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HAPPY IS THE BRIDE THE SUN SHINES ON.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
TO CATCH A BIRD PUT SALT ON ITS TAIL.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
A WOMAN SHOULD NOT MAKE SAUERKRAUT DURING HER MENSTRUAL
PERIOD, IT MAKES THE KRAUT SOFT.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; OWENSBORO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
IF SHUCKS ARE THICK ON CORN, IT'S A SIGN OF HARD WINTER.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; CRUTCHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 06-21-1970
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SLEEPY HOLLOW STORY (THE HOOK)
ONE NIGHT A YOUNG COUPLE STOPPED AT SLEEPY HOLLOW TO MAKE OUT.
AFTER A FEW HOURS, THEY WENT HOME. WHEN THE BOY CAME BACK TO THE
CAR AFTER SEEING HIS GIRL TO THE DOOR, HE NOTICED AN IRON HOOK,
THE KIND AN ARMLESS MAN WOULD USE, ON THE DOOR HANDLE ON THE
PASSENGER'S SIDE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY ; LEXINGTON
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
NOT GIVEN
IT AIN'T THE 'EAVY 'AULING (THAT) 'URTS THE 'ORSES 'OOFS,
IT'S THE 'AMMER, 'AMMER, 'AMMER ON THE 'ARD 'IGHWAY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; MIDDLESBORO
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NUMBER PLEASE
DID YOU KNOW EVE HAD A TELEPHONE?
NO, WHAT WAS THE NUMBER?
ADAM ATE ONE TOO (ADAM 812).
NO RECORD.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): TELEPHONE NUMBER
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-22-1967
CAIN AND ABLE
HOW LONG DID CAIN HATE HIS BROTHER?
AS LONG AS HE WAS ABLE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD IT FROM A PATIENT IN STS, MARY
AND ELIZABETH HOSPITAL IN LOUISVILLE, KY
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): ABEL ; BIBLICAL ; NAME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-22-1967
WET MELONS
WHY IS THERE SO MUCH WATER IN A WATERMELON?
BECAUSE IT WAS PLANTED IN THE SPRING.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): CONUNDRUM ; SEASON FRIUT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-22-1967
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THERE'S AN ABANDONED HOUSE IN SALYERSVILLE, KENTUCKY
THAT GIVES OFF A WEIRD AND STRANGE "OOOOOOOOOOOO" WHENEVER
THERE'S A FULL MOON. SOME FOLKS SAY THAT THERE'S A GHOST
OR SOMETHING IN THERE BECAUSE THE OLD LADY THAT LIVED
THERE DIED OF POISON ON A NIGHT OF THE FULL MOON. I
DON'T BELIEVE OF SUCH THINGS, THOUGH. IT'S PROBABLY
JUST A BUNCH OF FOLK TALES.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT WAS FORMERLY FROM SALYERSVILLE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; SALYERSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Tale |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HAT TRICK
WHAT DID THE TIE SAY TO THE HAT?
YOU GO ON AHEAD, I AM GOING TO HANG AROUND.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): PERSONIFICATION CLOTHING
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-22-1967
CANDLE TALK
WHAT DID ONE CANDLE SAY TO THE OTHER CANDLE?
ARE YOU GOING OUT TONIGHT?
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): CONUNDRUM ; PERSONIFICATION
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-22-1967
PORK
IF YOU WERE SENT TO THE STORE FOR A YARD OF
PORK, WHAT WOULD YOU BRING HOME?
THREE PIGS FEET.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): ANIMAL MEASUREMENT MAMMAL
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-22-1967
BREAKING A MIRROR BRINGS SEVEN YEARS OF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: KENTUCKY, ASSUMED ; PADUCAH
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Bad luck Mirror |
Date learned: 07-04-1972
WHEN YOU CUT YOUR WISDOM TEETH, YOUR LIFE IS HALF OVER.
Where learned: KENTUCKY, ASSUMED ; PADUCAH
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-04-1972
WALKING UNDER A LADDER WILL BRING YOU BAD LUCK.
Where learned: KENTUCKY, ASSUMED ; PADUCAH
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 07-04-1972
IF YOU TELL ABOUT A DREAM BEFORE BREAKFAST, IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY, ASSUMED ; PADUCAH
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 07-04-1972
FINDING A FOUR-LEAF CLOVER IS A GOOD LUCK CHARM.
Where learned: KENTUCKY, ASSUMED ; PADUCAH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Plants |