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FESTIVAL CUSTOM

IN MALAYSIA AFTER A COUPLE IS MARRIED THEY MUST SIT ON A DAIS
FOR AN ENTIRE DAY. THEY ARE UNABLE TO SMILE, AND ARE TREATED LIKE
THE KING AND QUEEN FOR A DAY. THEY RECEIVE BOWLS OF RICE, DRIED
FLOWERS, AND PEOPLE THROW RICE AT THE COUPLE FOR GOOD LUCK.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage
BELIEF -- Good luck P881.41

Date learned: 03-00-1979

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FESTIVAL CUSTOM

TO HELP CELEBRATE CHINESE NEW YEAR THE MALAYSIANS DO A DRAGON DANCE.
SEVERAL PEOPLE WILL DRESS IN A DRAGON SUIT WITH A BIG HEAD AND A LON
TAIL, AND SHOOT OFF FIRECRACKERS, HIT GONGS, AND DO GYMNASTICS
BENEATH THE COSTUME.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Festival

Date learned: 03-00-1979

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CUSTOM FESTIVAL

ON CHINESE NEW YEAR, THE MALAYSIANS BRING GIFTS OF COOKIES, CAKES,
AND FRUIT AND IN RETURN THEY ARE GIVEN A SMALL GIFT AS A TOKEN OF
APPRECIATION.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank

Date learned: 02-00-1979

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FESTIVAL CUSTOM

THE MALAYSIANS CELEBRATE THE CHINESE NEW YEAR BY GIVING GIFTS
OF MONEY TO THE CHILDREN AND UNMARRIED MEMBERS OF THE SOCIETY FOR
GOOD LUCK. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY GIVEN DEPENDS UPON THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN THE TWO PEOPLE. ACQUAINTANCES ARE GIVEN ONE OR TWO DOLLARS.
PARENTS WILL GIVE MORE, SOMETIMES AS MUCH AS TWO OR THREE HUNDRED
DOLLARS. THE AMOUNT OF MONEY GIVEN IS ALWAYS AN EVEN NUMBER.
DEPENDING UPON THE SIZE OF THE FAMILY. AN ONLY CHILD RECEIVES MUCH
MORE-SOMETIMES AS MUCH AS TWO OR THREE HUNDRED DOLLARS. THE AMOUNT
OF MONEY GIVEN IS ALWAYS AN EVEN NUMBER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: Favorites
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Festival
BELIEF -- Number Even number (not specific)
BELIEF -- Good luck P881.42

Date learned: 12-00-1978

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FESTIVAL CUSTOM

ON CHINESE NEW YEAR, THE MALAYSIANS BELIEVE THAT ONE SHOULD NOT
CURSE, SCOLD, OR BE MEAN TO OTHERS AND THAT THEY SHOULD START OUT
THE NEW YEAR ON THE RIGHT FOOT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Festival
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal
BELIEF -- Measure of time Year

Date learned: 01-00-1979

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FESTIVAL CUSTOM

THE MALAYSIANS BELIEVE THAT TO SWEEP THE FLOOR ON CHINESE NEW YEAR
IS BAD BECAUSE ALL THE GOOD LUCK IS SWEPT AWAY.

Submitter comment: NO FIXED DATE WAS GIVEN FOR THE CELEBRATION OF CHINESE NEW YEAR IN
MALAYSIA. GENERALLY THIS HOLIDAY IS CELEBRATED IN JANUARY OR
FEBRUARY.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: Favorites
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Festival
BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.42

Date learned: 01-00-1979

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MICHIGAN STATE LOTTERY BELIEF

THE MICHIGAN STATE LOTTERY DAILY NUMBERS GAME HAS THIS LIST OF
NUMBERS WHICH THEY NEVER LET WIN. THEY PICK THESE NUMBERS BECAUSE
PEOPLE ARE MORE LIKELY TO BET ON THEM BECAUSE THEY THINK THESE
NUMBERS ARE LUCKY. INFORMANT THEN SUGGESTED SOME LOGICAL NUMBERS
WHICH COLLECTOR FORGETS. INFORMANT KNOWS THIS BECAUSE HE USED TO BE
ON THESE NUMBERS AND STILL FOLLOWS THEM AND THESE NUMBERS HAVE NEVER
WON. INFORMANT BELIEVES THERE MUST BE SOME STATISTICAL WAY TO PROVE
HIS THEORY.

Submitter comment: DR. MARTIN REALLY SEEMED TO BELIEVE THIS THEORY AND TRIED TO CONVINC
ME.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement
BELIEF -- Number

Date learned: 03-00-1979

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GRAFFITO

RICK-RACK,
SPUNK AND TACKLE
AND PEPPEMIN + SASS.
ZIPPER, SPARK, AND CRACKLE,
ELASTIC DASH.
CRASH AND RAZZLE-DAZZLE
NEVER-SAY-DIE
KANGAROO
TO YOU, TOO.

Submitter comment: FROM COMMERCE AND FINANCE BUILDING DESKTOP, WRITTEN IN RED INK.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture

Date learned: 11-14-1979

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HOW MICHIGAN CAME TO BE (INDIAN LEGEND)

THE GREAT SPIRIT IN THE SKY WAS MAKING THE WORLD AND ONE DAY
HE GOT TIRED AND PUT HIS HAND DOWN ON THE EARTH AND THAT
IS HOW MICHIGAN WAS FORMED.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Keyword(s): GEOGRAPHY ; LAND FORMATION ; MICHIGAN ; MYTH ; SPIRIT

Subject headings: PROSE NARRATIVE -- Creation and Order of Universe

Date learned: 04-01-1970

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ARABIAN MAXIM:

THE GOD SAYS: 'WORK HARD AND I WILL HELP YOU.'

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 08-00-1967

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WELLERISM

OURS WAS THE GROUP THAT HAD 35 % MORE CAVITIES
HE SAID CRESTFALLEN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation

Date learned: 11-00-1967

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PROVERBIAL MAXIM

THE OPPORTUNITY OF A LIFE TIME MUST BE SEIZED WITHIN THE LIFE
TIME OF THE OPPORTUNITY

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Keyword(s): CHIASMUS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 03-05-1968

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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM

THE ONLY VICTORY THAT IS LASTING AND BRINGS NO EVIL RESULTS IS THE
VICTORY OVER HIMSELF. NAPOLEON

Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD INDICATES THAT THIS IS A QUOTE FROM NAPOLEON

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 00-00-1963

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WELLERISM

ONLY SEVEN MORE DAYS DICK SAID WEEKLY

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Keyword(s): PUN

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation

Date learned: 01-00-1972

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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM

ONE TODAY IS WORTH TWO TOMORROWS

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Keyword(s): NUMBERS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

Date learned: 11-21-1968

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PROVERB

OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DIE THEY JUST SLOWLY FADE AWAY

Submitter comment: HEARD IT ON TV ABOUT MCARTHUR

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor
PROVERB -- Blason Populaire

Date learned: 00-00-1967

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PROVERB

OLD GRAIN IS BETTER THAN NO GRAIN

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 00-00-1968

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OLDER THAN THE HILLS

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase

Date learned: 11-01-1968

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IN ITALY, THERE ARE PROCESSIONS HONORING SAINTS AS PATRONS OF
TOWNS AND VILLAGES. PARADES, CELEBRATIONS, MUSIC AND FOOD ARE ALL
A PART OF THE FESTIVITIES.

Submitter comment: PROCESSIONS ARE ESPECIALLY PROMINENT ON THE FEAST OF THE
ASSUMPTION ON AUGUST 15. THESE PROCESSIONS ARE PROMINENT IN THE
TOWN OF POGGIO PICENZE, PROV. L'AQUILA. THE INFORMANT'S FATHER
WAS BORN AND LIVED IN THIS TOWN. HER AUNTS AND COUSINS STILL
LIVE THERE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- August 15 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern
BELIEF -- Religious hero

Date learned: 02-26-1979

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ON CHRISTMAS EVE, ITALIANS SERVE FIVE DIFFERENT KINDS OF FISH.
THEY ARE SMELT, SHRIMP, EEL, COD AND SQUID SAUCE OVER SPAGHETTI.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS

Subject headings: 686 Fifths
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve
Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals
Food Drink -- Meat Fish and other animal life related to water

Date learned: 02-26-1979

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