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KNOCK ON WOOD
KNOCK ON WOOD TO STOP YOUR WORDS FROM
COMING BACK TO YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 7792 DAYTON
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 02-07-1970
SEEING THE PERSON THAT YOU'RE GOING TO MARRY
MY MOTHER IS FILLED WITH ALL SORTS OF SUPERSTITIONS.
I REMEMBER ONCE AS WE VISITED MY GRANDFATHER'S BUSINESS
OFFICE, WHICH STILL HAD A POT-BELLIED STOVE IN IT, THAT SHE
TOLD US (CHILDREN) THIS ONE.
AS WE WERE WARMING OURSELVES BY THE POT-BELLIED STOVE
SHE SAID THAT WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL HER MOTHER ALWAYS
TOLD HER THAT IF SHE WANTED TO SEE THE PERSON THAT SHE
WOULD MARRY THEN HERE WHAT ONE SHOULD DO. FIRST STRIP
DOWN NAKED AND GO OUTSIDE (AFTER DARK, OF COURSE) AND
RUN AROUND THE HOUSE THREE (3) TIMES, WHILE REMAINING
COMPLETELY NAKED. THEN COME INSIDE AND LOOK INTO THE
FLAMES OF THE FIRE, EITHER IN THE POT-BELLIED STOVE OR FIRE PLACE,
BEFORE LOOKING AT ANYTHING ELSE. IN THE FLAMES YOU WILL SEE
THE PERSON THAT YOU ARE GOING TO MARRY. MY MOTHER NEVER TOLD
WHETHER SHE HAD TRIED THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FRASER ; 14653 14 MILE RD
| Subject headings: | Observation |
SAINT PATRICK'S DAY
THE MEN OF IRISH FAMILIES MARCH IN PARADES ALL DAY WHILE
THE WOMEN SIT AT HOME WITH OTHER FEMALE RELATIVES.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXISM?
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 17 Feast of St. Patrick |
Date learned: CA1960-1975
SIGNATURE
YOURS, FOREVER AND EVER AND EVEN THEN
Submitter comment: CANNOT REMEMBER SOURCE
Where learned: BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; PLEDGE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
Date learned: 10-06-1967
SIGNATURE
MM[ YOURS, FOREVER AND EVER AND EVEN THEN
Submitter comment: CANNOT REMEMBER SOURCE
Where learned: BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; PLEDGE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
Date learned: 10-06-1967
BELIEF
IF A WOMAN IS BURNED WHILE PREGNANT, THE BABY WILL HAVE THE MARK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 09-27-1969
BELIEF
IF YOUR RIGHT EYE JUMPS, SOMEONE WILL MAKE YOU MAD.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THAT THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENS TO HER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye |
Date learned: 02-20-1971
LIGHTNING
WHEN LIGHTNING FLASHES, MAKE THE SIGN OF THE
CROSS SO IT WON'T STRIKE YOU.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT ; 19046 MOTT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
IF A ROOSTER CROWS BEFORE MIDNIGHT, IT'S A SIGN OF DEATH.
Submitter comment: MRS. REAVES HEARD THIS WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL IN FORT SMITH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; FORT SMITH ; ARKANSAS, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 08-08-1968
SONG : NARRATIVE
OH THE LORD IS GOOD TO ME, AND SO I THANK THE LORD
FOR GIVING ME THE THINGS I NEED.
THE SUN AND THE RAIN AND THE APPLESEED;
THE LORD IS GOOD TO ME.
Submitter comment:
THIS SONG WAS SUNG BEFORE MEALS. IT WAS IN EITHER ROUND FORM OR
IT WAS SUNG ALTOGETHER. I SANG THIS SONG AT A GIRLS CAMP,
IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MAYFIELD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Daily Life |
Date learned: 00001970S
CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE?
Submitter comment: USED WHEN SOMEONE IS TOO QUIET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; WEST QUAD
Keyword(s): COMEBACK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
HUNGARIAN
AT A HUNGARIAN WEDDING RECEPTION, IF A GUEST WANTS TO
DANCE WITH THE BRIDE, HE SAYS "ALADO A MENASO," AND THEN
HE MUST CONTRIBUTE MONEY TO THE BRIDE'S BURSE, WHICH
IN TURN BECOMES A SUPPLEMENT FOR THE BRIDE AND GROOM'S
MONEYMOON.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WORKS WITH MY FATHER AT FORD MOTOR CO.,
DEARBORN, MICHIGAN AND HE TOLD THIS HUNGARIAN
WEDDING CUSTOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; FORD MOTOR CO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Paying for dance |
Date learned: 12-01-1971
HOLEY UNDERWEAR
NEVER GO OUT OF THE HOUSE WITH HOLES IN YOUR UNDERWEAR
YOU NEVER KNOW YOU MIGHT GET HIT BY A CAR AND HAVE TO BE TAKEN TO
THE HOSPITAL, WHAT WOULD PEOPLE THINK?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Overall body coverUpper body and arms |
Date learned: CA02001980
COUNTING OUT
FOR EVERY WORD YOU POINT TO A DIFFERENT PERSON:
BLUE SHOE, BLUE SHOE, HOW OLD ARE YOU?
PERSON GIVES A NUMBER, AND YOU COUNT IT OUT. THE PERSON
WHO IS POINTED TO LAST IS "IT."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-04-1965
EPIPHANY CUSTOM
THE LETTERS KMB ARE WRITTEN ABOVE A DOORWAY IN THE HOUSE WITH BLESSED
CHALK RECIEVED ON THE FEAST OF THE EPIPHANY. THE THREE LETTERS ARE
THE INITALS OF THE THREE WISE MEN. DOING THIS WILL KEEP EVIL AWAY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT DISPLAY THE LETTERS ABOVE HER BACK DOOR.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; 7632 WESTMINSTER ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 6 Twelfth Day Epiphany January 6 |
Date learned: 02-22-1970
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MANY BLACK PEOPLE OPEN THEIR CIGARETTE PACKS FROM THE BOTTOM RATHER
THAN THE TOP AS IS USUALLY DONE.THE REASON THIS IS DONE IS TO REMOVE
THE CIGARETTE WITHOUT TOUCHING THE FILTER WITH DIRTY FINGERS.
Submitter comment:
THIS SEEMS TO BE A GOOD IDEA. PEOPLE WHO WORK IN FACTORIES MAY
CONTINUALLY HAVE DIRTY FINGERS, TOUCHING THE FILTER AND THEN
PUTTING THE DIRTY END IN YOUR MOUTH COULD RESULT IN DISEASE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Custom |
NURSING BELIEF
IF TWO MOTHERS ARE NURSING THEIR BABIES IN THE SAME ROOM, ONE
WILL "STEAL" THE OTHER'S MILK.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16514 LEXINGTON ; Haggis, Polly ; 48240
Keyword(s): BABY ; BABY ; Breastfeeding ; infant ; Milk ; MOTHER ; Nursing ; Steal ; Supply
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-19-1971
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM MAXIM
WORRY: THE INTEREST PAID BY THOSE WHO BORROW TROUBLE.
Submitter comment: WE SHOULD NOT WORRY ABOUT THINGS THAT NEVER HAPPEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 2154 DICKERSON ; 48215
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
SEPERATION OF FRIENDS
IF YOU ARE WALKING DOWN THE STREET WITH SOMEONE AND YOU SEPERATE
TO GO AROUND A POLE OR OBSTACLE, YOU ARE GOING TO FIGHT.
Submitter comment: COULDN'T REMEMBER WHERE SHE HAD LEARNED THIS.
Data entry tech comment:
THIS HAS HAPPENED TO ME AND A FRIEND OF MINE WHO IS NO LONGER
SPEAKING TO ME BECAUSE OF A FIGHT. WE WERE SEPERATED BY A PARKED
CAR, AND THIS COULD BE ATTRIBUTED TO THE CAUSE OF OUR FIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19792 STOUT
Keyword(s): FIGHTS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
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