Dr. James T. Callow publications
Browse by
Questions or comments on this site? Please email davidsor@udmercy.edu.
The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
Your search for CHILD returned 175 results.
Entertainment: Games
Chant From Calling In People Who Are Still Hidden in Hide and Seek:
"Come in oh, Come in, oh; If you don't come in, you're it."
Submitter comment:
The informant learned it from his friends.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [C570] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHANT ; CHILD ; CHILDHOOD ; CHILDREN ; Diversion ; Entertainment ; GAME ; Play ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | -- .C750520 |
Special Memory Quilts
A lot of mothers made "memory quilts" that was pieces of material from dresses or skirts of all in the family like-a scrap of Baby's first colored dress or their first year in school dress, little boys first year, and first year school shirt. Any occassion that meant a lot to them, they would enter the material of what that person wore-no pattern, just sew any shape togehter. It was called "Memories' Crazy Quilt"
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: FLORIDA ; Plant City
Keyword(s): Babies ; CHILDREN ; Craft ; Domestic ; Heirloom ; Keepsake ; MEMORIES ; Quilting ; Textiles
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Finished Product |
Prose Narrative Tale
Prose Narrative Tale:
Folktale of New England -- The Gingerbread Man.
Children's story of a runaway cookie including repeated theme: "rubn, run, as fast as you can. Can't catch me, I'm the Gingerbread man."
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Bookhouse Volume One
Keyword(s): CATCH ; CHILDREN ; Cookie ; Fast ; Gingerbread ; Gingerbread Man ; Legend ; Narrative ; New England ; Prose ; REGIONAL ; Run ; Tale
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Tale |
Custom
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
When you fart if you don't call "Safeties," Everyone calls "Sluggers" and everyone gets to slug you.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added By TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [F530] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BODILY FUNCTIONS ; CHILDHOOD ; CHILDREN ; CUSTOM ; Fart ; GAME ; Gas ; Play ; SAFETY ; Slugger ; tradition
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Language: Rhyme
Hickup Hickup go away
Come again another day
Hickup Hickup when I bake
I'll bake you a CAKE
Submitter comment:
Pastime.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added By TRD
James Callow comment:
Children sing this when they get the hiccups. Verse?
Original BN [C500, C730] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Keyword(s): Bake ; Cake ; CHILDREN ; GAME ; HICCUP ; Hickup ; Language ; Nursery ; RHYME ; SONG ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Proverb
Little pitchers have big ears.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added By TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Already Under V200, Who Said? Said to children who hear things they shouldn't.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): Big ; CHILDREN ; EARS ; Eavesdrop ; EUPHEMISM ; Little ; METAPHOR ; Overhear ; Pitchers ; SIMILE ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Childrens' Rhyme
Everyday we go to shop
At the bakery, I like to stop
And point my finger and say "let's try it."
But my mother replies, "You're on a diet."
Oh, how happy I will be
When Mother no longer says to me:
"You can't eat this, You can't eat that,
Cause this and that will make you fat."
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Bakery ; CHILDREN ; Eat ; Fat ; Language ; MOTHER ; RHYME ; Shop ; SONG ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
THE RESPONDENT'S NEIGHBOR ATE DIRT "BY THE GALLON"
WHILE PREGNANT. WHEN HER CHILD WAS BORN, SHE CARRIED DIRT
COLORED SPLOTCHES ON HER BACK AND ABDOMEN.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated on 09-01-11
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI
Keyword(s): Ate ; BELIEF ; Birthmark ; CHILDBEARING ; Consumed ; Dirt ; OMEN ; PREGNANCY ; Splotches
Date learned: 06-06-1973
IF THE UNBORN CHILD IS CARRIED HIGH, IT WILL BE A GIRL;
IF CARRIED LOW, IT WILL BE A BOY.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI
Keyword(s): BABY ; BELIEF ; Boy ; Carriage ; CARRY ; CHILD ; Fetus ; gender ; Girl ; High ; Low ; PREGNANCY ; STOMACH ; Unborn
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 09-00-1973
PRAYFULNESS INSURES A PLEASANT AND UP-RIGHTEOUS
CHILD.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI
Keyword(s): ; BELIEF ; CHILD ; Child Rearing ; Demeanor ; Pleasant ; PRAYER ; Prayfulness ; PREGNANCY ; RELIGION ; Righteous
James Callow Keyword(s): PERSONALITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- P800 P800.542 |
THE MOTHER'S TEMPERAMENT DURING PREGNANCY WILL BE
REFLECTED IN THE CHILD'S PERSONALITY.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI
Keyword(s): BABY ; BELIEF ; CHILD ; Fetus ; Mom ; MOTHER ; PERSONALITY ; PREGNANCY ; Reflection ; Temperament ; TRANSFERENCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 06-08-1973
A BABY'S HAIR TEXTURE CAN BE MADE DIFFERENT FROM ITS
MOTHER'S OR FATHER'S HAIR BY THE PREGNANT MOTHER
RUBBING HER HAND OVER THE HEAD OF A PERSON HAVING
THE DESIRED COLOR AND TEXTURE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI
Keyword(s): BABY ; BELIEF ; CHILD ; COLOR ; Father ; HAIR ; MOTHER ; PREDICTION ; PREGNANCY ; Texture
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 09-00-1973
DRINKING A LARGE AMOUNT OF COLD WATER IMMEDIATELY AFTER
DELIVERY WILL MAKE A WOMAN'S STOMACH LARGE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI ; Deovelente Road
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Child Birth ; Cold ; Consume ; Delivery ; DRINK ; Labor ; PREGNANCY ; SIZE ; STOMACH ; TEMPERATURE ; WATER
Date learned: 06-21-1973
IF THE CORD IS CUT CLOSER THAN THREE INCHES TO THE NAVEL,
THE BABY WILL BLEED TO DEATH.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Bleed ; CHILDBIRTH ; Cut ; DEATH ; Delivery ; Die ; Inches ; infant ; Labor ; Length ; Newborn ; PREGNANCY ; THREE ; UMBILICAL CORD
James Callow Keyword(s): UMBILICAL CORD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-20-1973
IF A LITTLE BOY IS ATTRACTED TO A PREGNANT WOMAN, HER
CHILD WILL BE A GIRL. IF A GIRL IS ATTRACTED TO THE
WOMAN, HER CHILD WILL BE A BOY.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Attraction ; BELIEF ; Boy ; CHILD ; gender ; Girl ; PREDICTION ; PREGNANCY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-23-1973
MONDAY'S CHILD IS FAIR OF FACE,
TUESDAY'S CHILD IS FULL OF GRACE,
WEDNESDAY'S CHILD IS FULL OF WOE,
THURSDAY'S CHILD HAS FAR TO GO,
FRIDAY'S CHILD IS LOVING AND GIVING,
SATURDAY'S CHILD MUST WORK FOR A LIVING,
BUT THE CHILD BORN ON THE SABBOTH DAY
IS BONNY AND MERRY AND GLAD AND GAY.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CHILD ; DAYS OF THE WEEK ; poem ; PREGNANCY ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.542 BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
BABIES WHO WALK BEFORE THEY ARE A YEAR OLD WILL BE
BOWLEGGED.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BABY ; BELIEF ; Bowlegged ; CHILD
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Lower body, legs BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-14-1973
IF A SMALL CHILD NOT OLD ENOUGH TO, STARTS SWEEPING,
SOMEONE'LL COME VISITING.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE
Keyword(s): AGE ; CHILD ; OMEN ; SIGN ; Sweep ; Visit
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)
NOBODY LOVES ME,
EVERYBODY HATES ME.
THINK I'LL EAT SOME WORMS!
BIG, FAT, JUICY ONES
LITTLE, SLIMY, SKINNY ONES
ROUND AND HAIRY WORMS!
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): CHILD ; CHILDREN ; KIDS ; RHYME ; SONG ; WORMS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Hate |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
I HAD A LITTLE CHICKEN WHO WOULDN'T LAY AN EGG
SO I RUBBED HOT WATER UP AND DOWN HER LEG.
THE LITTLE CHICKEN CRIED
AND THE LITTLE CHICKEN BEGGED
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Chicken ; CHILD ; CHILDREN ; Children's Song ; Egg ; Hard Boiled ; Kid ; RHYME ; SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 04-00-1972