The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

This was a story told to the informant by his father when he
was a young child. This boy prayed to the Lord for three
dollars. He told the Lord that it was for three reasons. The
first was for himself, the second dollar was for the poor and the
third dollar was for the church. So he got the three dollars. He
went to the Lord in prayer again and told the Lord he was
grateful for the money and told the Lord what he did with the
money. He put one of the dollars in his left pants pocket for
himself, the second one for the church was put in his right pants
pocket and he told the Lord that he had to know how poor he was,
so he put the third dollar in his back pocket. He later went to
the store for some liquor and when he went to pay all three
dollars were gone, but he did find three holes in his pockets.

Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD

Date learned: 02-07-1992