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DREAM THE SAME DREAM THREE NIGHTS IN SUCCESSION, IT WILL
COME TO PAST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 09-17-1973
DISEASE PREVENTATIVE:
HANG ONIONS AT A DOORWAY
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
COLD CURE:
HANG GARLIC AROUND THE NECK FOR A COLD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-27-1973
IF THE INITIALS OF YOUR NAME SPELL A WORD, YOU WILL BE
RICH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth |
CURE FOR POOR EYESIGHT:
WEAR GOLD EARRINGS TO CURE POOR EYESIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 08-28-1973
FRECKLE CURE:
WASH FACE WITH WATERMELON JUICE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 08-28-1973
BURN CURE:
FIRE CAN BE DRIVEN OUT OF A BURN BY SPITTING UPON THE
INFLAMMATION AND HOLDING IT CLOSE TO A HOT FIRE OR STOVE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
TOOTHACHE CURE:
CHEW ON SPLINTERS FROM PINE TREES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-15-1973
RUB A DUB DUB
THANKS FOR THE GRUB
YEA GOD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 11-10-1973
MY BODY LIES OVER THE OCEAN,
MY BODY LIES OVER THE SEA,
MY DADDY LIES OVER MY MOMMIE,
THAT'S HOW I CAME TO BE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): ORIGIN OF BABIES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Human Life BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-11-1973
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CHINESE JUMPROPE:
TAKE RUBBER BANDS AND HOOK TOGETHER SO YOU HAVE TEN
TO TWELVE FEET OF RUBBER BANDS SO YOU HAVE A CIRCLE.
TWO PEOPLE ON EACH END STEP INSIDE SO RUBBER IS
PULLED TIGHT ENOUGH SO RUBBER BAND DOESN'T SAG. THIRD
PERSON DOES DIFFERENT JUMPS. AT DIFFERENT INTERVALS
THE TWO END PEOPLE RAISE IT TO DIFFERENT HEIGHTS ON
THEIR LEGS.
JUMPS:
CLOSEST FOOT TO RUBBER BAND IN AND OUT OF RUBBER BAND
TEN TIMES WITHOUT TOUCHING.
PUT FOOT IN THEN OUT THEN TAKE NEAREST BAND AND PUT
OVER FARTHEST BAND THEN UNDO TEN TIMES WITHOUT MESSING
UP.
CROSSING LIKE BEFORE, PUT OTHER FOOT IN ALSO, TURN
AROUND THREE TIMES OTHER WAY THEN JUMP OUT WITHOUT
TOUCHING OR JUMPING IN RUBBER BAND.
THEN GO TO OTHER SIDE OF RUBBER BANDS AND DO THE ABOVE
WITH THE OTHER FOOT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-10-1973
MY MOMMIE AND YOUR MOMMIE
WERE HANGING UP CLOTHES.
MY MOMMIE PUNCHED YOUR MOMMIE
RIGHT IN THE NOSE.
WHAT COLOR WAS HER BLOOD?
THE PERSON WHO IS POINTED AT ON BLOOD NAMES A COLOR
AND IT IS SPELLED OUT; THE LAST ONE OUT IS IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-11-1973
LITTLE SALLY SAUCER
SITTING ON A SAUCER
CRYING 'CAUSE HER MOTHER DIED.
WHY SALLY, WHY?
WIPE OUT YOUR EYES.
POINT TO THE EAST,
POINT TO THE WEST,
POINT TO THE ONE YOU LOVE THE BEST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children BELIEF -- Measure of quality |
CHING CHONG CHINA MAN
CHING CHONG CHINA MAN
SITTING ON A FENCE
TRIED TO MAKE A DOLLAR OUT
OF FIFTY FIVE CENTS.
HE MISSED, HE MISSED
HE MISSED LIKE THIS.
WHILE DOING THIS, THE PERSON HAS LEGS STRADLE THEN
CROSSED. THE OBJECT IS TO END UP WITH LEGS APART AT
THE END OF RHYME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 11-10-1973
CINDERELLA DRESS IN YELLOW
WENT DOWNTOWN TO SEE HER FELLER.
ON THE WAY HER GIRDLE BUSTED,
HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE DISGUSTED?
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE...
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): COUNTING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-10-1973
STAWBERRY SHORTCAKE, HUCKLEBERRY FINN
WHEN YOU HEAR YOUR BIRTHDAY
PLEASE JUMP IN.
JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH...
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): MONTHS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-10-1973
COCA COLA WENT DOWNTOWN
PEPSI COLA KNOCKED HIM DOWN.
DR. PEPPER FIXED HIM UP
AND NOW HE'S DRINKING SEVEN UP.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): SODA POP ; SOFT DRINKS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 11-10-1973
PINK, PINK YOU STINK
YELLOW, YELLOW KISS A FELLOW
BLUE, BLUE GOD LOVES YOU
RED, RED WET THE BED
WHITE, WHITE GET MARRIED TONIGHT
BROWN, BROWN WEAR YOUR BRITCHES UPSIDE DOWN
BLACK, BLACK SIT ON A TACK
GOLD, GOLD YOU LOOK LIKE A MOLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): COLORS ; INTERNAL RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 10-28-1973
RICH MAN, POOR MAN, BEGGAR MAN, THIEF
DOCTOR, LAWYER, INDIAN CHIEF.
YOU FIND YOUR OCCUPATION OF YOUR HUSBAND BY COUNTING THE
NUMBER OF BUTTONS YOU HAVE ON YOUR CLOTHING RIGHT NOW.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.860 |
Date learned: 11-11-1973