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MEDICINE SHOWS USED TO COME TO TOWN QUITE REGULARLY.
ONE HE PARTICULARLY REMEMBERS, FEATURED A CURE FOR
TAPEWORM, ALONG WITH ITS OTHER MAGICAL PROPERTIES.
THE MEDICINE MAN HAD A TAPEWORM ON DISPLAY IN A
BOTTLE AND HE TOLD THE PEOPLE THAT, IN ORDER TO GET
THIS PARTICULAR TAPEWORM OUT OF A MAN, SO THEY COULD
USE IT FOR DISPLAY, THEY STARVED THE MAN FOR THREE
DAYS AND THEN PUT A GLASS OF MILK IN FRONT OF HIS
MOUTH. THE TAPE WORM CAME RIGHT UP OUT OF THE MAN'S
STOMACH AND JUMPED INTO THE GLASS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale BELIEF -- Curer BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
LEGEND---THE HOBO KILLER
AT BALDUCK PARK ON THE EAST SIDE OF DETROIT THERE HAS BEEN
REPORTEDLY A HOBO THAT LIVES IN THE PARK'S NATURE AREA.
HE FEEDS ON THE AREA'S WILDLIFE. IF A GIRL IS NEAR THE AREA WHILE
IT IS DARK, SHE IS MOLESTED. HE HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIEND
Where learned: LIVING ROOM
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
"THIS ONE WAS TOLD BY THE MINISTER OF THE CHURCH I ATTENDED AS A
CHILD: THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL ON A PASSENGER TRAIN. SHE WAS
PUT OFF THE TRAIN IN THE DARK, IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE BECAUSE
SHE HAD NO TICKET. AFTER THE CONDUCTOR FORCED THE LITTLE GIRL TO
LEAVE THE TRAIN, HE PULLED THE CORD, SIGNALLING THE ENGINEER TO
CONTINUE THE JOURNEY. HOWEVER, THE TRAIN WOULDN'T MOVE. FINALLY,
THE CONDUCTOR SAID, 'I KNOW WHY THIS TRAIN WON'T MOVE. I'VE
FORCED THAT CHILD OFF BECAUSE SHE HAD NO TICKET OR MONEY.' HE PUT
THE LITTLE GIRL BACK ON THE TRAIN AND SIGNALLED THE ENGINEER
AGAIN. THIS TIME, THE TRAIN PROCEEDED WITHOUT INCIDENCE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MUSKEGON
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 09-19-1982
THE WILD SIXTIES
IN THE LATE SIXTIES ANGRY STUDENTS PROTESTED AND DEMONSTRATED
THROUGHOUT THE COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES OF THE UNITED STATES.
THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT WAS RELATIVELY QUIET THROUGH THIS
TURMOIL EXCEPT FOR A FEW INCIDENTS, ONE OF WHICH I WAS AN
UNEXPECTED PARTICIPANT. IT OCCURRED AT AN ALUMNI BOARD OF
DIRECTORS MEETING IN THE DIRECTORS ROOM IN THE FISHER BUILDING.
AS WE WATCHED FROM THE TOP FLOOR A BAND OF 200 SHOUTING,
SCREAMING PROTESTORS, CARRYING TORCHES MARCHED ACROSS CAMPUS
TOWARD US. THE TWENTY OR SO DIRECTORS IMMEDIATELY BRACED FOR A
CONFRONTATION. MINUTES LATER ABOUT 80 SHAGGY, BEARDED STUDENTS,
NON-STUDENTS AND FELLOW TEACHERS INVADED OUR CONFERENCE ROOM.
THE LEADER, WITH GREAT VEHEMENCE BEGAN TO LIST DEMANDS AND THE
THE REMOVAL OF ALL AUTHORITATIVE FIGURES. WHILE THIS HARANGUE
CONTINUED MANY STOOD ON THE DIRECTORS TABLE, GROUND HEELS AND
CIGARETTES IN CHAIRS AND TABLES AND ACTED WITH THREATENING
GESTURES. ALL PUNCTUATED THEIR REMARKS WITH VULGAR BLASPHEMOUS
REMARKS AND USED LIPSTICK AND CHALK TO DAMAGE THE WALLS WITH
EQUALLY OFFENSIVE LANGUAGE. THE PRESIDENT OF THE ALUMNI BOARD,
WHEN ALLOWED TO SPEAK BROUGHT SOME CALM TO AN OTHERWISE
UPSETTING EXPERIENCE. THEIR LEADER WOULD NOT LISTEN BUT
CONTINUED TO MAKE THE PEACE-NIK HARANGUE. AFTER ABOUT TWO HOURS
AND A BATTERY OF QUESTIONS FROM THE ALUMNI, THE GROUUP LEFT THE
BUILDING LEAVING SOME PHYSICAL DAMAGE AND A FRAZZLED ALUMNI
BOARD--FULL OF THANKS , THOUGH, THAT THE UNIVERSITY HAD BEEN EASY
AND OPEN ENOUGH TO MINIMIZE THESE TYPES OF ACTIONS ON THE
CAMPUS. THAT WAS THE LAST DIRECTORS MEETING HELD UP THERE, FOR
SOME ODD REASON. FR. CARRON NEVER MOVED OUT OF HIS OFFICE
DURING THE FIASCO.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
A FEISTY IRISHMAN
IN 1905 JOHN EMMETT SULLIVAN WAS EN ROUTE TO DETROIT FROM ANN
ARBOR. HE WAS THE OWNER OF A CIGAR FACTORY AND HAD BEEN ON A
TOBACCO PURCHASING TRIP. AFTER A BUSY DAY HE BOARDED THE
AFTERNOON TRAIN. THE TRAIN WAS COMPLETELY FILLED EXCEPT FOR ONE
SEAT WHICH HAD A CASE ON IT. JOHN ASKED THE GENTLEMAN, "MAY I
USE THIS SEAT?" "NO, THIS CASE BELONGS TO SOMEONE ELSE." SAID
THE SURLY GENTLEMAN. SULLIVAN STOOD FUMING THE ENTIRE TRIP. WHEN
THE TRAIN STOPPED AT DETROIT, THE GENTLEMAN PICKED UP THE CASE
AND DISEMBARKED. "ARREST THIS MAN," CALLED JOHN SULLIVAN, "HE
IS TAKING SOMEONE ELSE'S CASE." THE SELFISH MAN WAS TAKEN AWAY
BY THE POLICE.
Submitter comment:
JOHN SULLIVAN WAS AN ECCENTRIC, FEISTY MAN. HE WOULD BE MY GREAT
GRANDFATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: 00-00-1905
THERE IS A STORY IN OUR FAMILY REGARDING HOW MY GRAND-
MOTHER GOT A FLAP IN HER EARLOBE. MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS
TOLD US THAT WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD IN LEBANON, VISITING
THE MARKETPLACE, A THIEF STOLE HER GOLD EARRING BY PULLING
IT RIGHT OFF OF HER EAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate PROSE NARRATIVE -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 00001940'S
MY HUSBAND'S GRANDMOTHER WAS A BOOTLEGGER DURING PROHIBITION. SHE
MADE THE STUFF IN A STILL HIDDEN BEHIND A SECRET DOOR UNDERNEATH
THE STAIRS. INCIDENTLY ALTHOUGH THE POLICE RAIDED HER HOME MANY
TIMES THEY NEVER FOUND THE STILL. SHE DELIVERED HER GOODS IN
BOTTLES PACKED IN SHOEBOXES WHICH SHE CARRIED IN A SHOPPING BAG.
SHE WOULD DELIVER THEM ON THE BUS ON THE EAST SIDE OF DETROIT IN
THE AREA OF SHANE AND KIRBY. THE HOUSE WAS RAIDED SEVERAL TIMES.
ONE TIME HER DOG TRIED TO PROTECT THEM AND THE POLICE SHOT HIM
FIVE TIMES AND IT STILL CRAWLED ALL THE WAY TO HER SISTER'S HOUSE
TO WARN THEM. ANOTHER TIME HER SISTER TRIED TO KEEP A POLICEMAN
HE BROKE HER ARM. I'M NOT SURE HOW PROFITABLE THE BUSINESS WAS
BUT WHEN THEY OPENED UP GRANDFATHER'S SAFE THEY FOUND $60,000.00.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: 03-15-1984
BACK IN THOSE DAYS (THE EARLY 20'S) WHEN
SOMEONE DIED, THE FAMILY PREPARED THE BODY FOR
VIEWING. THE CASKET WAS SET IN THE "PARLOR"(TODAY'S
LIVING ROOM"). PENNIES WERE PUT ON THE EYES TO
KEEP THEM FROM POPPING OPEN. THIS HAPPENED AT A
FRIEND OF MY FATHER'S FUNERAL: AFTER VIEWING
THE BODY EVERYONE WENT INTO THE KITCHEN FOR COFFEE.
WHILE THE COFFEE WAS BEING SERVED THREE BOYS FROM
TOWN SNUCK INTO THE PARLOR, TOOK THE PENNIES OFF
THE OLD MAN'S EYES, AND PROPPED HIM UP WITH A STICK.
AFTER COFFEE THE FAMILY WALKED SLOWLY BACK INTO THE
PARLOR. THEY WERE TERRIFIED TO SEE THE OLD MAN
SITTING UP WITH HIS EYES OPEN, THEY THOUGHT HE HAD
COME BACK TO LIFE!
Submitter comment:
RESURRECTION
RESUSITATION
Where learned: DETROIT ; WEST VIRGINIA
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-00-1984
A FRIEND FROM WORK WENT SHOPPING AT A MALL ONE DAY.
WHEN SHE GOT BACK TO HER CAR THERE WAS AN OLD LADY
SITTING IN THE BACK SEAT WHO SAID, "CAN YOU PLEASE TAKE ME
HOME?" MY FRIEND ASKED HER IF SHE WAS LOST. THE
WOMAN REPLIED," YES, PLEASE HELP ME." MY FRIEND ASKED HER IF
SHE HAD A PHONE NUMBER OF SOMEONE WHO COULD COME PICK
HER UP. THE LADY GAVE HER A NUMBER. MY FRIEND TRIED THE
NUMBER BUT IT WAS BUSY, SO SHE CALLED THE POLICE. THE
POLICE CAME AND FOUND THAT THE OLD LADY WAS REALLY A MAN
WHO HAD DRESSED UP AS A LADY. HE HAD BEEN SITTING ON
A HATCHET.
Submitter comment: MY SISTER SAID THAT SHE HAD HEARD THIS STORY MANY TIMES BEFORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: 00-00-1984 ; 00-00-1985
A FRIEND FROM MY WORK TOLD ME THAT HER FRIEND STOPPED
FOR GAS AT A STATION ONE DAY. THE ATTENDANT ASKED HER
HOW SHE WOULD PAY AND SHE GAVE HIM A CREDIT CARD. THE
ATTENDANT CAME BACK TO THE CAR AND SAID, "I'M SORRY MISS,
BUT YOU WILL HAVE TO COME WITH ME TO SPEAK WITH THE
MANAGER." MY FRIEND ASKED IF THERE WAS A PROBLEM BUT
THE ATTENDANT SAID THAT HE COULD NOT DISCUSS IT.
THE LADY WENT INSIDE THE STATION AND THE ATTENDANT SAID,
"I HAD TO GET YOU OUT OF THE CAR. THERE WAS A MAN HIDING
IN YOUR BACK SEAT HOLDING A HATCHET."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: 00-00-1985 ; 00-00-1984
WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL, MR. HOOKRADLE OWNED THE CORNER HOUSE,
MUCH LIKE OUR LOT TODAY. (WE LIVE ON A CORNER PARCEL.)
HE (MR. HOOKRADLE) SAID, "IF YOU CUT MY CORNER I'LL
CUT YOUR EARS OFF." ALL THE LITTLE KIDS WERE AFRAID OF
HIM. HE WOULD SAY, "WOULD YOU LIKE TO COME DOWN TO MY
BASEMENT AND SEE MY EAR COLLECTION?" HE SAID HE HAD AN
EAR-ROOM FULL TO HIS CEILING. NO ONE EVER CUT ACROSS HIS
LAWN AGAIN.
Where learned: MOM
Keyword(s): KNIFE
James Callow Keyword(s): OTOMANIAC
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate BELIEF -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: 00001940S
I USED TO GO TO WORK DOWNTOWN AT RANDOLF AND BATES. EVERY
MORNING I WOULD GO DOWN TO THE DOUGHNUT SHOP. I SAW A HOBO
WALKING AROUND WITH BAGS OF PAPER AND JUNK EACH DAY. HE WAS
DRESSED IN LAYERS OF DIRTY OLD CLOTHING; HE WORE EVERYTHING HE
OWNED ALL AT ONCE. AT NIGHT, IN THE SUMMER, HE WOULD SLEEP
IN THE PARK; IN THE WINTER HE WOULD SLEEP IN THE TRAIN DEPOT.
WHILE I WENT TO THE COFFEE SHOP, I WOULD HAVE SOMETHING,AND THEN
BUY HIM A DANISH OR SOMETHING. THE MOUNTED POLICEMAN EVEN CAME
TO KNOW HIM, AND WATCHED OUT FOR HIM. THE POLICEMAN TOLD ME
ONE DAY THAT THE HOBO HURT HIMSELF AND THEY TOOK HIM TO
RECEIVING HOSPITAL. THE MEDICAL STAFF HAD TO CUT OPEN HIS LAYERS
OF CLOTHES. THE POLICEMAN SAID THEY FOUND $14,000 DOLLARS IN
CASH INSIDE HIS OLD CLOTHES. EVERYONE HAD THOUGHT HE WAS POOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
WHEN NARCE'S GRANDMA WAS YOUNG, THERE WERE NO BANKS.
THE ONLY BANKS WERE LIKE THE BANKS DURING COWBOY TIMES;
THERE WAS NO FICA INSURANCE IF MONEY WAS STOLEN. PEOPLE
WOULD BURY THEIR MONEY IN THE GROUND. PEOPLE BELIEVED THAT
IF A PERSON BURIED MONEY AND DIED WITHOUT DIGGING IT UP
THAT PERSON'S SPIRIT COMES BACK TO GUARD THE MONEY.
1. ONE NIGHT, THE TREE IN THE BACKYARD LIT UP LIKE
LIGHTENING. THERE WAS A KNOT IN THE TREE'S TRUNK AS IF
THERE WAS ONCE A HOLE THERE. ONE MORNING WHEN THE HOMEOWNERS
GOT UP, THE TREE WAS ALL BEATEN UP; THERE WAS A HOLE IN THE
TRUNK. A THIEF SMASHED INTO THE TREE AND STOLE MONEY THAT WAS
HIDDEN THERE.
2. AT THE HOUSE WHERE THERE WAS MONEY FROM THE PAST HIDDEN,
THE HOMEOWNERS WOULD HEAR PEOPLE IN THE KITCHEN. THEY WERE
TALKING, DOING DISHES, COOKING, AND SCRAPING THE TABLE CHAIRS
BACK. WHEN THE HOMEOWNERS GOT UP TO LOOK, THERE WAS NO ONE
THERE.
3. THIEVES MUST FIND MONEY ONLY UNDER THREE CONDITIONS:
IT HAS TO BE AT NIGHT, THERE CAN BE NO TALKING, AND THERE CAN
BE NO ENVY. IF ONE OF THESE CONDITIONS ARE BROKEN,
THE MONEY WILL TURN TO ASHES.
4. ONE NIGHT, A GROUP OF THIEVES WERE DIGGING UP SOMEONE'S
MONEY. THEY HEARD THE SHOVEL HIT SOMETHING HARD. SOMEONE
SAID, "THERE IT IS!" WHEN THE BOX WAS OPENED, THERE WAS
NO MONEY INSIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: 00-00-1910
I WAS WORKING AT WENDY'S OLD FASHIONED HAMBURGERS.
I WAS PLACED TO WORK ON THE CASH REGISTER. THE MANAGER
CLEARED THE CASH DRAWER FOR ME TO START WORKING. AFTER
A FEW CUSTOMERS, A LADY APPROACHED ME. SHE ASKED ME TO
GIVE HER A TWENTY DOLLAR BILL FOR HER TEN ONE DOLLAR BILLS
AND TWO FIVE DOLLAR BILLS. I AGREED, REACHED UNDER MY
CASH DRAWER AND HANDED HER A TWENTY. I STARTED TO PUT THE
MONEY SHE GAVE ME INTO THE DRAWER WHEN SHE SAID, "I'M
SORRY MISS, BUT YOU ONLY GAVE ME ONE DOLLAR." AS QUICKLY AS
I HAD HANDED HER THE TWENTY, SHE HAD SHOWED ME A ONE DOLLAR
BILL. I APOLOGIZED AND LOOKED UNDER THE DRAWER AGAIN. I DID
NOT HAVE A TWENTY UNDERNEATH. SHE THEN SAID, "I SHOULD HAVE
ASKED FOR THE MANAGER IN THE FIRST PLACE, YOU CAN'T DO ANYTHING
RIGHT." I CALLED THE MANAGER OVER AND ASKED HIM TO COUNT THE
MONEY IN MY CASH DRAWER; MEANWHILE I HAD GIVEN HER HER MONEY
BACK AS SHE STARTED TO ACCUSE ME OF CHEATING HER. AS THE
MANAGER STARTED TO COUNT THE MONEY, SHE SAID, "I CAN'T
STAND HERE ALL DAY WAITING. I'M NOT GOING TO COME HERE AGAIN."
AS SHE LEFT, THE MANAGER TOLD ME SHE HAD TAKEN ME FOR NINETEEN
DOLLARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: 08-00-1985
THERE IS A GAME OR "SCAM", WHICH IS ILLEGAL,
THAT IS TRAVELING THROUGH THE METROPOLITAN
DETROIT AREA. IT IS SOMETIMES CALLED THE
"AIRPLANE PYRAMID SCAM". IT WORKS, AS FOLLOWS:
15 INVESTORS TRY TO FILL AN IMAGINARY AIRPLANE.
EACH INVESTOR PAYS $1,500 TO THE PILOT TO GET
A "SEAT" ON THE PLANE. ONCE A PLANE IS FULL, THE
PILOT CAN "FLY" WITH $12,000.
THE PLAYERS INCLUDE:
THE PILOT
2 CO-PILOTS
4 CREW MEMBERS
8 PASSENGERS.
STEP 1: THE PILOT, CO-PILOTS AND CREW MEMBERS
RECRUIT EIGHT PASSENGERS WHO PAY $1,500 FOR A
SEAT ON THE PLANE.
STEP 2: WHEN THE EIGHT SEATS ARE SOLD, THE
PILOT COLLECTS $1,500 FROM EACH PASSENGER
AND LEAVES WITH THE MONEY.
STEP 3: THE PLANE SPLITS IN TWO, AND THE
TWO CO-PILOTS OF THE ORIGINAL PLANE BECOME
THE PILOTS OF THE NEW PLANES. EACH PILOT
AND CREW RECRUITS EIGHT PASSENGERS FOR EACH OF
THE NEW PLANES.
Submitter comment: THIS IS AN ILLEGAL GAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
It's hard to sing with an empty glass.
Submitter comment:
My grandfather used to always say this when he needed another
drink.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): thirst
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Supernatural Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001940S
IT IS SAID THAT A MURDERER LIVES ON BELLE ISLE. A FEW YEARS
AGO A COUPLE WAS PARKED ON THE ISLAND WHEN THEY HEARD A NOISE
FROM BEHIND THE CAR. THE BOY WENT OUT TO INVESTIGATE. WHEN
HE DID NOT RETURN, THE GIRL BECAME FRIGHTENED AND HID UNDER
THE CAR SEAT. THE NEXT MORNING, DPD FOUND THE CAR, BROUGHT
THE GIRL OUT, AND SAW THE BOY DEAD ON THE ROOF OF THE CAR.
HIS THROAT HAD BEEN SLIT. THIS IS WHY YOU SHOULD NEVER GO
TO BELLE ISLE LATE AT NIGHT ON A DATE.
Submitter comment:
DPD STANDS FOR THE DETROIT POLICE DEPARTMENT. BELLE ISLE
IS AN ISLAND PARK IN THE CITY OF DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: 10-19-1988
A WOMAN WAS WALKING TO HER CAR IN THE MACOMB MALL PARKING
LOT. SHE CAME UPON AN ELDERLY, FEEBLE WOMAN WANDERING
THROUGH THE LOT. THE OLD WOMAN WAS DISORIENTED AND
CRYING, "I CAN'T FIND MY CAR. PLEASE HELP ME, WOULD YOU
DRIVE ME TO MY CAR." THE FIRST WOMAN AGREED. SHE LET THE
WOMAN IN HER CAR, BUT SHE CLAIMED TO HAVE FORGOTTEN A
PACKAGE IN THE MALL. SHE LEFT THE OLD WOMAN IN THE CAR AND
RETURNED TO THE MALL. THERE SHE FOUND A SECURITY GUARD.
THE SECURITY GUARD RETURNED TO THE CAR WITH HER TO DISCOVER
THAT THE FEEBLE OLD WOMAN WAS ACTUALLY A MAN WITH A CLEAVER
IN HIS COAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: 10-19-1988
Legend
My mother was told this story about one of her great uncles.
It takes place during the Great Depression. The man was
walking home with a rosary in his pocket when a mugger
challenged him. He put his hand in his pocket and aimed
the cross at the thief as if it were a gun. The thief
believed it was a gun and ran away. The success of the
ruse was attributed to intervention by the Blessed Virgin.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: 00001950CA
There was a woman whose husband played a practical joke on his
wife when she was pregnant. He surprised her coming out of a
closet with a toy monkey. When the wife had the child, the child
looked exactly like the monkey.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; Aberdeen
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate BELIEF -- Birth |