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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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Superstition
The only objects that are supposed to be able to kill witches are those that are made of silver.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Metal Stone Bone Gold Silver Copper |
Neck Riddle
What's the difference between a violin and a fiddle?
Answer: A violin has a case; a fiddle is thrown over the back.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Neck Riddle
What's the difference between a vase(1)/vez/ and a vase(2)/vaz/?
Answer: A vase(2) costs over $5.00.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Children's Play Song
Chorus:
Boom, Boom, ain't it great to be crazy
Boom, Boom, ain't it great to be crazy
A horse and a flea and three blind mice
Sat on a table shooting dice
The horse, he slept and fell on the flea
Oops said the flea, there's a horse on me (chorus)
Eli, Eli, he sells sox
A dollar for a pair, a nickel for a box
The longer you wear 'em, the shorter they get
You put 'em in the water and they don't get wet (chorus)
A man sells a pair of Venetian underwear
He wore 'em nine months without a single tear
Wore 'em nine months, without exageration
Couldn't take 'em off 'cause he lost the combination (chorus)
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; Goucher College
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Riddle
Why do people usually tap the side of their coffee or tea cup, after stirring the contents?
Answer: Because you can see it (the contents), smell it, taste it, and touch it, but you can't hear it, so you tap it.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; Goucher College
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Once through the lips, forever on the hips.
(Sign on the door of our cupboard.)
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; Goucher College
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Expression
Being "in the family way" is another way of saying being pregnant.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; BALTIMORE ; Goucher College
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Occupational Saying
A farmboy, in the hills of Maryland, when asked to do a favor, once gave this reply: "Might as well, can't dance, too wet to plow, too windy to haul rocks, corn's all in, chickin's been fed."
Where learned: MARYLAND ; Frederick
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech C870.550 |