The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

BELIEF

YOU CAN CALL A DOODLEBUG OUT OF THE GROUND BY LEANING OVER HIS
HOLE (WHICH LOOKS SOMETHING LIKE AN ANTHILL WITH A HOLE IN THE
MIDDLE) AND CHANTING, "DOODLEBUG, DOODLEBUG, COME HOME. THE
HOUSE HAS BURNED DOWN, THE CHILDREN ALL GONE. DODDLEBUG COME
HOME."

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; LEWISBURG

Date learned: 06-17-1972