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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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What's black and white and red (read) all over?
Answer--Newspaper
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; Box 267
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
If you hold a dandelion blossom under your chin and a yellow spot can be seen it means you like butter.
Data entry tech comment:
No Boggs number assigned. Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; Box 267
| Subject headings: |
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100 bottles of beer on the wall,
100 bottles of beer,
If one of those bottles should happen to fall,
99 bottles of beer on the wall;
99 bottles of beer on the wall,. . .
etc. to one bottle.
Submitter comment:
A drinking song learned at Olivet College.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OLIVET ; Olivet College
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Song Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion |
At Austin College in Sherman, Texas, when someone is accepted into medical school they are thrown (fully-clothed) into one of the fountains on campus.
Submitter comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Informant probably first learned this in Sherman, Texas.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; TEXAS ; NASHVILLE ; HOUSTON ; Austin College
James Callow Keyword(s): Initiation
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Down in the valley
Down int the valley where the green grass grows,
There sat Debbie as preetty as a Rose,
She sang, she sang so sweet.
Along came Paul and kissed her on the cheek.
Where learned: MARYGROVE COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |