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BLACK BART
WESTERN STAGE COACH ROBBER WITH OVER 30 ROBBERIES TO HIS
CREDIT. RETIRED BY WELLS FARGO WITH A PENSION OF $200
A MONTH TO PROTECT THEIR COMPANY.
Where learned: OHIO ; PEMBERVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: 10-14-1971
JOHN HENRY
LEGENDARY STEELDRIVER REPUTED TO WEIGH 33 LBS. AT BIRTH.
FAMOUS FOR WINNING HEROIC CONTEST WITH A STEAM DRILL.
Where learned: OHIO ; PEMBERVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 10-14-1971
ANNIE OAKLEY
FAMED FOR HER PHENOMENAL MARKSMANSHIP. COULD SHOOT
THE HEAD OFF A RUNNING QUAIL WHEN SHE WAS ONLY 8.
STARRED IN BUFFALO BILL'S "WILD WEST SHOW."
Where learned: OHIO ; PEMBERVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 10-14-1971
BUFFALO BILL
FAMOUS INDIAN SCOUT AND HUNTER. WON HIS NAME WHEN
UNDER CONTRACT TO SUPPLY MEAT TO THE RAILROADS. KILLED
4,861 BUFFALO IN ONE SEASON. LATER OPENED FAMOUS
"WILD WEST SHOW."
Where learned: OHIO ; PEMBERVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 10-14-1971
CALAMITY JANE
ROUGH-SHOD FRONTIER TOMBOY. LIKED TO CUSS, WEAR
BUCKSKINS, DRINK AND CHEW TOBACCO. BOASTED THAT
ANYONE WHO OFFENDED HER WAS COURTING CALAMITY.
Where learned: OHIO ; PEMBERVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 10-14-1971
FREBOLD FREBOLDSON
LEGENDARY SWEDISH PIONEER FAMOUS FOR HIS POWERS TO
"BUST DROUGHTS" ON THE GREAT PLAINS. HERO OF MANY
HUMEROUS EXAGGERATIONS ABOUT EARLY PIONEERS.
Where learned: OHIO ; PEMBERVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 10-14-1971
PECOS BILL
MYTHICAL SUPER COWBOY RAISED BY COYOTES. CREDITED
WITH INVENTING ROPING AND OTHER COWBOY SKILLS.
SAID TO HAVE ROPED AND SADDLED A MOUNTAIN LION,
WHICH HE WHIPPED WITH A RATTLESNAKE.
Where learned: OHIO ; PEMBERVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 10-14-1971
WARNING
WHEN YOU GO BY A CEMETERY HOLD YOUR BREATH OR YOU'LL DIE.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.13 |
Date learned: 01-29-1968
PAUL BUNYAN
HEROIC LUMBERJACK, PAUL IS REPUTED TO HAVE LOGGED
OFF THE DAKOTAS ALMOST SINGLEHANDED AND TO HAVE
EATEN ENOUGH FOOD TO FEED THE PEOPLE IN A GOOD-SIZED
CITY.
Where learned: OHIO ; PEMBERVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Abnormal in size |
Date learned: 10-14-1971
BLACK BART
WESTERN STAGE COACH ROBBER WITH OVER 30 ROBBERIES TO HIS
CREDIT. RETIRED BY WELLS FARGO WITH A PENSION OF $200
A MONTH TO PROTECT THEIR COMPANY.
Where learned: OHIO ; PEMBERVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: 10-14-1971
JOHN HENRY
LEGENDARY STEELDRIVER REPUTED TO WEIGH 33 LBS. AT BIRTH.
FAMOUS FOR WINNING HEROIC CONTEST WITH A STEAM DRILL.
Where learned: OHIO ; PEMBERVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 10-14-1971
ANNIE OAKLEY
FAMED FOR HER PHENOMENAL MARKSMANSHIP. COULD SHOOT
THE HEAD OFF A RUNNING QUAIL WHEN SHE WAS ONLY 8.
STARRED IN BUFFALO BILL'S "WILD WEST SHOW."
Where learned: OHIO ; PEMBERVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 10-14-1971
BUFFALO BILL
FAMOUS INDIAN SCOUT AND HUNTER. WON HIS NAME WHEN
UNDER CONTRACT TO SUPPLY MEAT TO THE RAILROADS. KILLED
4,861 BUFFALO IN ONE SEASON. LATER OPENED FAMOUS
"WILD WEST SHOW."
Where learned: OHIO ; PEMBERVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 10-14-1971
CALAMITY JANE
ROUGH-SHOD FRONTIER TOMBOY. LIKED TO CUSS, WEAR
BUCKSKINS, DRINK AND CHEW TOBACCO. BOASTED THAT
ANYONE WHO OFFENDED HER WAS COURTING CALAMITY.
Where learned: OHIO ; PEMBERVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 10-14-1971
FREBOLD FREBOLDSON
LEGENDARY SWEDISH PIONEER FAMOUS FOR HIS POWERS TO
"BUST DROUGHTS" ON THE GREAT PLAINS. HERO OF MANY
HUMEROUS EXAGGERATIONS ABOUT EARLY PIONEERS.
Where learned: OHIO ; PEMBERVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 10-14-1971
PECOS BILL
MYTHICAL SUPER COWBOY RAISED BY COYOTES. CREDITED
WITH INVENTING ROPING AND OTHER COWBOY SKILLS.
SAID TO HAVE ROPED AND SADDLED A MOUNTAIN LION,
WHICH HE WHIPPED WITH A RATTLESNAKE.
Where learned: OHIO ; PEMBERVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 10-14-1971
IN A SINGLE ENGINE AIRPLANE, THE ENGINE ALWAYS RUNS ROUGH
WHEN FLYING OVER WATER LIKE LAKE ERIE AT NIGHT.
Where learned: OHIO ; CESSNA 150-MENTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
SNIPE HUNT
YOU TAKE THE PLEDGES OUT AT NIGHT, WAY OUT INTO A WOODED
AREA. YOU GIVE THEM A FLASHLIGHT AND TELL THEM TO
CATCH A SNIPE BY SHINING THE FLASHLIGHT IN THE FACE
OF THE ANIMAL (WHICH PARALYZES IT) AND SCOOP IT UP IN A
BURLAP SACK. MEANWHILE, THE MEMBERS OF THE GROUP LOSE
THEMSELVES IN THE WOODS, SNEAK UP ON THE PLEDGES AND
SCARE THE WITS OUT OF THEM!
Where learned: OHIO ; HIGH SCHOOL ; HISTORY CLASS ; HISTORY TEACHER ; LORAIN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 03-00-1969
CALIFORNIA GROWS PEACHES,
FLORIDA DOES TOO,
BUT ONLY OHIO
COULD GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU.
Where learned: OHIO ; ROCKY RIVER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
WITCH TEST
THE PERSON SUSPECTED OF BEING A WITCH IS TIED AND THROWN
INTO THE WATER. IF SHE ESCAPES, SHE IS A WITCH AND MUST BE
BURNED. IF SHE DROWNS, SHE IS NOT A WITCH.
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN