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Wearing opals when you are not a Scorpio is only bad
luck if you are single; if you are married they won't
harm you.
Submitter comment:
Jane, a friend of Elinor's, states that wearing an opal if
you are not supposed to interferes in the finding of
a husband. She then told Elinor that she could wear
an opal if she wanted to, since she was married.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
Keyword(s): horoscope, astrology, spinster, advice, reassurance, gems
James Callow Keyword(s): JEWELRY
Date learned: 00001987ca
When you see the Northern Lights at night, whistle
very loudly and the light will become brighter.
Submitter comment:
Elinor learned this belief from a student of her's who
identified herself as "full-blooded North American Indian."
This woman had lived in northern Canada for some time.
When the informant demonstrated the technique for
whistling, she placed both of her baby fingers in
her mouth to indicate that the whistle was to be
extremely loud.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
Keyword(s): Aurora Borealis
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
If you ever make an ugly face and someone slaps you on the back
while you are making that face your face will become stuck like
that.
Submitter comment: Lisa saw this in a movie once.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
Keyword(s): CURSE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00001990s
Don't ever laugh when a hearse goes by.
Or you may be the next to die.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
Keyword(s): DEATH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001970S
Father's Day
Confussion is Father's Day in Harlem, because people don't
know who their father is.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): Confusion?
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Summer |
Hully Gully
Hully Gully is the name of a game played many years ago.
Some people played for fun and others played it for money. You
put a rock in one hand behind your back, hold both fist out in
front of you and have your opponent try to guess which hand the
rock is in.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 02-12-1992
Cure
To help a open wound heal fast, one should put a piece of
salt pork and a penny on it. However, one should also put a
towel in his or her mouth before doing this because it will
burn.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 02-12-1992
If you are bitten by a snake, put snuff on it to draw the
poison out.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-12-1992
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A nun gets on a bus and sits behind a driver. She says to
the bus driver, she needs someone to talk to -- she lives in a
convent and wants to experience sex before she dies. The bus
driver agrees, but the nun explains that she can't have sex with
anyone who is married because it would be a sin. The bus driver
says, no problem, he's not married. The nun says that she also
has to die a virgin, so she would have to take it in the ass.
The bus driver agrees again, and being the only people on the bus
they go to the back and take care of business. When they were
done and he resumed driving, the bus driver told her, "Sister, I
have a confession to make, I'm married and have three kids." The
Nun replied, "That's o.k., I have a confession too. My name is
Bruce and I'm on my way to a costume party."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 02-12-1992
Nieman Marcus Cookie Recipe:
2 cups butter 1 tsp. salt
2 tsp. baking powder 2 cups brown sugar
2 tsp. soda 4 eggs
24 oz. chocolate chips 2 tsp. vanilla
4 cups flour 3 cups chopped nuts
1-8 oz. Hershey bar, grated 2 cups sugar
5 cups blended oatmeal
Cream butter and both sugars. Add eggs and vanilla. Mix
together with flour, oatmeal, salt, baking powder, and soda. Add
chocolate chips, Hershey bar, and nuts. Roll into balls and
place two inches apart on a cookie sheet. Bake for 10 minutes at
375. Makes 112 cookies (recipe may be halved). Measure oatmeal
and blend in a blender to a fine powder.
Submitter comment:
Story has it that a lady begged to buy the cookie recipe from
Neiman-Marcus Cafe in Dallas and was refused. After several
attempts, she was told that the recipe would cost two fifty. The
lady said fine and requested the store put it on her charge
account. When the lady received her bill the next month, she was
shocked to see the total $250.00 for a cookie recipe on there.
When she questioned the store, she was told the recipe is a very
expensive one and the store would not refund her money. She was
also told that the recipe is a company secret and should not have
been sold. To get even, the lady is spreading the recipe all
over the country by mail, word of mouth, etc. She is the first
to admit she indeed learned an expensive lesson.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal Food Drink -- Pastry Sweet Dessert |
BAPTISM CUSTOM
IN THE ARMENIAN CHURCH A CHILD IS NOT TO GET HIS HAIR CUT
BEFORE HE IS BAPTIZED. INFORMANT SAYS THIS IS VERY
IMPORTANT BUT SHE DIDN'T KNOW WHY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Baptism Naming rite |
Date learned: 02-26-1971
JEWISH CUSTOM
IT IS A JEWISH CUSTOM NOT TO EMBALM THE DEAD. THEY
ARE BURIED THE DAY AFTER DEATH. INFORMANT WAS NOT SURE
WHY THIS WAS DONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-05-1971
KOREAN CUSTOM
IN KOREA, THE TRAIN ENGINEERS DRIVE WITH THE LIGHTS OUT
ON THE TRAINS AT NIGHT. THIS IS SO THEY CAN'T SEE WHAT'S
ON THE TRACKS, BECAUSE IF THEY HIT SOMEONE, CUSTOM
DICTATES THAT WHOEVER OR WHATEVER TOUCHES THE DEAD
MAN FIRST IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE FUNERAL. RICK OBSERVED
THIS IN KOREA, 1956 (?).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
JEWISH CUSTOM
AFTER A JEWISH PERSON HAS DIED, NO AUTOPSY MAY BE
PERFORMED. THE BODY MUST NOT BE DRESSED UP FANCY
AND SOMEONE MUST SIT WITH THE BODY TILL BURIAL.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID VIOLATION OF THIS WOULD RUIN
ETERNAL LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-05-1971
ON THE DAY BEFORE ONE'S BIRTHDAY, THAT PERSON IS GIVEN
A 'PINCH TO GROW AN INCH.'
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TOWARDS THE END OF A JEWISH WEDDING CEREMONY, THE
GROOM IS GIVEN A CHAMPAGNE GLASS THAT IS WRAPPED
UP IN FANCY PAPER. HE STEPS ON IT AND IF HE BREAKS
IT, IT'S GOOD LUCK FOR THE COUPLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Stepping on wine glass |
Date learned: 02-05-1971
AT A POLISH WEDDING, AS THE BRIDE AND GROOM COME INTO
THE HALL, THE COOK THAT PREPARED THE FOOD BRINGS SALT
AND A LOAF OF BREAD TO THE DOOR. THE COUPLE THEN
TAKES A PORTION OF EACH TO EAT. THEY EAT THE BREAD
SO THAT THEY WILL NEVER GO HUNGRY, AND THE SALT IS TO
REMIND THEM TO GET USED TO THINGS THAT THEY DON'T LIKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Given by cook |
Date learned: 10-25-1970
TAKING THE SILVERWARE AND KNOCKING ON THE DISHES OR
GLASSES. THE BRIDE HAS TO THEN KISS THE GROOM (DONE
WHILE DINNER IS BEING SERVED).
Submitter comment: WITNESSED BY ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Glassware tapping |
Date learned: 10-02-1967
BRIDE THROWS HER BOUQUET TO THE UNMARRIED GIRLS.
GROOM THROWS GARTER TO THE ELIGIBLE BACHELORS.
THE LUCKY BACHELOR THEN PUTS THE GARTER ON THE GIRL
WHO CATCHES THE BOUQUET.
Submitter comment: WITNESSED BY ME.
Data entry tech comment:
LUCKY UNDERLINED, AS IF IN SARCASM.
CO[ WITNESSED BY ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Garter toss |
Date learned: 10-02-1967
AS PART OF THE POLISH WEDDING CEREMONY, EVERYONE FORMS A
CIRCLE AND THE BRIDE SITS ON THE GROOM'S LAP IN THE
CENTER. A SONG IS SUNG LIKE THAT SUNG AT A WAKE, AND
A COOK COMES OUT FROM THE KITCHEN AND POURS A GLASS
OF WATER UNDER THE CHAIR. RICK SAID HE'S SEEN THIS DONE
SEVERAL TIMES BUT DOESN'T KNOW WHY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Circle singing |
Date learned: 02-05-1971