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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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CATHERINE, CATHERINE, IN THE TUB
YOUR MOTHER FORGOT TO PULL THE PLUG
OH MY GOSH OH MY SOUL
THERE GOES CATHERINE DOWN THE HOLE.
Submitter comment: YOU CAN USE ANY NAME IN PLACE OF CATHERINE.
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Where learned: AUTOGRAPH BOOK
Keyword(s): IMPERFECT RHYME ; NARRATIVE VERSE VOCABULARY GAME ; RHYME: AABB ; RHYME: ABCC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Language
Slang Expressions:
Op Yop Talk. It's a slang expression which I recently learned. All the letters of the alphabet except the vowels (a,e,i,o,u) and you put an OP at the end of the letter. Such as: STOP - you would say in Op Talk: Sop Top O Pop
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Where learned: SAINT HYACINTH SCHOOL
Keyword(s): Language ; SECRET ; SLANG ; Vernacular ; Vocabulary
James Callow Keyword(s): Slang Expressions
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
Language
Slang Expressions:
Dippy, fag, flag, bad, bold, jive, slimey, freaky, chumpy, jivey, cool, rocked, jammed, super, ain't, jolly, looney, goof, goofy, "da," bull, shoo, shy not, why.
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Where learned: SAINT HYACINTH SCHOOL
Keyword(s): Language ; SLANG ; Vernacular ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
Language
School Vocabulary;
"brown bagging it'
Carrying your lunch in a paper sack.
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Keyword(s): Bag ; Brown ; Colloquialism ; Language ; Lunch ; Nickname ; Paper ; Sac ; SCHOOL ; SLANG ; Vernacular ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
Language
Chew The Fat:
To sit around and "chew the fat" means to talk, rap, gab, etc.
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Keyword(s): Chew ; Colloquialism ; Fat ; GOSSIP ; Language ; Nickname ; SLANG ; TALK ; Term ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
Language
I have heard North Hall referred to as "Menopause Manor" the reason being that there are quite a few older residents in the dorm.
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North Hall of Vanderbilt University
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Keyword(s): AGE ; Dormitory ; Female ; Language ; Manor ; Menopause ; Nickname ; REGIONAL ; SLANG ; University ; Vanderbilt ; Vernacular ; Vocabulary ; WOMEN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Place |
Language
"grandma's visit" is another term for menstrual period.
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Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM ; Grandma ; Language ; Menstrual ; MENSTRUATION ; Nickname ; Period ; SLANG ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Language
"Lag" means carry
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Keyword(s): CARRY ; Lag ; Language ; SLANG ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Language
"wag" means carry
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Keyword(s): CARRY ; Language ; SLANG ; Vocabulary ; Wag
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
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"Piecing" means munching on candy or junk instead of eating a meal.
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Heard from people from Delaware
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Keyword(s): CANDY ; FOOD ; Junk ; Language ; Nutrition ; Piecing ; SLANG ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Language
"Hatching Jacket" is a maternity dress or top.
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Keyword(s): CLOTHING ; DRESS ; Hatching ; Jacket ; Language ; Maternity ; PREGNANCY ; SLANG ; Top ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Language
Wheel is another name for bicycle
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Keyword(s): Bicycle ; Language ; SLANG ; Vocabulary ; Wheel
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Language
Copper is another name for a penny
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Keyword(s): Copper ; Language ; METAL ; MONEY ; Penny ; SLANG ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Language
Many people in middle Tenn. speak of living in the "Bible Belt" of the state because churches are so prominent.
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Keyword(s): Belt ; BIBLE ; CHURCH ; COUNTRY ; Language ; Nickname ; REGIONAL ; SLANG ; STATE ; Tennessee ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Language
The eight secluded areas complete with love seats in a girl's dorm lounge are known as the "passion pits."
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The college is Emory and Henry in Emory, Virginia and the dorm is Martha Washington
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Keyword(s): COLLEGE ; Dorm ; Dormitories ; Language ; Lounge ; Loveseat ; Nickname ; Passion ; Pit ; SLANG ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Place |
Language: Rhyme
When you get old and out of shape, remember Sears has corsets for 2.98
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Keyword(s): AGE ; Corset ; Language ; MONEY ; Old ; poem ; RHYME ; Sears ; SHAPE ; VERSE ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Language: Rhyme
When you get married and live in a truck,
Order your children from Sears Roebuck.
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Keyword(s): CHILDREN ; Language ; Married ; poem ; RHYME ; Roebuck ; Sears ; TRUCK ; VERSE ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Vocabulary
Visiting Mrs. Murphy is another way of saying going to the restroom.
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Keyword(s): BATHROOM ; EUPHEMISM ; Murphy ; Nickname ; Restroom ; VISITING ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
Vocabulary
Branch is a name for a stream of water
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Keyword(s): Branch ; Language ; River ; Stream ; Term ; Tributary ; Vocabulary ; WATER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
Language
To spell separate, remember "caught in a trap by a rat" that way, you'll not replace "a" with "e".
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Keyword(s): Language ; Mnemonics ; rat ; Separate ; SPELLING ; Trap ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |