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CLENCHED FIST, HAND RAISED TO EYE OR SHOULDER LEVEL WITH
KNUCKLES TOWARD BEARER INDICATES "BLACK POWER." THE SIGNAL
IS GIVEN TO BLACKS BY BLACKS AS A UNIFYING GESTURE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Salutes SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions Victory Peace |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
GESTURE
BOWING TO THE MASTERS.
Submitter comment:
THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED DURING SLAVERY TIMES.
SLAVES HAD TO BOW TO THEIR OWNERS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): HISTORY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Respect |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PULLING OUT A CHAIR FOR A LADY.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Respect |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TO OPEN A CAR DOOR FOR A LADY.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Respect |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BLACK POWER HANDSHAKE
SECRETE
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): SECRET
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions Victory Peace |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
MOST OF THE BURIAL RITES ARE THE SAME AS HERE IN
AMERICA. IF THE MAN WAS A DUKE OR RULER OF LITHUANIA,
THEN IT WAS TOLD THAT HE IS/WAS TO BE BURIED TOGETHER
WITH ALL OF HIS HUNTING DOGS, HIS FAVORITE HORSE/ES,
WEAPONS, CLOTHES AND JEWELRY. THE WIFE WASN'T REQUIRED
TO BE BURNED WITH HER HUSBAND, BUT SEVERAL DUKES'
WIVES THREW THEMSELVES VOLUNTARILY INTO THE FLAMES.
SEVERAL CENTURIES LATER, THEY BELIEVED IN BURIAL
GROUNDS AND COFFINS, BUT AFTER THE FUNERAL FOLLOWED
A BANQUET WITH FOOD, DRINKS, DANCING AND SINGING.
IT IS/WAS TOLD THAT IF THE PEOPLE DON'T MOURN TOO
MUCH, THEN GOD WILL ACCEPT HIM INTO HEAVEN, BECAUSE
HE ISN'T PUSHED INTO ACCEPTING THAT PERSON.
Where learned: SOUTHFIELD ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-25-1972
BLACK POWER SIGN--A FIST WITH THE ARM BENT UPWARD.
SYMBOLIZING POWER.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Date learned: 09-00-1968
BLACK POWER EMBRACE. TOUCH RIGHT TO LEFT CHEEK, THEN
LEFT TO RIGHT CHEEK.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.1 SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
INDIAN GREETING
WHEN A MAN AND WOMAN MEET, THE GREETING IS GIVEN BY THE
PHRASE, "NAMASTE" WHICH IS GIVEN BY BOTH PARTIES WITH
THE HANDS FLAT AGAINST EACH OTHER OVER THE CHEST AND
A SLIGHT BOW OF THE HEAD.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.1 SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations |
Date learned: 02-29-1968
A GREETING CUSTOM
WHEN A MAN GREETS A LADY, SHE OFFERS HIM HER RIGHT
HAND. HE BOWS AND KISSES HER ON THE BACK OF
HER RIGHT HAND, WHILE HE IS HOLDING IT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Body parts involved SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BRAGGING--RUBBING KNUCKLES ON LAPELS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Congratulations Appreciation Self approval Boasting |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AN EASY WAY TO REMEMBER THE SPELLING OF THE WORD
MISSISSIPPI IS:
M I DOUBLE S I DOUBLE S I P P IN YOUR I
THE SOUND OF IT WHEN SPOKEN IS A LITTLE OFF COLOR,
BUT IT'S FUNNY!
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Date learned: 02-10-1970
PROVERB
WHEN YOU SEE A WORTHY PERSON,
ENDEAVOR TO EMULATE HIM.
WHEN YOU SEE AN UNWORTHY PERSON,
THEN EXAMINE YOUR INNER SELF.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT IDENTIFIES THIS PROVERB AS BEING FROM CONFUCIUS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE HAUNTED STREET
IN DETROIT--STRASBURG. SHE HEARD THE STORY OF A LITTLE GIRL BEING
HIT BY A CAR AND KILLED WHEN SHE WAS YOUNGER.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Date learned: 10-26-1969
NOT GIVEN
THEY HAVE A TRADITION IN POLAND WHICH SAYS THAT ONE SHOULD TAKE
A SQUARE OF LAND WITH ONE WHEN HE MOVES, PLANT IT IN ONE'S NEW
DWELLING, AND HE WILL GET GOOD LUCK.
MRS. BONAROWSKI HAD LOST HER WEDDING RING TEN YEARS BEFORE SHE
MOVED FROM POLAND TO 7 MILE AND VAN DYKE. WHEN SHE REPLANTED
THE SQUARE OF LAND SHE HAD BROUGHT HERE, SHE FOUND HER WEDDING
RING.
Submitter comment: BOTH MRS. BONAROWSKI AND GRANDSON TOM MERVACK BELIEVE THIS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Earth BELIEF -- Good luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
NAME
"SOURDOUGH" WAS THE NAME GIVEN TO THE PROSPECTORS WHO MINED FOR
GOLD IN ALASKA. THESE MEN SAVED A PIECE OF BREAD DOUGH EACH TIME
THEY BAKED, AND CARRIED IT WITH THEM IN ORDER TO HAVE LEAVENING
OR A "STARTER" FOR THE NEXT BAKING.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Metal Stone Bone Gold Silver Copper Food Drink -- Plant food Cereal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK TALE
THIS IS SAID TO HAVE HAPPENED IN NORTHERN MICHIGAN SOME 25 YEARS
AGO. LATE ONE NIGHT FOUR YOUNG MEN WHO WERE DRIVING ALONG IN A
CAR STOPPED BY A BRIDGE AS A MYSTERIOUS LIGHT ON THE OTHER SIDE
CAUGHT THEIR ATTENTION. THREE OF THEM WALKED TO THE OTHER SIDE
WHILE THE OTHER WAITED. SINCE THEY WERE GONE FOR A LONG TIME AND
THE LIGHT HAD DISAPPEARED, THE FOURTH MAN WENT LOOKING FOR THEM
AND FOUND ALL THREE DEAD AND THEIR BODIES BADLY MUTILATED. HE
WENT TO GET HELP AND WHEN THEY RETURNED TO THE BRIDGE, THE LIGHT
WAS AGAIN THERE. AS THEY STARTED ACROSS, THE LIGHT STARTED COMING
RAPIDLY TOWARD THEM. A SHORT WHILE LATER A PASSERBY CAME UPON A
NUMBER OF MUTILATED BODIES ON THE BRIDGE. ALL THE MEN WERE DEAD
EXCEPT ONE, WHO TOLD HIM ABOUT THE LIGHT BUT DIED BEFORE HE COULD
EXPLAIN EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED. TO THIS DAY, THE LIGHT WAS NEVER
SEEN AGAIN AND NO ONE HAS SOLVED THE MYSTERY OF THESE MURDERS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Date learned: 11-05-1969
THE CARPENTER'S ROAD LEGEND
TWO COUPLES WENT TO THE PROM AND THEN OUT TO PARK ON CARPENTER'S
ROAD, WHICH IS A DESERTED ROAD IN THE WOODS OF BEAVERCREEK. WHILE
NECKING, THEY HEARD A KNOCKING AND SCRATCHING NOISE OUTSIDE. ONE
OF THE BOYS WENT OUT TO CHECK IT OUT. AND AFTER A LONG WORRISOME
WAIT DURING WHICH HE HADN'T RETURNED, THE SECOND BOY LEFT. AGAIN
AFTER SEVERAL HOURS, THEY STILL HADN'T RETURNED, SO ONE GIRL WENT
FOR HELP WHILE THE OTHER WAITED. THE LAST GIRL FINALLY LEFT AND
FOUND THE POLICE. AFTER A LONG SEARCH, THE THREE WERE FOUND. THE
TWO BOYS WERE ENTIRELY CHEWED UP, BLOODY AND JUST TOTALLY MUTILA-
TED. THE GIRL, WITH HER HAIR, ONCE BRUNETTE, NOW HAD STARK WHITE
HAIR STANDING ON END AND HAD DIED OF FRIGHT. NOW NOBODY KNOWS
IF THIS IS TRUE BUT NO ONE GOES THERE UNLESS HE'S LOOKING FOR A
SCARE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Date learned: 12-02-1969
BOSNIA-HERZEGOVINA
BOSNIA IS A VERY ROCKY PLACE AND THE MYTH THAT THE PEASANT FOLK
HAVE TO EXPLAIN THIS IS THAT GOD WAS TROTTING ACROSS THE UNIVERSE
CARRYING TWO LARGE SACKS. ONE WAS FILLED WITH ROCKS AND THE OTHER
WITH GOOD EARTH. WHILE TROTTING ACROSS BOSNIA, THE SACK CONTAIN-
ING ROCKS RIPPED AND THE ROCKS SPILLED OVER THE LAND.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD FROM GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Supernatural Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HOW THE HUNGARIAN SCISSORBILL BIRD RECEIVED ITS NAME
THIS BIRD RECEIVED ITS NAME BECAUSE OF THE FACT THAT, WHEN CHRIST
WAS CRUCIFIED, THIS BIRD WAS ALLEGED TO HAVE TRIED TO PULL THE
NAILS OUT AND THUS RECEIVED ITS TWISTED BILL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED FROM HER GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Bird PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN