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ALWAYS EAT PEAS COOKED WITH HOG JO
LUCK THROUGH THE YEAR.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; NEW YEARS DAY FOR GOOD ; CLEVELAND
Date learned: 07-24-1968
REMEMBER GRANT, REMEMBER LEE,
TO HELL WITH THE OTHERS, REMEMBER ME!
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 10-27-1968
WHEN YOU SIT IDLE THINKING
AND YOUR DAY'S WORK IS DONE
AND THE GAS LIGHT KEEPS YOU WINKING
THINK OF ME JUST FOR FUN.
(SIGNED) A. MATHES, DETROIT, 7/19/1887
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; TOLEDO ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
I RECALL THE FRUSTRATION I OFTEN FELT WHEN I ASKED
MY FATHER FOR THE TIME.
"TEN TO," HE WOULD INVARIABLY REPLY.
"BUT, DAD," I WOULD CONTINUE, "TEN TO WHAT?"
"TEND TO YOUR OWN BUSINESS," HE'D LAUGH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK ; OAKLAND COUNTY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
WHEN YOU ARE SITTING ALL ALONE
REFLECTING ON THE PAST
REMEMBER THAT YOU HAVE A FRIEND
WHOSE FRIENDSHIP LONG WILL LAST
AND IF AFAR FROM HOME TO ROVE
SHOULD BE THY DREAR DECREE
THINK ON THE FRIENDS WHOM THOU DIDST LOVE
AND THEN REMEMBER ME.
(SIGNED) MARY WALLEN, WHEELING, W. VA.
ABSENT BUT NOT FORGOTTON
Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO ; WEST VIRGINIA ; WHEELING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 00001880S
REMEMBER ME FAR AWAY
REMEMBER ME ON YOUR WEDDING DAY
REMEMBER ME FOR MERCY SAKE
AND SEND ME A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE.
(SIGNED) LENA KOEHLER, (APP. 1885)
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 00001880S
IF A PERSON IS ILL, FOLLOW THIS RECIPE: FEED A COLD,
STARVE A FEVER. IF A PERSON HAS A COLD, HE SHOULD DRINK A LOT
OF FLUIDS, EAT A LOT OF CHICKEN SOUP, AND TRY TO EAT A LOT IN
GENERAL TO KEEP UP HIS STRENGTH. IF HE HAS A FEVER, HE SHOULD
REFRAIN FROM EATING OR DRINKING ANYTHING EXCEPT WATER SO THAT THE
FEVER HAS NOTHING TO FUEL IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WEST BLOOMFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-12-1990
WHEN DISTANT HILLS DIVIDE US
AND YOU NO MORE I SEE
REMEMBER IT WAS NETTIE WHO
WROTE THESE LINES FOR THEE
(SIGNED) NETTIE KOEHLER, 10/26/1884
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 00001880S
WHEN YOU ARE MARRIED AND LIVE ON A FARM,
SEND ME A PICKLE AS LONG AS YOUR ARM.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 09-30-1968
WHEN YOU ARE MARRIED
AND HAVE 1 - 2 - 3
NAME THE PRETTIEST AFTER ME!
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 10-27-1968
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM MAXIM
THERE'S A FOOL BORN EVERY MINUTE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 2154 DICKERSON ; 48215 ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): STUPIDITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
ALWAYS GO OUT OF A HOUSE BY THE SAME DOOR YOU ENTER IT.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 07-24-1968
TRADITION
HURRICANE SEASON BEGINS NEAR THE END OF JULY, AND LASTS UNTIL THE BEGINNING OF NOVEMBER.
IN JULY THE VIRGIN ISLANDERS PRAY FOR NO HURRICANES, AND IN NOVEMBER THEY WILL THANK GOD FOR
NO HURRICANES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | -- |
NEW YEAR'S CUSTOM
THE FIRST PERSON WHO COMES OVER THE THRESHOLD OF
YOUR HOUSE SHOULD BE A MAN TO BRING GOOD LUCK
TO THE HOUSE-HOLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FIRST FOOTING ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- Good luck P881.42 |
Date learned: 09-26-1971
CHRISTMAS BELIEF
IF A MAN DOES NOT ENTER THE HOUSE FIRST ON CHRISTMAS
MORNING, THE HOUSE WILL BE PLAGUED WITH SICKNESS AND BAD
LUCK DURING THE COMING YEAR. (THE STRONGER THE MAN THE
BETTER THE GOOD LUCK). THIS CUSTOM IS PRACTICED BY POLISH-AMERICANS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME ; SOUTHFIELD
Keyword(s): FIRST FOOTING ; SEXIST
Date learned: 10-25-1970
COUNTING OUT
ENGINE, ENGINE, NUMBER NINE,
GOING DOWN CHICAGO LINE,
IF THE TRAIN SHOULD JUMP THE TRACK,
DO YOU WANT YOUR MONEY BACK?
Y-E-S SPELLS YES (OR N-O SPELLS NO).
AND YOU ARE OUT.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
LEGEND OF ST. BEATUS
IN THE MIDDLE AGES, THERE WAS A RICH YOUNG MAN WHO WENT AROUND
WITH HIS SWORD AND HELMET, LIVING AN EASY LIFE. IT IS TOLD THAT
HE CAME NEAR A BIG CAVE (AT THE BORDER OF LAKE THUN), AND HAD TO
FIGHT A BIG DRAGON. HE KILLED THE DRAGON, BUT WAS SEVERELY WOUNDED
HIMSELF. THERE WERE NO VILLAGES NEAR, AND HE TOLD HIMSELF THAT HE
WOULD BECOME A HERMIT IF HE SURVIVED. IN THIS LARGE CAVE, THERE WAS
A SPRING, AND BY DRINKING THE WATER HE BECAME WELL. HE THEN
STUCK TO HIS PROMISE, AND BECAME A HERMIT FOR THE REST OF HIS LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME ; SOUTHFIELD
Keyword(s): PLEDGE
James Callow Keyword(s): LAKE OF THUN, SWITZERLAND
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 10-28-1970
CALIFORNIA GROWS PEACHES
FLORIDA DOES TOO,
BUT IT TAKES OHIO
TO GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
ACT ENTHUSIASTIC AND YOU'LL BE ENTHUSIASTIC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-20-1972
ELEPHANT JOKE
WHY DID THE ELEPHANT PAINT HIS TOE NAILS RED?
BECAUSE HE WANTED TO HIDE IN THE CHERRY TREE.
Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS FROM MY FRIENDS AT SCHOOL IN FIFTH GRADE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-25-1972