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STEP ON A CRACK,
BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT REMEMBERED THIS FROM HIS CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
OLD SAYINGS
IF YOU DROP A KNIFE A MAN IS COMING
IF YOU DROP A FORK A WOMAN IS COMING
IF YOU DROP A SPOON A CHILD IS COMING
PERHAPS THE MAN COMING HUMMING
PERHAPS THE WOMAN BECOMING LOVING
PERHAPS THE CHILD COMING STUMBLING.
Submitter comment:
SHE LEARNED THIS FROM HER HOME TOWN DURING HER ADOLESCENT STAGE.
THIS OLD SAYING IS A VERSE THAT IS CONNECTED TO THE COMMUNICATION
BETWEEN AN OBJECT AND THE FORETELLING OF THE FUTURE.
THE INFORMANT WASN'T SURE WHETHER THIS COULD BE {A} SONG OR NOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.860 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 00001930'S
A MOLE ON YOUR NECK AND YOU WILL HAVE MONEY BY THE PECK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS WHENEVER HE HEARS OF SOMEONE BECOMING RICH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.438 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
PROVERB
EARLY TO BED AND EARLY TO RISE MAKES A MAN HEALTHY, WEALTHY AND WISE
Submitter comment: SECOND GRADE TEACHER ALWAYS SAID THIS TO OUR CLASS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
SUPERSTITION
A WHISTLING WOMAN
AN A CROWING HEN
ALWAYS COME TO A NO GOOD END.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.477 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
PROVERB
IF YOUR EAR RINGS,
YOUR NAME SOMEONE SINGS.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT FIRST HEARD THIS PROVERB IN 1976. THE STYLISTIC
DEVICES OF RHYME AND METER ARE USED. INVERSION IS PRESENT IN
THIS SHORT PIECE. KEY WORDS ARE EMPHASIZED AND A CAUSE AND EFFECT
RELATIONSHIP IS PRESENT. IT IS AN "A = B" EQUATION. THE
COLLECTOR INTERPRETS THIS TO MEAN THAT SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT
YOU, IF YOUR EARS RING.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; GOSSIP ; Longing ; PREDICTION ; Relationship ; RHYME ; SIGN ; Sing ; SONG ; TALK
Date learned: 10-00-1980 ; 09-00-1976
SAYING
EVERY TIME A NEW BORN BABY CRIES, SOMEONE DIES.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-08-1967
BURIAL CUSTOMS
HAPPY THE BRIDE THE SUN SHINES ON.
HAPPY THE CORPSE THE RAIN FALLS ON.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
OMEN
DREAM OF A WEDDING, HEAR OF A FUNERAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
PREDICTION DIVINATION
SPIDER IN THE DAY BRINGS DISMAY.
SPIDER AT NIGHT BRINGS DELIGHT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
SNEEZING
SNEEZE BETWEEN TWELVE AND ONE,
SURE SIGN SOMEBODY'LL COME.
SNEEZE BETWEEN ONE AND TWO,
COME TO SEE YOU.
SNEEZE BETWEEN TWO AND THREE,
COME TO SEE ME.
SNEEZE BETWEEN THREE AND FOUR,
SOMEBODY'S AT THE DOOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 11-01-1968
SEE A PEN, PICK IT UP,
AND ALL THE DAY YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
SING AT THE TABLE,
DANCE ON THE BED,
THE DEVIL WILL GET YOU,
BEFORE YOU'RE DEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 02-14-1970
DON'T STEP IN A HOLE
OR YOU'LL BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S SUGAR BOWL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 09-20-1968
DON'T STEP ON A CRACK
OR YOU'LL BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS PLAYED WHEN WALKING ON A SIDEWALK. ONE HAD TO STEP
OVER THE CRACKS SO AS NOT TO BREAK THE MOTHER'S BACK.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 10-04-1965
SEE A PIN AND PICK IT UP,
ALL THAT DAY YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
SEE A PIN AND LET IT LAY,
BAD LUCK YOU'LL HAVE ALL THAT DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 10-06-1965
IF YOU STUB YOUR TOE AND KISS YOUR THUMB YOU'LL SEE YOUR
BOYFRIEND BEFORE DAY IS DONE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
IF YOU SEE A NEW MOON THROUGH A PANE OF GLASS,
HARD LUCK WILL FOLLOW FAST.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REMEMBERS HEARING THIS AS A CHILD FROM HIS MOTHER
(1915-1925). HE BELIEVES THAT THE SAYING STEMS FROM HIS
MOTHER AND FATHER'S SCOTTISH HERITAGE.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
SEE A PIN, PICK IT UP,
ALL THE DAY YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
SEE A PIN AND LET IT LAY,
BAD LUCK YOU'LL HAVE ALL THE DAY.
Submitter comment: FROM HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 10-04-1965
SEE A PIN AND PICK IT UP,
ALL THE DAY YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
SEE A PIN AND LET IT LIE,
YOU'LL BE SORRY BY AND BY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 00-00-1965