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Japan-Status
In Japan, everyone has name cards with their title on them. These
cards let everyone you come in contact with (usually in a business
setting) learn what status you have achieved. This exchange of cards
lets the exchangers know who is subordinate to the other. The
subordinate person (in Japanese, this person is subservient) must bow
lower than the other.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WESTLAND
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of space: distance, height, depth SPEECH -- Gesture SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: 01-00-1990
My sister and I went to a youth rally when we were in high
school. At the rally we were taught that to grow psychologically
a person needs eight hugs a day plus many other facts that I now
cannot recall. When we came home our parents asked us at the
dinner table what we had learned; we told them about the eight hugs
needed to grow. My dad told us that he could do better than that,
so he has given us twelve hugs plus three for good luck. My
parents live up north and we often communicate by phone or by
letter; on the phone we count to twelve, then to three to give our
hugs to each other. In written communication, we write 12+3 to
give our hugs. This is a tradition that our whole family now
practices to give each other hugs and emotional support.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HOUGHTON LAKE
Keyword(s): Family folklore
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple 686 Eighths / Eight Favorites BELIEF -- Good luck SPEECH -- Gesture SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
A POSTAGE STAMP PUT ON A LETTER UPSIDE DOWN MEANS THAT THE
WRITER LOVES THE PERSON TO WHOM HE IS SENDING THE LETTER. IT
IS READ AS "I LOVE YOU."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CHATTANOOGA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Word Letter SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
WHEN WRITING OR PRINTING, IF YOU CIRCLE YOUR "I'S"
IT MEANS SOME SORT OF AFFECTION, USUALLY "I LOVE YOU."
IF YOU PUT A STAMP UPSIDE DOWN ON AN ENVELOPE,
IT MEANS, "I LOVE YOU."
Where learned: SCHOOL
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
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Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
I WAS TOLD THIS BY AN OLD-MAID TEACHER IN HIGH SCHOOL:
"GOOD GIRLS DON'T WEAR HAIR CLIPS IN PUBLIC, AND
I THINK YOU ALL KNOW WHY." THE USUAL REASON WAS THAT
HAIR CLIPS REMIND BOYS OF THE BEDROOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SEX
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Head SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
SIGN TO BE LEFT IN ANGER
THANKS FOR TAKING TWO PARKING SPACES. I HAD TO PARK
IN THE NEXT BLOCK, YOU SELFISH, IDIOTIC MORON!!
YOU HAVE VIOLATED SECTION 368 D.A.M.I.T.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACRONYM ; ANGER ; Note ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; SIGN
James Callow Keyword(s): ABBREVIATION ; IRONY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A TRADITIONAL ABBREVIATION FOR A BACON, LETTUCE,
AND TOMATO SANDWICH IS BLT.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ABBREVIATION ; ACRONYM ; Bacon ; BLT ; FOOD ; LETTUCE ; Sandwich ; Tomato
James Callow Keyword(s): ACRONYM
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: 03-02-1970
ROTC=ROTTEN OLD TIN CANS.
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Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ACRONYM ; JOKE ; MILITARY ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN
James Callow Keyword(s): ACRONYM ; ROTC:MILITARY TRAINING UNIT. ; SATIRE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School BELIEF -- P535 SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
WHEN ONE PUTS A STAMP ON A LETTER UPSIDE DOWN, IT
MEANS YOU LOVE THE PERSON THE LETTER IS WRITTEN TO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: 11-04-1969
DURING THE LATE 1950S, YOUNG GIRLS OFTEN WORE SADDLE
OXFORDS {SHOES} WITH BUCKLES ON THE HEELS. IF
THE BUCKLES WERE FASTENED THE GIRL WAS SHOWING THAT
SHE WAS GOING STEADY. IF THE BUCKLES WERE UNFASTENED,
THE GIRL WAS AVAILABLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Signs of availability CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Dating, courtship mechanics ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress HandsFeet SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: 00001950S LATE
IN THE LATE 1950S AND EARLY 1960S, GIRLS HAD THEIR
FRIENDS TIE A PIECE OF THREAD ON THEIR RING
FINGER. THIS THREAD WAS NEVER TO BE TAKEN OFF
UNTIL THE GIRL'S TRUE LOVE HAPPENED ALONG TO UNDO
IT, SIGNIFYING THEIR ENGAGEMENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Signs of availability CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Symbols of engagement ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress HandsFeet SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: 00001960S EARLY
IN NEW YORK CITY WHEN YOU ASK YOUR DOORMAN TO GET A
CAB, HE GOES OUT NEAR A BUSY STREET AND WAVES A
FLASHLIGHT UP AND DOWN. IN SOME PLACES THE DOORMAN
TURNS ON A RED LIGHT ON THE CORNER OF THE BUILDING
WHICH BRINGS A CAB.
Where learned: NEW YORK CITY ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Instructions Directions SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SIGNIFICANCE OF DIFFERENT FLOWERS:
ROSEMARYS--FOR REMEMBRANCE
LILY--PURITY
VIOLET--SHY
Submitter comment:
MY INFORMANT LEARNED THESE FROM HER MOTHER IN KENTUCKY IN HER YOUTH. SHE SAID THERE WERE MANY MORE BUT SHE COULDN'T REMEMBER THE REST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
MUSTARD SEED BELIEF
A GRAIN OF MUSTARD SEED IS A SYMBOL OF GOOD LUCK AND HOPE.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: 11-05-1969
RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN YOUR LOVER AND YOU.
IF YOUR SWEETHEART SENDS YOU YELLOW ROSES, IT IS A SIGN THAT LOVE IS FADING.
IF YOUR SWEETHEART SENDS YOU RED ROSES, IT IS A SIGN OF HIS STRONG LOVE FOR YOU.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COLORS ; PLANTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Color SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN