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FRENCH CUSTOM
ON NEW YEAR'S EVE BEFORE GOING OUT TO CELEBRATE, YOU SHOULD EAT
MEAT PIE (WHICH IS MADE OF GROUND PORK SHOULDER, SALT AND PEPPER)
TO GREASE YOUR STOMACH. THIS PREVENTS ONE FROM GETTING DRUNK AND
BECOMING SICK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM MY MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 03-20-1967
BLACK TAR FOR TEETH
WE USED TO CHEW BLACK TAR BECAUSE THEY SAID IT WAS GOOD FOR OUR
TEETH.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM FAMILY AND FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
RAW EGGS FOR STRENGTH
MY MOTHER ALWAYS ATE RAW EGGS FOR STRENGTH.
Submitter comment: COMMON BELIEF; NOT FOLLOWED TODAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Manner of preparation Food Drink -- Animal product Egg BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
WINE AND BLOOD
MY MOTHER ALWAYS DRANK WINE TO ENRICH HER BLOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage Fermented BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
SPRING CLEANING
A CATHARTIC DOSE OF EPSOM SALTS EVERY SPRING AND FALL FOR THE
WHOLE FAMILY, TO CLEAN US OUT.
Submitter comment: THEY REALLY DID IT IN HER FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Spring BELIEF -- Measure of time AutumnFall BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
RAW IS HEALTHY
WE ATE RAW LIVER AND RAW LAMB BECAUSE WHEN IT WAS BLOODY, THEY
CONSIDERED IT MORE HEALTHY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Manner of preparation BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 04-15-1967
SANTA CLAUS SUPERSTITION
IF YOU STAY UP AND WAIT FOR SANTA CLAUS, HE WILL NEVER COME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Santa Claus BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
MARRIAGE PREDICTION SUPERSITITION
BUTTONS ON A GIRL'S DRESS--THE LAST BUTTON COUNTED TELLS WHO
SHE'S GOING TO MARRY: RICH MAN, POOR MAN, BEGGAR MAN, THIEF,
DOCTOR, LAWYER, MERCHANT, CHIEF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RHYME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Number Last events: the last person to the table... BELIEF -- Number Even number (not specific) |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
CRICKET SUPERSTITION
TOBACCO JUICE IS THE STUFF THAT A CRICKET SPITS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
WART SUPERSTITION
WARTS ARE CAUSED BY TOUCHING TOADS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
STYE SUPERSTITION
A STYE OR INFECTION IN YOUR EYE IS CAUSED BY A SPIDER PEEING IN
YOUR EYE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): URINATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
CUSTOM
ON CHRISTMAS EVE IT IS A CUSTOM IN IRELAND TO LEAVE EITHER THE
FRONT DOOR OR THE BACK DOOR AJAR SO THAT THE BABY JESUS AND THE
BLESSED MOTHER CAN BE ADMITTED INTO THE HOME.
Submitter comment:
MRS. SULLIVAN'S FAMILY OBSERVED THIS CUSTOM IN COUNTY CLAIR,
IRELAND AROUND 1925.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
CUSTOM
MRS. SULLIVAN SAYS THAT IT IS A CUSTOM IN COUNTY CLAIR, IRELAND,
TO PUT A LOAF OF BREAD IN FRONT OF THE DOOR TO THE HOUSE ON NEW
YEAR'S EVE AS A SIGN THAT THE COMING YEAR WILL BE PROSPEROUS AND
THE FAMILY WILL NOT STARVE.
Submitter comment:
MRS. SULLIVAN'S FAMILY OBSERVED THIS CUSTOM IN COUNTY CLAIR,
IRELAND AROUND 1925.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: 12-29-1963
ITALIAN CUSTOM
ITALIANS OFTEN PIERCED THEIR CHILDREN'S EARS, BELIEVING THAT IT
WAS GOOD FOR THEIR EYES. GOLD HOOPS WERE USED AS EARRINGS.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO HER BY HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HIDDEN CONNECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
FRIENDSHIP
IF YOU PASS SOMEONE A SHARP IMPLEMENT IT WILL CUT YOUR FRIENDSHIP.
Submitter comment:
GRANDMA HAS KNOWN THIS ONE ALL HER LIFE AND THINKS SHE GOT IT FROM
HER MOTHER WHO WAS BORN IN IRELAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
RELIGIOUS SUPERSTITION ABOUT MIRRORS
IF YOU STOOD BEFORE A MIRROR AND GROOMED YOURSELF, YOU WERE
LEAVING YOURSELF OPEN TO TEMPTATIONS OF PRIDE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER AT HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Daily Life |
WATCHING CARS
THIS INFORMANT THOUGHT THAT THIS ITEM ESPECIALLY SHOULD BE
RECORDED AS FOLKLORE. IT HAS LONG BEEN AN ESTABLISHED CUSTOM
WHEN PARKING IN THE AREA OF BRIGGS (NOW TIGER) STADIUM TO GIVE
THE BOYS IN THE AREA 25 CENTS OR MORE WHEN THEY ASK FOR IT,
OTHERWISE YOU MAY COME BACK TO A CAR WITH 4 FLAT TIRES OR NO
HUBCAPS OR ANY ONE OF A NUMBER OF THINGS. THIS IS A COMMON
PRACTICE, EVEN THOUGH THERE MAY NOT BE A PAY PARKING LOT FOR
BLOCKS!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): EXTORTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Daily Life |
Date learned: 03-15-1967
SEWING SUPERSTITION
IF YOU SEW ON SUNDAY YOU WILL HAVE TO TAKE OUT EACH STITCH IN HELL
WITH YOUR NOSE.
Submitter comment:
MRS. GROVE LEAREND THIS IN SOMERSET, PENNSYLVANIA, APPROXIMATELY
FORTY YEARS AGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Working |
PADIDDLE
I AM NOT SURE OF THE SPELLING, BUT THIS IS THE WAY THE WORD IS
PRONOUNCED AND IT INDICATES A CAR WITH ONLY ONE OPERATIVE
HEADLIGHT. WHEN YOU ARE WITH A GIRL YOU GET TO KISS HER IF YOU SEE
SUCH A CAR AND YELL OUT PADIDDLE BEFORE SHE DOES. IF SHE DOES, SHE
GETS TO HIT YOU IN THE ARM.
ALSO GIRLS KEEP COUNT OF HOW MANY SUCH CARS THEY SEE BY THEM-
SELVES. THE FIRST BOY THEY SEE WHEN THEY HIT FIVE HUNDRED IS
SUPPOSED TO BE THE BOY THEY WILL MARRY.
A "GERONIMO" IS A CAR WHICH HAS ONE LIGHT BRIGHTER THAN THE
OTHER DUE TO AN ACCIDENT OR ONE ON WHICH THE HEADLIGHT FAILS
AS YOU ARE WATCHING IT.
Submitter comment:
THE FIRST TIME I EVER HEARD THIS WAS IN THE EIGHTH GRADE. I
BELIEVE IT WAS IN A MOVIE WITH JAMES DEAN. AFTER THAT SOMEONE
EXPLAINED IT TO ME AND I HAVE HEARD IT COUNTLESS TIMES SINCE
THAT IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE ; QUICKNESS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Number P686.3.500 SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 12-00-1963
BELIEF: U-D BELLS
THE DEFUNCT BELLS IN THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT TOWER ARE SUPPOSED
TO RING WHEN A VIRGIN WALKS BY.
Submitter comment: MR. TEVENS SAID HE HAD OFTEN HEARD THIS ON THE U.OF D. CAMPUS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- School |
Date learned: 12-00-1963