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A LEGENDARY GAME
THERE WAS A PLAGUE IN ENGLAND AND THE GAME "RING AROUND THE ROSEY"
WAS REALLY A RASH WITH A RING AROUND IT, SO IT'S RING AROUND THE
ROSEY. IT USED TO SMELL, SO THEY KEPT POSIES IN THEIR POCKETS,
POCKET FULL OF POSIES. IT ALSO USED TO MAKE THEM SNEEZE, AND AFTER
THEY SNEEZED THEY WOULD FALL DEAD, SO IT ISN'T REALLY ASHES, ASHES,
THEY ALL FALL DOWN, BUT ACHOO, ACHOO, THEY ALL FALL DEAD.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER HIGH SCHOOL TEACHER.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Medicine |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
OCCUPATIONAL JOKE
SURGEONS ARE SO EAGER TO DO ORGAN TRANSPLANTS THESE DAYS THAT BED PATIENTS WHO WANT TO TAKE NAPS FIRST PERCH A SIGN ON THEIR BELLIES SAYING, "I AM ONLY SLEEPING." THIS IS TO DISCOURAGE SURGEONS WHO ARE SAID TO PROWL
AROUND HOSPITAL WARDS AND SNATCH AWAY PATIENTS
WITH THEIR EYES CLOSED--BELIEVING THEM TO HAVE DIED RECENTLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Medicine |
Date learned: 03-22-1970
IF SHINGLES MEET AROUND YOUR BODY, IT IS A SIGN OF
NEAR DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Medicine |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGAM MAXIM STATED DIRECTLY
FEED A COLD, STARVE A FEVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; NEW YORK ; ALBANY ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1973
TAPE OF MISCELLANOUS INFORMATION
GHOATS, MONETARY SYSTEM,(NIARA & KOBO) DISEASES, WALKING BAREFOOTED,
CARRYING THINGS ON YOUR HEAD, GHOSTS OF CHILDREN, SUPERSTITIONS:
NIGERIAN SUPERSTITION, THEIR ORIGIN, JUJU, MAKING MONEY
USING HEAD OF CHILD, BANSHEE IN IRELAND, NIGERIAN LIGHTENING,
OMENS, CHARMS, GAMES, (MOTHER MAY I?)
WATER DANGEROUS FOR SWIMMING, AMDG FOR LUCK, FESTIVALS
Where learned: NIGERIA ; SOME FROM IRELAND
Date learned: OOOOI96OS
TO CURE A BACKACHE KEEP YOUR HANDS IN YOUR POCKETS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine |
Date learned: 10-28-1967
CRANBERRY CURE
CRANBERRY JUICE HAS OFTEN BEEN USED AS A CURE FOR BACK DISORDERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-10-1969
IF YOU HAVE A BUMP ON YOUR HEAD, TAKE A RAZOR BLADE
DIPPED IN VINEGAR, RUB IT ON A KNIFE,
PRESS IT ON THE BUMP, AND THE BUMP WILL GO AWAY.
Data entry tech comment: THREE SIMILAR CASES ARE IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVES.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
WART CURE
IF YOU COUNT YOUR WARTS,
MAKE A KNOT IN A THREAD FOR EVERY WART,
THROW THE THREAD AWAY,
AND THE WARTS WILL BE CURED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MEASURING ; POWER OF NUMBERS ; SEVERAL SIMILAR COMMENTS IN THE ARCHIVES.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
EARACHE
CURING AN EARACHE: PLACE THE CORE OF A WHITE ONION IN THE EAR WHERE
THE INFECTION IS. THIS WILL KILL THE ACHING.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-18-1969
HOLY WEEK
IF YOU GET A WOUND DURING THESE TIMES, IT WILL TAKE LONGER TO HEAL
BECAUSE IT IS NOT TIME TO ENJOY ONE SELF. SO ALL PLAYING SHOULD BE
AVOIDED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Holy Week BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Medicine |
Date learned: 05-00-1977
EXPECTANT MOTHERS
TO HASTEN CHILDBIRTH, SEVERAL PEOPLE GATHER IN THE
MOTHER'S ROOM AND OPEN AND CLOSE THE BREECH OF A GUN.
THEY MAY EVEN SHOOT THE GUN OFF IN THE ROOM.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Medicine |
Date learned: 04-10-1967
IF YOU HAVE A WART, RUB IT WITH A POTATO. THEN BURY THE POTATO
AND THE WART WILL SLOWLY GO AWAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT TOLD ME TO DO THIS TO A WART THAT I HAD, AND I DID,
AND THE WART WENT AWAY IN TWELVE DAYS. THE FAMILY DOCTOR
COULDN'T EXPLAIN IT EITHER.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; LAUDERDALE-BY-THE-SEA
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
TEST FOR THE MUMPS: TAKE A TEASPOON OF VINEGAR AND
IF IT BURNS ON THE WAY DOWN, YOU HAVE THEM. IF NOT,
YOU DON'T.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): DIAGNOSIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
EVERY CHILD HAS WORMS. ADULTS ALSO HAVE FORMS OF
WORMS BUT THEIR SYSTEMS HAVE EITHER OVERTAKEN
OR BECOME IMMUNE TO THEM.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER WHEN SHE
LIVED ON A FARM AS A GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DISEASE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
BACKACHE CURE
DIP A STRING IN TURPENTINE AND TIE IT AROUND YOUR WAIST.
Where learned: WORK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
IF A SICK PERSON ICHES, HE WILL GET BETTER VERY SOON.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; HOPKINSVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions |
Date learned: 04-01-1972
BLOOD TONIC
MIX SULPHUR AND MOLASSES FOR BLOOD TONIC IN SPRING.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
BLOOD
SULPHUR AND MOLASSES IS GOOD FOR THE BLOOD.
Where learned: HAMPSHIRE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine |
Date learned: 07-25-1968