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LAY LOWS CATCH MEDDLERS: PEOPLE WHO ARE TOO CURIOUS OR MEDDLESOME
WILL BE CAUGHT.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-00-1972
GREETING GAME
HELLO CHEST! (PAT ON CHEST ) GLAD TO SEE YOU BACK (PAT ON BACK )
HAVEN'T SEEN YOU IN YEARS (PULL EAR), BUT STILL I NOSE YA!"
(PULL NOSE)
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN (NOSE AND KNOWS)
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics BELIEF -- Body part Senses SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 11-26-1972
IF YOU LAY DOWN WITH DOGS YOU'LL GET UP WITH FLEAS.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMALS ; COMPANY ASSOCIATIONS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-18-1972
BELIEF-SUPERSTITION
A SWEAT (SIC) TASTE IN THE BACK OF THE BACK OF THE MOUTH IS
THOUGHT BY SOME (AND OFTEN USED IN LITERATURE) TO BE A SIGN OF
DEATH.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF SUPERSTITION
A FALLING STAR MEANS A WITCH IS DEAD.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF-FOLK CURE
THE BEST CURE FOR A BEE STING OR INSECT BITE IS THE APPLICATION
OF A WET TOBACCO LEAF.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RECIPE FOR COUGH SYRUP
BOIL A LEMON TEN MINUTES. EXTRACT THE JUICE. TO THIS ADD ONE
OUNCE GLYCERIN AND ONE CUP HONEY. STIR BEFORE TAKING ONE
TEASPOON THREE TIMES A DAY.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P254 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CUSTOM AND BELIEF
IN SOME SECTS OF THE JEWISH RELIGION, MILK AND MEAT ARE NOT
PREPARED OR EATEN TOGETHER. THIS STEMS FROM THE BELIEF THAT
ONE SHOULD AVOID THE POSSIBILITIES OF COOKING A CALF IN ITS
MOTHER'S MILK.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Common law |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IF YOU SEE LIGHTNING, BUT DON'T HEAR THUNDER IT MEANS YOU ARE
GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
When you are at a bar with a group of people and
someone burps, the last one to put their thumb on
their forehead gets biffed on the head.
Submitter comment:
The fun part of the game is getting people that
have no idea what is going on. People usually
catch on after getting hit two or three times.
Biffed means to get slapped on the forehead.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
SOUTHERNERS USED BAKING SODA AS TOOTHPASTE AND AS AN
UNDERARM DEODORANT.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE
James Callow Keyword(s): HYGIENE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Daily Life BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-14-1984 ; 00001960S
Proverb
If you lay down with dogs, you'll get up with fleas.
Submitter comment:
The informant warns many female teens to be careful about freely engaging in sex because they may wind up "caught" (pregnant). She says this all the time.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300] crossed out, Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Company ; Dogs ; Fleas ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Relationships ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
COUNTING OUT
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, THREE POTATO, FOUR;
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO, SEVEN POTATO, ORE.
OUT GOES YOU.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT USED THIS RHYME WHILE A CHILD IN BALTIMORE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated and Motifs added / 02-28-2011 / TRD
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE
Keyword(s): Count ; COUNTING ; Eliminate ; Elimination ; GAME ; NUMBER ; POTATO ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
TALKING PET
A MAN WHO WANTED A PET PARROT SAW A SIGN SAYING "BANKRUPTCY SALE"
IN THE WINDOW OF A PET SHOP. HE WENT INSIDE AND BEGAN BIDDING FOR
A BEAUTIFUL PARROT HE SAW. HE BID HIGHER AND HIGHER UNTIL THE BIRD
WAS FINALLY HIS. HE THEN ASKED THE AUCTIONEER IF THE BIRD COULD
TALK. "WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK WAS BIDDING AGAINST YOU ALL THE
TIME?" SAID THE PARROT.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Bird PROSE NARRATIVE -- Tale PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal Tale PROSE NARRATIVE -- Man |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
Entry filtered.
Children's Rime
Does your nose run, do your feet smell?
Why, then you're built upside down.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; Goucher College
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Maxim
Better to remain silent and be thought a fool, than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.
Submitter comment:
Supposedly said by Abraham Lincoln.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; Goucher College
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Folk Speech
I haven't seen you in "a month of Sundays."
(Folk way of saying, in a long time.)
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; Goucher College
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Superstition
The only objects that are supposed to be able to kill witches are those that are made of silver.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Metal Stone Bone Gold Silver Copper |
Neck Riddle
What's the difference between a violin and a fiddle?
Answer: A violin has a case; a fiddle is thrown over the back.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |