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PROVERB
GREY EYED GREEDY GUT GOING AROUND AND EATS THE WORLD UP.
Submitter comment: TAUNT SAID TO CHILDREN WHO ATE TOO MUCH TOO FAST.
Data entry tech comment: COLLECTOR'S SPELLING OF "TAUNT."
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): GLUTTONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
LET'S GET DOWN TO WHERE THE WATER HITS THE WHEEL.
Submitter comment: LET'S GET DOWN TO BUSINESS!
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): BUSINESS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
POT CALLING THE KETTLE BLACK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-16-1972
PROVERB
CAN'T MAKE A SILK PURSE OUT OF A SOW'S EAR.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 06-26-1972
OLD TIMERS BELIEVED THAT TO THROW A BUNDLE OF FODDER IN
THE WATER WHERE A DROWNING BODY DISAPPEARED IS THE WAY
TO LOCATE IT. THE FODDER ALWAYS STOPS DIRECTLY OVER THE
SPOT WHERE THE PERSON IS LYING.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 07-10-1973
IF YOU LEAVE HOME AND HAVE TO TURN BACK FOR SOMETHING YOU
MAKE A CROSS IN THE ROAD WITH YOUR FOOT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Date learned: 07-10-1973
AFTER SCRUBBING AND MOPPING WAS DONE, OUR OLD FOLKS
USED TO CROSS THE MOP AND THE BROOM TO KEEP OUT WITCHES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Measure of time Working BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications |
Date learned: 07-10-1973
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR A RABBIT TO RUN ACROSS THE ROAD AHEAD
OF YOU, BUT IF YOU TEAR A BIT OF YOUR CLOTHING AT THE
TIME--IT BREAKS THE SPELL.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Date learned: 07-10-1973
THE LEFT HIND FOOT OF A MALE () FASTENED TO A YARN STRING
AND TIED AROUND A BABY'S NECK WILL CURE TEETHING SICKNESS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-10-1973
BABIES' COLDS AND A LAXATIVE:
ONIONS ROASTED AND THE JUICE EXTRACTED AND HONEY ADDED.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 07-10-1973
CURE FOR PNEUMONIA:
KILL A CHICKEN, SPLIT IT OPEN AND BEND OVER LUNGS TO
DRAW OUT SORENESS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 07-10-1973
CURE FOR SNAKE BITE:
KILL A CHICKEN, SPLIT IT OPEN ON THE WOUND TO DRAW OUT
THE POISON.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 07-10-1973
TO STOP BLEEDING OF THE NOSE:
WHEN THE NOSE STARTS BLEEDING JUST DROP AS MANY DROPS
OF BLOOD INTO A BOTTLE AS YOU ARE YEARS OLD. CORK THE
BOTTLE UP TIGHT AND HANG IT IN THE CHIMNEY; YOUR NOSE
WILL STOP BLEEDING AND WILL NEVER BLEED AS LONG AS THE
BOTTLE HANGS THERE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-10-1973
CURE FOR FRECKLES:
KILL A CHICKEN AND WASH THE FACE IN FRESH CHICKEN BLOOD.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 07-10-1973
TO CURE A BOIL OR "RISEN":
YOU JUST RUN YOUR FINGER AROUND THE EDGE OF THE "RISEN"
AND THEN MAKE A CROSS WITH YOUR FINGER RIGHT IN THE
MIDDLE OF IT. THEN PUT YOUR FINGER IN THE DUST ON THE
GROUND AND TOUCH THE CENTER OF YOUR CROSS WITH THE END
OF YOUR DUSTY FINGER. IF THE "RISEN" AIN'T TOO FAR GONE
IT WILL GO AWAY INSIDE OF TWELVE HOURS. AND IFFIN' IT IS
TOO FAR GONE IT'LL COME TO A HEAD RIGHT AWAY. THE CORE
WILL COME OUT PLUM EASY. YOU'VE GOT TO BELIEVE IT
THOUGH OR IT WON'T WORK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-10-1973
TO KEEP MUMPS FROM FALLING INTO THE LOWER BODY, A RED
YARN STRING WAS SATURATED IN THE MANURE OF SWINE AND
TIED AROUND THE NECK LIKE A STRAND OF BEADS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-10-1973
CURE FOR SHINGLES:
KILL A COAL BLACK HEN AND RUB THE BLOOD ON THE PLACES
THAT WERE BROKEN OUT AND THEY WILL LEAVE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 07-10-1973
JAUNDICE:
ANGLE WORMS WERE DUG AND FRIED IN THEIR OWN GREASE AND
THEN GIVEN TO THE SICK. I SAW TWO PEOPLE CURED THAT WAY
AFTER THEY HAD TRIED DOCTOR'S REMEDIES AND THAT HASN'T
BEEN SO LONG AGO.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 07-10-1973