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IF THE FIRST THREE WORDS YOU SAY ON THE FIRST DAY OF EVERY
NEW MONTH, ARE RABBIT, RABBIT, YOU WILL HAVE GOOD FORTUNE
THAT MONTH.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
IF YOU HAVE A DREAM WHICH YOU WISH TO COME TRUE, DO NOT TELL
ANYONE UNTIL AFTER YOU HAVE EATEN BREAKFAST.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
CUSTOM ; BELIEF
WHEN YOU GET A NEW HOUSE OR A NEW CAR, MONEY (CHANGE) IS COLLECTED
FROM FRIENDS AND PUT INTO AN UNUSED CORNER OF THE HOUSE OR UNDER A
SEAT IN THE CAR. IT SHOULD LIE UNDISTURBED FROM THEN ON. THIS
BRINGS GOOD LUCK AND SAFETY TO A HOUSE OR CAR.
Submitter comment:
HE LEARNED THIS CUSTOM FROM HIS EX-WIFE, WHO IS LEBANESE, AND HE HAS
FOLLOWED IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; COLLECTORS HOME
Date learned: 01-00-1979
IF YOU DROP YOUR HAIRBRUSH, DO NOT PICK IT UP YOURSELF OR YOU
WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
"THE MISTRESS"
I WAS SITTING IN A RESTAURANT AND ALL OF A
SUDDEN THIS WOMAN STARTED ARGUING WITH HER HUSBAND. THE REASON
FOR THE OUTBURST WAS BECAUSE THIS BEAUTIFUL BLOND WOMAN CAME
OVER AND KISSED THE HUSBAND ON THE LIPS. I HEARD THE
HUSBAND SAY, "YES, SHE IS MY MISTRESS." THE WIFE GOT REALLY MAD
AND SAID SHE WANTED A DIVORCE. THE HUSBAND SAID OK AND WENT ON
TO TELL HER THAT THE MERCEDES WOULD HAVE TO GO BACK AND SHE WON'T
BE GETTING FUR COATS EVERY YEAR, SHE WON'T BE GETTING HER
MONTHLY ALLOWANCE OF $1000 PER MONTH. (THIS MAN IS VERY RICH.)
FINALLY THE WIFE SAT BACK DOWN AND ACCEPTED THE FACT THAT HER
HUSBAND HAD A MISTRESS. TEN MINUTES LATER THE WIFE LOOKED
ACROSS THE ROOM AND SAW A FAMILY FRIEND NAMED DAN AND HE
WAS WITH A BEAUTIFUL WOMAN WHO WASN'T HIS WIFE. THE WIFE SAID,
"THERE'S DAN BUT WHO'S THAT WOMAN WITH HIM?" THE HUSBAND SAID,
"THAT'S DAN'S MISTRESS -- I BET YOU DON'T HEAR HIS WIFE
COMPLAINING."
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
WHEN YOU TRAVEL PASS A GRAVEYARD, POINT YOUR RIGHT INDEX
FINGER UPWARD OR YOU WILL SOON REST IN THAT PLOT.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
IF YOU FIND A PENNY WHILE WALKING, YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK
THAT DAY.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
IF A FROG WETS ON YOU, THEN A WART WILL GROW ON THAT SPOT.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
INSULTS AND WISECRACKS
RAY: HE REMINDS ME OF WHISTLER'S MOTHER
STANDING UP.
KAY: HE DOES, WHY?
RAY: HE'S OFF HIS ROCKER.
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU TRAVEL UNDER A RAILROAD TRACK WHILE A TRAIN IS PASSING
OVERHEAD, YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
NEVER LET ANYONE SWEEP UNDER YOUR FEET OR YOU WILL NEVER
MARRY.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
WHEN YOU CROSS A RAILROAD TRACK, HOLD YOUR FEET OFF THE
GROUND OR YOU WILL NEVER MARRY.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
CHILDREN'S VERSE
I NEVER SAW A PURPLE COW,
I NEVER HOPE TO SEE ONE,
BUT IF THERE ARE PURPLE COWS,
I'D RATHER SEE THAN BE ONE.
Submitter comment:
IT SHOULD BE NOTED THAT THE THIRD LINE OF THIS RHYME MAY ALSO BE,
"BUT I CAN TELL YOU HERE AND NOW", OR "BUT I CAN TELL YOU ANYHOW".
THE INFORMANT WAS UNAWARE OF THESE TWO OTHER VERSIONS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | 730 730.328 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 11-14-1979
WHEN THE WIND BLOWS FROM THE NORTH, SOMETHING GOOD WILL
HAPPEN TO YOU IF YOU MAKE A WISH.
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 06-16-1973
SHE SAID, "THROW SALT OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER IF YOU BIT INTO
BONE," (WHILE EATING). WHEN ASKED WHY, SHE REPLIED, "I DON'T
KNOW WHY--IT'S JUST SUPPOSED TO BE BAD LUCK."
Submitter comment: I HEARD THIS FROM SOMEONE IN TENNESSEE (WHO I WASN'T ABLE TO
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Bad luck Food and drink |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE SORCERERS STONE OR THE SNAKE QUEEN
MANY YEARS AGO IN THE POLISH CARPATHIAN MOUNTAINS, THERE
LIVED A POOR MAN NAMED BACA. HE LIVED IN A HOUSE MADE
OUT OF CLAY AND HAD A SMALL FLOCK OF SHEEP AND TWO BEST
FRIENDS WHO WERE A CAT AND A DOG.
HE WAS RENTING A SMALL VALLEY FROM A LANDLORD. EVERY
YEAR THE POOR MAN HAD TO PAY FOR IT AND IT WAS VERY
HARD TO DO.
ONE TIME, BACA WAS WALKING THROUGH A FOREST AND HE
HEARD A QUIET VOICE. "MAN, SAVE ME." HE LOOKED BACKWARD
AND HE SAW A SNAKE IN A BURNING BUSH. BACA WAS AFRAID
OF IT, SO HE ONLY HANDLED IT BY USING HIS CANE. THE
SNAKE WAS SAFE AND STARTED TO TALK TO HIM IN A HUMAN
VOICE. "THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR SAVING MY LIFE." "WOULD
YOU WAIT FOR ME A LITTLE?"
AFTER A TIME THE SNAKE CAME WITH A VALUABLE GEM. IT WAS
SO SHINY THAT BACA HAD TO COVER HIS EYES. THE STONE HAD
THE POWER OF FORTUNE TELLING. FROM THAT TIME, BACA'S
HOUSE WAS WITH EVERYTHING.
WHEN SPRING CAME THE SERVANTS OF THE LAND OWNER CAME TO
COLLECT PAYMENT AND SAW ALL THE WEALTH IN THE HOUSE AND
WERE VERY AMAZED. A STORM WAS COMING AND THEY DECIDED
TO STAY THE NIGHT. THEY SAW THE VALUABLE FORTUNE TELLING
GEM THAT LIGHTED THE WHOLE HOUSE. THEY WERE VERY
INTERESTED IN IT AND STARTED TO ASK BACA WHERE HE GOT IT
FROM. HE TOLD THEM THE TRUTH ABOUT THE STONE AND ITS
POWER. THE SERVANTS WENT BACK AND TOLD THE LANDLORD
ABOUT THE STONE.
THE LANDLORD DECIDED TO VISIT THE HOUSE AND SEE FOR
HIMSELF. WHEN HE ENTERED BACA'S HOUSE HE TOLD HIM THAT
THE STONE BELONGED TO HIM. BACA BEGGED HIM TO LEAVE
THE STONE, BUT THE LANDLORD TOOK THE STONE WITH HIM.
THROUGH ALL THE COMMOTION THE CAT AND DOG WERE
LISTENING. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE LANDLORD LEFT THEY
WENT AFTER HIM TO HIS CASTLE. THE LANDLORD HID THE
MAGIC STONE IN HIS WALLET AND WENT TO BED WITH IT.
WHEN THE LANDLORD FELL FAST ASLEEP THE CAT AND DOG
ENTERED HIS BEDROOM VERY QUIETLY AND TOOK THE WALLET
WITH THE STONE.
AFTER A LONG JOURNEY, THEY CAME TO BACA'S HOUSE.
THERE TOGETHER WITH BACA THEY DECIDED TO LEAVE THE
VALLEY OF THE LANDLORD. THEY WENT FAR AWAY, PAST THE
HILLS AND FORESTS AND MADE THEIR HOME FAR AWAY FROM
OTHER PEOPLE. THEY HAD ALL THE WEALTH THEY NEEDED AND
LIVED VERY HAPPILY EVERY AFTER.
Submitter comment:
POLISH, HANDWRITTEN TEXT IS ATTACHED TO TYPEWRITTEN
ENGLISH TEXT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAMTRAMCK ; POLAND ; LEZAJSK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Tale |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
PROVERB
ONE BIRD IN HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): NUMBERS
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; MAKE THE MOST OF WHAT YOU HAVE ; VEGETATION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-15-1967
TOUCH A BUTTON IF YOU HEAR OR SEE AN AMBULANCE OR SEE A HEARSE.
IF YOU DON'T, SOMEONE YOU LOVE WILL BE THE NEXT TO RIDE
IN IT.
Submitter comment: I HEARD THIS FROM A GIRL FROM TRENTON, TENNESSEE. SHE
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
Keyword(s): NAVEL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES IN FRONT OF YOUR CAR, GET OUT AND RUN
AROUND IT (THE CAR) FOUR TIMES. THE BLACK CAT MEANS YOUR CAR
IS DOOMED; RUNNING AROUND IT BREAKS THE SPELL.
Submitter comment: I HEARD THIS FROM A GIRL FROM TRENTON, TENNESSEE
Where learned: TRENTON ; TENNESSEE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND YOUR HUSBAND GETS CROSS,
PICK UP A BROOM AND SHOW HIM WHO'S BOSS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MISSOURI ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 11-05-1967