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ENGAGEMENT CUSTOMS
THE GIRL IN THE DORMS IS THROWN INTO THE SHOWER, FULLY
CLOTHED, WHEN SHE BECOMES ENGAGED.
Where learned: 110 PARK CIRCLE ; WISCONSIN ; SUN PRAIRIE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage After engagement: fun with friends, etc. |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
MNENOMIC DEVICE
AN EASY WAY TO REMEMBER HOW TO SPELL CHICAGO IS: MM
CHICKEN IN A CAR,
AND THE CAR CAN'T GO.
THAT'S HOW YOU SPELL CHICAGO.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT FIRST HEARD OF THIS AROUND 1970 WHEN SHE
WAS YOUNG AND COULD NOT SPELL CHICAGO. MNEMONIC DEVICES ARE IN THE
CATEGORY WITH RIDDLES AND MIGHT BE CONSIDERED A VERBAL PUZZLE.
THEY AID IN REMEMBERING DIFFICULT FACTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 10-00-1980 ; 00001970 CA
MEXICAN PROVERB
IT IS HARD FOR A MAN TO BE BRAVE WHEN HE KNOWS HE IS GOING
TO MEET THE DEVIL AT FOUR O'CLOCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; 22445 PARK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
AIN'T GONNA CRY NO MORE
HOW IN THE DICKENS,
CAN I WATER MY CHICKENS?
IF I AIN'T GONNA CRY NO MORE.
AIN'T GONNA CRY NO MORE, NO MORE,
AIN'T GOONA CRY NO MORE.
HOW IN THE DEUCE,
CAN I WATER MY GOOSE?
IF I AIN'T GONNA CRY NO MORE.
AIN'T GONNA CRY NO MORE, NO MORE,
AIN'T GONNA CRY NO MORE.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; PARKERS PRAIRIE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Daily Life |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
A COPPER BRACELET PREVENTS ARTHRITIS.
Where learned: SERENGETI NATIONAL PARK ; TANZANIA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 06-00-1968
TELL A WOMAN SHE IS BEAUTIFUL, AND THE DEVIL WILL
REPEAT IT TO HER TEN TIMES.
Where learned: ALLEN PARK ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; 9953 QUANDT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-25-1971
ST. JOHN AND SWIMMING
THERE IS AN OLD POLISH SUPERSTITION THAT NO ONE IS SUPPOSED TO GO
SWIMMING BEFORE THE FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST BECAUSE THE WATER
IS NOT BLESSED, AND THEREFORE THE PERSON WILL DROWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June 24 St. John's Day / Midsummer Day BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
GOOD LUCK
ELEPHANTS WITH THEIR TRUNKS RAISED ARE GOOD LUCK. HOWEVER, THEY
ARE NOT IF THEIR TRUNK IS DOWN. THE INFORMANT HAS MANY PIECES OF
ELEPHANT JEWELRY AND ALL HAVE THEIR TRUNKS UP.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT FIRST HEARD OF THIS GOOD LUCK CHARM IN THE YEAR 1970.
SHE SEEMED TO FIRMLY BELIEVE IN THIS, BUT OFFERED NO CONSEQUENCES
TO HAVING AN ELEPHANT WITH ITS TRUNK DOWN AS GOOD LUCK. PERHAPS
IT IS GOOD LUCK SINCE AN ELEPHANT WITH ITS TRUNK DOWN IS SEEN MORE
OFTEN, MAKING THE OPPOSITE MORE NOVEL AND RARE.
HERE THE POSITION OF THE TRUNK DETERMINES THE DIRECTION OF THE
LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Good luck BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 10-00-1980 ; 00-00-1970
TO A QUICK QUESTION GIVE A SLOW ANSWER.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS BECAUSE USUALLY A QUICK QUESTION HAS MORE
TO MEET THE EAR.
Where learned: ALLEN PARK ; 9953 QUANDT ; STUDENT UNION ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-01-1971
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
THE WHEEL THAT SQUEAKS LOUDEST IS THE ONE THAT GETS THE GREASE.
Submitter comment:
TOLD BY HER TENNESSEE GRANDMOTHER. MEANS ATTENTION GOES TO
TH LOUDEST PERSON.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 17394 PARKSIDE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
IF YOU TOUCH THE DEAD, THEY WILL HAUNT YOU.
Submitter comment: MRS. COLEMAN LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
WHEN YOU SEE A CHIMNEY SWEEP, QUICKLY PULL OFF A BUTTON FROM YOUR
CLOTHING TO PREVENT BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT FOUND THIS AMUSING BUT IMPRACTICAL.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
Keyword(s): CONVERSION ; HOME, DOMESTIC PURSUITS ; OCCUPATIONS: CHIMNEY SWEEPING
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress BELIEF -- Conversions P883.22 |
Date learned: 10-08-1971
OLD SAYING
WHEN YOU STAND AROUND AND KILL TIME, YOU DON'T KILL TIME, TIME
KILLS YOU.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS SAYING WHEN HE WAS A TEENAGER DURING THE
1930'S.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW ; 15116 ; 107 PARK LANE DR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
AT EVERY HOLIDAY WHEN WE HAD TURKEY, MOTHER WOULD
ALWAYS SAVE THE WISHBONE. SHE WOULD DRY IT OUT.
THEN MY BROTHER AND I WOULD EACH TAKE AN END, MAKE
A WISH AND PULL THE BONE APART. WHOEVER GOT THE
LONG PART OF THE BONE, THEIR WISH WOULD COME TRUE.
Where learned: ALLEN PARK ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
OH SAY OH PLAYMATE,
COME OUT AND PLAY WITH ME,
AND BRING YOUR DOLLY'S THREE,
CLIMB UP MY APPLE TREE,
SLIDE DOWN MY RAIN BARREL,
GO THROUGH MY CELLAR DOOR
AND WE'LL BE JOLLY FRIENDS,
FOREVER MORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK ; 48146
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-24-1988
AUTOGRAPH BOOK SIGNATURE
YOURS TILL TO-MORROW.
PROMISE
Submitter comment: FOLLOWING IS FROM INFORMANT'S JUNIOR HIGH AUTOGRAPH BOOK, 1929-1933
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW ; 15116 ; 107 PARK LANE DR
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
APPLESAUCE, MUSTARD, RIDER. HOW MANY LEGS HAS A SPIDER? ONE, TWO ETC.
(UNTIL THE JUMPER MISSES.)
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS APATHETIC TOWARDS THIS ITEM.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-04-1971
Warm Blood
Vivien's mother would drink warm blood from the butcher shop to prevent disease and sickness.
Data entry tech comment:
Stamped into Archive; December 1969
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Parker, Vivien
Keyword(s): BLOOD ; Butcher ; ILLNESS ; MEDICAL ; PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE ; PREVENTION ; Vampire ; Vampirism
James Callow Keyword(s): PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE ; Warm Blood
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
FEET
WHEN I WAS A KID I HAD SMELLY FEET. WE USED TO TAKE RED OAK BARK AND
BOIL IT IN WATER. THEN WE'D SOAK OUR FEET IN THE WATER FOR HALF AN
HOUR. WE DID THIS TWO OR THREE NIGHTS IN A ROW. AND THIS
ELIMINATED
THE SMELLY FEET. INFORMANT REALLY BELIEVES THIS WORKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 01-01-1972
Autograph Rhyme
Autograph Book Rhyme:
Don't steal this book, my honest friend, for fear the gallows be your end. And when you die the Lord shall say, "Where is the book you wtole away?" But if you cannot tell, the Lord shall cast you into hell. Whoever steals this book of knowledge, will sweetly graduate from Sing-Sing College.
Submitter comment:
The autograph book this is taken from is collected from the years 1929-1933.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
BN [C760] is crossed out and the word FlyLeaf is written next to it.
Submission card located in a pile marked [?]
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; BOOK ; Golac, Josephine ; Glanshaw ; 107 PARK LANE DR
Keyword(s): AFTERLIFE ; AUTOGRAPH ; FlyLeaf ; HELL ; Judgment ; PRISON ; RHYME ; VERSE
James Callow Keyword(s): FlyLeaf
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |