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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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Prose Narrative - Weather
Cold weather's coming cuz the hogs is carrying sticks.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; Ashland City
Keyword(s): Folk ; Maxim ; Narrative ; Prose ; Saying ; VERSE ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Air Weather Fire |
Prose-Weather
When you hear the first whipoorwhill call, its the right time to plant the corn.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; Ashland City
Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE ; BIRDS ; CORN ; FARMING ; GARDENING ; PLANT ; Prose
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Air Weather Fire |
Custom
When someone would sneeze in his family - they'd say "scat" to imply that the sneeze sounded like a cat hissing.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; Ashland City
Keyword(s): CAT ; CUSTOM ; FAMILY ; Saying ; SNEEZE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Custom |
Speech - Formula
In answer to a question of what to do in a certain situation - Take it to the river and throw it in the creek.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; Ashland City
Keyword(s): Creek ; Response ; Retor ; River ; Saying
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |