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SLEEPY HOLLOW STORY (THE HOOK)
ONE NIGHT A YOUNG COUPLE STOPPED AT SLEEPY HOLLOW TO MAKE OUT.
AFTER A FEW HOURS, THEY WENT HOME. WHEN THE BOY CAME BACK TO THE
CAR AFTER SEEING HIS GIRL TO THE DOOR, HE NOTICED AN IRON HOOK,
THE KIND AN ARMLESS MAN WOULD USE, ON THE DOOR HANDLE ON THE
PASSENGER'S SIDE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
NOT GIVEN
IT AIN'T THE 'EAVY 'AULING (THAT) 'URTS THE 'ORSES 'OOFS,
IT'S THE 'AMMER, 'AMMER, 'AMMER ON THE 'ARD 'IGHWAY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; MIDDLESBORO
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NUMBER PLEASE
DID YOU KNOW EVE HAD A TELEPHONE?
NO, WHAT WAS THE NUMBER?
ADAM ATE ONE TOO (ADAM 812).
NO RECORD.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): TELEPHONE NUMBER
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-22-1967
CAIN AND ABLE
HOW LONG DID CAIN HATE HIS BROTHER?
AS LONG AS HE WAS ABLE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD IT FROM A PATIENT IN STS, MARY
AND ELIZABETH HOSPITAL IN LOUISVILLE, KY
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): ABEL ; BIBLICAL ; NAME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-22-1967
WET MELONS
WHY IS THERE SO MUCH WATER IN A WATERMELON?
BECAUSE IT WAS PLANTED IN THE SPRING.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): CONUNDRUM ; SEASON FRIUT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-22-1967
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THERE'S AN ABANDONED HOUSE IN SALYERSVILLE, KENTUCKY
THAT GIVES OFF A WEIRD AND STRANGE "OOOOOOOOOOOO" WHENEVER
THERE'S A FULL MOON. SOME FOLKS SAY THAT THERE'S A GHOST
OR SOMETHING IN THERE BECAUSE THE OLD LADY THAT LIVED
THERE DIED OF POISON ON A NIGHT OF THE FULL MOON. I
DON'T BELIEVE OF SUCH THINGS, THOUGH. IT'S PROBABLY
JUST A BUNCH OF FOLK TALES.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT WAS FORMERLY FROM SALYERSVILLE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; SALYERSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Tale |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HAT TRICK
WHAT DID THE TIE SAY TO THE HAT?
YOU GO ON AHEAD, I AM GOING TO HANG AROUND.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): PERSONIFICATION CLOTHING
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-22-1967
CANDLE TALK
WHAT DID ONE CANDLE SAY TO THE OTHER CANDLE?
ARE YOU GOING OUT TONIGHT?
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): CONUNDRUM ; PERSONIFICATION
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-22-1967
PORK
IF YOU WERE SENT TO THE STORE FOR A YARD OF
PORK, WHAT WOULD YOU BRING HOME?
THREE PIGS FEET.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): ANIMAL MEASUREMENT MAMMAL
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-22-1967
IF YOU SEE A LOT OF WHOLLY WORMS, I'S A SIGN OF A HARD
WINTER.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; CRUTCHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): WOOLY WORMS WOOLEY WORMS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P00 |
Date learned: 06-21-1970
IT IS BAD LUCK TO BRING AN OPEN UMBRELLA INTO THE HOUSE OR TO
OPEN ONE IN THE HOUSE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; CORBIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
HOW TO HAVE A GOOD CORN CROP
MY MOTHER USED TO BELIEVE THAT THE FIRST DAY YOU PLANTED CORN YOU HAD TO HAVE TURNIP GREENS AND HOG JOWL FOR A GOOD CROP.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
BAD LUCK FOR WOMAN TO BE FIRST IN HOUSE ON NEW YEAR'S
MY STEPMOTHER WOULDN'T LET A WOMAN COME INTO THE HOUSE ON NEW YEAR'S DAY BEFORE A MAN CAME IN. THERE ARE PEOPLE AROUND HERE WHO STILL DO THIS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HERNDON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-20-1968
WHEN YOU GET FLOWERS, GIVE THEM TWO BUFFERIN AND TWO
BUFFERIN EVERY DAY AFTER AND CHANGE THEIR WATER. THEY WILL
LIVE LONGER.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): ASPIRIN PRODUCT--BRAND NAME=BUFFERIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TWO LEGS SAT ON THREE LEGS
WITH ONE LEG IN HIS LAP.
IN COMES FOUR LEGS
AND RUNS AWAY WITH ONE LEG.
UP JUMPS TWO LEGS;
CATCHES UP WITH THREE LEGS,
THROWS IT AFTER FOUR LEGS
AND MAKES HIM BRING BACK ONE LEG.
ONE LEG = LEG OF MEAT; TWO LEGS = A MAN; THREE LEGS = A STOOL;
FOUR LEGS = A DOG.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
BE WHAT YOU IS, NOT WHAT YOU IS NOT. FOR THEY WHO ARE WHAT
THEY IS THE HAPPIEST BET.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
DO AS I SAY, NOT AS I DO.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
HOW MUCH WOOD WOULD A WOODCHUCK CHUCK
IF A WOODCHUCK COULD CHUCK WOOD?
A WOODCHUCK WOULD CHUCK AS MUCH AS HE WOULD CHUCK
IF A WOODCHUCK COULD CHUCK WOOD.
Submitter comment: TONGUE TWISTER
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.532 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF YOU SHIVER WHEN IT'S NOT COLD, IT MEANS THAT WHEN YOU ARE
DEAD, A GOOSE WILL WALK OVER YOUR GRAVE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Chills, shivering |
Date learned: 12-00-1969