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WHAT DO YOU CALL REMOVING A WART FROM A POLLOCK'S BUTT?
BRAIN SURGERY!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): BUTTOCKS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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WHY WERE THE POLLOCKS PUSHING THEIR HOUSE DOWN THE STREET?
THEY WERE TRYING TO PUSH START THEIR FURNACE!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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WHAT'S A BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN POLAND? A TOURIST!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): NATIVES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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WHAT DO YOU CALL SIX POLISH WOMEN STANDING IN A TUB?
A BAY OF PIGS!
Submitter comment:
THE BAY OF PIGS WAS AN ATTEMPT BY CUBAN EXILES AND THE U.S.
GOVERMENT TO OVER-THROW CASTRO IN CUBA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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HOW DO YOU TELL THE GROOM AT A POLISH WEDDING? HE'S
THE ONE WEARING AN IRONED BOWLING SHIRT!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): DRESSING UP
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF A DOPE RING IN POLAND? SIX
POLLOCKS STANDING AROUND IN A CORNER!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN: DOPE MEANING NUMSKULL AND NARCOTICS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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WHY DOESN'T POLAND HAVE A STATE FISH? BECAUSE IT DROWNED!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): LOSERS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
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HOW CAN YOU TELL THE BRIDE AT A POLISH WEDDING? SHE'S
THE ONE WITH BRAIDED ARM PITS!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
James Callow Keyword(s): CUSTOM OF SHAVING HAIR FROM ARMPITS AND LEGS.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-00-1983
ON SOME DATE IN EARLY JUNE (PERSON CAN'T REMEMBER)
THE WATERS ARE BLESSED. TO GO SWIMMING BEFORE
THIS IS A SURE SIGN OF DROWNING.
Data entry tech comment:
FEAST OF ST. JOHN
CN[ GEBOLYS, SUZETTE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; PIZZERIA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June 24 St. John's Day / Midsummer Day |
Date learned: 03-21-1968
Proverb
It is always darkest before dawn.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
small grammatical corrections.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Freeman, William ; UTICA
Keyword(s): Dark ; Dawn ; Hope ; LIGHT ; METAPHOR ; NATURE ; Sky
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
THE LEGEND OF BEAUMONT TOWER
AT MSU (MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY), WHENEVER A VIRGIN WALKS
UNDERNEATH THE TOWER, A SPIKE FALLS FROM ONE OF THE TOWERS.
ALL THE SPIKES REMAIN INTACT UPON THE TOWER EVEN TODAY.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM A FELLOW DORMIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ; Lansing
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
LEGEND
AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY THERE IS AN ANNUAL CELEBRATION IN
HONOR OF THE ORANGE HORSE. EVERY YEAR DURING FALL TERM, STUDENTS
HAVE A SLEEP-IN AT BESSY HALL IN HONOR OF THEIR COMPATRIOTS WHO
STAGED A SLEEP-IN IN PROTEST OF THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FIRING
THREE OUTSPOKEN TEACHERS. THIS PROTEST WAS NICK-NAMED THE ORANGE
HORSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ; Lansing
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
THE LEGEND OF BEAUMONT TOWER
AT MSU (MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY), WHENEVER A VIRGIN WALKS
UNDERNEATH THE TOWER, A SPIKE FALLS FROM ONE OF THE TOWERS.
ALL THE SPIKES REMAIN INTACT UPON THE TOWER EVEN TODAY.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM A FELLOW DORMIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ; Lansing
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
LEGEND
AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY THERE IS AN ANNUAL CELEBRATION IN
HONOR OF THE ORANGE HORSE. EVERY YEAR DURING FALL TERM, STUDENTS
HAVE A SLEEP-IN AT BESSY HALL IN HONOR OF THEIR COMPATRIOTS WHO
STAGED A SLEEP-IN IN PROTEST OF THE ENGLISH DEPARTMENT FIRING
THREE OUTSPOKEN TEACHERS. THIS PROTEST WAS NICK-NAMED THE ORANGE
HORSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ; Lansing
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
THE LEGEND OF BEAUMONT TOWER
AT MSU (MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY), WHENEVER A VIRGIN WALKS
UNDERNEATH THE TOWER, A SPIKE FALLS FROM ONE OF THE TOWERS.
ALL THE SPIKES REMAIN INTACT UPON THE TOWER EVEN TODAY.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM A FELLOW DORMIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ; Lansing
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
ST. LUKE'S DAY, OCT. 18
ON ST. LUKE'S DAY IN BALOGNA, ITALY, THE PORTRAIT OF THE MADONNA
AND CHILD, WHICH IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN PAINTED BY ST. LUKE, IS
CARRIED IN PROCESSION TO THE CHURCH OF ST. MARK WHERE THE PICTURE IS
KEPT FOR VENERATION DURING THE NEXT WEEK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F101 BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
TRADITIONAL SPEECH
STRENGTH IS OFTEN COMPARED TO THE CEDAR(S) OF LEBANON.
THE LEBANESE FLAG EVEN HAS A CEDAR TREE ON IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001968 FALL
IN LEBANON, THE LEAD FROM A BULLET IS HEATED UNTIL
IT MELTS, AND IT IS BELIEVED THAT IT WILL FORM THE
PICTURE OF THE ONE WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
PARTICULAR EVIL THAT WAS BROUGHT ON. THIS BREAKS
THE SPELL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Manufactured objects, homemade, machined |
Date learned: 00001968 FALL
GNOCCHIS
PUT ONE POUND PEELED, WASHED POTATOES IN A POT WITH SALTED
WATER ENOUGH TO COVER POTATOES. COOK TIL TENDER. DRAIN. DRY
POTATOES AND MASH THEM. MEASURE 1 3/4 CUPS FLOUR INTO BOWL.
MAKE A WELL IN THE CENTER OF THE FLUOR. PUT MASHED POTATOES
INTO THE WELL WHILE POTATOES ARE STILL HOT. MIX TIL IT IS A
SOFT, ELASTIC DOUGH. TURN DOUGH ONTO A LIGHTLY FLOURED SURFACE
AND KNEAD. ROLL DOUGH TO PENCIL THICKNESS. CUT IN 3/4 INCH
LENGTHS. BRING THREE QUARTS WATER TO BOIL IN A POT. GRADUALLY
ADD GNOCCHIS. BOIL RAPIDLY UNCOVERED FOR 8 TO 10 MINUTES TIL
GNOCCHIS ARE TENDER AND COME TO THE SURFACE. DRAIN IN COLANDER.
SERVE GNOCCHIS COVERED WITH MELTED BUTTER AND GRATED PARMESAN CHEESE.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A TRADITIONAL ITALIAN MEAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CLINTON TOWNSHIP
Date learned: 11-00-1982
A FEW SAYINGS
OH YES, I CAN REMEMBER MANY SUPERSTITIONS. AH
YOU SHOULDN'T PART IF THERE'S A POST OR TREE;
NEVER SIT UNDER AN ARCHWAY AT A FUNERAL HOME;
IF YOU PUT SALT ON A BIRD'S TALE IT WON'T MOVE;
IF THE POCKET OF A PALLBEARER IS TORN HE WILL DIE
THE NEXT DAY.
Submitter comment:
SHE WAS ZIPPING THEM RIGHT OFF THE TOP OF HER
HEAD!!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights ; IN HER HOUSE
Date learned: 00001930S