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TRADITION NEW ORLEANS - ALL SOUL'S DAY
PEOPLE GO TO CEMETERY TO CLEAN AROUND TOMBS AND WHITEWASH
THEM. CITY RUNS THESE CEMETERIES. IF A FAMILY DOESN'T CLEAN UP,
THE BODY IS TAKEN OUT AND THE TOMB IS REUSED.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; KILMARNOCK
Date learned: 11-30-1972
TRADITION
NUNS DON'T HAVE TO PAY TO RIDE BUSES AND TROLLEYS IN NEW
ORLEANS, BECAUSE OF THE EPIDEMICS OF YELLOW FEVER THEY ACTED
AS NURSES, A LOT OF THEM DIED. THE CITY ALLOWS THIS AS GRATITUDE
FOR THEIR SERVICE
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; KILMARNOCK
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- P439 |
Date learned: 11-30-1972
NO BUILDING CAN BE BUILT HIGHER THAN WILLIAM PENN'S HAT ON
TOP OF CITY HALL.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PHILADELPHIA
James Callow Keyword(s): HEIGHT OF BUILDING ; STATUE OF WILLIAM PENN
| Subject headings: | Favorites ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Architecture BELIEF -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 11-30-1972
A CRICKET IN A HOME BRINGS GOOD LUCK
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER STATED THIS IN 1925
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): PINOCCHIO
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Good luck P881.3 |
Date learned: 00-00-1929
IF YOU DIP A PIECE OF AN OLD WEDDING GOWN INTO A CUP OF HOT WATER AND
DRINK THE WATER YOU WILL BE CURED OF MANY ILLNESSES
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS TOLD OF THIS CURE BY HIS PATERNAL GRANDFATHER WHO LIVED
MUCH OF HIS LIFE IN SWEDEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): CUREALL
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-23-1972
IF A PERSON GETS A PIECE OF A PERSON'S HAIR & COOKS IT IN THEIR
FOOD; THEY'LL BE UNDER YOUR POWER.
Submitter comment:
THIS FRIEND OF MINE SAID, THIS IS WHY HER HUSBAND IS SO IN LOVE WITH
HER.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 12-00-1972
PLACE A STATUE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN IN THE WINDOW TO INSURE GOOD
WEATHER ALL DAY. DONE BY AN AUNT ON THE DAY OF HER DAUGHTER'S HIGH
SCHOOL GRADUATION.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection P892.25 |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
SEVEN TAPPERS
WHEN I WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL, ST. LUCY'S, ON RAINY DAYS WHEN WE
COULDN'T GO OUT ON THE PLAYGROUND AT NOON, WE WOULD PLAY
THIS GAME. SISTER WOULD PICK SEVEN PEOPLE, THE TAPPERS, AND
THE REST OF US WOULD PUT OUR HEADS DOWN ON THE DESK. THE
TAPPERS WOULD GO AROUND QUIETLY AND TAP SEVEN PEOPLE ON THE
HEAD. THESE SEVEN PEOPLE WOULD THEN TRY TO GUESS WHICH ONE
HAD TAPPED THEM. IF THEY GUESSED RIGHT, THEY BECAME A TAPPER.
IF THEY GUESSED WRONG, THE TAPPER REMAINED ONE. THE OBJECT WAS
TO STAY A TAPPER AS LONG AS YOU COULD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing |
Date learned: 00001950S
A TEENAGE COUPLE WENT FOR A DRIVE AND THEY RAN OUT OF GAS,
THE BOY SAID HE WOULD GO FOR GAS, AND WHILE HE WAS GONE, HE
TOLD THE GIRL NOT TO LEAVE THE CAR, BECAUSE THERE HAD BEEN
STORIES OF WEIRD HAPPENINGS IN THE AREA. WHEN HE RETURNED
WITH THE GAS, THEY GOT READY TO LEAVE, BUT THEY HEARD THIS
DRIP, DRIP, DRIP. FINALLY, THEY DISCOVERED WHAT IT WAS:
BLOOD WAS DRIPPING ON THE HOOD OF THE CAR.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS AN OLD BOY SCOUT STORY CIRCULATING WHEN THE INFORMANT
WAS A BOY SCOUT.
James Callow comment:
PARKING TABU NOT APPARENT IN THIS TALE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ordinary Tale |
Date learned: 11-00-1972
HAUNTED STREET
A STREET NEAR OUR HOUSE, ROBERTJOHN, IS REPORTED TO HAVE A
"THUMPING" WHENEVER A CAR PASSES OVER A CERTAIN PORTION OF IT.
THIS IS SAID TO HAVE RESULTED FROM AN ACCIDENT WHERE A PERSON
WAS RUN OVER, AND THEN STUFFED INTO THE TRUNK OF THE CAR;
HOWEVER, ONE ARM DIDN'T QUITE MAKE IT IN AND AS THE CAR DROVE
AWAY, THE ARM KEPT HITTING THE STREET, CAUSING THE THUMPING,
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): KNOCK-KNOCK STREET
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00001960S
THE REMEDY
THERE WAS THIS MISSIONARY DOCTOR WORKING WITH A BUNCH OF
SAVAGES IN AFRICA. THE NATIVES WERE VERY SUPERSTITIOUS AND
BELIEVED IN VOODOO MEDICINE. BECAUSE OF THIS, WHENEVER THE
DOCTOR GAVE OUT MEDICINE HE HAD TO MAKE THE NATIVES THINK IT WAS
VOODOO. ONE DAY, A MAN CAME IN WITH A RARE MALADY AND THE
DOCTOR PRESCRIBED A DRUG. BUT, IN ORDER TO GET THE MAN TO TAKE
ITHE COATED A THONG WITH IT. THE MAN WAS TOLD TO TAKE ONE BITE
OF THE THONG PER DAY. TWO WEEKS LATER, THE MAN CAME BACK TO THE
DOCTOR AND SAID "THE THONG IS ENDED, BUT THE MALADY LINGERS ON."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 03-00-1967
THE GIFT
ONCE, IN A FAR AWAY PLACE A TRIBE OF PEOPLE LIVED. THE KING OF
THE PEOPLE LIVED IN A LARGE GRASS HUT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
VILLAGE. THE KING HAD A LARGE THRONE MADE OF BRONZE AND IVORY
WEIGHING MANY TONS. A NEIGHBORING TRIBE WISHING TO MAKE FRIENDS
PRESENTED THE KING WITH A NEW THRONE MADE OF GOLD AND SILVER.
NOW, THIS NEW THRONE WAS MUCH NICER THAN THE OLD ONE, SO THE
KING BEGAN USING HIS NEW THRONE. MEANWHILE, THE OLD THRONE WAS
PUT INTO THE ATTIC . ONE DAY A LARGE ELEPHANT STAMPEDED BY,
SHAKING THE GROUND WITH IT'S STEPS. THE KING WAS SITTING ON HIS
THRONE AT THE TIME AND GOT UP TO SEE WHAT THE COMMOTION WAS ALL
ABOUT. AS HE GOT UP, THE OLD THRONE FELL THROUGH THE CEILING AND
CRUSHED HIM. THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS..."KING'S WHO LIVE IN GRASS
HOUSES SHOULDN'T STOW THRONES."
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
ADVENT CALENDAR
FOR ADVENT ONE OF THE KIDS IN THE FAMILY (USUALLY THE OLDEST)
WOULD MAKE AN ADVENT CALENDAR. THIS CONSISTS OF TWO LARGE
PIECES OF CARDBOARD PUT TOGETHER. THERE WOULD BE A PICTURE ON ONE
SIDE AND CERTAIN ITEMS IN THE PICTURE WOULD BE NUMBERED AND MADE
SO IT COULD BE OPENED. BEHIND EACH NUMBER (ONE FOR EACH DAY
OF DECEMBER) WOULD BE A PICTURE AND THE REST OF THE FAMILY WOULD
GUESS WHAT IT WOULD BE. ALWAYS BEHIND #25 WOULD BE THE
NATIVITY SCENE. ONLY ONE NUMBER WOULD BE OPENED A DAY. THERE
WAS NO REWARD FOR GUESSING THE RIGHT PICTURE.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 645 645.2 Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F120 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Month CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
IT USED TO BE TRADITION IN OUR FAMILY TO HAVE ADVENT CARDS. ONE
MEMBER OF THE FAMILY WOULD MAKE CARDS WITH A PICTURE AND A NAME
OF A SAINT ON IT. WE WOULD PICK ONE FROM A HAT AND HAVE TO TELL ABOUT
"OUR" SAINT THE FOLLOWING WEEK. THE CATCH WAS THAT THE FIRST LETTER
OF THE NAMES COMBINED WOULD SPELL A WORD (EX. "CHRISTMAS") AND WE
WOULD TRY TO FIGURE WHAT IT WAS.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 645 645.2 Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing BELIEF -- P645 |
Date learned: 10-07-1977
WE HAD A SMALL WOODEN MANGER MADE FOR OUR FAMILY BY A FRIEND.
DURING ADVENT, EVERY TIME ONE OF THE CHILDREN WOULD DO A GOOD DEED,
HE OR SHE COULD PUT IN A SMALL PIECE OF YARN. BY CHRISTMAS EVE IT
WOULD BE QUITE SOFT FOR "BABY JESUS."
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 645 645.2 Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F122 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Manger scenes |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
ON HALLOWEEN, I REMEMBER MY BROTHERS GOING OUT AND COLLECTING TWIGS,
BRANCHES, FLOWERS, ETC. THESE THEY TOOK OUT AT NIGHT AND WOULD PUT ON THE WINDOW SILLS
OF THEIR GIRLFRIENDS' HOUSES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F103 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- September 23 equinox to December 20 Also used for Advent. |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
SWITCHING DAY
MONDAY, DAY AFTER EASTER- THIS IS CALLED "SWITCHING DAY". YOU GO
AROUND, USUALLY TO YOUR COUSINS' HOUSES AND WHIP THE GIRLS' WITH A
THIN STICK, BRANCH FROM A TREE, AROUND THE ANKLES. FOR THIS YOU
RECEIVE A TOKEN OF MONEY WHEN YOU STOPPED HITTING THEM. I THINK
THIS DAY IS NAMED AFTER A SAINT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Monday Dyngus |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
AS A CHILD THE GROUP OF KIDS I PLAYED WITH HAD A PARTICULAR SAYING
WHENEVER THEY DIDN'T WANT TO FOLLOW THE SUGGESTIONS OF ANOTHER.
THIS WAS "LET'S NOT AND SAY WE DID."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites SPEECH -- Formula |
NEVER STEP OVER A BABY, IF YOU DO IT WILL NOT GROW, AT ALL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-05-1972
INSECTS ON FLOWERS
SLICE RAW POTATOES AROUND THE PLANT. WHEN THE SLICES ARE FULL
OF INSECTS THROW THESE AWAY AND REPLACE WITH NEW SLICES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JACKSON
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F475 |
Date learned: 11-02-1972