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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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PROVERB
THE CAT WHO CAN'T REACH THE FISH, SAYS THEY SMELL.
GREEK?
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM GREEK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): JEALOUSY ; OBSERVATION ; SOUR GRAPES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
Autograph Rhyme
Autograph Rhyme / Pun:
Who greased the grapevine/
-Tarzan
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; Grapevine ; Grease ; poem ; PUN ; Signature ; Tarzan ; VERSE ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
GRAPE SEEDS CAUSE APPENDICITIS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): APPENDICITIS ; BELIEF ; Grape ; Seed
James Callow Keyword(s): FRUIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-13-1973
Joke - Riddle
What's big and purple and travels under water?
Answer: Moby Grape
Data entry tech comment:
Entered by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): GAME ; Grape ; JOKE ; Melville ; Moby Dick ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; RIDDLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
MENSTRUAL BELIEF-WINE PREPARATION
WHEN WE MADE WINE IN THE OLD COUNTRY, IF A WOMAN
WHO HAD HER MENSTRUAL PERIOD CAME AROUND OR WAS NEAR THE PLACE
WHERE THE WINE WAS BEING MADE, THE WINE WOULD ALWAYS GO SOUR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS A FIRM BELIEVER IN THIS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
Keyword(s): Feminist ; Grapes ; MENSTRUATION ; Period ; Sour ; Wine ; Woman
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 01-24-1972