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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SMART {SIC} AS A TACK
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
SOFT AS COTTON
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
FOLK NAME
SOMETHING ON A STICK
Submitter comment: MEANING "SOMETHING SPECIAL"
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
STRONG AS AN OX
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
FOLK SPEECH
TO JUMP FROM THE FRYING PAN INTO THE FIRE
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
Keyword(s): COOKING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
FOLK NAME
TO JUMP OVER THE BROOMSTICK
Submitter comment: (MEANING 'TO MARRY')
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
FOLK NAME
TO KICK THE BUCKET
Submitter comment: (MEANING 'TO DIE')
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
CURE FOR FLU
CASTOR OIL AND TURPENTINE SPRINKLED ON HAIR.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant learned this from the book "These Are Our Lives" (Kingsport Press, 1939, pp.26-29), a Federal Writers' Project publication featuring the everyday lives of people in the South.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; KINGSPORT ; "These Are Our Lives"
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1939
POISON IVY CURE
USE EQUAL PARTS APPLE CIDER, VINEGAR, AND WATER, DAB ON AREA AND
ALLOW TO DRY. APPLY OFTEN.
Submitter comment:
LIZZIE'S LIVED IN THE WOODS ALL HER LIFE, THIS IS THE BEST CURE
SHE KNOWS OF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; KINGSTON SPRING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
RINGWORM CURE
APPLY APPLE CIDER VINEGAR WITH FINGERS TO RINGWORM SIX TIMES A DAY.
Submitter comment:
WORKS GREAT SAYS LIZZIE, CURED EVERYONE SHE'S EVER SEEN.
LEARNED FROM MOTHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; KINGSTON SPRING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
BED WETTING CURE
GIVE THE CHILD A TEASPOONFUL OF HONEY. ACTS AS A SEDATIVE AND
SOME SAY IT ATTRACTS AND HOLDS FLUIDS, SPARING THE KIDNEYS.
Submitter comment:
LIZZIE SWEARS BY IT AND SHE HAD NINE CHILDREN, FOUR OF WHOM
WERW BED WETTERS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; KINGSTON SPRING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CATS AND DEATH
IN ROCKWOOD, WHEN I WAS A LITTLE BOY, THE LAUDS (LANDS?)
FAMILY USED TO BE OUR NEIGHBORS. WELL, MR. LANDS DIED.
YOU KNOW BACK THEN THEY ALWAYS KEPT THE BODY IN THE
HOUSE FOR ABOUT A WEEK. WELL, THEY KEPT MR. LANDS'
BODY SO LONG, IT STARTED TURNING BLACK. WELL, THE LANDS
HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF CATS. YOU KNOW THEY SAY CATS TRY
TO GET ON A DEAD BODY AND SCRATCH IT. THOSE CATS GOT
INTO THAT CASKET ONE NIGHT AND THEY CAUGHT THEM JUST
IN TIME. THOSE CATS WOULD GET UP ON THE SCREEN WINDOW
RIGHT NEXT TO THE BODY AND TRY TO GET IN.
James Callow comment: APOSTROPHE ADDED
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; KINGSTON
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
SLEEP WALKING
NELL, MY MOTHER'S SISTER, USED TO WALK IN HER SLEEP.
SHE WALKED RIGHT OUT OF THE HOUSE ONE NIGHT TOWARD
THE RAILROAD TRACK THAT YOU HAD TO CROSS TO GET TO THE
ROAD. HER DAD MISSED HER AND RAN OUTSIDE TO FIND HER.
HE CAUGHT HER JUST AS SHE WAS STARTING TO CROSS THE TRACK
WITH A TRAIN COMIN'. HE JERKED HER OFF THE TRACK JUST
AS THE TRAIN RAN BY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; KINGSTON
James Callow Keyword(s): SLEEPWALKER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed PROSE NARRATIVE -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
For most it is available three times a day.
For others it is always a treat.
But if those others really pray, it will come
and make their hunger go away.
Answer: food
Submitter comment:
I learned this from a street lady (bum) in
Knoxville, Tennessee.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; Knoxville
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
HOW TO ANSWER A MULTIPLE CHOICE TEST
LORE AT UTK IS THAT THE ROTC METHOD OF FOR ANSWERING A MULTIPLE
CHOICE EXAM. THE TECHNIQUE IS THAT IF THE ANSWER IS NOT "A" OR
"D" DEFINITELY THEN IT IS "C." IF YOU DON" KNOW THE ANSWER
AT ALL, GUESS WITH "C" AND IT WILL USUALLY BE RIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; Knoxville
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 11-00-1971
CURE FOR WARTS
PUT SEVEN PEBBLES IN A SMALL POUCH, THEN DROP IT IN A
FREQUENTLY USED PATH. SEVEN DAYS AFTER SOMEONE HAS PICKED
IT UP, YOUR WARTS WILL DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; Knoxville
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing P760.1 |
Date learned: 11-00-1972
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES IN FRONT OF A PERSON, IT IS AN
INDICATION OF BAD LUCK TO FOLLOW. TO BREAK THE BAD LUCK, THE
PERSON IS TO TURN THEIR HATS AROUND IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals BELIEF -- Conversions |
Date learned: 04-29-1969
GO OUT THE SAME DOOR THAT YOU ENTER THE HOUSE FROM.
IF YOU DO NOT, IT WILL CAUSE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck |
WHEN A WOOLY WORM CRAWLS PAST ONE, HE IS SUPPOSED TO SPIT
IMMEDIATELY TO BREAK THE BAD LUCK THAT IT IS CAUSING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Bad luck BELIEF -- Conversions SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 04-29-1969
LAFAYETTE, TENNESSEE IS LOCATED WHERE IT IS BECAUSE OF AN
OLD SPRING THAT FURNISHED THE SETTLERS WATER. IT IS LOCATED
BEHIND THE OLD LAFAYETTE AUTO PARTS BUILDING. IT IS NOW
REFERRED TO AS THE TOWN SPRING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LAFAYETTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 03-29-1969