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PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
CROOKED AS A DOG'S HIND LEG.
Submitter comment: SAID OF A LINE OR A PICTURE OR WHATEVER IS HANGING CROOKED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; JONESBORO
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): BALANCE?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SILVERWARE
IF YOU DROP SILVERWARE PEOPLE WILL COME VISIT YOU.
I DROPPED A WHOLE SET OF SILVERWARE AND WE HAD
A LARGE GROUP OF UNEXPECTED VISITORS COME.
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP
I PRAY THE LORD; MY SOUL TO KEEP.
IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE,
I PRAY THE LORD, MY SOUL TO TAKE.
Submitter comment: REMEMBERED BY ROSE AS TOLD TO HER BY HER MOTHER WHEN SHE WAS SMALL
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
IT IS A POLISH CHRISTMAS CUSTOM TO WRITE KMB OVER THE DOORWAY IN YOUR
HOUSE UNTIL AFTER THE THREE KINGS' DAY. A SPECIAL CHALK WAS BLESSED
ON THE FEAST OF THE THREE KINGS AND THEN USED TO PRINT KMB AND THE
YEAR ABOVE EACH DOORWAY IN THE HOUSE.
Keyword(s): EPIPHANY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 6 Twelfth Day Epiphany |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
Retort
Off the Cob.
Submitter comment:
A remark made after someone has expressed an inept idea or an idea lacking in social sophistication.
Informant heard this in Detroit, Michigan.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE ; Westrick, Evelyn
Keyword(s): Cob ; COMEBACK ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT,
FIRST STAR I SEE TONIGHT.
WISH I MAY, WISH I MIGHT,
HAVE THIS WISH I WISH TONIGHT.
Where learned: HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
O.K. SIGN--JOIN THUMB AND INDEX FINGER TI SIGNIFY
EVERYTHING IS ALL RIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; FOR MANY YEARS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Circle and other round forms SPEECH -- All right O.K. |
Date learned: 10-22-1969
RIDDLE
WHAT IS GREEN AND LIKES CHILDREN?
ANSWER: ART LINKLETTUCE
Data entry tech comment: PUN ON ART LINKLETTER, A HOST OF A TELEVISION SHOW ; FEATURING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): LETTUCE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-11-1971
Color Tag (Game)
The game is played by a group of more than four children, in a
large, outside area. One child is selected to be "It," and begins the
game by counting to ten. The other children run away, and
"It" attempts to catch them. If a child is about to be caught, he or
she can sit down and yell the name of a color. Any colors can be
used, but they cannot be repeated. "It" must either catch a child
before he or she sits down and says a color, or a color must be
repeated in order for "It" to become a player.
Submitter comment: I played this game as a small child with my school friends.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 00001975CA
TAKE GINGER AND LEMON TO CURE A COLD.
Where learned: ALABAMA ; GADSDEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-01-1973
OPTATKE (CHRISTMAS WAFER) [OPLATKI]
A POLISH CHRISTMAS TRADITION. ON THE VIGIL OF CHRISTMAS AT DINNER
THAT EVENING, THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD DISTRIBUTES BREAD-LIKE WAFERS
(OPTATKE) [OPLATKI], MADE BY SISTERS OF THE CHURCH. THEY ARE MADE LIKE THE
COMMUNION WAFER, AND BLESSED BY THE PRIEST. EACH MEMBER OF THE
FAMILY RECEIVES ONE, AND THE HEAD OF THE HOUSEHOLD SAYS A PRAYER
AND ASKS FOR GOD'S BLESSING. HE BREAKS HIS WAFER WITH EACH MEMBER,
AND THEY IN TURN BREAK IT WITH EACH MEMBER OF THE FAMILY.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share same surname.
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.82 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Church |
Date learned: 09-30-1968
BULLSHIT (DRINKING GAME)
EVERYONE HAS AN ANIMAL NAME.
SOMEONE STARTS OFF BY CALLING ONE OF THE NAMES. THE PERSON'S "NAME"
THAT'S CALLED ON HAS TO KEEP IN SEQUENCE. IF HE SCREWS UP, HE HAS
TO CHUG-A-LUG. EX: BULLSHIT, I SHIT, COW SHIT. THAT PERSON THAT
WAS THE COW WOULD HAVE TO REPEAT THE FIRST TWO PHRASES AND CALL
OUT ANOTHER ANIMAL.
Submitter comment: MY BROTHER PLAYED THIS GAME AT M.S.U.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Farmington Hills
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Mental Activity |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
BRIDAL SHOWER SUPERSTITION
FOR EVERY RIBBON THAT YOU CUT WITH SCISSORS ON A SHOWER GIFT, YOU
WILL HAVE A BABY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Farmington Hills
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: CA0001978
FESTIVAL
WHEN SANTA CAME AT CHRISTMAS THEY WERE MADE TO
KNELL DOWN AND SAY A PRAYER BEFORE THEY WOULD GET A GIFT.
IF YOU DIDN'T SAY A PRAYER YOU WOULD GET STRAPPED BY HIS BELT.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Santa Claus |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
MY DAD SAID WHEN HE WAS YOUNG HE HAD TO DO
KNEEL DOWN AND SAY A PRAYER BEFORE THEY WOULD GET A GIFT.
DOWN AND SAY A PRAYER BEFORE THEY GOT A GIFT. IF
YOU DIDN'T SAY A PRAYER YOU GOT STRAPPED BY HIS
BELT ACROSS THE REAR.
Submitter comment: 1930'S
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Santa Claus |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
WELSH SUPERSTITION
THE WELSH BELIEVE THAT THE FIRST PERSON TO COME INTO THE HOUSE
RIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE TELLS OR PREDICTS THE LUCK
THE HOUSEHOLD WILL HAVE. IF A MAN COMES IN, THE HOUSE WILL HAVE
GOOD LUCK. A WOMAN MEANS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
THE REASON HE KNOWS OF THIS CUSTOM IS BECAUSE A LADY ASKS HIM TO
WALK INTO HER HOUSE EVERY YEAR AT MIDNIGHT SO THAT SHE WILL HAVE
GOOD LUCK.
Keyword(s): ANTIFEMINISM ; SEXISM
VERSE WITHOUT MUSIC "LUCY"
LUCY MET THE TRAIN
THE TRAIN MET LUCY
THE TRACK WAS JUICY
THE JUICE WAS LUCY
Keyword(s): CHIASMUS ; EUPHEMISM ; FEMININE RHYME ; FINAL ITERATION ; INITIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: ABBC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
WORMS
IF YOU EAT TOO MUCH SUGAR YOU WILL GET WORMS.
Keyword(s): CAUSE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
COUGH
COUGH REMEDY: BAKE A LEMON UNTIL SOFT AND BEFORE IT BURSTS MIX PULP
WITH HONEY.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
RIDDLE
WHAT IS PURPLE AND SWIMS IN THE SEA?
ANSWER: MOBY DICK
Submitter comment: RIDDLE WAS GIVEN WHILE WATCHING THE MOVIE MOBY DICK.
Data entry tech comment: MOBY DICK IS A WHALE AND ALSO THE NAME OF THE ; BOOK WRITTEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-27-1967