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IF YOU EAT THE CRUST OF YOUR BREAD, YOU'LL HAVE
CURLY HAIR.
Submitter comment: TAUGHT TO ME BY MY PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 12-04-1967
AROUND OUR HOUSE, WHEN SOMEONE IS TALKING AND THEN
FORGETS WHAT HE IS GOING TO SAY, THE PEOPLE
LISTENING SAY THAT HE WAS GOING TO LIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): FORGETTING.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-11-1969
IF A BABY CRIES AT NIGHT AND SLEEPS IN THE DAY,
THEN TURN HIM IN A SUMMERSAULT TO REVERSE HIS
SCHEDULE--HE IS CONFUSED AS TO THE NIGHT AND THE
DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-28-1970
PATENT LEATHER SHOES
AT MERCY HIGH SCHOOL (FORMERLY DETROIT, NOW FARMINGTON,
MICHIGAN) ONE OF THE NUNS TOLD THE FRESHMAN GIRLS
IT WAS A MORTAL SIN TO WEAR PATENT LEATHER SHOES,
BECAUSE BOYS COULD LOOK AT THEM AND SEE THE REFLECTION
OF YOUR UNDERPANTS.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS ALSO REPORTED BY AN ALUMNUS OF SHRINE HIGH
SCHOOL IN ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- B439 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
STRASBOURG, THE HAUNTED STREET
IN THE EARLY 1950'S A STORY CIRCULATED IN DETROIT ABOUT A HAUNTED
STREET CALLED STRASBOURG. WHENEVER ANYONE WOULD DRIVE THEIR CAR
ON THIS PARTICULAR STREET, A CONSTANT KNOCKING NOISE COULD BE
HEARD. IT SEEMED TO COME FROM EVERYWHERE. SOMETIMES IT SOUNDED
LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM THE DOOR; THEN IT WOULD COME FROM THE
ROOF.
THE KNOCKING NOISE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE GHOST
OF A YOUNG GIRL WHO HAD BEEN KILLED BY A HIT AND RUN DRIVER.
SHE WAS PERHAPS TEN OR ELEVEN YEARS OLD. AS SHE TRIED TO CROSS
THE STREET, HER COAT WAS CAUGHT BY THE DOOR HANDLE OF A PASSING
CAR. AS THE CAR DRAGGED HER ALONG THE STREET, THE GIRL STARTED
TO KNOCK ON THE DOOR, TRYING TO GET THE DRIVER'S ATTENTION, BUT
SHE FINALLY FELL AND WAS CRUSHED UNDER THE CAR WHEEL. THE CAR
SPED AWAY.
THE GIRL'S FATHER, WHO WAS A GYPSY, PLACED A CURSE ON THE STREET.
HE SAID THAT UNTIL THE DAY THE HIT AND RUN DRIVER WHO KILLED HIS
DAUGHTER WAS CAUGHT, THE SPIRIT OF HIS DAUGHTER WOULD KNOCK ON
EVERY CAR THAT DROVE DOWN STRASBOURG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Date learned: 11-19-1968
STUCK ON TOILET
THE MAN OF THE HOUSE TOLD THE BABYSITTER NOT TO SIT ON THEIR
TOILET WHICH HAD JUST BEEN PAINTED. SHE FORGOT, SAT ON THE
TOILET, AND GOT STUCK. SHE CALLED FOR A DOCTOR, WHO CAME AND
SLIPPED ON THE FLOOR AND WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS. WHEN THE
AMBULANCE ARRIVED, THEY HAD TO UNBOLT THE TOILET. THE GIRL
WAS THEN RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL AND SHE HAD TO BE CUT AWAY
FROM THE TOILET SEAT.
LATER SHE SUED THE HOMEOWNER AND HAD TO SHOW HER SCARS TO THE
JUDGE TO PROVE THAT THIS REALLY HAPPENED. (IT REALLY DID.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
CRY OF BABY
THERE WAS A BABYSITTER "SITTING" AT A LARGE HOUSE.
SHE WAS SITTING DOWNSTAIRS LISTENING TO THE RADIO WHEN
SHE HEARD THAT AN INSANE MAN HAD ESCAPED FROM THE
INSANE ASYLUM. SHE HEARD THE BABY CRY AND WENT
UPSTAIRS AND ROCKED IT TO SLEEP, THEN SHE WENT DOWN-
STAIRS. THE BABY STARTED TO CRY AGAIN, BUT STOPPED
SUDDENLY. SHE WENT UPSTAIRS AND SAW THE BABY'S HEAD
ROLLING AROUND IN THE CRIB AND A MAN IN THE ROCKING CHAIR
ROCKING THE BABY'S BODY. THIS IS TRUE!
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT HEARD THIS STORY FROM HER GIRLFRIEND,
JEAN UPDIKE WHO LIVES IN ROYAL OAK {MICH.} AND HAS
LIVED THERE ALL HER LIFE.
BABY'SITTER FINDS MURDERER ROCKING BABYS BODY, HEAD ROLLING AROUND
IN CRIB.
INFORMANT HEARD STORY FROM JEAN UPDIKE, ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): GORE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ordinary Tale |
Date learned: 07-03-1964
CATCH TALE
TROUBLE AND SHUT UP WERE WALKING ACROSS THE BRIDGE.
TROUBLE FELL IN. WHO WAS LEFT?
SHUT UP.
ALRIGHT, I WON'T TELL YOU ANY MORE JOKES.
Submitter comment: HEARD IN ROYAL OAK {MICHIGAN}.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
PATENT LEATHER SHOES
AT MERCY HIGH SCHOOL (FORMERLY DETROIT, NOW FARMINGTON,
MICHIGAN) ONE OF THE NUNS TOLD THE FRESHMAN GIRLS
IT WAS A MORTAL SIN TO WEAR PATENT LEATHER SHOES,
BECAUSE BOYS COULD LOOK AT THEM AND SEE THE REFLECTION
OF YOUR UNDERPANTS.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS ALSO REPORTED BY AN ALUMNUS OF SHRINE HIGH
SCHOOL IN ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- B439 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
STRASBOURG, THE HAUNTED STREET
IN THE EARLY 1950'S A STORY CIRCULATED IN DETROIT ABOUT A HAUNTED
STREET CALLED STRASBOURG. WHENEVER ANYONE WOULD DRIVE THEIR CAR
ON THIS PARTICULAR STREET, A CONSTANT KNOCKING NOISE COULD BE
HEARD. IT SEEMED TO COME FROM EVERYWHERE. SOMETIMES IT SOUNDED
LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM THE DOOR; THEN IT WOULD COME FROM THE
ROOF.
THE KNOCKING NOISE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE GHOST
OF A YOUNG GIRL WHO HAD BEEN KILLED BY A HIT AND RUN DRIVER.
SHE WAS PERHAPS TEN OR ELEVEN YEARS OLD. AS SHE TRIED TO CROSS
THE STREET, HER COAT WAS CAUGHT BY THE DOOR HANDLE OF A PASSING
CAR. AS THE CAR DRAGGED HER ALONG THE STREET, THE GIRL STARTED
TO KNOCK ON THE DOOR, TRYING TO GET THE DRIVER'S ATTENTION, BUT
SHE FINALLY FELL AND WAS CRUSHED UNDER THE CAR WHEEL. THE CAR
SPED AWAY.
THE GIRL'S FATHER, WHO WAS A GYPSY, PLACED A CURSE ON THE STREET.
HE SAID THAT UNTIL THE DAY THE HIT AND RUN DRIVER WHO KILLED HIS
DAUGHTER WAS CAUGHT, THE SPIRIT OF HIS DAUGHTER WOULD KNOCK ON
EVERY CAR THAT DROVE DOWN STRASBOURG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Date learned: 11-19-1968
STUCK ON TOILET
THE MAN OF THE HOUSE TOLD THE BABYSITTER NOT TO SIT ON THEIR
TOILET WHICH HAD JUST BEEN PAINTED. SHE FORGOT, SAT ON THE
TOILET, AND GOT STUCK. SHE CALLED FOR A DOCTOR, WHO CAME AND
SLIPPED ON THE FLOOR AND WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS. WHEN THE
AMBULANCE ARRIVED, THEY HAD TO UNBOLT THE TOILET. THE GIRL
WAS THEN RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL AND SHE HAD TO BE CUT AWAY
FROM THE TOILET SEAT.
LATER SHE SUED THE HOMEOWNER AND HAD TO SHOW HER SCARS TO THE
JUDGE TO PROVE THAT THIS REALLY HAPPENED. (IT REALLY DID.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
CRY OF BABY
THERE WAS A BABYSITTER "SITTING" AT A LARGE HOUSE.
SHE WAS SITTING DOWNSTAIRS LISTENING TO THE RADIO WHEN
SHE HEARD THAT AN INSANE MAN HAD ESCAPED FROM THE
INSANE ASYLUM. SHE HEARD THE BABY CRY AND WENT
UPSTAIRS AND ROCKED IT TO SLEEP, THEN SHE WENT DOWN-
STAIRS. THE BABY STARTED TO CRY AGAIN, BUT STOPPED
SUDDENLY. SHE WENT UPSTAIRS AND SAW THE BABY'S HEAD
ROLLING AROUND IN THE CRIB AND A MAN IN THE ROCKING CHAIR
ROCKING THE BABY'S BODY. THIS IS TRUE!
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT HEARD THIS STORY FROM HER GIRLFRIEND,
JEAN UPDIKE WHO LIVES IN ROYAL OAK {MICH.} AND HAS
LIVED THERE ALL HER LIFE.
BABY'SITTER FINDS MURDERER ROCKING BABYS BODY, HEAD ROLLING AROUND
IN CRIB.
INFORMANT HEARD STORY FROM JEAN UPDIKE, ROYAL OAK, MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): GORE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ordinary Tale |
Date learned: 07-03-1964
CATCH TALE
TROUBLE AND SHUT UP WERE WALKING ACROSS THE BRIDGE.
TROUBLE FELL IN. WHO WAS LEFT?
SHUT UP.
ALRIGHT, I WON'T TELL YOU ANY MORE JOKES.
Submitter comment: HEARD IN ROYAL OAK {MICHIGAN}.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
MAY A MOUSE NEVER LEAVE YOUR CUPBOARD WITH A TEAR IN HIS EYE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER GRANDMOTHER IN SCOTLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; SCOTLAND
James Callow Keyword(s): WISH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 12-03-1965
THEY TELL THE MOTHER-IN-LAW, SO THE DAUGHTER CAN HEAR.
Submitter comment:
(INDIRECTLY THE DAUGHTER-IN -LAW GETS THE MESSAGE)
{ORIGINAL GREEK AVAILABLE ON CARD.}
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; 5120 THORNCROFT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
TO LOVE IS THE GRETEST OF LUXURIES;
TO BE LOVED IS A CONSTANT NECESSITY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-08-1967
GREEK PROVERB
THE WISE MAN PLANS AHEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; 5120 THORNCROFT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
YOU'RE KNOWN BY THE COMPANY YOU KEEP.
GREEK: TTEOUW UE' WLO'V ONVAOZEVQNOE UAI ZEVCW
WCO'S ELOE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; 5120 THORNCROFT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NICKNAME
THEY CALL HER AMAZON BECAUSE SHE'S SO WIDE AT THE MOUTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 10-00-1967