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HAY GATHERINGS
ALL FARMERS OF THE COMMUNITY IN INDIANA WOULD STOP ALL THEIR WORK
AND ALL JOIN IN TO HELP EACH OTHER WITH THEIR HAY GATHERING.
THE GROUP OF MEN WOULD SPEND TWO DAYS AT EACH FARM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; INDIANA
Keyword(s): FARMING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Autumn Fall Harvest Thanksgiving |
Date learned: 10-10-1971
BORASS---MEANS TO PLAY A PRACTICAL JOKE ON SOMEONE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: INDIANA ; BLOOMINGTON
Keyword(s): JOKE ; Nickname ; PRACTICAL JOKE ; SLANG ; SPEECH
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
WET AS A HOOT OWL IN A HURRICANE.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WALTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS USELESS AS TITS ON A BOAR.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WALTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
PROVERBIAL EXPRESSION
THAT OLD DOG WON'T HUNT.
Submitter comment:
EXPRESSION USED TO MEAN THAT SOMETHING IS WORN OUT OR
OVERUSED.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WALTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
NERVOUS AS A LONG-TAILED CAT IN A ROOM FULL OF ROCKING
CHAIRS.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WALTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
SOMETHING "LEANS TOWARD DIXIE."
Submitter comment:
AN EXPRESSION TO SHOW THAT SOMETHING IS NOT QUITE RIGHT OR
THAT SOMEONE HAS THE WRONG IDEA ABOUT SOMETHING.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WALTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 06-21-1970
PROVERB
I'LL (HE'LL, WE'LL) SHOW THEM HOW THE BORE EAT THE CABBAGE.
Submitter comment: USED TO EXPRESS "SHOW THEM HOW IT'S DONE."
Where learned: INDIANA ; WALTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 07-05-1970
FOOD
EATING THE COOKED BRAINS OF CATTLE IS GOOD FOR YOUR BRAINS--IT MAKES YOU SMARTER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; WALTON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
MY MOTHER WILL TELL YOU TO GO AND GET 3 (OR MAYBE 7) STONES.
EACH ONE SHE RUBS OVER YOUR WARTS. AND IN SO MANY DAYS THEY
WILL GO AWAY. AND THEY ACTUALLY GO AWAY.
WHEN I WAS 7 OR 8 I HAD A SEED WART AND MOTHER COULDN'T
CHARM IT OFF. HER POWER WOULDN'T WORK IN THE IMMEDIATE
FAMILY. SO I WENT TO A LADY WHO TOOK A BLACK THREAD AND
MADE A LOOP WITH IT AND PUT IT AROUND THE WART AND DREW
IT TIGHT. SHE TOLD ME TO LEAVE IT ALONE AND IT WOULD GO
AWAY. AND IT WAS GONE IN A WEEK OR TWO.
Submitter comment: HAPPENED IN SEYMOUR, INDIANA, WHERE HE LIVED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; INDIANA ; SOUTHFIELD ; SEYMOUR
James Callow Keyword(s): MEASURING
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several Favorites BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 05-19-1965
BLASON POPULAIRE
HE WHO DIGS A DITCH FOR OTHERS FALLS IN IT HIMSELF.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-28-1967
BLASON POPULAIRE
LITTLE CHILDREN TREAD ON ONE'S LAP; BIG CHILDREN TREAD
ON ONE'S HEART.
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V250 |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
TO DETERMINE IF A SICK PERSON WILL GET WELL, CUT A
PIECE OF BREAD, RUB THE PATIENT'S TEETH WITH IT,
THROW THE BREAD BEFORE A DOG. IF THE DOG EATS IT,
THE PATIENT WILL RECOVER, IF NOT, THE ILLNESS IS
DANGEROUS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Use of Object Food BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
TO DESTROY WARTS YOU COOK CHICKEN'S FEET AND RUB THE WARTS
WITH THEM. PUT THEM UNDER THE EAVES.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN HER YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
COUPLES WHO GET MARRIED DURING THE FULL OF THE
MOON WILL HAVE MANY CHILDREN.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Time or day of ceremony |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
AN INDUSTRIOUS WIFE IS THE BEST SAVINGS ACCOUNT.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; VEEDERSBURG
Keyword(s): MARRIAGE ; OBSERVATION
James Callow Keyword(s): BANKING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
WINDOW IN THE DOGGIE JOKE
THERE WAS AN ECCENTRIC OLD LADY WHO HAD A LITTLE DOG
THAT SHE LOVED VERY MUCH AND JUST DOTED ON. THE DOG WAS
GETTING OLD AND HADN'T BEEN FELLING WELL, SO THE LADY TOOK
IT TO THE VET. THE DOCTOR TOLD HER THAT THE DOG HAD A
WEAK HEART AND WOULDN'T BE AROUND MUCH LONGER. HE SAID
HE JUST HAD A DOG WHO DIED AND SUGGESTED A HEART TRANSPLANT.
THE LADY CONSENTED AND THE DOCTOR WAS REALLY EXCITED
BECAUSE THIS WAS A FIRST--A HEART TRANSPLANT IN A DOG. THE
LADY WAS WATCHING THE DELICATE OPERATION AND THE SKILLFUL
DOCTOR ASKED THAT SINCE HE WAS ALREADY OPERATING, COULD
HE PUT A WINDOW IN THE DOG SO THEY COULD WATCH THE NEW
HEART WORK. THE LADY BEGAN TO WORRY ABOUT MONEY, BUT
CONSENTED ANYWAY.
FINALLY SHE GOT SO WORRIED ABOUT THE COST OF THE OPERATION
AND EVERYTHING THAT SHE THOUGHT SHE {HAD} BETTER INQUIRE
ABOUT IT. SHE ASKED THE DOCTOR, "HOW MUCH IS THAT WINDOW
IN THE DOGGIE?"
Where learned: INDIANA ; University of Notre Dame
Keyword(s): SONG: HOW MUCH IS THAT DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW.
James Callow Keyword(s): HOW MUCH IS THAT DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW?
| Subject headings: | 6677 Formula Tale |
Date learned: 03-28-1971
WINDOW IN THE DOGGIE JOKE
THERE WAS AN ECCENTRIC OLD LADY WHO HAD A LITTLE DOG
THAT SHE LOVED VERY MUCH AND JUST DOTED ON. THE DOG WAS
GETTING OLD AND HADN'T BEEN FELLING WELL, SO THE LADY TOOK
IT TO THE VET. THE DOCTOR TOLD HER THAT THE DOG HAD A
WEAK HEART AND WOULDN'T BE AROUND MUCH LONGER. HE SAID
HE JUST HAD A DOG WHO DIED AND SUGGESTED A HEART TRANSPLANT.
THE LADY CONSENTED AND THE DOCTOR WAS REALLY EXCITED
BECAUSE THIS WAS A FIRST--A HEART TRANSPLANT IN A DOG. THE
LADY WAS WATCHING THE DELICATE OPERATION AND THE SKILLFUL
DOCTOR ASKED THAT SINCE HE WAS ALREADY OPERATING, COULD
HE PUT A WINDOW IN THE DOG SO THEY COULD WATCH THE NEW
HEART WORK. THE LADY BEGAN TO WORRY ABOUT MONEY, BUT
CONSENTED ANYWAY.
FINALLY SHE GOT SO WORRIED ABOUT THE COST OF THE OPERATION
AND EVERYTHING THAT SHE THOUGHT SHE {HAD} BETTER INQUIRE
ABOUT IT. SHE ASKED THE DOCTOR, "HOW MUCH IS THAT WINDOW
IN THE DOGGIE?"
Where learned: INDIANA ; University of Notre Dame
Keyword(s): SONG: HOW MUCH IS THAT DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW.
James Callow Keyword(s): HOW MUCH IS THAT DOGGIE IN THE WINDOW?
| Subject headings: | 6677 Formula Tale |
Date learned: 03-28-1971
"I SEE," SAID THE BLIND MAN TO THE DEAF DOG AS THEY WALKED ALONG.
Where learned: INDIANA ; University of Notre Dame
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRADICTION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 02-04-1971
The ghost of Knute Rockne, a past Notre Dame football player,
is thought to guide Notre Dame's football team during the
games.
Where learned: INDIANA ; University of Notre Dame ; South Bend
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- School |