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TO THE MEMORY OF / COL. JOHN TIPTON / BORN IN WASHINGTON CO.
TENN. / DIED OCT. 8, 1831. / ERECTED BY ORDER OF / THE 49TH
GEN. ASSEMBLY.
HOW SLEEP THE BRAVE WHO SINK TO REST,
BY ALL THEIR COUNTRY'S WISHES BLEST
WHEN SPRING WITH DEWY FINGERS COLD
RETURNS TO DECK THEIR HALLOWED MOULD.
SHE THERE SHALL DRESS A SWEETER SOD
THAN FANCY'S FEET HAVE EVER TROD.
Submitter comment: I ALSO HAVE A RUBBING OF THIS TOMBSTONE--S.R.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; OLD CITY CEMETERY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Cemetery BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
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GENL. JAMES ROBERTSON / THE FOUNDER OF NASHVILLE / WAS BORN IN
VIRGINIA / 28TH JUNE 1742 / DIED / 1ST SEPT. 1814
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; OLD CITY CEMETERY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Cemetery BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
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TENNESSEE / DAUGHTER OF / WILLIAM BLUNT ROBERTSON / AND
LEADOCIA IRWIN / AND GRAND DAUGHTER OF / GEN. JAMES
ROBERTSON / ONE OF THE EARLIEST SETTLERS OF / TENNESSEE /
BORN AUG 15, 1808: / NEAR NASHVILLE, TENN. / DIED JULY 28,
1857 / IN THE 49TH YEAR OF HER AGE.
Data entry tech comment: THERE IS A DESIGN DENOTING A DIVISION HERE IN THE WORDING
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; OLD CITY CEMETERY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Cemetery BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
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SEVIER / NOBLE AND SUCCESSIVE / DEFENDER OF THE EARLY /
SETTLERS OF TENNESSEE / THE FIRST AND FOR TWELVE / YEARS
GOVERNOR / REPRESENTATIVE IN / CONGRESS. / COMMISSIONER IN
MANY / TREATIES WITH THE / INDIANS. HE SERVED HIS / COUNTRY
FOR FORTY YEARS / FAITHFULLY AND USEFULLY / AND IN THAT
SERVICE DIED / AN ADMIRER OF / PATRIOTISM AND MERIT / UNREQUITED ERECTS THIS
Submitter comment: THIS IS ONLY A MONUMENT TO MR. SEVIER. HIS GRAVE IS IN
Data entry tech comment: THERE IS A 3 LINE DIVISION HERE ON 5 X 8 CARD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; OLD CITY CEMETERY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Cemetery BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
JAMES F. / WARREN / BORN / MAY 25, 1873 / DIED / JUNE 13, 1889
OUR DARLING JIMIE / HAS GONE BEFORE / TO GREET US ON /
THE BLISSFUL SHORE
Data entry tech comment: THERE IS A THREE LINE DIVISION HERE ON 5 X 8 CARD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; OLD CITY CEMETERY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Cemetery BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
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SACRED / TO THE MEMORY OF / COL. JOE LEWIS / WHO WAS BORN /
AUGUST 28TH 1760 / HE WAS AN OFFICER OF THE / UNITED STATES /
DURING THE REVOLUTIONARY WAR / AND CONTRIBUTED HIS FULL SHARE /
OF / PATRIOTISM, PRUDENCE & BRAVERY / TOWARDS / THE
INDEPENDENCE OF THIS COUNTRY. / HE COULD (FOUR BLANK WORDS
INDICATED ON 5 X 8 CARD) / AND SET THEM A STRIKING EXAMPLE /
OF THE LIFE / OF A VIRTUEOUS MAN AND A USEFULL CITIZEN /
A FIRM AND PRACTICAL BELIEVER / IN THE DOCTRINES OF REVERED
RELIGIONS / AND WITH UNWAVERING FAITH AND / CHRISTIAN HOPE /
HE DIED ON THE 22ND OF NOVEMBER / ANNO DOMINI / 1816
Submitter comment: DUE TO PATCHING OF THE STONE THE FOUR WORDS IN LINE 14
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; OLD CITY CEMETERY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Cemetery BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
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HENRY MIDDLETON RUTLEDGE / ONLY SON OF / EDWARD RUTLEDGE /
SOUTH CAROLINA / A SIGNER OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE /
BORN IN CHARLESTON / APR. 5, 1775 / DIED JAN. 20, 1844
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; OLD CITY CEMETERY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Cemetery BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
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WILLIAM DRIVER / BORN IN SALEM, MASS. MARCH. 17, 1803 /
DIED IN NASHVILLE, TENN. MAR. 3, 1888 / A MASTER MARINER
SAILED TWICE / AROUND THE WORLD, ONCE AROUND AUSTRALIA. /
HE REMOVED THE PITCAIRN PEOPLE FROM / SICKNESS AND DEATH
IN TAHIETI TO THEIR / OWN ISLAND HOME SEPT. 3, 1831. /
THEN 69 IN NUMBER, NOW 1200 SOULS.
Submitter comment: THIS IS THE GRAVE OF WILLIAM DRIVER WHO NAMED THE FLAG
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; OLD CITY CEMETERY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Cemetery BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
BELIEF
RELATIVES OF DEAD MAY SAVE THEIR LOVED ONES FROM DAMNATION
BECAUSE OF SIN BY LEAVING FOOD ON THEIR DECEASED RELATIVE'S
GRAVE TO BE EATEN BY THE "SIN EATER". THE SIN EATER IS USUALLY
AN OLD MAN (A HERMIT OR SOME SORT OF OUTCAST FROM SOCIETY)
EATS THE FOOD LEFT ON THE GRAVE AND AS THE FOOD IS CONSUMED,
THE SINS OF THE DEAD PERSON ARE ASSUMED BY THE SIN EATER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
IF A FUNERAL IS TO BE HELD IN YOUR HOUSE AND THE BODY IS
THERE, YOU SHOULD STAY AWAKE. THIS INSURES GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
A CUSTOM IN THE ITALIAN COMMUNITY:
AFTER A FUNERAL ON THE WAY TO THE CEMETARY YOU ALWAYS PASS
BY THE DECEASED'S HOME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): CEMETERY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-20-1977
IT IS SAID THAT ON THE DAY OF AUGUST 7th WHEN ATOMIC BOMB
WAS DROPPED IN HIROSHIMA, ALL SPIRITS OF THE DEAD BY BOMB
COME BACK TO THIS PLACE. IN ORDER FOR THESE SPIRITS TO
FIND THE WAY TO GO TO HEAVEN, PEOPLE FLOAT DEDICATORY
LANTERNS WITH EACH DEAD PERSON'S NAME ON IT ON THE WATER.
THIS CUSTOM IS ALSO HELD AT THE END OF THE BON SEASON FOR
THE ANCESTORS.
Where learned: JAPAN ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; HIROSHIMA CITY
Date learned: 09-20-1977
WHEN I WAS A CHILD, WE ALWAYS USED TO TAKE THE BED DOWN
IF SOMEONE DIED IN IT. MAYBE IT WAS A SUPERSTITION THAT
CAME FROM GERMS OR SOMETHING OR MAYBE IT WAS JUST TO MAKE
ROOM FOR THE CASKET, I DON'T KNOW.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
FUNERAL SUPERSTITION
I'VE HEARD MY GRANDMOTHER SAY THAT IF YOU'RE AT A FUNERAL AN' YOU
START LAUGHIN' AN' PLAYIN' AROUND, SOMEBODY IN YOUR FAMILY WILL
DIE, AN' YOU'LL BE CRYIN'.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
JOCKEY HOLLOW, NEW JERSEY
AT THIS PLACE, THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY UNDER WASHINGTON SPENT A
BITTER WINTER HERE. THE WINTER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WORSE THAN THE
ONE AT VALLEY FORGE. THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A LEGEND THAT THE
HOLLOW IS HAUNTED BECAUSE ALL OF THE MEN IN THE HOSPITAL DIED AND
THEIR SPIRITS GUARD THE HOLLOW. ALSO, EVERY FEBRUARY 5, SOMEONE
IS SUPPOSED TO BE KILLED THERE.
Submitter comment: LEROY LEARNED THIS WHILE VACATIONING NEAR THE HOLLOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- February 5 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F535 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-25-1967
I REMEMBER THE ONE, THERE WAS A MAN WHO WENT TO COMMUNION AND
HE DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT IT WAS REALLY GOD. SO WHEN THE PRIEST
GAVE HIM THE HOST, HE HURRIED UP AND TOOK IT OUT OF HIS
MOUTH AND PUT IT IN A HANDKERCHIEF, WRAPPED IT UP AND PUT
IT IN HIS POCKET. AND WHEN HE GOT HOME, HE WENT IN HIS
ROOM AND CLOSED THE DOOR, TOOK A HAMMER AND A NAIL, AND HE
NAILED THE HOST TO THE WALL, AND IT BEGAN TO BLEED. HE
DROWN {DROWNED} IN THE BLOOD.
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious PROSE NARRATIVE -- Man CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
JOCKEY HOLLOW, NEW JERSEY
AT THIS PLACE, THE REVOLUTIONARY ARMY UNDER WASHINGTON SPENT A
BITTER WINTER HERE. THE WINTER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE WORSE THAN THE
ONE AT VALLEY FORGE. THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A LEGEND THAT THE
HOLLOW IS HAUNTED BECAUSE ALL OF THE MEN IN THE HOSPITAL DIED AND
THEIR SPIRITS GUARD THE HOLLOW. ALSO, EVERY FEBRUARY 5, SOMEONE
IS SUPPOSED TO BE KILLED THERE.
Submitter comment: LEROY LEARNED THIS WHILE VACATIONING NEAR THE HOLLOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- February 5 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F535 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-25-1967
I REMEMBER THE ONE, THERE WAS A MAN WHO WENT TO COMMUNION AND
HE DIDN'T BELIEVE THAT IT WAS REALLY GOD. SO WHEN THE PRIEST
GAVE HIM THE HOST, HE HURRIED UP AND TOOK IT OUT OF HIS
MOUTH AND PUT IT IN A HANDKERCHIEF, WRAPPED IT UP AND PUT
IT IN HIS POCKET. AND WHEN HE GOT HOME, HE WENT IN HIS
ROOM AND CLOSED THE DOOR, TOOK A HAMMER AND A NAIL, AND HE
NAILED THE HOST TO THE WALL, AND IT BEGAN TO BLEED. HE
DROWN {DROWNED} IN THE BLOOD.
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious PROSE NARRATIVE -- Man CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
"WE BURY OTHERS, WHY NOT YOU;
EVENTUALLY, WHY NOT NOW."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVERTISEMENT ; FUNERAL HOME SLOGAN?
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
A SIGN IN FRONT OF A FUNERAL PARLOR READS:
"PLAN AHEAD--SIGN UP NOW FOR OUR LAY-A-WAY PLAN."
Submitter comment:
SORRY TO SAY, DON'T KNOW THE FUNERAL HOME, BUT
SOMWHERE IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVERTISEMENT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1964