The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

Toast

Here's to all that wish me well. All the rest can go to the Devil.

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Keyword(s): DEVIL ; DRINKING ; HELL ; Social ; TOAST ; Well

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Toast

Although another year has passed, we will act no older than the last.

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Small grammar correction written on submission.

Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK

Keyword(s): AGE ; Maturity ; Social: Drinking ; TOAST

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Toast

A toast to all your fine ambition, about which we all rant;

Because it makes you do the things that everyone says you can't.

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Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK

Keyword(s): Ability ; AMBITION ; DRINKING ; Social ; TOAST

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Toast

Here's to the girls who say they will

Here's to the girls who say they won't

But to hell with the girls who say they will

and later you find out they don't.

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Where learned: ILLINOIS

Keyword(s): DATING ; DRINKING ; Girls ; Innuendo ; Social ; TOAST

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Toast

Here's to the ones who say they will,

Here's to the ones who say they won't

And here's to the ones who say they will but

When you get them alone they don't.

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Where learned: MICHIGAN

Keyword(s): Boys ; DATING ; DRINKING ; Girls ; Innuendo ; Social ; TOAST

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Toast

Verse With Drink:

Ashes to ashes, dust to dust,

If you drink good booze, Your pipes won't rust.

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I heard this as a toast before drinking.

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James Callow comment:

Original Title read [Verse Without Music]. Crossed out and replaced with current title.

Original BN [C700; N400; C700] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.

Keyword(s): Booze ; DRINKING ; Pipes ; Rust ; Social ; TOAST

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Toast

Down the hatch/ Past the tongue./ Watch out belly/ Here it comes!

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): ANATOMY ; BELLY ; DRINKING ; Social ; TOAST ; TONGUE

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Toast

Here's to you and here's to me / May we never disagree / But if we do (to Hell with you!) / And here's to me.

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Original BN [C702] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.

Keyword(s): DRINKING ; HELL ; Social ; TOAST

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Toast

May I never be above you / May I never be beneath you / May I always be on the level with you.

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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): Above ; Beneath ; DRINKING ; Level ; Relation ; Social ; TOAST

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Phrase

COOKING WITH GAS

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Where learned: HOME

Keyword(s): COOKING ; Gas ; MOVING ; Progress

Date learned: 10-24-1969

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Proverb

Amish Proverb (Hex Sign):

Kissin wears out, good cookin' don't.

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This proverb was learned on a recent trip through the Amish country.

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Original BN [V700] crossed out. Replaced wtih current classifications.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): Amish ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; COOK ; COOKING ; ETHNIC ; Hex ; KISS ; KISSING ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE

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Proverb

There's many a slip between the cup and the lip.

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cup ; DRINKING ; Lip ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; SLIP ; TRUTH ; VERSE

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Proverb

Good cookin' lasts, kissin' don't.

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Pennsylvania Dutch Saying

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Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MAUCH CHUNK

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; COOK ; COOKING ; DUTCH ; ETHNIC ; KISS ; KISSING ; MARRIAGE ; Maxim ; PENNSYLVANIA ; PROVERB ; REGIONAL ; VERSE

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Proverb

The proof of the pudding is in the eating.

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Consume ; COOK ; COOKING ; Eat ; EATING ; Maxim ; METAPHOR ; Proof ; PROVERB ; Pudding ; VERSE

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Proverb

There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.

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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cup ; DRINKING ; Lip ; Maxim ; Mouth ; PROVERB ; SLIP ; TRUTH ; VERSE

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Proverb

Many a slip, twixt the cup and the lip.

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This proverb means that anything can happen from the time you start something until you finish it.

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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cup ; DRINKING ; Lip ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; SLIP ; VERSE

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Urban Legend

Hookman of Percy Warner Park:

I can't recall when I first heard this tale, but it seems to have been with me as long as I remember. There is supposedly a large rock located somewhere in Percy Warner Park, Nashville, where many people have reported seeing a hookman. The hookman only appears after dark and people whop have parked near this rock have heard the scraping of metal against their car.

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Keyword(s): HOOK ; PARKING ; Sexuality ; SUPERNATURAL ; SUPERSTITION ; TABU ; Urban Legend

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Jump Rope Rhyme

I'm a little Dutch girl, dressed in blue

Here are some motions I can do -

Salute to the captain

Curtsy to the Queen,

Turn my back on the mean old King.

(Do the motions while jumping.)

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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Keyword(s): Captain ; Curtsy ; DUTCH ; Entertainment ; GAME ; Girl ; Jump Rope ; King ; Motions ; Queen ; RHYME ; Salute ; Turn

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Method of Cleaning Silverware

Clean aluminum pan. Dissolve in it:

1 teaspoon baking sode

1 teaspoon table salt

Immerse silverware until tarnish is removed. Then rinse in clean, warm water and rub dry with clean soft cloth.

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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Keyword(s): Baking Soda ; Cleaning ; Domestic ; Household ; Ingredients ; METAL ; RECIPE ; Salt ; Silver ; Silverware ; Table Salt

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