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WELL WISH
MAY YOU LIVE LONG, IF YOU DON'T DIE SOON.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PHONE RINGS, SOMEONE PICKS UP THE RECEIVER AND / SAYS:
"HELLO, TIGER STADIUM, THIRD BASE."
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BASEBALL STADIUM
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
JUMP ROPE SONG
LIAR, LIAR,
PANTS ON FIRE,
HANG 'EM ON A
TELEPHONE WIRE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; RATHSKELLER
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-27-1968
TABOO?
RAY ROWLAND AND HIS DATE WERE ATTENDING A CONCERT AT
UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT MEMORIAL BUILDING ONE
SATURDAY (?) NIGHT. HE WAS DOUBLING WITH SOMEONE.
AT INTERMISSION THEY ALL TOOK A WALK DOWNSTAIRS.
POOR RAY HAD TO PERFORM ONE OF THOSE BODILY FUNCTIONS,
THE NAME OF WHICH IS SORT OF TABOOED BY CONTEMPORARY
SOCIETY. WHEN THEY REACHED THE BOTTOM OF THE STEPS,
HE CAME OUT WITH SOMETHING LIKE: "SAY, DO YOU GIRLS
HAVE TO POWDER YOUR NOSES OR SOMETHING?" THE ANSWER
WAS, "NO." THEN HE SAID, "WELL YOU'LL HAVE TO
EXCUSE ME, BECAUSE I HAVE TO POWDER MINE!" HE
WAS GONE LIKE A FLASH.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
SAYING
I KNOW HOW MUCH YOUR GRANDMOTHER WAS SOLD FOR BEFORE
THEY BOUGHT HER.
Submitter comment:
MEANING: I HAVE BEEN LIVING LONGER THAN YOU HAVE,
THEREFORE I'VE EXPERIENCED MORE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PETE AND REPEAT SAT ON A BRIDGE. PETE FELL IN AND WHO
WAS LEFT?
REPEAT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
RED SKY AT NIGHT, SAILOR'S DELIGHT
RED SKY IN THE MORNING, SAILOR TAKE WARNING.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 10-18-1967
PREDICTION
CHANGE THE NAME
BUT NOT THE LETTER
MARRY FOR WORSE
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 860 Belief Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech C870.580 |
Date learned: 11-22-1967
CUSTOM CONCERNING LOST TEETH
WHEN YOU LOSE A TOOTH, YOU PUT IT UNDER YOUR PILLOW.
THE FAIRY TAKES IT AWAY AND LEAVES A PRESENT FOR
YOU.
Submitter comment: SHE FOLLOWS THIS CUSTOM IN HER FAMILY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Daily Life BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 02-08-1967
DELTA ZETA MAN
THIS IS A SORORITY CUSTOM. "D-Z MAN" IS A BOY KNOWN
BY THE GIRLS IN DELTA ZETA SORORITY. HE IS CHOSEN TO
REPRESENT DZ IN ANY CAMPUS ELECTIONS THAT WOULD
REQUIRE A BOY TO BE RUN BY AN ORGANIZATION.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A CUSTOM IN DELTA ZETA SORORITY OF WHICH SHE
IS A MEMBER.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 03-29-1967
UGLY MAN
THIS IS A CAMPUS TRADITION WHEREIN EACH SORORITY OR
GIRLS' ORGANIZATION RUNS A BOY FOR UGLY MAN. THE
MEMBERS OF THE ORGANIZATION COLLECT MONEY IN
CANNISTERS AND EACH PENNY COUNTS A VOTE AND THE
CANDIDATE WITH THE MOST MONEY WINS. HIS ORGANIZATION
CONTRIBUTES ALL THE MONEY TO THEIR FAVORITE CHARITY.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A CAMPUS TRADITION AND IS PRACTICED IN DELTA
ZETA OF WHICH SHE IS A MEMBER.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 03-29-1967
IT IS A CUSTOM AT CORNELL UNIVERSITY THAT ALL
INCOMING FRESHMEN MUST PRESENT "WEBSTER'S
COLLEGIATE DICTIONARY" AND WILLIAM STRUNK'S
"THE ELEMENTS OF STYLE" BEFORE THEY ARE ALLOWED TO
REGISTER.
Submitter comment:
DR. ESPINOSA, HAVING ATTENDED CORNELL HIMSELF, STATED
IN CLASS THAT THIS IS A TRADITIONAL CUSTOM FROM
EARLY TIMES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
GRADING METHOD
DURING A DISCUSSION ON MODERN DAY GRADING METHODS,
THIS PARTICULAR ONE WAS BROUGHT UP. IT IS SAID TO
BE USED ON ALL THE INFORMANT'S ACCOUNTING QUIZZES
AND TESTS THAT HE IS FORCED TO CORRECT.
HE CALLS IT THE S.W.A.G. METHOD. IT STANDS FOR
SCIENTIFIC WILD ASS GUESS.
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THE INFORMANT TELL THIS TO HIS CLASS ONE
DAY, BUT I NEGLECTED TO INQUIRE AS TO ITS SOURCE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 10-04-1967
HOLY WATER BELIEF
AFTER BLESSING YOURSELF WITH HOLY WATER, YOU SHOULD
SPRINKLE THE REMAINING DROPS ON THE GROUND TO
QUENCH THE THIRST OF THE SOULS IN HELL AND
PURGATORY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church BELIEF -- Church |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
POLISH WEDDING CUSTOM
WHEN THE COUPLE ENTER THE DOOR AT THE RECEPTION, THEY
ARE GIVEN WHOLE WHEAT BREAD. THIS IS BROKEN INTO
LITTLE PIECES AND GIVEN TO EACH OTHER. THIS
SYMBOLIZES THE SHARING OF THEIR FIRST BREAD TOGETHER.
THERE IS SALT ON THE BREAD. THIS SYMBOLIZES THAT
MARRIED LIFE WILL HAVE SOME BITTERNESS.
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED THIS FROM HER FAMILY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 04-11-1967
POLISH WEDDING CUSTOM
AFTER THE MARRIAGE, IN THE HALL, THEY FORM A LINE AND
AT A CERTAIN POINT, THERE'S A TABLE WHERE THEY HAVE A
BOX FOR MONEY AND WHISKEY AND AS THE PEOPLE GO AROUND,
THEY GIVE A DONATION AND THEY DRINK THE WHISKEY.
Submitter comment:
SHE KNOWS OF THIS CUSTOM BECAUSE SHE WENT TO A POLISH
WEDDING.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
POLISH WEDDING CUSTOM
DURING THE RECEPTION, ALL THE GUESTS FORM A CIRCLE
AROUND THE BRIDE AND GROOM. THE BRIDE IS SITTING ON
THE GROOM'S LAP. THE MAID OF HONOR TAKES OFF THE
BRIDE'S VEIL AND PUTS AN APRON ON HER.
Submitter comment:
SHE KNOWS OF THIS CUSTOM SINCE SHE WENT TO A POLISH
WEDDING.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
POLISH WEDDING CUSTOM
AT A POLISH WEDDING, THE BRIDE'S VEIL IS TAKEN OFF AT
MIDNIGHT. THIS SYMBOLIZES THAT SHE IS NO LONGER A
BRIDE, BUT IS A MARRIED WOMAN, SINCE HER WEDDING
DAY IS OVER. THEY SING A SONG CALLED "TWELVE ANGELS."
THIS IS SUNG IN POLISH AND IS ABOUT ANGELS WHO CARRY
DIFFERENT THINGS, HAVING TO DO WITH THE WEDDING DAY;
FOR EXAMPLE A WREATH OF LEAVES, WHICH IS THE BRIDAL
CROWN.
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED THIS FROM HER FAMILY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 04-11-1967
THERE IS A CUSTOM IN THE DORMS THAT SOME TIME DURING
FINALS WEEK IN APRIL, THE HOUSE ADVISORS FROM EACH
FLOOR ARE THROWN INTO FISHER FOUNTAIN.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Spring |
Date learned: 00001966 SPRING
MOVE IT OR LOSE IT.
Submitter comment: THIS STATEMENT IS MADE WHEN SOMEONE IS IN YOUR WAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; SOUTH QUAD 109
Keyword(s): COMEBACK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-04-1971