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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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Superstition: Sports
Winning Streak:
It was believed to be bad luck to wash your athletic socks during a winning streak. If the coach made you wear clean ones, you always wore your dirty ones underneath those so as not to jinx the team.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Coach ; FATE ; GAME ; jinx ; LUCK ; SPORTS ; SUPERSTITION ; Win ; Winning Streak
James Callow Keyword(s): Reference
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion |
Proverb
An Old Saying:
An idle mind is the devil's workshop.
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Sister claims to have heard this from her novice mistress in 1948.
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Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Saint Frederick Convent ; PONTIAC
Keyword(s): DEVIL ; LAZY ; Mind ; Weakness
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Toast
May I never be above you / May I never be beneath you / May I always be on the level with you.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Above ; Beneath ; DRINKING ; Level ; Relation ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
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 |