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DEATH OF A CAT
ONCE SOME PEOPLE WENT IN THE KITCHEN AND SAW TWO CATS
SETTING IN FRONT OF THE FIRE COOKING PEAS IN AN EGGSHELL.
WHILE THEY WAS WATCHIN' THEM, ANOTHER CAT RUSHED IN AND
HOLLERED, "CRUMP'S DEAD." THE CATS DROPPED THEY (THEIR)
PEAS AND THEY ALL RUN OFF AND NOBODY EVER SAW THEM AGAIN.
Submitter comment:
OUT AND LOOKING HIM FULL IN THE FACE SAY:
JOHNNY REED! JOHNNY REED!
TELL MADAM MOMFORT
THAT MALLY DIXON'S DEAD!
THIS IS ONLY ONE OF MANY EXAMPLES THAT ARCHER TAYLOR,
P. 73, GIVES OF WHAT STITH THOMPSON CALLS THE "ROBERT IS
DEAD" MOTIF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal |
Date learned: 00001950 CA
ANECDOTE ABOUT A LINCOLN COLLEGE TEACHER
WHEN MR.AIRTH TAUGHT THE RESEARCH PAPER SECTION OF ENGLISH
COMP0SITION, HE SPENT TWO HOURS EVERY NIGHT IN THE LIBRARY
TRYING TO FIND OUT IF AND WHEN HIS STUDENTS PLAGURIZED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Legend |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
LINCOLN COLLEGE ANECDOTE
THE DEAN OF STUDENTS WENT THRU THE DORM ONE NIGHT AND FOUND A
DRAMA TEACHER IN BED WITH ONE OF THE GIRLS. HE WAS STANDING IN
THE DOOR AND SAID, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?" AND THE DRAMA TEACHER
SAID, AN EXPERIMENT IN PHYSICS."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Legend |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
LINCOLN COLLEGE ANECDOTE
AFTER MRS.MOLEN REPORTED MR. NEWTON FOR NOT MEETING HIS CLASS
ONE TUESDAY, NEWTON STARTED DOING THIS EVERY DAY - HE'D START THE
CLASS AND TEACH FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES AND THEN OPEN THE DOOR AND
YELL INTO THE HALL, "MRS.MOLEN, I'M ON THE JOB."
HE DID IT EVERYDAY THAT SEMESTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Legend |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
ANECDOTE ABOUT LINCOLN COLLEGE TEACHERS
AFTER THE OLD MAIN BUILDING BURNED - THE BASEMENT HAD BEEN THE
FACULTY OFFICES - THERE WERE A HALF A DOZEN TEACHERS WHO SAID THEY
MANUSCRIPTS OF BOOKS OR ARTICLES THEY WERE WORKING ON. MOST OF
THEM COULDN'T READ LET ALONE WRITE JOURNAL ARTICLES BEFORE OR
AFTER THE FIRE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Legend |
HORROR LEGEND
AT WEST POINT THE FOLLOWING INCIDENT SUPPOSEDLY HAPPENED AT A
PARTICULAR LOCATION ON AN ISOLATED ROAD:
A COUPLE WAS PARKING AND WHEN THE BOY TRIED TO START THE CAR,
NOTHING HAPPENED. HE TOLD THE GIRL THAT HE WOULD GO FOR HELP AND
SHE WAS TO STAY IN THE LOCKED CAR TIL HE CAME BACK. AFTER HE LEFT
EVERYTHING WAS VERY QUIET FOR A LONG TIME, THEN THE GIRL HEARD A
CONSTANT THUMPING ON THE ROOF. IN THE MORNING THE HIGHWAY PATROL
WOKE HER UP TELLING HER TO GET OF THE CAR AND NOT TO LOOK UP.
SHE DID LOOK UP AND HER BOYFRIEND WAS HANGING ABOVE THE CAR, WITH
FEET ON THE HOOD, FROM THE TREE. MM
OTHER VARIATIONS OF THE TALE USUALLY HAVE THE BOY'S HEAD SET
ON THE ROOF OF THE CAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
HORROR LEGEND
AT WEST POINT A TALE WAS TOLD OF A GIRL'S SCHOOL: TWO GIRLS
WERE IN A DORM ONE NIGHT AND HEARD A STANGE NOISE OUTSIDE. THE
GIRLS AGREED THAT ONE WOULD GO OUT TO SEE WHAT IT WAS AND WOULD
COME BACK AND KNOCK ON THE GIRL'S DOOR TO BE LET IN. SO THE GIRL
LEFT AND WAS GONE QUITE A WHILE. MEANWHILE, THERE WAS A FAINT
SCRATCHING ON THE DOOR, BUT THE GIRL INSIDE DID NOT OPEN IT...
IN THE MORNING SHE OPENED THE DOOR AND HER FRIEND WAS LYING
OUTSIDE DEAD.
VARIOUS VERSIONS OF THIS TALE HAVE BEEN HEARD BY ALMOST EVERY
COLLEGE STUDENT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
"GREEN EYES"
ONE NIGHT WHEN RIDING THROUGH THE BATTLEFIELD WITH 3 FRIENDS
WE SAW A WHITE, MISTY OBJECT CUT IN THE MIDDLE OF A FIELD. GENE
AND JOHN, WHO LIVE RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE PARK SWORE THAT THERE
WAS NO STATUE IN THAT PARTICULAR FIELD. DEBBI AND I WENT BACK
THE NEXT DAY, AND COULD NOT FIND A FIELD THAT LOOKED LIKE THE ONE
WITH A STATUE IN IT. TO THIS DAY, GENE AND JOHN SWEAR THAT IT WAS
THE GHOST OF GREEN EYES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
"GREEN EYES"
GREEN EYES IS SAID TO BE A YOUNG SOLDIER WHO WAS DECAPITATED
BY A CANNON BALL. THE HEAD WAS NEVER FOUND SO JUST THE BODY WAS
BURIED. THE YOUNG SOLDIER SEARCHES THE BATTLEGROUND FOR HIS
HEAD EVERY NITE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
"GREEN EYES"
GREEN EYES (OF CHICKAMAUGA BATTLEFIELD) IS SUPPOSED TO BE A
YANKEE SOLDIER THAT WAS SHOT, LEFT TO DIE, AND NEVER BURIED DURING
THE CIVIL WAR. HIS SPIRIT IS OUT FOR REVENGE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
DUMB DOCTOR RIDDLE
WHAT DOES ONE CALL THE PERSON WHO GRADUATES WITH THE
LOWEST GRADES OF ANYONE IN HIS MEDICAL SCHOOL CLASS?
ANSWER--DOCTOR
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 06-15-1973
UROLOGISTS
IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION A DOCTOR WHOSE SPECIALTY IS
UROLOGY IS REFERRED TO EITHER AS A PLUMBER OR A PECKER-
CHECKER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 06-15-1973
CROCKS
DOCTORS AT VANDERBILT HOSPITAL REFER TO PATIENTS WHO FAKE
ILLNESS OR WHO THINK THEY ARE SICK AS "CROCKS."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): HYPOCHONDRIA ; HYPOCHONDRIACS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Date learned: 06-15-1973
SERUM-PORCELAIN
IF A PATIENT AT VANDERBILT HOSPITAL HAS HAD HIS SERUM
PORCELAIN LEVEL CHECKED, HE HAS A PLACEBO TEST, WHERE THE
DOCTOR DREW BLOOD AND POURED IT DOWN THE DRAIN. HENCE THE
NAME SERUM, MEANING BLOOD, AND PORCELAIN, BEING THE SINK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Date learned: 06-15-1973
AT VANDERBILT HOSPITAL AN OLDER MAN WHO IS UNEDUCATED
IS REFERRED TO AS A "GOMER."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Date learned: 06-15-1973
AT VANDERBILT HOSPITAL, A PATIENT WITH A FASCINATING OR
EXOTIC DISEASE IS SAID TO HAVE A FASCINOMIA.
Submitter comment: PRONOUNCED FAS-A-NO-MA
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Date learned: 06-15-1973
IN REFERRING TO MEDICAL PATIENTS, IF ONE IS CONSIDERED
MENTALLY UNBALANCED, HE IS SAID TO BE A "GORD" AT
VANDERBILT HOSPITAL AND CENTRAL STATE HOSPITAL.
Submitter comment: A GOURD IS HOLLOW
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): GOURD
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 06-15-1973
IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION, A DOCTOR WHOSE SPECIALTY IS
ORTHOPEDIC SURGERY, IS CALLED A CARPENTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BONES ; STRAIGHT STRAIGHTEN
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 06-15-1973
THE INTENSIVE CARE UNIT AT VANDERBILT HOSPITAL IS
REFERRED TO AS EITHER THE PUMPKIN PATCH OR THE
SISTINE CHAPEL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Date learned: 06-15-1973
IN THE MEDICAL PROFESSION, DOCTORS WHOSE SPECIALTY IS
INTERNAL MEDICINE, ARE CALLED "FLEAS" BECAUSE THEY JUMP
FROM ONE PART OF A PATIENT'S BODY TO ANOTHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 06-15-1973