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PROVERB
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES YOU'LL KISS A FOOL.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching nose SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
TO SPIT ON A NEW-BORN BABY
WHENEVER A WOMAN LOOKS AT ANOTHER'S NEW BORN BABY THEY MUST HAVE A
LITTLE SALIVA FALL UPON THE CHILD. IF NOT, THE EVIL EYE IS CAST UPON
THE BABY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Curse SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
BUGGY BLINKERS
IN WASHINGTON, D. C., IT HAD BEEN A COMMON CUSTOM FOR ALL DRIVERS OF
VOLKSWAGENS TO BLINK THEIR HEADLIGHTS OR WAVE OR GIVE SOME SIMILAR
SIGNAL OF RECOGNITION TO ANY OTHER VOLKSWAGENS SEEN ON THE STREET.
James Callow comment: VOLKSWAGEN IS A SMALL GERMAN-MADE CAR
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
GRACE
WE SAY GRACE HOLDING HANDS. EVERYONE FORMS A CIRCLE OF HANDS AROUND
THE TABLE AND ONE PERSON EITHER SAYS GRACE OR JUST SPONTANEOUSLY
THANKS GOD FOR THE FOOD OR THE DAY, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 09-00-1970
SUPERSTITION
MY GRANDFATHER ALWAYS INSISTED THAT ONE MUST CROSS HIMSELF WHENEVER
ONE HEARD A SIREN.
IF ONE DID NOT DO THIS ACT OF CUSTOMARY PIETY IN HONOR
OF THE INJURED OR DYING PERSON,
THEN THAT PERSON'S DISEASE OR ILLNESS,
OR EVEN DEATH COULD BE TRANSFERRED TO YOU AND VERY SHORTLY AFTERWARD
YOU WOULD RECEIVE THEIR FATE AND SUFFER THE CONSEQUENCES YOURSELF.
IF YOU CROSSED YOURSELF SEVERAL TIMES, YOU COULD BE THAT MUCH MORE
SURE THAT THE GESTURE WORKED AND YOU COULD BE DOUBLE OR TRIPLE
PROTECTED FROM EVIL, HARM OR DEATH. IF, HOWEVER, YOU CROSSED
YOURSELF MORE THAN TEN TIMES,
COMPLETE EVIL WOULD OVERTAKE YOU, FOR IT WAS
AN ILLUSTRATION THAT YOU DID NOT REALLY TRUST
IN GOD AND THAT YOU CONSIDERED HIM SO IGNORANT THAT
HE WOULD NOT KNOW THAT YOU WERE PRAYING TO HIM.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Church BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Number SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
VENGEANCE TREE LEGEND AT NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY
" THE VENGEANCE TREE IS NEAR THE SHORE OF ST. MARY'S LAKE ON THE
NOTRE DAME CAMPUS, SOUTH BEND, IND. AN INDIAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING A
WHITE MAN WAS TRIED NEAR THE SITE. HE SWORE INNOCENCE, AND SAID THAT
THE TREE WOULD STAND AS WITNESS TO HIS INNOCENCE. TODAY, THE TREE
WITH ITS FIVE BRANCHES STANDS AS PROOF OF HIS UPRAISED HAND IN
SWEARINGHIS FREEDOM FROM GUILT. IT IS A SYCAMORE TREE NEAR CORBY HAL
.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): PLACE NAMES
James Callow Keyword(s): INDIANA ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | 686 Fifths PROSE NARRATIVE -- Plant SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
ON KISSING
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES YOU'RE GOING TO KISS A FOOL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS PROVERB FROM A FRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; YPSILANTI
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Dreams P841.72 SPEECH -- Gesture PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-13-1967
IF SOMEONE DRAWS SYMBOLS IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND WITH THEIR INDEX
FINGER THEY WANT TO MAKE LOVE TO YOU
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-00-1979
SPIRITS LIVE IN TREES AND KNOCKING ON WOOD WILL KEEP AWAY BAD
LUCK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Supernatural Being BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.22 SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-00-1979
GREETING CUSTOMS
THE ANAHUATL INDIAN GREETS PEOPLE BY RUBBING HIS PALM AGAINST THE
PALM OF THE PERSON HE IS GREETING. TO ATTEMPT TO HOLD THE HAND IN A
WESTERN HANDSHAKE IS A THREATENING GESTURE.
Where learned: MEXICO ; COXCATLAN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
GESTURE
PARENTS WOULD HOLD THEIR THUMB BETWEEN THEIR INDEX AND MIDDLE FINGER
AND SAY "FIGAS ZMAKIEM", WHICH MEANT THE CHILD WOULD GET NOTHING
Submitter comment: USUALLY AS A FORM OF PUNISHMENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00001930S ; 02-16-1980
GESTURE
CROSSING ONE'S HEART, RAISING THE RIGHT HAND IS A SIGN OF GOOD
LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: CA00001965
GESTURE
SLAPPING THE PALM OF ONE HAND TO THE FOREHEAD IS A SIGN OF
EXCITEMENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: CA00001965
GESTURE
KNOCKING ON WOOD FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: CA00001935
GESTURE
IF YOU SPILL SALT YOU SHOULD TOSS IT OVER THE SHOULDER FOR GOOD LUCK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: CA00001935
GESTURE
SHRUGGING THE SHOULDER IS A GESTURE OF NOT KNOWING WHAT YOU
TALKING ABOUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: CA00001966
A BIRDIE WITH A YELLOW BILL, HOPPED UP ON MY WINDOW SILL.
HE COCKED HIS LITTLE HEAD AND SAID; AREN'T YOU ASHAMED, YOU SLEEPY HEAD}
Submitter comment: FOR THOSE PEOPLE WHO WERE LATE TO SCHOOL, THE CLASS WOULD RECITE THI WHILE MAKING THE SHAME-ON-YOU GESTURE WITH THEIR HANDS.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; REBUKE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
BODY PART BELIEF
ITCHY NOSE MEANS YOU WILL KISS YOUR BOYFRIEND OR GIRLFRIEND.
Submitter comment: A DENTIST TELLS THEIR PATIENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Nose BELIEF -- Dreams P841.72 BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00001960S
FRECKLES ARE ANGEL KISSES.
Submitter comment: 1 SHE HAS FRECKLES, AND HER MOTHER USED TO TELL HER THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROCHESTER HILLS
Date learned: CA00001969
WHEN YOU ARE SHUCKING CORN, AND FIND AN EAR THAT IS RED, GIVE IT TO
THE BOY YOU LOVE AND HE WILL HAVE TO GIVE YOU A KISS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Color SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1975