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IF YOU HAVE TWO CALLICAS (BALD SPOTS ON TOP OF HEAD),
YOU WILL HAVE TWO WIVES.
Submitter comment: JAMES LEARNED THIS AT HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 12-05-1967
IF A PERSON HAS LONG HAIR ON HIS ARMS, IT MEANS A RICH
MARRIAGE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL IN
DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
A GIRL WITH MUCH HAIR ON HER ARMS AND LEGS WILL SOMEDAY
MARRY A RICH MAN.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 11-30-1967
IF YOU SING AT THE SUPPER TABLE, YOU WILL HAVE A CRAZY
SPOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 09-20-1969
IF YOU SING AT THE TABLE, YOU WILL MARRY A CRAZY
PERSON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A WEDDING WILL SOON TAKE PLACE WHEN WOMEN BEGIN TO TALK
ABOUT OR COMPARE THEIR LEGS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Lower body, legs BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 03-25-1968
WHEN YOU DREAM OF A WEDDING, SOMETHING BAD WILL
HAPPEN TO YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Dreams Bad luck |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
WEDDING CUSTOM
THE IRISH BELIEVE THAT BEFORE ANY MARRIAGE TAKES PLACE
THE COUPLE SHOULD EACH TAKE A GOLD PIECE, AND
AN EGG AND A CROSS IN ONE HAND OF EACH, TO ASSURE
GOOD FORTUNE, FERTILITY AND THE BLESSING OF GOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COIN ; SYMBOLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications |
Date learned: 11-11-1974
SUPERSTITION
EVERY TIME YOU GO OVER A RAILROAD TRACK YOU MUST LIFT UP YOUR FEET
OR YOU WILL LOSE YOUR BOY FRIEND.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS ONE OF A LARGE VARIETY OF SAYINGS THAT YOUNGER KIDS HAVE IN
WHICH A CERTAIN ACTION DONE BY A PERSON MAKES THEM EITHER GET OR
LOSE A BOY OR GIRL FRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1973
JEWISH SAYING
KLEIG VIA A MUMSER: SMART AS AN ILLEGITIMATE CHILD (ENGLISH)
Submitter comment: HEARD THIS AS A KID. THESE SAYINGS JUST WENT AROUND IN A JEWISH H
James Callow comment:
INCOMPLETE COMMENT
CN[ STATFIELD, MURRAY 730401
C1[ 21130 GARDNER
C2[ OAK PARK, MICHIGAN 48237
DNC[ 1,616
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Marriage PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
TRIP
IF YOU TRIP IN CHURCH YOU WILL NOT GET MARRIED THAT YEAR.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions |
Date learned: 11-19-1972
COUNTING-OUT RIME {PROBABLY AN INACCURATE TITLE}
RICH MAN, POOR MAN, BEGGAR MAN, THIEF. DOCTOR, LAWYER, MERCHANT,
CHIEF.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL. YOU SAY ONE NAME
FOR EACH BUTTON ON A SHIRT, SWEATER, ETC., AND WHERE YOU STOP, THAT
IS THE PERSON YOU WILL MARRY. SHE DOES NOT HOLD IT TO BE TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 09-20-1972
BELIEF
NEVER GET MARRIED IN THE WINTER BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW IF SHE LOVES
YOU OR IF SHE IS JUST COLD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD FROM HER GRANDFATHER AND DOES NOT
HOLD IT TO BE TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
HAPPY IS THE BRIDE THE SUN SHINES ON.
Submitter comment:
CAN ALSO REFER TO GOOD LUCK FOR THE BRIDE THE SUNSHINES ON.
THIS /IS VERY OLD AND IS STILL BELIEVED TODAY.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance BELIEF -- Good luck P881.41 |
Date learned: 10-11-1972
LUCK
IF ON YOUR WEDDING DAY THE BRIDE OR GROOM CRIES, THAT COUPLE WILL
HAVE TEARS ALL THEIR LIVES.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT AS RECENTLY THE MAID OF HONOR AT A POLISH WWEDDING AT
WHICH THE BRIDE AND GROOM WERE WARNED ABOUT CRYING BY THE
BRIDE'S FATHER..
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 09-20-1972
IF A PERSON DREAMS ABOUT A WEDDING, IT MEANS THAT THERE WILL BE A
DEATH OF SOMEONE CLOSE.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about weddings, funerals, and other crucial moments of life |
Date learned: 09-10-1972
IF A PERSON DREAMS ABOUT A DEATH, THEN THERE WILL SOON BE A WEDDING.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about weddings, funerals, and other crucial moments of life |
Date learned: 09-10-1972
AFTER THE BIRTH OF THE CHILD, DEPENDING ON WHO HE OR SHE RESEMBLES
MOST, THAT WAS THE STRONGER PARTNER IN LOVE.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 09-10-1972
"THE THIRD MARRAIGE WILL BE THE LUCKY ONE."
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MARRIAGE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Good luck P881.41 |
Date learned: 11-10-1972
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