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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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IF ONE DOES NOT WASH HIS EARS, POTATOES WILL GROW OUT OF
THEM.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Dirt ; EARS ; Potatoes ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
There once was a professor who was very abrasive in dealing with the students. IOne day he even told one student to go to hell. Well, the student went to Dr. Payne and told him about it..."why he even told me to go to hell!" Dr. Payne replied: "well, if I were you, I wouldn't do it."
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): HELL ; JOKE ; Professor ; Student ; Tale
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale |
Language: Rhyme
Little Sally Walker, sittin in a saucer,
Rise, Sally, Rise.
Now winking eyes, Now you shake it to the East,
Shake it to the West, Shake it to the very one that Sally loves the best.
Around and around and around she goes,
Where she stops, nobody knows.
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Hand Clapping Game
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Clapping ; GAME ; Language ; RHYME ; Sally ; Social
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics |
Prose Narrative - Weather
When the moon is a half cresent, it's going to rain because the moon is going to tip up and spill the rain out of the corners.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): MOON ; Narrative ; Prose ; Rain ; TALL TALE ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Air Weather Fire |
Rain-Prose
If the rain drops hang from the tree limbs - cold weather is coming.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Cold ; Narrative ; PREDICTION ; Prose ; Rain ; Tree ; WEATHER ; WINTER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Prose-Snow
If the snow stays on the ground more than three days - its waiting on another snowfall.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): PREDICTION ; Saying ; SIGN ; SNOW ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
War Cries
Geronimo! & Bombs Away!
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Bomb ; Historical References ; Holler ; Narrative ; Rally Cry ; Saying ; WAR ; War Cry
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- War cries |
Verse - Wit
Jungle Bells, shotgun shells
Robin laid an egg
The batmobile lost a wheel
and the Joker got away.
(sung to the tune of Jingle Bells)
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BATMAN ; Carol ; Christmas Carol ; Comic ; holiday ; Jingle Bells ; Pop Culture ; SONG ; Spoof
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wit |
Saying
He's busier than a one-armed paper hangar with the hives.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Arm ; BODY PART ; HIVES ; METAPHOR ; Saying ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Custom
Speech - Professional Group:
At St. Thimas Hospital - the operator will page a Mr. Salamander to come to a certain ward if there's a fire in that ward - so as not to alarm patients and visitors.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Code ; FIRE ; FIRE ; HOSPITAL ; Page ; Salamander
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
Formula
If you stay all night I'll stand ya up in the corner (?)
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Corner ; Overnight ; Saying ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
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Joke - Riddle
What's big and purple and travels under water?
Answer: Moby Grape
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): GAME ; Grape ; JOKE ; Melville ; Moby Dick ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; RIDDLE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Riddle - Question
Some months have thirty days some have thirty one. HOw many months have twenty eight?
Answer: all of them.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CALENDAR ; Dates ; Month ; PUZZLE ; RIDDLE ; Trick Question
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Riddle - Question
How many animals of each species did Moses take on the ark with him?
Answer: Moses didn't build the ark, Noah did.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ANIMALS ; Ark ; Moses ; Noah ; QUESTION ; RELIGION ; RIDDLE ; Trick Question
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Saying
My momma didn't have no fool.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; 812 Shelby Ave.
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Speech
"Heap" of something--means a lot of it.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; 812 Shelby Ave.
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Speech
"Pretty much"-- means a good bit.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; 812 Shelby Ave.
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Speech
"Right much" or "right many"--means several.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; 812 Shelby Ave.
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Speech
"No call"--meaning no reason.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; 812 Shelby Ave.
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |