Dr. James T. Callow publications
Browse by
Questions or comments on this site? Please email davidsor@udmercy.edu.
The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
Your search for 34 returned 22195 results.
PRAYER
MAY THE ROAD RISE TO MEET YOU. MAY THE WIND BE ALWAYS AT YOUR BACK.
MAY THE SUN SHINE WARM UPON YOUR FACE, THE RAINS FALL SOFT UPON
YOUR FIELDS AND UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN-MAY GOD HOLD YOU IN THE PALM
OF HIS HAND.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER FATHER WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
BALLAD
GOOD BYE MRS. DURKIN. I'M SICK AND TIRED OF WORKIN. MY HEART IS
FAIRLY BROKEN BUT I CAN NO LONGER STAY. BUT SURE'S ME NAME IS
CARNEY, I'M OFF TO CALIFARNEY. STEAD OF DIGGIN TATERS I'LL BE DIGGIN
LUMPS OF GOLD.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT WAS UNSURE OF THIS BALLAD'S ORIGIN. I SUSPECT THIS
WAS SUNG BY A SERVANT OR FARMHAND WHO LEFT FOR CALIFORNIA AND THE
GOLD RUSH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Parting |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
DANCE
SETS IS AN IRISH DANCE, SOMEWHAT LIKE A SQUARE DANCE. IT IS DONE
WITH SIX COUPLES. THERE ISN'T A CALLER, BUT THERE ARE CERTAIN
KNOWN STEPS DONE IN A PARTICULAR SERIES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Couple Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Group |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
DANCE
JIGS ARE IRISH DANCES. THEY CAN BE DONE BY A SINGLE PERSON OR IN A
LINE. THEY ARE VERY STIFF LOOKING, AS IF THEY ARE DANCED FROM THE
KNEES DOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Individual Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Group |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
COUNTING OUT RHYME
EENIE MEENIE MINIE MO, CATCH A TIGER BY THE TOE. IF HE HOLLERS LET
HIM GO. EENIE MEENIE MINIE MO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
COUNTING OUT RHYME
MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER WERE HANGING OUT CLOTHES. MY MOTHER
PUNCHED YOUR MOTHER RIGHT IN THE NOSE. WHAT COLOR WAS THE BLOOD?
Submitter comment: THIS IS RECITED WHEN TRYING TO DETERMINE WHO IS "IT" FOR A GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
COUNTING OUT RHYME
ENGINE ENGINE NUMBER NINE GOING DOWN CHICAGO LINE. IF THE TRAIN
GOES OFF THE TRACK, DO YOU WANT YOUR MONEY BACK?
Submitter comment: THIS IS RECITED WHEN TRYING TO DETERMINE WHO IS IT FOR A GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
COUNTING OUT RHYME
BUBBLE GUM BUBBLE GUM IN A DISH. HOW MANY PIECES DO YOU WISH?
Submitter comment:
THIS IS RECITED WHEN TRYING TO DETERMINE WHO IS "IT" FOR A GAME.
THE PLAYER'S TOES ARE TAPPED IN RHYTHM WITH THE VERSE. WHOEVER'S
FOOT THE VERSE ENDS ON MUST RESPOND WITH A NUMBER. THE NUMBER IS
SPELLED OUT, WHILE TOES ARE TAPPED, FOLLOWED BY "AND YOU ARE NOT IT."
ELIMINATING ONE PERSON AT A TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
CUSTOM FESTIVAL
FIREWORKS ON JULY 4TH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): NOISEMAKING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day |
CHILDREN'S GAME
HOP HOP HOP TO GRANNY'S HOUSE TO GET A POUND OF BUTTER. HOP HOP
HOP BACK HOME AGAIN AND FALL IN THE GUTTER.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS RECITED WHILE BOUNCING A CHILD ON YOUR KNEES. WHEN YOU GET
TO "FALL IN THE GUTTER," YOU SEPARATE YOUR KNEES, CAUSING THE CHILD
TO FALL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
INSULT
WHEN THEY WERE PASSING OUT BRAINS YOU THOUGHT THEY SAID TRAINS AND
SAID YOU DIDN'T WANT ANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
INSULT
WHEN THEY WERE PASSING OUT LOOKS YOU THOUGHT THEY SAID BOOKS AND
SAID YOU DIDN'T WANT ANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
CUSTOM
ON THE DAY AFTER EASTER, THE POLISH CHILDREN WOULD GO FROM HOUSE TO
HOUSE KNOCKING ON THE DOORS. THE PEOPLE INVITED THEM INSIDE
WHERE ONE OF THE CHILDREN WOULD BRUSH THE PERSON ACROSS THE ANKLES
WITH A SWITCH WHILE THE OTHERS RECITED A SPECIAL GROUP OF WORDS.
WHEN THEY WERE FINISHED, THE OWNER OF THE HOUSE WOULD GIVE THEM
A BLESSED EGG, A PIECE OF CANDY, OR IN MOST CASES, MONEY.
THIS WAS CALLED DINGUS DAY, THE NAME DERIVED FROM THE WORDS RECITED;
DINGUS, DINGUS, PODINGUS...
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; TAYLOR
Keyword(s): EASTER GIFTS ; RITUAL SPEECH ; RITUAL WHIPPING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.663 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Monday Dyngus |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
LICK AND A PROMISE
Submitter comment: THIS IS SAID WHEN A TASK IS NOT THOROUGHLY DONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
MALTESE PROVERB
THE WORK OF THE BUSY IS BENFITED BY THE LAZY.
XGHOL IL GHAICF L'GHAZZIN CHIELU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
BELIEF: (MEDICAL)
IF ON EASTER MORNING YOU GO TO A RIVER FOR WATER, AND NEVER
LOOK SIDEWAYS OR BACKWARDS OR SPEAK TO ANYONE, AND MAKE IT BACK
HOME BEFORE SUNRISE, YOU WILL HAVE HEALING WATER TO USE FOR A
WHOLE YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; NATIONAL MANUFACTURING COMPANY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-31-1969
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
KID GLOVES
Submitter comment:
THIS USUALLY REFERS TO HANDLING SOMETHING OR TREATING SOMEONE WITH
EXTREME CARE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
GESTURE
HOLDING UP YOUR INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGERS IN THE SHAPE OF A V.
Submitter comment:
DURING WORLD WAR TWO, THIS STOOD FOR VICTORY. BEGINNING IN THE
1960'S, IT STOOD FOR PEACE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
REMEDY
A CURE FOR A SORE THROAT IS GOOSE GREASE.
Submitter comment: THIS IS ORIGINALLY A FRENCH-CANADIAN CURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
BELIEF
IF SOMEONE IS A GOOD STORY TELLER AND EXAGGERATOR, YOU SAY THEY
HAVE KISSED THE BLARNEY STONE.
Submitter comment: THE BLARNEY STONE IS PART OF THE BLARNEY CASTLE IN IRELAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 02-00-1979