The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

SCHOOL CUSTOM

WHEN LIVING IN MEMPHIS, THEY WALKED DOWN THE COUNTRY
ROAD TO A TWO ROOM SCHOOL HOUSE AND WHEN YOU HAD TO
RECITE, YOU WENT TO THE BENCH IN FRONT OF THE ROOM
AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, ALL THE SCHOOL CHILDREN
WENT UP AND KISSED THE TEACHER.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT DID THIS WHEN SHE WAS IN GRAMMAR SCHOOL
IN THE 1890S IN TENNESSEE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT

Date learned: 10-12-1970