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GRAFFITI
LOVE IS A FOUR-LETTER WORD.
Data entry tech comment:
INFORMANT ASSUMED TO BE THE COLLECTOR.
FOUR-LETTER WORDS WERE KNOWN AS SWEAR WORDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; COLLECTED IN LAVATORY
Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM RETORT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
INFORMANT TOLD ME THAT IN BOTH HER OWN CHILDHOOD AND THAT OF HER
FATHER, THEY WOULD PUT A PAIR OF SHOES OUTSIDE THE DOOR FOR SANTA
CLAUS TO FILL WITH GOODIES. HER FATHER WOULD, HOWEVER, LAY
HIS SHOES BESIDE HIS BED BECAUSE SINCE HE ONLY HAD ONE PAIR OF
SHOES, HE DID NOT WANT THEM TO BE FROZEN OVER ON CHRISTMAS
MORNING FROM BEING OUTSIDE ALL NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Stockings and shoes |
Date learned: 12-02-1971
CHRISTMAS TREES
THIS BELIEF IS THAT IF JUST BEFORE YOU THROW YOUR XMAS (CHRISTMAS)
TREE OUT, YOU BREAK OFF TWO TWIGS AND BURY THEM IN YOUR BACKYARD
IN THE FORM OF A CROSS AND THROW OATS OVER THEM, BY NEXT XMAS
(CHRISTMAS) YOU WILL HAVE A FULL-GROWN XMAS (CHRISTMAS) TREE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Christmas tree |
Date learned: 01-28-1968
Sweet Sally
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT SALLY AS SWEET AS A ROSE.
SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET.
ALONG CAME JIMMY AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
1, 2, 3, (UNTIL ONE MISSES)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
FRATERNITY LEGENDS
THE NEW MEMBERS OF EACH PLEDGE CLASS ARE BY TRADITION REQUIRED TO
BUILD A WORTHWHILE PROJECT THAT WILL BE OF SOME BENEFIT TO THE HOUSE
THIS TRADITION IS CARRIED ON BY THE MEMBERS AT PHI SIGMA DELTA
FRATERNITY AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY.
Submitter comment: FROM FRATERNITY BROTHERS
Data entry tech comment: THERE IS ONE MORE SIMILAR STORY IN 5X8 CARD FILE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 11-28-1967
MCGEE, THE BOGEYMAN
WHEN I WAS LITTLE THERE WAS A DOOR IN MY BEDROOM WHICH LED TO AN
ATTIC. I WAS ALWAYS AFRAID TO GO TO SLEEP BECAUSE I THOUGHT SOMEONE
WAS UPSTAIRS. AFTER I HAD BEEN IN BED QUITE A WHILE, AND I HAD NOT
FALLEN ASLEEP, MY FATHER WOULD COME INTO THE ROOM AND ASK WHY I
WAS NOT ASLEEP. I WOULD TELL HIM I COULDN'T SLEEP. HE WOULD THEN
TELL ME ABOUT A BOGEYMAN WHO WAS UP IN THE ATTIC. HE SAID IF I DID
NOT GO TO SLEEP, THIS LITTLE MAN, CALLED MCGEE, WOULD COME DOWN THE
STAIRS AND CARRY ME OFF. HE WAS DESCRIBED AS A MUSTACHED BLACK-
CAPED PERSON, MUCH LIKE THE VILLIANS OFTEN SEEN IN THE OLD TIME
MOVIES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
HOW TO KEEP A FRIENDSHIP
IF TWO PEOPLE ARE WALKING DOWN A STREET AND THEY COME UPON
ANY KIND OF OBSTRUCTION, IF ONE WALKS ON ONE SIDE OF THE POLE
AND THE OTHER ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE, THE FRIENDSHIP WILL BREAK
APART.
Submitter comment:
BOB TOLD ME THIS WALKING BACK FROM CLASS, AND I WALKED ON THE
OTHER SIDE OF THE POLE FROM HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 09-18-1969
LENTEN DISHES
IN BULGARIA IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE BEGINNING OF THE LONG LENTEN FAST,
EVERY DISH IN THE HOUSE IS SCRUBBED TO REMOVE ANY POSSIBLE MEAT
RESIDUE.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SAID THIS IS DONE BECAUSE DURING THE SEVERAL WEEKS OF
LENT IN THE ORTHODOX CHURCH, NO MEAT CAN BE EATEN.
Where learned: HENDRICKSONS PHARMACY ; DETROIT ; 15947 W 7 MILE
Keyword(s): ABSTINENCE
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Pre Lent |
Date learned: 03-21-1970
NUMBER 13
MOST HOTELS DON'T HAVE A 13TH FLOOR. EVEN HOLDEN HALL HAS NO ROOM
THIRTEENTH ROOM IS THE STUDY ROOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 03-04-1968
RIDDLE
Q: THERE IS A WORD OF FIVE SYLLABLES; TAKE AWAY THE FIRST AND NO
SYLLABLE WILL REMAIN.
A: MONOSYLLABLE.
Submitter comment:
(FROM) "NEW ENGLAND FOLKLORE"; B. A. BOTKIN, ED.
(CROWN PUBLISHERS).
Where learned: NEW YORK ; MILFORD
Keyword(s): COMMUNICATIONS ; COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATED MATTER (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
NUMBERS-THIRTEEN
NEVER SIT THIRTEEN PEOPLE AT A TABLE. ONE ALWAYS DIES.
(THIS HAPPENED THREE TIMES IN HER FAMILY.) HER REFERS TO MY
GRANDMOTHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
PREDICTION OF DEATH
IF YOU SMELL FLOWERS AND THERE AREN T ANY AROUND, SOMEONES GOING
TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-11-1972
FAMILY FOOD TRADITION
EVERY SATURDAY NIGHT WE HAD HOME BAKED BEANS AND HOME MADE BROWN
BREAD WHEN I LIVED IN NOVA SCOTIA.
Submitter comment: ITEM WAS LEARNED IN NOVA SCOTIA ALTHOUGH COLLECTED IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BOTSFORD GRADE SCHOOL ; CLARENCEVILLE DISTRICT
Date learned: 11-00-1982
GOOD FRIDAY
ON GOOD FRIDAY, KEEP SILENT FROM 12 NOON TILL 3:00 P.M. FOR THOSE
WERE THE HOURS THAT CHRIST HUNG ON THE CROSS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DORMITORY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
LENT
HOT CROSS BUNS ARE A BIG PART OF LENT AND ARE EATEN ALOT AT THIS
TIME.
Submitter comment:
HIS MOTHER TOLD HIM THIS.
( THIS IS NOT ONLY OBSERVED AMONG SCOTCH-AMERICANS. )
Data entry tech comment:
THESE BUNS CAME FROM THE CUSTOM OF MAKING THE SIGN OF THE CROSS OVER
BREAD BEFORE EATING IT. IN THEIR NEXT STAGE, BUNS WERE MADE WITH
A CROSS IMPRINTED ON THEM. AND FINALLY, THEY EVOLVED INTO THE HOT
CROSS BUNS OF TODAY--SPICED DOUGH, SOMETIMES WITH RAISINS, AND WITH
CROSSES OF FROSTING ON TOP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
IF YOU BITE YOUR FINGERNAILS IT IS A SIGN OF INNER
FRUSTRATION--YOU ARE TRYING TO HURT YOURSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-29-1968
WHEN SWEEPING THE HOUSE, DON'T LET THE BROOM SWEEP
OVER YOUR HOUSE (FEET?), OR YOU WILL NEVER GET
MARRIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Use of Object Domestic object, wax, needle, dishware |
Date learned: 03-31-1968
OPEN AN UMBRELLA INSIDE THE HOUSE AND IT WILL RAIN
THREE EXTRA DAYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Human condition and activities |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
BEWARE WHEN SOMEONE GIVES YOU PEARLS, BECAUSE PEARLS
BRING TEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Metal Stone Bone Precious stone Gem BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
A KNIFE AS A GIFT WILL "CUT" THE FRIENDSHIP.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A COMMON SUPERSTITION IN THE UNDY HOUSEHOLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 09-23-1967