Journal of American Folklore

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American Folk-lore Society, 1924

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Strana 7 - SEE a pin and pick it up, All the day you'll have good luck ; See a pin and let it lay, Bad luck you'll have all the day ! CLX.
Strana 300 - Society, is designed for the collection and publication of the folk-lore and mythology of the American Continent.
Strana 7 - Red sky at night, sailors delight; Red sky at morning, sailors take warning.
Strana 21 - One I love, Two I love, Three I love I say; Four I love with all my heart Five I cast away. Six he loves, Seven she loves, , , Eight they both love ; Nine he comes, Ten he tarries, Eleven he courts and Twelve he marries.
Strana 10 - tis an old saying — If you change the name and not the letter, You change for the worse and not for the better.
Strana 3 - There will be a death in the family if a dog howls, an owl hoots, or a shutter slams.
Strana 12 - One, I love, Two, I love, Three, I love, I say, Four, I love with all my heart, And five, I cast away ; Six, he loves, Seven, she loves, Eight, they both love ; Nine, he comes, Ten, he tarries, Eleven, he courts, Twelve, he marries ; Thirteen wishes, Fourteen kisses, All the rest little witches.
Strana 284 - Boys must not play cat's-cradle, because in later life their fingers might become entangled in the harpoon-line. They are allowed to play this game when they become adults. Two cases were told of hunters who lost their fingers, in which the cause was believed to be their having played cat's-cradle when young. Such youths are thought to be particularly liable to lose their fingers in hunting ground-seal.
Strana 13 - Star light, star bright, first star I see tonight, wish I may, wish I might, have the wish I wish tonight.
Strana 202 - Different members of the throng, one after another, may chant each his verse, composed on the spur of the moment, and the sum of these various contributions makes a song. This is communal composition, though each verse, taken by itself, is the work of an individual. A song made in this way is no man's property and has no individual author. The folk is its author.