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CUSTOM
MARY WAS A BASE NURSE IN OKINOWA FOR EIGHT YEARS AND SHE SAID IT
WAS THE CUSTOM FOR THE LADIES TO ALWAYS CARRY A HEAD PAN ON
HER HEAD WHILE SHE WENT ABOUT HER DUTIES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Okinawa
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Head |
Date learned: NOT INCLUDED
HUMAN DEFORMATION
MAYANS PUT BOARDS ON THEIR BABIES' HEADS SO THAT THE HEAD
WOULD COME TO A POINT. THIS WAS DONE TO MAKE THE
CHILDREN MORE BEAUTIFUL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 6319 LODEWYCK
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Head BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face |
Date learned: 02-07-1970
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU PUT A MAN'S HAT ON YOUR BED YOU WILL BECOME PREGNANT.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Head BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
WEATHER BELIEF
A BLACK BELIEF IS THAT BLACKS HAVE A GREATER SUSCEPTIBILITY TO
PNEUMONIA WHEN IT RAINS AND ARE BEST PROTECTED FROM THIS BY
WEARING A HAT.
Submitter comment: BLACK CUSTOM
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): AFRO-AMERICAN
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Head BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00001940S
TO GO ABOUT BAREHEADED ON A MOONLIT NIGHT DRIES UP THE BRAIN AND THE
PERSON WILL EVENTUALLY GO MAD.
Where learned: TANZANIA ; EAST AFRICA
Date learned: 03-00-1982
POPE JOHN PAUL II VISITED DETROIT ON
SATURDAY, OCTOBER 19, 1987. THE DETROIT NEWS,
IN THEIR MORNING EDITION ON PAGE 5A, INCLUDED
WRITTEN INSTRUCTIONS AND GRAPHIC ILLUSTRATIONS
SHOWING HOW TO FOLD PAGES OF THE NEWSPAPER INTO
"A PAPAL HAT."
Submitter comment:
A COPY OF THE NEWSPAPER PAGE WILL BE SUBMITTED
TO THE ARCHIVE AT U OF D. ALSO INCLUDED IS A
PHOTOGRAPH FROM THE MACOMB DAILY NEWSPAPER FROM
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1987 WHICH SHOWS TWO BOYS
WEARING THE PAPAL HATS THAT THEY MADE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Head |
DURING THE BRIDAL DANCE AT THE END OF
A POLISH WEDDING, THE BRIDE DANCES WITH
THE GROOM FOR A SHORT WHILE, THEN THE
FIRST COUPLE COMES TO DANCE,
BUT THE MAID-OF-HONOR (IF SHE
IS SINGLE) REMOVES THE BRIDE'S VEIL FROM
THE BRIDE AND PUTS IT ON HER HEAD. SHE
PUTS HER BRIDESMAID'S HAT ON THE BRIDE'S
HEAD. EACH OF THE COUPLES, ONE AT A TIME,
CONTINUE TO JOIN IN THE DANCE AND EACH
TIME THE NEXT BRIDESMAID EXCHANGES HER
HAT WITH THE PERSON WEARING THE VEIL, IF
SHE IS SINGLE.
Submitter comment:
THIS TRADITION SIGNIFIES THAT THE BRIDE
IS NO LONGER A BRIDE, SHE IS NOW A MARRIED
WOMAN. THAT IS WHY ONLY THE SINGLE BRIDESMAIDS
ARE ALLOWED TO DANCE WITH THE VEIL.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Head |
Date learned: 04-20-1968
TRADITION
IT HAS BECOME A TRADITION AMONG HIGH SCHOOL AND COLLEGE
STUDENTS TO HANG THEIR TASSELS FROM THE REAR-VIEW MIRROR
OF THEIR CAR.
Submitter comment:
THIS REFERS TO THE TASSELS WORN ON THE HATS WORN WITH
GOWNS AT SCHOOL (HIGH SCHOOL OR COLLEGE) GRADUATIONS.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Head |
Date learned: 00001970S CA
IF YOU DON`T WANT TO DREAM WHILE SLEEPING YOU SHOULD SLEEP
WITH A HAT ON YOUR HEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Head BELIEF -- Dreams |
It was said if you wore two hats you were going to get a double
whooping.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVER ROUGE
James Callow Keyword(s): Punishment -- beating
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Head |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
DON'T PUT A HAT ON THE TABLE, IT BRINGS BAD LUCK TO YOUR
HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Head BELIEF -- Bad luck |
IF AN UNDERTAKER COMES TO YOUR HOUSE, YOU SHOULD NEVER LET
HIM LEAVE HIS HAT. BECAUSE WHEN HE RETURN FOR THE HAT, HE WILL
BE TAKING A BODY WITH HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Head BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA THE GIRLS ALL WORE THEIR HAIR COMBED
STRAIGHT BACK WITH ONE BRAID DOWN THEIR BACK, TIED
WITH A RIBBON. WHEN A GIRL GOT MARRIED, HER
GODMOTHER WOULD MAKE A BUN ON TOP OF HER HEAD AND
ALSO PLACE A LITTLE BONNET ON TOP OF HER HAIR. FROM
THAT DAY ON, A MARRIED GIRL WOULD NEVER WEAR HER HAIR
ANY OTHER WAY OR EVER GO BARE-HEADED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Head |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT'S BAD LUCK TO PUT A HAT ON A BABY BEFORE IT'S ONE YEAR OLD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CLASS ASSIGNMENT ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
Date learned: 03-07-1969
IT IS BAD LUCK TO AT ANYTIME WEAR TWO HATS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated on 09-01-11
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI ; Terrell, Mattie ; 701 Central Ave
Keyword(s): BAD LUCK ; Hat ; Hats ; HEAD ; LUCK ; Wear
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Head BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 11-22-1972
A HAT
DON'T PUT A MAN'S HAT ON THE BED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COLUMBIA
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Head BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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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 |
IT IS CORRECT TO TIP YOUR HAT WHEN PASSING A CHURCH.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Head SPEECH -- Religious |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AS A SIGN OF RESPECT MEN TIP THEIR HATS WHENEVER THEY
PASS A CHURCH.
Submitter comment:
THIS CUSTOM IS NOT SO PREVALENT AMONG YOUNGER CATHOLICS
BUT IT WAS AND IS STILL PRACTICED AMONG THE OLDER MEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHENEVER PASSING A CHURCH, NOD YOUR HEAD OR TIP YOUR HAT.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Head SPEECH -- Religious |
Date learned: 09-24-1969