The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

TEACHER NICKNAMES

AT BROTHER RICE HIGH SCHOOL, MANY OF THE TEACHERS WERE GIVEN
NICKNAMES WHICH WERE USUALLY INSULTING AND WHICH ALL OF THE
BOYS IN ALL OF THE CLASSES SEEMED TO KNOW. ONE, A RATHER
STRONG PERSONALITY, WAS NICKNAMED "SWINE", AND A VERY OLD
BROTHER (CHRISTIAN BROTHERS OF IRELAND) WAS CALLED "MOSES."
AS GRADUATION DAY DREW NEAR, SOMEONE IN THE SENIOR CLASS
WOULD WRITE "12 MORE DAYS OF SWINE AND MOSES", THEN "11
MORE DAYS OF SWINE AND ROSES", (WINE AND ROSES) ETC.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE

Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR