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"BELGIANS ARE BUFFALO." THE REASON WHY THEY CALL BELGIAN PEO-
PLE BUFFALOS IS THAT DURING THE GREAT DEPRESSION, THE BELGIAN
PEOPLE MIGRATED TO BUFFALO NEW YORK FOR BETTER JOB OPPORTUNITIES.
AFTER THE DEPRESSION, THE BELGIANS MOVED BACK TO THEIR ORIGINAL
HOMES. SINCE, THEY WERE STUCK WITH THE NAME BUFFALO.
THIS WAS TOLD TO THE INFORMANT BY A BELGIAN MEAT TRUCK DRIVER,
WHOSE NAME WAS GEORGE, ABOUT A YEAR AGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 14120 E 7 MILE RD ; A&P FOOD STORE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- FamilyGroup |
Date learned: 04-00-1970
TAUNT
LITTLE CHILDREN WILL TRY TO TEASE THEIR FRIENDS WITH THE FOLLOWING; MM
QUESTION - WHAT DID YOU HAVE FOR BREAKFAST?
ANSWER - PEA GREEN SOUP MM
QUESTION - WHAT DID YOU HAVE FOR LUNCH?
ANSWER - PEA GREEN SOUP MM
QUESTION - WHAT DID YOU HAVE FOR DINNER?
ANSWER - PEA GREEN SOUP MM
QUESTION - WHAT DID YOU DO ALL NIGHT?
ANSWER - PEA GREEN SOUP
Submitter comment:
THE COLLECTOR FIRST HEARD THIS IN 1976 FROM A YOUNGER SISTER. IT
IS A CATCH QUESTION EMPHASIZING REPETITION TO EMBARRASS THE UNWARY.
PEA GREEN SOUP IS USED IN TWO DIFFERENT CONTEXTS - FIRST AS A NOUN
AND THEN AS A VERB. PEE IS USED AS A SLANG WORD FOR URINATE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; USA ; SOUTHGATE
James Callow Keyword(s): CATCH ; SLANG: PEE FOR URINATE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-00-1980 ; 09-00-1976
ALBATROSS
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR AN ALBATROSS TO FOLLOW A SHIP. IF SHE DOES,
SHE MUST BE SHOT WITH A GUN ARMED WITH SILVER BULLETS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.32 |
Date learned: 03-09-1970
TEDDY BEAR.
TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR TURN AROUND,
TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR, TOUCH THE GROUND
TEDDY BEAR, TEDDY BEAR
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 10410 SOMERSET ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
MY ANCESTRY
AS A CHILD I WAS ALWAYS TOLD BY MY FATHER AND GRANDFATHER
THAT OUR FAMILY WAS DESCENDED FROM ONE OF THE ANCIENT IRISH
KINGS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 10410 SOMERSET ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Secular hero |
On Devil's Night, scoop cow manure into a bag, put it on the
porch of someone that you don't like, set it on fire, ring the
doorbell, then hide to watch them get a shoe full of manure while
trying to stomp out the fire.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): Prank
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F103 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 00-00-1987
PROVERB
COLD HANDS WARM HEART.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 524 RURIA TERRACES ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
HOME STAIN REMOVER
USE CORN STARCH ON A FRESH STAIN TO REMOVE THE STAIN
Submitter comment:
I've seen corn starch remove a red wine stain from a white carpet.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): Corn Starch ; Domesticity ; Household ; Stain ; Stain Remover ; Tip ; TRICK
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage Fermented BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
FOLK DEORDANT (DEODORANT)
USE BAKING SODA AS A
DEORDANT ( DEODERANT ) FOR UNDERARMS
AND FEET. USE BAKING SODA ON VOMIT TO ELIMINATE THE
UNPLEASANT ODOR.
Where learned: BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
MACKEY'S IRISH POTATO SOUP
BOIL FOR THREE HOURS - ONE HAM BONE IN THREE QUARTS OF
WATER. REMOVE BONE AND ADD; 8-10 POTATOES DICED FINE,
4 STALKS OF CELERY DICED FINE, 1 GRATED CARROT,
3 SPRIGS OF FRESH PARSLEY DICED FINE, 1/2 TEASPOON
OF CELERY SALT, 1 TEASPOON OF TABLE SALT, 1/4 TEASPOON
FRESH PEPPER, 1/4 POUND OF BUTTER. SIMMER TWO MORE
HOURS WITH THE LID ON, STIRRING FREQUENTLY.
Submitter comment:
UPON SERVING, THE COOK ALWAYS HAS A LITTLE SAYING
WHICH GOES LIKE THIS. "WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD NEWS
AND SOME BAD NEWS. FIRST THE BAD NEWS. ALL
WE HAVE FOR DINNER IS POTATO SOUP. NOW FOR THE GOOD NEWS.
THERE IS PLENTY OF IT."
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): IRISH RECIPE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Mixed preparation in liquid |
Proverb
Don't keep all your eggs in one basket.
Submitter comment:
From - Uncertain
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Whittlesey, Steve
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Basket ; Eggs ; Gamble ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Don't count your chickens before they hatch.
Submitter comment:
From - Uncertain
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Whittlesey, Steve
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Chickens ; Egg ; Eggs ; GREED ; Greedy ; Hatch ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
FOOD CUSTOM
IF SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY IS AWAY, IF YOU SET A PLATE OF FOOD
FOR THEM THEY WILL RETURN DURING THE MEAL.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; 409 SOUTH QUAD ; Thomas, Mike
Keyword(s): Absence ; FAMILY ; FOOD ; Meal
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 03-02-1972
Jump-rope Rhyme
MABLE, MABLE
SET THE TABLE.
DON'T FORGET THE RED HOT PEPPER.
Submitter comment:
ON THE WORD "PEPPER," THE ROPE IS TURNED FASTER AND FASTER TILL THE JUMPER MISSES.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAMTRAMCK ; 11362 LUMPKIN ; informant's home
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-11-1971
IF YOUR RIGHT HAND ITCHES YOU WILL PAY OUT MONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 407 S JUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 11-29-1970
POLISH PROVERB
DIABET NIE SYSI. (POLISH)
THE DEVIL DOES NOT SLEEP. (TRANSLATION)
Submitter comment: MY FATHER KNOWS THIS PROVERB FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): SUPERNATURAL
James Callow Keyword(s): AWAKE?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-17-1967
Never do laundry on New Year's Day or you will wash someone out
of the family. My mother did it once, two loads of colored clothes
and one load of white clothes. Two of the darker family members died
and the lightest also passed.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Measure of time Working BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1982
When pregnant if the child is carried high it's a boy and if
carried low it's a girl.
James Callow comment:
Of the five items in Puckett, Ohio, only no. 719 (from a
student nurse of English, Irish, Scottish heritage) equates a male
baby with high carriage; the four items in no. 720 all say that a
fetus carried low will turn out to be a boy.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1988
LORD LORD, YOU ARE SO GOOD TO ME. OH MY LORD YOU ARE SO GOOD
TO ME. LORD YOU DONE WHAT THE WORLD COULD NOT DO.
Submitter comment:
WILLIE DOTSON WAS BORN IN BROWNSVILLE, TENNESSEE IN 1910. THIS
SONG WAS SUNG TO HER MOTHER AND WAS PASSED DOWN TO HER.
WILLIE DOTSON WAS CRYING WHEN SHE SANG THIS SONG TO ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Religious |
Date learned: 11-00-1987
LUCK
IF YOU SEE A WHIRLWIND COMING TOWARDS YOUR HOUSE, IT IS A SIGN OF TROUBLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home ; 28244 Grixdale
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 01-12-1970