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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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TRUE FRIENDS ARE LIKE DIAMONDS,
PRECIOUS AND RARE.
FALSE ONES LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES,
FOUND EVERYWHERE.
MAY YOU ALWAYS BE A DIAMOND,
A WILLING WORKER, AND A GOOD GIRL.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Exhortatory or homiletic, "to be a good girl" |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
THE PEOPLE ENDED THE GOLDEN SHIP
THE PEOPLE ENDED THE SILVER SHIP
THE PEOPLE ENDED THE RUBY SHIP
BUT DON'T LET THEM END OUR FRIENDSHIP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Friendship |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
WHEN YOU GROW UP AND GET OUT OF SHAPE,
REMEMBER THAT GIRDLES ARE $2.98.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
WHEN YOU GROW UP, AND THINK YOU'RE SWEET,
TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES AND SMELL YOUR FEET!!!
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
APPRECIATION OF FRIENDS
IT IS EVIDENT THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES,
HOW SWEET AND SOUR OUR LIVES CAN BE.
BUT IF WE COULD LOVE AS WELL AS WE HATE,
WHAT FEW TROUBLES WOULD BE LEFT TO SEE.
FOR JOYS WOULD RESULT WITH NO SORROWS FELT,
THUS LEAVING OUR HEARTS SO EASY TO MELT.
Keyword(s): ADVICE ; ASSONANCE ; CONTRAST ; FREE VERSE ; HATE ; INFORMATIVE ; LOVE ; METAPHOR ; RHYME: ABCBEE ; SERIOUSNESS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
Curse of a Cat
There lived a man with his face covered with black fur like a cat in the village of agricultural district of Japan. His mother extremely hated a black cat before he was born and treated it very badly and cruelly killed it. After she bore him she was dead with severe pain and everybody was surprised at seeing the baby's face covered with black fur.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: JAPAN ; HIROSHIMA
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal BELIEF -- Birth |
Bunbuku Chagama
There lived an old man and an old woman in the small village of Japan. One day, the old man caught a racoon and hung it from the ceiling to make racoon soup. But the grandmother who was very sympathetic and warm-hearted took the rope off the racoon and helped it. A few days after, the racoon visited her and walked a tight rope taking the form of a kettle and danced very well to entertain her. It is said that he wanted to return her kindness.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Informant probably first learned this in Hiroshima City, Japan.
Where learned: JAPAN ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; HIROSHIMA CITY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal Tale |