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HANG A PULLEY BONE OVER THE DOOR AND THE FIRST BOY TO
WALK IN WILL BE YOUR HUSBAND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
WHEN YOU'RE PEELING AN APPLE, PEEL IT ALL THE WAY AROUND AND
DON'T BREAK IT. THEN PUT AROUND YOUR HEAD, YOU KNOW, RAISE
YOUR HAND AND SLING IT AROUND AND LET IT FALL BEHIND YOUR
BACK AND IT'LL LAND IN THE SHAPE OF YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
WHEN YOU ACCIDENTALLY DROP YOUR KNIFE, YOUR MAN'S A COMIN'.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF A ROOSTER CROWS IN THE DOOR, IT MEANS SOMEBODY'S COMIN'.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PEOPLE THOUGHT WHEN THEY HEARD THE HORSES NICKERIN' SOMEONE
WAS GONNA DIE. PROBABLY 'CAUSE WHEN YOU WERE AT A FUNERAL
THE HORSES U'D ALL BE NICKERIN, ALL OF 'EM BEIN' TOGETHER
YA' KNOW. SO THEY TOOK IT TO MEAN SOMEONE WAS GONNA DIE
IF THE HORSES TOOK T' NICKERING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF A SCREECH OWL SETTLES IN YOUR YARD AND SCREECHES, THERE
WILL BE A DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
PEOPLE USED T' THINK THAT WHEN YA' HEARD THE COWS BAWLING
THAT MEANT SOMEONE WAS GONNA DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF YOU SEW SOMETHING WHILE WEARING IT, YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): CLOTHES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
A GIRL WHO FAVORS HER FATHER WILL BE LUCKY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): FAVORS = LOOKS LIKE OR RESEMBLES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IT'S BAD LUCK IF YOU WALK WITH ONE SHOE ON AND ONE OFF. MY
GRANDMOTHER TOLD ME THAT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF YOU COME IN ONE DOOR, DON'T GO OUT ANOTHER DOOR OR IT'LL
BRING YOU BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
WHEN YOU PUT SOMETHING ON WRONG SIDE OUT, MAKE A CROSS WITH
YOUR FINGERS OVER YOUR HEART AND YOU WON'T HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; HENDERSONVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications BELIEF -- Conversions Gestures SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
Expression
"To fly off the handle" means to lose your temper.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ;
Keyword(s): Expression ; Fly ; Handle ; Language ; Lose ; Saying ; TEMPER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Expression
Paint the town red, or, go out on the town.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ;
Keyword(s): COLOR ; Entertainment ; Expression ; Language ; Out ; Paint ; Red ; Saying ; Term ; Town
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Entertainment: Song
Song:
I gave my love a cherry that had no stone.
I gave my love a chicken that had no bone.
I gave my love a ring that had no end.
I gave my love a baby with no crying.
How can there be a cherry that has no stone?
How can there be a chicken that has no bone?
How can there be a ring that has no end?
How can there be a baby with no crying?
A cherry when it's bloomin', has no stone.
A chicken when it's pippin', it has no bone.
A ring when it's rollin', it has no end.
A baby when it's sleeping, has no crying.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BABY ; Blooming ; Bone ; Cherry ; Chicken ; CRYING ; Entertainment ; Folksong ; MUSIC ; Pippin ; RHYME ; RING ; Rolling ; Sleeping ; SONG ; STONE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love |
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Entertainment: Song
Jump-Rope Game:
'Double Dutch'
As two people throw two ropes simultaneously in opposite directions, a third person tries to jump both ropes. There is no rhyme to accompany the skipping. It's hard enough to concentrate on the jumping.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Double ; DUTCH ; Entertainment ; GAME ; Jump ; Jump Rope ; Rope ; SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Language: Rhyme
School's out! School's out!
Teacher wore her paddle out!
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Entertainment ; Paddle ; RHYME ; SCHOOL ; TEACHER ; Vacation
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Language: Rhyme
Ridicule Rhyme:
Tattle Tale, Tattle Tale
Hang your britches on a nail,
Hang them high, hang them low,
Hang them in a picture show.
Hang them 'till your fanny shows.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BRITCHES ; Entertainment ; Fanny ; Hang ; High ; Language ; Low ; Nail ; Picture Show ; rat ; RHYME ; RIDICULE ; Tattle Tale
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Entertainment: Game
Engine, engine, number 9
Going down Chicago's line,
If the train should jump the track,
Would you want your money back?
yes, no, maybe.....(repeat until a miss)
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CHICAGO ; Engine ; Entertainment ; GAME ; Jump ; Jump Rope ; Line ; MONEY ; Nine ; NUMBER ; RHYME ; Track
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |