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ONE SHOULD HANG INDIAN CORN ON THEIR DOOR FOR A BOUNTIFUL
HARVEST. (3 EARS)
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATLANTA
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 07-04-1970
TOOTH FAIRY
WHEN I WAS A CHILD, ALL MY FRIENDS AND
MYSELF WOULD PUT OUR BABY TOOTH WE HAD JUST
LOST UNDER THE PILLOW AND IN THE MORNING WE
WOULD FIND A QUARTER PUT THERE DURING THE
NIGHT BY THE TOOTH FAIRY.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATLANTA
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CRICKET LUCK
A CRICKET BY THE HEARTH MEANS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATLANTA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-04-1970
PROVERB
YOU CAN ATTRACT MORE BEES WITH HONEY THAN VINEGAR.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATLANTA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-27-1969
PROVERB: NO BEAUTY FROM UGLINESS
YOU CAN'T MAKE A SILK PURSE FROM A SOW'S EAR.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; ATLANTA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-27-1969
PROVERB: MAXIM
SO STINGY HE WOULD SKIN A FLEA FOR ITS HIDE AND TALLOW.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-24-1968
PROVERB: MAXIM
STRAIN A GNAT AND SWALLOW A CAMEL.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 07-24-1968
FAMILY PREDICTION
COUNT THE WRINKLES IN THE KNEE OF A COUPLE'S FIRST BABY AND YOU CAN
KNOW HOW MANY CHILDREN THEY WILL HAVE.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 07-24-1968
Nature
I never like to have any windows or blinds opened during any
kind of thunderstorm, because I am always afraid that lightening is
going to strike.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; Macon County
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder |
Song
As children growing up down south, we were forbidden to say any
kind of curse word. So what my cousins and I would do is sing a
song. I can not remember the name of it, but it went like this:
Ikey and Mikey were playing in the ditch. Ikey called Mikey, "You
dirty son of a....
Bring down your children and let them play with sticks. And when
they grow older they'll learn to play with...
Dickey had a party, vited his China Chin. He put it in his tea pot
to teach it how to swim. He swam to the top. Along came a spider
and bit him on his...
Cocktail and gingerale, five center cup. If you don't like it,
I'll shove it up your....
Ask me no more questions, I'll tell you no more lies.
A man got hit with a bag full of grits right between the eyes.
Submitter comment:
This was just a child's way of saying bad words without having
to say the actually words. It was a lot of fun back then, but now
I realize how silly it all was.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; Macon County
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
IT YOU CUT OUT A DRESS ON FRIDAY AND DON'T FINISH IT THAT
SAME DAY, YOU WON'T LIVE TO FINISH IT.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; MACON
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Working |
Date learned: 07-21-1968
FOLK REMEDIES
TO EASE THE PAIN OF RHEUMATISM WEAR COPPER BANDS AROUND
THE WRISTS OR ANKLES. USUALLY THE PERSON WEARING THE COPPER
USES IT IN THE FORM OF A PENNY OR A WIRE.
Submitter comment:
MY GREAT COUSIN WEARS COPPER WIRES AROUND HER ANKLES. SHE
TESTIFIES THAT IT WORKS.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; MILLEDGEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
FOLK REMEDIES
TO EASE THE PAIN OF A STING RUB TOBACCO ON IT.
Submitter comment:
MY AUNT WOULD TELL US TO USE TOBACCO WHEN WE GOT STUNG BY A
WASP OR BUMBLEBEE. WE LIVED IN THE COUNTRY WHERE THERE WAS
PLENTY OF THEM.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; MILLEDGEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
FOLK REMEDIES
IF YOU STICK A NAIL IN YOUR FOOT PUT A SLAB OF FATBACK ON
THE WOUND.
TO DRAW OUT THE POISON.
Submitter comment:
MY BROTHER STUCK A NAIL IN HIS FOOT WHEN HE WAS YOUNG. MY AUNT
USED THIS REMEDY AND GASOLINE TO DRAW THE POISON OUT.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; MILLEDGEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
FOLK REMEDIES
TO EASE THE SWELLEN OF THE MUMPS, PUT SARDINE OIL ON THE
SWOLLEN GLANDS.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER USED THIS REMEDY ON ME WHEN I HAD THE MUMPS. SHE
TIED A LONG-SLEEVE WHITE SHIRT AROUND MY GLANDS TO KEEP THE
OIL ON.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: GEORGIA ; MILLEDGEVILLE
Keyword(s): Ailments ; CURE ; Glands ; Homeopathy ; Mumps ; Relief ; REMEDY ; Sardines
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
TO REMOVE THE STING OF A STING PUT SNUFF ON IT.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; MILLEDGEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
FOLK REMEDIES
TO TAKE "FIRE" FROM A BURN, PUT TOOTHPASTE OR SODA ON IT.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; MILLEDGEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
FOLK CURE
TO CURE THE WHOOPING COUGH MIX WHISKEY, HONEY AND LEMON
TOGETHER AND DRINK AT BEDTIME.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER USED THIS CURE MANY A NIGHT WITH ME. I LIKED THE
CURE BECAUSE IT MADE ME SLEEP GOOD.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; MILLEDGEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
FOLK REMEDIES
TO PREVENT AN AMPUTATED LIMB FROM HURTING, BURN IT
IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS CALLED THE PHANTOM LIMB IF IT HURTS.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; MILLEDGEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
FOLK REMEDIES
IF YOU BURN YOURSELF PUT BUTTER ON IT.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; MILLEDGEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1979