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IF EVER IN COLLEGE I CROSS YOUR PATH,
I'LL LOOK YOU UP TO DO MY MATH!
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 10-27-1968
ARMY NURSE
IN WORLD WAR I, REGISTERED NURSES WERE DRAFTED. WHEN THE ARMISTICE
WAS SIGNED, THEY STILL HAD TO FINISH THEIR TOURS OF DUTY. SOME
WERE SENT TO THE KENTUCKY HILLS, WHERE THE ONLY MEANS OF
TRANSPORTATION WAS A MULE. "MOST OF US WERE EIGHTEEN-YEAR-OLD CITY
GALS. PICTURE US PUSHING AND PULLING THOSE DUMB ANIMALS UP THE
HILLS."
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
NOT GIVEN
DON'T WRITE A LETTER ON TWO KINDS OF PAPER; IT MAY NOT REACH ITS
DESTINATION, OR THE ANSWER MAY BRING BAD NEWS.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE ELMORE GHOST
NOT TOO LONG AGO IN ELMORE, OHIO, A GROUP OF DRUNK TEENAGERS
RAN INTO AND KILLED A POLICEMAN ON A MOTORCYCLE. THIS WAS
WITNESSED BY A PERSON LIVING IN A HOUSE NOT FAR AWAY. THE
PERSON DIED OF SHOCK. IF YOU GO THERE YOU CAN SEE CAR LIGHTS
COMING AT YOU, FEEL THE BUMP-BUMP OF A MOTORCYCLE ON YOUR CAR
HOOD AND SEE A LIGHT MOVE FROM WINDOW TO WINDOW OF THE NOW-
DESERTED HOUSE.
Date learned: 00-00-1968
IF YOU FIND A PENNY IT IS GOOD LUCK AS LONG AS
YOU KEEP IT. IF YOU CONSISTENTLY FIND PENNIES
WITH A PARTICULAR PERSON, THAT PERSON IS ALSO GOOD
LUCK.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Good luck Money |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
JEWS MUST MAKE A SALE TO THE FIRST CUSTOMER THEY HAVE
OR THEY WILL HAVE A BAD DAY OR UNSUCCESSFUL BUSINESS.
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Observation BELIEF -- Work Commerce Business |
Date learned: 09-07-1965
MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO BELIEVE THAT IF THERE WAS A
FLY IN THE HOUSE, IT WOULD MEAN DEATH TO SOMEONE IN
THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: SHE WAS VERY SUPERSTITIOUS.
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-07-1965
HER GRANDMOTHER IN KENTUCKY USED TO TELL HER THIS:
IF YOU START A DRESS ON FRIDAY, IT MUST BE DONE
BY THE NEXT FRIDAY OR ELSE THE WEARER WON'T
OUTLIVE THE DRESS.
Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO ; KENTUCKY
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 09-07-1965
WHEN A SPOON FELL ON THE FLOOR, IT WAS BELIEVED THAT
A LADY WOULD VISIT. WHEN A KNIFE FELL, A MAN WAS
EXPECTED TO VISIT. IF A FORK FELL EVERYONE SAID,
"COMPANY'S COMING."
Submitter comment:
THIS MY MOTHER REMEMBERED SINCE SHE WAS FIVE YEARS
OLD (1926).
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration Implement to handle food BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1926
IF THE HEM OF YOUR SKIRT HANGS HIGHER IN THE BACK,
YOU WILL HAVE A DATE TONIGHT.
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Dress, buttons, jewelry |
IF YOU EVER SIT ON A TABLE, YOU'LL ALWAYS BE AN OLD MAID.
Submitter comment:
THIS OLD SAYING WAS CLEARLY TO KEEP ME OFF THE FURNITURE
AND ENCOURAGE ME TO BE MORE LADYLIKE.
James Callow Keyword(s): SPINSTER
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Good luck P881.2 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR
DURING THE 1930'S IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A HOUSE OF THE LITTLE SISTERS
RAN OUT OF COAL FOR THEIR FURNACE AND COULD NOT GET ANY MORE FROM THE
COAL COMPANY BECAUSE OF PAST BILLS THAT WERE STILL OWED. SO ONE OF
THE SISTERS PLACED A STATUE OF ST. JOSEPH IN THE COAL BIN AND THE
WHOLE COMMUNITY PRAYED FOR ST. JOSEPH TO HELP THEM. THE NEXT DAY,
WHILE A COAL TRUCK WAS MAKING A DELIVERY TO THE BUILDING NEXT TO THE
LITTLE SISTERS, THE DRIVER BY MISTAKE EMPTIED THE COAL INTO THEIR
BASEMENT, BURYING THE STATUE OF ST. JOSEPH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS STORY BY ONE OF THE LITTLE SISTERS AT
THEIR TOLEDO, OHIO HOME.
Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- B439 BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 09-20-1972
BELIEF
MR. SOBCZOK SAID HE LIVED NEXT TO THIS LADY AND SHE BELIEVED
THAT FISH AND FROGS FELL FROM THE CLOUDS AFTER A HEAVY RAIN.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Animal Life |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A SPECK OF DIRT ON THE YOLK OF EGGS SHOWS THAT A MALE CHICK WILL
BE HATCHED FROM IT.
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CRICKET
IF YOU KILL A CRICKET, IT WILL COME IN THE NIGHT AND EAT HOLES IN
YOUR CLOTHES.
Submitter comment:
I CAN REMEMBER AS A CHILD, BELIEVING THIS TO THE POINT WHERE I
STAYED UP GUARDING MY CLOSET ALL NIGHT FROM THE ONSLAUGHT OF A
PREVIOUSLY KILLED CRICKET.
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FISH
FISH IS BRAIN FOOD.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Fish |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
RIDDLE
Q: WHAT HAS ONE EYE BUT CANNOT SEE?
A: A NEEDLE.
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; NOTION ITEMS (A) ; PARTS OF THE BODY (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RIDDLE
Q: A RIDDLE, A RIDDLE, AS I SUPPOSE, / A HUNDRED EYES, AND NEVER
A NOSE.
A: POTATO.
Submitter comment: I WAS ASKED THIS RIDDLE AS A YOUNGSTER AT A BIRTHDAY PARTY.
Keyword(s): EATABLES AND DRINKS (A) ; PARTS OF THE BODY (Q) ; PRIVATIONAL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle True Riddle |
Date learned: 00-00-1946
STAR BELIEF
MAKE A WISH ON THE FIRST STAR THAT YOU SEE AT NIGHT.
SAYING, 'STAR BRIGHT, STAR LIGHT, THE FIRST STAR THAT I SEE TONIGHT
I WISH IT MAY, I WISH IT MIGHT, I WISH MY WISH COMES TRUE TONIGHT.
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Use of Object P860.642 |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
BLEEDING HEART
IF YOU TAKE APART A BLEEDING HEART BLOSSOM IN FULL BLOOM
YOU WILL GET 2 RABBITS, 2 CLIPPERS, 2 EARRINGS, AND A BOTTLE.
Submitter comment:
PARTS OF THE FLOWER RESEMBLE THESE THINGS
SAYS COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN