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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
HAPPY AS A DEAD PIG IN THE SUNSHINE.
Submitter comment:
HEARD BY INFORMANT FROM OLDER MAN FROM ROCHMART, GEORGIA.
JAMES TRIBLE.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; ROCKMART
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 06-11-1972
Outhouse
It is an outside toilet. People used it as a toilet to
dispose of their waste and lasted five to seven years. The hole
in the ground was four feet square and five feet deep. The house
was eight feet tall that was made of wood and the floor was made
of concrete. This was not only a custom but a way of life.
Where learned: GEORGIA
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Separate structure accessory to dwelling |
Bible Class on Wednesday
Bible Class was held during mid-week and generally known as a
mid-week service. Members attended this mid-week service so that
they could be taught the "Word of God," whereas Sunday was a day
of Worship.
Where learned: GEORGIA
Keyword(s): God
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour |
Date learned: 01001895 CA
Rub your body down with vinegar when you have a fever to
reduce the fever.
James Callow comment:
Salt and other ingredients are added to the vinegar in
Puckett, Ohio, nos. 9502, 9547.
Where learned: GEORGIA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Don't eat "chittlings" (chitterlings) in the summer. This
would give you an upset stomach because too much pork in the
summer was not good for your health. "Chittlings are the
intestines of hogs.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
James Callow comment:
For eating pork only during months with an "R" in them, see
Puckett, Ohio, no. 6680.
Where learned: GEORGIA
Keyword(s): Chitlings ; FOOD ; Pork ; REGIONAL ; Seasonal ; Summer
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Meat Bred animal |
A male being the first person to enter your house on New
Year's Day would mean that you and your home would be blessed
with good fortune all year.
James Callow comment:
See Hand, North Carolina, nos. 3886, 3889-3890.
Where learned: GEORGIA
Keyword(s): BLESSING ; Guest ; Home ; Host ; LUCK ; Male ; Man ; New Year ; SIGN ; SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXISM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Throwing salt over your shoulder was considered to be a cure
for bad luck.
Where learned: GEORGIA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions |
Date learned: 01001900 CA
Putting your purse on the floor meant that you would never be
able to keep any money.
James Callow comment:
Puckett, Ohio, no. 20178: "If you place your pocketbook on
the floor, you will have little money."
Where learned: GEORGIA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth |
Date learned: 01001910 CA
Religion (Baptist Church)
Religion means that you accept "Jesus Christ" as your
personal "Savior" and that you believe "He" died not only for
your sins but the sins of mankind.
Where learned: GEORGIA
Keyword(s): God
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church BELIEF -- Church |
When people stopped for funerals, this meant not only giving
respect to the deceased but to their family.
Where learned: GEORGIA
Keyword(s): DEATH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Marriage
This means the love that you have for your mate and the unity
and bond as being one. We sometime refer to this as "tieing-the-
knot".
Where learned: GEORGIA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage BELIEF -- Marriage PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
People had funerals on Sunday following church services
because it was convenience for family and friends to attend.
Sunday was considered a day of worship; therefore they didn't
have to work.
Where learned: GEORGIA
Date learned: 01001910 CA
Smoke house
A smoke house was made of wood and approximately 10 feet
square. It was used to store meat because some people had no
knowledge or any way of freezing meat. People hung meat on
hooks, in the smoke house, to preserve it, to protect it, and
keep it from spoiling.
Where learned: GEORGIA
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Food storage |
Date learned: 01001900 CA
Crackling Bread
Crackling was made from hog fat - you boiled the fat from a
hog and that made crackling. To made crackling bread you mixed
the boiled fat with corn meal, salt, baking powder and milk.
After all the ingredients were mixed together your baked it until
it was brown.
Where learned: GEORGIA
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Meat Bred animal Food Drink -- Pastry Sweet Dessert Bread, rolls, etc. |
People used curtains as doors to separate rooms.
Where learned: GEORGIA
Keyword(s): Walls
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window |
Canning foods
People canned vegetables and made preserves (jelly) from
fruit. They did this so that in the winter months they could eat
the food they had harvested in the summer.
Where learned: GEORGIA
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Manner of preparation Preservation |
Date learned: 01001900 CA
Joke
One time a man went before the judge for sentencing and the
judge gave the man ten years for the {crime?} that he had committed
and the man started laughing and told the judge, "Oh! Your Honor,
I can do that standing on my head," so the judge said "Oh! Well,
here is ten more years to get you back on your feet again."
Where learned: GEORGIA ; Alberton
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
Throw salt over your left shoulder to keep the jinks away.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; Alberton
James Callow Keyword(s): jinx
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
If your nose itches on the left side it means a strange man is
coming to your house, but if your nose itches on the right side it
means a strange woman is coming to your house.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; Alberton
James Callow Keyword(s): LEFT RIGHT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose |
Date learned: 00-00-1959