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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
LET GEORGE DO IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PERSONAL NAME USED IN PROVERB
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-02-1968
TREES WILL BEAR VERY WELL IF THEY ARE SCATTERED WITH ASHES ON
ASH WEDNESDAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANTS GRANDFATHER ALWAYS HAD A BRIEF CEREMONY FOR ALL
MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY AND THE WORKERS IN WHICH A FEW ASHES WERE
SCATTERED IN THE ORCHARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Monday |
Date learned: 03-10-1968
TOM SWIFTY
"LET ME SLIP INTO SOMETHING MORE COMFORTABLE," SHE
SAID NEGLIGENTLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ON NEGLIGEE, A WOMAN'S LOOSE DRESSING GOWN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 12-00-1967
NEW YEAR'S VISITOR
IF THE FIRST PERSON TO VISIT YOUR HOME
HAS DARK HAIR, YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK
ALL YEAR. IF HE IS FAIR, POOR LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F690 F690.1231 BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Good luck P881.42 BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.42 |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
JIM MORRISSON, LEADER OF THE MUSICAL GROUP "THE DOORS,"
REPORTEDLY DIED IN 1972 IN PARIS. IT IS BELIEVED BY SOME OF HIS FANS
THAT HE FAKED HIS DEATH AND IS ALIVE TO THE PRESENT DAY.
IT IS ALLEGEDLY QUITE EASY TO OBTAIN A DEATH CERTIFICATE IN
FRANCE. THE ONLY PEOPLE KNOWN TO HAVE SEEN HIS CORPSE ARE NOW
DEAD THEMSELVES. THIS IS ONLY A RUMOR. IT WILL PROBABLY
NEVER BE SOLVED SINCE IT IS DOUBTFUL THAT HIS GRAVE WILL BE
EXHUMED TO EITHER PROVE OR DISPROVE IT.
HIS REASON FOR DOING THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE THAT HE WAS TIRED
OF THE PRESSURES OF SUPERSTARDOM AND SAW A STAGED DEATH
AS HIS ONLY MEANS OF ESCAPE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CLINTON TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 09-00-1982
WHAT IS THE BLACK STUFF BETWEEN AN ELEPHANT'S TOES?
SLOW NATIVES
Where learned: CARMICHAEL TOWERS ; VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
WHY DO ELEPHANTS WEAR SPRINGS?
TO SCREW MONKEYS
Where learned: CARMICHAEL TOWERS ; VANDERBILT UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 08-00-1968
A MAN COULD BE SCARED OUT OF HIS SEVEN SENSES.
Submitter comment: FROM BOYFRIEND
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
TO STOP A TOOTH FROM ACHING PUT AN ASPIRIN ON IT.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; MILLEDGEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
LITTLE MATCH GIRL
THERE WAS A LITTLE GIRL WHOSE MOTHER DIED. HER FATHER REMARRIED
AND HER STEPMOTHER WAS VERY MEEAN AND WOULD SEND HER ON THE CORNER
EVERY NIGHT TO SELL MATCHES. IT WAS THANKSGIVING NIGHT AND THE
LITTLE GIRL WENT TO HER CORNER TO SELL MATCHES AS USUAL. IT GOT
BITTER COLD AND IT STARTED TO SNOW AND SNOW, AND SHE BECAME VERY
COLD. THE LITTLE GIRL WENT IN BETWEEN TWO HOUSES AND LIT A MATCH
TO WARM UP. SHE LOOKED THROUGH A WINDOW OF ONE OF THE HOUSES AND
SAW THE FAMILY GATHERED AROUND THE TABLE WITH A GREAT BIG TURKEY.
SHE KEPT LIGHTING MATCHES TO KEEP WARM AND WATCHING THE PEOPLE IN
THE HOUSE. SHE BEGAN TO CRY, AND WAS ALMOST FROZEN TO DEATH, WHEN
HER MOTHER HEARD HER CRIES AND CAME DOWN AND TOOK HER TO HEAVEN
WITH HER WHERE THEY WERE BOTH HAPPY TOGETHER.
Submitter comment:
THIS STORY IS A TRADITIONAL ONE IN OUR FAMILY, DATING BACK SEVERAL
GENERATIONS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16666 LESURE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Tale |
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
HE THAT BLAMES HIMSELF PRAISES HIMSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FALSE HUMILITY ?
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-02-1968
IT IS BELIEVED THAT A LEAP YEAR IS NEVER A GOOD
SHEEP YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: 10-02-1968
IF A PERSON SHIVERS IT IS SAID THAT SOMEONE IS
WALKING OVER YOUR GRAVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
Date learned: 10-02-1968
WHEN PLAYING CARDS CHANGE YOUR SEAT TO CHANGE YOUR
LUCK.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Conversions Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
BLOW ON CARDS TO BRING YOU GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 881 Games / Pastimes / Sports |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF YOU SNEEZE ON A TUESDAY, YOU
WILL KISS A STRANGER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-02-1968
A WHITE ROSE WHICH BLOOMS IN THE MIDDLE OF FALL
IS SAID TO BE A SURE SIGN OF AN EARLY DEATH TO
THE BEHOLDER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-02-1968
CHRISTMAS
CHRISTMAS HAS ALWAYS BEEN THE BIGGEST HOLIDAY FOR MY FAMILY.
TWO WEEKS BEFORE CHRISTMAS WE PUT UP THE DECORATIONS. OUTSIDE WE PU
COLORED LIGHTS ON THE EVERGREENS. WE PUT PLASTIC TRIMMINGS ON THE
DOORPOSTS. A CHRISTMAS WREATH GOES ON THE FRONT DOOR. INSIDE WE
HANG OUR STOCKINGS ON THE STAIRWAY AND DECORATE THE HANDRAILS WITH
MORE PLASTIC EVERGREEN TRIMMINGS. WE REPLACE THE PICTURE IN THE
FRONT HALLWAY WITH A HANGING SANTA CLAUS, WHEN YOU PULL HIS STRING
THE MUSIC BOX CONTAINED WITHIN PLAYS SILENT NIGHT. I CAN'T RESIST
PULLING THE STRING AT LEAST TWICE A DAY. ABOVE THE FIREPLACE WE
PLACE THREE DOLLS OF ENGLISH MEN SINGING CAROLS AND COLLECTING
DONATIONS, THESE ARE FALLING APART NOW THOUGH. ALSO AROUND THE
FIREPLACE WE HANG LIGHTS WITH PICTURES ENCASING THEM DEPICTING MANGE
SCENES. IN THE LIVING ROOM WE PLACE OUR MODEL OF THE MANGER WITH
LITTLE STATUES OF JESUS IN CRIB, MARY, JOSEPH, THE THREE KINGS
BEARING GIFTS, A SHEPERD BOY, HIS FLOCK OF SHEEP(ABOUT HALF WITH LEG
BROKEN), A COW, A DONKEY, A CAMEL, AND AN ANGEL WITH TRUMPET HANGING
FROM THE TOP OF THE MANGER,(HIS WINGS ARE BROKEN THOUGH). IN THE
LIVING ROOM WE ALSO PUT A SANTA CLAUS DOLL SITTING IN A WICKER SLEIG
FILLED WITH PLASTIC FRUIT.
WE PUT THE CHRISTMAS TREE IN THE FAMILY ROOM. AFTER BRINGING THE
CHRISTMAS TREE HOME YOU HAVE TO WAIT A FEW DAYS FOR IT TO SPREAD OUT
BEFORE DECORATING IT. WHEN DECORATING THE TREE THE FIRST THING WE
PUT ON ARE THE THREE STRINGS OF COLORED LIGHTS. WE CONNECT ONE
BLINKER TO ONE STRING OF LIGHTS AND A SECOND BLINKER TO THE OTHER TW
STRINGS OF LIGHTS SO THE LIGHTS ALTERNATELY BLINK ON AND OFF. NEXT
WE HANG THE MANY BEAUTIFUL BULBS, CAREFUL NOT TO LET THEM FALL.
THEN WE HANG SILVER TINSEL AND CANDY CANES AND THE WHOLE TREE IS
TOPPED OFF BY A STAR. PRESENTS ARE PLACED UNDER THE TREE.
OUR FAMILY IS SPREAD ACROSS THE UNITED STATES BUT ANYONE WHO CAN
COMES HOME FOR CHRISTMAS. ON CHRISTMAS EVE WE HAVE A FIRE IN THE
FIREPLACE AND SOME OF US VISIT RELATIVES AND DELIVER PRESENTS WHILE
OTHERS STAY HOME AND RECEIVE VISITS. AT MIDNIGHT ALL THE ADULTS GO
TO MIDNIGHT MASS, EVEN THOUGH FOR SOME OF MY BROTHERS THIS IS THE
ONLY TIME THEY GO TO MASS ALL YEAR. EVERYONE GETS UP EARLY IN THE
MORNING TO OPEN PRESENTS. THE DAY IS SPENT WATCHING CHRISTMAS MOVIE
AND FOOTBALL GAMES ON TV, RECEIVING TELEPHONE CALLS FROM OUT-OF-STAT
RELATIVES AND FAMILY THAT COULD NOT COME HOME, AND WAITING FOR
DINNER.
FOR CHRISTMAS DINNER WE HAVE A BIG TURKEY. WE ALSO HAVE A WHOLE
BUNCH OF STUFFING, MASHED POTATOES, CRANBERRY SAUCE, GRAVY, GREEN
BEANS OR PEAS, AND OCCASIONALLY A HAM TOO IF THE TURKEY IS NOT BIG
ENOUGH. FOR DESSERT THERE IS PLUM PUDDING WITH HARD SAUCE, FRUIT
CAKE, AND ICE CREAM. THIS IS THE ONLY TIME ALL YEAR THAT WE HAVE
PLUM PUDDING EVEN THOUGH IT IS MY FAVORITE DESSERT.
WE KEEP THE CHRISTMAS TREE UP UNTIL IT GETS TOO DRY AND BECOMES A
FIRE HAZARD, BUT THE OTHER DECORATIONS AREN'T PUT AWAY TILL ALMOST
FEBRUARY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
Date learned: 11-23-1979
BLUE HERON AN OMEN
THE INDIANS AND LUMBERMEN IN OUR AREA (MONTMORENCY COUNTY)
USED TO THINK THAT THE BLUE HERON WAS AN OMEN OF DEATH OR
SERIOUS ILLNESS.
Submitter comment: TOLD TO ME BY MY NEIGHBOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00001940-50
WHEN TWO PEOPLE WALKING ARE SEPARATED, THEY SAY
"BREAD AND BUTTER." THAT MEANS NO DISAPPOINTMENT WILL
COME TO THEM.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ; LUNCHROOM
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-09-1967