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CUSTOMS
DURING THE FIRST SEVEN WEEKS IN LENT, YOU HANG A STRING FROM
THE CEILING. YOU TIE SEVEN CHICKEN FEATHERS ON THE END OF
THE STRING. IF YOU ARE GOOD FOR THE FIRST WEEK AND HAVE KEPT
THE FAST, A FEATHER IS TAKEN OUT AND THROWN AWAY. THIS IS
DONE FOR ALL SEVEN WEEKS. IF YOU ARE BAD AND THE FEATHER
ISN'T REMOVED, IT WILL COME AND STICK IN YOUR EYE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): FASTING
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several |
Date learned: 09-00-1972
CURER
THERE USED TO BE SIGNS ALONG GRAND RIVER THAT READ "READINGS".
PEOPLE WOULD CALL THESE PLACES TO HAVE ONE OF THE CURERS COME
OVER AND HEAL ONE OF THEIR SICK. THEY WOULD COME OVER WITH A
BIBLE, OPEN IT TO A CERTAIN PASSAGE AND PRAY OVER THE SICK
PERSON. THEN THEY WOULD PLACE A HANDKERCHIEF ON THE PLACE OF
PAIN. AFTER A WHILE THEY WOULD REMOVE IT AND BURN IT IN THE
FIRE. PEOPLE BELIEVED THIS TRANSFERRED THE PAIN TO THE FIRE.
THE SICK PERSON WAS USUALLY WELL AFTER THIS. THESE CURERS
ALSO MADE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS IN FOUR DIFFERENT WAYS AS PART
OF THEIR RITUAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications BELIEF -- Curer SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
LITTLE MISS MUFFET SAT ON A TUFFET, EATING HER CURDS AND WHEY
WHEN ALONG CAME A SPIDER AND SAT DOWN BESIDE HER
AND SHE SMASHED IT WITH HER SPOON
Where learned: Massachusetts
James Callow Keyword(s): NURSERY RHYME PARODY ; REVERSAL OF SITUATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
JACK BE NIMBLE JACK BE QUICK
JACK JUMPED OVER THE CANDLESTICK
AND SINGED THE HAIR OFF HIS LEGS
Where learned: Massachusetts
James Callow Keyword(s): NURSERY RHYME PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
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LITTLE JACK HORNER SAT IN THE CORNER...DEAD
Where learned: Massachusetts
James Callow Keyword(s): NURSERY RHYME PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
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PARODY
CHASTE MAKES WASTE (PARODY OF "HASTE MAKES WASTE")
Where learned: Rhode Island ; PROVIDENCE
James Callow Keyword(s): ASSONANCE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
HOW DO YOU FIT FOUR ELEPHANTS IN A VOLKSWAGEN?
TWO IN THE FRONT AND TWO IN THE BACK.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; New Orleans
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST IN SIZE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-01-971
Ethnic Joke: Polish
WHAT DO YOU CALL FOUR-HUNDRED POLISH PARACHUTISTS? AIR-POLLUTION.
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Where learned: BOSTON ; Massachusetts
James Callow Keyword(s): SMELL BODY ODOR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
Ethnic Joke: Polish
DID YOU HEAR WHO WON THE POLISH BEAUTY CONTEST? NOBODY.
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Where learned: BOSTON ; Massachusetts
James Callow Keyword(s): UGLY UGLINESS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
Ethnic Joke: Polish
HOW DID THE POLAK BREAK HIS ARM? HE FELL OUT OF THE TREE RAKING
LEAVES.
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Where learned: BOSTON ; Massachusetts
James Callow Keyword(s): DOING THINGS THE HARD WAY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
TRUCK DRIVING PROWESS
DURING THE 1940'S AND EARLY 1950'S SEMI DRIVERS
FOLLOWING EACH OTHER ON OLD U.S. 22 (ONE OF THE FEW TRUCK
ROUTES INTO THE NEW YORK METRO AREA FROM THAT AREA [HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA]) USED TO ENGAGE IN A "CONTEST"
BY ALTERNATELY KNOCKING OUT THE ROADSIDE MAILBOXES BY SWAYING THE
REARMOST END OF THE TRAILER.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT'S INFORMANT: JOHN POTERE A DRIVER FOR MCCLEAN TRUCKING. THE INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED IN HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA IN OCTOBER OF 1969.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): OCCUPATIONAL FOLKLORE TRUCK DRIVERS
Date learned: 12-01-1972
CONVERSION OF NON-CATHOLIC
JIM'S INFORMANT WAS SISTER GODFREY (SISTER OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE
AT SAINT SYLVESTER'S IN PITTSBURGH). SR. GODFREY WAS JIM'S 4TH
GRADE TEACHER. THERE WAS A CATHOLIC HATER WHO MADE A LITTLE CATHOLIC
GIRL STEAL A HOST. HE WANTED TO NAIL THE HOST ON A TELEPHONE POLE
IN FRONT OF A CHURCH. WHEN HE ATTEMPTED TO CARRY IT OUT, THE
TELEPHONE POLE SPURTED BLOOD AND HE WAS CONVERTED.
James Callow Keyword(s): EUCHARIST
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious |
Date learned: 12-07-1972
I'M GOING TO SEE A MAN...
I'M GOING TO SEE A MAN ABOUT A HORSE. REFERS TO GOING TO THE
BATHROOM. THIS PIECE HAS UNKNOWN ORIGINS
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-08-1972