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REMEDY FOR MALARIA
WHOEVER WISHED TO GET RID OF MALARIA WOULD SCRAPE HIS FINGERNAILS
MAKING A BALL OUT OF THE SCRAPINGS
AND WITH THE BALL THEY WOULD HANG IT TO THE DOOR
OF A NEIGHBOR.
Submitter comment: THIS IS STILL PRACTICED BY SOME PEOPLE IN ITALY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 11-20-1967
CURE
" PUT A RINE OF SALT PORK AROUND YOUR NECK TO CURE QUINZY."
Submitter comment: INFORMANT CLAIMS IT HAS WORKED FOR HER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 03-21-1972
FOLK CURE
OLD FARMERS WHO HAD RHEUMATISM USED TO WRAP THEIR LEG
IN OAT STRAW AND KEEP IT DAMP TO LIMBER IT UP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
CURE
"RUB A RAW POTATO ON A WART,
BURY IT, WHEN IT DECAYS THE WARTS WILL BE GONE."
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HAS SEEN THIS WORK.
Data entry tech comment: SEVERAL SIMILAR CURES ARE IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-21-1972
CURE FOR WARTS
IF YOU CARRY A DEAD CAT TO THE GRAVE AT MIDNIGHT,
YOUR WARTS WILL DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TRANSFERENCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 12-00-1969
WART CURE
IF YOU COUNT YOUR WARTS,
MAKE A KNOT IN A THREAD FOR EVERY WART,
THROW THE THREAD AWAY,
AND THE WARTS WILL BE CURED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MEASURING ; POWER OF NUMBERS ; SEVERAL SIMILAR COMMENTS IN THE ARCHIVES.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
COLD SHIVERS SUPERSTITION
WHEN YOU HAVE COLD SHIVERS,SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses P438.42 |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
HAIR
TAKE A LOCK OF SOMEONE'S HAIR FROM THEIR COMB OR BRUSH,
STICK IT BETWEEN TWO PICTURES OF YOURSELF FOLDED OVER,
PUT IT BETWEEN THE PAGES IN A BOOK.
THE RESULTS ARE THE PERSON WILL NOT LEAVE YOU ALONE EVER.
20 YEARS LATER THEY WILL STILL BE IN LOVE WITH YOU.
Submitter comment: NOTE; THIS WAS THE WAY MR. BROWN GOT HIS WIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC ; LOVE ; MARRIAGE ; ROMANCE
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 02-10-1972
HAIR
TO GROW YOUR HAIR, YOU CAN USE MAYONNAISE OR SALAD DRESSING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: 03-12-1972
MAGIC MOUSTACHE FORMULA
IF YOU WANT YOUR MOUSTACHE TO GROW
SPRINKLE SALT ON YOUR UPPER LIP
AND SET A GLASS OF WATER NEXT TO THE BED
BEFORE GOING TO SLEEP AT NIGHT.
THE SALT WILL REACH OUT FOR THE WATER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): IMITATIVE MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 09-16-1969
OMEN
IF YOUR TONGUE ITCHES, YOU'LL SOON TALK A LOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
BLISTER SUPERTITION
A BLISTER ON YOUR TONGUE MEANS THAT YOU HAVE TOLD A LIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): LYING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
BELIEF IN PART OF THE BODY
IF YOU TELL A LIE YOUR EARS WILL WIGGLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Ears, noise in ear |
Date learned: 02-19-1972
EAR ITCHING
IF YOUR EAR ITCHES (EITHER ONE)
YOU WILL HEAR SOME GOSSIP SOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GOSSIP
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Ears, noise in ear |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
MY BOYFRIEND
MY BOYFRIEND GAVE ME PEACHES,
MY BOYFRIEND GAVE ME PEARS,
MY BOYFRIEND GAVE ME FIFTY CENTS,
AND KICKED ME DOWN THE STAIRS.
I GAVE HIM BACK HIS PEACHES,
I GAVE HIM BACK HIS PEARS,
I GAVE HIM BACK HIS FIFTY CENTS,
AND KICKED HIM DOWN THE STAIRS.
MY MOTHER NEEDED PEACHES,
MY MOTHER NEEDED PEARS,
MY MOTHER NEEDED FIFTY CENTS,
AND KICKED ME DOWN THE STAIRS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN DETROIT CHILDHOOD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BODILY ACTIVITY ; INCREMENTAL REPTITION ; INITIAL ITERATION ; REFRAIN ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
CHILDHOOD RHYME
HERE COMES THE BRIDE,
ALL DRESSED IN WHITE.
SHE STEPPED ON A TURTLE,
AND DOWN CAME HER GIRDLE.
Submitter comment: TOLD AT INFORMANT,S HOME 885 COVINGTON DR., DETROIT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FEMININE RHYME ; HUMOR MOCKERY ; IMPERFECT RHYME ; PARODY ; RHYME: ABCC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
BOSCO
I HATE BOSCO
BOSCO,S BAD FOR ME.
MY MOMMY PUTS IT IN MY MILK
AND TRIES TO POISON ME.
BUT I FOOLED MOMMY
I PUT IT IN HER TEA.
NOW I DON,T HAVE NO MOMMY
TO TRY TO POISON ME.
Submitter comment: TOLD IN DETROIT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 03-06-1972
SUPERSITITION (COLLECTOR,S TITLE)
ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS THINGS TO DO IS PASS SOMEONE ON THE STAIRS.
IF SOMEONE IS COMING UP AND YOU ARE GOING DOWN OR VICE-VERSA IN
ORDER TO WARD OFF BAD LUCK YOU MUST COUNT TO TEN BEFORE YOU PASS.
THE SAME HOLDS TRUE IF YOU ARE GOING IN THE SAME DIRECTION.
NEVER PASSING ANYONE ON THE STAIRS MIGHT HAVE BEN VERY GOOD ADVICE.
IF THAT PERSON WAS CARRYING SOMETHING HEAVY OR IN SOME WAY OBSTRUCT-
ING PASSAGE. HOWEVER IT HAS GROWN TO BE A VERY STRONG SUPERSTITION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHANGE IN LUCK FROM BAD TO GOOD (IN PASSING ON STAIRWAY).
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Conversions P883.2 |
Date learned: 11-22-1968
UKRAINIAN CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
IN UKRAINE ON CHRISTMAS EVE, THE FATHER OF THE HOUSEHOLD STOOD AT
THE DOOR STEP WITH A LOAF OF BREAD IN ONE HAND AND AN AXE IN THE
OTHER. THEN HE INVITED ALL EVIL SPIRITS, WILD ANIMALS, AND STORMS
TO CELEBRATE WITH HIM. IF THEY DIDN'T COME THEN, THEY WOULDN'T FOR
THE REST OF THE YEAR.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM RELATIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Predictions CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Feeding animals, spirits of trees |
Date learned: 11-19-1967
AUTOGRAPH- VERSE
REMEMBER M
REMEMBER E
PUT THEM TOGETHER , REMEMBER ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ADVICE:POSITIVE ; FRIENDSHIP ; RHYME: ABCB ; TYPOGRAPHICAL VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 10-05-1971