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MULTIPLYING TECHNIQUE
THERE IS A WAY OF MULTIPLYING BY NINES ON YOUR HANDS.
ALL YOU HAVE TO DO IS HOLD UP YOUR TEN FINGERS AND PICK THE NUMBER
THAT YOU WANT TO MULTIPLY NINE BY AND THEN YOU PUSH DOWN THAT FINGER.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF YOU WANT TO MULTIPLY NINE BY THREE YOU WOULD PUT
DOWN YOUR THIRD FINGER.
ON ONE SIDE OF THIS THIRD FINGER YOU WOULD HAVE TWO FINGERS HELD
UP, ON THE OTHER SIDE YOU WOULD HAVE SEVEN FINGERS HELD UP,
THEREFORE YOUR ANSWER WOULD BE TWENTY-SEVEN.
Data entry tech comment:
Uodated by TRD on 10.11.13
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HUNTINGTON WOODS
Keyword(s): Arithmetic, Mathematics, Multiplication, Trick, Memory, Aid, Learning, Tool, Fingers,
James Callow Keyword(s): MULTIPLICATION ON FINGERS
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1.9 Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Number P686.3.9 SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 02-22-1979
"WAJANG KULIT" (FLAT FIGURE)
THE "WAJANG KULIT" ARE FLAT FIGURES THAT HAVE BEEN CUT OUT
OF PAPER AND ATTACHED TO STICKS. EACH FIGURE PORTRAYS
A CHARACTER AS THE PEOPLE PUT ON A SHOW FOR THE AUDIENCE.
THE PEOPLE PUTTING ON THE SHOW ARE HIDDEN BEHIND ANY SORT
OF MAKE-SHIFT STAGE. WHEN NIGHT COMES, A LIGHT IS PLACED
BEHIND THE FLAT FIGURES SO ONLY THE SHADOW APPEARS. THE
AUDIENCE WILL PAY FOR THE ENTERTAINERS, ANYONE WHO DOES
NOT PAY IS CHASED AWAY BEFORE AND DURING THE SHOW.
Submitter comment:
THE INDONESIANS BASICALLY PUT ON THESE SHOWS FOR THE DUTCH
COLONISTS. THE DUTCH HAD ALL THE MONEY, SO JUST ABOUT
ANYTHING THE "INDOS" DID, WAS FOR CASH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | Favorites DRAMA -- Secular DRAMA -- Puppet |
Date learned: 04-00-1979 ; 00001930-1950
PREGNANT WIVES
IN THE UKRAINE, DURING WW 1, MANY MEN LEFT THEIR WIVES AND
WENT TO AMERICA. THE WIVES WOULD BE SENT FOR WHEN THEY
COULD BE SUPPORTED. OCCASIONALLY, ONE OF THESE WIVES WOULD
GET PREGNANT. WHEN THE HUSBAND, WHOM MAY HAVE BEEN GONE
FOR SEVERAL YEARS, OFTEN FOUND HE ALSO HAD A FAMILY, THE
WOMEN DEVELOPED A STORY TO EXPLAIN THIS HAPPENING. THEY SAID
THAT AS A STORM TOOK PLACE, THE WIND BLEW UP UNDER HER DRESS
AND THEY BECAME PREGNANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TROY
James Callow Keyword(s): WORLD WAR ONE
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 04-00-1979
"AMERICAN TREAT"
IN THE NETHERLANDS, WHEN A GROUP GOES OUT AND EVERYONE PAYS
THEIR OWN EXPENSES, IT IS CALLED AN "AMERICAN TREAT". THE
SAME AS IN THE STATES THEY CALL IT GOING "DUTCH".
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 04-00-1979 ; 00-00-1974
FORTUNE TELLING RICE BIRDS OF INDONESIA
IN INDONESIA A VENDER COME AROUND THE HOUSE WITH THREE
LITTLE RICE BIRDS IN A CAGE. HE WOULD ASK IF HE COULD
TELL YOUR FORTUNE FOR THE NEXT SEVEN YEARS. IF ALLOWED,
HE WOULD THROW RICE INTO THE CAGE OF BIRDS. IF THE BIRDS
ATE THE RICE, YOU WOULD HAVE SEVEN YEARS OF STARVATION, BE-
CAUSE EVERYTHING HAS BEEN EXHAUSTED. IF THEY DIDN'T EAT
ALL THE RICE, YOU WOULD HAVE SEVEN YEARS OF SUCCESS AND
GOOD LUCK. THE IDEA WAS TO GET THE VENDER AFTER HE HAS
BEEN TO ALL THE OTHER HOUSES, BY THAT TIME THE BIRDS WOULD
BE TOO FULL OF RICE, YOU COULD NOT HELP BUT GET GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): AUSPEXY ; HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several Prophet / Seer / Soothsayer 870 Favorites BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Good luck BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 04-00-1979 ; 00001930-1950
IN NEW ORLEANS CERTAIN HOUSES WERE CONSIDERED HAUNTED. THE
OCCUPANTS OF THE HOUSES SAID THE SPIRITS CAME OUT AT NIGHT. SOME
OF THE PEOPLE SWORE THEIR CHILDREN WOULD WAKE UP WITH MARKS ON
THEM THAT WERE NOT ON THEM THE DAY BEFORE. THE PEOPLE CLAIMED
THEY COULD FEEL THE PRESENCE OF SPIRITS IN THEIR HOMES. THEY
SAID TO GET RID OF THE GHOSTS, YOU HAD TO USE PROFANITY AND THE
GHOSTS WOULD LEAVE FOR AWHILE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A TRUE STORY. THE PREVIOUS OWNERS OF THE HOUSE WERE A
MAN, HIS WIFE AND HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW. BOTH MEN DIED IN THE HOUSE
AND WERE SUPPOSED TO BE THE GHOSTS IN THE HOUSE. MY GRANDMOTHER
LIVED ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS HAUNTED HOUSE. ONE DAY SHE SAW
ONE MAN COME OUT THE SIDE DOOR. AS HE WALKED TOWARD THE FRONT OF
THE HOUSE SHE NO LONGER SAW HIM BUT SAW A BLACK CAT INSTEAD. MY
GRANDMOTHER SWEARS THAT THIS REALLY HAPPENED.
SWEARING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
DON'T LET YOUR LEFT HAND KNOW WHAT YOUR RIGHT HAND IS DOING.
Submitter comment:
THIS STATEMENT MEANS DON'T TELL YOUR PRIVATE AFFAIRS TO PEOPLE
YOU THINK ARE CLOSE TO YOU. SOME THINGS ARE PERSONAL AND SHOULD
BE KEPT TO YOURSELF. MY GRANDMOTHER PREACHED THIS RELIGIOUSLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO TELL THE STORY OF A YOUNG GIRL WHO WAS
INVITED TO A BALL ON A DRAWBRIDGE IN FRANCE. WHEN THE GIRL
AWAKENED THE MORNING OF THE DANCE, HER MOTHER TOLD HER OF A DREAM
SHE HAD THE NIGHT BEFORE THAT SOMETHING TERRIBLE WAS GOING TO
HAPPEN AT THE PARTY. IN SPITE OF HER MOTHER'S PLEAS, TO STAY
HOME, THE GIRL WENT TO THE DANCE. THAT NIGHT AT THE PARTY THE
BRIDGE HAPPENED TO OPEN AND ALL THE PEOPLE FELL INTO THE WATER AND
DROWNED.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A TRUE STORY.
DREAM AS OMEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Dreams BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
A WOMAN DOESN'T GO TO THE FUNERAL OF HER HUSBAND OR HER CHILD.
IT IS BAD LUCK TO DO SO.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER BELIEVES IN THIS AND DID NOT ATTEND HER HUSBAND,
SON OR DAUGHTER'S FUNERAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
A MARRIED WOMAN GOT PREGNANT BUT DIDN'T WANT THE CHILD. SHE
HATED THE FACT THAT SHE WAS PREGNANT AND HATED HER UNBORN CHILD.
WHEN THE CHILD WAS BORN IT JUMPED OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE DOCTOR.
IT WAS RED AND LOOKED LIKE A REAL LITTLE DEVIL.
Submitter comment:
THIS STORY WAS TOLD BY A JESUIT PRIEST, FATHER BOSCO, FROM A
SMALL TOWN IN LOUISIANA. FATHER BOSCO SAID THE MOTHER OF THE
CHILD WAS A MEMBER OF HIS PARISH AND THAT THIS REALLY HAPPENED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon PROSE NARRATIVE -- Abnormal in size |
Date learned: 02-17-1979 ; 00001940'S
LOVE
ON THE EVE OF ST. JOHN, THE GIRLS GATHER FOR A DANCE AND DREAM LATER
OF THE MEN THEY ARE GOING TO MARRY. THEY MAY EVEN LOOK IN A MIRROR
ON THAT DAY TO SEE IF SOME YOUNG MAN IS STANDING BEHIND THEM.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- FOG2 BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Dreams |
ENTERTAINMENT
DYNGUS DAY IS CELEBRATED ON EASTER MONDAY. YOUNG MEN TAKE BRANCHES
TO SWITCH THE LADIES' LEGS AND GET PAILS OF WATER TO POUR ON THE
LADIES THEY LIKE. RECENTLY, ESPECIALLY IN THE CITIES, THEY CHANGED
FROM USING WATER TO COLOGNE.
Submitter comment:
THIS CUSTOM IS POPULAR IN POLAND AND STILL IS FOLLOWED IN DETROIT
AND ITS SUBURBS.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Monday Dyngus |
WATER
POLISH PEOPLE AVOID SWIMMING BEFORE THE 24TH OF JUNE, ST. JOHN'S DAY.
THEY SEND WREATHS WITH LIGHTED CANDLES DOWN THE RIVERS AND WATERS.
THE WATER IS THEN BLESSED SO THAT PEOPLE WON'T DROWN.
Submitter comment: THIS CUSTOM IS OBSERVED IN POLAND.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June 24 St. John's Day / Midsummer Day BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 03-22-1979
NAMES
NAME DAYS ARE CELEBRATED IN POLAND INSTEAD OF BIRTHDAYS. THE KIDS
ARE NAMED AFTER SAINTS AND ON THE DAY OF THEIR SAINT!S FEAST THERE
IS A CELEBRATION WHERE THEY RECEIVE GIFTS. IF YOU ARE 10 YEARS OLD
ON THAT DAY YOU WILL BE REFERRED TO AS 11 FROM NOW ON.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 04-08-1979
EASTERTIDE
THERE IS A PROCESSION AT SUNRISE ON EASTER MONDAY CALLED THE
RESURRECTION. EVERYONE MARCHES AROUND THE CHURCH THREE TIMES
CARRYING CANDLES AND PICTURES OF THE VIRGIN MARY, JESUS, AND THE
PATRON OF THE CHURCH.
Submitter comment: THIS CUSTOM IS OBSERVED IN POLAND.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Monday Dyngus |
Date learned: 04-02-1979
SAINT PAUL AND THE SNAKES
SAINT PAUL WAS SHIPWRECKED ON THE ISLAND OF MALTA. WHILE
HELPING TO LIGHT A FIRE, HE WAS BIT BY A SNAKE, AND HE CAST ALL
THE VENOM OUT OF THE SNAKE, AND TODAY THERE ARE NO POISONOUS
SNAKES LEFT ON THE ISLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 01-28-1979
PROVERB
WOMEN HAVE SEVENTY-SEVEN THOUGHTS AT ONCE.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS SAID THIS.
SEXIST COMMENT, ANTI-FEMINISM
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): THINKING
Date learned: 01-00-1979
A CLENCH OF THE FIST WITH THE THUMB UP MEANS YOU WANT ONE OF
SOMETHING.
Submitter comment:
IN 1977 I WAS IN ENGLAND. IF YOU WANTED ONE OF ANYTHING, THIS IS HOW
YOU WOULD INDICATE IT.
Where learned: ENGLAND
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Favorites SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 07-00-1977
I WISH I HAD A NICKEL, I WISH I HAD A DIME, I WISH I HAD A SWEETHEART
WHO LOVED ME ALL THE TIME.
Submitter comment: SOMETIMES SAID WHILE JUMPING ROPE. EMOTIONAL YEARNING FOR LOVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): MONEY
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.322 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
INNOCENTS DAY
ON DECEMBER 28 THE BOYS AND MEN OF CERTAIN TOWN IN THE ISLAND
CELEBRATE THE INNOCENTS DAY BY DRESSING UP IN EXTREMELY COLORFUL
COSTUMES WITH TINY BELLS ATTACHED ALL OVER. THEY GO AROUND IN FLOATS
PLAYING TRICKS AND ASKING FOR MONEY. AT THE END OF THE DAY THE BEST
COSTUME AND CARAVAN IS SELECTED.
Submitter comment: SOME OF THESE COSTUMES MAY COST AROUND 500.00 DOLLARS TO MAKE.
Where learned: PUERTO RICO ; HATILLO
James Callow Keyword(s): BEGGING
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 28 Holy Innocents CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 00-00-1979