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FROGS CAUSE WARTS.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; FULTON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P00 |
Date learned: 06-20-1970
Entry filtered.
WHEN I'M HOME
AND THE CANDY STRIPE GIRLS
STAND OVER ME
AND MY FRIEND DANIEL
SLEEPS IN BED THREE
AND THE WAVES OF THE OCEAN ROLL OVER MY BONES
IN MY HOME
HOME WHERE MY THOUGHTS ARE FREE
I CAN BE
HIGH
AS THE BIRDS IN THE SKY CAN FLY
I WILL BE THERE WHEN MY FATHER RECKONS
I WILL BE THERE WHEN MY FATHER BECKONS
ME HOME.
Where learned: KENTUCKY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Song |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
FARMOUT
I LIVE HOME ON THE FARM
CARRY A CORD OF WOOD
UNDER EACH ARM
I MILK THE BIG BROWN COWS
FEED GRAIN TO THE YELLAR SOWS
IT'S NOT SO EASY HERE
YOU ONLY GET PAID ABOUT ONCE A YEAR
IT'S NOT AS EASY AS THEY SAY IN THE POEM
BUT I CHOOSE TO CALL IT HOME
EVERYBODY SAYS FARMOUT
EVERYBODY SAYS FARMOUT
EVERYBODY SAYS FARMOUT
FARMOUT
FARMOUT
Where learned: KENTUCKY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
WHIPPERWHILL WINTER
WHIPPERWHILL [SIC; WHIP-POOR-WILL] WINTER--THE FOURTH COOL SPELL OF WINTER AND USUALLY THE LAST; APPEARS WHEN THE WHIPPERWHILLS BEGIN SINGING.
Data entry tech comment:
Correct spelling is whip-poor-will.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 04-15-1972
BLACKBERRY WINTER
BLACKBERRY WINTER--THE THIRD COOL SPELL OF SPRING; APPROXIMATELY THE TIME THAT BLACKBERRIES APPEAR.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 04-15-1972
IF THE CORNS ON YOUR FEET ACHE, IT'S A SURE SIGN OF RAIN.
Where learned: FARMINGTON ; KENTUCKY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
SUPERSTITION (PREDICTION)
NEVER CUT YOUR FINGERNAILS OR TOENAILS ON SUNDAY. IF YOU DO,
YOU'LL DIE BEFORE SUNDOWN.
Submitter comment:
THIS SUPERSTITION OR BELIEF WAS TOLD TO HER BY HER HUSBAND'S
MOTHER.
Where learned: FARMINGTON ; KENTUCKY
Date learned: 06-10-1972
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
WILLFULL WASTE MAKES WISHFUL WANT.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS FREQUENTLY SAID TO CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN
BY GEORGE WASHINGTON WILLETT, GRANDFATHER OF THE INFORMANT,
WHEN HE NOTICED ANYTHING OR ANYONE MISUSING OR WASTING
ANYTHING. THIS WAS IN NELSON COUNTY, NEAR BARDSTOWN,
KENTUCKY ABOUT 1915.
Data entry tech comment: WILLFUL
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; BARDSTOWN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001915 CA
SLEEPY HOLLOW STORY
AN OLD MAN LIVED ALONE BY SLEEPY HOLLOW AND HE OWNED THIS BIG DOG,
ALMOST A WOLF, REALLY. ONE NIGHT A CAR FULL OF DRINKERS STOPPED
IN THE HOLLOW AND SETTLED DOWN TO SOME HEAVY DRINKING. AFTER A
WHILE, ONE GUY GOT OUT OF THE CAR TO WALK AROUND. IN THE MORNING
THE OTHER GUYS FOUND HIM LYING A FEW FEET FROM THE CAR, HIS FACE
AND NECK TERRIBLY TORN UP. HE MUMBLED OUT A STORY ABOUT A GIANT
DOG ATTACKING HIM.
Submitter comment:
THE PERSON WHO TOLD THIS STORY HAD SCARS ALL OVER HIS FACE AND
TOLD IT ABOUT HIMSELF.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ordinary Tale Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
SLEEPY HOLLOW STORY
ONE NIGHT A YOUNG COUPLE WENT TO SLEEPY HOLLOW TO MAKE OUT. WHEN
THEY WERE READY TO LEAVE, THE CAR WOULDN'T START. THE BOY WENT TO
GET HELP AND THE GIRL LOCKED ALL THE DOORS, CURLED UP, AND FELL
FAST ASLEEP. SOMETIME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT SHE WOKE UP TO
A SCRATCHING SOUND ON THE ROOF, LIKE A TREE BRANCH BRUSHING ACROSS
THE ROOF IN THE WIND. THE NEXT MORNING THE COPS CAME AND WOKE HER
UP. WHEN SHE GOT OUT OF THE CAR, SHE SAW HER BOYFRIEND HANGING
ABOVE THE CAR, SHOES GONE AND HIS TOENAILS SCRAPING THE ROOF.
VARIATION: THE SOUND WAS A THUMPING AND THE BOY'S HEELS WERE
BUMPING ON THE ROOF.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
Date learned: 10-00-1968
SLEEPY HOLLOW
SLEEPY HOLLOW IS A MAKE-OUT AND DRINKING SPOT ABOUT 20 MILES
OUTSIDE LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. MANY STORIES ARE TOLD ABOUT
THIS PLACE.
Data entry tech comment: ALSO SEE B437--SLEEPY HOLLOW STORY
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
THE PRESERVED TONGUE
ONE OF HIS (FATHER PLANCK'S) FORMER STUDENTS WAS MAKING OUT WITH
HIS GIRL FRIEND AND THEY STARTED FRENCHING. THERE WAS A SUDDEN
NOISE AND WHEN THE GIRL JUMPED, SHE BIT HER BOY FRIEND'S TONGUE
OFF. FATHERPLANCK THEN PRODUCED THE TONGUE, OR WHAT LOOKED LIKE
THE TONGUE, IN A JAR OF ALCOHOL. "LET THIS BE A LESSON TO YOU
BOYS," HE WOULD THEN PROCLAIM.
Submitter comment:
FATHERPLANCK OF ST. XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL IN LOUISVILLE USED TO TELL
THIS STORY TO HIS BIOLOGY CLASSES.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
SLEEPY HOLLOW STORY
AN OLD MAN LIVED ALONE BY SLEEPY HOLLOW AND HE OWNED THIS BIG DOG,
ALMOST A WOLF, REALLY. ONE NIGHT A CAR FULL OF DRINKERS STOPPED
IN THE HOLLOW AND SETTLED DOWN TO SOME HEAVY DRINKING. AFTER A
WHILE, ONE GUY GOT OUT OF THE CAR TO WALK AROUND. IN THE MORNING
THE OTHER GUYS FOUND HIM LYING A FEW FEET FROM THE CAR, HIS FACE
AND NECK TERRIBLY TORN UP. HE MUMBLED OUT A STORY ABOUT A GIANT
DOG ATTACKING HIM.
Submitter comment:
THE PERSON WHO TOLD THIS STORY HAD SCARS ALL OVER HIS FACE AND
TOLD IT ABOUT HIMSELF.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ordinary Tale Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
SLEEPY HOLLOW STORY
ONE NIGHT A YOUNG COUPLE WENT TO SLEEPY HOLLOW TO MAKE OUT. WHEN
THEY WERE READY TO LEAVE, THE CAR WOULDN'T START. THE BOY WENT TO
GET HELP AND THE GIRL LOCKED ALL THE DOORS, CURLED UP, AND FELL
FAST ASLEEP. SOMETIME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT SHE WOKE UP TO
A SCRATCHING SOUND ON THE ROOF, LIKE A TREE BRANCH BRUSHING ACROSS
THE ROOF IN THE WIND. THE NEXT MORNING THE COPS CAME AND WOKE HER
UP. WHEN SHE GOT OUT OF THE CAR, SHE SAW HER BOYFRIEND HANGING
ABOVE THE CAR, SHOES GONE AND HIS TOENAILS SCRAPING THE ROOF.
VARIATION: THE SOUND WAS A THUMPING AND THE BOY'S HEELS WERE
BUMPING ON THE ROOF.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
Date learned: 10-00-1968
SLEEPY HOLLOW
SLEEPY HOLLOW IS A MAKE-OUT AND DRINKING SPOT ABOUT 20 MILES
OUTSIDE LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. MANY STORIES ARE TOLD ABOUT
THIS PLACE.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
SLEEPY HOLLOW
SLEEPY HOLLOW IS A MAKE-OUT AND DRINKING SPOT ABOUT 20 MILES
OUTSIDE LOUISVILLE, KENTUCKY. MANY STORIES ARE TOLD ABOUT
THIS PLACE.
Data entry tech comment: ALSO SEE B437--SLEEPY HOLLOW STORY
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
THE PRESERVED TONGUE
ONE OF HIS (FATHER PLANCK'S) FORMER STUDENTS WAS MAKING OUT WITH
HIS GIRL FRIEND AND THEY STARTED FRENCHING. THERE WAS A SUDDEN
NOISE AND WHEN THE GIRL JUMPED, SHE BIT HER BOY FRIEND'S TONGUE
OFF. FATHER PLAN; THEN PRODUCED THE TONGUE, OR WHAT LOOKED LIKE
THE TONGUE, IN A JAR OF ALCOHOL. "LET THIS BE A LESSON TO YOU
BOYS," HE WOULD THEN PROCLAIM.
Submitter comment:
FATHER PLANCK OF ST. XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL IN LOUISVILLE USED TO TELL
THIS STORY TO HIS BIOLOGY CLASSES.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE ; SAINT XAVIER HIGH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
SLEEPY HOLLOW STORY
AN OLD MAN LIVED ALONE BY SLEEPY HOLLOW AND HE OWNED THIS BIG DOG,
ALMOST A WOLF, REALLY. ONE NIGHT A CAR FULL OF DRINKERS STOPPED
IN THE HOLLOW AND SETTLED DOWN TO SOME HEAVY DRINKING. AFTER A
WHILE, ONE GUY GOT OUT OF THE CAR TO WALK AROUND. IN THE MORNING
THE OTHER GUYS FOUND HIM LYING A FEW FEET FROM THE CAR, HIS FACE
AND NECK TERRIBLY TORN UP. HE MUMBLED OUT A STORY ABOUT A GIANT
DOG ATTACKING HIM.
Submitter comment:
THE PERSON WHO TOLD THIS STORY HAD SCARS ALL OVER HIS FACE AND
TOLD IT ABOUT HIMSELF.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ordinary Tale Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
SLEEPY HOLLOW STORY
ONE NIGHT A YOUNG COUPLE WENT TO SLEEPY HOLLOW TO MAKE OUT. WHEN
THEY WERE READY TO LEAVE, THE CAR WOULDN'T START. THE BOY WENT TO
GET HELP AND THE GIRL LOCKED ALL THE DOORS, CURLED UP, AND FELL
FAST ASLEEP. SOMETIME IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT SHE WOKE UP TO
A SCRATCHING SOUND ON THE ROOF, LIKE A TREE BRANCH BRUSHING ACROSS
THE ROOF IN THE WIND. THE NEXT MORNING THE COPS CAME AND WOKE HER
UP. WHEN SHE GOT OUT OF THE CAR, SHE SAW HER BOYFRIEND HANGING
ABOVE THE CAR, SHOES GONE AND HIS TOENAILS SCRAPING THE ROOF.
VARIATION: THE SOUND WAS A THUMPING AND THE BOY'S HEELS WERE
BUMPING ON THE ROOF.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; UNIVERSITY OF KENTUCKY
Date learned: 10-00-1968