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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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Autograph Verse
Album rhyme:
Standing on the street corner
My frock above my knees
I'm a full born American
And I'll do as I please
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Keyword(s): AMERICAN ; AUTOGRAPH ; Corner ; DRESS ; Frock ; gender ; Knees ; Liberation ; NATIONALITY ; poem ; Propriety ; RHYME ; Signature ; STREET ; VERSE ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music C700 .881 |
Language
"Hatching Jacket" is a maternity dress or top.
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Keyword(s): CLOTHING ; DRESS ; Hatching ; Jacket ; Language ; Maternity ; PREGNANCY ; SLANG ; Top ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Saying
"Dress Eggs"
Term used to label eggs which have been hard boiled then had the yellow removed and mixed with mayonaisse and used to fill the white.
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Keyword(s): Deviled ; DRESS ; FOOD ; Hard Boiled ; Language ; Nickname ; RECIPE ; Saying ; Term
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
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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Updated on 09-01-11
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
WEDDING DRESS OMEN
A GIRL SHOULD NEVER WEAR A WEDDING DRESS BEFORE HER TIME OR SHE WILL
REMAIN A WIDOW.
Submitter comment:
A BELIEF FROM SABINAS, MEXICO. PROBABLY COMMON IN MANY COUNTRIES. IN
FORMANT EXPRESSED LITTLE BELIEF IN IT HERSELF.
BY WIDOW THE INFORMANT MEANS SPINSTER MAIDEN.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BAD LUCK ; BELIEF ; DEATH ; DRESS ; LUCK ; OMEN ; SUPERSTITION ; WEDDING
| Subject headings: | Observation ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 11-00-1981
CHILDREN'S VERSE
ENGINE, ENGINE, NUMBER NINE
GO'IN DOWN THE TROLLEY LINE
GO'IN EAST GO'IN WEST GO'IN UP A LADY'S DRESS
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DRESS ; Engine ; EUPHEMISM ; Nine ; RHYME ; Schoolyard ; Train
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- B730 B730.360 |
Date learned: 02-00-1979