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MY MOTHER'S UNCLE TAUGHT HER THIS LITTLE BALLAD ABOUT A FARM
GIRL AND A TRAVELING SALESMAN:
"A FARMER'S DAUGHTER NAMED LOU'ELLER
WAS THE PRETTIEST GIRL FOR MILES AROUND.
BUT THAT POOR GIRL DINT HAVE NO FELLER
UNTIL ONE DAY WHEN SHE WENT TO TOWN.
SHE WENT DOWN TO THE VILLAGE DEPOT
TO WATCH THAT EVENIN' TRAIN COME IN
AND MET A DRUMMER FROM THE CITY WITH
TWO GOLD TEETH AND A WALKIN' CANE.
THEY WENT DOWN TO THE VILLAGE DRUGSTORE
AND AT THE COUNTER THEY DID SAT
HE FILLED HER FULL OF SASPARILLA
TILL SHE DINT KNOW WHERE SHE WAS AT.
ALAS! ALACK! FOR PORE LOUELLER
SHE STARTED SOMETHING SHE COULD NOT STOP
NOW EVER' TIME SHE GETS A NICKEL
SHE BLOWS IT IN ON SODY-POP.
AND IN THE EVENIN'S IN THE SUMMER
AT THE DEPOT DOOR SHE WAITS IN VAIN
AND ROLLS HER EYES AT EVER' DRUMMER
THAT GITS FROM OFF THAT EVENIN' TRAIN."
Where learned: OHIO ; CINCINNATI
James Callow Keyword(s): DRUMMER = SALESMAN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad Epic Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C230 |
Date learned: 00001950S
SMART-ALECK
WORK FASCINATES ME, I COULD WATCH IT FOR HOURS.
Submitter comment: HEARD DURING SCHOOL DAYS.
Where learned: OHIO
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1957
HORROR STORY
TWO GIRLS WERE ASLEEP IN THEIR ROOM. ONE OF THE GIRLS
AWOKE WHEN SHE HEARD HUMMING. SHE POKED HER SISTER
TO ASK HER IF SHE HEARD IT, TOO. RECEIVING NO ANSWER,
SHE TURNED ON THE LIGHT. THERE IN A ROCKER SAT AN OLD
MAN ROCKING BACK AND FORTH HUMMING TO HER SISTER'S
SEVERED HEAD, WHICH HE HELD IN HIS ARMS.
Submitter comment:
GIRL FINDS MURDERER IN ROCKING CHAIR HOLDING HER SISTER'S SEVERED
HEAD AND HUMMING.
Where learned: OHIO ; PORT CLINTON
Keyword(s): GORE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ordinary Tale |
Date learned: 1964-65
MY MOTHER'S UNCLE TAUGHT HER THIS SONG WHICH WAS SUNG ON BACK
PORCHES OR AT SOCIALS IN THE EVENINGS AFTER ALL THE CHORES WERE
DONE.
"THERE'S AN OLD APPLE TREE IN THE ORCHARD
THAT LIVES IN MY MEMORY
IT WAS PLANTED BY MY PAPPY--HE WAS HANDSOME, YOUNG AND HAPPY
WHEN HE PLANTED THE OLD APPLE TREE.
ONE NIGHT PAPPY TOOK SISTER NORTON OUT ON A JAMBOREE
WHEN THEY GOT BACK AT SUN-UP, BROTHER NORTON RAISED HIS GUN
UP
AND HE CHASED PAPPY OUT IN THE TREE.
WHEN THE NEIGHBORS CAME AFTER MY PAPPY
UP IN THE TREE WAS HE
THEY TOOK A ROPE AND STRUNG HIM BY THE NECK AND THEY HUNG
HIM ON A BRANCH OF THE OLD APPLE TREE.
SAY GOOD-BYE, SAY GOOD-BYE, SAY GOOD-BYE TO THE OLD APPLE
TREE
IF MY PAPPY HAD A KNOWED IT, HE'D BE SORRY THAT HE GROWED IT
CAUSE HE DIED ON THE OLD APPLE TREE."
Where learned: OHIO ; CINCINNATI
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad Epic |
Date learned: 0001950S
WHEN MY MOTHER'S OLDER BROTHER WAS ASKED TO SAY THE PRAYER
OVER DINNER, HE WOULD SAY, "GOOD BREAD, GOOD MEAT, GOOD GOD, LET'S
EAT!" THIS BLESSING WAS NOT RECEIVED FAVORABLY WITH HIS CHURCH OF
CHRIST PARENTS!
Where learned: OHIO ; CINCINNATI
Keyword(s): GRACE
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 00001940S
WHEN MY MOTHER WAS A LITTLE GIRL, SHE AND HER BROTHERS KNEW
OF A SPIRIT WHO LIVED IN A CLOSET. THE SPIRIT WAS CALLED "BEJA
BOJA." ONLY THE CHILDREN TALKED TO HIM AND OF THEM IT WAS MOSTLY
THE BOYS. HE TOLD THEM TO DO THINGS AND THEY SHARED THEIR TREATS
WITH HIM. THE OLDEST BROTHERS RESPONDED TO HIM THE MOST AND THEY
USED HIS INFLUENCE TO CONTROL THE YOUNGER SISTERS, AS IN "BEJA
BOJA SAYS...." MANY YEARS LATER, MY MOTHER MENTIONED HIM TO A
HUNGARIAN FRIEND'S MOTHER WHO TOLD HER THAT "BEJA" IS HUNGARIAN
FOR "MAN." THUS "BEJA BOJA" IS THE MYTHICAL MAN WHO LIVED IN A
CLOSET.
Where learned: OHIO ; CINCINNATI
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Devil Demon |
Date learned: 00001940S
HIGH STEPPING HORSES
MY MOTHER LEARNED THIS SONG WHEN SHE WAS IN KINDERGARTEN.
"HIGH STEPPING HORSES"
HIGH STEPPING HORSES,
HIGH STEPPING HORSES
WHAT DO HIGH STEPPING HORSES SAY?
WHAT DO HIGH STEPPING HORSES SAY?
HEE-HAW! HEE-HAW! HEE-HAW! HEE-HAW!
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER DID NOT LIKE THIS SONG BECAUSE SHE LOVED HORSES AND
SHE KNEW THEY DID NOT SAY "HEE-HAW." SHE DID NOT TEACH IT TO HER
CHILDREN. IT WAS LEARNED AT PEASLEE SCHOOL IN CINCINNATI.
Where learned: OHIO ; CINCINNATI
James Callow Keyword(s): ONOMATOPOEIA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 00001946CA
CUSTOMARY SAYING
UP THE WOODEN HILL.
MEANS UP THE STAIRS AND TO BED.
Submitter comment: MY FATHER AND MOTHER USED TO SAY THIS.
Where learned: OHIO
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
RIDDLE
WHAT IS PURPLE AND HAS BEATLES?
ANSWER: GRAPE BRITAIN
Data entry tech comment: THE BEATLES WERE A ROCK MUSIC GROUP FROM ; GREAT BRFITAIN
Where learned: OHIO
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
COLD REMEDY
WARM ORANGE JUICE AND TWO TEA SPOONS OF HONEY IS GOOD MEDICINE FOR
A COLD.
Submitter comment: SHE STILL USES THIS REMEDY.
Where learned: OHIO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
TOOTH ACHE REMEDY
CLOVES FOR A TOOTH ACHE.
Where learned: OHIO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
FAINTING REMEDY
IF A PERSON FAINTS PLACE A SPIRIT OF AMMONIA UNDER THAT PERSON'S
NOSE, AND THEY SHOULD COME TO.
Where learned: OHIO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
ARGICULTURE BELIEF
CORN SHOULD BE KNEE HIGH BY THE FOURTH OF JULY
Submitter comment: A BELIEF OF THE FARMS IN OHIO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 00001960S
Saying
If you are serarated from the person you are walking with by a pole say "bread and butter."
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added By TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P880] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Keyword(s): BREAD ; Butter ; Pole ; Saying ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
SONG
MY BONNIE HAS TUBERCULOSIS,
MY BONNIE HAS ONLY ONE LUNG.
SHE SPITS UP A BLOODY CORRUPTION,
AND ROLLS IT AROUND ON HER TONGUE.
Submitter comment:
( SONG TO TUNE OF " MY BONNIE LIES OVER THE
OCEAN. " )
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Daily Life |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
FRIENDSHIP
WHEN THE FUTURE IS PRESENT,
AND THE PRESENT IS PAST,
MAY THE LIGHT OF OUR FRIENDSHIP
SHINE BRIGHT TO THE LAST.
Where learned: OHIO ; VERSE ON DECORATED POSTCARD ; IRONTON
Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB ; WISH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
RETORT
WHAT DID YOU DO, FALL OUT OF AN OAK TREE?
Submitter comment:
(SAID) WHEN SOMEONE SAYS SOMETHING STUPID; IMPLIES
THEY ARE A NUT, SAYS COLLECTOR.
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 04-18-1971
TANGLETALK
LOCK IT WHERE YOU LEAVE IT AND YOU'LL FIND IT WHERE YOU LEFT IT.
Submitter comment: SAID WHEN GETTING OUT OF CAR, SAYS COLLECTOR.
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
TALE
WHEN I WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL IN EUCLID, OHIO, THERE WAS A STORY
MAKING THE ROUNDS ABOUT A COUPLE WHO HAD BEEN PARKED IN THE
LOCAL LOVER'S LAND IN METROPOLITAN PARK. IT SEEMS THEY HAD
THE RADIO ON AND HEARD A NEWS REPORT ABOUT A PROWLER WHO HAD
KILLED SEVERAL YOUNG COUPLES THAT HE HAD FOUND IN PARKED CARS.
HE WAS AN ESCAPEE FROM ONE OF THE VETERANS' HOSPITALS. HE WAS
A VETERAN OF WW II OR KOREA, THIS VARIES. ANYWAY, HIS HANDS HAD
BEEN BLOWN OFF WHEN A BOMB THAT HE WAS DEACTIVATING WENT OFF.
HE HAD HOOKS ON HIS WRISTS INSTEAD OF HANDS. HIS MIND HAD
SNAPPED WITH THE SHOCK AND HE WAS CONFINED IN A MENTAL WARD,
UNTIL HE ESCAPED. THE GIRL BECAME FRIGHTENED AND INSISTED HER
BOYFRIEND TAKE HER HOME IMMEDIATELY. HE REVVED UP THE MOTOR,
BACKED UP AND TOOK OFF FOR HOME. WHEN HE GOT OUT OF THE CAR
AT HER HOUSE AND WENT OVER TO OPEN HER DOOR, HE NOTICED SOMETHING
HANGING ON THE BACK BUMPER OF THE CAR. HE TOOK HIS GIRL IN AND
CAME BACK TO INVESTIGATE. WHAT HE HAD SEEN WERE TWO HOOKS LOCKED
ON THE BUMPER, THE TYPE USED AS SUBSTITUTES FOR AMPUTATED HANDS.
HE VAGUELY REMEMBERED A SLIGHT JARRING OF THE CAR AS HE BACKED
UP AND TOOK OFF AT TOP SPEED OUT OF METROPOLITAN PARK.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 09-00-1968