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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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Language
Tongue Twister:
I slit a sheet, A sheet I slit, Upon a slitted sheet I sit.
Submitter comment:
This one was told to me by my mom many years ago.
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Where learned: Myself
Keyword(s): HUMOR ; JOKE ; Language ; TONGUE TWISTER
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Language:
Canner's Tongue Twister:
A canner exceedingly canny / Once remarked to his granny; / A canner can can whatever he can / but a canner can't can a can can he?
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James Callow comment:
Written next to entry: Sense?
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Where learned: Myself
Keyword(s): Language ; TONGUE TWISTER
Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
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Superstition
Werewolf Moon
When the moon takes on a very orange color, this is said to be the time when werewolves come out.
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Where learned: Myself
Keyword(s): COLOR ; FANTASY ; Man ; MOON ; Orange ; SUPERNATURAL ; SUPERSTITION ; Transform ; TRANSFORMATION ; Werewolf ; Wolf
Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Werewolf Vampire PROSE NARRATIVE -- Moon |
Joke
Easter Joke:
"Easter will be a little late this year, they found the body."
Submitter comment:
Sign on the desk of a room in Payne Hall, Peabody College.
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Where learned: Myself
Keyword(s): BODY ; Easter ; holiday ; JOKE ; RELIGION ; Resurrection
Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |