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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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Retort
Do you have a match? No, not since Superman died.
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Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): BOAST ; BRAG ; COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Food: Recipe
Beef Tea:
1 lb lean beef, cut into small pieces. Put into a glass canning jar, without a drop of water, cover tightly and set in a pot of cold water. Heat gradually to a boil and continue this streadily for three hours, until the meat is like white rags and the juice drawn out. Season with salt to tast and, when cold, skim.
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My mother used to fix this for me as a child when I was sick and couldn't keep anything in my stomach.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Beef ; Beverage ; Boil ; Boil ; Broth ; Canning ; DRINK ; FOOD ; Liquid ; Simmer ; Skim ; TEA
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Mixed preparation in liquid |
Custom
Grammaw's Average Day:
"...go milk the cow and put the milk in the springhouse...churn sum buttermilk 'n make the butter...'n make a batch of hominy...rest a little whilst shelling peas...hoe and weed the garden 'n carry sum vegetables back to the cabin...take sic Mandy Lou sum soup on the next farm 'n gather sum herbs to doctor wid later on...shell sum butterbeans...gather sum pears 'n make sum preserves...git the aigs outta the nests 'n get the goat outta the garden...cook three meals a day."
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Boiling and Baking ; Booger Hollow
Keyword(s): ; Average ; Beans ; Chores ; CUSTOM ; Day ; Domestic ; Excerpt ; FARMING ; GARDEN ; Goat ; Grandma ; Narrative ; Peas ; Prose ; Shell ; Story ; VEGETABLE ; WORK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Routine activity |
IF YOU DROP THE DISHRAG, YOU CAN EXPECT COMPANY.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE
Keyword(s): Company ; Dishrag ; Drop ; OMEN ; SIGN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)
REALLY REALLY OLD GREASY RAG, AND PUT TWO WALNUTS IN IT. WHOEVER HAS THE WARTS MUST CARRY IT IN POCKET FOR TWO DAYS.
THEN AFTER THE DAYS, BURY IT DEEP IN GROUND AND CAN'T
TELL A SOUL WHERE YOU HID IT.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CORNERSVILLE
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Bury ; CURE ; Grease ; Rag ; REMEDY ; SECRET ; Walnuts ; Wart
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001972-00001973 (ASSUMED)
IF YOU BRAG, TO BREAK THE BAD SPELL, YOU MUST IMMEDIATELY
KNOCK ON WOOD.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; BRAG ; BRAG ; Knock On Wood ; Spell ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Conversions |
Date learned: 06-25-1973
TEA BELIEF
IF YOU PICK UP THE BUBBLES IN A CUP OF TEA BEFORE YOU
DRINK IT, YOU
WILL GET RICH.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Beverage ; Bubbles ; Consume ; DRINK ; FOOD ; fortune ; Rich ; SUPERSTITION ; TEA
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Brew of leaf, bark, root BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 01-30-1968
SCHOOL BELIEF
IT IS BELIEVED THAT GETTING TOTALLY DRUNK THE NIGHT BEFORE A
PSYCHOLOGY TEST WILL BRING A PASSING GRADE ON THE TEST.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT AND HIS ROOMMATE FOLLOWED THIS FOR THREE
TESTS AND RECEIVED THREE PASSING GRADES OF B OR BETTER,
HOWEVER THE INFORMANT LATER DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL DUE TO POOR GRADES.
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Told at the University of Scranton 1969-1970.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON ; SCRANTON
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School |
Date learned: 00001969-00001970