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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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Proverb
Flunk now and avoid the June rush.
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Grade school pun.
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Keyword(s): ACADEMIC ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Fail ; Flunk ; Grade ; June ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; PUN ; SCHOOL ; Summer ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Language: Rhyme
Ridicule Rhyme:
Tattle Tale, Tattle Tale
Hang your britches on a nail,
Hang them high, hang them low,
Hang them in a picture show.
Hang them 'till your fanny shows.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BRITCHES ; Entertainment ; Fanny ; Hang ; High ; Language ; Low ; Nail ; Picture Show ; rat ; RHYME ; RIDICULE ; Tattle Tale
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Ghost Tale
In Chapel Hill, TN, There is a ghost that roams next to the railroad. All you can see is his light as he flashes it up and down the tracks. It is supposedly a lineman who had fallen off the train many years before. When he fell he lost his head. Now he roams the track swinging the light looking for his head.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Beheaded ; DECAPITATION ; GHOST ; HEAD ; Lineman ; RAILROAD ; Story ; SUPERNATURAL ; Tale ; Urban Legend
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Superstition
The fisherman have two kinds of folk belief: magic and empirical. Magic have no rational explanation-porpoises bring good luck. Empirical can be explained or have a rational line of thought - Circle around moon means bad weather. There is a rational connection between moon, ring, and bad weather.
Beneath the instrumental function of beliefs (to explain something) there is a phycological [sic] function (to ease the dangers of their hazardous occupation.)
Black suitcase is a very bad taboo object. Going out (in boat) on Friday - bad luck. The word alligator - bad luck. Throw change overboard - good luck.
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Where learned: The Function of Magic Among Texas Coastal Fisherman ; Journal of American Folklore
Keyword(s): Alligator ; BELIEF ; Boat ; Change ; Empirical ; Fisherman ; Friday ; LUCK ; MAGIC ; MONEY ; MOON ; Ocean ; Porpoise ; Sail ; Sailor ; SEA ; Ship ; Suitcase ; SUPERSTITION ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Still water Large body. BELIEF -- Bad luck |
IF A GIRL CATCHES A BUTTERLY AND BITES OFF HIS HEAD IN
THE TAIL OF HER DRESS, SHE WILL GET A NEW ONE.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; GALLATIN
Keyword(s): BAD LUCK ; Bite ; Butterfly ; Dismember ; DRESS ; GOOD LUCK ; HEAD ; LUCK ; New ; OMEN ; Tail
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 08-20-1973
BITING FINGERNAILS WHEN PREGNANT CAUSES THE BABY TO BE
STUBBORN.
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Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; FINGERNAILS ; PREGNANCY ; Stubborn
James Callow Keyword(s): PERSONALITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 09-13-1973
TO CURE A TOOTHACHE PICK THE TOOTH WITH A COFFIN NAIL,
MIDDLE TOE OF AN OWL, A SPLINTER FROM A TREE STRUCK BY
LIGHTNING OR APPLY THE JUICE OF A PRICKLY ASH.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Claw ; Coffin ; Juice ; LIGHTNING ; Nail ; Owl ; Prickly Ash ; REMEDY ; Splinter ; TOOTHACHE ; Tree
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-30-1973
CURE FOR CHEST COLD:
WARM SKUNK OIL RUBBED ON CHEST
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Cold ; CURE ; Oil ; REMEDY ; SKUNK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)
A GIRL MUST LIFT HER FEET WHEN CROSSING A RAILROAD
TRACK OR SHE'LL LOSE HER LOVER.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE
Keyword(s): Crossing ; FEET ; OMEN ; RAILROAD ; SUPERSTITION ; Tracks
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)
CURE FOR CHEST COLD OR SORE THROAT:
EAT MELTED LARD AND SUGAR.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Cold ; CURE ; Lard ; MEDICAL ; REMEDY ; Sore Throat ; Sugar
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)
REALLY REALLY OLD GREASY RAG, AND PUT TWO WALNUTS IN IT. WHOEVER HAS THE WARTS MUST CARRY IT IN POCKET FOR TWO DAYS.
THEN AFTER THE DAYS, BURY IT DEEP IN GROUND AND CAN'T
TELL A SOUL WHERE YOU HID IT.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Bury ; CURE ; Grease ; Rag ; REMEDY ; SECRET ; Walnuts ; Wart
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)
FRED SALMON OF STAUTON, VIRGINIA IS FAMOUS FOR HIS
WART CURING. HE TAKES THE PERSON INTO A ROOM AND THEY
MUST PROMISE NOT TO REPEAT WHAT HE SAYS OR IT WILL NOT
WORK. HOWEVER, THE WARTS MUST GO FROM ONE PERSON TO
ANOTHER, SAYS MR. SALMON.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; CURE ; REMEDY ; SECRET ; TRANSFER ; Wart
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curer |
Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)
CURE FOR INDIGESTION:
BAKING SODA IN WATER.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Baking Soda ; CURE ; INDIGESTION ; REMEDY ; WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)
CURE FOR COUGHING:
MIX BAKING SODA AND MOLASSES
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Baking Soda ; COUGH ; CURE ; Molasses ; REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)
TEA MADE FROM THE ROOTS OF A TREE WHICH GROWS IN A
GRAVEYARD WILL CURE A FEVER.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MCKENZIE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; CURE ; Fever ; GRAVEYARD ; REMEDY ; Roots ; TEA ; Tree
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 12-01-1973
THE "DRIPPINGS" FROM A ROAD, WHEN MIXED HALF-AND-HALF WITH
WATER, WILL HELP YOU RECOVER YOUR STRENGTH, ESPECIALLY
AFTER THE FLU.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MCKENZIE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Beef ; Broth ; Drippings ; Flu ; ILLNESS ; REMEDY ; Roast ; Soup ; TEA ; WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 10-14-1973
TOOTHACHE REMEDY:
CHEW ON SEVERAL LEAVES OF CATNIP.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MCKENZIE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Catnip ; Chew ; CURE ; Herb ; Herbal ; ILLNESS ; Leaves ; REMEDY ; TOOTHACHE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-29-1973
PUT ASPHIDITY INTO SMALL CLOTH BAGS AND HANG FROM THE NECK.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COOKEVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Asphidity ; Bag ; Cloth ; CURE ; NECK ; Necklace ; REMEDY ; talisman
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
SULFUR AND MOLASSES HELP TO THIN BLOOD FOR GOOD CIRCULATION.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COOKEVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; BLOOD ; Circulation ; Molasses ; REMEDY ; Sulfur ; THIN ; Tonic
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
TAKE A TABLET OF CALAMO BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP AT NIGHT
AND A TABLESPOON OF CASTOR OIL UPON RISING IN THE
MORNING.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COOKEVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Calamo ; CASTOR OIL ; CURE ; REMEDY ; Teaspoon
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-01-1973