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MENSTRUAL CUSTOM
AS A YOUNG GIRL I WAS TOLD THAT WHILE HAVING MY PERIOD
I SHOULDN'T WASH MY HAIR OR TAKE A SHOWER.
Submitter comment:
THIS CAME FROM A GIRLFRIEND OF MINE WHOSE NAME
I DON'T REMEMBER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 10410 SOMERSET ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MENSTRUAL TABU
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
CAN FOOD
DON'T CAN FOOD WHEN YOU ARE ON YOUR PERIOD.
BECAUSE THE FOOD WILL GO TO WASTE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MENSTRUAL TABU AGAINST PRESERVING FOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-00-1974
TESTS
SMOKE ONLY BEFORE AND AFTER A TEST AND YOU WILL PASS IT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): MAGICAL CONTROL ; SMOKING TABU DURING EXAMINATIONS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
VALENTINE'S DAY
DON'T SEW ON VALENTINE'S DAY. IF YOU DO, YOU'LL GET ST. VITIS
DANCE.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT HEARD ABOUT THIS SUPERSTITION FROM SOME OF HER
POLISH FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WORK TABU
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- February 14 Valentine's Day CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 06-29-1964
HOLIDAY
THROUGHOUT CANADA, EVERY DECEMBER 26TH, THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS,
IS KNOWN AS BOXING DAY. NO ONE GOES TO WORK ON THIS DAY AND
EVERYBODY JUST SEEMS TO RECUPERRATE FROM THE CHRISTMAS EXCITEMENT.
THIS IS RECOGNIZED AS A HOLIDAY WHICH ORIGINATED FROM GREAT BRITAIN.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; HOLIDAY WORK TABU
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
SUPERSTITION
DON'T CUT YOUR FINGERNAILS ON SUNDAY, BECAUSE IF YOU DO, YOU WILL DO
SOMETHING YOU'LL BE ASHAMED OF BEFORE THE WEEK IS OVER-
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): SABBATH WORK TABU
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 10-02-1969
NEW YEAR'S CUSTOMS AND CELEBRATIONS
SEVERAL DAYS BEFORE THE NEW YEAR THE CHINESE WILL
PREPARE A PASTRY. THIS IS PREPARED BY THE METHOD OF
STEMMING. IF CHILDREN ASK IF THE PASTRY IS DONE
BEFORE IT IS FULLY COOKED, THE PEOPLE BELIEVE
THAT THE PASTRY WILL NEVER BE FULLY COOKED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN TAIWAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; 4001 W MCNICHOLS ; LANGUAGE DEPARTMENT
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; SPEECH TABU ; STEAMING FOOD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Winter Food Drink -- Pastry Sweet Dessert |
Date learned: 02-02-1971
VICTORY TABLE - CHRISTMAS DAY
ON CHRISTMAS DAY, MY MOTHER INSISTS WE STAY AT HOME. SHE
FIRMLY BELIEVES THAT THIS IS A DAY FOR FAMILIES TO BE TOGETHER
AND THAT IT IS NO TIME TO GO VISITING.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID THAT HER MOTHER LEARNED THIS CUSTOM FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; DALLAS ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): VISITING TABU
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F122 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
BAD LUCK
NEVER LIFT THE ASHES OUT OF STOVE OR GRATE ON CHRISTMAS DAY.
Where learned: PENNA
Keyword(s): TABU
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. |
Date learned: 11-13-1965
IRISH LEPRECHAUN SONG
-WHERE IS YOUR PURSE
-THE PURSE, HE SAID, IT'S IN HER HAND,
THAT LADY BY YOUR SIDE
-I TURNED TO LOOK, THE ELF WAS OFF,
AND WHAT WAS I TO DO.
I LAUGHED TO THINK OF THE FOOL I'D BEEN,
AND THE FAIRIE IS LAUGHING TOO.
Submitter comment:
THE FIRST AND THIRD VERSES ARE SUNG BY THE NARRATOR WHILE THE
SECOND VERSE IS SUNG BY THE LEPRECHAUN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): BLINKING TABU
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Song BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Date learned: 11-22-1979
IF YOU CUT YOUR HAIR ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, IT WILL BE A BAD YEAR.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): TABU
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
PROVERB
WENN DER VOGEL FRISST, SINGT ER NICHT.
IF THE BIRD EATS, HE CANNOT SING. (TRANS).
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER AND FATHER USED TO SAY
THIS TO THEIR CHILDREN TO ENCOURAGE SILENCE
AT THE DINNER TABLE AS WELL AS BETTER EATING.
INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): CONVERSATION TABU ; FUNCTION ; TALKING TABU
Date learned: 11-24-1967
YOU SHOULD NEVER MENTION A DEAD PERSON'S NAME IN VAIN
BECAUSE THEY WILL COME AND PUNISH YOU FOR IT BY HAUNTING
YOUR HOUSE OR BY PLAYING MEAN TRICKS ON YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): NAME TABU
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 04-00-1983
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WHAT'S A JEWISH DILEMMA? FREE HAM!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): BARGAIN ; CHEAP ; EATING TABU: PORK
| Subject headings: | JEWI |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
EL GATO (THE CAT)
EVERYONE SITS ON CHAIRS IN A LARGE CIRCLE EXCEPT FOR
ONE PERSON WHO HAS BEEN CHOSEN TO BE "IT." THIS PERSON
HAS TO GO TO SOMEONE AND PUT HER HEAD IN THEIR LAP AND
SAY "MEOW" THREE TIMES. THE PERSON THAT IS SITTING
MUST STROKE HER HEAD EACH TIME SHE MEOWS. SHE MUST
STROKE HER WITHOUT LAUGHING. IF THE PERSON THAT IS
SITTING LAUGHS, SHE BECOMES "IT." IF SHE DOESN'T
THE CAT MUST REPEAT THE PROCEDURE WITH ANOTHER
INDIVIDUAL UNTIL SOMEONE LAUGHS.
Where learned: EL SALVADOR ; CENTRAL AMERICA
Keyword(s): LAUGHING TABU
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dramatic |
Date learned: 06-00-1984
It is extremely bad luck for a bride-to-be to sew
even one stitch in her own wedding dress.
Submitter comment:
Elaine first heard this warning as a young woman, when her
friend was sewing her own wedding gown. The bride's relatives
(Polish) warned her not to, as it would surely bring trouble.
They dismissed it as an "old-wives tale." Later, however,
her best friend died an unexpected and premature death.
She now believes this to be true.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): Superstition, advice, tabu
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Overall body coverUpper body and arms BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 00001950S
It is bad luck to let your tears fall on the face of the dead.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 48221
James Callow Keyword(s): Coffin ; Corpse ; Crying taboo ; Tabu = taboo
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 03-00-1991
The Legend of the Shoe Tree
This is the Legend of the Shoe Tree: If you drive down a
certain back road (road name not known) in Northville, Michigan
you will come across a tree with hundreds of shoes thrown up into
it. Legend has it that a murderer used to kill his victims and
leave his mark by throwing each victim's shoes into the tree. It
is also believed that anyone who touches the tree or anything in
it will be cursed and then die.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
James Callow Keyword(s): Touching tabu
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1990
NAME TABU
DON'T CALL A BABY'S TEETH "TEETH," BECAUSE IF YOU DO,
THE BABY MIGHT NOT GET ANY MORE TEETH. CALL THEM
RICE GRAINS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TABU
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU SEW A BUTTON ON SUNDAY YOU WILL TAKE THE STITCHES
OUT IN HELL
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): WORK TABU
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Working |
Date learned: 07-25-1968