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FLOWERS MAY WITHER,
SONGS MAY DIE,
SOME WILL FORGET YOU,
BUT NEVER WILL I...
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; BATON ROUGE
Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH VERSE? ; RHYME: MASCULINE, ABCB ; SINCERITY INDIRECTION PLEDGE FRIENDSHIP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.325 |
IF YOU SEE A CROSSED EYED PERSON ON ANY
FRIDAY OF THE MONTH NEVER LOOK HIM IN THE
EYES. IF YOU TAKE THE CHANCE AND LOOK HIM
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; BATON ROUGE
James Callow Keyword(s): CROSS-EYED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
IF YOU ARE WALKING DOWN THE STREET AND YOU
SUDDENLY REMEMBER THAT YOU FORGOT AND LEFT
SOMETHING BEHIND, DON'T TURN AROUND UNTIL
YOU SPIT IN THE STREET AND MAKE AN X WITH
YOUR FEET.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT STATED THAT YOU SHOULDN'T TURN
BACK ONCE YOU ARE HEADED SOMEWHERE.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; BATON ROUGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
IF YOU GET OUT OF A CHAIR
AND IT FALLS DOWN YOU WILL
MARRY SOON.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT STATED HE KNOWS
A WOMAN WHO LOVES TO WEAR
RED, AND SHE HAS NEVER BEEN MARRIED.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; BATON ROUGE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
IF A WILD BIRD GETS INTO YOUR
HOUSE, OR IF A DOG KEEPS ON
HOWLING, YOU CAN EXPECT SOMEONE
CLOSE TO YOU TO DIE SOON.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT STATED HE FOUND THIS
TO BE TRUE. HE STATED A WILD
BIRD FLEW INTO HIS HOUSE AND HIS
FATHER DIED SHORTLY THEREAFTER.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; BATON ROUGE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
RECIPE FOR DEODORANT:
GATHER TOGETHER ONE HALF CUP COOKING
SODA, FOUR TABLESPOONS OF VASELINE, AND
ONE FOURTH CUP OF TALCUM POWDER. MIX ALL
INGREDIENTS TOGETHER WITH A FORK. COOK IN
A DOUBLE BOILER UNTIL MIXTURE STARTS TO
SMOOTH OUT. REMOVE FROM HEAT AND IMMEDIATELY
BEAT WITH AN ELECTRIC MIXER AT HIGH SPEED
UNTIL CREAMY.
Submitter comment: I MYSELF TRIED THE DEODORANT AND IT'S GREAT.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; BATON ROUGE
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1985