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RETORT
WHEN SOMEONE'S NOSE IS RUNNING A PERSON SAYS:
"OH - YOU'RE UPSIDE DOWN. YOUR FEET SMELL AND YOUR NOSE RUNS!"
Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
RETORT
WHEN PEOPLE ARE PLAYING CARDS AND A PLAYER GETS A BAD HAND OF CARDS
HE SAYS TO THE DEALER, "THIS ISN'T A HAND - IT'S A FOOT!"
Submitter comment: I WAS PLAYING CARDS WITH MR. VOLLMAYER WHEN HE MADE THIS REMARK.
Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 02-01-1971
JOKE
SAYING - THOSE WHO GO TO BED WITH ITCHY FEET,
WAKE UP WITH SMELLY FINGERS.
Submitter comment: FROM HIS COUSIN, BOB MC KINNON
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): FEET
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
JOKE
BROWN STRIP ACROSS THE DESERT BY DIAHRIEA DAN.
Submitter comment: FRIEND, JIM DESMOND
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
JOKE
YELLO RIVER BY I.P. DAILEY.
Submitter comment: FROM HIS COUSIN, BOB MC KINNON
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
JOKE
BOOK - THIRTY YARDS TO THE TOILET BOWL BY WILLIE MAKIT
ILLUSTRATED BY BETTY WON'T.
Submitter comment: FROM HIS COUSIN, BOB MC KINNON
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
TAUNT
CHIEF DIRTY BOTTOM OF THE NO WIPEY TRIBE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-09-1967
RIDDLE
HOW FAR IN CAN YOU GO INTO A FOREST?
-- HALF WAY. THEN YOU START GOING OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; COLLECTORS HOME ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): DISTANCE MEASURMENT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
POINTING THE INDEX FINGER AND RAISING THE THUMB (TO LOOK
LIKE A GUN) AT A PERSON, IS HOW YOU SAY HELLO.
Submitter comment: REMEMBERED FROM CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Body parts involved SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations |
Date learned: 01-15-1972
GREETING
IN INDIA THE PEOPLE GREET EACH OTHER BY PUTTING THEIR
HANDS IN A PRAYING POSITION AND SAYING "NAMASDA."
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations |
Date learned: 10-24-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
IT NEVER RAINS BUT WHAT IT POURS.
WHEN TROUBLE COMES - IT COMES IN BUNCHES.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 2154 DICKERSON ; 48215
Keyword(s): WEATHER MISFORTUNE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
A LIBYAN BELIEF
FOR THE ARAB PEOPLES, THE SIGN OF THE GREATEST INSULT
IS TO BE SHOWN THE SOLES OF ANOTHER'S SHOES. FOR AN
EXAMPLE, THE AMERICAN PEOPLE WOULD HAVE TO BE
CAREFUL NOT TO CROSS THEIR LEGS EITH THEIR SHOW
SOLES SHOWING. THIS IS BECAUSE, FOR THE ARABS, THE
SOLE OF A SHOE IS THE LOWEST THING BECAUSE IT
TOUCHES THE GROUND, WHICH IS REGARDED AS THE LOWEST
DIRTIEST AND MOST DISGUSTING THING.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Derision Scorn |
Date learned: 11-29-1969
KNOCK ON WOOD, WHEN WISHING FOR SOMETHING AND IT
WILL HAPPEN.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Good luck P881.22 SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
THE POLISH USUALLY HAVE A CRUCIFIX AT THE DOOR AND
MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS BEFORE LEAVING HOME.
Submitter comment: PROBABLY UNIVERSAL.
Where learned: HOME
Date learned: 10-00-1968
A PERSON SHOULD NEVER POINT AT A STAR AT NIGHT FOR THIS
WILL CAUSE IT TO FALL FROM THE SKY.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour SPEECH -- Magical |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
DON'T PUT YOUR HAIR IN RUNNING WATER OR IT WILL DRIVE YOU CRAZY.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; 8621 DUMBARTON ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): INSANITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 01-31-1971
IN ORDER TO WARD OFF EVIL, ONE SHOULD POINT HIS INDEX
AND LITTLE FINGERS AT SOMETHING. (THE OTHER FINGERS
SHOULD BE CLOSED).
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CUSTOM ; EVIL ; EVIL EYE ; Eye ; Fingers ; GESTURE ; Prevent ; SUPERSTITION ; Ward
James Callow Keyword(s): HORNS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.12 |
Date learned: 02-14-1968
FUNERAL CUSTOMS
IT IS FREQUENTLY REQUESTED THAT ALL DEAD BE LAYED OUT
IN THEIR FAVORITE SUIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; CALCATERRA FUNERAL HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
PINT
A PINT IS A POUND THE WORLD AROUND.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COSMOS ; ECONOMICS
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; QUANTITY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF (CUSTOM)
WHEN PLANTING CORN, PLACE A FISH IN EACH HOLE AND PLANT BY THE
LIGHT OF THE HALF MOON. YOU WILL, THEREFORE, REAP A BIGGER CROP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): PLANTING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 10-23-1968