME WHEN WE WERE BOTH ABOUT NINE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale
BELIEF -- Body part Senses Specific distinguishing characteristic Dimple, wart, mole, scar, freckle, birthmark, strawberry mark, bruise, spot (on any part of body)
BELIEF -- Birth

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DEER DRAGGING A BOAT

ONE TIME I WAS UP IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN IN A ROWBOAT IN A RIVER. I
HAD A LASSO WITH ME, AND I SAW A DEER ON THE SHORE. SO I DECIDED TO
LASSO THE DEER. THE LASSO WAS TIED TO THE BOAT, AND I GOT THE DEER,
ALL RIGHT, BUT THE DEER BEGAN TO RUN, PULLING THE BOAT WITH HIM. I
FELL OUT OF THE BOAT, AND WHEN I FINALLY GOT MYSELF OUT OF THE WATER,
I COULDN'T FIND THE BOAT.
A LITTLE OVER A YEAR LATER, WHEN I WAS UP THERE HUNTING AGAIN, I
SAW A DEER WITH A ROWBOAT TIED TO HIM. SO I FIGURED IT WAS THE SAME
DEER.

Submitter comment: TOLD TO HIGH SCHOOL HISTORY CLASS AT U OF D HIGH.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT HIGH SCHOOL

Keyword(s): WILD ANIMAL

Subject headings: Favorites
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale

Date learned: 00001968 FALL

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ALLIGATORS

ONE NIGHT A COUPLE LYING ON MIAMI BEACH IN FLORIDA WERE
ATTACKED BY AN ALLIGATOR WHICH THEY SAID CAME OUT OF THE OCEAN.

Submitter comment: ALLIGATORS DON'T LIVE IN SALT WATER

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale

Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY THE COLLECTOR

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DANIEL BOONE LEGEND

ONE DAY DAN'L BOONE WAS GOING THROUGH THE FOREST AND HE CAME UPON A
HUGE LION. DAN'L'S GUN WOULDN'T WORK AND THAT LION WAS COMING RIGHT
FOR HIM. DAN'L THROWED DOWN HIS GUN AND WAITED. AND WHEN THAT
MOUNTAIN LION JUMPED AT HIM, DAN'L PUSHED HIS FIST DOWN INTO THE
LION'S MOUTH, PUSHED IT RIGHT DOWN TO THAT LION'S TAIL AND GRABBED
HOLD AND PULLED THAT LION INSIDE OUT.

Submitter comment: TOLD TO THE INFORMANT BY HIS UNCLE ALEX, WHO HUNTED IN PENNSYLVANIA
AND NORTHERN MICHIGAN, BUT LIVED IN DETROIT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Favorites
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale

Date learned: 03-10-1970

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JOHN C. WOBBLESQUAW

HE WAS MY FATHER,S GREAT, GREAT, GRANDFATHER ON HIS MOTHER,S SIDE.
ACCORDING TO THE LEGEND, HE BUILT MACKINAC ISLAND.
HE HAD A GIRLFRIEND ACROSS THE STRAITS, AND HE USED TO LIKE TO SEE
HER, SO HE WOULD SWIM ACROSS THE STRAITS. HE SAW LITTLE WHITE STONES
ON THE LOWER PENINSULA SIDE AND HE USED TO TAKE THEM TO HER.
NOW HE WAS A STRONG FELLOW, BUT HE TIRED WITH ALL THE STONES WHILE
SWIMMING, SO HE USED TO DUMP THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STRAITS.
THIS WAS A HOT ROMANCE, BUT HE COULDN,T GET ACROSS THE STRAITS WITH
SOME MORE STONES. THAT,S HOW HE BUILT MACKINAC ISLAND. BECAUSE IF YOU
GO THERE TODAY, YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE WHITE STONES IN THE SAND.

 

or something like that.

Where learned: MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): AMERICAN INDIAN ; STONES USED TO MAKE BRIDGE NOW A HISTORIC PATH ; STONES USED TO MAKE BRIDGE OF LOVE

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Creation and Order of Universe
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formation
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale

Date learned: 00001968 FALL

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JOHN C. WOBBLESQUAW

THIS WAS THE COLDEST WINTER MICHIGAN EVER KNEW, LONG BEFORE THEY
RECORDED TEMPERATURES. JOHN C. LIVED ON A RESERVATION WITH HIS FAMILY
AND FRIENDS. IT WAS SUCH A HARD WINTER THAT THEY RAN OUT OF FOOD AND
WERE IN PRETTY ROUGH SHAPE. SEEING THAT JOHN C. WAS THE STRONGEST,
THEY SENT HIM OUT TO GO HUNTING. THEY HAD SENT OTHERS OUT BEFORE,
BUT THEY DIDN,T GET ANYTHING.
JOHN C. WENT OUT AND HE WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE WOODS AND HE HAD A
FEELING THAT SOMEONE WAS FOLLOWING HIM. HE TURNED AROUND, AND THERE
WAS THIS BIG BLACK BEAR. SO THAT SCARED HIM, SINCE HE NEVER FACED
ONE BEFORE. WELL, HE WAS OUT OF AMMUNITION SINCE HE MISSED OTHER
ANIMALS, SO HE RAN AND RAN UNTIL SWEAT CAME ON HIS FOREHEAD, AND
IT WAS SO COLD THAT IT FROZE RIGHT THERE. HE GOT AN IDEA.
SO HE TOOK THE POWDER OUT OF HIS HORN AND PUT IT IN HIS GUN.
AND HE TOOK A FEW BEADS OF FROZEN PERSPIRATION OFF HIS FOREHEAD AND
PUT THEM IN TOO. THEN HE TURNED AROUND, SHOT THE BEAR, AND HIS
PEOPLE LIVED THROUGH THE WINTER.

Where learned: MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): AMERICAN INDIAN ; FROZEN BEADS OF SWEAT USED FOR AMMUNITION

Subject headings: Favorites
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale

Date learned: 00001968 FALL

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BY THIS TIME JOHN C. HAD AQUIRED QUITE A BIT OF FAME. SO HE WENT TO
ENGLAND TO VISIT HIS FRIEND WHO LIVED IN A CASTLE. SO HE TOOK THE
BOAT OVER AND GOT A HORSE WHEN HE GOT THERE, AND HE RODE OVER TO THIS
FELLOW,S CASTLE. THE LAST DAY OF THE JOURNEY WAS A LONG ONE AND HIS
HORSE WAS TIRED WHEN THEY GOT TO THE CASTLE.
SO WHEN HE GOT TO THE CASTLE, THE FIRST THING HE WAS GOING TO DO WAS
GET HIS HORSE A DRINK OF WATER.
HE GOT TO THE CASTLE AND WENT THROUGH THE GATE THERE, AND HE HEARD
SOMETHING CLANK BEHIND HIM. AND HE DIDN,T PAY ANY ATTENTION, BUT
JUST TOOK HIS HORSE TO THE FOUNTAIN. WHILE HIS HORSE WAS DRINKING,
HE KEPT HEARING THIS WATER RUNNING, AND HE TURNED AROUND AND THE BACK
OF HIS HORSE HAD BEEN CUT OFF. THE GATE HAD CUT OFF THE BACK END OF
HIS HORSE. HE COULDN,T LET HIS HORSE GO ON LIKE THAT, SO HE RIPPED
A VINE DOWN OFF THE WALL OF THE CASTLE AND HE SEWED THE FRONT END
OF HIS HORSE TO THE BACK END. HE STAYED AT HIS FRIEND,S CASTLE FOR
ABOUT FOUR MONTHS. BY THAT TIME HIS HORSE HAD HEALED. THE VINE
THOUGH GREW FROM THE STICHES UP AND OVER THE HORSE, FROM THAT TIME ON
HE ALWAYS RODE IN THE SHADE.

Where learned: MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Favorites
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale

Date learned: 00001968 FALL

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RATTLESNAKE PETE

RATTLESNAKE PETE WAS A HANDY-MAN ON A CATTLE DRIVE. HE WAS FAMOUS
FOR CATCHING RATTLESNAKES WITH HIS HANDS AND BITING THEIR HEADS OFF.
ONE DAY ONE OF THE COWBOYS ON THE DRIVE WAS BITTEN IN THE EAR BY A
RATTLESNAKE. PETE CUT HIS EAR OFF AND DRAINED THE POISON AND THEN
SEWED THE EAR BACK ON THE MAN. HOWEVER, PETE HAD
BEEN DRINKING AND SEWED THE EAR ON BACKWARDS. SEEING WHAT HE HAD
DONE, PETE REMOVED THE OTHER EAR AND SEWED IT ON BACKWARDS ALSO.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Subject headings: Favorites
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale

Date learned: 11-20-1968

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TERROR TALE

I REMEMBER IN THE SUMMER OF 1964, I WAS AN ACTIVE SIX YEAR OLD.
MY FRIENDS AND I WOULD GO TO THE HILL AT THE SOUTHFIELD CIVIC
CENTER AND RUN UP AND DOWN IT FOR FUN AND EXCITEMENT. THE
GARDENER OVER THERE TOLD US ABOUT HOOP SNAKES. HE SAID THEY WERE
SNAKES ROLLED UP LIKE HOULA HOOPS AND THEY ROLL DOWN HILLS.
HE TOLD US TO RUN ZIG ZAG SO AS NOT TO GET CAUGHT BY THE LITTLE
CREATURES.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale
BELIEF -- Animal

Date learned: 00-00-1964

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LEGEND

AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY THERE IS A RIVER NAMED
THE RED CEDAR, WHICH FLOWS THROUGH THE ENTIRE CAMPUS.
THIS IS THE ONLY RIVER IN EXISTENCE THAT HAS A RUBBER
COATED BOTTOM, IMPLYING A FAVORITE PLACE FOR LATE HOUR DATES.

Submitter comment: FROM DORM FRIENDS

Data entry tech comment: COLLECTOR'S SPELLING CORRECTED BY KEYPUNCHER.

Where learned: DORM ; MICHIGAN STATE

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale
BELIEF -- Running water Large current.

Date learned: 11-07-1967

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JEST ANECDOTE

I ONCE KNEW A MAN SO OLD HE WAS OLDER THAN HIS MOTHER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): HYPERBOLE

Subject headings: Favorites
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale
SPEECH -- Formula
PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison

Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.

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THE CRACKER BOX

IT SEEMS THAT THERE WERE TWO ANTS OUT FOR A WALK ONE DAY
AND THEY FOUND THEMSELVES IN A KITCHEN. ALL OF A SUDDEN,
ONE ANT STARTED RUNNING VERY FAST ACROSS A BOX OF
SALTINE CRACKERS. THE OTHER RAN AS FAST AS HE COULD
AND CAUGHT HIS FRIEND. "WHY ARE YOU GOING SO FAST
ACROSS THE BOX?" HE WANTED TO KNOW. "DIDN'T YOU SEE
WHAT IT SAID BACK THERE?" "NO." "IT SAID 'TEAR
ACROSS DOTTED LINE.'"

Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD IT AT HER SCHOOL, BUT DOESN'T KNOW
FROM WHOM.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale

Date learned: 10-13-1967

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THERE WERE TWO STATUES IN THE PARK. THEY WERE BOTH NUDE
GRECIAN STATUES, ONE MALE, THE OTHER FEMALE. ONE DAY A
FAIRY GODMOTHER CAME UP TO THEM AND ASKED THEM IF THEY
WOULD LIKE TO MAKE A WISH. THEY SAID THAT THEY WOULD
LIKE TO BE TURNED INTO HUMAN PEOPLE. SHE WAVED HER MAGIC
STICK AND THEY WERE SUDDENLY ALIVE. THEY RAN INTO THE
WOODS TOGETHER. ABOUT A HALF HOUR LATER THEY WERE STILL
IN THE WOODS AND THE GODMOTHER WAS GETTING WORRIED, SO
SHE WENT IN TO SEE WHAT WAS HAPPENING. SHE HEARD SOME
TALKING BEHIND SOME BUSHES, SO SHE SNUCK UP TO SEE WHAT
WAS GOING ON. SHE HEARD THEM SAYING, "NOW IT'S YOUR
TURN, YOU HOLD THE PIGEON WHILE I SHIT ON IT."

Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD IT FROM HER PARENTS ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale

Date learned: 12-00-1965

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MR. MURPHY WAS WARNED NEVER TO GO ADVENTURING IN THE WILD
TOWN OF HURLEY, WISCONSIN., WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER. MANY
STORIES WENT AROUND, NONE OF WHICH HE CAN REMEMBER
EXPLICITLY, BUT HE DOES REMEMBER MANY TIMES HEARING
OF THE LUMBERJACKS THAT WENT THERE, GOT DRUNK, WENT
TO A "CAT HOUSE" AND WOKE UP THE NEXT MORNING IN THE
MIDDLE OF THE STREET, BROKE AND HALF FROZEN. HE ALSO
HEARD MANY TALES OF MEN WHO HAD GOTTEN INTO FIGHTS
AND BEEN KILLED AND WHOSE BODIES WEREN'T FOUND UNTIL THE
SPRING THAW, BECAUSE THEY HAD JUST BEEN TAKEN OUT AND
DUMPED IN THE DEEP SNOW.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

James Callow Keyword(s): HOUSE OF ILL REPUTE ; PROSTITUTION

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale

Date learned: 05-22-1965

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TALL TALE

WHEN I WAS A LOGGER WE HAD THIS ONE FELLA IN OUR CAMP,
ALWAYS BRAGGING ABOUT WHAT A GREAT HUNTER HE WAS. THIS
ONE DAY, HE WENT OUT HUNTING AND BEFORE HE COULD FIRE
A SHOT, HE SAW A BIG, BLACK BEAR. HE DECIDED HE'D KILL
THAT BEAR AND THEN GET US ALL TO HELP HIM SKIN IT.
WELL, HE SHOT, BUT DIDN'T KILL THE BEAR, ONLY WOUNDED IT.
AND THAT BEAR STARTED CHASING HIM. WELL, I'LL TELL YOU,
HE WAS MIGHTY SCARED. HE RAN AS FAST AS HE COULD, BUT
THAT BEAR WAS SO CLOSE HE COULD FEEL HIS BREATH DOWN
HIS BACK. SO, WHAT DID HE DO, HE TOOK OFF HIS JACKET
AND PUT IT OVER A TREE BRANCH SO THE BEAR WOULD THINK
IT WAS HIM, AND THEN HE TOOK OFF IN ANOTHER DIRECTION.
WELL, WHEN HE TURNED TO LOOK BACK, THAT BEAR WAS HUGGING
HIS JACKET AND SQUEEZING IT JUST AS HARD AS HE COULD.
WELL, WHEN HE GOT BACK TO CAMP, YOU'D THINK HE'D HAVE
LEARNED NOT TO BRAG SO MUCH, BUT WHAT DID HE DO? HE
BOASTED ABOUT HE'D TRICKED THAT OLD BEAR!

Submitter comment: HEARD IN GAYLORD, MICHIGAN ABOUT 1930.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Gaylord

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale

Date learned: 10-00-1963

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I AM A MEMBER OF THE S.B.E.B.S.Q.S.A.,INC., A BARBERSHOP
QUARTET SOCIETY. THE INFORMANT TOLD THIS STORY TO A
GROUP OF BARBERSHOPPERS.
IT SEEMS THAT ONE OF OUR MEMBERS HAD BEEN DEVOTING MUCH
OF HIS TIME TO THE SOCIETY. IN FACT, HIS LIFE REVOLVED
AROUND ALL THE FUNCTIONS THAT OUR SOCIETY PERFORMS. HE
BELONGED TO A REGISTERED QUARTET, DIRECTED A CHORUS, WAS
THE LOCAL PRESIDENT AND PROGRAM CHAIRMAN.
ONE NIGHT, HE WAS OUT ESPECIALLY LATE WORKING ON A NEW
ARRANGEMENT. HE LEFT THE PRACTICE HALL AND ON THE WAY
TO HIS CAR, HE WAS ACCOSTED BY THREE MEN. THEY BEAT
HIM VICIOUSLY, KICKING HIM TIME AND TIME AGAIN. AFTER
HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS, THEY ROBBED HIM OF FIFTY DOLLARS.
HE WOKE UP ABOUT AN HOUR LATER, BLOODY, DISORIENTED, AND
SORE. HE MANAGED TO REACH INTO HIS POCKET AND PULLED
OUT HIS PITCHPIPE AND BLEW A "B FLAT" AND YELLED "HELP."
(RIGHT ON KEY).

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale

Date learned: 02-20-1967

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THIS FELLOW WENT INTO A RESTAURANT AND ORDERED A BOWL OF
CHILI. HE WAS VISIBLY DISTURBED WHEN THE WAITRESS SERVED
HIS CHILI, BECAUSE SHE HAD HER THUMB BURIED IN THE BOWL
OF FLUID. NOT BEING THE KIND TO CREATE A FUSS, HE PUSHED
THE BOWL AWAY AND ORDERED A CUP OF COFFEE. THIS WAITRESS
RETURNED, BUT ALAS! HER THUMB WAS ALMOST COMPLETELY
IMMERSED IN THE COFFEE. THE CUSTOMER COULDN'T IGNORE
THAT A SECOND TIME AND DISGUSTINGLY ASKED THE MEANING OF
THIS. THE WAITRESS REPLIED THAT SHE HAD CAUGHT HER
THUMB IN A GRINDER A FEW DAYS EARLIER AND IT BECAME
INFECTED AND FULL OF PUSS. SHE THEN SHOWED HIM THE
THUMB WHICH WAS MANGLED, FESTERED, AND RUNNING. SHE
SAID THAT SHE HAD GONE TO HER DOCTOR AND HE SUGGESTED
THAT SHE KEEP THE THUMB IN SOMETHING WET AND WARM.
THE CUSTOMER AROSE AND SAID, "WHY DON'T YOU SHOVE IT UP
YOUR ASS?"
SHE REPLIED, "I DO WHEN I GO TO THE KITCHEN."

Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT, A CITY POLICEMAN, TOLD THIS STORY AFTER
A DINNER. THE STORY, ONE OF MANY DESIGNED TO CREATE
SOME UNEASINESS IN THE STOMACHS OF THE WOMEN PRESENT, WAS
ONE WHICH I HAD HEARD SEVERAL YEARS EARLIER, BUT TO THE
INFORMANT IT WAS FRESH AND NEW.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale

Date learned: 03-10-1967

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IT SEEMS THAT THREE BUMS WERE SITTING ON THE BANK OF A
RIVER ON A PARTICULARLY COLD, BLUSTRY DAY. THEY WERE
INADEQUATELY DRESSED FOR THE OCCASION; FURTHERMORE,
THEY WERE STARVING. THE RIVER BEFORE THEM WAS NOT
COMPLETELY FROZEN OVER AND IT HAPPENED THAT A DEAD,
BLOATED DOG JUST WAS WASHED UP TO SHORE. TRAMP NO. 1
THOUGHT IT AN ACT OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE AND SUGGESTED THAT
THEY SOMEHOW CUT THE FROZEN, BLOATED DOG INTO THREE PARTS
AND HAVE A FEAST. TRAMP NO. 2 AGREED AND BEGAN TO DISECT
THE UNFORTUNATE ANIMAL. TRAMP NO. 3 HOWEVER, BEGGED OFF.
SAYING HE WOULD RATHER STARVE THAN EAT THE BLOATED, CRUDDY
REMAINS OF THE MISERABLE DOG. SO THE OTHER TWO TRAMPS
CUT THE HOUND IN TWO, AND GORGED THEMSELVES ON THE COLD
DOG MEAT. AFTER THEY HAD COMPLETED THEIR BANQUET, IT WAS
ONLY A MATTER OF TIME UNTIL THEY BOTH THREW UP
(REGURGITATED). WHEREUPON TRAMP NO. 3 SHOUTED WITH GLEE
"THAT'S WHAT I HAVE BEEN WAITING FOR, A WARM MEAL!"

Submitter comment: AFTER DINNER, AT A PARTY, THE INFORMANT TOLD THIS STORY
WHICH AMONG OTHERS WAS INTENDED TO TEASE THE DIGESTIVE
CONSTITUTIONS OF THE LISTENERS. IN OTHER WORDS, WE
WERE TALKING ABOUT STORIES WHICH WERE AIMED AT GETTING
SOMEBODY SICK.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale

Date learned: 03-10-1967

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