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BLACK TABOO
IF YOU EAT BLACK GRAPES OR BLACK FIGS THEN SOME SORT OF BAD LUCK WILL FOLLOW, SUCH AS BAD NEWS, OR YOU'LL DO SOMETHING THAT YOU WILL FEEL SORRY ABOUT LATER. HOWEVER, RED, WHITE, GREEN, AND BLUE GRAPES/FIGS ARE OK TO EAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; KALAMAZOO ; TOLD AT INFORMANT'S HOME ; 5583 South 4th St.
Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC, COLOR
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
PIPAL TREE
THE PIPAL TREE IS A TREE FOUND IN INDIA WHICH THE PEOPLE BELIEVE IS A TREE INFESTED WITH GHOSTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; EAST QUAD ; TOLD AT INFORMANT'S HOME
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; GHOST ; GHOSTS ; India ; Pipal ; SUPERSTITION ; Tree
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
PLANT
CARROTS AREN'T GOOD FOR YOUR EYES; THEY JUST MAKE
EYELASHES GROW.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 15134 Westbrook
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-20-1969
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I'VE HEARD THAT THE REASON SOME FELLAS ARE QUEER (HOMOSEXUAL) IS BECAUSE THEY'RE BORN WITH THEIR SEX ORGANS IN THEIR THROAT.
Submitter comment:
OVERHEARD IN CONVERSATION
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; St. Clair's Restaurant
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
WEARING COPPER ON THE BODY WILL HELP SOMEONE SUFFERING FROM SCIATICA.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; St. Clair's Restaurant
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-12-1970
ASPHIDITY SEWN IN A CLOTH BAG AND WORN AROUND A CHILD'S NECK WILL WARD OFF CHILDHOOD DISEASES AND TOOTHACHE.
Submitter comment:
Collected at St. Clair's Restaurant.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; St. Clair's Restaurant
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-12-1970
IN THE SPRING, INFORMANT'S MOTHER WOULD GIVE HER A TONIC OF MOLASSES AND SULPHER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; St. Clair's Restaurant
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-12-1970
EGG WHITE FACIAL
STEAM FACIAL PORES OPEN, PUT EGG WHITE ON FACE, LET HARDEN, WHEN DRY WASH OFF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; St. Clair's Restaurant
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
FOR DIARRHEA, INFORMANT'S MOTHER WOULD BREW UP SOME CATNIP TEA, OR GIVE HER "DOG FENAL," SOME TYPE OF A PLANT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; St. Clair's Restaurant
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 08-12-1970
FOR A COUGH, INFORMANT'S MOTHER WOULD MAKE SOME HOREHOUND CANDY, AND GIVE THIS TO HER CHILDREN ALONG WITH A TEASPOON OR SO OF MOLASSES.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; St. Clair's Restaurant
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 08-12-1970
CURE FOR CHEST COLD
MAKE A TONIC CONTAINING ONE TEASPOON SUGAR, THREE DROPS COAL OIL, AND TWO DROPS TURPENTINE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; St. Clair's Restaurant
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 08-12-1970
CURE FOR COLD OR FLU
COMBINE A SHOT OF WHISKEY, THE JUICE FROM A WHOLE LEMON, AND A TABLESPOON OF SUGAR IN A CUP OF HOT WATER. SIT IN A STEAMING TUB OF BATHWATER AND SIP THIS DRINK. AFTER THE BATH, TAKE TWO ASPIRIN, GO TO BED AND SLEEP FOR AT LEAST EIGHT HOURS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; St. Clair's Restaurant
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 08-12-1970
HANGOVER CURE
PUT TWO TABLESPOONS OF HONEY IN COFFEE OR ANOTHER HOT DRINK, DRINK IT, THEN TAKE A VERY HOT BATH IN EPSOM SALTS, FOLLOWED BY A COLD BATH OR SHOWER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; St. Clair's Restaurant
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 08-12-1970
WHEN YOU'RE PREGNANT, IF YOU BECOME VERY EXCITED OR FRIGHTENED, AND AT THAT MOMENT TOUCH YOURSELF, YOUR BABY WILL HAVE A BIRTHMARK ON HIS BODY WHEREVER YOU TOUCHED YOURSELF.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; St. Clair's Restaurant
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 08-12-1970
Jump Rope Rhyme
DOWN IN THE VALLEY
WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS
THERE SAT (NAME)
AS SWEET AS A ROSE
ALONG CAME (NAME)
AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK
NOW HERE COMES (NAME)
PUSHING BABY BUGGIES
DOWN THE STREET.
SAID IN RHYME, NO TUNE
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 15134 Westbrook
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-22-1969
Jump Rope Jingle: Down in the Valley
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS, THERE SAT (INSERT NAME OF PERSON JUMPING) AS
PRETTY AS A ROSE;
SHE SANG -- SHE SANG,
SHE SANG SO SWEET,
ALONG CAME (INSERT NAME) AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK;
HOW MANY KISSES DID HE GIVE HER IN A WEEK?
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR (UNTIL JUMPER MISSES).
Submitter comment:
First learned between 1955 and 1957.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 7625 WESTWOOD
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump-Rope Rhymes
Ice cream soda, ginger ale pop,
tell me the initial of your sweet heart.
(Start to count.)
Submitter comment:
This is said when children are playing jump rope. Children count until they miss.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; East 204
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump-Rope Rhyme
Ice cream Sundae
Ginger ale pop
Tell me the name of your sweetheart: A B etc. down the
alphabet.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; STERLING
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Jump rope rhyme
I told Ma, Ma told Pa Jonny broke the sugar bowl
and blamed it on me.
Hom many spankings did he get: 1,2, etc. until who
ever is jumping misses.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; STERLING
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
I went downtown to see Mrs. Brown
I went downtown to seed Mrs. Brown
She gave me a nickel to buy a pickle
Theckle was sour; she gave me a flower
Ther flower was red; she gave me some thread;
The thread was thin; she gave me a pin;
The pin was sharp; She gave me a harp;
And the harp played salt, mustard, and pepper.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; JOHNSTOWN ; While working on a playground
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |