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Pitching Terms for Cork Ball
Floaters
Drops
Flutter ball
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C555 |
Cork Ball
Bat--broom stick
Ball--thermos bottle cork wrapped in tape
Two people played: one batter, one pitcher
Specific distance gave a sinigle, longer distance a double, etc.
Pitcher caught ball--automatic out
Out--one strike or fly caught
Three outs an inning
Play nine innings
Object of the game is to outscore the opponent
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Structure for dance, game, pastime, sport, drama, etc. |
Bury dead on hills in mounds.
Higher up the hill, the better the man was.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Look, look you dirty crook
You stole your mother's pocketbook
You turned it in,
You turned it out,
You turned it into sauerkraut.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; 2227 Thistlewood
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Fudge, Fudge,
Tell the judge
(Put person's name) wants a newborn baby
Wrap it up in tissue paper
Send it down the elevator
Boy, Girl, Twins, Triplets (repeat until the person misses a jump)
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
If you eat the ends of a loaf of bread, your hair will curl.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption |
Missed me, missed me
Now you've got to kiss me.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Teacher, teacher I declare
I can see your underwear.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; Box 267
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
God is great
God is good
Let us thank him
For our food.
For by his hands
We all are fed.
We thank him for
Our daily bread.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; Box 267
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
If I should die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to take
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; Box 267
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Star light, star bright
First star I see tonight
I wish I may, I wish I might
Have the wish, I wish tonight
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; Box 267
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Peas, porridge hot
Peas, porridge cold
Peas, porridge in the pot
Nine days old.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; Box 267
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
The bows and ribbons from shower gifts are saved and used to make bouquets for bride and bridesmaids to use in rehearsal.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; Box 267
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
The number of seconds between a clap of thunder and a flash of lightning is equal to the number of miles away the lightning struck.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; Box 267
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of space: distance, height, depth |
To blow--to regurgitate
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; Box 267
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Blow off--college students' term for neglect. Example--to fail to attend class is to blow off a class.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; Box 267
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Turkey--college term referring to a person (usually male) lacking in grace, poise or sense.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; Box 267
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Jukin'--dancing, talking or listening around juke box always done in connection with beer drinking.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; Box 267
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Plushing--the elimination of undesirable candidates during fraternity rush.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; Box 267
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
What's black and white and red (read) all over?
Answer--Newspaper
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; Box 267
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |