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HICCUPS
TO GET RID OF HICCOUGHS DRINK FROM A CUP BACKWARDS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
HICCUPS
DRINK NINE SWALLOWS OF WATER TO CURE HICCOUGHS.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): NUMBER
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-27-1968
HICCOUGHS
TO CURE THE HICCUPS, YOU MUST FILL A POP BOTTLE
WITH WATER AND DRINK IT
WHILE BENDING OVER BACKWARDS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
HICCUPS
BREATHE IN A PAPER BAG IN ORDER TO CURE THE HICCOUGHS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK ; COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-22-1963
HICCUPS
HOLD YOUR BREATH AND COUNT TO TEN TO CURE HICCUPS.
Submitter comment: HE PROBABLY LEARNED THIS FROM HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 First / Once / One / Newness BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-24-1967
HICCUPS
TO GET RID OF HICCUPS TAKE SHORT RAPID BREATHS.
SWALLOW QUICKLY AFTER EACH ONE, SEVEN TIMES.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
ARTHRITIS
IF YOU WEAR A PIECE OF COPPER JEWELRY NEXT TO YOUR SKIN OR CARRY A
CHESTNUT IN YOUR POCKET, THIS IS SAID TO KEEP ARTHRITIS AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK ; COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-16-1971
HICCUPS
TO GET RID OF HICCUPS, THE BLADE OF A KNIFE
SHOULD BE PLACED ON THE TONGUE
BY ANOTHER PERSON AND THE TONGUE
SHOULD BE KEPT EXTENDED WITH THE KNIFE ON IT.
Submitter comment: FROM MOTHER
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
LIGHTNING
IF YOU LIGHT CHARCOAL BEFORE A STORM
YOU WILL NEVER GET HIT BY LIGHTING.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): PREVENTION ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00001950'S
PLANTING RULE
IT IS A CUSTOM IN THE VILLAGE OF WENGEN, SWITZERLAND THAT YOU NEVER
PLANT BEANS WHILE THE MOON IS GROWING (THE PHASE FROM A NEW
MOON TO A FULL MOON). IF THIS RULE IS VIOLATED, THE BEANS
"JUST DON'T GROW."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD ; COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): PLANTING CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 10-28-1970
POLISH PROVERB
THAT KIND OF CHICKEN, THAT KIND OF SKIN (LITERALLY),
OR : ONCE A THIEF, ALWAYS A THIEF.
JAKA KURA TAKA SKORA (SKOORA)
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TRANSLATED BY MRS. K. J. UNIECHOWSKI
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.700 |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
EARACHE
IF YOU HAVE AN EARACHE PUT GARLIC IN YOUR EAR
AND IT WILL DRAW OUT THE PAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS ; COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-17-1969
HICCUPS
DRINK A WHOLE GLASS OF WATER BACKWARDS WITHOUT BREATHING;
IN ORDER TO CURE THE HICCUPS.
Submitter comment: MRS. DEVEREUX LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK ; COLLECTORS HOME ; 30
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-22-1963
MATURITY
THE MEMBERS OF THE MAFIA FEEL THAT THEIR SONS HAVE REACHED THE
TIME OF MATURITY WHEN THEY BECOME 21. AND UNTIL THEY HAVE REACHED
THIS AGE THEY ARE NOT PERMITTED TO ENTER INTO THE ORGANIZATION.
Where learned: HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Maturity |
Date learned: 02-08-1968
VERSE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
GENE, GENE MADE A MACHINE
JOE, JOE MADE IT GO
ART, ART LET A FART
BLEW THE ENGINE ALL APART.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): CHAIN ; INTERNAL RHYME ; ITERATION ; PERSONAL NAMES ; RHYME:ABCC ; SCATOLOGICAL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 11-29-1969
RHYME
A HAMMER HAS A HEAD, BUT NEVER WEARS A HAT,/
ALTHOUGH A SHIRT HAS A TAIL, IT'S NO RELATION TO A CAT.
Submitter comment:
A SIMPLE PLAY ON WORDS WHICH PERSONIFIES A HAMMER AND
GIVES LIFE TO A SHIRT.THE INFORMANT REMEMBERS THIS RHYME
FROM HIS CHILDHOOD DAYS. IT'S SIMPLY A NICE LITTLE RHYME THAT
CAN BE INTERPRETED TO SUIT THE SITUATION.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): CAT ; Contrary ; Hammer ; Hat ; HEAD ; Opposition ; PERSONIFICATION ; RHYME ; RIDDLE ; Shirt ; Tail
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle True Riddle |
Date learned: 11-10-1971
RHYME
PEACHES, PEACHES/ MY NOSE ITCHES,/ SOMEONE'S COMING/
WITH A HOLE IN THEIR BRITCHES.
Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
Keyword(s): FEMINE RHYME ; ITERATION ; RHYME:AABA ; STRAINED RHYME?
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
Belief: Children's Song
STEP ON A CRACK, BREAK THE DEVIL'S BACK.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated on 12-01-2010 / Motifs and Keywords added by TRD
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): AA ; Back ; BELIEF ; CHILDHOOD ; CHILDREN ; Crack ; DEVIL ; GAME ; MOTHER ; RELIGION ; RHYME ; SONG ; Spine ; SUPERSTITION ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Devil Demon |
Date learned: 11-19-1969
IN BELGIUM AT MEALTIME THE CHILDREN WERE NEVER ALLOWED TO SPEAK AT
THE DINNER TABLE. HIS FATHER NEVER ALLOWED HIM TO SPEAK ONE WORD
DURING ALL THE MEAL. MR. VALKEN DID NOT THINK THAT THIS WAS RIGHT
BUT HIS FATHER WOULD HIT THEM IF ONE OF THE CHILDREN TALKED DURING
A MEAL.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
LYRICAL VERSE- DAILY LIFE:
SING BEFORE YOU EAT. CRY BEFORE YOU SLEEP.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; IMPERFECT RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.330 |
Date learned: 04-02-1968