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FRATERNITY LEGENDS:
EVERY YEAR PHI SIGMA DELTA FRATERNITY AT MICHIGAN STATE
UNIVERSITY SERENADES ALPHA PHI OMEGA SORORITY. THIS
DEVELOPED ABOUT 10 YEARS AGO AND STILL CARRIES ON TODAY.
Submitter comment: FROM FRATERNITY BROTHERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 11-07-1967 ; 00-00-1957
NAME GIVING
TO CHOOSE A NAME FOR A YOUNG CHILD, YOU ARE TO CHOOSE
SEVEN NAMES, THEN BRING OUT SEVEN CANDLES. GIVE EACH
CANDLE A NAME AND THEN LIGHT ALL SEVEN. THE CANDLE
THAT BURNS THE LONGEST IS THE NAME THE CHILD IS TO
RECEIVE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT RECEIVED HIS NAME IN THIS MANNER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Baptism Naming rite |
Date learned: 03-23-1971
FRENCH CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
YOU SPLIT A WALNUT IN HALF, PUT MONEY INSIDE (ANY AMOUNT FROM $.01
TO 1 DOLLAR), THEN GLUE THE WALNUT BACK TOGETHER. THE WALNUTS
ARE USED AS ORNAMENTS ON THE CHRISTMAS TREE. ON CHRISTMAS
MORNING EVERYONE IN THE FAMILY CHOOSES A WALNUT AND RECEIVES THE
MONEY INSIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Christmas tree |
Date learned: 02-14-1972
THE GIRLS IN FRANCE,
WEAR TISSUE PAPER PANTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE WHO JUST LOST THEIR
HUSBAND (DIED OR DIVORCED), YOU KNOCK ON WOOD SO
YOU WON'T LOSE YOURS.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CUSTOM ; DEATH ; Divorce ; GESTURE ; HUSBAND ; Knock ; Knocking ; LUCK ; MARRIAGE ; SUPERSTITION ; Wife ; WOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Good luck P881.22 BELIEF -- Conversions P883.44 |
Date learned: 01-25-1968
ON CHRISTMAS EVE A GERMAN CUSTOM IS TO EAT WINE SOUP WITH
PUMPERNICKEL IN IT.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CUSTOM ; ETHNIC ; FOOD ; GERMAN ; Pumpernickel ; Soup ; Stew ; tradition ; Wine
| Subject headings: | 122 Christmas |
Date learned: 03-04-1971
TOM SWIFTY
"I LOST MY CRUTCH," TOM SAID LAMELY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CRIPPLE
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ; WEAKLY INEFFECTUALLY UNSATISFACTORILY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
IF I PLACED A SAFETY PIN ON A STEEL RAILROAD TRACK AND LET
A TRAIN RUN OVER IT, THE SAFETY PIN WOULD TURN INTO A
PAIR OF BRIGHT BRAND NEW SCISSORS.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY ; PAGE 81
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
TO GET RID OF A WART, TAKE A BEAN AND CUT IT IN HALF.
RUB ONE HALF ON THE WART AND BURY BOTH TOGETHER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS DURING HIS CHILDHOOD YEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-12-1971
WHENEVER I MADE URINE, I SHOULD SPIT INTO IT FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY ; PAGE 81
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Good luck Body parts and functions |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
AUTOGRAPH BOOK
I LOVE YOU LITTLE
I LOVE YOU BIG.
I LOVE YOU LIKE
A LITTLE PIG.
Where learned: LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; RHYME: ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
BELIEF - CUSTOM
THE WIFE WHO IS DELIVERING, PULLS ON AN OLD SWEATY SHIRT OF
HUSBAND'S TO RECEIVE STRENGTH FOR DELIVERY. IT'S TIED ON
THE FOOT OF THE BED. THE BAHAMA NEGROES TAKE THIS BELIEF
FROM THE FOLLOWING SCRIPTURE: "BY THE SWEAT OF THY BROW
SHALT THOU EARN BREAD."(GEN. 3-CURSE ON ADAM). "IN SORROW
SHALT THOU LABOR ALL THY DAYS." WIFE'S CURSE-"IN SORROW
SHALT THOU BRING FORTH CHILDREN." THIS IS A CUSTOM OF THE
BAHAMA NEGORES IN THE MIAMI AREA LABOR CAMPS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
BELIEF - CUSTOM
WHEN A BABY BOY IS BORN, THE AFTERBIRTH IS DRIED CAREFULLY IN
AN OVEN. THE HUSBAND WEARS A BAND OF THE DRIED AFTERBIRTH ON
HIS HAT. HE BELIEVES THIS GIVES HIM STRENGTH. THIS IS A
CUSTOM OF THE BAHAMA NEGROES IN THE MIAMI AREA LABOR CAMPS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 05-09-1969
BELIEF - CUSTOM
THE MIDWIFE PUTS AN AXE UNDER THE BED OF A LABORING WOMAN TO
CUT THE PAINS OF CHILDBIRTH. THIS IS A CUSTOM OF THE BAHAMA
NEGROES IN THE MIAMI AREA LABOR CAMPS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 05-09-1969
"IF I HEARD A VOICE AND NO HUMAN BEING WAS NEAR, THEN
EITHER GOD OR THE DEVIL WAS TRYING TO TALK TO ME."
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY
Keyword(s): Communication ; Divine ; Mental ; Voice
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Supernatural Being BELIEF -- Devil Demon |
IF I WAS GOOD TO MY MOTHER, I WOULD GROW OLD AND RICH.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY ; PAGE 82
Date learned: 00-00-1945
BELIEF (CUSTOM)
THE MIDWIFE PUTS AN AXE UNDER THE BED OF A LABORING
WOMAN TO "CUT THE PAINS" OF CHILDBIRTH.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A CUSTOM OF THE BAHAMA NEGROES IN THE
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FLORIDA ; BAHAMAS ; NASHVILLE ; MIAMI ; PEABODY LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 05-09-1969
IF I WALKED UNDER A LEANING LADDER, I WOULD CERTAINLY HAVE
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
GRAFFITO
"SAVE SOVIET JEWS, WIN VALUABLE PRIZES."
Where learned: LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; CARREL ON 3RD FLOOR MEZZANINE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture JEWI |
Date learned: 03-00-1979
IF I STEPPED OVER A BROOM THAT WAS LYING ON THE FLOOR, I
WOULD HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; THE NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Broom Sweeping |
Date learned: 00-00-1945