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AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MISSOURI, THERE ARE
ARCHES ON THE CAMPUS. IT IS SAID THAT IF
YOU WALK THROUGH THE ARCHES, YOU WON'T
GRADUATE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
IF YOU DROP A PIECE OF FLAT-WEAR (TABLE SILVER) YOU ARE
GOING TO HAVE COMPANY.
Submitter comment: HE DIDN'T KNOW WHERE HE HAD HEARD IT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00001968 SUMMER
BELIEF (CUSTOM)
THE MIDWIFE PUTS AN AXE UNDER THE BED OF A LABORING
WOMAN TO "CUT THE PAINS" OF CHILDBIRTH.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A CUSTOM OF THE BAHAMA NEGROES IN THE
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FLORIDA ; BAHAMAS ; NASHVILLE ; MIAMI ; PEABODY LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 05-09-1969
IN HUNTSVILLE IN JONE'S VALLEY THERE'S A
GRAVEYARD WHERE PEOPLE CAN GO AT NIGHT AND HEAR
"SCREAMING." JUDY FOSTER HEARD IT.
SUPPOSEDLY, IN THE 1800S THE JONES FAMILY WAS HAVING
A PARTY AND ONE OF THE JONES GIRLS WHO WAS A WICKED
GIRL LEFT THE PARTY EARLY. SHE NEVER CAME BACK AND
SO THE PARTIERS SEARCHED FOR HER AND FOUND HER BODY
LYING SCATTERED ALL OVER THE AREA AND ON HER HEAD
WAS A BLACK CROSS SIGN. TO THIS DAY SHE CAN BE
HEARD SCREAMING WHEN YOU ARE STANDING IN THE
GRAVEYARD.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; PEABODY ; HUNTSVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1800
GHOST LEGEND
AT E.T.S.U. THERE IS A POPULAR STORY OF A GHOST APPEARING OFTEN
IN A LIGHTED WINDOW OF AN OLD HOUSE. A GIRL ONCE DIED AND HER
PARENTS SEALED OFF THE ROOM WHICH WAS HERS ON THE THIRD FLOOR.
THERE IS A STAINED GLASS WINDOW IN THE ROOM AND ON CERTAIN NIGHTS
A LIGHT SHINES THROUGH THE WINDOW AND THE SHADOW OF THE GIRL'S
GHOST CAN BE SEEN.
Data entry tech comment: SPELLING ERRORS WERE CORRECTED
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
TALE OF SECULAR HERO
A FAMOUS LANDMARK IN BELFAST, TENNESSEE, IS AN OAK TREE THAT
ANDREW JACKSON SUPPOSELY SLEPT UNDER ON HIS WAY TO FLORIDA TO
FIGHT THE CREEK INDIANS.
Data entry tech comment: SPELLING ERRORS WERE CORRECTED
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
EXPLANATION OF NAME OF CAMP SKY-WA-MO
ONCE THERE WERE THREE POWERFUL GODS WHO RULED THE WORLD. EACH
OF THEM THOUGHT HE WAS THE GREATEST, AND BECAUSE OF THIS THEY
WENT TO BATTLE TO PROVE WHO WAS THE MOST POWERFUL. THE SKY SENT
RAIN, WIND, AND COLD WEATHER AND THE PEOPLE BELOW WERE MISERABLE.
THE WATER SENT FLOODS AND WASHED AWAY THE LAND AND HOMES OF THE
PEOPLE. THE MOUNTAINS SENT ROCKS FALLING DOWN ONTO THE PEOPLE
DESTROYING THE CROPS THAT WERE LEFT. THE PEOPLE WERE MISERABLE
AND ASKED THAT THE GODS HELP THEM, BECAUSE THEY WERE SICK AND
DYING. THE GODS WERE SO UPSET THAT THEY CALLED A MEETING AND
JOINED THEIR TORCHES TOGETHER AND AGREED TO NEVER ARGUE AGAIN
AND TO RENAME THE LAND SKY-WA-MO. THEY DID AND THAT'S HOW THE
CAMP GOT ITS NAME.
Submitter comment:
THIS LEGEND IS TOLD AND ACTED OUT EVERY YEAR AT CAMP SKY-WA-MO
WHERE THE INFORMANT HAS BEEN COUNSELOR.
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 06-30-1972
RELIGIOUS JOKE
JEWS ARE NOW EATING PORK.
CATHOLICS ARE EATING MEAT ON FRIDAY.
AND BAPTISTS ARE SPEAKING TO EACH OTHER IN THE LIQUOR STORE.
THE METHODISTS HAVE BEEN DOING THAT FOR YEARS!
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious |
Date learned: 06-10-1972
JEST-LITTLE MORON JOKES
I SAW A SIGN THAT SAID THIS WAY TO NEW YORK AND I SAT ON IT BUT
IT DIDN'T MOVE.
WE'RE HAVING MORE WEATHER THIS YEAR THAN LAST.
I HAD MUMPS LAST WEEK BUT I'M SWELL NOW.
I CUT OFF THE BUTTONS FROM YOUR COAT AND PUT THEM IN THE POCKET
SO I WOULDN'T LOSE THEM.
I ENCLOSED THE PICTURE IN THE LETTER, BUT TOOK IT OUT SO I
WOULDN'T LOSE IT.
IF YOU DON'T GET THIS LETTER LET ME KNOW.
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 06-30-1972
PEABODY MURDER TALE
A SHELL-SHOCK VICTIM FROM THE VA HOSPITAL HAPPENED TO WANDER UP
THE NORTH HALL'S ROOF ONE NIGHT. A GIRL THAT LIVED THERE WENT TO
THE ROOF AND HE KILLED HER.
Submitter comment:
EVERY TIME THAT I HAVE HEARD THIS STORY FROM PAT, SHE HAS CHANGED
IT AROUND A LITTLE, SO I'M SURE THAT THERE ARE OTHER VERSIONS
WITH JUST AS LITTLE AUTHENTICITY.
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Man |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
CHILDREN'S SONG
I'M A LITTLE T N T
I'M AS CUTE AS I CAN BE
I CAN SING AND I CAN DANCE
I WEAR RUFFLES ON MY _______
WHOOPS, BOYS, TAKE ANOTHER GUESS.
I WEAR RUFFLES ON MY DRESS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS AT GIRL'S SCOUT CAMP YEARS AGO.
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 06-16-1972
SONG:RELIGIOS, NEGRO
(1) LORD, HE THOUGHT HE'D MAKE HIM A MAN.
DEM BONES GONNA RISE AGAIN.
TOOK A LITTLE WATER AND TOOK A LITTLE SAND.
DEM BONES GONNA RISE AGAIN.
I KNOWED IT, KNOWED IT
INDEED, I KNOWED IT BROTHER.
I KNOWED IT, WELL
DEM BONES GONNA RISE AGAIN.
(2) THOUGHT HE'D MAKE HIM A WOMAN TOO.
(REPEAT DEM BONES...., AS IN FIRST VERSE)
DIDN'T KNOW 'ZACTLY WHAT TO DO.
(3) TOOK A RIB FROM ADAM'S SIDE.
MADE MISS EVE FOR TO BE HIS BRIDE.
(4) PUT THEM IN A GARDEN FAIR.
THOUGHT THEY'D BE CONTENTED THERE.
(5) APPLED, PEACHES, PEARS, AND SUCH.
BUT THIS TREE YOU MUST NOT TOUCH.
(6) ROUND THAT TREE OLD SATAN SLUNK.
AT MISS EVE HIS EYES HE WUNK.
(7) FIRST HE TOOK THE ONE HE PULL.
THEN SHE FILLED HER APRON FULL.
(8) NEXT DAY WHEN THE LORD CAME 'ROUND.
SAW 'DEM CORES ALL OVER THE GROUND.
(9) ADAM, ADAM, WHERE ART THOU?
RIGHT HERE, LORD, I'M COMIN NOW.
(10) ADAM, WHO THEM CORES DID LEAVE...
T'WEREN'T ME, LORD, MUST A BEEN EVE.
(11) ADAM YOU MUST LEAVE THIS PLACE.
WAT YOU'VE DONES' A TERRIBLE DISGRACE.
(12) HE GAVE 'EM A HOE, AND HE GAVE 'EM A PLOW.
AND DAT'S DE REASON WE'S A WORKIN' NOW.
(13) TO THIS STORY THERE AIN'T NO MORE.
EVE GOT THE APPLE, BUT ADAM GOT THE CORE.
Submitter comment: DEM BONES: SUNG AT GIRLS' SCOUT CAMP IN NORTH CAROLINA.
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Religious |
Date learned: 06-19-1972
"OLD MAID"
KIDS IN CIRCLE WITH EVERYONE HOLDING HANDS-ODD NUMBER OF KIDS.
THERE IS ONE PERSON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CIRCLE. ALL COUNT FROM
1 TO 20 --STOPPING HERE BECAUSE 20 IS A GOOD MARRIAGEABLE AGE.
EVERYONE RUNS FOR A PARTNER: ONE IS LEFT OUT AND IS THE OLD
MAID, TO BE IN THE CENTER OF THE CIRCLE THE NEXT TIME THE GAME
IS PLAYED.
Submitter comment: PAT LEARNED THIS GAME WHILE BEING A CAMP CONSELOR IN 1971 IN NC
Data entry tech comment: SPELLING ERRORS WERE CORRECTED
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity |
Date learned: 06-12-1972
SWINGING STATUES
A KID SWINGS THE OTHER KIDS AROUND BY THE ARM AND LETS THEM GO.
WHILE THEY ARE STILL MOVING HE CALLES "FREEZE" AND THE PERSON
MUST STOP. AFTER ALL HAVE BEEN SWUNG, THE FIRST PERSON THAT
MOVED AFTER HIS FREEZE WAS CALLED, MUST BE HE OR SHE, THE SWINGER.
Submitter comment:
I ALSO PLAYED THIS GAME IN SOUTH CAROLINA, BUT IT WAS CALLED
"FREEZE".
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics |
Date learned: 06-12-1972
CHEER IN VERSE
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE, HUCKLEBERRY PIE.
V I C T O R Y
Submitter comment: CHEER USED IN 1939 AT DALTON HIGH SCHOOL, DALTON, GA
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Date learned: 06-16-1972
VERSE
A WOMAN, A DOG, AND A WALNUT TREE:
THE MORE YOU BEAT THEM,
THE BETTER THEY BE.
Submitter comment:
STEPHEN CRAIN IN "THE RED BADGE OF COURAGE"; HEARD BEFORE BY
THE INFORMANT.
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
CHEER IN VERSE
PORK CHOPS
PORK CHOPS
GREASY
GREASY
WE'RE GONNA WIN THIS NICE AND EASY.
Submitter comment: CHEER USED IN 1939 AT DALTON HIGH SCHOOL, DALTON, GA
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Date learned: 06-16-1972
JUMP ROPE RHYME
APPLES, PEACHES, PEARS, PLUMS.
TELL ME WHEN YOUR BIRTHDAY COME.
JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL,....
1, 2, 3,.... OUT GOES YOU.
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
JUMP ROPE RHYME
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT (GIRL'S NAME) SWEET AS A ROSE.
ALONG CAME (BOY'S NAME) AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE GET THAT WEEK.
ONE, TWO, THREE,........
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 06-27-1972
JUMP ROPE RHYME
SWEET AND LOW
SWEET AND LOW
EASY, ISEY, OVER.
I LOVE COFFEE
I LOVE TEA
I LOVE THE BOYS
AND THEY LOVE ME.
ONE, TWO, THREE,......
Where learned: PEABODY COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 06-27-1972