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Japan -- Geisha Girls
In Japan, Geisha Girls are different from how Americans perceive
them. They are not at all similar to prostitutes, but are expensive
entertainers. They study certain instruments, or dancing, or other
form of entertainment from an early age and are hired at a large fee
to display these skills at social events.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WESTLAND
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 01-00-1990
Whenever there was a rainy day, especially when we were on
vacation, my father would take us for a ride in the car to find the
sun.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
Louie and the Ditch
When I was a little girl, all my cousins and aunts and uncles
would meet at my grandparents' house on Sundays for dinner. There
was a sandbox under a "helicopter tree" which was made for us to
play in. We also played down the hill, and rode bikes in the
driveway. The only place we were not allowed to play was in or
around "Louie's Ditch." This was a ditch by the road at the edge
of the farm which was covered by trees and would become filled with
water after the rains. Anytime we became too wild or were being
bad, Grandma or one of the aunts or uncles would remind us that
Louie comes and takes bad children into his ditch, so we had to be
good. This also worked if they wanted us to come into the house;
they would say that Louie was coming, or that they had just seen
him; this also kept us from going all the way to the back of the
field.
Submitter comment:
I asked my grandma how this had started, and she said she
started saying it after a stray dog came onto the property one day
and all of us kids were afraid of it. This technique was used for
years, and is still used today with my younger cousins. But,
within the past couple years, my grandparents had to sell off much
of their property because of high taxes, and a developer bought it.
There are now separated condominiums where the field used to be,
and a driveway to access the condominiums from the road where
"Louie's Ditch" used to be, so the use of this story has been
modified to keep the kids from going around the front of the house,
by the road.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Mount Clemens
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: 00001970'S
PRANKS
EVERY YEAR, THE DORMIES USUALLY TAKE SOME SOAP SUDS
AND GO OUT TO THE SCHOOL FOUNTAIN LATE AT NIGHT.
WHEN NO ONE IS LOOKING, THEY DUMP THE SUDS IN.
BY MORNING, THE RESULT IS SUDS ALL OVER THE FOUNTAIN
AND IMMEDIATE AREA BECAUSE OF THE AGITATION CAUSED
BY THE FALLING WATER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAW IT HAPPEN HIS FRESHMAN YEAR AT SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; LIVONIA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 00001966 FALL
PRANK
TELL SOMEONE THAT THERE'S A SPECIAL MESSAGE WRITTEN
IN ONE OF HIS BOOKS BETWEEN PAGES 71 AND 72. IF
CURIOSITY DOESN'T PROD HIM TO OPEN THE BOOK AND
LOOK, INSIST THAT IT MIGHT BE SOMETHING OF IMPORTANCE.
WHEN HE DOES TURN BETWEEN 71 AND 72 (IN AN AMERICAN
PRINTED BOOK) HE'LL FIND THAT THESE TWO PAGES ARE
BACK TO BACK ON ONE LEAF, AND POSSIBLY BECOME
EXCEEDINGLY EMBARRASSED THAT HE'S BEEN "TOOK."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 12-05-1967
SNIPE HUNTING
SNIPE HUNTING IS ALWAYS A GOOD TRICK TO PLAY ON A
CITY SLICKER, YOU BRING THE SLICKER OUT INTO AN
APPLE ORCHARD AND PLACE HIM THERE WITH A BURLAP BAG
AND TELL HIM TO YELL, "SNIPE, SNIPE, HERE SNIPE."
WHEN THIS FICTIONAL ANIMAL COMES BY, HE IS SUPPOSED
TO BAG IT.
Submitter comment:
I LEARNED THIS FROM A COUPLE OF GUYS I WORKED WITH
THIS PAST SUMMER.
Where learned: NEW HAMPSHIRE ; MILFORD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 10-12-1967
WHEN A PERSON BREAKS A LIMB, SUCH AS AN ARM OR LEG,
IT IS A TRADITIONAL CUSTOM TO SIGN THEIR CASTS
WITH NAMES AND GRAFFITTI.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Custom CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 03-16-1970
HUNGARIANS DON'T GO SWIMMING BEFORE TRINITY SUNDAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting After all |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
PLEASE WRITE YOUR COMPLAINT IN BOX BELOW. PLEASE
WRITE LEGIBLY.
James Callow comment: A VERY SMALL SQUARE SHAPE IS DRAWN ON THE 5 X 8 CARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
Trick
ON MY FIRST DAY OF WORK AT MALING SHOES I WAS TOLD BY
MR. NEWMAN TO GO DOWN THE STREET TO A RIVAL SHOESTORE AND
ASK FOR A "WALL STRETCHER." BEING NAIVE, I WENT AND
MADE A FOOL OUT OF MYSELF. BUT MR. NEWMAN HAD A GOOD
LAUGH OUT OF IT.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; Newman, Sid
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 00001967-1968
MAPLE FESTIVAL
EVERY APRIL, THE FRANKLINVILLE, NEW YORK JUNIOR CHAMBER
OF COMMERCE SPONSERS THE MAPLE FESTIVAL. THIS IS HELD AT
FRANKLINVILLE CENTRAL SCHOOL. INSIDE THE SCHOOL,
BOOTHS ARE SET UP BY BUSINESSMEN, FROM FRANKLINVILLE
AND NEIGHBORING TOWNS TO DISPLAY THEIR WARES. MAPLE
SYRUP IS PREPARED IN A WOODEN "SUGAR SHANTY" OUTSIDE
THE SCHOOL. THE SAP IS COLLECTED BY THE JAYCEES, WHO
PUT BUCKETS ON ALL THE MAPLE TREES IN FRANKLINVILLE
(WHICH IS QUITE A FEW). THE AREA RESIDENTS WHO MAKE
THEIR OWN MAPLE SUGAR CANDY DISPLAY AND SELL IT INSIDE
THE SCHOOL. THE JAYCEES SPONSER A PANCAKE AND SAUSAGE
DINNER ON EACH DAY OF THE THREE-DAY AFFAIR. AN
ANTIQUE SHOW IS SET UP IN THE GYMNASIUM, WHERE ALL THE
ANTIQUE COLLECTORS AND DEALERS FROM THE AREA DISPLAY
THEIR WARES. CLASSES OR ORGANIZATIONS FROM THE SCHOOL
SET UP ICE CREAM, CANDY, SODA POP, AND HOT DOG STANDS
INSIDE AND OUT. A "MAPLE QUEEN" IS SELECTED FROM LOCAL
GIRLS AND IS CROWNED DURING THIS FESTIVAL. SHE LATER
COMPETES ON A STATEWIDE AND NATIONAL SCALE. A SQUARE
DANCE FOR THE ELDERS AND A ROCK AND ROLL DANCE FOR THE
YOUNGER PEOPLE ARE HELD ON THE FIRST NIGHT. THE
SCHOOL PLAY IS SOMETIMES PRESENTED THE SECOND NIGHT,
FOLLOWED BY A CONCERT FEATURING GROUPS SUCH AS A
BARBERSHOP QUARTET. ON THE THIRD DAY, ANTIQUE CARS FROM
ALL OVER NEW YORK STATE AND PENNSYLVANIA ARE DISPLAYED
ON THE FRONT LAWN OF THE SCHOOL. PRIZES ARE AWARDED IN
VARIOUS CATEGORIES.
THIS FESTIVAL DREW 10,000 PEOPLE IN 1971. FRANKLINVILLE
HAS A POPULATION OF 1800. THE ATTENDANCE INCREASES
EVERY YEAR.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; FRANKLINVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F476 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F476 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
KING TUT OR UGA-BUGGA BOO
ONE PERSON IS THE KING AND ONE PERSON IS THE SERVANT.
THE SERVANT WANTS TO BE ADMITTED TO COURT, SO HE GOES
THROUGH THIS INITIATION. THE QUEEN STANDS BEHIND THE
SERVANT. THE KING AND THE SERVANT BOTH HAVE A BROOM.
THE KING SETS THE STYLE. FOR EXAMPLE, THE KING WILL SAY
"UGH" AND BANG THE BROOMSTICK ON THE GROUND. NOW THE
SERVANT WILL HAVE TO DO THE EXACT SAME THING. THE KING
MAY KEEP SITTING AND STANDING AND POUNDING THE BROOM-
STICK AND THE SERVANT MUST FOLLOW THESE ORDERS EXACTLY
IF HE IS TO GET INTO THE COURT. THIS PROCEDURE GOES
ON FOR QUITE A WHILE. THE KING ACTS VERY SERIOUS AND
SCORNS ANY LAUGHTER, ETC. THE QUEEN WHO IS STANDING
BEHIND THE SERVANT, GETS A SPONGE SOAKED IN WATER.
SHE PLACES THE SPONGE ON THE SEAT OF THE SERVANT WHO
ON THE NEXT TIME AROUND FOLLOWS THE ACTION OF THE KING
WHO SITS AND THE SERVANT SITS--SQUISH!! THAT'S THE END OF
THE GAME WITH EVERYONE ENDING UP LAUGHING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dramatic CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 01-30-1972
JUNGLE PATCHING
THE DRIVER OF THE CAR DRIVES UP ON A LAWN AND STOPS.
HE THEN TORQUES THE ENGINE AND PUTS THE CAR INTO
GEAR, WHICH CAUSES THE WHEELS TO CHEW UP THE LAWN
IN TWO IDENTICAL LINES. THE RESULT IS TWO PARALLEL
TRACKS OF BARRED EARTH.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT SAW IT HAPPEN A COUPLE OF TIMES.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE ; Prank
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 00001967 SUMMER
GOOD LUCK CHARM
MANY ATHLETES WEAR THE SOCKS THEY HAD ON DURING THE
SEASON'S FIRST WIN FOR THE REST OF THE SEASON.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Good luck |
THERE IS A BELIEF IN THE THEATRE THAT A BAD FINAL DRESS
REHEARSAL PERFORMANCE MEANS A GOOD OPENING NIGHT PERFORMANCE.
BY HE SAME TOKEN, A GOOD FINAL DRESS REHEARSAL PERFORMANCE
SHOULD WARN THE ACTOR THAT HE IS LIABLE TO GIVE A POOR
PERFORMANCE OPENING NIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CLARKSVILLE
| Subject headings: | Observation DRAMA -- D000 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
ALSO IN THE THEATRE, EVERYONE ALWAYS HOPES FOR AN AWFUL
DRESS REHEARSAL, BECAUSE THEN THE OPENING NIGHT
PERFORMANCE IS SUPPOSED TO BE TERRIFIC. USUALLY THIS
IS TRUE, TOO.
Where learned: HOME ; 292 LAWNDALE DR ; NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPENSATION CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | Observation DRAMA -- D000 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 07-23-1968
ENTERTAINMENT AND CUSTOM OF FOX HUNTING
AN INTERESTING POINT OF FOX HUNTING IF A CATCH IS MADE, WHICH IS
ACTUALLY NOT TOO OFTEN. IF A BIGINNER IS IN THE FIELD, THE BLOOD
OF THE FOX IS SMEARED ON THE PERSON'S CHEEK. SIVER FOXES ARE THE
MOST PRIZED OVER RED OR GRAY. THE INFORMANT HAS BEEN HUNTING FOR
ABOUT SIX YEARS AND IS TWENTY TWO YEARS OLD. ONLY A FEW OCCASIONS
HAVE THEY CAUGHT MORE THAN ON FOX A DAY, AND THE USUAL HUNT IS
ALL DAY.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; CHARLOTTESVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 06-26-1972
AT NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE IN ILLINOIS, THERE IS A ROCK THAT
IT IS TRADITIONAL FOR EVERY CLASS TO PAINT. EACH CLASS TRIES
TO "OUT-DO" THE OTHERS.
Submitter comment: "OUT-DO" MEANS TO DO BETTER THAN.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): COLLEGE PRANK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
"CHAIR UP" WAS A TRADITION AT NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE. THE
FRESHMAN BOYS WOULD TAKE ALL OF THE CHAIRS OUT OF OLD
MAIN, PUT THEM INTO THE STAIRWELL OF THE TOWER (A CLASSROOM
BUILDING) AND WIRE THEM TOGETHER. PURPOSE WAS TO GET AWAY
WITH IT AND DELAY CLASSES.
James Callow comment:
NORTH CAROLINA COLLEGE IS IN ILLINOIS, SAYS INFORMANT IN
ANOTHER ENTRY.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
NO WONDER BUSINESS IS DROPPING OFF!
A UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT STUDENT WHO LIVES IN THE
DORMITORIES DOES ODD JOBS FOR {SOMETHING MISSING}
ON SATURDAYS. EVERY SO OFTEN, HE DROPS IN TO TALK
OR TO ASK MY HUSBAND FOR ADVICE ON ACCOUNTING PROBLEMS,
ETC. SUNDAY EVENING WAS JUST THAT KIND OF A DROP-IN
VISIT.
WE TALKED FOR A WHILE AND THEN I SERVED SOME CAKE, COFFEE,
AND ICE CREAM. CONVERSATION AT THE TABLE TURNED TO THE
FACT THAT THERE WERE FEW GOOD EATING PLACES AROUND THE
UNIVERSITY. HE TOLD US THAT EVEN THE TEMPLES, A
RESTAURANT AT LIVERNOIS AND PURITAN, WAS SUPPOSED TO
CLOSE EVERY NIGHT FROM MIDNIGHT TO 6 A.M. BECAUSE
THEY COULDN'T GET HELP FOR THAT SHIFT. (THEY HAD BEEN
A 24-HOUR RESTAURANT.) THEN WE TALKED ABOUT HOW THE
TEMPLES HAS RUN DOWN SINCE THE NEW MANAGEMENT TOOK OVER,
ABOUT THE POOR FOOD, POOR SERVICE, ETC.
AFTER COFFEE, OUR STUDENT FRIEND, IN A "BOY-HAVE-I-GOT-
SOMETHING-TO-SAY-THAT-WILL-SHOCK-YOU!" TONE, ANNOUNCED:
"WELL, NOW THAT WE'VE EATEN, I CAN TELL YOU SOMETHING
THAT HAPPENED AT THE TEMPLES. SOME GUYS {U OF D
STUDENTS} TOOK A FORMALDEHYDED FROG OVER THERE AND PUT
IT ON A DISH. YOU KNOW THAT THEY'RE PRETTY SLOPPY, SO
THEY DIDN'T GET AROUND TO CLEANING OFF THE DISH, AND
SOME DRUNK CAME IN AND ATE THE FROG."
"THAT'S NOT TRUE," I EXCLAIMED. "WELL, MRS. PLACHTA,"
HE SAID, 'MY BUDDY TOLD ME IT WAS TRUE, BUT I"M GIVING
YOU SECOND-HANDED {INFORMATION}." AFTER I RECOVERED
FROM MY FEIGNED SHOCK, HE ADDED, "IN FACT, MY ROOMMATE
SAYS THAT THE DRUNK DIED."
Submitter comment:
IF THIS DOESN'T BECOME A U OF D LEGEND, IT WON'T BE
BECAUSE I DIDN'T RECORD IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |