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TO GET RID OF A WART, BURY A POTATO. AS IT DECOMPOSES, THE
WART WILL DISAPPEAR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER TRIED THIS ON HIM WHEN HE HAD A WART
AND IT WORKED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 08-11-1964
RAIN ON YOUR WEDDING DAY MEANS HAPPINESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage P545.056 |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
IT'S BAD LUCK TO HAVE A PREGNANT WOMAN IN YOUR WEDDING
PARTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Ceremony BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
BRIDES MARRIED IN GREEN,
ASHAMED TO BE SEEN.
BRIDES MARRIED IN RED,
WISH YOU WERE DEAD.
BRIDES MARRIED IN BROWN,
TALK OF THE TOWN.
BRIDES MARRIED IN YELLOW,
ASHAMED OF THE FELLOW.
BRIDES MARRIED IN BLUE,
HE'LL ALWAYS BE TRUE.
BRIDES MARRIED IN WHITE,
YOU'LL ALWAYS BE RIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Marriage BELIEF -- Marriage Color of wedding dress |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
IF YOU DROP KITCHEN SILVERWARE, COMPANY IS COMING.
KNIFE MEANS A MAN IS COMING; FORK MEANS A LADY
IS COMING.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS WIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 08-11-1964
IF YOU DROP A DISH CLOTH, IT MEANS THAT COMPANY IS
COMING. IF YOU DROP A DISH TOWEL, IT MEANS A
DISAPPOINTMENT OF SOME KIND IS ON ITS WAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Domestic object, wax, needle, dishware |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
AN OUIJA BOARD IS USED TO TELL THE FUTURE, AND
ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ASK IT. (INFORMANT ACTUALLY
BELIEVES THAT A OUIJA BOARD HAS MAGICAL POWERS OF
SOME KIND. SHE SAYS THAT AS A CHILD, SHE AND HER
BROTHERS AND SISTERS USED TO USE ONE, BUT STOPPED
BECAUSE SHE WAS TOLD BY A NUN THAT THE OUIJA BOARD
IS A "TOOL OF THE DEVIL.")
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Manufactured objects, homemade, machined |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
TAKE A NEEDLE AND THREAD AND HOLD IT OVER THE
STOMACH OF AN EXPECTANT MOTHER. IF THE NEEDLE
SWINGS, IT'S A GIRL, AND IF IT DOESN'T SWING
IT'S A BOY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of object for determining number of children or sex of unborn P863.3 |
IF YOUR LEFT PALM ITCHES, THAT MEANS YOU ARE GOING
TO GET MONEY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY HER MOTHER, WHO ACTUALLY
BELIEVES IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
ST. GERTRUDE CHURCH
THERE IS A LOCAL LEGEND IN THE PARISH OF ST. GERTRUDE (BUILT
IN 1887) IN ST. CLAIR SHORES THAT THE BODIES OF SAINTS MARTYRED
BY THE INDIANS ARE BURIED INTO THE BASEMENT OF THE CHURCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Church |
Date learned: 03-14-1968
GHOST STORY
A STREET NEAR OUR HUSE, ROBERTJOHN, IS REPORTED TO HAVE
A THUMPING NOISE WHENEVER A CAR PASSES OVER A CERTAIN
PORTION OF IT. THIS IS SAID TO HAVE RESULTED FROM AN
ACCIDENT WHERE A PERSON WAS RUN OVER, AND THEN
STUFFED INTO THE TRUNK OF THE CAR (OUT OF FEAR, PROBABLY,
OF THE PERSON HITTING HIM); HOWEVER, HIS ARM DID NOT
MAKE IT INTO THE TRUNK AND AS THE CAR DROVE AWAY, THE
ARM KEPT HITTING THE STREET, CAUSING THE THUMP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: CA00001970
PETE AND REPEAT
PETE AND REPEAT WERE WALKING ON A BRIDGE, AND PETE FELL IN, SO WHO WAS LEFT? REPEAT. PETE AND REPEAT WERE WALKING ON A BRIDGE, AND PETE FELL IN SO WHO WAS LEFT? REPEAT. PETE AND REPEAT.
Submitter comment:
THE PERSON TO WHOM THE JOKE IS BEING TOLD ANSWERS THE QUESTION
WHO IS LEFT? WHICH TRIGGERS THE PUNCHLINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): PROSE ROUND
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 00001960S
CATCH
PETE AND REPEAT WERE WALKING ACROSS A BRIDGE. PETE
FELL IN THE WATER. WHO WAS LEFT? ANS: REPEAT...
PETE AND REPEAT, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 00001950S
ST. GERTRUDE CHURCH
THERE IS A LOCAL LEGEND IN THE PARISH OF ST. GERTRUDE (BUILT
IN 1887) IN ST. CLAIR SHORES THAT THE BODIES OF SAINTS MARTYRED
BY THE INDIANS ARE BURIED INTO THE BASEMENT OF THE CHURCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Church |
Date learned: 03-14-1968
GHOST STORY
A STREET NEAR OUR HUSE, ROBERTJOHN, IS REPORTED TO HAVE
A THUMPING NOISE WHENEVER A CAR PASSES OVER A CERTAIN
PORTION OF IT. THIS IS SAID TO HAVE RESULTED FROM AN
ACCIDENT WHERE A PERSON WAS RUN OVER, AND THEN
STUFFED INTO THE TRUNK OF THE CAR (OUT OF FEAR, PROBABLY,
OF THE PERSON HITTING HIM); HOWEVER, HIS ARM DID NOT
MAKE IT INTO THE TRUNK AND AS THE CAR DROVE AWAY, THE
ARM KEPT HITTING THE STREET, CAUSING THE THUMP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: CA00001970
PETE AND REPEAT
PETE AND REPEAT WERE WALKING ON A BRIDGE, AND PETE FELL IN, SO WHO WAS LEFT? REPEAT. PETE AND REPEAT WERE WALKING ON A BRIDGE, AND PETE FELL IN SO WHO WAS LEFT? REPEAT. PETE AND REPEAT.
Submitter comment:
THE PERSON TO WHOM THE JOKE IS BEING TOLD ANSWERS THE QUESTION
WHO IS LEFT? WHICH TRIGGERS THE PUNCHLINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): PROSE ROUND
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 00001960S
CATCH
PETE AND REPEAT WERE WALKING ACROSS A BRIDGE. PETE
FELL IN THE WATER. WHO WAS LEFT? ANS: REPEAT...
PETE AND REPEAT, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 00001950S
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
LOOKS LIKE A STACK OF BLACK CATS.
Submitter comment: SHE SAYS OF HER BASEMENT BECAUSE IT IS SO DARK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
PLACE
BLACK HOLE OF CALCUTTA: SHE USED THIS EXPRESSION TO DESCRIBE
HER BASEMENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Place |
Date learned: 01-00-1971
HOME DRINKING CUSTOM-IRISH
MAY YOU BE IN HEAVEN TWO HALF HOURS BEFORE THE DEVILS KNOW
YOU ARE DEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): TOAST
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 01-20-1971