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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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Ethnic: Polish
House Initiation / Polish Custom:
Put a cat in a house before you move into it and there will always be good luck.
Submitter comment:
A neighbor came over to borrow our cat for one of their relatives who had just bought a new house. These relatives of ournaighbors had just recently come over from Poland. I don't know the people's names and the neighbor doesn't live around here any more.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [F532] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
Message on the bottom of card:
[Please copy this item on the yellow card below so it will ALSO be filed under F686]
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Myself
Keyword(s): CAT ; ETHNIC ; fortune ; Good ; House ; Housewarming ; LUCK ; OMEN ; POLAND ; POLISH ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing BELIEF -- Mammal |
Superstition
Black Cat:
If a black cat crosses your path to the left you'll have bad luck. If he crosses to the right you'll have good luck.
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Original BN [B440, P880] crossed out / Replaced with current classification
Where learned: HOME ; WINSTON SALEM ; NORTH CAROLINA
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; Black ; CAT ; Feline ; LEFT ; LUCK ; OMEN ; RIGHT ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Custom: Animal
Animal:
The men that work in the coal mines feed the mice in the mines. They do this because the mice save their lives. Just before a mine avalanche, the mice will squeal and scurry on the ground, warning the miners of the oncoming danger.
Submitter comment:
My mother's father worked in a coal mine in Penna. [Pennsylvania?] and actually experienced this.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [P752] crossed out. Replaced with current classification
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; Danger ; Mice ; Mine ; Mines ; Mouse ; OMEN ; Signal ; WARNING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Belief: Animal
Miners Belief:
Coal miners never kill a rat in the mines because they can save a miners' life. Rats can sense if a mine is in danger of caving in. If there is any danger, the rats squeal and run in circles and the miners try to get out in time. If the cave in comes in an hour, or if tit takes three days, the rats will still give a warning, so the miners say.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [P800] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ; ANIMAL ; Cave ; Miners ; OMEN ; Rats ; RODENT ; Signal ; WARNING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Belief: Animal
Omen:
It is believed that if a horse won't drink water, then ot os certain that the water is poisoned.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [P870] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Consumption ; DRINK ; HORSE ; OMEN ; SIGN ; Signal ; Survival ; thirst ; WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Entertainment: Game
Jump Rope Song:
High, Low, Jolly Pepper / Splits, Kicks, Touch the ground.
High - Regular Turns
Low - must jump in squatting position
Jolly - Turn round and round
Peppers - turn rope very fast
Splits - Jump with legs apart
Kicks - Kick as you jump
Touch - Touch the ground with one hand
Ground - Touch the ground with both hands
Whichever one you miss on, the next person must do it.
Submitter comment:
The informant learned it from the neighborhood kids.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [C570] crossed out. Replaced with Current Classification
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): Entertainment ; EXERCISE ; GAMES ; Jump Rope ; Pastime ; RHYME ; SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Entertainment: Game
Jump Rope Rhyme:
Fudge, Fudge, Call the Judge / Moms Gonna Have a Baby / Not a Boy, Not a Girl / Just a Plain Ole Baby.
Submitter comment:
The informant learned it from the neighborhood kids
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [C570] crossed out. Replaced with Current Classification
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): Entertainment ; EXERCISE ; GAME ; Jump ; Jump Rope ; Pastime ; Play ; RHYME ; Rope ; SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Proverb
Weather:
All signs fail in dry weather
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [V800, P890] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Dup of WPP
Keyword(s): Dry ; OMEN ; Prophecies ; SIGN ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Weather Proverb |
Proverbial Maxim
He who hesitates is lost.
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James Callow comment:
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Keyword(s): ACTION ; Hesitation ; PATIENCE ; PUNISHMENT ; Reward
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Haste makes waste
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): Haste ; Hurry ; PUNISHMENT ; Waste
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Ill Wind:
It is an ill wind that blows no good.
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James Callow comment:
Various grammatical corrections.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ETHNIC ; EVIL ; FATE ; Gaelic ; Good ; Ill ; Irish ; LUCK ; OMEN ; Wind
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Irish Proverb:
A rolling Stone Gathers No Moss
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James Callow comment:
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
Keyword(s): Moss ; Movement ; Rolling ; Stagnant ; Stagnation ; STALE ; STONE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Spare the rod, spoil the child
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300, V600] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
KW:EZX
Keyword(s): CHILD ; DISCIPLINE ; Parenthood ; PUNISHMENT ; Raising ; Rearing ; Rod ; Spoil
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Spare the Rod and Spoil the Child
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): CHILD ; DISCIPLINE ; Parenting ; PUNISHMENT ; Rod ; Spare ; Spoil
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Old Proverb:
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Submitter comment:
Informant's grandmother says this quite often.
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [V400] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BEAUTY ; Improvement ; Pig ; Purse ; Silk ; Sow ; UGLINESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Play on Words
A specimen is an Italian astronaut.
Submitter comment:
I heard this while I was at Sacred Heart Seminary
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Motifs and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Submission card located in pile marked These don't sound traditional. Do not file yet.
Keyword(s): ETHNIC ; Italian ; Language ; PUN ; Spaceman ; Specimen ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Play on Words
A bachelor is a man who believes in wine, women, and so long.
Submitter comment:
I heard this at Awrey's Bakery when I worked there last summer
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Submission card located in pile marked These don't sound traditional - Do Not File Yet.
Keyword(s): Bachelor ; PUN ; SONG ; Wine ; WOMEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Play on Words
Women's Clothing:
Nothing can replace today's women's bathing suit; in fact, it already has.
Submitter comment:
Heard this at Awrey's Bakery where I worked last summer.
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James Callow comment:
Submission card located in pile marked These don't sound traditional - Do Not File Yet.
Keyword(s): Bathing Suit ; Bikini ; Fashion ; Female ; Girl ; HUMOR ; JOKE ; PUN ; WOMEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Retort
When someone tells you his accomplishments in some particular event, a common retort is to say "What do you want me to do, pin a rose on your nose?"
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James Callow comment:
Grammatical corrections.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): Accomplishment ; COMEBACK ; NOSE ; Prize ; RETORT ; Rose ; Win
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Proverb
Omen:
There are old pilots / And there are bold pilots / But there are never old, bold, pilots.
Submitter comment:
This is taught to pilots early in their training - beware of being too confident - never step out of the realm of your experience.
Data entry tech comment:
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James Callow comment:
Original BN [P870] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications.
Keyword(s): AGE ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bold ; Maxim ; Old ; OMEN ; Pilot ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |