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IF YOU BREAK A MIRROR, THAT'S SUPPOSED TO BRING YOU SEVEN
YEARS OF BAD LUCK, BUT IF YOU TOSS SOME SALT OVER YOUR
SHOULDER, THAT'LL COUNTERACT THE BAD LUCK AND YOU DON'T
HAVE TO WORRY.
Where learned: NASHVILLE, ASSUMED ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Bad luck BELIEF -- Conversions |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
BIRTH SUPERSTITION
MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO SAY THAT WHENEVER A BABY WAS BORN AND
IT HAD A BIRTHMARK OR SOMETHING ON ITS SKIN, THAT IT WAS
DUE TO SOME SIN OF THE MOTHER AND GOD WAS PUNISHING HER
BY MARKING UP HER CHILD.
Where learned: NASHVILLE, ASSUMED ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
Date learned: 07-23-1968
Expression
"To fly off the handle" means to lose your temper.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ;
Keyword(s): Expression ; Fly ; Handle ; Language ; Lose ; Saying ; TEMPER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Expression
Paint the town red, or, go out on the town.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ;
Keyword(s): COLOR ; Entertainment ; Expression ; Language ; Out ; Paint ; Red ; Saying ; Term ; Town
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Entertainment: Song
Song:
I gave my love a cherry that had no stone.
I gave my love a chicken that had no bone.
I gave my love a ring that had no end.
I gave my love a baby with no crying.
How can there be a cherry that has no stone?
How can there be a chicken that has no bone?
How can there be a ring that has no end?
How can there be a baby with no crying?
A cherry when it's bloomin', has no stone.
A chicken when it's pippin', it has no bone.
A ring when it's rollin', it has no end.
A baby when it's sleeping, has no crying.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BABY ; Blooming ; Bone ; Cherry ; Chicken ; CRYING ; Entertainment ; Folksong ; MUSIC ; Pippin ; RHYME ; RING ; Rolling ; Sleeping ; SONG ; STONE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love |
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Entertainment: Song
Jump-Rope Game:
'Double Dutch'
As two people throw two ropes simultaneously in opposite directions, a third person tries to jump both ropes. There is no rhyme to accompany the skipping. It's hard enough to concentrate on the jumping.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Double ; DUTCH ; Entertainment ; GAME ; Jump ; Jump Rope ; Rope ; SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Language: Rhyme
School's out! School's out!
Teacher wore her paddle out!
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Entertainment ; Paddle ; RHYME ; SCHOOL ; TEACHER ; Vacation
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Entertainment: Game
Engine, engine, number 9
Going down Chicago's line,
If the train should jump the track,
Would you want your money back?
yes, no, maybe.....(repeat until a miss)
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CHICAGO ; Engine ; Entertainment ; GAME ; Jump ; Jump Rope ; Line ; MONEY ; Nine ; NUMBER ; RHYME ; Track
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Language: Rhyme
Ridicule Rhyme:
Tattle Tale, Tattle Tale
Hang your britches on a nail,
Hang them high, hang them low,
Hang them in a picture show.
Hang them 'till your fanny shows.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BRITCHES ; Entertainment ; Fanny ; Hang ; High ; Language ; Low ; Nail ; Picture Show ; rat ; RHYME ; RIDICULE ; Tattle Tale
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
I'm a little Dutch girl, dressed in blue
Here are some motions I can do -
Salute to the captain
Curtsy to the Queen,
Turn my back on the mean old King.
(Do the motions while jumping.)
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Captain ; Curtsy ; DUTCH ; Entertainment ; GAME ; Girl ; Jump Rope ; King ; Motions ; Queen ; RHYME ; Salute ; Turn
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Susie and Johnnie sitting in a tree,
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
First comes love, then comes marriage, Then comes Johnnie with a baby carriage.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BABY ; Carriage ; Entertainment ; GAME ; Jump Rope ; KISSING ; Language ; MARRIAGE ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Blue Bells, Cockle shells,
Evy, Ivy Over
First comes love
Then comes marriage,
Here comes (name of jumper) with a baby carriage.
(For blue bells to ive - the rope swings back and forth, the jumper jumping over it. On over, the regular turning begins.)
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BABY ; Blue Bells ; Carriage ; Cockle Shells ; Entertainment ; GAME ; Ivy ; Jump ; Jump Rope ; Language ; MARRIAGE ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
First grade babies
Second grade tots
Third grade angles
Fourth grade snots
Fifth grade peaches
Sixth grade plums
All the rest are dirty bums.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): ANGELS ; Babies ; Bums ; COUNTING ; Entertainment ; Fifth ; First ; Fourth ; FRUIT ; GAME ; Jump Rope ; Language ; Peaches ; Plums ; RHYME ; Second ; Sixth ; Snots ; Third ; Tots
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump Rope Rhyme
Down in the valley where the green grass grows,
There sat (name of jumper) as sweet as a rose.
Along came (boyfriend's name) and kissed her on the cheek,
How many kisses did she get?
1,2,3,4.... (Continue until a miss)
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): COUNTING ; Entertainment ; GAME ; Jump Rope ; KISS ; Language ; RHYME ; Valley
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Saying
...three sheets to the wind. Meaning he's drunk.
ie There was a guy three sheets to the wind.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): DRUNK ; EUPHEMISM ; Language ; Saying ; Sheets ; SLANG ; Term ; Wind
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
Saying
Was that in the right church but the wrong pew?
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): CHURCH ; Pew ; Saying
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
Ghost Tale
In Chapel Hill, TN, There is a ghost that roams next to the railroad. All you can see is his light as he flashes it up and down the tracks. It is supposedly a lineman who had fallen off the train many years before. When he fell he lost his head. Now he roams the track swinging the light looking for his head.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): Beheaded ; DECAPITATION ; GHOST ; HEAD ; Lineman ; RAILROAD ; Story ; SUPERNATURAL ; Tale ; Urban Legend
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Custom; Agriculture
Plant corn by the dark of the moon
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE ; CORN ; Crop ; CUSTOM ; FARMING ; HARVEST ; Lore ; MOON ; PLANT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time F574.82.242.5 |
Custom; Agriculture
Plant cucumbers by the dark of the moon. If you plant them by the light of the moon, they will just make vines.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE ; Crop ; Cucumber ; Dark ; FARMING ; LIGHT ; Lore ; MOON ; PLANT ; VEGETABLE ; Vine
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Working |