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IF YOU WEAR TENNIS SHOES YOU'LL RUIN YOUR EYESIGHT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER TOLD HER CHILDREN THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WEST BLOOMFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): HIDDEN CONNECTION
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress HandsFeet BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
GERMAN-AMERICAN CUSTOM
A WOMAN IS NEVER TO EAT A DOUBLE-YOLKED EGG BECAUSE IT WILL
CAUSE INFERTILITY.
Submitter comment:
MOST DOUBLE-YOLKED EGGS DO NOT HATCH. THIS MAY EXPLAIN THE
INABILITY TO BEAR OFFSPRING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Food Drink -- Animal product Egg BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: CA00001930
FOLKLORE OF GOOD LUCK
IN JAPAN, BAMBOO IS HUNG IN DIFFERENT PARTS OF THE HOUSE TO GIVE ITS
STRENGTH TO WARD OFF SICKNESS AND TO BE ABLE TO KEEP WORKING.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): Holistic ; Japan ; LUCK ; PLANT ; SYMBOL
James Callow Keyword(s): AMULET
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: CA00001935
PASTIME
THE FOLLOWING IS A VERSE SUNG AND PLAYED BY YOUNG CHILDREN. IT IS
ASSOCIATED WITH VARIOUS HAND MOTIONS WHICH ARE PLAYED AGAINST A
SECOND PERSON'S BACK. MM
GOING ON A TREASURE HUNT
X MARKS THE SPOT.
DOT, DOT, DASH, DASH, QUESTION MARK.
POKE HER HERE,
POKE HER THERE.
CLIMBING UP THE LADDER,
STEP BY STEP,
GUSHING THROUGH THE MUD.
COOL OCEAN BREEZE.
TIGHT SQUEEZE.
AND NOW YOU HAVE THE CHILLS.
Submitter comment:
THIS VERSE WAS FIRST HEARD BY THE COLLECTOR IN 1976 FROM A GRADE
SCHOOL AGE SISTER. THIS IS USUALLY CONSIDERED A PASTIME. HOWEVER,
WHEN THE OBJECT IS TO GIVE THE PERSON THE CHILLS, A GOAL IS
ESTABLISHED AND SUCCESS DEPENDS ON ITS ACHIEVEMENT. THE HAND
MOTIONS CORRELATE TO THE LINES SUNG. HERE, GUSHING IS AN EXAMPLE
OF AN ONOMATOPEIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; USA ; SOUTHGATE
James Callow Keyword(s): ONOMATOPEIA: GUSHING
Date learned: 10-00-1980 ; 06-00-1976
SUPERSTITION
DRINKING GIN CAUSES WRINKLES. MO OTHER LIQUOR WILL HAVE THIS
RESULT.
Submitter comment:
WHEN QUESTIONED, THE INFORMANT COULD OFFER NO EXPLANATION AS TO
WHY GIN IS THE ONLY LIQUOR THAT HAS WRINKLES AS A RESULT.
PERHAPS SOMEONE IN HIS FAMILY DRANK HIGH AMOUNTS OF GIN AND HAD
A LOT OF WRINKLES. HE MAY HAVE SUBCONSCIOUSLY CONNECTED THE TWO AS
CAUSE AND EFFECT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
Date learned: 10-00-1980
FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY
ON THIS DAY THE PRIEST AND THE ORGANIST VISIT THE HOMES, BLESS THEM
AND WRITE OVER THE DOORS THE INITIALS OF THE THREE WISE MEN IN THE
BELIEF THAT THIS WILL SPARE THEM MISFORTUNE.
Submitter comment:
THIS CUSTOM SEEMED TO DISAPPEAR AROUND THE 1940'S WHEN THE NEIGHBOR-
HOOD IN CHICAGO CHANGED WITH CRIME.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 6 Feast of St. Nicholas CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1930
ALABAMA NEW YEAR'S DAY CUSTOM
"THE WOMAN OF THE HOUSE SHOULD NEVER DO THE WASH
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, BECAUSE IT WOULD BRING ILLNESS TO
A MEMBER OF THE FAMILY".
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS ITEM AS A CHILD IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA
FROM HIS MOTHER, CIRCA 1928. SHE LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER
IN ALABAMA CIRCA 1900.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALABAMA ; DETROIT ; BIRMINGHAM
Date learned: 11-22-1980 ; 00-00-1928 ; 00-00-1900
STAGE FRIGHT
TO ALLEVIATE HER STAGE FRIGHT, HELEN HAYES WOULD LOOK
OUT AT THE AUDIENCE FROM BEHIND THE CURTAIN AND
CALL THE AUDIENCE ALL SORTS OF CRUEL AND VULGAR NAMES.
Data entry tech comment: UNDER HER BREATH, WE ASSUME.
Where learned: DRAMA ; ENGLISH TEACHER
James Callow Keyword(s): ACTRESS=HELEN HAYES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
STAGE FRIGHT
SARAH BERKARDT (BERNHARDT) MANAGED TO GET OVER HER STAGE
FRIGHT BY PEEKING THROUGH A TINY HOLE IN THE CURTAIN
SHORTLY BEFORE THE PLAY WAS TO BEGIN AND IMAGINE, SO
STRONGLY THAT SHE COULD REALLY PICTURE, EVERYONE IN
THE AUDIENCE WAS NAKED. SHE, HOWEVER, WOULD BE IN
COSTUME. IT WORKED EVERY TIME.
Where learned: DRAMA ; ENGLISH TEACHER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
YUGOSLAVIAN CUSTOM
WHEN A BABY IS YOUNG, A BLACK PEARL IS HUNG AROUND ITS
NECK. THIS PROVIDES PROTECTION FROM AN EVIL EYE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 04-10-1967
A NURSING SUPERSTITION
"YOUR GRANDMOTHER LAPERRIERE BELIEVED THAT IF A
WOMAN WAS FRIGHTENED WHILE NURSING A CHILD, HER MILK
WOULD SOUR."
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER HUSBAND'S PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-10-1967
PREGNANCY CAUSE
DON'T LEAVE YOUR BABY'S WET DIAPER ON MY BED, OR
I'LL GET PREGNANT AGAIN.
Submitter comment:
TOLD TO ME BY MRS. VORNDAM LAST CHRISTMAS, WHEN I
WAS VISITING HER HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 12-25-1966
IF YOU LOOKED AT A CORPSE WHILE PREGNANT, THE CHILD
WOULD BE MARKED.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER HUSBAND'S PARENTS, BUT NOT BELIEVED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-10-1967
IF YOU COUNT THE CARS IN A FUNERAL PROCESSION, IT
WILL BRING DEATH.
Submitter comment:
MRS. COLEMAN LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD IN HER
NEIGHBORHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-13-1963
SUPERSTITION ABOUT NUNS
WHEN A CHILD WALKS PAST A NUN, HE COULD NOT SHOW
HIS TEETH BECAUSE THEY WOULD FALL OUT.
Submitter comment:
SHE COULD NOT RECALL WHO TAUGHT HER THIS, BUT SAID
THAT SHE WAS A LITTLE ASHAMED OF IT. SHE SAID, "I
THINK THE WORLD OF THEM NOW."
Data entry tech comment: SEE OTHER ITEMS FROM JEAN FRIEDMAN--I BELIEVE SHE IS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- P439 BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 04-00-1965
IF YOU EAT THE SEEDS OF GRAPES, A VINE WILL GROW
INSIDE OF YOU.
Submitter comment: MRS. D. LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER, AS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-22-1963
MOTHER'S CUSTOM
TO MAKE THEIR BABIES RELAX AND GO TO SLEEP, GREEK
MOTHERS WRAP THEM IN LONG WHITE CLOTHS WITH THEIR
ARMS DOWN STRAIGHT AT THEIR SIDES. THIS PRACTICE
ALSO DEVELOPS STRAIGHT ARMS, LEGS, AND BACKS IN
THE CHILDREN.
Submitter comment: PRACTICED BY HER MOTHER AND HERSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 01-30-1967
MENSTRUATION SUPERSTITION
YOU ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO TAKE A BATH DURING YOUR
PERIOD. YOU'LL GET TB. (TUBERCULOSIS).
ALSO FLOWERS WILL WILT IF YOU TOUCH THEM DURING
YOUR PERIOD.
Submitter comment:
SHE HAD HEARD BOTH OF THESE AS HAD HER MOTHER, BUT
NEITHER BELIEVED THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
TAKING A BATH DURING MENSTRUAL PERIOD, WILL NOT ONLY
STOP THE FLOW, BUT WILL CAUSE TUBERCULOSIS.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIEND.
Where learned: MERCY COLLEGE ; GIRLS DORM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
IF YOU WEAR YOUR RUBBERS IN SCHOOL, YOU WILL LOSE YOUR
EYESIGHT.
Submitter comment: MRS. D. LEARNED THIS BELIEF AS A CHILD.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-22-1963