The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

PROVERBIAL PHRASE

SWINGING IN ON A GRAPEVINE.

Submitter comment: IN EASTERN KENTUCKY, THE ABOVE EXPRESSION WAS USED TO SHOW
THAT A PLACE WAS REMOTE OR ISOLATED. THE CANEY CREEK
SCHOOL AT PIPPA PASSES, KENTUCKY, WAS IN SUCH AN AREA.
NO BUSES OR TRAINS WENT NEAR, AND THE ROAD LEADING TO THE
SCHOOL WAS ROUGH. I NEVER VISITED THIS SCHOOL MYSELF, BUT
THE STUDENTS WHO DID SAID YOU "HAD TO SWING IN ON A
GRAPEVINE."

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Date learned: NOT GIVEN