The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

This is a saying I learned from my mother when I was younger:
"If you keep making that expression your face will freeze like
that." What she meant by this was that if I continually made a
certain expression my face would someday freeze with that
expression on it. She said this to me through my childhood and
still says it to me today. I think it was her way to keep me
from making faces. Unfortunately, it has not worked!

James Callow comment: Cf. Hand, North Carolina no. 172.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS

James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION

Date learned: 00-00-1982