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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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THERE IS A PLACE IN LIBANON, NEW YORK, CALLED "LOVER'S LEAP."
AN INDIAN GIRL IN LOVE WITH A BRAVE FROM THE OTHER TRIBE LEAPED
TO HER DEATH WITH HIM BECAUSE THEIR RESPECTIVE TRIBES WERE AT
WAR AND WOULD NOT PERMIT THEM TO MARRY.
Where learned: Massachusetts ; SPRINGFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Explanation of a name |
MARRIAGE
ANN: ABOUT MARRYING IN BLUE
LOUISE: THE ONE YOU'LL LOVE WILL BE TRUE. AND IF YOU
MARRY IN WHITE--THERE'S SOMETHING--IT'S A GOOD SIGN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
HABIT IS EVERYTHING-----EVEN IN LOVE.
Where learned: HOME ; DORM ROOM ; Massachusetts ; TOLD IN ; SPRINGFIELD
Keyword(s): ASSONANCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-23-1971
Superstition
You should not operate on pigs (geld) if the moon sign is in the heart or head. If you do, there is more sickness and loss.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD ; U.H. Garrett
Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE ; ASTROLOGY ; HEAD ; HEART ; MEDICINE ; MOON ; SIGN ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Working |
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Plant beans when the moon sign is in the arm. If you do, beans will hang out heavy with many pods like fingers. Otherwise the beans will be shaded inside under the leaves and there will not be as many pods.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD ; L.G. Corbin
Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE ; Arm ; ASTROLOGY ; Beans ; FARMING ; GARDEN ; PLANT ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Working |
Superstition
Plant corn after the first quarter of the moon. If you plant corn during the first quarter the stalks grow very tall, taking away from the quality of the corn on the ear.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Working |
Superstition
My grandfather has always cut the end off a cucumber and rubbed the cut piece around on the cut end of the cucumber before eating it. He says it takes out the bitterness.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE ; Bitter' Taste ; Cucumber ; FOOD ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Kind of Food and Its Preparation |
Holiday Tradition
We have a family tradition. Christmas Eve dinner is the same each year. There is no meat served at that meal, going back to the Catholic observance of Christmas Eve as a day of abstinence. THe foods served are spaghetti with anchovi sauce, Baccala ( Cod fish with almonds and spices), fillet of sole, fried shrimp.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
Keyword(s): ABSTINENCE ; Catholic ; Dinner ; ETHNIC ; FISH ; FOOD ; holiday ; Italian ; meat ; RELIGION ; tradition
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Superstition: Animals
It will be a rough winter if the Cuckleburrs fill out good before the frost and turn brown early.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
Keyword(s): ; AGRICULTURE ; Frost ; PREDICTION ; SUPERSTITION ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Working |
Prediction
It will be a cold winter if the shucks on the corn get tight and thick all over the ear.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE ; CORN ; FARMING ; PREDICTION ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Working |
Prediction
If the horizon is very red at sunset it means the next day will be very hot.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD
Keyword(s): PREDICTION ; WEATHER
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Superstition
Potatoes should be planted by the dark of the moon. Otherwise there will be mostly vines and no potatoes.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; SPRINGFIELD ; L.G. Corbin
Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE ; FARMING ; GARDENING ; MOON ; Potatoes ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Working |
Man A was in the hospital. Man B came to visit the sick man. When the nurse asked what relation Man B was to the patient, Man B replied:
"Sisters and brothers have I none.
This man's father is my father's only son."
Who is Man B?
Answer: father of patient
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SPRINGFIELD
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
People with small ears are misers. People with large ears are foolish with money.
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Where learned: MISSOURI ; SPRINGFIELD
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Rain at seven,
Quit by eleven.
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Where learned: MISSOURI ; SPRINGFIELD
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