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DEATH OMENS
IF YOU DREAM OF MUDDY WATER, YOU WILL HEAR OF A DEATH.
IF YOU SEE A FALLING STAR, YOU WILL HEAR OF A DEATH.
(BUT YOU CAN ALSO WISH ON A FALLING STAR, TOO.)
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM PARENTS IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19792 STOUT ; 48219
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
IF YOU EAT BUTTER BEFORE YOU DRINK, IT WILL COAT YOUR
STOMACH AND YOU WON'T GET DRUNK. JUST BITE RIGHT INTO A
STICK OF BUTTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; EAST SIDE
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: 00-00-1983
ROSES I BRING.
ROSES I BRING THAT IN MY
GARDEN GREW }
MAY EVERY DAY BLOOM LIKE
A ROSE FOR YOU }
Where learned: DETROIT ; POSTCARD COLLECTION
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP. ; RHYME: ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): WISH.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 07-13-1916
ROSES I BRING.
ROSES I BRING THAT IN MY
GARDEN GREW }
MAY EVERY DAY BLOOM LIKE
A ROSE FOR YOU }
Where learned: DETROIT ; POSTCARD COLLECTION
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP. ; RHYME: ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): WISH.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
PROVERB
A FAMILY THAT PRAYS TOGETHER, STAYS TOGETHER.
Where learned: 7625 WESTWOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1953
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
FAMILIARITY BREEDS CONTEMPT.
Where learned: WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-20-1968
CURE
TO KEEP AWAY THE FLU
WEAR A BAG OF ASAFOETIDA ABOUT THE NECK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TRAVERSE CITY ; 240 WASHINGTON ST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-29-1970
RUSSIAN PROVERB
FRIENDSHIPS ARE MANY, BUT FRIENDS ARE FEW.
Where learned: WESTERN RUSSIA
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CONTRAST ; WORDPLAY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V233 |
PROVERB GIRLS WITH CURVES ARE USUALLY SURROUNDED BY MEN
Where learned: EAST DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
RUSSIAN PROVERB
GIVE HIM THE ENTIRE EARTH, AND HE WILL ASK FOR PAPER IN WHICH TO
WRAP IT.
Where learned: WESTERN RUSSIA
Keyword(s): GREDDY PERSONALITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V270 |
Date learned: 00001898-1905
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
GIVE THE WORLD THE BEST THAT YOU CAN,
AND THE BEST WILL COME BACK TO YOU.
Where learned: QUESTIONNAIRE PASSED OUT TO INFORMANT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-26-1971
SAYING
A GLASS OF WINE MAKES AN OLD MAN A YOUTH.
Where learned: SENT UPON REQUEST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-19-1971
GAME VERSE
PEEK A BOO, I SEE YOU,
HIDING THERE BEHIND THE CHAIR.
Where learned: OHIO ; YOUNGSTOWN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.524 |
Date learned: 00001950S AND 00001960S
IT'S TIME FOR ME TO PREACH WHAT I'VE BEEN PRACTICING.
Where learned: DETROIT ; EASTOWN THEATER
Keyword(s): RELIGION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-07-1970
RECIPE--(PASSED DOWN VERBALLY)
TEA CAKES OR SUGAR COOKIES, ONCE EATEN WITH HOT TEA:
1 EGG
1 1/2 CUP OF SUGAR
1 TEASPOON OF SODA
1/2 CUP OF FRESH BUTTERMILK
1/2 CUP OF LARD
1 TEASPOON OF VANILLA
2 TEASPOON OF BAKING POWDER
1 PINCH OF SALT
Submitter comment:
ALL THE RECIPES RECORDED FROM THIS INFORMANT HAVE BEEN HANDED
DOWN BY HER MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER AND ARE WRITTEN NOW FOR THE
FIRST TIME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; BELFAST
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Kind of Food and Its Preparation |
Date learned: 06-24-1972
CAR FOR SALE
A PERSON BOUGHT THAT CAR AND EVERY TIME HE CLOSED THE WINDOWS
THE STENCH INSIDE THE CAR WOULD BE SO STRONG YOU COULDN'T GET IN
THE CAR--LIKE ON A WARM DAY. THIS STILL HAPPENED YEARS AFTERWARDS.
Submitter comment:
I, THE COLLECTOR, TOLD THEM ABOUT THE CAR WHICH THE OWNER COULD NOT
SELL BECAUSE A PERSON WHO HAD DIED IN IT WAS LEFT IN IT FOR SOME
TIME AND THE ODOR REMAINED. IT PROMPTED THE FOLLOWING:
HEARD THIS IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19792 STOUT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Means of transportation Vehicle propelled by mechanical or other force on land BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
CAR FOR SALE
A PERSON BOUGHT THAT CAR AND EVERY TIME HE CLOSED THE WINDOWS
THE STENCH INSIDE THE CAR WOULD BE SO STRONG YOU COULDN'T GET IN
THE CAR--LIKE ON A WARM DAY. THIS STILL HAPPENED YEARS AFTERWARDS.
Submitter comment:
I, THE COLLECTOR, TOLD THEM ABOUT THE CAR WHICH THE OWNER COULD NOT
SELL BECAUSE A PERSON WHO HAD DIED IN IT WAS LEFT IN IT FOR SOME
TIME AND THE ODOR REMAINED. IT PROMPTED THE FOLLOWING:
HEARD THIS IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19792 STOUT
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Means of transportation Vehicle propelled by mechanical or other force on land BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
TO SEE A SHOOTING STAR IS TO BE WARNED OF DEATH IN THE
FAMILY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; WINCHESTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Celestial Body BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CHRISTMAS BELIEF
YOUR FIRST GUEST ON CHRISTMAS DAY
SHOULD BE A MAN, THAT MEANS GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT SEEMED TO BELIEVE IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; 7632 WESTMINSTER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. |
Date learned: 02-22-1970
06151958
MY MOTHER YOUR MOTHER LIV%S ACROSS THE STREET,
1819 BROADWAY STREET,
EVERY NIGHT THEY HAVE A FIGHT AND MY MOTHER PUNCHED YOUR MOTHER
RIGHT IN THE NOSE,
HOW MANY PUNCHES DID SHE RECEIVE?
1, 2, 3,...
Submitter comment:
MY COUSIN TOLD ME THIS JUMP ROPE RHYME WHEN I WAS VISITING HER.
THE GIRLS WOULD USE THIS RHYME WHILE JUMPING ROPE IN 1958.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; 545 PUTNAM ST ; HAZELTON
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |