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 2912 returned 360 results.
REMEMBER LINCOLN, REMEMBER LEE,
BUT WHO GIVES A DAMN, REMEMBER ME.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
REMEMBER A
REMEMBER B
AND C THAT YOU REMEMBER ME.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 05001965-06001965
REMEMBER THE A
REMEMBER THE B
REMEMBER THE TIME
WE BOTH GOT A D.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 05001965-06001965
REMEMBER GRANT, REMEMBER LEE,
THE HELL WITH THEM, REMEMBER ME.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 05001965-06001965
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLACK,
YOU'D LOOK BETTER WITH A KNIFE IN YOUR BACK!
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 05001965-06001965
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
LINCOLN WAS SHOT, WHY WEREN'T YOU?
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
ROSES ARE REDDISH, VIOLETS ARE BLUISH,
IF IT WASN'T FOR ME, WE'D ALL BE JEWISH!
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 05001965-1965
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO REST,
I PRAY I PASS TOMORROW'S TEST.
IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE,
THAT'S ONE LAST TEST I HAVE TO TAKE.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 05-00-1965
IF THE DEVIL IS THE DEVIL
WHY THE DEVIL DON'T THE DEVIL
GET THE DEVIL OUT OF YOU?
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 05-00-1965
BLESSED ART THEY WHO SIT ON A TACK,
FOR THEY SHALL RISE.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 05-00-1965
PROVERB
BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
Keyword(s): BIRD
James Callow Keyword(s): CLANISHNESS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.20 BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Number Odd number (not specific) PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-18-1971
EASTER CUSTOM
AT THE BEGINNING OF BREAKFAST THE FATHER SHARES FOOD WITH THE REST OF
THE FAMILY. HE SLICES UP BLESSED BREAD, EGGS AND KIELBASA AND GIVES
A SMALL PIECE TO EVERYONE. THIS FOOD MUST BE EATEN BEFORE ADDITIONAL
FOOD IS TAKEN.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
Keyword(s): FAMILY UNITY ; FOOD CUSTOM
Date learned: 11-29-1970
ON THE FEAST OF THE THREE KINGS, THE PARISH PRIEST WOULD
COME AROUND TO THE HOUSE, BLESS IT AND PUT THE LETTERS
KMB AND THE YEAR ON THE DOOR WITH CHALK.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
Keyword(s): BALTHAZAR ; KASPAR ; MELCHIOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 6 Twelfth Day Epiphany |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
ON HOLY SATURDAY AN EASTER BASKET, USUALLY FILLED
WITH BREAD, EGGS, LAMB BUTTER, HORSERADISH, KIELBASA,
AND SALT AND PEPPER IS TAKEN TO THE PARISH CHURCH
TO BE BLESSED.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 11-15-1970
EVERY HOLY SATURDAY AN EASTER BASKET IS TAKEN TO THE
CHURCH TO BE BLESSED. THE BASKET IS FILLED WITH
EGGS, KIELBASA, HOMEMADE HORSERADISH, LAMB BUTTER,
HOMEMADE RAISIN BREAD, SALT AND PAPPER AND A ROUND LOAF
OF RYE BREAD.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
RED ROVER
THE GAME STARTS OUT BY THE PICKING OF TEAMS. EACH
TEAM LINES UP FACING EACH OTHER AND HOLDS HANDS.
ONE TEAM CALLS "RED ROVER, RED ROVER, LET (SOMEBODY'S
NAME) COME OVER." THAT PERSON RUNS AND TRIES TO BREAK
THROUGH A PAIR OF INTERLOCKING HANDS. IF HE BREAKS
THROUGH, THEN HE CAN TAKE A MAN BACK TO HIS TEAM. IF
HE DOESN'T BREAK THROUGH, HE REMAINS ON THE OTHER
TEAM. THE GAME ENDS WHEN ONE TEAM LOSES ALL OF THEIR
PLAYERS.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Song: Game, Pastime, Sport |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
FREEZE TAG
A PLAYER IS CHOSEN AS IT. IT TRIES TO TAG THE OTHER
PLAYERS. WHEN IT TAGS A PLAYER, THE PLAYER MUST
FREEZE IN HIS TRACKS. THE PLAYER MAY BE FREED FROM
THE POSITION BY THE TAG OF ANOTHER PLAYER WHO IS FREE.
ONCE ALL THE PLAYERS ARE IN A FROZEN POSITION THE GAME
ENDS.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Song: Game, Pastime, Sport |
POM POM
TWO GOALS ARE SET UP. ONE PERSON IS IT. ALL THE PLAYERS
STAND BEHIND A GOAL EXCEPT FOR IT, WHO STANDS BETWEEN
THE TWO GOALS. IT CALLS POM-POM AND THE PLAYERS RUN TO
GET TO THE OTHER GOAL. IT TRIES TO TAG THE PLAYERS.
ANYBODY THAT IS CAUGHT IS ALSO IT. THIS IS DONE UNTIL
EVERYBODY IS CAUGHT.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Song: Game, Pastime, Sport |
Date learned: 11-25-1970
CHASE
THERE ARE TWO TEAMS. ONE TEAM STANDS AROUND A POLE.
THE OTHER TEAM GOES AND HIDES. THE TEAM AROUND THE
POLE COUNTS TO TWENTY AND GOES TO TRY TO FIND THEM.
TO CATCH A GUY, THEY HAVE TO HOLD HIM FOR FIVE
SECONDS. IF THEY CATCH HIM, HE HAS TO STAY AT THE POLE.
IF A PLAYER WHO IS NOT CAUGHT SEES ANYBODY AT THE
POLE HE CAN GO AND FREE HIM BY TAGGING HIM. WHEN
EVERYBODY IS CAUGHT THE TEAMS CHANGE ROLES.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 11-25-1970
PEG AND STICK
A STICK ABOUT FOUR INCHES LONG IS WHITTLED DOWN TO A
POINT ON EACH END. IT IS CALLED A PEG. THE STICK
WAS ABOUT TWELVE INCHES LONG. IT IS USED TO TAP
THE PEG ON EITHER END AND AS THE PEG ROSE IN THE AIR
TO STRIKE IT TOWARDS THE OPPONENT'S GOAL. THE GAME
IS PLAYED ON THE STREET, USING THE CURBS AS A SIDELINE
BOUNDARY. THE GOALS ARE USUALLY SET APART FOR THE
DISTANCE OF FIVE OR SIX HOUSES. MANHOLE COVERS WERE
LOCATED ON EACH END. EACH MAN TOOK HIS TURN AT THE
PEG. IT WOULD REMAIN IN THE POSITION IT LANDED RE-
GARDLESS WHERE--EVEN UP AGAINST A CURB. WHEN A
PLAYER FELT HE WAS CLOSE ENOUGH TO A PLAYER'S GOAL,
HE WOULD TRY TO THROW THE PEG AT HIS OPPONENT'S
STICK WHICH WAS PLACED IN A ROUND HOLE CARVED JUST IN
FRONT OF THE MANHOLE COVER, IF HE HITS THE STICK
HE RECEIVES A POINT. WHEN A PLAYER RECEIVES A SET
NUMBER OF POINTS, HE IS THE WINNER.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-29-1970