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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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THE VERGER
A CERTAIN MAN WAS A SEXTANT (JANITOR) IN A SYNAGOGUE.
THE SYNAGOGUE GOT A NEW RABBI AND, BECAUSE THE SEXTANT
COULDN'T READ OR WRITE, THE RABBI ASKED HIM TO LEAVE.
AS HE WALKED HOME DOWN A LONG STREET, HE HAD A
CRAVING TO BUY SOME TOBACCO, BUT HE WASN'T ABLE TO
FIND A TOBACCO SHOP. WELL, THIS MAN HAD A LITTLE
MONEY SAVED UP, SO HE OPENED UP A TOBACCO SHOP.
IT SO HAPPENED THAT EVERY TIME THIS MAN WENT DOWN
A LONG STREET HE OPENED UP ANOTHER TOBACCO SHOP.
AFTER BECOMING QUITE RICH, HE FINALLY DECIDED TO GO
TO THE BANK. WHEN HE ARRIVED AT THE BANK, HE FOUND
OUT HE HAD TO SIGN A FORM IN ORDER TO DEPOSIT HIS
MONEY. AFTER TELLING THE CASHIER THAT HE COULDN'T
READ OR WRITE, THE CASHIER SAID, "WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
YOU CAN'T READ OR WRITE? HOW COULD YOU HAVE MADE
ALL THAT MONEY? JUST IMAGINE WHAT YOU COULD HAVE
BENN IF YOU COULD READ OR WRITE!" "YES, I COULD
HAVE BEEN THE SEXTANT OF THE CHURCH!"
Submitter comment:
DAVE TOLD ME THAT THIS IS AN OLD JEWISH WIVES
WHICH DOESN'T HAVE ANY REAL MEANING IN IT, AS FAR
AS HE IS CONCERNED. HE SAID THAT MOST OF THESE
OLD WIVES TALES ARE CORNY AND MEANINGLESS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 09-29-1968
WHY A SHAMROCK HAS THREE LEAVES
ST. PATRICK WAS HAVING A HARD TIME CONVERTING THE PAGANS OF IRELAND
TO CATHOLICISM. NEXT HE WENT DIRECTLY TO THE KING, BUT HE FAILED
THERE TOO. ONE DAY HE WAS TELLING THEM ABOUT THE TRINITY BUT THE
PEOPLE COULDN'T CONCEIVE HOW THREE PERSONS COULD BE IN ONE. SO
ST. PATRICK TOOK A SHAMROCK AND POINTED OUT HOW THERE ARE THREE
LEAVES IN ONE ORGANISM. THE KING THOUGHT THIS A LOGICAL EXPLANATION
BECAUSE NO ONE COULD DENY IT. THUS HE WAS BAPTIZED AND HIS SUBJECTS
FOLLOWED HIM.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL
Keyword(s): THREE AS HOLY NUMBER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 09-29-1968
THE SLEEPING FOX CATCHES NO POULTRY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-21-1968
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
THE GERMANS HANG A WREATH OUTSIDE THE DOOR AND HANG MISTLETOE
OVER THE DOOR ON THE INSIDE OF THE HOUSE DURING THE CHRISTMAS
SEASON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Mistletoe and other greenery |
Date learned: 11-14-1968
IRISH COFFEE
IT IS THE CUSTOM OF THE IRISH TO PUT A SHOT OF WHISKEY IN A CUP
OF COFFEE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Non-alcoholic fruit beverage Coffee Food Drink -- Non-alcoholic cereal beverage N444.4 |
Date learned: 11-22-1968
A GERMAN MEAL
WITH KNOCKERS AND SAURKRAUT YOU ALWAYS HAVE KANIPTS-
(LIKE LITTLE DONUTS).
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL
Keyword(s): SAUERKRAUT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Night mealsSupper |
Date learned: 11-14-1968
GERMAN CHRISTMAS CUSTOMS
GERMAN FAMILIES ALWAYS HAVE A REAL CHRISTMAS TREE WITH DIFFERENT
COLORED BULBS AND LIGHTS. THEY ALSO HAVE A CRIB SCENE AND VERY OFTEN
HANG THEIR CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS ON THE DOOR OR FIREPLACE OR SOME OTHER
APPROPRIATE PLACE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL ; DETROIT
Date learned: 10-03-1968
Entry filtered.
Toast
An Irish Toast:
On St. Patrick's Day, the Irish drink to the snakes being driven out of Ireland.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; holiday ; Irish ; SNAKES ; Social ; St. Patrick ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
NEW YEAR'S CUSTOM
THE POLISH WRITE THE NEW YEAR ON THE INSIDE OF THE DOOR OF
THEIR HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL ; DETROIT
Date learned: 11-14-1968
CHRISTMAS DAY
IN POLISH FAMILIES BEFORE EVERYBODY STARTS EATING, THE HEAD OF
THE FAMILY PASSES BREAD AROUND TO EVERYBODY WHICH HAS BEEN BLESSED
BY THE PRIEST OF THEIR CHURCH.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Oplatki CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Church |
Date learned: 11-14-1968
OMEN
WHENEVER THERE IS A FULL MOON, THERE ARE MANY MORE CAR
ACCIDENTS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER WORKS IN THE CLAIMS DEPARTMENT AT A CAR RENTAL
AGENCY. EVERYTIME THERE IS A FULL MOON SHE TELLS ABOUT THE
KIND OF MOOD ONE OF HER FRIENDS AT THE
AGENCY WILL BE IN THE NEXT DAY;
"WELL, DORIS WILL BE COMPLAINING TOMORROW BECAUSE OF ALL THE
ACCIDENTS."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-23-1968
Entry filtered.
Nursery Rhyme
Old Mother Hubbard,
Went to the cupboard,
To fetch her pet cobra a toad,
When she got there,
The cupboard was bare,
The old bat shoulda knowed.
Submitter comment:
Heard on radio WJW, Cleveland, Ohio, by the informant. It is reputedly an original by a disk jockey, Mad-Daddy (Alan Freed) and was well known by Cleveland teenagers in 1957.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Graffiti
Memories of the past are like alcoholic liquors--the longer they age the better they get.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL ; DETROIT ; washroom
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti
Santa Claus runs a fly by night operation.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL ; DETROIT ; washroom
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
WHEN PARENTS WANT TO MAKE THEIR SONS EAT VEGETABLES, THEY TELL THEM IT WILL PUT HAIR ON THEIR CHEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-22-1968
BREAD BELIEF
EATING THE CRUST OF BREAD MAKES YOUR HAIR CURLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Cereal Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-22-1968