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ORIGIN OF WOODPECKER
THIS INFORMANT WAS TOLD THAT AN OLD WOMAN WHO WAS
DRESSED IN A BLACK DRESS, WHITE APRON, AND RED CAP REFUSED
TO FEED A HUNGRY WANDERER AS SHE WAS BAKING BREAD.
FOR HER SELFISHNESS THE WOMAN WAS TURNED INTO THE RED-
HEADED WOODPECKER TO PECK FOR WORMS AND BUGS FOR THE
REST OF HER LIFE.
Where learned: HIGHLAND PARK ; ILLINOIS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Creation and Order of Animal Life PROSE NARRATIVE -- Bird |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE YOUNG LADIES OF RUTH'S NEIGHBORHOOD EAGERLY AWAIT
APPLE SEASON SO THAT THEY CAN BAKE PIES AND CAKES AND
STRUDELS. IN ORDER TO MAKE THESE, THE APPLES MUST
BE PEELED. PARING OR PEELING IS A TRICKY SKILL. IF
THEY CAN SUCCESSFULLY PARE THE WHOLE APPLE WITHOUT
BREAKING OR CUTTING THE PEELING, THEN THEY THROW
THE PEEL OVER THEIR LEFT SHOULDERS. THEY BELIEVE
THE PEEL WILL FALL SO THAT THE INITIAL OF THEIR
BELOVED IS FORMED.
Submitter comment:
I ONLY PRESUME THAT SOME OF THE PIES, CAKES,
DUMPLINGS, AND STRUDELS WENT TO THE BELOVED.
Where learned: HIGHLAND PARK ; ILLINOIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of object for determining true love P861.1 |
Date learned: 04-08-1967
PROVERBIAL APOTHETGM MAXIM
HE WHO MIXES BUBBLES AND BOOZE, WILL WAKE UP THE NEXT MORNING
WEARING HIS SHOES.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS MY UNCLE WHO IS ONLY TWO AND A HALF YEARS OLDER THAN
MYSELF. THIS WAS TOLD AT A WEDDING RECEPTION WHERE CHAMPAIGN WAS
BEING CONSUMED ALONG WITH HARD LIQUOR.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO ; TOLD AT ; WEDDING RECEPTION
Keyword(s): CHAMPAGNE ; GETTING DRUNK
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
BUTTERCUPS TELL
TODAY, WHEN RUTH AND I WERE REMINISCING ABOUT CHILDHOOD DAYS,
SHE TOLD ME OF A SPRINGTIME PRACTICE TYPICAL OF THE
PERSONS OF HER NEIGHBORHOOD. WHEN THE BUTTERCUPS BLOSSOM
ALONG THE SWAMPS, CHILDREN WOULD PICK THEM AND PRESENT
THE BOUQUETS TO THEIR MOTHERS. THE MOTHER WOULD TAKE A
FLOWER OUT OF THE NOSEGAY AND TICKLE THE UNDERSIDE OF THE
GIVER'S CHIN WITH A BUTTERCUP. IF SOME OF THE YELLOW
SHOULD RUB OFF, THEN THAT WAS A SIGN THAT THE CHILD
LIKED BUTTER. SHE SAID THAT ONCE WHEN THE BUTTERCUPS
TOLD OF HER LIKING BUTTER, HER MOTHER SENT HER OFF TO
PLAY WITH A THANK YOU FOR THE NOSEGAY AND A PIECE OF TOAST
DRIPPING WITH MELTED BUTTER.
Where learned: HIGHLAND PARK ; ILLINOIS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Use of Object |
MIND YOUR P'S AND Q'S
THE INFORMANT TOLD THIS STORY AS TO THE ORIGIN
OF THE EXPRESSION "MIND YOUR P'S AND Q'S." SHE SAID
THAT IN LONDON THERE IS AN ALE HOUSE WITH THAT SIGN
ABOVE THE DOOR, AND INSIDE WRITTEN ON THE WALLS,
AND LOW CEILING, THE BARTENDER KEEPS A RUNNING
TALLY OF HOW MUCH SOMEONE OWES. HENCE, THE
EXPRESSION MEANS TO WATCH THE TOTAL MONEY OWED
FOR YOUR PINTS AND QUARTS.
Data entry tech comment: I THOUGH THEY USED LITERS!
Where learned: HIGHLAND PARK ; ILLINOIS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of quantity or weight Liquid CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of quality Medium of exchange BELIEF -- Explanation of a name SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: 03-20-1967
VERSE
I ASKED MY MOTHER FOR FIFTY CENTS,/
TO SEE THE ELEPHANT JUMP THE FENCE,/ HE JUMPED SO HIGH, HE
TOUCHED THE SKY,/ AND DIDN'T COME BACK 'TILL THE 4TH OF JULY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Highland
Keyword(s): HYPERBOLE ; MARVELS ; RHYME:AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 11-22-1970
Proverb
You never miss the water till the well runs dry.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Highland
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WATER ; Well
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
EXPECTATION IS BETTER THAN REALIZATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Highland
Keyword(s): DEFINITION
James Callow Keyword(s): DISAPPOINTMENT ; IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-22-1970
FALLING STARS
NOT ONLY DO FALLING STARS MEAN THE DEATH OF WITCHES, FOR MANY
OTHERS SUCH AN OCCURRENCE MEANS A DEATH OF A MAN.
THIS TALE SEEMS MUCH EASIER TO BELIEVE BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER
OF FALLING OR SHOOTING STARS. I SCARCELY THINK THERE ARE SO
MANY WITCHES, DEFINITELY THERE ARE SO MANY MEN.
Where learned: HIGHLAND PARK ; ILLINOIS
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-09-1967
Belief
The pishtace are nocturnal murderers of Indians. The pishtaco murder Indians in order to obtain human fat to be sold as lubricants for machinery and to be used in pharmacuticals.
The legend derives from 16th and 17th centurey Spanish practices of using human body fats as treatment for wounds and diseases. the people who tell this tale are poor Indians and the pishtaco are usually wealthy industrial men in the area. The tale helps draw lines of social class.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: Journal of American Folklore ; The Pishtaco: Institutionalized Fear in Highland Peru
Keyword(s): BODY ; Cultural ; Culture ; Fat ; FEAR ; HORROR ; INDIAN ; INDUSTRY ; Kill ; Lubrication ; Machinery ; MEDICINE ; MURDER ; Native American ; Peru ; Peruvian ; Pharmaceutical ; Pishtaco ; Poor ; Social Class ; Wealthy
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
An Autograph
Remember Grant,
Remember Lee,
The heck with them
Remember me.
Submitter comment:
Taken from my autograph book of 1961, and written by Sandra Saffar.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
An Autograph
Violets are blue,
Roses are red,
You've really got a
Swelled head.
Submitter comment:
Written by Robert Robbins in my autograph book of 1961.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
An Autograph
I wish you luck, I wish you joy,
I wish you first a baby boy.
And when his hair begins to curl,
I wish you then a baby girl.
Submitter comment:
From my autograph book of 1961, written by Judy Dorton.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
An Autograph
Down in a valley
Carved on a rock
Three little words
"Forget Me Not."
Submitter comment:
Taken from my autograph book of 1966.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
An Autograph
Love many,
Trust few,
But always remember,
To paddle your own canoe.
Submitter comment:
I got this from my autograph book. It was written by Robert Robbins in 1961.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
An Autograph
Though your tasks seem many,
And your rewards are few,
Remember that the mighty oak,
Was once a nut like you.
Submitter comment:
I got this from my autograph book. It was written by Mary Mattis in 1961.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
An Autograph
Kiss beneath the garden gate,
Kiss beneath a rose.
But the proper place to kiss any boy,
Is beneath the nose.
Submitter comment:
I got this from my autography book. It was written by Yesmain Berry in 1961.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
An Autograph
To a cute little girl
With a cute little figure,
But stay away from the boys
'till you get a little bigger!
Submitter comment:
I got this from my autograph book. It was written by Cathy. In 1961.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
An Autograph
When you get old and out of shape,
Remember girdles--$3.98. At Sams!
Submitter comment:
I got this out of my autograph book. It was written by Judy Chapman. In 1961.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
An Autograph
God made Honey,
God made Cheese,
God made you,
For boys to squeeze.
Submitter comment:
I got this from my autograph book. It was written by Judy Dorton. In 1961.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |