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IF YOUR RIGHT HAND ITCHES, YOU''LL MEET A NEW FRIEND.
IF YOUR LEFT HAND ITCHES, YOU'LL COME INTO MONEY.
IF YOUR RIGHT FOOT ITCHES, YOU'LL SOON TRAVEL.
IF YOUR LEFT FOOT ITCHES, A STRANGER'S COMING.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
IF YOU BREAK A MIRROR, YOU WILL HAVE NINE YEARS
BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THIS FREQUENTLY AS A CHILD IN FERNDALE,
MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine Observation BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.14 |
DROP A SPOON, AND COMPANY IS COMING.
DROP A KNIFE AND A FIGHT'S A COMIN'
Submitter comment: FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration Implement to handle food BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
IF A BIRD FLIES INTO THE HOUSE, SOMEONE CLOSE
WILL DIE.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
A DOG HOWLING AT NIGHT, HOWLS BECAUSE SOMEONE
HAS JUST DIED.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
IF YOU COUNT FUNERAL CARS, SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 09-26-1965
CIGARS FOR BIRTH
IT IS A QUITE COMMON CUSTOM FOR A FATHER TO HAND OUT CIGARS TO HIS
FRIENDS AFTER HIS FIRST CHILD HAS BEEN BORN.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): GIFT-GIVING
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-22-1968
THERE ARE TULIPS IN THE GARDEN
THERE ARE TULIPS IN THE PARK
BUT THE TULIPS YOU AND I LIKE
ARE THE TWO LIPS IN THE DARK.
(SIGNED) CAROLE RYDECKI
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
U. R.
2 GOOD
2 BE
4 GOTTEN
(SIGNED) JENNY DELICH
James Callow comment: WRITTEN AS AN ADDITION PROBLEM
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
2 WISE U. R.
2 WISE U. B.
2 WISE U. R.
FORE ME.
(SIGNED) SUSAN HUFF
Submitter comment:
MY OWN AUTOGRAPH BOOK , 7TH GRADE, ST. JAMES
CATHOLIC SCHOOL, FERNDALE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE GREEN,
YOU'D THINK BETTER WITH SOME BRAINS IN YOUR BEAN. CK[ SLANG=BEAN FOR HEAD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT JAMES SCHOOL ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): SLANG=BEAN FOR HEAD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
CHURCH
WHEN NAPOLEON CAME TO INVADE MALTA OF ITS CHURCHES' RICHES, A
SACRISTAN OF ST. JOHN'S CATHEDRAL PAINTED THE SOLID SILVER DOOR
BLACK. NAPOLEON WAS FOOLED AND JUST RECENTLY THE BLACK PAINT
HAS BEGUN TO CHIP OFF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16721 GLENMORE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Metal Stone Bone |
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
SUGAR IS SWEET SO ARE YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
HONEY IS SWEET AND SO ARE YOU.
(SIGNED) RITA ZINSER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND HAVE TWINS,
DON'T COME TO MY HOUSE FOR SAFETY PINS.
Submitter comment:
THIS VERSE WAS TAKEN OUT OF HER AUTOGRAPH BOOK
WHICH WAS BEING PASSED AROUND THE ROOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 12-06-1965
BANANAS GROW IN FLORIDA
ORANGES GROW THERE TOO,
BUT IT TAKES A STATE LIKE MICHIGAN
TO GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 12-06-1965
THERE ARE TULIPS IN THE GARDEN,
THERE ARE TULIPS IN THE PARK.
BUT THE TULIPS I LIKE BEST,
ARE TULIPS IN THE DARK.
Submitter comment:
I READ THIS IN AUTOGRAPH BOOKS AND WROTE IT IN
AUTOGRAPH BOOKS MYSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 10-17-1967
COUNTING OUT
FOR EVERY WORD, YOU POINT TO A DIFFERENT PERSON:
BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM IN A DISH,
HOW MANY PIECES DO YOU WISH?
SIX. (COUNT OUT SIX)1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
THE LAST PERSON POINTED TO IS THE PESON WHO IS IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
BELIEF
ALWAYS CHRUSH EGGSCHELLS COMPLETELY BEFORE THROWING THEM AWAY
IF YOU DO NOT, THE SHELL HALVES WILL PROVIDE A SHELTER FOR
DANGEROUS SPIRITS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Animal product Egg BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
LEGEND OF A SAINT
WHEN I WAS A VERY YOUNG GIRL MY MOTHER TOLD ME TO SAY A
PRAYER TO ST. ANTHONY WHENEVER I LOST ANYTHING AND THAT HE
WOULD SOON DIRECT ME TO THE PLACE WHERE THE OBJECT LAY HIDDEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 01-22-1968