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IT IS BELIEVED THAT WHEN AN EMPTY ROCKING CHAIR IN A ROOM
BEGINS TO ROCK SPONTANEOUSLY, THAT SOMEONE WILL SOON DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
CAN TELL IF A PERSON IS DEAD IF HIS EYES ROLL TO THE
BACK OF HIS HEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
NUNS
BE CAREFUL OF GOING OUT WITH BOYS WHO WEAR LONG NECKTIES
BECAUSE LONG NECKTIES POINT IN AN OBVIOUS DIRECTION.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID SHE HEARD THIS IN HIGH SCHOOL FROM A
DERANGED NUN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P439 BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
BELIEVED THAT I WOULD LIVE ON A CLOUD OVER PARIS WHEN I
TURNED 8 YEARS OLD.
Submitter comment: GRANDMOTHER LIVED IN PARIS--THAT'S WHERE I BELONG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Maturity |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
WHEN A WOMAN IS PREGNANT, IF SHE IS FAT STRAIGHT OUT IN
FRONT, THE BABY WILL BE A BOY, WHEREAS IF SHE IS FAT
ALL AROUND, THE BABY WILL BE A GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-02-1971
PUT HAND AND FEET INTO THE AIR WHEN A TRAIN IS
MOVING ON THE TRACK DIRECTLY IN FRONT OF YOU.
FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Good luck P881.22 |
Date learned: 02-05-1971
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"BERTHA BROWN"
"DID YOU HEAR THE STORY ABOUT BERTHA BROWN
NO MAN TRIED TO BRING HER DOWN.
THEN AROUND THE HILL COMES BIG BALLS PETE
WITH FORTY POUNDS OF SWINGING MEAT.
HE GOT BERTHA DOWN RIGHT ON THE GROUND
AND THAT DAMN BERTHA SHE LET A FROWN.
THOUGHT SHE WAS SMART
BLEW A FART
AND BLEW PETE'S MEAT ALL APART.
NOW THEY CALL HIM SMALL BALLS PETE
WITH FORTY POUNDS OF SHREDDED MEAT."
Submitter comment: SONG SUNG WITH SLIGHT PAUSE AFTER EACH LINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad, Song, Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest Filter - Mature Content |
THE BLARNEY STONE IS LOCATED IN A CASTLE IN IRELAND.
TRADITION SAYS IF YOU GO THERE AND CLIMB UP TO A POINT
ABOVE THE STONE, AND SOMEONE HOLDS YOU BY THE ANKLES,
SO THAT YOU HANG DIRECTLY ACROSS FROM THE STONE,
AND YOU KISS IT, YOU'LL GET THE GIFT OF BLARNEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 09-28-1968
ONE HUNGARIAN BURIAL CUSTOM IS FOR EACH MEMBER OF THE
IMMEDIATE FAMILY OF THE DECEASED TO PLACE SOME SMALL
PERSONAL TRINKET IN THE CASKET.
Submitter comment:
DIANE'S RELATIVES ON HER MOTHER'S SIDE ARE HUNGARIAN
AND SHE HAS SEEN THIS CUSTOM OBSERVED SEVERAL TIMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
IF A MOUNTAIN CLIMBER HAS BEEN KILLED, THE ROCK THAT
KILLED HIM IS PUT ON HIS GRAVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-00-1967
IF THERE'S A DEATH IN THE FAMILY, LEAVE FOOD AND WATER
ON THE WINDOWSILL BECAUSE THAT PERSON ALWAYS COMES BACK
IN THE FORM OF A DOVE TO DRINK AND EAT FOR THE LAST
TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
IT WAS CUSTOMARY FOR PEOPLE TO WALK IN PROCESSION FROM
THE HOUSE OF THE DEAD PERSON TO THE PLACE OF BURIAL
(WITH THE CASKET) TO KEEP HIM COMPANY ON HIS LAST
JOURNEY ON EARTH.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 04-04-1967
ITALIAN BURIAL CUSTOM
SOME ITALIANS BELIEVE THAT IF THEY SCATTER THE ASHES
OF A CREMATED FRIEND OR RELATIVE OVER THE TOWN, THE
DEAD PERSON'S SPIRIT WILL REMAIN WITH THE TOWNSPEOPLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
HEARING THE DOOR SLAM BEFORE THE PERSON COMES
THROUGH IT, MEANS THAT THAT PERSON'S DEATH WILL
SOON FOLLOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-20-1970
IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE DOG OF A DEAD MAN KNOWS THE
INSTANT HIS MASTER IS PUT IN THE GROUND, AND WILL
YELP AT THAT SPECIFIC MOMENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
PUT A PENNY IN A CASKET AND MAKE A WISH.
Submitter comment:
SYLVIA LEARNED THIS FROM HER SISTER, WHO IN TURN
LEARNED IT AT THE HURSES' LOUNGE AT BEAUMONT
HOSPITAL, DETROIT (ACTUALLY IN ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-23-1967
IT IS A TRADITION IN THE NAVY THAT ALL MEN CROSSING
THE EQUATOR FOR THE FIRST TIME MUST GET HOSED DOWN
WITH A HOSE BY THE OTHER CREW MEMBERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 03-09-1970
IF YOU SLAP YOUR MOTHER, YOUR HAND WILL STICK OUT
OF THE GRAVE WHEN YOU ARE BURIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-27-1968
IF A PERSON WEARS A LADY BUG SYMBOL WITH A RELIGIOUS
SYMBOL (CROSS, ETC.) HE WILL THEN HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Emblem BELIEF -- Good luck |
I LIKE IT ALOT; IT'S THE BEST OR I HATE IT; IT'S THE WORST.
Submitter comment:
THE SECOND CLAUSE REINFORCES THE FIRST JUST AS THE 4TH
REINFORCES THE 3RD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; NORTH QUAD 105
Keyword(s): GRAMMAR
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-06-1971