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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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PROVERB
THE CAT IN GLOVES CATCHES NO MICE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; ANTHROPOMORPHISM
James Callow Keyword(s): AGGRESIVENESS ; OBSERVATION ; RESTRAINTS ; RESTRICTIONS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-21-1968
A POLISH PROVERB
ZEGAR NIE JE, NIE PYE, A JEDNAK BYE. (POLISH)
TRANSLATION: A CLOCK NEITHER EATS, NOR DRINKS, AND YET HE GOES
ON TICKING.
Where learned: DEARBORN
Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM ; HUMAN CREATIONS ; ONOMATOPEIA
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
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VERSE
THE GUYS WERE PLAYING FOOTBALL,
OUT IN THE YARD,
JESUS PLAYING QUARTERBACK,
MOSES PLAYING GUARD.
THE ANGELS GAVE A GREAT BIG YELL,
WHEN JESUS SCORED A TOUCHDOWN
AGAINST THE GUYS FROM HELL.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: WASHINGTON ; WASHINGTON DC
Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM ; BIBLICAL ; Football ; God ; HELL ; JESUS ; METAPHOR ; Moses ; RELIGION ; RHYME: ABCDED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Tale |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
PROVERBIAL JOKE
GOD IS ALIVE, HE JUST DOESN'T WANT TO GET INVOLVED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
GOD IS ALIVE JOKE
GOD IS ALIVE AND WELL IN MEXICO CITY.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS ON A BATHROOM WALL AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
GRAFFITI
IF GOD IS DEAD THEN HE MUST BE IN HEAVEN.
Where learned: MENS LAVATORY
Keyword(s): RETORT RELIGION
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
GRAFFITI
GOD ISN'T DEAD, HE IS JUST ON VACATION IN MIAMI BEACH.
Where learned: DETROIT ; PLUM ST
Keyword(s): FLORIDA PARODY RELIGION
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 10-31-1967
GO WITH CHRIST
OH, THE GAME WAS PLAYED ON SUNDAY IN THE DEVIL'S OWN BACKYARD,
WITH JESUS PLAYING QUARTERBACK AND MOSES PLAYING GUARD,
THE ANGELS IN THE GRANDSTAND LET OUT A MIGHTY YELL,
AS JESUS SCORED A TOUCHDOWN AGAINST THE BOYS FROM HELL.
GO WITH CHRIST, GO WITH CHRIST,
MOSES PLAYING ON THE LINE AND JESUS DOING MIGHTY FINE,
GO WITH CHRIST, GO WITH CHRIST,
ROCK 'EM, SOCK 'EM, JESUS KNOCK 'EM, GO CHRIST, GO.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad Epic |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
Religious belief or tale
When I was a little girl my mother used to try and soothe me
during a thunder and lightning storm by telling me that when it
thunders, it is God bowling and when it lightnings God hits a
strike.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Gods BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
When the Devil Beats his Wife
It is said that when you see a whirlwind it usually means that
the devil is beating his wife.
Submitter comment: The informant was giggling when she told this to me.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; Louise
Keyword(s): Small Storms
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
A snowstorm is actually the angels having a pillow fight in
Heaven.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Angel BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00-00-1982
A CAT LOOKING OUT A WINDOW IS "LOOKING FOR RAIN."
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: Arkansas ; RUSSELLVILLE
Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM ; CAT ; CAT ; Rain ; SIGN ; Window
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Proverbial Speech
WHEN IT IS SPRINKLING RAIN GOD IS CHEWING TOBACCO AGAIN.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Chew ; EUPHEMISM ; God ; Language ; PROVERB ; Raining ; SPEECH ; TOBACCO ; WEATHER
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
Proverbial Speech
WHEN IT THUNDERS, THE DWARFS ARE BOWLING.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM ; Bowling ; Dwarfs ; EUPHEMISM ; Language ; PROVERB ; SPEECH ; Thunder ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-00-1972