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IN WALKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK, IF YOU STEP ON A
CRACK, YOU WILL BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
Submitter comment: PLAYED AS A CHILD.
Where learned: OHIO
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1948
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Riddle
WHAT IS BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER?
VARIATIONS:
-A NEWSPAPER
-A SUNBURNED ZEBRA
-A COMMUNIST NUN
-AN EMBARRASSED NUN
-A SKUNK WITH DIAPER RASH
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Black ; COLOR ; GAME ; Language ; Red ; RIDDLE ; White
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
Tongue Twister
OLD OILY AUTOS (REPEAT FIVE TIMES RAPIDLY).
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; Language ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
SAINT PATRICK'S PURGATORY
IN IRELAND THERE IS A LAKE CALLED LOUGH DEAGH WITH AN ISLAND IN THE
CENTER OF IT. THE ISLAND IS CALLED ST. PATRICK'S PURGATORY. IT IS
SAID THAT ST. PATRICK SPENT THREE DAYS ON THE ISLAND WITHOUT EATING
FOR PENANCE.
Submitter comment:
PEOPLE GO THERE NOW AND SPEND THREE DAYS THERE WITHOUT EATING LIKE
ST. PATRICK.
Where learned: OHIO
Keyword(s): PLACE NAMES ; RELIGION
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 12-01-1969
SAYING
I FELT LIKE A PENNY ASKING FOR CHANGE.
Where learned: OHIO
Keyword(s): FEELING MINISCULE ; FEELING WORTHLESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
SAYING
I FELT LIKE CRAWLING IN A HOLE AND PULLING IT IN AFTER ME.
Where learned: OHIO
Keyword(s): EXPERIENCING DEPRESSION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
POSTCARD FOR LUCK
GOOD LUCK
I PATIENTLY TUMBLED OVER
THE POSTCARDS OLD AND NEW,
TO FIND THIS FOUR LEAF CLOVER
TO SEND FOR LUCK TO YOU.
THE FIRST LEAF STANDS FOR PATIENCE
THE SECOND FOR PLUCK
THE THIRD FOR PERSEVERANCE
THAT'S WHY THE FOURTH BRINGS LUCK.
Submitter comment:
THE VERSE IS PRINTED ON THE FRONT CARD, WITH A PICTURE OF A
CLOVER.
Where learned: OHIO ; VERSE ON POSTCARD ; PAINESVILLE
Keyword(s): CHARM ; RHYME: ABABCDED
James Callow Keyword(s): AMULET ; SYMBOL
The Judson Mart family owns a farm on route 43, approximately
two miles outside of Amsterdam, Ohio. There is a small bridge on
a straight stretch over route 43 in close proximity to the Mart
farmhouse. Occasionally a frantic late night driver would come
pounding on the farm house door, asking to use the telephone to
call someone to pick them up. Most drivers were reluctant to
discuss what they had seen but the few details began to form a
pattern. The drivers had seen a misty form of what appeared to be
a young blonde-haired girl, in a white nightgown, standing in the
center of the bridge. Many drivers had crashed into the bridge in
an attempt to avoid hitting the young girl who quickly
disappeared. At times the crashes were fatal to the driver or
passengers in the cars. Judson Mart relayed that his grandfather
had told him that in the 1800s a young girl had drowned under the
original wooden bridge at the site. It was never determined if she
had been murdered or had drowned while playing there. These
sightings of the blonde young girl have occurred occasionally
from the 1800s until the present time.
Submitter comment:
In 1992, the Judson Mart family still occupies the farmhouse
and occasional late night crash victims still tell of the
sightings.
Where learned: OHIO ; Amsterdam
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
BARN STORM PROTECTION BELIEF
IT IS AN OLD BELIEF AMONG FARMERS THAT IT IS BENEFICIAL
TO LET BARN SWALLOWS BUILD NESTS IN YOUR BARN,
BECAUSE LIGHTNING WILL NEVER STRIKE A BARN WHERE BARN SWALLOWS
LIVE.
Where learned: OHIO ; AMHERST ; collector's home
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 07-00-1962
BARN STORM PROTECTION BELIEF
IT IS AN OLD BELIEF AMONG FARMERS THAT IT IS BENEFICIAL
TO ALLOW BARN SWALLOWS TO BUILD NESTS IN YOUR BARN.
BECAUSE LIGHTNING WILL NEVER STRIKE A BARN WHERE BARN SWALLOWS
LIVE.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 07-00-1962
IT IS AN OLD BELIEF AMONG FARMERS THAT IT IS BENEFICIAL TO LET
BARN-SWALLOWS BUILD NESTS IN YOUR BARN, BECAUSE LIGHTNING WILL
NEVER STRIKE A BARN WHERE BARN-SWALLOWS LIVE.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder |
Tongue Twister
TOMMY THRESHER THREW THREE FREE THROWS (SAY IT THREE
TIMES RAPIDLY).
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAME ; Language ; SPEECH ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
"THEOPHOLUS THISTLER"
THEOPHOLUS THISTLER, THE SUCCESSFUL THISTLE SIFTER,
SUCCESSFULLY SIFTED THREE THOUSAND THISTLES THROUGH THE
THICK OF HIS THUMB. IF THEOPHOLUS THISTLER, THE SUCCESSFUL
THISTLE SIFTER, SUCCESSFULLY SIFTED THREE THOUSAND THISTLES
THROUGH THE THICK OF HIS THUMB, WHERE ARE THE THREE
THOUSAND THISTLES THAT THEOPHOLUS THISTLER, THE SUCCESSFUL
THISTLE SIFTER, SUCCESSFULLY SIFTED THROUGH THE THICK OF HIS
THUMB.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; GAME ; Language ; Sifter ; Thistle ; TONGUE TWISTER
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
Proverbial Speech
WHEN IT IS SPRINKLING RAIN GOD IS CHEWING TOBACCO AGAIN.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Chew ; EUPHEMISM ; God ; Language ; PROVERB ; Raining ; SPEECH ; TOBACCO ; WEATHER
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
PROVERBS OF THE LOCKER ROOM
1-WHEN THE GOIN' GETS TOUGH, THE TOUGH GET GOIN'.
2-THE BEST WAY TO LOSE IS NOT TO.
3-A GIRL BEFORE THE GAME WILL RUIN YOUR CHANCES OF FAME.
4-QUITTERS NEVER WIN AND WINNERS NEVER QUIT.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; L:ocker Room ; PROVERB ; Saying ; SPORTS ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-00-1972