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PROVERB
MUCH CRY, LITTLE WOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; SHEEP
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1973
KNOCK KNOCK JOKE
KNOCK KNOCK
WHO'S THERE?
BOB
BOB WHO?
BOB BA BLACK SHEEP HAVE YOU ANY WOOL?
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): NAME ; NURSERY RHYME: BAA BAA BLACK SHEEP
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-20-1967
CRAMPS:
CAPESCUM, RED PEPPER TEA
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): CAPESKIN? CAPSKIN? IF SO, A SHEEPSKIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 07-10-1973
SHEEP BALL TEA
GO OUT IN A SHEEP PASTURE AND YOU GET "WHAT'S IN A SHEEP
PASTURE" AND YOU BOIL IT, THEN DRINK IT AND IT CURES YOU.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DOESN'T KNOW WHAT IT CURES. OTHER SOURCES SAY
FEED IT TO A BABY TO CURE DIARRHEA.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM ; SHEEP DUNG
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
Riddle - Question
A farmer had 17 sheep. All but nine died. How many were left?
Answer: Nine.
Data entry tech comment:
Entered by TRD
Keyword(s): RIDDLE ; SHEEP ; Trick Question
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