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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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Belief: Weather
Rain:
If it rains before seven it will shine before eleven.
Submitter comment:
Collector wrote down a phone number in the bottom right hand corner of the card: XXX-XXX-9651
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Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): NATURE ; Predicitng ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; Rain ; RHYME ; Sun ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
A false friend and a shadow stay only while the sun shines
Submitter comment:
Origin: Unknown
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Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): Fake ; False ; Friend ; Good ; METAPHOR ; Shadow ; Sun ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Toast
May the sun never set on your anger. (Irish)
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Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ANGER ; ETHNIC ; Grudge ; Irish ; Social ; Sun ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Proverb
Happy is the bride the sun shines on.
Submitter comment:
My mother said this was a commonly repeated proverb in the country, when she was young.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bride ; fortune ; Happy ; Maxim ; OMEN ; PROVERB ; Sun ; VERSE ; WEDDING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Agricultural Proverb:
When the sun sets in the West - the lazy man works his best.
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James Callow comment:
Original Bn [V400] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; DIRECTION ; FARMING ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Set ; Sun ; SUNSET ; VERSE ; West ; WORK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Proverb
Happy is the bride the sun shines upon.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bride ; Happy ; LUCK ; Maxim ; OMEN ; PROVERB ; Shine ; Sun ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Belief: Weather
Morning red and evening gray / means the sun will shine all day.
Morning gray and evening red / will bring the rain upon your head.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [P800] crossed out. Replaced with current classification
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Evening ; Gray ; Grey ; MORNING ; PREDICTION ; Rain ; Red ; Sun ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Weather sign or control |
Autograph Verse
Album Rhyme:
Roses love Sunshine, Violets love dew
Angels in heaven know I love you.
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Keyword(s): Album ; ANGELS ; AUTOGRAPH ; Devotion ; Dew ; FLOWERS ; LOVE ; poem ; RHYME ; Roses ; Signature ; Sunshine ; VERSE ; Violets
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Language: Rhyme
Verse:
Forget me not
Forget me never
Till yonder sun
Has set forever.
Submitter comment:
Found in an autograph book from the 1880's
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Keyword(s): Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; Devotion ; FORGET ; Language ; poem ; RHYME ; SENTIMENT ; Set ; Signature ; Sun ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Riddle
What's black and white and red all over?
Variations of answers:
1) Newspaper
2) Skunk with a diaper rash
3) Penguin with a sunburn
4) Blushing zebra
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Black ; Blush ; Brain Teaser ; COLOR ; Diaper Rash ; JOKE ; NEWSPAPER ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; Red ; RIDDLE ; SKUNK ; Sunburn ; White ; WORDPLAY ; Zebra
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Retort
Next day after never when two Sundays come together.
Submitter comment:
I heard it from my father.
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Motifs Added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Should be under Rotten Verse?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; Day ; Language ; Never ; Never ; Next ; RETORT ; RHYME ; SLANG ; Sundays
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
IT IS BAD LUCK TO SWEEP DIRT OUT OF DOORS AFTER SUNDOWN.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated on 09-01-11
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI
Keyword(s): BAD LUCK ; LUCK ; Out ; Outdoors ; Sundown ; SUNSET ; Sweep
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Working BELIEF -- Bad luck Broom Sweeping |
Date learned: 11-22-1972
A SNAKE WON'T DIE UNTIL THE SUN GOES DOWN. THEY'LL SQUIRM
AND SQUIRM UNTIL SUN GOES DOWN, THEN THEY DIE.
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Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE
Keyword(s): Die ; Snake ; Sundown ; Tale ; Time of day
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)
IF IT RAINS WHILE THE SUN'S SHINING, IT'LL RAIN AGAIN
TOMORROW.
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Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE
Keyword(s): PREDICTION ; Rain ; Shine ; SIGN ; Sun ; TOMORROW ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)
REMEDY FOR SUNSTROKE:
WRAP A WET CLOTH BANDAGE OVER THE HEAD; WET ANOTHER
CLOTH, FOLDED SMALL, SQUARE, COVER IT THICKLY WITH
SALT AND BIND IT ON THE BACK OF THE NECK; APPLY DRY
SALT BEHIND THE EARS. PUT MUSTARD PLASTERS TO THE
CALVES OF THE LEGS AND SOLES OF THE FEET.
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Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BANDAGE ; Cloth ; CURE ; FEET ; Mustard ; NECK ; REMEDY ; Salt ; Sunstroke
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
POLISH FOLK BELIEF
LIPOWY MIOD JEST NAJLEPSYM Z MIODOW.
NIBY DOJZALY BURGUND ZACHOWIYE W SOBIE
ENERGIE STONECZNA. OKRESLENCE 'STARY LEPIES' BRZMCATO JAKO
NAJIOYNSZN POCHWATADLA TRUNKU.
THE HONEY OF JULY IS THE BEST OF ALL HONEYS. IT RETAINS
WITHIN ITSELF THE ENERGY OF THE SUN. THE PHRASE, 'OLD JULY'
RINGS AS THE GREATEST PRAISE OF ITS DRINKS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Botany ; FOOD ; HONEY ; July ; Lore ; Moth ; Old July ; POLISH ; PRAISE ; Saying ; Sun
James Callow Keyword(s): MIDDLE-AGE? ; SYMBOL ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | Custom CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GREEK CUSTOM
THE GREEKS HANG THEIR CROSSES ON THE EAST WALLS OF THEIR HOME
WHERE THE SUN RISES. ( FACING THE EAST.)
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Cross ; Crucifix ; Culture ; CUSTOM ; East ; Greek ; Ordinal Direction ; RELIGION ; Sun ; SYMBOL
James Callow Keyword(s): DIRECTION ; FACING EAST ; POSITION
| Subject headings: | Custom CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window |
Date learned: 11-14-1969
"Ka zoon tight" is a word used to scare away bad spirits,
because when you sneeze you open up your body to bad spirits.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; ETYMOLOGY ; Origin ; SNEEZE
James Callow Keyword(s): Gesundheit
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Devil Demon SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001960S
SEWING ON SUNDAY
IF YOU SEW ON SUNDAY YOU WILL HAVE TO REMOVE ALL THE
STITCHES WITH YOUR NOSE WHEN YOU DIE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; NOSE ; PUNISHMENT ; Sew ; SEWING ; Stitches ; Sunday ; SUPERSTITION ; WORK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Work Commerce Business |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS BAD TO BURY AFTER SUNSET.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; BURIAL ; Dead ; SUNSET ; SUPERSTITION ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.44 |
Date learned: 09-08-1972