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TELEPHONE ANSWER
PICK UP PHONE, SAY, "CITY MORGUE; YOU STAB EM, WE SLAB EM".
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): TELEPHONE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-09-1971
LARYNGITIS CURE
A FOLK CURE FOR LARYNGITIS IS TO DRINK A MIXTURE OF
RAW EGG, LEMON JUICE, AND HONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ;
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
A HICCUP CURE
MY FATHER LEFT ME, JUST AS HE WAS ABLE, ONE BOWL, ONE BOTTLE,
ONE LADLE, TWO BOWLS, TW0 BOTTLES, TWO LADLES,...(AND SO
ON AS FAR AS YOU ARE ABLE IN ONE BREATH)
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): TONGUE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 01-19-1971
THE GERMAN-AUSTRIANS SAY "GRUSZ GOTT" (WHICH LETERALLY MEANS
"GREET GOD") BEFORE THEY ENTER A MINE TO WORK, FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; BRIGGS 338
Keyword(s): SALUTATIONS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
EXCUSE THE PIGS, THE HOGS ARE HOME.
Submitter comment: RETORT AFTER SOMEONE BELCHES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-10-1971
THINGS GROW WITH THE MOON
IF A PERSON CUTS THEIR HAIR WHEN THERE'S A NEW MOON
IT'LL GROW WITH THE MOON.
IF YOU CUT YOUR HAIR WHEN THERE'S A FULL MOON, IT'LL GROW SLOWLY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; NORTH QUAD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
HOOK STORY
ONE NIGHT AS A COUPLE WERE PARKED IN THE CAR AT BELLE ISLE, THE
RADIO ANNOUNCER BROUGHT IN A NEWS BULLETIN THAT A MENTALLY
DISTURBED CRIMINAL ESCAPED FROM A NEARBY INSTITUTION. THE GIRL
BECAME FRIGHTENED WHEN HEARING THAT TWO COUPLES HAD BEEN SEVERELY
TORTURED. THE ATTACKER WAS IDENTIFIED TO HAVE A HOOK IN PLACE OF
HIS RIGHT HAND. THE BOY DECIDED TO DRIVE HIS DATE HOME, SHE BEING
SO FRIGHTENED. UPON REACHING HER HOME, HE GOT OUT OF THE CAR TO
WALK HER TO THE DOOR. WHEN HE CLOSED THE CAR DOOR, HE OBSERVED A
HOOK COVERED WITH BLOOD ON IT. IT WAS A NARROW ESCAPE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY ; KALAMAZOO
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
POLISH EASTER CUSTOM
FOR EASTER BREAKFAST, THE FATHER TAKES A THIN WAFER WITH A FANCY
DESIGN ON IT. HE BREAKS IT IN HALF, THEN HE TAKES A PIECE. HE
PASSES IT ON TO THE OTHERS AND THEY ALL TAKE A PIECE.
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED IT FROM HER GRANDMOTHER WHO IS POLISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CARPOOL ; EAST SIDE
Keyword(s): FAMILY UNITY ; FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
IRISH TOAST OR GREETING
"SALAINTE!" (PRONOUNCED SLAHNT-CHUH) OR "HEALTH!"
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
IRISH TOAST
MAY YOU BE IN HEAVEN A HALF HOUR BEFORE THE DEVIL KNOWS YOU'RE
DEAD!
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
IRISH GREETING
"CEAD MILLE FAILTE!" (A HUNDRED THOUSAND WELCOMES!)
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
RIDDLE
THERE WAS AN OLD LADY WHO HAD HER DOOR OPEN AND SAID,
THE NEXT PERSON WHO WALKS PASS MY DOOR ON MY PROPERTY,
I'LL SHOOT THEM AND SHE KNEW NOTHING WOULD HAPPEN. WHY?
-- SHE WAS A SIAMESE TWIN.
Submitter comment: TOLD IN THE STUDENT UNION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-10-1971
PROVERBS
MOST OF US DON'T PUT OUR BEST FOOT FORWARD UNTIL WE GET THE OTHER
ONE IN HOT WATER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORMS
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
ITCH ME, PINCH ME
ITCH ME AND PINCH ME WENT BOAT-RIDING. IF ITCH ME
FELL OUT THEN WHO WAS LEFT?
ANSWER: PINCH ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORMS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 11-30-1970
PINCH OF THE DEAD
WHEN YOU FIND A BLACK AND BLUE MARK ON YOUR BODY
THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM
IT MEANS THAT SOMEONE WHO IS CLOSE TO YOU,
AND THAT HAS DIED, AND THAT NEEDS YOUR PRAYERS HAS COME BACK
AND WANTS TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THIS NEED.
THEREFORE HE PINCHES YOU AND LEAVES A BLACK AND BLUE MARK
AS A SYMBOL OR SIGN OF HIS NEED.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
Date learned: 03-31-1970
TO EASE ASTHMA, CHANGE YOUR BED AND PLACE A PAN OF HOT WATER
UNDER IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HEAT REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
RELATIVES
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, RELATIVES ARE COMING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; 48226
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-30-1968
CURING OIL
OLIVE OIL IS SAID TO BE A CURE FOR APPENDICITIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-22-1968
GREEK DATING CUSTOM
THE FIRST ACTUAL DATE THAT A GREEK GIRL ACCEPTS ACTUALLY INDICATES
THAT THE COUPLE IS SEMI-ENGAGED. THE COUPLE MAY MEET INCIDENTALLY
AT PARTIES AND FUNCTIONS, ETC., BUT WHEN HE MAKES CALLS ON THE
GIRL ALONE, MARRIAGE IS PRESUMED TO FOLLOW AFTER A SHORT COURTSHIP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Individuals CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage F545.0121 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage F545.0121 |
Date learned: 02-15-1968
STATISTICAL PRINCIPLE
FIGURES NEVER LIE BUT LIARS ALWAYS FIGURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; SCHOOL OF COMMERCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1964