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SEX OF UNBORN CHILD

IF YOU EAT TWIN BANANAS YOU WILL HAVE TWIN BABIES.

Submitter comment:

INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN THAILAND.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; informant's dorm

Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC ; HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC

Subject headings: 686 686.1.2
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BELIEF -- Birth
BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222.

Date learned: 03-01-1971

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EASTER BUNNY

WE USED TO PUT CARROTS UNDER OUR PILLOW SO THAT THE EASTER BUNNY
WOULD BE SURE TO COME TO OUR HOUSE. I THINK THAT IT'S AN HUNGARIAN
CUSTOM.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ROOM ; informant's dorm room

Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Bunny

Date learned: 11-30-1971

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Graffiti

I dreampt I conquered the world in my Erin Go Braugh.

(This is a parody on a magazine ad for brassieres which goes: "I dreamt I conquered the world in my Maidenform bra.")

 

Submitter comment:

Told to me in informant's romm--she gets them from desks in the University of Detroit Library.

 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT LIBRARY ; informant's dorm room

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture

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Graffiti

God didn't create the world in seven days--he goofed off for six days and then pulled an all-nighter. (Typical archie!)

 

Submitter comment:

Gathered from desks in the University of Detroit library.
 

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT LIBRARY ; informant's dorm room

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture

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