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DON'T PLANT ANYTHING WHEN THE SIGNS ARE IN THE BOWELS OR SECRETS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SHELBYVILLE
Keyword(s): ALMANAC ASTROLOGY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 06-30-1973
THOSE PEOPLE BORN IN JANUARY WILL SHOW CONSTANCY, TRUE
FRIENDSHIP, AND FIDELITY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ASTROLOGY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 04-07-1972
THOSE WOMEN BORN IN MAY WILL BE LOVED AND HAPPY WIVES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ASTROLOGY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 04-07-1972
IF YOU ARE BORN IN DECEMBER, YOU WILL BE A SUCCESS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ASTROLOGY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F120 BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 04-07-1972
DURING THE 1930'S THE FAD OF TREE SITTING SWEPT THE COUNTRY.
PRACTICALLY EVERY COMMUNITY HAD A TREE SITTER, AND THERE WAS
A CONTEST OF TRYING TO BREAK PREVIOUS RECORDS. IN ASHLAND,
KENTUCKY, WE HAD SEVERAL TREE SITTERS OVER A PERIOD OF TWO OR
THREE YEARS. THE ONE I REMEMBER MOST VIVIDLY ENDED IN TRAGEDY.
A BOY WHO HAD FINISHED HIGH SCHOOL BUT WAS NOT ABLE TO FIND A
JOB DUE TO THE DEPRESSION, BUILT A PLATFORM ABOUT THIRTY FEET
FROM THE GROUND IN A LARGE TREE. HE MADE SOME PROVISION FOR
SHELTER AND HAD DEVISED A PULLEY BY WHICH HIS FAMILY SENT HIS
FOOD AND OTHER NECESSITIES UP IN A BUCKET. THE TOWN PEOPLE
WOULD DRIVE BY AND TALK TO HIM OR WALK UP AND SPEND AN HOUR
OR SO IN THE AFTERNOON OR EARLY EVENING. HE HAD BEEN
UP THE TREE FOR ABOUT FORTY DAYS AND A STORM CAME UP ONE
NIGHT. EVIDENTLY THE STORM FRIGHTENED HIM DURING THE NIGHT
AND HE FELL FROM THE PLATFORM. HIS FAMILY FOUND HIS
CRUMPLED BODY ON THE GROUND THE NEXT MORNING.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; ASHLAND
Keyword(s): POLE SITTING
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Man |
Date learned: 00001930 CA.
DEAD MAN'S HOLLER
IN VIRGINIA THEY HAVE VALLEYS. IN CALIFORNIA THEY
HAVE CANYONS. IN THE KENTUCKY MOUNTAINS WE MOSTLY
HAVE HOLLERS. DEAD MAN'S HOLLER OVER NEAR LAUDEN IS A
LONESOME GHOSTLY PLACE. THE STORY I WAS TOLD IS THAT
A UNION SOLDIER CAME THROUGH GUARDING A CONFEDERATE
PRISONER DURING THE CIVIL WAR. THE PRISONER FOUND A
CHANCE TO KILL HIS CAPTOR. HE DID AND THEN BURIED
THE UNION SOLDIER IN A SHALLOW GRAVE AND HUNG HIS
BOOTS ON THE LIMB OF A TREE. EVER SINCE THAT DAY
THAT PLACE HAS BEEN CALLED DEAD MAN'S HOLLER.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; WILLIAMSBURG
James Callow Keyword(s): HOLLOW
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 05-01-1969
HOMELY TALE
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL, OUR COW WOULDN'T LET A MAN
MILK IT. SO, MY GRANDFATHER SPENCE DRESSED UP IN A
SUNBONNET AND A MOTHER HUBBARD DRESS WHICH WAS A
LONG DRESS THAT TOUCHES THE FLOOR. BUT AS SOON AS
HE SAT TO MILK IT, THE COW KICKED THE BUCKET AND OFF
WENT THE COW. YOU COULDN'T FOOL THAT COW.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): DISGUISE FAILS TO FOOL COW ; TRANSVESTISM
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 07-21-1968
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I SEE PARIS
I SEE FRANCE
I SEE LINDA'S UNDERPANTS.
ARE THEY BLUE?
ARE THEY PINK?
I DON'T KNOW,
BUT THEY SURE STINK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA
Keyword(s): SCATOLOGICAL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
AT NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE IN ILLINOIS, THERE IS A ROCK THAT
IT IS TRADITIONAL FOR EVERY CLASS TO PAINT. EACH CLASS TRIES
TO "OUT-DO" THE OTHERS.
Submitter comment: "OUT-DO" MEANS TO DO BETTER THAN.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): COLLEGE PRANK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
JUST BECAUSE THERE'S SNOW ON THE MOUNTAIN, IT DOESN'T MEAN
THERE'S NOT FIRE IN THE FURNACE!
Submitter comment:
HEARD FROM MIDDLE AGED LADY REFERRING TO FUN IN GOING ON A TRIP
AND SPENDING THE NIGHT IN A MOTEL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): OLD AGE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
THE BRIDAL GOWN IS WHITE TO STAND FOR FERTILITY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MADISON
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 10-07-1973
CURE FOR CHOLICKES IN HORSES:
ONE POINT OF SALT DISSOLVED IN WARM WATER. ANOTHER REMEDY:
WET A BED QUILT WITH COLD WATER, WRAP IT AROUND THE HORSE AND
AS IT GETS WARM, POUR ON MORE COLD WATER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): COLIC?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
PINK, PINK YOU STINK
YELLOW, YELLOW KISS A FELLOW
BLUE, BLUE GOD LOVES YOU
RED, RED WET THE BED
WHITE, WHITE GET MARRIED TONIGHT
BROWN, BROWN WEAR YOUR BRITCHES UPSIDE DOWN
BLACK, BLACK SIT ON A TACK
GOLD, GOLD YOU LOOK LIKE A MOLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): COLORS ; INTERNAL RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 10-28-1973
IF TWO PEOPLE ARE WALKING AND COME TO A COLUMN, IT IS
BAD LUCK TO GO AROUND OPPOSITE SIDES.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GADSDEN
James Callow Keyword(s): SPLITTING A POLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 09-26-1973
IF YOU HAVE PULLED YOUR TEETH DURING THE MONTHS OF FEBRUARY
AND MARCH THEY WILL BLEED EXCESSIVELY. THE REASON FOR
FEBRUARY AND MARCH IS BECAUSE THE (moon) SIGN IS SUPPOSEDLY
IN THE HEAD.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): ASTROLOGY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- February CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
IF TWO PERSONS ARE WALKING TOGETHER THEY SHOULD NOT WALK
ON SEPARATE SIDES OF A POST OR OTHER OBJECT.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): SPLITTING A POLE (POST)
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
WHEN TWO PEOPLE ARE WALKING AND ONE GOES ON ONE SIDE AND
ONE GOES ON ANOTHER SIDE OF A TREE OR POST, YOU SAY "BREAD
AND BUTTER COME TO SUPPER."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): SPLITTING A POLE (POST)
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Expression of Fixed Form SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 09-17-1973
PEOPLE IN DANVILLA, ILLINOIS BELIEVE THAT SWANS ARE KEPT
IN THE POND AT THE LOCAL CEMETARY BECAUSE SWANS REPRESENT
IMMORTALITY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): CEMETERY ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
IT BRINGS BAD LUCK IF TWO PEOPLE WALK AROUND A POLE IN
OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION ; SPLITTING A POLE?
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PREDICTION: IS IT GOING TO BE GOOD OR BAD NEWS?
IF YOU HAD A WHITE THREAD ON YOUR CLOTHES, YOU WOULD RECEIVE A
LETTER ON THAT DAY WITH GOOD NEWS IN IT. IF IT WAS A BLACK THREAD,
THE NEWS CONTAINED IN THAT LETTER WOULD BE BAD.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO INFORMANT BY HER MAID, MRS. BERTHA REID, NEGRO, WHO WAS 48
YEARS OLD AT THE TIME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): COLOR
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 07241968 REID, BERTHA, MRS.