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Proverb
A penny saved is a penny earned.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; COIN ; Earn ; Maxim ; MONEY ; Penny ; PROVERB ; Save ; THRIFT ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Language
Copper is another name for a penny
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Where learned: Harwell, H Q
Keyword(s): Copper ; Language ; METAL ; MONEY ; Penny ; SLANG ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Language: Rhyme
While rocks and hills divide us,
And you no more I see
Just take your pen and paper,
And write a line to me.
Submitter comment:
Found in an autograph book from the 1880's
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Keyword(s): Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; DISTANCE ; Hills ; Language ; Paper ; Pen ; poem ; RHYME ; Signature ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Saying
Pennsylvania Dutch Saying:
Throw papa down the stairs his hats
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Where learned: Furtwengler, Jan
Keyword(s): DUTCH ; Hat ; Papa ; PENNSYLVANIA ; REGIONAL ; Saying ; Stairs
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Verse
You want a penny? Go kiss Jack Benny.
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Verse?
Where learned: HONORS HOUSE ; Zacharias, Paul
Keyword(s): Jack Benny ; KISS ; MONEY ; Penny ; RHYME ; Saying ; SLANG ; TAUNT ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
IT IS BAD LUCK TO CUT A FRAME FOR A WINDOW OR A DOOR
INSIDE A HOUSE.
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Updated on 09-01-11
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI ; Terrell, Mattie ; 701 Central Ave
Keyword(s): BAD LUCK ; Carpentry ; Craft ; Cut ; Door ; frame ; House ; Indoors ; Inside ; LUCK ; Window
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 11-22-1972
WART CURE:
RUB IT WITH A PENNY AND THROW THE PENNY AWAY.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Lipford, Allena
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CURE ; Penny ; Wart
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-30-1973
GRAPE SEEDS CAUSE APPENDICITIS.
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Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Lipford, Allena
Keyword(s): APPENDICITIS ; BELIEF ; Grape ; Seed
James Callow Keyword(s): FRUIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-13-1973
SORE THROAT CURE:
MIX LARD AND TURPENTINE AND APPLY TO NECK
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; COOKEVILLE ; Terry, Ernest
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Application ; Balm ; CURE ; Lard ; NECK ; REMEDY ; Sore Throat ; Turpentine
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 07-01-1973
WHOOPING COUGH CURE:
PAROXYSMS ARE RELIEVED BY BREATHING FUMES OF TURPENTINE
AND CARBOLIC ACID.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Dillon, Martha Joslin
Keyword(s): Breathing ; Carbolic Acid ; COUGH ; CURE ; Paroxysms ; REMEDY ; Turpentine ; Whooping Cough
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
IT IS BAD LUCK TO OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Terry, Jane Joslin
Keyword(s): BAD LUCK ; House ; Indoors ; LUCK ; Open ; UMBRELLA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 06-25-1973
ATTACH NEEDLE AND THREAD TO THE ERASER END OF PENCIL. HOLD
THREAD IN RIGHT HAND SO PENCIL DNGLES OVER LEFT WRIST(PALM
UP). IF THE PENCIL TRAVELS VERTICALLY IT INDICATES A BOY,
HORIZONTALLY, A GIRL.
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Boy ; Dangle ; gender ; Girl ; Pencil ; PREDICTION ; PREGNANCY ; Swing
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
Custom
You should never say "good luck" to an actor or actress on opening night - you always say "break a leg"
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Keyword(s): Actor ; ACTRESS ; Break a Leg ; CUSTOM ; GOOD LUCK ; LUCK ; OMEN ; Opening Night ; Play ; Saying ; THEATER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Trade & commerce |
SPIRITS
IN ORDER FOR ONE TO KEEP SPIRITS OUT OF THE HOUSE HE OR SHE
SHOULD NAIL A PENNY OR MORE ON THE FLOOR OF THE DOORWAY OR
HE SHOULD WEAR PENNIES AROUND ONE'S ANKLE.
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Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Brown, Norris L.
Keyword(s): COINS ; Copper ; GHOST ; Haunt ; MONEY ; Repel ; SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): MINERALS -- IRON (NAIL) COPPER (PENNY)
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 02-10-1972
ELECTROCUTIONS
IT IS A COMMON BELIEF, REINFORCED BY MOVIES AND TELEVISION
SHOWS, THAT THE LIGHTS IN A PENITENTIARY DIM WHEN A CONVICT
IS ELECTROCUTED.
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Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEATH ; Death Row ; Dim ; Electricity ; ELECTROCUTION ; JAIL ; Lethal ; Lights ; Penitentiary ; PRISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MUSHROOM BELIEF
TO SEE IF THE MUSHROOMS YOU PICKED ARE
REALLY MUSHROOMS AND NOT TOAD STOOLS, PUT A PENNY IN
THE POT WHEN YOU COOK THEM. IF THE PENNY DOES NOT
TURN BLACK THEN THEY ARE MUSHROOMS AND SAFE TO EAT.
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Updated by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [N242] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 13557 ROSEMONT ; Bloomfield, Julia
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; COIN ; COOKING ; CUSTOM ; FOOD ; Lore ; Mushroom ; Penny
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
SUPERSTITION
ON YOUR WEDDING DAY YOU MUST HAVE A PAIR OF PENNY LOAFERS
WITH A PENNY IN THEM, WITH THE DATE OF YOUR BIRTH ON IT.
THIS WILL BRING GOOD LUCK ON THE HONEYMOON
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): GOOD LUCK ; MARRIAGE ; OMEN ; Penny ; SUPERSTITION ; SYMBOL ; WEDDING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Penny in shoe BELIEF -- Good luck P881.41 |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
GIFT BELIEF
A PURSE GIVEN AS A PRESENT SHOULD ALWAYS HAVE A PENNY IN IT SO
THE RECEIVER WON'T GO BROKE.
Submitter comment:
FROM HIS MOTHER
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Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Fizette, Ken
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CUSTOM ; GIFT ; MONEY ; Penny ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 10-04-1965
FIND A PENNY, PICK IT UP.
ALL DAY LONG YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
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Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; LUCK ; Penny ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.881 BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Good luck Money |
Date learned: 00001960S