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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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LUCK
NEVER WASTE PEANUT SHEELS ON THE GROUND, IT CAUSES FUSS.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; New Orleans
James Callow Keyword(s): ARGUMENT QUARRELING DISCORD
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: CA11001973
ON DAD'S TRIPS THROUGH THE WOODS HE WOULD
CUT PIECES OF WOOD OFF "SLIPPERY ELM"
WHICH HE WOULD BRING HOME TO US TO USE
FOR CHEWING GUM.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PEORIA
Keyword(s): GUM
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
GUN SHOE
A PERSON IS NAMED "IT," AND HE IS CALLED GUN-SHOE
OR THE DETECTIVE. HE BLINDS HIS EYES AND EVERYBODY
ELSE HIDES. AFTER COUNTING TO 100 HE THEN SEARCHES
FOR THE PLAYERS UNTIL HE FINDS THEM.
Submitter comment: IT IS VERY SIMILAR TO THE GAME OF HIDE-AND-SEEK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GUMSHOE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Hiding Searching |
Date learned: 11-30-1971
IT IS BAD LUCK TO BURN SASSAFRAS IN YOUR FIREPLACE.
THE SMOKE WILL RISE UP AND SPREAD AROUND AND EVERYBODY
WILL FALL OUT WITH YOU.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): ALIENATION ; ARGUMENT
WHEN YOU MOVE DON'T EVER MOVE THE CAT OR THE BROOM.
IF YOU DO, YOU WON'T GET ALONG WITH YOUR NEW
NEIGHBORS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): ALIENATION ; ARGUMENT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00001928 CA.
IF YOU AND A FRIEND ARE WALKING TOGETHER AND A TREE OR
POLE COMES BETWEEN YOU, BOTH OF YOU MUST SAY "BREAD AND
BUTTER," OR YOU'LL HAVE A FIGHT
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): ARGUMENT ALIENATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Formula |
HANG ASTIFITITY AROUND THE NECK TO KEEP GUMS AWAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): ASAFETIDA ; GUMS = GUM BOILS?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 09-17-1973
Autograph Verse
Album Rhyme:
Remember me
you can, you must
As long as you can bite a crust,
But when your jaws are old and bare,
forget me then, if you dare.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): AGE ; Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; Crust ; FOOD ; GUM ; Jaw ; MEMORY ; poem ; Remember ; RHYME ; Signature ; TEETH ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
SUPERSTITION
WHEN TWO PEOPLE MEET AN OBSTACLE IF THEY GO DIFFERENT WAYS AROUND
IT THEY WILL HAVE AN ARGUMENT.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): ARGUMENT ; BELIEF ; FIGHT ; FRIENDSHIP ; Obstacle ; Separate ; SUPERSTITION ; Teamwork ; Together
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 01-00-1968