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THE BUZZARDS HAVE RETURNED TO HINCKLEY OHIO YEARLY ON
MARCH 15 FOR MANY YEARS, WHEN FROZEN CARCASSES FROM A
CHRISTMAS EVE COMMUNITY HUNT BEGAN DEFROSTING AS SPRING
APPROACHED. PEOPLE WEARING BUZZARDS COSTUMES WAIT FOR
THE BUZZARDS WHO ROOST ON ROCKY LEDGES IN A NEARBY
LAKE. THIS USUALLY MARKS THE END OF THE WINTER SEASON.
THE CARCASSES ARE THERE EVERY YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
Keyword(s): BIRDS ; DATE ; SEASONS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Bird CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 15 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Winter |
Date learned: 00001980S
Superstition
Superstition:
Anything tried on Friday the 13th will fail.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P880.6] crossed out and replaced with P574.5
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; HOME ; Krol, Mary
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CURSE ; DATE ; Day ; Friday ; jinx ; SUPERSTITION ; TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA ; Weekday
James Callow Keyword(s): TRISKAIDEKAPHOBIA
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Superstition
12 came around for study of Friday the 13th
Data entry tech comment:
[unknown if pencil mark is meant to cross out the entry or if it is a simple accidental mark of the pencil.]
Entered by TRD
James Callow comment:
Pencil mark through entry
Where learned: Callow, J
Keyword(s): DATE ; Friday ; NUMBER ; Numeral ; Twelve ; Weekday ; Weekend
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number P686.1.17 |
Play on Words
Its very easy for a girl to be poor on history but great on dates.
Submitter comment:
He heard it from a friend. A girlfriend I might add.
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Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Submission card located in pile marked These don't sound traditional - Do Not File Yet.
Where learned: D'Anna, Ben
Keyword(s): Dates ; DATING ; Girl ; HISTORY ; HUMOR ; PUN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- B300 |
Play on Words
Girls:
One of the most expensive things in this world can be a girl who says she is free for the evening.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Submission card located in pile marked These don't sound traditional - Do Not File Yet.
Where learned: Didia, Dominic Jr
Keyword(s): DATE ; DATING ; Expense ; Expensive ; Free ; Girl ; HUMOR ; JOKE ; MONEY ; PUN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- B300 |
Toast
Here's to our dates and our favorite girls...Let's hope they don't meet tonight!
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Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK ; Lavin, Kevin J
Keyword(s): Dates ; DATING ; DRINKING ; Girls ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Saying
Term used for those first dates when a parent drives you to or from an activity: Mommy-date.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: Smithson, Mrs B
Keyword(s): Chaperone ; DATE ; Drive ; Language ; Mommy ; Nickname ; Saying ; SLANG ; Term ; TRANSPORTATION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary |
Riddle - Question
Some months have thirty days some have thirty one. HOw many months have twenty eight?
Answer: all of them.
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Entered by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Hibett, Cheryl
Keyword(s): CALENDAR ; Dates ; Month ; PUZZLE ; RIDDLE ; Trick Question
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
WHILE DATING IN HIGH SCHOOL, IT WAS
SAID THAT YOU COULD GO TO BELLE ISLE
TO "WATCH THE SUBMARINE RACES," WHICH
WAS ACTUALLY AN EXCUSE TO GO PARKING
AND KISS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Belle Isle ; DATE ; DATING ; EUPHEMISM ; INTERCOURSE ; PARKING ; Relationship ; SEX ; Submarine ; Teenager
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
A COMMON, THOUGH ENTIRELY ORAL, SUPERSTITION IS THE TYPICAL
VANDERBILT COED, OR T.V.C. SHE IS RICH, CONCEITED, AND
ALWAYS DATED UP A WEEK IN ADVANCE. IF NOT DATED UP, SHE
STILL REFUSES ANY OFFER FOR THE WEEKEND MADE AFTER WEDNESDAY
NIGHT, AND ALWAYS REFUSES NON-FRATERNITY MEN. THOUGH THIS
INFORMATION APPEARS IN NO CAMPUS PUBLICATIONS, IT HAS BEEN
PREVALENT FOR YEARS AMONG VANDERBILT MEN.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: ALABAMA ; HUNTSVILLE
Keyword(s): Co-ed ; DATE ; DATING ; Female ; Fraternity ; Frigid ; Girl ; SEXISM ; Sorority ; Stereotype ; Vanderbilt University
James Callow Keyword(s): FEMALE WOMAN GIRL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN