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RACING DRIVERS WON'T HAVE A GREEN CAR. GREEN IS AN
UNLUCKY COLOR. A GREEN RACING CAR IS CALLED THE
"DEATH CAR."
Where learned: SCHOOL
James Callow Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Means of transportation Vehicle propelled by mechanical or other force on land BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Objects |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
IF YOU BREAK A MIRROR, IT IS SEVEN YEARS BAD LUCK.
THIS STEMS FROM THE FACT THAT MIRRORS WERE EX-
PENSIVE IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several Favorites BELIEF -- Bad luck Mirror |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO WALK UNDER LADDERS.. THE REASON
STEMS FROM THE FACT THAT PAINTERS DROP STUFF FROM
ABOVE.
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
DING-DONGS
WHAT IS GREEN AND GOES DING-DONG?
I DON'T KNOW
A GREEN DING-DONG
WHAT IS RED AND GOES DING-DONG?
I DON@T KNOW-RED DING-DONG, MAYBE?
NO STUPID} A FIRE ENGINE
Submitter comment: FIRST HEARD AT MERCY HIGH SCHOOL ABOUT 1959
Where learned: DETROIT ; MERCY HIGH SCHOOL
Keyword(s): COLOR ; VEHICLE TRANSPORTATION
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: CA00001959
IT IS OFTEN SAID THAT "BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN."
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
IF A GIRL WEARS BLUE ON THURSDAYS, IT MEANS SHE IS
PREGNANT.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS A POPULAR BELIEF IN 8TH GRADE, 1962.
Where learned: GRADE SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
TO RID YOURSELF OF AN UNWANTED WART, TAKE A BLACK CAT AND SLEEP
THE ENTIRE NIGHT WITH IT IN A GRAVEYARD. IN THE MORNING THE
WART WILL HAVE DISAPPEARED.
Where learned: SCHOOL
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 09-10-1969
I AM NO POET,
I HAVE NO FAME,
BUT JUST THE SAME,
I'LL SIGN MY NAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGH SCHOOL ; DETROIT ; SAINT CYRIL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Announcing a signature |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
KING OF THE MOUNTAIN
SEVERAL PERSONS GET A RAFT IN THE WATER OR SOME
FLOATING (LARGE) OBJECT. THEN ONE PERSON GETS
IN ONE CORNER AND ANOTHER PERSON GETS IN THE OTHER
CORNER, AND THEY TRY TO PUSH ONE PERSON OFF THE RAFT,
IF THIS PERSON CAN STAY ON THE RAFT HE IS KING,
IF HE GETS PUSHED OFF, THEN THE ONE WHO PUSHES HIM
GETS TO BE KING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; QUEEN OF HEAVEN SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TO RID ONE'S SELF OF A WART, YOU TAKE A RAW POTATO, CUT INTO THREE
EQUAL PARTS, TAKE THE MIDDLE SECTION AND RUB IT ON THE WART.
AFTER THIS IS DONE, TAKE THE POTATO AND BURY IT WITH THE SIDE
USED TO RUB THE WART FACE UP, AND IN A FEW WEEKS THE WART WILL
BE GONE.
Submitter comment:
DIANE TOLD ME THIS WHEN I TOLD HER I USED TO HAVE A WART WHEN
I WAS LITTLE.
Where learned: SCHOOL
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-10-1969
SOMETIMES I'M NAUGHTY,
SOMETIMES I'M NICE,
BUT JUST TO BE NAUGHTY,
I'LL SIGN MY NAME TWICE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGH SCHOOL ; DETROIT ; SAINT CYRIL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Announcing a signature |
I WAS TOLD QUITE A WHILE AGO, A RELATIVE WAS A WITCH
AND SHE HAD CAST A SPELL ON MY MOTHER, THAT SHE WAS
GOING TO DIE WITHIN A FEW YEARS AND SHE DID. ALSO,
SHE PREDICTED THAT IF MY SISTER EVER GOT MARRIED,
HER MARRIAGE WOULD NEVER WORK OUT. SOMETIMES, WHEN I
GET MAD AND SAY THINGS, THEY REALLY COME TRUE. IF I
PUT MY MIND TO IT, I CAN LOOK INTO SOMEONE'S EYES
AND REALLY CONCENTRATE, I CAN TELL THEM WHAT THEY
ARE THINKING.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; SAINT HYACINTH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Prophet / Seer / Soothsayer |
Date learned: 02-29-1972
ON TELEVISION I ONCE HEARD THAT DREAMS ARE JUST A PAST
EXPERIENCE. HE SAID THAT YOU HAVE MORE THAN ONE LIFE.
WHEN YOU DIE, YOU ARE BORN AGAIN IN THE BODY OF A
BABY THAT IS BORN THE SAME DAY AND SECOND YOU ARE.
HE PUT ONE WOMAN FROM THE AUDIENCE IN A TRANCE AND SHE
REMEMBERED HER LIFE IN THE 16TH CENTURY. SHE TOLD WHEN
SHE GOT MARRIED, WHEN HER HUSBAND DIED, BUT SHE
COULDN'T REMEMBER HER LAST DAY. SHE ALSO SAID THAT SHE
WAS IN THE 18TH CENTURY AND SHE TOLD ABOUT SOME OF HER
EXPERIENCES. SOMETIMES I WONDER WHAT HAPPENED TO ME
IN MY PAST LIVES, IF THERE WERE ANY, BECAUSE IN MOST
OF MY DREAMS I GET KILLED BY SOMEBODY OR SOMETHING.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; SAINT HYACINTH SCHOOL
James Callow Keyword(s): REINCARNATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Reincarnation |
Date learned: 02-29-1972
THE PERSON RECEIVING THE MOST VALENTINES WILL BE
THE FIRST ONE TO MARRY FROM THAT CLASS.
Where learned: GRADE SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of object for determining future spouse P862.9 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN POLAND, ON A CHILD'S FIRST BIRTHDAY, YOU PUT
FIVE OBJECTS IN FRONT OF HIM OR HER. THESE OBJECTS
ARE: A BOOK, A ROSARY, A WINE GLASS, A PAIR OF
SCISSORS, AND CIGARETTES. IF A CHILD CHOOSES
THE BOOK, HE WILL BE INTELLIGENT. IF HE CHOOSES
THE ROSARY, HE WILL BE A PRIEST OR NUN. IF HE
CHOOSES THE WINE GLASS, HE WILL BE AN ALCOHOLIC.
IF THE CIGARETTES, HE'LL BE A TRAMP. IF A CHILD
CHOOSES THE SCISSORS, SHE'LL BE A GOOD HOUSEWIFE.
ON MY FIRST BIRTHDAY (THERESA) I CHOSE THE
SCISSORS AND I CAN SEW AND COOK QUITE WELL..
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; SAINT HYACINTH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of object for determining future of young |
Date learned: 02-01-1972
IF WHITE SPOTS APPEAR ON YOUR FINGERNAILS, YOU'VE
TOLD A LIE.
Where learned: SCHOOL APARTMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
THE GREEKS HAVE A VERY STRONG BELIEF IN THE EVIL
EYE, WHICH THEY CALL TO MATI. IF A GREEK PERSON
THINKS YOU ARE PUTTING THE EYE ON THEM, THEY WILL
SAY "SKORTHA STA MATIA SU" MEANING "GARLIC
IN YOUR EYES."
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Expression of Fixed Form BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-24-1969
TO GIVE A GIRL YELLOW VIOLETS IS TO SIGNIFY THAT
YOU LOVE HER.
Submitter comment: GIFT-GIVING
Where learned: SCHOOL APARTMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 10-19-1969
TAKE A STRAW WRAPPER AND TIE IT INTO A KNOT AT THE
CENTER. WITH ONE PERSON GRASPING EITHER END, EACH
MAKES A WISH AND PULLS. WHOEVER GETS THE KNOT
AFTER THE BREAK, HAS HIS WISH SUPPOSEDLY GRANTED.
Where learned: SCHOOL APARTMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
WHEN AN EYELASH COMES LOOSE EITHER FROM YOUR OWN OR SOMEONE
ELSE'S EYELID, TAKE THE EYELASH BETWEEN THE TIPS
OF THE THUMB OF THE RIGHT HAND AND THE ONE NEXT TO IT.
WHOEVER'S EYELASH IT IS MAKES A WISH. IF IT STICKS TO
THE FINGER, NOT THE THUMB, THE WISH COMES TRUE.
Where learned: GRAMMAR SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 02-23-1969