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LEGEND OF FALLING ROCK
ONCE UPON A TIME THIS OLD INDIAN CHIEF WAS GETTING READY TO DIE.
HE HAD TO CHOOSE BETWEEN HIS TWO SONS WHITE FEATHER AND FALLING
ROCK AS TO WHO WOULD BECOME CHIEF. SO HE PLANNED THIS LONG RACE
AND ABOUT 30 DAYS LATER WHITE FEATHERS RETURNED. HE BECAME
CHIEF. BUT FALLING ROCK NEVER RETURNED. INDIANS STILL
TO THIS DAY LOOK FOR FALLING ROCK. THEY HAVE POSTED
SIGNS ALONG CERTAIN HIGHWAYS WHERE THEY SUSPECT HE MIGHT
BE SEEN. THE SIGNS READ, WATCH FOR FALLING ROCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JOHNSON CITY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 07-00-1973
FOLK SPEECH
BETWEEN A ROCK AND A HARD PLACE.
Submitter comment: MEANING CORNERED
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
CLEAN AS A PIN
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
KRAKOWIAK (POLISH DANCE)
LIKE THE AMERICAN SQUARE DANCE.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; NOT GIVEN ; HOME ; PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; LETTER ; OHIO ; NEW JERSEY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; GROSSE POINTE ; HARPER WOODS ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; WARREN ; JAPAN ; RUSSIA ; GRAND RAPIDS ; SHIPLE HALL ; GARDEN CITY ; ROYAL OAK ; TOLEDO ; TRENTON ; FARMINGTON ; KALAMAZOO ; CANADA ; ONTARIO ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT ; MAIL ; INDIANA ; DETROIT, ASSUMED ; TOLD AT HOME ; FERNDALE ; SOUTHFIELD ; TENNESSEE ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL ; HAMTRAMCK ; DEARBORN ; MINNESOTA ; ILLINOIS ; NEW YORK ; FLORIDA ; KOREA ; WISCONSIN ; NEW HAMPSHIRE ; STUDENT UNION ; READING ; AUSTRALIA ; Sylvania ; Sterling Heights ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; GROSSE POINTE PARK ; OAK PARK ; SOUTHGATE ; STURGEON LAKE ; REDFORD ; TOORAK ; VICTORIA ; ROSEVILLE ; LINCOLN PARK ; TRAVERSE CITY ; HUNTINGTON WOODS ; PONTIAC ; TROY ; PORT CHESTER ; SOUTH AMERICA ; BROOKVILLE ; MONTREAL ; SEOUL ; NORTH OLMSTED ; EASTOWN THEATER ; ERIE ; University of Notre Dame ; FRANKLINVILLE ; TORONTO ; TOLD AT ; TOLD BY ; TOLD IN ; SCRANTON ; MONROE ; GLENVIEW ; MOSCOW ; GULLEY ; FINLAND ; HARBOR BEACH ; HOUGHTON LAKE ; Hudson Lake ; INDIANAPOLIS ; JONESBORO ; KANSASVILLE ; LEXINGTON ; MASSILLON ; MAUCH CHUNK ; MELVINDALE ; MILFORD ; NEW ROCHELLE ; NIAGARA FALLS ; PANAMA CITY ; PATAGONIA ; ARGENTINA ; RESIDENCE HALL ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES ; TOLD AT HONORS HOUSE ; AMERICAN HISTORY CLASS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dance |
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TELL A CHILD TO SAY "WINDSHIELD WIPERS."
IF HE DOES, REPLY WITH, "YOU WEAR DIAPERS."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse in Other Group of Folklore C800.500 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
DEAD AS A DOORNAIL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SPEECH
DRESSED OUT OF THE BANDBOX.
Submitter comment: MEANING DRESSED IN FINERY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
Keyword(s): CLOTHING
James Callow Keyword(s): DRESSED FIT TO KILL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK SAYING
"FER PIECE OFF".
Submitter comment: SAID IN REFERENCE TO SOMEONE WHO IS FAR AWAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
"FLAT AS A FRITTER."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
"I SEE", SAID THE BLIND MAN TO HIS DEAF AND DUMB WIFE
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRADICTION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
SHE LOOKS LIKE IF YOU TOUCHED HER, SHE'D BREAK.
Submitter comment: SAID OF A WOMAN WHO IS MADE UP PERFECTLY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
UGLY AS HOMEMADE SIN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NONE GIVEN
UGLY AS A HOMEMADE FENCE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NONE GIVEN
RHYME (MOTTO)
MONEY IS OUR RELIGION, SEX IS OUR GOD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; WEALTH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
MAD AS A WET HEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
SHAKY AS A LEAF
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
SHE CAN RAISE ENOUGH HELL FOR TEN PEOPLE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
Keyword(s): VIOLENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SKINNY AS A RAIL
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SLOW AS SORGHUM IN JANUARY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |