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GESTURE
IN NIGERIA, AN OUTSTRETCHED HAND, PALMS OUT SIGNIFIES THE OBCENITY
F___ YOU.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture |
MEDICINE
WHEN A MAN BREAKS HIS LEG, HE GOES TO A HERBALIST. THE HERBALIST
BREAKS THE SAME LEG OF A CHICKEN AND TREATS THE CHICKEN'S LEG. THE
HEALING THAT THE CHICKEN EXPERIENCES IS THE SAME THAT YOUR LEG WILL
EXPERIENCE.
Submitter comment: THIS IS DONE IN NIGERIA
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
IF YOU ARE CLUMSY, THEN YOU NEED TO HAVE YOUR HAND RUBBED WITH
THE SKIN OF A SNAKE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
IF A MALE PERSON ENTERS YOUR HOUSE ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE YEAR
YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK ALL YEAR LONG.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Date learned: 03-00-1982
IF YOU SEE A PAPER CLIP AND CONTINUOUSLY KEEP PICKING
IT UP ALL DAY YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
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Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): GOOD LUCK ; LUCK ; Paperclip ; SIGN ; SUPERSTITION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Objects |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
IF YOUR RIGHT EYE JUMPS YOU ARE GOING TO CRY AND GET MAD.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Eye twitch |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
IF YOUR RIGHT EYE JUMPS YOU WILL RECEIVE GOOD NEWS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Eye twitch BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
SOME PEOPLE FALL FOR EVERYTHING AND STAND FOR NOTHING.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A PUN.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
IF YOUR DRESS TAIL IS UP, SPIT ON THE BACK OF YOUR HAND AND HIT THE
BACK OF YOUR LEG AND YOU WILL GET A NEW DRESS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
ONE THING YOU CAN GIVE AND STILL KEEP IS YOUR WORD.
Submitter comment:
IF YOU PROMISE TO MARRY SOMEONE, AND DO IT,
THEN YOU HAVE GIVEN YOUR WORD AND KEPT IT ALSO.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
Proverb
A BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH.
Submitter comment:
ANYTHING YOU HAVE IS BETTER THAN SOMETHING YOU ARE DREAMING OF.
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Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): BIRD ; Bush ; Hand ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
NO MATTER HOW HIGH A BIRD FLIES HE ALWAYS HAS TO COME BACK
DOWN TO EARTH TO GET HIS FOOD.
Submitter comment: THIS IS TALKING ABOUT PEOPLE ALSO.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
YOU REAP WHAT YOU SOW.
Submitter comment: IF YOU DO BAD THINGS TO PEOPLE, THEN THEY WILL DO BAD THINGS TO YOU.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
ONE MAN'S TRASH IS ANOTHER MAN'S TREASURE.
Submitter comment: CONTRAST THROUGH ALLITERATION.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
NEVER GIVE UP ON A SURE THING.
Submitter comment:
THIS CAN BE INTERPRETED TO MEAN DO NOT BUY A NEW CAR WHEN YOUR
OLD CAR IS STILL WORKING GOOD.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
ONE MAN'S MEAT IS ANOTHER MAN'S POISON.
Submitter comment:
ONE MAN MAY MAKE A LIVING BY SWIMMING, AND ANOTHER MAN
MAY NOT BE ABLE TO SWIM AT ALL.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
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Language: Rhyme
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
If you're white you're right.
If you're brown stick around.
If you're black get back.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; Renwick, William N
Keyword(s): Black ; Brown ; COLOR ; Ethnicity ; Language ; RACE ; RACISM ; Racist ; RHYME ; Saying ; SKIN ; White
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech Filter - Mature Content |
WHEN A VIRGIN GRADUATES FROM EASTERN UNIVERSITY, THE
WATER TOWER WILL CRUMBLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.12 |
Date learned: 03-10-1970
KENTUCKY BEAR
THERE WAS A MOTHER AND FATHER IN KENTUCKY WHOSE THREE-YEAR-OLD
DAUGHTER CAME UP MISSING ONE DAY. SHE WAS SEARCHED FOR FOR FOUR DAYS
AND NOT FOUND. ON THE FOURTH DAY A MAN CAME TO HER HOUSE AND TOLD HER
PARENTS THAT HE WOULD SHOW THEM WHERE THEIR DAUGHTER WAS IF THEY
WOULD GIVE HIM A MEAL. THEY FED HIM AND AFTERWARD HE LED THEM INTO
THE WOODS. THE GIRL WAS FOUND NEAR A LOG WHERE A BEAR WAS BRINGING
HER FOOD. THE GIRL SAID THAT THE BEAR HAD BEEN TAKING CARE OF HER AND
FEEDING HER. NOT KNOWING ANY BETTER THE GIRL THOUGHT THE BEAR WAS A
DOG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ;
Keyword(s): DAUGHTER ; MISTAKEN IDENITY (BEAR THOUGHT TO BE A DOG) ; TO GIVE IS TO RECEIVE--STRANGER GIVEN MEAL FOR SHOWING PLACE OF LOST
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 11-20-1968
SEWING SUPERSITION (COLLECTOR,S TITLE) ; CONVERSION: SEWING (CLASSIFIER,S TITLE)
"IF YOU SEW ANYTHING AND THE CLOTHING IS STILL ON YOU WHILE YOU ARE
SEWING, YOU HAVE TO HOLD PART OF THAT CLOTHING IN YOUR MOUTH.
IF YOU DON,T IT,S CONSIDERED BAD LUCK".
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY HIS PENNSYLVANIA MOTHER IN HIS CHILDHOOD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL ; DETROIT ;
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Conversions P883.21 |