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IN NIGERIA, IT IS BELIEVED THAT CHILDREN ARE THE "CLOTHES" AND THE
"SHELTERS" OF THEIR PARENTS IN THE OLD AGE. THE CHILDREN TAKE THE
RESPONSIBILITY OF TAKING CARE OF THEIR PARENTS WHEN THEY ARE OLD.
THUS, THE CHILDLESS COUPLES ARE ALWAYS DEJECTED AND UNHAPPY
BECAUSE THERE IS NO CHILD TO TAKE THE RESPONSIBILITY OF CARING FOR
THEM WHEN THEY GET OLD.
Submitter comment: HE NARRATED THE ITEM WITH PITY.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1984
RESPECT IS A VERY STRONG WORD AMONG YORUBA TRIBE IN
NIGERIA. A PERSON SHOULD RESPECT SOMEONE WHO IS OLDER
THAN HIM OR HER. FOR AN EXAMPLE IT IS AN INSULT FOR A JUNIOR
PERSON TO CALL SOMEONE WHO IS OLDER THAN HIM/HER BY NAME.
THUS, IT IS VERY COMMON TO BE HEARING "MRS...." OR "MR...."
"YES SIR", AND "YES MA" ALL OVER THE PLACE.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1984
JAPANESE EATING CUSTOM
"IN THE SOUTHERN PARTS OF JAPAN, SLURPING OR EATING FOOD NOISILY
IS NOT CONSIDERED RUDE BUT IN PARTS LIKE TOKYO IT IS CONSIDERED
VERY IMPOLITE AND A SIGN OF BAD MANNERS. MOTHERS IN TOKYO WILL
SCOLD THEIR CHILDREN IF THEY ARE NOISY EATERS."
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM A JAPANESE STUDENT AT THE
UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Date learned: 02-00-1984
CHINESE EATING CUSTOM (GOOSE)
"IN CHINA, ANYONE YOUNGER THAN 15 YEARS IS NOT ALLOWED TO EAT
GOOSE BECAUSE THE CHINESE BELIEVE THAT THEIR FINGERS WILL CURL
AND BLISTER."
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT BELIEVED SUCH BELIEFS WERE MADE UP BY ELDERS SO THAT
THEY WOULD BE THE ONLY ONES TO ENJOY GOOSE WHICH IS EXPENSIVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
Date learned: 04-00-1984
JOKING GESTURE
IF YOU SQUEEZE A GIRL'S KNEE AND SHE LAUGHS, SHE HAS A
BOYFRIEND.
Submitter comment:
MY FATHER USED TO DO THIS TO ME WHEN I WAS LITTLE. IT WAS
A TEASING JOKE OF HIS THAT HE USED TO DO TO MY SISTERS,
OUR FRIENDS AND MYSELF.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT LOUIS
WHEN I FIRST CAME TO MICHIGAN, MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR, MRS.
SHELLIE, WOULD ALWAYS CALL US THE FIRST THING ON NEW
YEAR'S DAY. SHE BELIEVED THAT A MAN SHOULD ENTER HER HOME
FIRST FOR GOOD LUCK. THEREFORE, SHE WOULD ALWAYS CALL AND
ASK YOUR FATHER TO VISIT THEM AT EIGHT O' CLOCK ON NEW
YEAR'S MORNING. THIS WAS HER BELIEF SO YOUR DADDY WOULD
GO OVER AND VISIT HER. HE WAS THE FIRST MAN, THE FIRST
MALE TO ENTER HER HOME ON NEW YEAR'S DAY. AFTER HE
ENTERED THE HOUSE, ANYONE ELSE WHO WANTED TO VISIT HER
COULD. IT'S JUST SOMETHING THAT WAS PASSED ON TO HER
FROM HER MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER; TO THEM IT MEANT GOOD
LUCK THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
Submitter comment:
CALLING AND VISITING FRIENDS AND RELATIVES ARE COMMON ON
NEW YEAR'S DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXISM
Date learned: 00001900s ; 09-28-1984
IT IS CUSTOMARY IN OUR FAMILY THAT THE YOUNGEST
MEMBER OF THE FAMILY PLACES THE ANGEL ON TOP OF
THE CHRISTMAS TREE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Christmas Decorations |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
MAKING A WISH
WHEN ELENA WAS YOUNG, SHE WAS TOLD BY HER OLDER SISTER
THAT WHEN SHE WAS RIDING IN A CAR AND IT CROSSED OVER A RAILROAD
TRACK THAT SHE SHOULD TOUCH SMETHING MADE OF METAL AND
LIFT HER FEET OFF THE FLOOR AND MAKE A WISH.
Submitter comment: FORMER ROOMMATE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): RAILROAD TRACK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Prayer |
WHEN TRAVELING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS IN A CAR OR BUS, PICK YOUR
FEET OFF THE FLOOR AND PUT YOUR FINGER ON A SCREW.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT DOES NOT REMEMBER THE REASON FOR DOING THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMONT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1979 ; 11-00-1987
WHEN TRAVELING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS, TOUCH GLASS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT DOES NOT REMEMBER THE REASON FOR THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRENTON
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1973 ; 11-00-1987
WHEN TRAVELING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS, PICK YOUR FEET OFF THE FLOOR
AND SCREAM.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT THINKS THE REASON FOR LIFTING YOUR FEET OFF THE
FLOOR WAS SO THEY DON'T DRAG ACROSS THE TRACKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NEW LOTHROP
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1982 ; 11-00-1987
LAST PERSON OUT OF OHIO LEAVES THEIR SOUL THERE.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED OF THIS WHEN SHE WAS ON A CHARTER BUS COMING
BACK FROM OHIO TO MICHIGAN AND EVERYONE ON THE BUS RUSHED TOWARD
THE FRONT OF THE BUS SO THEY WOULD NOT BE THE LAST PERSON TO CROSS
THE BORDER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, OHIO BORDER
Date learned: 00-00-1975 ; 11-00-1987
THE OLD SHACK GAME.
ON THE WAY TO OUR FAMILY REUNIONS IN TEXAS AND
SOUTH CAROLINA MY SISTER WOULD SEE THE UGLIEST
SHACK AND SAY THAT I LIVED IN THAT SHACK. EVENTUALLY
I WOULD SEE AN UGLY SHACK AND SAY SHE LIVED IN IT.
THE GAME WOULD GO BACK AND FORTH LIKE THAT.
Where learned: ON THE WAY TO TEXAS IN A CAR
James Callow Keyword(s): TRADING INSULTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001980S
WHEN YOU ENTER A HOUSE TO VISIT BY ONE DOOR, YOU MUST LEAVE
BY THE SAME DOOR.
Submitter comment:
LEARNED AT A SUMMER ETHNIC CAMP
A LIST OF ITEMS COMPILED BY THE CAMP DIRECTOR BUT LOST BY THE
INFORMANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 07-00-1975
A MOTHER ONCE TOLD HER CHILDREN, I HAVE BEEN YOUR (MOTHER) AGES
BEFORE, YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN MINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
Date learned: 11-12-1987
THE DAY AFTER A POLISH WEDDING, THE
BRIDE AND GROOM WOULD GO OVER TO THE
BRIDE'S FAMILY HOME FOR DINNER (USUALLY
THE LEFTOVER FOOD FROM THE WEDDING
RECEPTION). THIS IS CALLED PROPEVENIA.
WHEN THE COUPLE ARRIVES, THE BRIDE'S FATHER
MEETS THEM AT THE DOOR WITH A TOWEL OVER HIS
HAND. HE DID THIS BECAUSE HE DIDN'T WANT
TO SHAKE HIS SON-IN-LAW'S HAND WITHOUT
WIPING HIS HAND FIRST BECAUSE THE GROOM HAD BEEN
"TOUCHING" HIS DAUGHTER DURING THE NIGHT.
Submitter comment:
MY FATHER-IN-LAW TELLS ME THAT MY MOTHER-IN-LAW
WAS VERY EMBARRASSED AND ANGRY WHEN HER FATHER
DID THIS TO THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
WHEN YOU ARE GOING UP OR DOWN A NARROW
STAIRWAY AND SOMEONE HAS TO WAIT FOR YOU
TO PASS, YOU SAY, "BREAD AND BUTTER."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
LIFT FEET FROM THE FLOOR OF THE CAR WHEN
DRIVING OVER RAILROAD TRACKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
EVERY YEAR ON EASTER MONDAY, WHEN I WAS YOUNG, MY FRIENDS
AND I WOULD PREPARE LUNCH FOR THE YOUNG BOYS
THAT WE KNEW. WE WOULD SPRINKLE THE LIVING ROOM AREA WITH
COLOGNE AND DRESS IN OUR SUNDAY BEST. A BOY WOULD COME TO
YOUR HOUSE FOR A PRIVATE LUNCHEON. THIS WAS A GET
ACQUAINTED PERIOD FOR THE GIRL AND BOY. IT WAS USED AS
A FORM OF COURTSHIP. IT WAS SAID THAT IF YOU WERE TO BE
COURTED BY THE MAN YOU WERE TO MARRY ON EASTER MONDAY,
YOUR MARRIAGE WOULD BE SO MUCH MORE BLESSED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 00-00-1940
WHEN YOU TRAVEL UNDER AN OVERPASS, PLACE YOUR HANDS OVER YOUR
HEAD. WHEN YOU TRAVEL OVER RAILROAD TRACKS, LIFT YOUR FEET.
THIS IS TO INSURE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Good luck SPEECH -- Gesture |