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Autograph Verse
Album Rhyme:
Take a tip - dodge cupid's dart.
Don't let a soldier get your heart.
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Keyword(s): Album ; Aphorism ; AUTOGRAPH ; Cupid ; Dart ; HEART ; LOVE ; poem ; RHYME ; Signature ; Soldier ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Proverbial Apothegm Maxim
Sleep and Health Rhyme:
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bed ; Early ; HEALTH ; Healthy ; Man ; Maxim ; Rise ; SLEEP ; VERSE ; WEALTH ; Wealthy ; WISDOM ; Wise
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Routine activity |
Language: Rhyme
When you get old and out of shape, remember Sears has corsets for 2.98
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Keyword(s): AGE ; Corset ; Language ; MONEY ; Old ; poem ; RHYME ; Sears ; SHAPE ; VERSE ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Language: Rhyme
When you get married and live in a truck,
Order your children from Sears Roebuck.
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Keyword(s): CHILDREN ; Language ; Married ; poem ; RHYME ; Roebuck ; Sears ; TRUCK ; VERSE ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Expression
"Wet behind the ears" means inexperienced
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): EARS ; EUPHEMISM ; Expression ; Inexperienced ; Language ; Newcomer ; Rookie ; Saying ; Wet
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Belief
The pishtace are nocturnal murderers of Indians. The pishtaco murder Indians in order to obtain human fat to be sold as lubricants for machinery and to be used in pharmacuticals.
The legend derives from 16th and 17th centurey Spanish practices of using human body fats as treatment for wounds and diseases. the people who tell this tale are poor Indians and the pishtaco are usually wealthy industrial men in the area. The tale helps draw lines of social class.
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Where learned: Journal of American Folklore ; The Pishtaco: Institutionalized Fear in Highland Peru
Keyword(s): BODY ; Cultural ; Culture ; Fat ; FEAR ; HORROR ; INDIAN ; INDUSTRY ; Kill ; Lubrication ; Machinery ; MEDICINE ; MURDER ; Native American ; Peru ; Peruvian ; Pharmaceutical ; Pishtaco ; Poor ; Social Class ; Wealthy
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Legend
Legend of Davey Crockett:
The West was a rich source of tall tales of a man such as Davey Crockett, the country boy/indian fighter elected to Congress. In washington, he told tall tales about his Western days"...killed himself a bear when he was only three."
Tales such as these have become legends.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Bear ; Congress ; Davey Crockett ; INDIAN ; Legend ; TALL TALE ; Wild West
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Legend |
Maxim
A light heart insures good digestion
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Written in an old cook book
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SO?
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BODY ; Digestion ; FOOD ; HEART ; LIGHT ; Maxim
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- S5570 |
Proverb
Little pitchers have big ears.
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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 |
IT IS BAD LUCK TO AT ANYTIME WEAR TWO HATS.
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Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI
Keyword(s): BAD LUCK ; Hat ; Hats ; HEAD ; LUCK ; Wear
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Head BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 11-22-1972
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.
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Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI
Keyword(s): Ate ; BELIEF ; Birthmark ; CHILDBEARING ; Consumed ; Dirt ; OMEN ; PREGNANCY ; Splotches
Date learned: 06-06-1973
PEOPLE USED TO CLIP THEIR HOGS' EARS TO IDENTIFY THEM.
THE RESPONDENT'S MOTHER WATCHED SOME HOGS BEING SO
MARKED WHILE SHE WAS PREGNANT, AND THE RESPONDENT WAS
BORN WITH ONE CLIPPED EAR.
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Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI
Keyword(s): BABY ; BELIEF ; Born ; Clip ; EARS ; Hog ; Pig ; PREGNANCY ; TRANSFERENCE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Body part Senses Ears, noise in ear BELIEF -- Body part Senses Ears, noise in ear BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 06-06-1973
PRAYFULNESS INSURES A PLEASANT AND UP-RIGHTEOUS
CHILD.
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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 |
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN IS FRIGHTENED BY AN ANIMAL, HER
NEWBORN CHILD WILL RESEMBLE THAT ANIMAL.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; BELIEF ; FEAR ; PREGNANCY ; Resemblance
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-23-1973
PIERCING THE EARS OF THE NEWBORN WITH NEEDLES INSURES
GOOD EYESIGHT.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; EARS ; EYESIGHT ; Newborn ; Piercing
James Callow Keyword(s): HIDDEN CONNECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Use of Object Domestic object, wax, needle, dishware |
Date learned: 10-13-1973
EARACHE CURE:
TOBACCO SMOKE PUFFED INTO THE EAR
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CURE ; Earache ; REMEDY ; Smoke ; TOBACCO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
EARACHE CURE:
TAKE A BIT OF COTTON BATTING, PUT ON IT A PINCH OF
BLACK PEPPER, GATHER IT UP AND TIE IT, DIP IT IN SWEET
OIL AND INSERT IT IN THE EAR. PUT A FLANNEL BANDAGE
OVER THE HEAD TO KEEP IT WARM; IT OFTEN GIVES
IMMEDIATE RELIEF.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Cotton ; CURE ; Earache ; Fabric ; Flannel ; Pepper ; REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
NEW YEAR' BELIEF FOR GOOD LUCK: PLACE A DIME IN A BIG BOWL
OF BLACK-EYED PEAS AND AS EACH PERSON IS SERVED WHOEVER HAS THE DIME IN HIS OR HER BOWL
HAS BETTER LUCK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Black-Eyed Peas ; Dime ; FOOD ; fortune ; holiday ; LUCK ; MONEY ; New Years
James Callow Keyword(s): COIN
Date learned: 07-08-1973
IF ONE FIBS, HIS EARS WILL FALL OFF.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Ear ; Fib ; Liar ; Lie ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
IF ONE DOES NOT WASH HIS EARS, POTATOES WILL GROW OUT OF
THEM.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Dirt ; EARS ; Potatoes ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 04-00-1972