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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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Vocabulary
Branch is a name for a stream of water
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Keyword(s): Branch ; Language ; River ; Stream ; Term ; Tributary ; Vocabulary ; WATER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
Saying
Term used for those first dates when a parent drives you to or from an activity: Mommy-date.
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Keyword(s): Chaperone ; DATE ; Drive ; Language ; Mommy ; Nickname ; Saying ; SLANG ; Term ; TRANSPORTATION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
Expression
"go off half-cocked" means to do something on impulse
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Expression ; Half-cocked ; Heated ; Impulse ; Language ; Saying ; TEMPER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Language
To spell separate, remember "caught in a trap by a rat" that way, you'll not replace "a" with "e".
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Keyword(s): Language ; Mnemonics ; rat ; Separate ; SPELLING ; Trap ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
Saying
Northern Maine Saying:
A direction - Go down the road a piece and then tilt toward tilly.
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Where learned: MAINE ; Houlton
Keyword(s): DIRECTIONS ; Maine ; REGIONAL ; Road ; Saying ; STATE ; Tilly ; Turn
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Toast
A Gaelic toast when drinking: Priad
Sliante agus saoghal agat
Bean agus ciall agat
Talamh gan raol agat
Translation:
Health and long life to you
A sensible woman for a wife
And land without rent.
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original BN [P500 Custom] crossed out. Replaced with current classification
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Cultural ; Gaelic ; TOAST ; Translate
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
A traditional reply to the word "hey" is "hay is for horses"
When a person, in conversation, pauses and says "well," then traditional answer is "wells are for water."
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Original BN [V400, V300, S260] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; Hay ; Hey ; HORSES ; Language ; RETORT ; SLANG ; WATER ; Well
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
Is that a water proof shirt you have on?
No, Why?
That's a pisser of a tie you've got on.
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Taste?
Keyword(s): INSULT ; Language ; Pisser ; RETORT ; Shirt ; SLANG ; Tease ; Tie ; Waterproof
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
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Taunt
Fatty, fatty, two by four. Can't get through the bathroom door. So he did it on the floor.
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Friends
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Orignal BN [S570] crossed out. Replaced with current classification
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): BATHROOM ; Bowels ; Door ; Fat ; Fatty ; Floor ; INSULT ; JOKE ; Large ; RHYME ; SIZE ; TAUNT ; URINATE ; WEIGHT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Belief: Medical
Nosebleed Cure:
Sniff saltwater up the nose to cure a nosebleed.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Bleed ; MEDICAL ; NOSE ; Salt ; Sniff ; WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
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
DRINKING A LARGE AMOUNT OF COLD WATER IMMEDIATELY AFTER
DELIVERY WILL MAKE A WOMAN'S STOMACH LARGE.
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Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI ; Deovelente Road
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Child Birth ; Cold ; Consume ; Delivery ; DRINK ; Labor ; PREGNANCY ; SIZE ; STOMACH ; TEMPERATURE ; WATER
Date learned: 06-21-1973
DRINKING ICE WATER EXCESSIVELY IMMEDIATELY AFTER DELIVERY
WILL CAUSE SEVERE BLOODCLOTTING.
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Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; BLOOD ; CLOTTING ; DRINK ; Labor ; PREGNANCY ; WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 06-10-1973
CURE FOR INDIGESTION:
BAKING SODA IN WATER.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Baking Soda ; CURE ; INDIGESTION ; REMEDY ; WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)
THE "DRIPPINGS" FROM A ROAD, WHEN MIXED HALF-AND-HALF WITH
WATER, WILL HELP YOU RECOVER YOUR STRENGTH, ESPECIALLY
AFTER THE FLU.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MCKENZIE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Beef ; Broth ; Drippings ; Flu ; ILLNESS ; REMEDY ; Roast ; Soup ; TEA ; WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 10-14-1973
UPSET STOMACH REMEDY:
DRINK TEACUPFUL OF HOT SODA AND WATER
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CURE ; Nausea ; REMEDY ; Soda ; STOMACH ; WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
FEVER CURE:
COOL A FEVER BY FREQUENTLY SPONGING OFF WITH SODA WATER
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): bathing ; CURE ; Fever ; REMEDY ; Sponging ; WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
HEADACHE CURE:
A LITTLE SODA WATER WILL RELIEVE SICK HEADACHE CAUSED
BY INDIGESTION.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CURE ; HEADACHE ; INDIGESTION ; REMEDY ; Soda Water
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 07-09-1973