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GOOD LUCK FOR A SAILOR
SOME BABIES ARE BORN WITH A THIN VEIL OF SKIN OVER THEIR FACES.
SAILORS WILL PAY A GREAT PRICE FOR THIS SKIN BECAUSE
IT WILL PREVENT SHIPWRECK WHILE ON A JOURNEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; EAST QUAD ; DORMS
Keyword(s): CAUL
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
CHRISTMAS EVE CUSTOM
ON CHRISTMAS EVE, THEY PLACE AN AX UNDER THE TABLE, AND EVERY
MEMBER OF THE FAMILY MUST HAVE ONE FOOT ON IT.
Submitter comment:
JO'S BOYFRIEND IS SLAVIK (SLAVIC) AND (THEY PRACTICE THIS CUSTOM) IN
THEIR HOME.
Data entry tech comment:
ITEM REWORDED TO FIT FORMAT.
Updated by TRD
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; holiday ; Slavic ; Table Setting ; tradition
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Christmas |
Date learned: 10-02-1969
STRONG IN MIND, WEAK IN BODY.
Submitter comment: KNOWN SINCE HIGH SCHOOL YEARS
Where learned: DORM ROOM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
BELIEF
IF THE SECOND TOE IS LONGER THAN THE FIRST TOE, THE FATHER WILL LIVE
LONGER THAN THE MOTHER WILL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN THAILAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM ; 402 EAST QUAD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-03-1971
NICKNAMES
THE NICKNAME "BUTCH" USUALLY DESCRIBES THE KID AS STRONG AND
USUALLY POSESSING A CREW CUT.
Submitter comment: LEARNED THROUGH TRADITION.
Where learned: DORM ROOM
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
NICKAMES
THE NICKNAME "FOUR EYES" IS USUALLY USED
ON A KID WHO WEARS GLASSES.
Submitter comment: LEARNED THROUGH TRADITION.
Where learned: DORM ROOM
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
TO WARD OFF THE "COOTIES" SO COMMON TO ALL GRADE
SCHOOL CHILDREN, A GESTURE OF 2 FISTS TOGETHER WITH THE
THUMBS EXTENDED IS MADE.
Data entry tech comment:
DIAGRAM IS ON 5 X 8 CARD.
Updated By TRD for BN. Card Info Update is Forthcoming.
Where learned: DORM ROOM
Keyword(s): BEHAVIOR ; BELIEF ; CHILDHOOD ; CHILDREN ; Classroom ; COOTIES ; CUSTOM ; Fists ; GAME ; GESTURE ; Grade School ; SLANG ; Thumb
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School BELIEF -- P670 P670.88 BELIEF -- Conversions P883.22 |
Date learned: 10-10-1969
DORMITORY CUSTOM
EVERY SUNDAY NIGHT IN CERTAIN DORMS, A GROUP OF GIRLS GATHER
ROUND IN A CIRCLE. THEY PASS A LIGHTED CANDLE AROUND. IF A GIRL
STOPS THE CANDLE THE FIRST TIME, IT MEANS THAT SHE HAS BEEN
LAVALIERED OVER THE WEEKEND. THE CANDLE GOES AROUND AGAIN AND IF
IT IS STOPPED, THAT GIRL HAS BEEN PINNED. THE CANDLE IS PASSED
AROUND FOR THE THIRD TIME AND WHOEVER STOPS IT THEN HAS BEEN
ENGAGED.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT TOLD ME THAT A FRIEND OF HERS MENTIONED DOING THIS
EVERY SUNDAY AT HER COLLEGE IN MISSOURI.
Data entry tech comment: LAVALIERE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Engagement |
Date learned: 10-18-1971
HEALTH BELIEF
IF YOU EAT A PIECE OF GARLIC AND SOME HONEY ON CHRISTMAS EVE, YOU
YOU WON'T BE ILL FOR THE NEXT YEAR.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS DORM ; COUZENS HALL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Predictions CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Table setting and clearing |
Date learned: 03-10-1970
Belief: Luck
If a ship has thirteen letters in its name the ship is doomed.
Submitter comment:
Read this in a book of sea lore.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Minor grammatical correction to submission card: changing had to has
Original BN [P880] crossed out and replaced with P686
Where learned: DORM ROOM ; BOOK ; Jones, Michael
Keyword(s): Boat ; Lore ; NAME ; Nautical ; NUMBERS ; NUMEROLOGY ; Ocean ; Sailor ; SEA ; Ship ; Vessel
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number |
Legend of Writing to Dead People for Lottery Numbers
When writing to dead people for numbers in the lottery, don't cross your t's or dot your i's. And don't use punctuation. At night, put it over a glass of water, under the bed, on top of silver three-pence. A number is to be provided somehow.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original Boggs Number [B420 429] crossed out and others added: P840, P429, P686
Where learned: DORM ROOM ; Barnett, Michael L
Keyword(s): Clairvoyance ; Gamble ; GAMBLING ; GRAMMAR ; Lottery ; NUMBERS ; RITUAL ; Spell ; SPIRIT ; SUPERNATURAL
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Number |
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Ethnic Joke: French
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
There was this couple engaged to be married. He was a Frenchman, while she was American. Her father gives her advice about her fiance: "Daughter, don't marry a frenchman!" But father, I love this man very much, I'm sure he will be fine. Her father repeats his warning: "Don't marry a Frenchman, because in six months, he'll ask you to "Change ends!" Don't worry father, everything will be ok. So, they got married.
What do you know, but six months later, while they are in bed, the Frenchman says "Honey, would you mind changing ends, just for tonight?" The girl gets a little angry and says "I should have listened to my father, he was right about you Frenchmen!" The frenchman replied, "But honey, Don't you want to have any children?"
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Submission card was located in a pile marked To Be Classified.
Where learned: RENO HALL ; DORM ROOM ; Fournier, Rock
Keyword(s): ETHNIC JOKE ; FRENCH ; HOMOSEXUALITY ; Innuendo ; MARRIAGE ; REFERENCE TO SEXUAL INTERCOURSE ; SEXUAL EUPHEMISM ; Stereotype
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C566 |
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Ethnic Joke: Italian
Two old friends are at an airport, watching theplanes land and take off. Suddenly, one says to the other, "Hey! I bet you $25.00 that the Pope is aboard that plane!" The other guy, thinking that he has a safe bet says "you're on!" They watch the plane land, and sure enough, the red carpet rolls out to meet the plane and the Pope walks out! Later, as they guy pays off his debt, he asks, "How in the world did you know that the Pope would be on board?" "Simple," replied the other. "The plane was marked T.W.A., and as we all know, that means Top Wop Aboard!"
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Submission Card located in pile marked To Be Classified.
Italian, Ethnic
Where learned: DORM ROOM ; Fournier, Rock
Keyword(s): AIRPLANES ; Airport ; Bet ; DEROGATORY ; DEROGATORY TERM=WOP (FOR ITALIAN) ; ETHNIC JOKE ; ETHNIC SLUR ; Gamble ; JOKE ; Pope ; Stereotype
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C566 Filter - Mature Content |
Superstition
Certain tracks there is a figure of a man carrying a lantern down the tracks. He has no head and he is said to be looking for his head. [sic]
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
The following name and address is crossed out from the [Collector] section of the card:
Miller, Kathy 28 West Willow Monroe, MI
Card was located in a pile marked with a [?]
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ; Mahoney, Penelope
Keyword(s): Beheaded ; HEAD ; Headless ; Legend ; Scare ; Spooky ; SUPERSTITION ; Tale
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Supernatural Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face |
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Ethnic Joke: Black
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
Ethnic (Black) Joke
5 Men are on the moon. Because of rocket engine trouble, only 4 can come back to Earth. The captain of the ship proposes a question to be asked to each of the men. If they answer correctly, they return to Earth. If not, they will be left there. He asks the first: "What was the worst sea-going accident of all time?" The crew man replies"The sinking of the Titanic." "Good!" the captain replies. "You have a place with me on the ship." He comes to the second crewman and asks, "how many people died on that ship?" The crew man answers "about 1100 people, sir." "Good!" The captain says. "You have a place on the ship with me." He comes to the third crewman and says "allright nigger, name 'em!"
(Obviously, he didn't make it...)
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
The word Negro is written in the top left hand corner of the submission card.
Submission card was located in a pile labeled To Be Classified.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM ; Kogut, Ken ; 10345 BERKSHIRE
Keyword(s): DEROGATORY ; DEROGATORY SLANG ; Distasteful Jokes ; ETHNIC JOKE ; ETHNIC SLUR ; MOON ; NEGRO ; NIGGER ; RACISM ; Stereotype ; Titanic
James Callow Keyword(s): NEGRO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C566 RIDDLE -- W566 Filter - Mature Content |
THUNDERSTORMS
IT IS A TRADITION IN SOME PEOPLES' HOMES TO LIGHT A HOLY CANDLE
DURING A THUNDERSTORM
SO THAT THE HOUSE WILL NOT BE HIT BY LIGHTNING.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DORMS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
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WHEN A FLEMISH WOMAN PUTS THE FINGER NEXT TO HER
THUMB (INDEX FINGER) IN THE PALM OF A GUY'S HAND,
SHE WANTS TO GO TO BED WITH HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM
Keyword(s): INTERCOURSE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions |
Date learned: 11-13-1969
HEAVEN, GOD SPEAKING, SAID ROBIN ANSWERING TELEPHONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 02-04-1972
A SHARP TONGUE IS THE ONLY EDGED TOOL THAT GROWS
CONSTANT USE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM ; TOLD IN ; 9717 MANISTIQUE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-22-1971
Jump-Rope Rhyme
DOWN IN THE VALLEY
WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT ________, SWEET AS A ROSE.
SHE SANG, SHE SANG,
SHE SANG SO SWEET.
ALONG CAME ________, AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
HOW MANY KISSES DID HE GIVE HER?
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, ETC.
(THE NAME OF THE JUMPER FILLS THE FIRST BLANK. HER BOYFRIEND'S NAME FILLS THE SECOND BLANK. THE ROPE IS TURNED AND THE NUMBERS COUNTED OUT TILL THE JUMPER MISSES.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORMS
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-18-1971