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LEADER: THERE AIN'T NO USE IN LOOKING DOWN.
TROOPS: THERE AIN'T NO USE IN LOOKING DOWN.
LEADER: THERE AIN'T NO DISCHARGE ON THE GROUND.
TROOPS: THERE AIN'T NO DISCHARGE ON THE GROUND.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; TEXAS ; FORT LEONARD WOOD ; FORT SAM ; HOUSTON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- War cries |
PRACTICAL JOKE
WRITE THIS OUT: "POLISH IT IN THE CORNER". HAVE SOMEONE SAY IT
OUT LOUD THREE TIMES, THEN SAY: "SHAME ON POLLY"
Where learned: MISSOURI ; AGENCY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wit CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: CA00001967
PRACTICAL JOKE
TELL SOMEBODY THAT THEY CAN READ SIAMESE. THEN WRITE THIS OUT;
"O WA TAGU SIAM". THEN HAVE THEM READ IT OUT LOUD UNTIL THEY
REALIZE THAT THEY ARE SAYING, "OH WHAT A GOOSE I AM".
Where learned: MISSOURI ; AGENCY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wit CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: CA00001967
POINT AT COWS WHEN YOU CALL THEM. IF YOU DONT, THE DEVIL WILL
COME TO CARRY BOTH YOU AND THE COW AWAY.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; AGENCY
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Mammal SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: CA00001967
IF YOU HARROW A FIELD AND A HARROW TOOTH BREAKS, SOMEONE YOU LOVE
WILL DIE.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; AGENCY
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: CA00001967
I DONT CARE IF THERES SNOW UP TO YOUR KNEES ON ST. PATRICKS DAY-
THATS WHEN YOU PLANT POTATOES IF THEYRE GONNA GROW RIGHT.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; AGENCY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 17 Feast of St. Patrick CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming BELIEF -- P663 |
Date learned: CA00001967
THIS IS HOW YOU MAKE BUTTER.
TIGHTEN THE TOP AND CHURN SLOWLY-- IF YOU GO TOO FAST YOULL GET
WHIPPED CREAM. WHEN THE BUTTER GETS SO THICK YOU CANT CHURN ANY
MORE, WHY, ITS DONE. SQUEEZE ALL THE BUTTERMILK OUT, SALT IT A BIT,
MOLD IT, AND PUT IT AWAY.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; AGENCY
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Animal product Butter |
Date learned: CA00001967
STOPPING BLEEDING BY QUOTING BIBLE
SEVERAL YEARS AGO THERE WAS AN OLD WOMAN AROUND WHO CLAIMED SHE
COULD STOP BLEEDING BY REPEATING OVER AND OVER A VERSE OF
SCRIPTURE. I CAN'T REMEMBER NOW WHICH VERSE IT WAS. WHEN MY
BROTHER CUT AN ARTERY IN HIS LEG, NOBODY WENT TO THE DOCTOR
FOR THINGS LIKE THAT, THEN MY MOTHER TOOK HIM TO THIS WOMAN
AND SHE SAID THIS VERSE OVER AND OVER. HIS LEG DID STOP
BLEEDING, BUT I DON'T KNOW HOW EFFECTIVE SHE WAS. IT PROBABLY
JUST BLED ALL IT WAS GOING TO AND QUIT.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; PUXICO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
SAYING
I DIDN'T SLEEP WORTH A HOOTER LAST NIGHT.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; PUXICO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
PROVERB: SOMETHING NEW
THAT'S A NEW WRINKLE ON THE HORN.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; PUXICO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
SOME PEOPLE THINK IT IS BAD LUCK TO CUT YOUR FINGERNAILS ON
FRIDAY.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; PUXICO
Date learned: 07-28-1968
DON'T SWEEP UNDER A SICK PERSON'S BED OR THEY WILL DIE.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; PUXICO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
BAD LUCK RHYME
DON'T STEP ON A CRACK,
OR YOU'LL BREAK YOUR GRANDMA'S BACK.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; PUXICO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
I WOULDN'T HAVE A BODY OF MINE HAULED TO THE CEMETERY BY A
GRAY HORSE. GRAY HORSE WILL BRING ANOTHER DEATH.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; PUXICO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
WHEN OR BEFORE MY FATHER PASSED AWAY, THERE WERE THREE KNOCKS
ON THE DOOR, AND THE MALE NURSE OPENED THE DOOR. THERE WAS A
MAN WITH A DOVE ON HIS SHOULDER. THE DOVE FLEW TO MY FATHER
AND LIT ON HIS BED AND THEN FLEW BACK TO THE MAN. THE MAN
AND THE DOVE DISAPPEARED WHILE THE NURSE WAS LOOKING AT THEM.
MY FATHER DIED THE NEXT NIGHT.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; PUXICO
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
WHEN MY BABY SISTER PASSED AWAY, SHE WAS NINE YEARS OLD, WE HEARD
THE SWEETEST SINGING AND SHE HEARD IT TOO. SHE HAD SPINAL
MENINGITIS. SHE OPENED HER EYES, WHICH SHE HADN'T BEEN ABLE
TO DO BEFORE AND SAID, "MAMA, DO YOU HEAR THAT SINGING?"
Where learned: MISSOURI ; PUXICO
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
BEFORE MY BROTHER DIED, HE CALLED MY MOTHER AND TOLD HER HE HAD
SEEN A LITTLE GIRL HOLDING A CANDLE FLYING AROUND HIS BED.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; PUXICO
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
IF THE SPIDER COMES DOWN FROM THE CEILING RIGHT IN FRONT OF
YOU AND STAYS FOR A WHILE, RELATIONS ARE COMING TO VISIT. THE
SPIDER MUST BE ON A WEB AND COME DOWN FROM THE CEILING. IF
HE IS DOWN WHEN YOU SEE HIM AND THEN GOES UP, IT MEANS A
DEATH IN THE FAMILY. IF HE STARTS DOWN AND GOES RIGHT BACK
UP, SOMEONE THOUGHT ABOUT WRITING YOU A LETTER AND THEN
CHANGED THEIR MIND.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; PUXICO
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
IF THERE IS SICKNESS IN THE FAMILY AND A DOG COMES TO THE DOOR
OR WINDOW AND SHOWS HIS TEETH WITHOUT GROWLING, OR MAKING A
SOUND, THE PERSON WILL DIE. I HAVE SEEN THIS HAPPEN AND
THE DOG WILL COME SEVERAL TIMES INSTEAD OF JUST ONCE.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; PUXICO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
IF YOU MOVE INTO A FINISHED HOUSE AND CUT WINDOWS, SOMEONE
WILL DIE WITHIN A YEAR.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; PUXICO
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-28-1968