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MOVEABLE DATE
TO THE POLISH THE DAY AFTER EASTER IS "DINGUS DAY". BOYS HIT THE
GIRLS WITH SWITCHES IF THEY LIKE THEM.
Submitter comment: MRS. KOBERT IS NOT AWARE OF THIS OCCURING TO DATE IF IT IS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): RITUAL WHIPPING.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Monday Dyngus |
Date learned: 00001920S ; 02-16-1980
HOW TO REMOVE A FOREIGN OBJECT FROM YOUR EYE.
WHEN A FOREIGN OBJECT ENTERS YOUR EYE, PULL THE UPPER EYE LID
OF THE AFFLICTED EYE RAPIDLY AND REPEATEDLY. WHILE PULLING THE
EYE LID, SPIT CONTINUOUSLY. THIS PROCEDURE ALLOWS YOU TO SPIT
THE FOREIGN OBJECT FROM YOUR EYE.
Submitter comment:
AS A CHILD, THE INFORMANT BELIEVED THAT THIS CURE WAS EFFECTIVE.
NOW, BOTH THE INFORMANT AND I REGARD THIS CURE AS AN EXAMPLE OF
IMAGINATION.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SPITTLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: CA00001916 ; 01-13-1980
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU CROSS THE STREET, AND THE CAT CROSS TO THE LEFT SIDE IT'S
A SIGN OF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: CA00001966
MOON SUPERSTITION
SEEING THE MOON OVER THE RIGHT OR LEFT SHOULDER IS A SIGN OF
GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: CA00001935
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU HAVE A BACK AILMENT, GET AN OLD PAIR OF SHOES AND PUT THEM
UNDER YOUR BED UPSIDE DOWN.
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; MONROVIA
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress HandsFeet BELIEF -- Remedy P750.8 |
Date learned: CA00001936
SUPERSTITION
WHEN YOUR LEFT EYE JUMP, SOMETHING BAD IS GOING TO HAPPEN.
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Bad luck |
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POLISH JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
WHAT IS THE TOUGHEST JOB IN HAMTRAMCK? RIDING SHOTGUN ON THE
GARBAGE TRUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): HAMTRMCK, MICHIGAN IS A POLISH COMMUNITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
WHAT DO YOU GET WHEN YOU CROSS A POLACK WITH A FLOWER?
A BLOOMING IDIOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): BLOOMING: SLANG FOR GENUINE, VERITABLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
WHAT DOES X X X STAND FOR? THREE POLACKS CO-SIGNING A NOTE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): ILLITERACY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
HOW CAN YOU DETERMINE THE PROPERTY VALUES IN POLAND?
THE FARTHER FROM WARSAW, THE MORE EXPENSIVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): WARSAW: CAPITAL OF POLAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
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POLISH JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE POLISH ATHLETE WHO WON A GOLD MEDAL AT THE
OLYMPICS SO HE WENT OUT AND HAD IT BRONZED?
James Callow comment:
IN EARLY 1980 THE PRICE OF GOLD WAS SKYROCKETING, REACHING ALL-TIME
HIGHS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): IT'S ALSO FALLEN, IN AN UNSTABLE MARKET.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
GOLF SUPERSTITION
WHEN A GOLFER MARKS HIS BALL ON THE GREEN WITH A COIN, SOME PREFER
HEADS UP. THIS IS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: CA0001980
2Y'S U R
2 Y'S U B
I C U R
2 Y'S 4 ME
Where learned: NORTH DAKOTA ; STANLEY
James Callow Keyword(s): DIGITAL VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.326 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C930 C930.328 |
A NEUROTIC IS A PERSON WHO BUILDS A CASTLE IN THE AIR.
A PSYCHOTIC IS THE PERSON WHO LIVES IN IT.
A PSYCHIATRIST IS THE ONE WHO COLLECTS THE RENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DEFINITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
COLD HANDS, WARM HEART
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): AFFECTION ; ALLITERATION FOR CONTRAST ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; LOVE ; METONYMY ; TENDERNESS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001950S
TEARS DO NOT MELT TROUBLES.
Submitter comment: SAID WHEN CRYING OVER SOMETHING THAT WILL NOT GO AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001940S
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A SIGN THAT SOMEONE'S GAY.
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
IF YOU WEAR YELLOW ON THURSDAYS YOU ARE GAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMOSEXUALITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 04-00-1980
A SUPERSTITION
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH YOU SHOULD JUMP UP IN THE
AIR AND TURN AROUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Sign Color BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.31 BELIEF -- Conversions P883.31 |
Date learned: 04-00-1980
SANTA CLAUS COMES WITH A SWITCH AND GIVES A FEW PLAYFUL WHACKS TO
THE CHILDREN BEFORE PASSING OUT PRESENTS ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
Submitter comment: HE LEARNED THIS WHILE LIVING IN GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TROY
James Callow Keyword(s): RITUAL WHIPPING.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
AMERICAN PROVERB
I HAD NO SHOES AND COMPLAINED, UNTIL I MET A MAN WHO HAD NO FEET.
Submitter comment:
THE COLLECTOR HEARD THIS PROVERB DURING A SERMON AT GARFIELD
BAPTIST CHURCH IN MOUNT CLEMENS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RELATIVITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: CA00001975