Dr. James T. Callow publications
Browse by
Questions or comments on this site? Please email davidsor@udmercy.edu.
The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
Your search for INDIA returned 231 results.
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
SHORT HAIR IS QUICKLY BRUSHED.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
WE GROW OLD TOO SOON AND SMART TOO LATE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
BLASON POPULAIRE
WHAT ONE HASN'T GOT IN HIS HEAD, HE HAS TO HAVE IN HIS FEET.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HIS FATHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
WHAT ONE PERSON DOESN'T WANT; THE OTHER ONE DOES.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
I HEARD SOMEWHERE THAT IT IS BAD LUCK TO WASH YOUR
HAIR ON SUNDAY, BUT GOOD LUCK TO WASH IT ON
MONDAY.
Where learned: INDIANA ; INDIANAPOLIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Good luck P881.2 BELIEF -- Bad luck Body parts and functions |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FROG CITY
THERE'S A HOUSE ABOUT 2 MILEES OUTSIDE THE COUNTY, NEAR
ZIONSVILLE, THAT HAS ALL SORTS OF STRANGE THINGS. IT IS
SURROUNDED BY ROLLED BARBED-WIRE. THERE IS AN ARMED GUARD ON ONE
SIDE OF A DRAWBRIDGE WHICH CROSSES A SMALL CREEK. THERE IS A SIGN
WHICH READS, "CAUTION, MINEFIELD--SURVIVORS WILL BE PROSECUTED."
THERE ARE STREETLIGHTS IN THE MIDDLE OF A CORNFIELD BELONGING
TO THE HOUSE. I BELIEVE THIS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE AND HAVE
SEEN THEM. NO ONE KNOWS WHO LIVES THERE.
Where learned: INDIANA ; INDIANAPOLIS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Tale ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Permanent and Temporary Dwelling ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Bridge |
Date learned: 05-00-1970
SCREAMING BRIDGE
THERE IS A RAILROAD TRESTLE CROSSING A CREEK ON THE EAST
SIDE OF TOWN. ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, A GIRL IS SAID TO
HAVE BEEN RUN OVER BY A TRAIN WHILE WALKING ACROSS THIS
BRIDGE. SOME NIGHTS, USUALLY BETWEEN 11 P.M. AND 3 A.M.
THE SCREAMING OF THE GIRL CAN BE HEARD WHEN A TRAIN
CROSSES OVER THAT BRIDGE.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SAID SHE WAS THERE ONE NIGHT AND HEARD THE
SCREAMING. SHE SEEMED SCARED JUST TALKING ABOUT IT.
SCREAMING OF GIRL KILLED ON RAILROAD TRESTLE CAN BE HEARD WHEN TRAIN
CROSSES THAT BRIDGE.
Data entry tech comment: PRESUME THIS HAPPENED IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.
Where learned: INDIANA ; INDIANAPOLIS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
FROG CITY
THERE'S A HOUSE ABOUT 2 MILEES OUTSIDE THE COUNTY, NEAR
ZIONSVILLE, THAT HAS ALL SORTS OF STRANGE THINGS. IT IS
SURROUNDED BY ROLLED BARBED-WIRE. THERE IS AN ARMED GUARD ON ONE
SIDE OF A DRAWBRIDGE WHICH CROSSES A SMALL CREEK. THERE IS A SIGN
WHICH READS, "CAUTION, MINEFIELD--SURVIVORS WILL BE PROSECUTED."
THERE ARE STREETLIGHTS IN THE MIDDLE OF A CORNFIELD BELONGING
TO THE HOUSE. I BELIEVE THIS BECAUSE I'VE BEEN THERE AND HAVE
SEEN THEM. NO ONE KNOWS WHO LIVES THERE.
Where learned: INDIANA ; INDIANAPOLIS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Tale ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Permanent and Temporary Dwelling ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Bridge |
Date learned: 05-00-1970
SCREAMING BRIDGE
THERE IS A RAILROAD TRESTLE CROSSING A CREEK ON THE EAST
SIDE OF TOWN. ABOUT TEN YEARS AGO, A GIRL IS SAID TO
HAVE BEEN RUN OVER BY A TRAIN WHILE WALKING ACROSS THIS
BRIDGE. SOME NIGHTS, USUALLY BETWEEN 11 P.M. AND 3 A.M.
THE SCREAMING OF THE GIRL CAN BE HEARD WHEN A TRAIN
CROSSES OVER THAT BRIDGE.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SAID SHE WAS THERE ONE NIGHT AND HEARD THE
SCREAMING. SHE SEEMED SCARED JUST TALKING ABOUT IT.
SCREAMING OF GIRL KILLED ON RAILROAD TRESTLE CAN BE HEARD WHEN TRAIN
CROSSES THAT BRIDGE.
Data entry tech comment: PRESUME THIS HAPPENED IN INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.
Where learned: INDIANA ; INDIANAPOLIS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
BELIEF--DAILY LIFE
A CURDLED SKY NEVER LEAVES THE GROUND DRY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; LA PORTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.890 BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
TO TAKE OFF WARTS, CUT A POTATO IN HALF, RUB THE WART WITH
BOTH HALVES WHILE SAYING SOME MAGIC WORDS (THESE WORDS
AREN'T KNOWN). TIE THE HALVES BACK TOGETHER AND BURY
THEM UNDER THE DRAINPIPE OF THE EAVES. THE WARTS WILL DROP
OFF WHEN THE POTATO HAS ROTTED.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; LA PORTE
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
IF A RED HAIRED CHILD (ESPECIALLY A GIRL) IS BORN INTO THE
FAMILY, IT WAS CONSIDERED A DISGRACE.
Where learned: INDIANA ; LOGANSPORT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
ALWAYS PLANT LATE POTATOES ON GOOD FRIDAY.
Where learned: INDIANA ; LOGANSPORT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
ALWAYS PLANT SWEET PEAS ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY.
Where learned: INDIANA ; LOGANSPORT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 17 Feast of St. Patrick BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
ALWAYS PLANT CUCUMBERS ON THE FOURTH OF JULY AFTER SUNDOWN.
Where learned: INDIANA ; LOGANSPORT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
ALWAYS PLANT POTATOES IN THE DARK OF THE MOON IN JUNE.
Where learned: INDIANA ; LOGANSPORT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
IF YOU SEE A CAT EATING GRASS, IT WILL RAIN SOON.
Where learned: INDIANA ; LOGANSPORT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
IF A BIRD GETS INTO THE HOUSE, THERE WILL SOON BE A DEATH
IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: INDIANA ; LOGANSPORT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
IF YOU GIVE SOMEONE A KNIFE OR A NEEDLE AS A GIFT, IT WILL
SEVER YOUR FRIENDSHIP. IF THEY GIVE YOU A PENNY TO PAY
FOR THE GIFT, THEN IT WON'T SEVER THE FRIENDSHIP.
Where learned: INDIANA ; LOGANSPORT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth |
Date learned: 06-21-1970
IF YOU HAVE TO GO BACK HOME FOR SOMETHING FORGOTTEN, SIT DOWN AND
COUNT TO TEN BEFORE GOING BACK TO AVOID BAD LUCK.
Where learned: INDIANA ; LOGANSPORT
Date learned: 06-21-1970