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RIDDLE
THREE LITTLE RED BIRDS SITTING ON A FENCE, IF ONE TOOK A NOTION
TO FLY OFF, HOW MANY WAS LEFT? ANSWER: THREE, ONE ONLY TOOK A NOTION.
HE DID NOT ACTUALLY DO IT. INFORMANT SAID SHE GOT THIS RIDDLE FROM
HER BROTHER. HE WAS ALWAYS TRYING TO CATCH HER WITH SOME KIND OF
JOKE OR RIDDLE.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00001960S (EARLY)
LUCK
IT IS BAD LUCK TO SWEEP TRASH OUT OF THE DOOR AFTER SUNDOWN. IF
YOU DO YOU WILL BE SWEEPING A MEMBER OUT OF YOUR FAMILY. INFORMANT
SAID HER MOTHER WOULD NEVER SWEEP AT THAT TIME AND WOULD NOT ALLOW
HER TO. THIS MEANT THAT ONE MEMBER WOULD DIE.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.21 BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.44 |
Date learned: 10-30-1972
MAGIC
TO KEEP A WITCH OUT OF YOUR HOUSE JUST PUT A BROOM ACROSS YOUR
DOOR. INFORMANT SAID SHE HAD A NEIGHBOR WHO ACTUALLY DID THIS WHEN
EVER SHE SUSPECTED SOMEONE OF PRACTICING WITCHCRAFT.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 10-25-1972
PROVERB
A MAN WHO KNOWS AND KNOW NOT THAT HE KNOWS IS A FOOL, SHUN HIM.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA
James Callow Keyword(s): ITERATION WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-25-1972
REMEDY
TO CONTROL DIARRHEA, SCORCH SOME MEAL, POUR WATER OVER IT, LET IT
SETTLE AND DRINK AS OFTEN AS NEEDED. INFORMANT ACTUALLY USED THIS
REMEDY HERSELF, AND STILL DOES.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 01-10-1965
REMEDY
WHENEVER A PERSON HAS RINGWORMS, JUST STEAL SOMEONE ELSE'S WASHCLOTH
AND WASH THE STRICKEN PERSON'S FACE WITH IT. INFORMANT NEVER
ACTUALLY OBSERVED THIS TECHNIQUE IN USE, HOWEVER, HE DID SAY HIS
MOTHER HAD SEEN IT USED BEFORE.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA
James Callow Keyword(s): THEFT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-15-1972
REMEDY
TO STOP A PERSON FROM STUTTERING TAKE A WET DISH CLOTH AND HIT THEM
ON THE MOUTH WHENEVER THEY STUTTER. THE INFORMANT ACTUALLY SAW THIS
DONE TO HER SISTER, BY HER MOTHER WHENEVER HER SISTER WOULD STUTTER.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-14-1969
REMEDY
I REMEMBER SUFFERING FROM AN EARACHE AND MY MOTHER WOULD BLOW
CIGARETTE SMOKE DIRECTLY INTO MY EAR AND PLUG IT WITH A PIECE OF
COTTON. INFORMANT ACTUALLY HAD IT DONE TO HER.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001960S
REMEDY
WHENEVER A BABY IS TEETHING A CRICKET NEST PLACED IN A BAG AND TIED
AROUND THE BABY'S NECK WILL EASE THE TEETHING. THE INFORMANT NEVER
SAW THIS TECHNIQUE USED, BUT WAS INFORMED OF IT BY HIS MOTHER, WHEN
HE AND HIS WIFE HAD THEIR FIRST CHILD.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-15-1972
NEW YEAR'S CUSTOM
GRANDMOTHER SAID WHEN NEW YEAR'S WOULD COME AROUND SHE HAD THE
TRADITIONAL BLACK-EYED PEAS AND COLLARD GREENS TO COMPLETE HER NEW
YEAR'S DINNER. GRANDMOTHER SAID THE TRADITIONAL DINNER REPRESENTED
GOOD FINANCIAL LUCK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR. THE BLACK-EYED PEAS
SYMBOLIZED COINS AND THE COLLARDS REPRESENTED GREENBACKS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT
PRACTICED THIS CUSTOM SINCE THE EARLY YEARS OF HER MARRIAGE.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC MONEY ; SYMBOLS
Date learned: 00001960S (MID)
MAGIC
TO KEEP A WITCH FROM RIDING YOU, JUST READ A VERSE IN THE BIBLE AND
PLACE IT UNDER YOUR PILLOW OPENED. INFORMANT SAID SHE NEVER DID THIS
BUT HER FATHER TOLD HER A FRIEND OF HIS DID IT AND IT WORKED.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 00001960S (EARLY)
LUCK
TO SWEEP TRASH OUT OF A DOOR AT NIGHT MEANS THAT YOU ARE SWEEPING YOUR LUCK AWAY.
INFORMANT SAID HER MOTHER TOLD HER THIS, AND SHE BELIEVED IT.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Ruler or historic event BELIEF -- Measure of time Working BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.21 BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.21 |
Date learned: 10-25-1972
LUCK
IF YOU SHOULD STUMP YOUR LEFT TOE, TURN AROUND, AND SPIT ON THE
GROUND TO KEEP FROM HAVING BAD LUCK. THE INFORMANT SAID SHE ACTUALLY
DID THIS HERSELF WHEN SHE WAS YOUNGER.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA
James Callow Keyword(s): DIRECTION POSITION: LEFT ; STUB
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck BELIEF -- Conversions |
Date learned: 10-26-1972
DREAM
TO DREAM OF DOLLARS MEANS GOOD LUCK TO THE DREAMER, BUT TO DREAM
OF CHANGE MEANS BAD LUCK. INFORMANT SAID SHE ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED
THIS DREAM HERSELF.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams Bad luck BELIEF -- Dreams Good luck BELIEF -- Dreams Money BELIEF -- Good luck BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 10-25-1972
DREAM
TO DREAM OF MUDDY WATER IS A SIGN OF SICKNESS IN THE FAMILY.
INFORMANT HAD NOT EXPERIENCED THIS DREAM HIMSELF, BUT SAID A
RELATIVE HAD.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA
| Subject headings: | 841 Dreams about the dead and sick BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about the dead and sick |
Date learned: 10-25-1972
DREAM
TO DREAM OF A NAKED MAN MEANS A WOMAN'S DEATH. INFORMANT HAD
NOT ACTUALLY EXPERIENCED THIS DREAM, BUT SAID A FRIEND HAD.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling a death |
Date learned: 10-25-1972
DREAM
TO DREAM OF A FUNERAL MEANS A WEDDING. INFORMANT SAID SHE HAD
THE DREAM ABOUT A WEEK BEFORE THE ANNOUNCEMENT OF A RELATIVE'S
WEDDING.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about weddings, funerals, and other crucial moments of life |
Date learned: 10-25-1972
IF IN HEAVEN WE DON'T MEET,
HAND IN HAND WE'LL STAND THE HEAT.
AND IF THE HEAT GETS TOO HOT,
PEPSI COLA HITS THE SPOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): HELL POP SODA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 07-25-1964
(NAME) IN THE TUB
MOTHER FORGOT TO PUT IN THE PLUG,
OH MY GOODNESS, OH MY SOUL!
THERE GOES (NAME) DOWN THE HOLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 07-25-1964
HE HURRIED ON, FOR IT WAS LATE,
HE RAN BEFORE HER TO OPEN THE GATE,
HE WANTED TO THANK HER, BUT DIDN'T KNOW HOW,
FOR HE WAS A FARMER AND SHE A COW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 07-25-1964