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PROVERB
DON'T LOCK A STABLE AFTER THE HORSE HAS BEEN STOLEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; PRECAUTION IS BETTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-06-1971
PROVERB
DON'T SKID YOUR SPARE TIRE.
Submitter comment: FROM UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; AUTOMOBILE ; PRECAUTION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
DOOR LOCKS ON INSIDE
THE DOOR LOCKS FROM THE INSIDE.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): PRECAUTION?
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
NIP IT IN THE BUD
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ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD DOES NOT CONTAIN LOCATION ITEM WAS COLLECTED OR
THE COLLECTOR'S ADDRESS
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; PRECAUTION ; SYMBOL ; VEGETATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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BLASON POPULAIRE
ON TURNPIKES THERE ARE LONG BUMPS ACROSS THE ROAD TO SLOW
MOTORISTS DOWN. THESE ARE CALLED CHINESE STOP SIGNS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; OBSERVATION ; OBSERVATION ; PRECAUTION ; SAFETY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Vocabulary PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
It is very unlucky to purchase Tarot Cards; they must be
given to you. Once someone gives them to you, you must wrap
them in silk and then place them in a satin bag for storage.
If you do not store them in this manner, they will bring you bad luck. You may only give the Tarot cards to someone who
really wants them.
Submitter comment:
Elinor found out about these proscriptions regarding Tarot
cards when she casually mentioned to an acquaintance that she
was interested in buying some. The woman became alarmed that
Elinor might bring bad luck upon herself, and so gave her
the set which she owned, and instructed her in the proper
(safe) way to store them. Elinor was careful to follow the
instructions.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRASER
Keyword(s): occult, magic, precaution
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Bad luck Objects |
Date learned: 00001960S
On Halloween night, put a bucket of sand or a broom
outside your door. If a soul comes by and wants to
harm you, it will have to count every grain of sand
or broom bristle first. By the time that the spirit
has done this, it would be daytime and it would have
to go back where it came from.
Submitter comment:
This story was told to Maryann by her Italian father,
who heard it from his grandfather.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; SKOKIE
Keyword(s): ghost, precaution, All Souls' Day
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Good luck Broom Sweeping BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection |
Date learned: 00001930S