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PROTECTION AGAINST VAMPIRES
TORCHES WAVED WILDLY IS A PROTECTIVE CHARM AGAINST VAMPIRES.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; WORCESTER
Keyword(s): FIRE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
WAYS TO KILL A VAMPIRE
CUTTING OFF A PART OF A VAMPIRE'S BODY WILL KILL HIM--
BECAUSE VAMPIRE SPIRITS CAN ONLY RESIDE IN THE WHOLE BODIES.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; WORCESTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
WHO BECOMES A VAMPIRE
UNBAPTISED PEOPLE BURIED IN UNHALLOWED GROUND WILL BECOME VAMPIRES.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; WORCESTER
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFORMATION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Baptism Naming rite CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
WAYS TO KILL A VAMPIRE
SHOOTING A VAMPIRE WITH A SILVER BULLET OR OTHER BULLET WITH
A CROSS CARVED ON IT WILL KILL THE VAMPIRE.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; WORCESTER
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
THEY LOOK WITH THEIR HANDS IN BACUP.
Submitter comment:
THIS EXPRESSION IS USED TO MOCK SOMEONE WHO IS EITHER POINTING OR
GESTURING WHILE LOOKING FOR A LOST POSSESSION. BACUP IS A SMALL
MINING TOWN IN THE NORTH OF ENGLAND THAT IS INFAMOUS FOR INBREEDING,
AND IT IS THOUGHT THAT SOME OF THE RESIDENTS HAVE EYES IN THE PALMS
OF THEIR HANDS. COMPARING SOMEONE TO A BACUPIAN IS A MILD INSULT,
USUALLY USED AS A JOKE.
Where learned: NORTH OF ENGLAND ; MANCHESTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Gesture PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00-00-1985 ; 00-00-1986
IN ENGLAND WHEN YOU HEAR A CUCKOO SING, IF YOU HAVE MONEY,
YOU WILL BE RICH; IF YOU HAVE NO MONEY, YOU WILL BE POOR.
IF YOU DO HAVE MONEY, YOU TAKE IT OUT AND SPIT ON IT.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN WALES, WHILE GROWING UP THERE.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; WALES
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT NICE GUYS:
EVEN A MAN WHO IS PURE AT HEART,
AND SAYS HIS PRAYERS AT NIGHT,
CAN BECOME A WOLF WHEN THE WOLF-BANE FLOWERS,
AND THE MOON IS FULL AND BRIGHT.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; WORCESTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.427 |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
LATE AT NIGHT, A FEW YEARS AGO, IN ENGLAND AS THE
SIGN-OFF ENDED A TEST PATTERN WITH A CHANNEL AND
CALL LETTERS APPEARED ON THE SCREEN. THE VIEWERS,
NOT RECOGNIZING THE STATION CALLED UP TO ASK WHAT
IT WAS. BBC REPORTED THAT THEY WERE SENDING THEIR
OWN TEST PATTERN OUT. THEY CHECKED UP TO FIND
THE REGISTRATION OF THE CALL LETTERS AND CHANNEL.
THEY BELONGED TO A STATION IN OHIO, U.S.A., THAT
HAD LEFT THE AIR 12 YEARS AGO.
Where learned: ENGLAND
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
IN ENGLAND, THE PEOPLE WOULD HUNT THE PEACOCK AND
PRESENT IT TO THE ROYAL FAMILY AS A GIFT. SOON
THERE WAS THE DANGER OF THE PEACOCK BECOMING EXTINCT,
SO THE PEOPLE CONSIDERED IT A SIGN OF BAD LUCK TO
EITHER KILL THE BIRD OR TO HAVE ANY REPRESENTATION
OF IT, WHETHER IT BE PAINTED ON A DISH OR ITS FEATHERS
STYLED ON A WOMAN'S HAT.
Submitter comment:
MRS. MUGGLETON LEARNED OF THIS FROM HER ENGLISH-BORN
HUSBAND.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; TELEPHONE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Bird |
Date learned: 11-02-1963
SUPERSTITION
{TO AVOID BEING STRUCK} DURING A THUNDERSTORM, IN
ENGLAND, IN THE EARLY 1900S, EVERYONE COVERED THEIR
SILVERWARE AND MIRRORS FOR FEAR OF BEING STRUCK BY
LIGHNING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ENGLAND ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lightning Thunder |
Date learned: 00001900S EARLY ; 03-09-1971
LATE AT NIGHT, A FEW YEARS AGO, IN ENGLAND AS THE
SIGN-OFF ENDED A TEST PATTERN WITH A CHANNEL AND
CALL LETTERS APPEARED ON THE SCREEN. THE VIEWERS,
NOT RECOGNIZING THE STATION CALLED UP TO ASK WHAT
IT WAS. BBC REPORTED THAT THEY WERE SENDING THEIR
OWN TEST PATTERN OUT. THEY CHECKED UP TO FIND
THE REGISTRATION OF THE CALL LETTERS AND CHANNEL.
THEY BELONGED TO A STATION IN OHIO, U.S.A., THAT
HAD LEFT THE AIR 12 YEARS AGO.
Where learned: ENGLAND
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: A FEW YEARS AGO
IN ENGLAND, THE PEOPLE WOULD HUNT THE PEACOCK AND
PRESENT IT TO THE ROYAL FAMILY AS A GIFT. SOON
THERE WAS THE DANGER OF THE PEACOCK BECOMING EXTINCT,
SO THE PEOPLE CONSIDERED IT A SIGN OF BAD LUCK TO
EITHER KILL THE BIRD OR TO HAVE ANY REPRESENTATION
OF IT, WHETHER IT BE PAINTED ON A DISH OR ITS FEATHERS
STYLED ON A WOMAN'S HAT.
Submitter comment:
MRS. MUGGLETON LEARNED OF THIS FROM HER ENGLISH-BORN
HUSBAND.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; TELEPHONE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Bird |
Date learned: 11-02-1963
SUPERSTITION
{TO AVOID BEING STRUCK} DURING A THUNDERSTORM, IN
ENGLAND, IN THE EARLY 1900S, EVERYONE COVERED THEIR
SILVERWARE AND MIRRORS FOR FEAR OF BEING STRUCK BY
LIGHNING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ENGLAND ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lightning Thunder |
Date learned: 00001900S EARLY ; 03-09-1971
WAYS TO KILL A VAMPIRE
CUTTING OFF A PART OF A VAMPIRES BODY WILL KILL HIM.
BECAUSE VAMPIRES SPIRITS CAN ONLY RESIDE IN WHOLE BODIES.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: ENGLAND ; WORCESTER
Keyword(s): Kill ; SUPERNATURAL ; SUPERSTITION ; Vampire
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
THE STORY IS ABOUT THE LITTLE BOY WHO DOES THE "LIFE" CEREAL
COMMERCIALS ON TELEVISION (LET'S GET MIKEY, HE HATES EVERYTHING).
THE RUMOR GOES THAT HE ATE A CASE OF POP-ROCKS CANDY AND THEN DRANK
A COKE AND EXPLODED.
Submitter comment:
SHE LEARNED THIS AT HER COLLEGE, COLUMBIA, IN NEW YORK
BUT IT WAS ALSO CONFIRMED BY A STUDENT FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF
GEORGIA.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; CAMBRIDGE
James Callow Keyword(s): INTEMPERANCE
| Subject headings: | Favorites Food Drink -- Pastry Sweet Dessert Food Drink -- Kind of Drink and Its Preparation BELIEF -- Human Being |
BEER OR "BITTER" IS SOLD AT PUBS IN ENGLAND BY THE PINT AND BY
THE HALF-PINT. HOWEVER, MEN ARE NEVER SUPPOSED TO ORDER HALF-PINTS
AS IT'S A SIGN OF A LACK OF MASCULINITY. WOMEN BY THE SAME TOKEN
SHOULD NEVER ORDER FULL PINTS AS IT'S A SIGN OF A LACK OF FEMININITY.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; CAMBRIDGE
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXISM
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage Fermented BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 07-00-1982
DRINKING-BOB
THIS DRINKING GAME IS TO BE PLAYED WHILE WATCHING THE BOB NEWHART
SHOW. EVERY TIME SOMEONE SAYS "BOB," YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO TAKE
A DRINK OF BEER. FOR SOME REASON BOB'S NAME IS SAID A LOT AND YOU
CAN GET PRETTY DRUNK PLAYING IT.
Submitter comment:
I HAPPENED TO PLAY IT ONCE AND THEY SAID "BOB" OVER FIFTY TIMES
IN ONE HALF-HOUR.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; CAMBRIDGE
James Callow Keyword(s): TELEVISION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 07-00-1982
MY BONNY
MY BONNY LIES OVER THE OCEAN
MY BONNY LIES OVER THE SEA
MY BONNY LIES OVER THE OCEAN
PLEASE BRING BACK MY BONNY TO ME
BRING BACK, OH BRING BACK
OH BRING BACK MY BONNY TO ME TO ME
BRING BACK, OH BRING BACK
PLEASE BRING BACK MY BONNY TO ME.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HAS KNOWN THIS ALL HER LIFE AND THINKS SHE PROBABLY LEARNED
IT AS A GIRL IN ENGLAND FROM HER FAMILY. SHE USED TO SING IT TO US
WHEN WE WERE KIDS.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant is collector's mother.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; INFORMANT'S HOME
Keyword(s): SEPARATION ; SORROW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love |
Date learned: 01-00-1964
BELIEF
IF THE TAME RAVENS KEPT AT THE TOWER OF LONDON ARE EVER LOST, OR
FLY AWAY, THE CROWN WILL FALL, AND BRITAIN WITH IT.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; LONDON
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BLOODY
WHAT A BLOODY MESS} HE'S GOT HIS BLOODY COAT ON BACKWARDS}
Submitter comment:
MRS. COLBURN USES THE TERM BLOODY AS AN ADJECTIVE IN ANGER, BUT SHE
ALSO USES IT IN JEST. BLOODY IS USED BY THE ENGLISH IN ALMOST EVERY
SITUATION. IT IS INTERESTING TO NOTE THAT BLOODY ALWAYS IS
AN ADJECTIVE AND IS NEVER USED ALONE, LIKE FOR EXAMPLE, DAMN}
Where learned: ENGLAND ; LONDON
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001930S