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IT WOULD BE BAD LUCK TO PASS A PERSON GOING THE
OTHER DIRECTION ON A FLIGHT OF STAIRS.
Submitter comment: FAMILY SUPERSTITION--IRISH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): WALKING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS BAD LUCK TO SPLIT A TREE, THAT IS IF ONE PERSON
WALKS ON THE LEFT SIDE OF THE TREE AND ANOTHER PERSON
WALKS ON THE RIGHT SIDE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): WHILE WALKING TOGETHER.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities BELIEF -- Bad luck Plants |
Date learned: 01-26-1971
BEFORE A FRESHMAN CAN STEP ON THE BIG M IN THE CENTRE OF THE
DIAG, HE MUST HAVE TAKEN HIS FIRST EXAM, OR HE WILL FLUNK OUT OF
SCHOOL WITHIN THE YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): SLANG--DIAG FOR DIAGONAL? ; WALKING PROHIBITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School |
CUSTOM
THERE IS A TRADITION AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN THAT IF
YOU STEP ON THE M OF THE DIAGONAL EMBLAZED IN THE CROSSWALK,
YOU WILL FLUNK YOUR NEXT EXAM.
Submitter comment:
WHEN A STUDENT AT U. OF M., THE INFORMANT TRIED THIS
TO DISPROVE THE TRADITION, BY STEPPING ON THE M AFTER STUDYING
FOR AN EXAM. SHE FAILED HER EXAM.
KEYPUNCHERS COMMENT, THERE IS ANOTHER LIKE THIS IN THE ARCHIVE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): EDUCATION ; SYMBOL ; WALKING PROHIBITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School |
Date learned: 12-00-1967
HEADACHE
IF YOU FOLLOW EXACTLY IN SOMEONE'S FOOTPRINTS YOU WILL HAVE
A HEADACHE.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 01-19-1971
CHILDREN'S VERSE
STEP ON A LINE,
BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S SPINE.
Submitter comment: FROM THE CHILDREN IN HER NEIGHBORHOOD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): SIDEWALK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00001964 (SUMMER)
DIAPER TAG
IF YOU STEP IN A SQUARE WITH A LETTER WRITTEN ON IT,
YOU HAVE A DIAPER.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND'S YOUNGEST SISTER, AND SHE IS
ABOUT EIGHT YEARS OLD. THIS IS A GAME THEY PLAY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): SIDEWALK SQUARE?
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 00001971 SPRING
IT IS BAD LUCK TO TAKE A STEP WITH JUST ONE SHOE ON.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): WALKING
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SLEEP WALKING
NELL, MY MOTHER'S SISTER, USED TO WALK IN HER SLEEP.
SHE WALKED RIGHT OUT OF THE HOUSE ONE NIGHT TOWARD
THE RAILROAD TRACK THAT YOU HAD TO CROSS TO GET TO THE
ROAD. HER DAD MISSED HER AND RAN OUTSIDE TO FIND HER.
HE CAUGHT HER JUST AS SHE WAS STARTING TO CROSS THE TRACK
WITH A TRAIN COMIN'. HE JERKED HER OFF THE TRACK JUST
AS THE TRAIN RAN BY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; KINGSTON
James Callow Keyword(s): SLEEPWALKER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed PROSE NARRATIVE -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 07-27-1968
YELLOW FINGER
ONCE UPON A TIME THERE WAS A CASTLE THAT WAS GUARDED BY
A HUGE YELLOW FINGER, WHO WOULDN'T LET ANYONE PASS
THE KING FROM A RIVALING CASTLE SENT ONE OF HIS BRAVEST
KNIGHTS TO GET BY THE FINGER, BUT THE FINGER KILLED HIM.
SO THE KING SENT A DUKE, BUT HE, TOO, WAS KILLED. THEN
THE KING SENT ONE OF HIS PAGES. HE JUST WALKED RIGHT
THROUGH.
MORAL: LET YOUR PAGES DO THE WALKING THROUGH THE YELLOW
FINGER.
Submitter comment:
IT SEEMS TO ME THERE WAS SLIGHTLY MORE BUILD-UP ON THIS
STORY, BUT I CAN'T REMEMBER IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 6677 Formula Tale |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
YELLOW FINGERS
ONCE THERE WAS A KING WHO WANTED TO GET A MESSAGE THROUGH
TO A NEIGHBORING KINGDOM. BUT IN ORDER TO GET THROUGH,
THE MESSANGER WOULD HAVE TO PASS THE MONSTROUS YELLOW
FINGERS. FIRST A KNIGHT WAS SENT, BUT THE YELLOW FINGERS
PINCHED HIM TO DEATH. THEN A SQUIRE TRIED, BUT MET WITH
THE SAME FATE. FINALLY, A PAGE WAS SENT AND MADE IT
THROUGH.
THE MORAL OF THE STORY IS: LET YOUR PAGES DO THE WALKING
THROUGH THE YELLOW FINGERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 6677 Formula Tale |
Date learned: 10-15-1969
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
WATCH YOUR STEP.
Keyword(s): WALKING ACCIDENTS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Tell me with whom you walk and I'll tell you who you are.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: Montana, Olga
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; CHARACTER ; Company ; FRIENDS ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Walk
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
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Language
Vocabulary of Prejudiced Group:
During the first moon walk, prejudiced people in Flint would chant "Coon to the Moon."
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Were they black or white or both?
All were white
sense of "coon to the moon?"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; SOUTH QUAD ; Watkins, Dallas
Keyword(s): CHANT ; Coon ; FLINT ; Language ; MICHIGAN ; MOON ; Moonwalk ; PREJUDICE ; RACISM ; SLANG ; Space
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula Filter - Mature Content |
WHY DO BIRDS FLY SOUTH?
BECAUSE IT'S TOO FAR TO WALK.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Anderson, Lori
Keyword(s): BIRDS ; Fly ; JOKE ; RIDDLE ; South ; Walk
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
WHEN WALKING WITH ANOTHER, DO NOT WALK ON EITHER (SIDE)
OF AN OBSTACLE OR YOU WILL HAVE A FIGHT.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): FIGHT ; Obstacle ; SIGN ; SUPERSTITION ; WALKING
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
SLEEP WALKING SUPERSTITION
IF YOU WALK OR TALK IN YOUR SLEEP, YOU ARE FORETELLING
SOMETHING OF THE FUTURE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: SAINT HYACINTH SCHOOL ; Tabaczynski, Annette
Keyword(s): Fortune Telling ; FUTURE ; Portent ; Sleep-talking ; Sleepwalking ; Somnambulism ; Talking in your sleep
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 02-29-1972
SUPERSTITION
NEVER WAKE A SLEEPWALKER OR HE WILL DIE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A BELIEF COMMON IN THE OSWALD FAMILY.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; Oswald, Sylvia
Keyword(s): Awaken ; BELIEF ; DEATH ; Die ; Legend ; Lore ; SLEEPWALKER ; SUPERSTITION ; WAKE
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE ; NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | Daily Life BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
DATING SUPERSTITION
INFORMANT'S FATHER ALWAYS TOLD HER WHEN YOUR BOY FRIEND LETS YOU
WALK ON THE OUTSIDE PART OF THE WALK, HE DOESN'T WANT YOU
ANY MORE, AND ANYONE CAN TAKE YOU. HE HAS ALWAYS KIDDED
HER ABOUT THIS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19611 BARLOW ; Levy, Sue
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CHIVALRY ; Relationship ; SIDEWALK ; SIGN ; SUPERSTITION ; SYMBOL
James Callow Keyword(s): CHIVALRY ; DIRECTION ; POSITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-08-1971
BELIEF
IF A MAN WALKS ON THE INSIDE OF THE WALK, IT MEANS THAT
THE GIRL HE IS WITH IS FOR SALE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 407 S JUNCTION ; ; Abrams, Mary
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CHIVALRY ; Girlfriend ; Relationship ; SIDEWALK ; SUPERSTITION ; Walk
James Callow Keyword(s): CHIVALRY ; DIRECTION ; POSITION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Signs of availability BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 11-26-1970