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IF YOU AND A FRIEND ARE WALKING TOGETHER AND A TREE OR
POLE COMES BETWEEN YOU, BOTH OF YOU MUST SAY "BREAD AND
BUTTER," OR YOU'LL HAVE A FIGHT
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): ARGUMENT ALIENATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Formula |
IF YOU WERE GETTING HUNT AND SOMETHING WENT WRONG WHILE THE
ROPE WAS AROUND YOUR NECK AND YOU DIDN'T GET HUNG, THEY
WOULDN'T TRY IT AGAIN, BECAUSE YOU WOULD DIE A 1000 TIMES
WHILE THE ROPE WAS AROUND YOUR NECK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CLASS ASSIGNMENT ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CAPITAL PUNISHMENT PENAL CODE PRISON CRIMINAL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
IF YOU HAVE TO SEW SOMETHING ON SUNDAY, SEW IT WITHOUT A
THIMBLE AND THE DEVIL WON'T COUNT THE STITCHES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; DORM ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): SATAN PUNISHMENT PENANCE ATONEMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Working BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 04-02-1969
IF ONE SEWS ON SUNDAY, HE WILL TAKE THE STITCHES OUT IN HELL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE LIBRARY
Keyword(s): PUNISHMENT ATONEMENT PENANCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Working |
Date learned: 04-01-1969
NINETY-EIGHT PERCENT OF THE BABIES ARE CONCEIVED AND BORN
ON FULL MOON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): MENSES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
HAUNTED HOUSE
UP IN THE COVE THERE WAS A HOUSE THAT EVERYBODY THOUGHT
WAS HAUNTED. EVEN THE REVENUE MEN THOUGHT IT WAS
HAUNTED. IT WAS OWNED BY A BOOTLEGGER NAMED LADD.
YOU COULD SEE HIM GO IN THE HOUSE BUT WHEN YOU WENT
IN TO ARREST HIM, YOU COULD SEARCH THE PLACE OVER AND
NOT BE ABLE TO FIND HIM. THE GOVERNMENT EVEN SENT MEN
THERE TO MEASURE THE HOUSE TO SEE IF IT HAD A SECRET
ROOM BUT THEY COULDN'T FIND ANY. AFTER OLD MAN LADD
DIED HIS CHILDREN SHOWED HOW THERE WAS A PASSAGEWAY
THROUGH THE CHIMNEY DOWN INTO THE CELLAR THAT LED OUT
TO A BIG CAVE WHERE HE STORED HIS BOOZE. EVEN THEN
NOBODY WOULD BUY THE PLACE AND FOR ALL I KNOW THE
LADDS ARE STILL LIVING THERE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): LIQUOR MOONSHINE TREASURY DEPARTMENT T-MEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
AS I WAS GOING TO ST. IVES
I MET A MAN WITH SEVEN WIVES.
EACH WIFE HAD SEVEN SACKS,
EACH SACK HAD SEVEN CATS,
EACH CAT HAD SEVEN KITS.
KITS, CATS, SACKS, AND WIVES;
HOW MANY WERE THERE GOING TO ST. IVES?
(ONE)
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA
James Callow Keyword(s): INCREMENTAL REPETITION
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SAYING
AS RED AS A PREGNANT NUN IN CHURCH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): EMBARRASSMENT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
PROVERB
ROSES ARE FOREVER.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): SENTIMENT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
TROT MOMMY, TROT DADDY,
DON'T EXPECT THE COLT TO PACE.
Submitter comment:
PROVERB USED TO MEAN THE CHILD CANNOT BE EXPECTED TO DO
ANYTHING BETTER THAN HIS PARENTS.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): HEREDITY ENVIRONMENT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-21-1972
A WOMAN SHOULD NEVER HAVE A PERMANENT WHILE HAVING HER
PERIOD BECAUSE HER HAIR WON'T CURL.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GADSDEN
James Callow Keyword(s): MENSTRUATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: 09-24-1973
A WOMAN SHOULD NEVER DO ANY CANNING WHILE HAVING HER
PERIOD OR HER FOOD WILL SPOIL.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GADSDEN
James Callow Keyword(s): MENSTRUATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 09-24-1973
ONCE A BOY DID NOT SWALLOW THE EUCHARIST, BUT TOOK
IT OUT OF HIS MOUTH. HE TOOK IT HOME AND CUT IT
IN HALF WITH A KNIFE. IT BLED.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT TOLD THIS VERY SERIOUSLY, BUT WAS SKEPTICAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
Keyword(s): COMMUNION, SACRAMENT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 10-23-1971
YELLOW FINGER
ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A CASTLE THAT WAS GUARDED BY
A HUGE YELLOW FINGER, WHO WOULDN'T LET ANYONE PASS
THE KING FROM A RIVALING CASTLE SENT ONE OF HIS BRAVEST
KNIGHTS TO GET BY THE FINGER, BUT THE FINGER KILLED HIM.
SO THE KING SENT A DUKE, BUT HE, TOO, WAS KILLED. THEN
THE KING SENT ONE OF HIS PAGES. HE JUST WALKED RIGHT
THROUGH.
MORAL: LET YOUR PAGES DO THE WALKING THROUGH THE YELLOW
FINGER.
Submitter comment:
IT SEEMS TO ME THERE WAS SLIGHTLY MORE BUILD-UP ON THIS
STORY, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PUN ON TELEVISION ADVERTISEMENT: LET YOUR FINGERS DO THE
| Subject headings: | 6677 Formula Tale |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
ONCE A BOY DID NOT SWALLOW THE EUCHARIST, BUT TOOK
IT OUT OF HIS MOUTH. HE TOOK IT HOME AND CUT IT
IN HALF WITH A KNIFE. IT BLED.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT TOLD THIS VERY SERIOUSLY, BUT WAS SKEPTICAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
Keyword(s): COMMUNION, SACRAMENT TRANS-SUBSTANTIATION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 10-23-1971
PROVERB
THE TRIDS OF TRIDVILLE WERE CONSTANTLY BEING PLAGUED
BY A MEAN OGRE WHO KICKED THEM VICIOUSLY. ONE DAY,
A RABBI CAME TO THE OGRE AND SAID, "OGRE, PLEASE DON'T
KICK THE TRIDS ANYMORE, KICK ME." THE OGRE REPLIED,
"SILLY RABBI, KICKS ARE FOR TRIDS."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 6677 Formula Tale |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
YELLOW FINGER
ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A CASTLE THAT WAS GUARDED BY
A HUGE YELLOW FINGER, WHO WOULDN'T LET ANYONE PASS
THE KING FROM A RIVALING CASTLE SENT ONE OF HIS BRAVEST
KNIGHTS TO GET BY THE FINGER, BUT THE FINGER KILLED HIM.
SO THE KING SENT A DUKE, BUT HE, TOO, WAS KILLED. THEN
THE KING SENT ONE OF HIS PAGES. HE JUST WALKED RIGHT
THROUGH.
MORAL: LET YOUR PAGES DO THE WALKING THROUGH THE YELLOW
FINGER.
Submitter comment:
IT SEEMS TO ME THERE WAS SLIGHTLY MORE BUILD-UP ON THIS
STORY, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 6677 Formula Tale |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
IT'S LIKE GETTING THE MILK WITHOUT BUYING THE COW
Where learned: BOYFRIENDS HOME
Keyword(s): COMMITTMENT BENEFITS INJUSTICE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-08-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
IT'S LIKE GETTING THE CREAM WITHOUT BUYING THE COFFEE
Where learned: BOYFRIENDS HOME
Keyword(s): COMMITTMENT BENEFITS INJUSTICE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-08-1968
AGRICULTURAL PROVERB
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES.
MAKE LOVE WHILE THE MOON SHINES.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE ; INCREMENTAL REPITITION ; ITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-09-1971