The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

INDIAN EXPRESSION

AFTER AN INDIAN HAS MADE A BOAST AND HAS BEEN
PROVEN TO HAVE NO ABILITY IN HIS BRAG. THE RETORT GIVEN
BY HIS SKEPTICS WOULD BE, "OH, YES, AND THE GROUND WAS
UNEVEN."

Submitter comment: THIS COMES FROM AN OLD STORY OF A PROSTITUTE. IN
ORDER TO TANTILIZE THE PROSPECTS, SHE WOULD DANCE AND
GYRATE HOPING TO GAIN A CUSTOMER. ONE SUCH GIRL WAS
NOT TALENTED AT THE DANCING AND THE EXCUSE SHE GAVE
WAS THAT THE GROUND WAS NOT SMOOTH, BUT RATHER
UNEVEN.

Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Date learned: 02-29-1968