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EXPECTANT MOTHER BELIEF-CUSTOM
A PREGNANT WOMAN SHOULDNT RAISE HER ARMS ABOVE HER HEAD OR SHE
WILL STRANGLE THE BABY.
Submitter comment:
THIS BELIEF WAS FIRMLY HELD BY THE INFORMANT'S ITALIAN FEMALE
RELATIVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CLINTON TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-00-1982
SUPERSTITION AMONG JAZZ MUSICIANS.
"NIGHT TIME IS THE RIGHT TIME." JAZZ MUSICIANS HAVE A
SUPERSTITION IN WHICH THEY WILL ONLY PLAY AT NIGHT BECAUSE
THEY BELIEVE THAT IF YOU PLAY DURING THE DAY THE "GIG"
WILL BE A BUMMER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS ; BAND CLASS
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
WEATHER BELIEF, IN REGARD TO PLANTS
IF YOU KICK A TOADSTOOL, IT WILL RAIN.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S YARD HAD SEVERAL TOADSTOOLS GROWING IN IT, MY LITTLE
SISTER SAW THEM AND WAS GOING TO KNOCK THEM OUT WHEN THE INFORMANT
SAID THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CALUMET
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GUESS
QUESTION: WHAT IS ROUND AS A BISCUIT, BUSY AS A BEE AND THE
PRETTIEST LITTLE THING YOU EVER DID SEE?
ANSWER: WATCH.
Submitter comment:
SHE TOLD THIS ITEM TO ME IN A SNAPPY MANNER, BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T HAVE
MUCH TO CONTRIBUTE AND I ASKED FOR TOO MUCH INFORMATION ABOUT HER.
I ASKED FOR THE ITEMS RIGHT BEFORE SHE WAS TO TAKE AN EXAM SO I
SUPPOSE THAT EXPLAINS HER ATTITUDE FOR NOT WANTING TO EXPLAIN THE
ITEM.
THIS ITEM IS A RIDDLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle True Riddle |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
WORMS
A DROP OF TURPENTINE ON A TEASPOON OF SUGAR FOR WORMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
CROUP
USE HOG LARD, POLECAT GREASE, AND WARM LAMP OIL AS A CHEST POTION FOR
THE CROUP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
Keyword(s): POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-12-1969
RIDDLE
Q: ROUND AS A BISCUIT,/ BUSY AS A BEE;/ CUTEST LITTLE THING/ YOU
EVER DID SEE.
A: A WATCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ECORSE
Keyword(s): CLOTHES (A) ; EATABLES (Q) ; INSECT (Q) ; STATE OF BEING (Q)
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle True Riddle |
Date learned: 09-12-1969
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ONE WHO DOESN T LISTEN TO HIS PARENTS LISTENS TO THE DOG SKIN
Submitter comment:
TRANSLATED FROM THE POLISH
DOG SKIN MEANS , LOWERS HIS OWN DIGNITY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
PROVERB
THE GREAT AWAKENING FOLLOWS THE GREAT ASLEEPING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; EASTOWN THEATRE
Keyword(s): WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-07-1970
REMEMBER GIRLS! THE WAY TO A MAN'S HEART IS THROUGH
HIS LEFT VENTRICLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; EASTOWN THEATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-07-1970
REINCARNATION MEANS YOU'RE BORN AGAIN A FLOWER.
James Callow comment: TOLD AS A JOKE? A JOKING DEFINITION? ; COLLECTOR SAYS YES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; EASTOWN THEATER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-07-1970
VERSE IN PROVERBS
LOVE MAKES THE WORLD GO ROUND,
HATE MAKES THE WORLD GO SQUARE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; EASTOWN THEATER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-07-1970
MY MOTHER AND YOUR MOTHER HANGING UP CLOTHES.
MY MOTHER PUNCHED YOUR MOTHER RIGHT IN THE NOSE.
WHAT COLOR BLOOD CAME OUT?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; EAST 201
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
HAUNTED CABIN
THERE IS AN OLD LOGGING CABIN IN EAST TAWAS ON ONE OF THE BACK
LOGGING ROADS DATING BACK TO AROUND CIVIL WAR TIME, AND THE CABIN
IS IN VERY GOOD SHAPE FOR HOW OLD IT IS. THE LEGEND GOES THAT THE
PERSON WHO ONWED THE PLACE DIED IN A STABLE JUST OFF ONE ROOM,
ALONG WITH HIS DOG AND HORSE. PRIOR TO OUR ARRIVAL IN EAST TAWAS
(ABOUT 1953), A GROUP OF PEOPLE APPROACHED THE CABIN. ONE PERSON
FROM THE GROUP OPENED THE TOP PART OF THE DUTCH-DOOR AND CLIMBED
OVER AND INTO THE CABIN. HE SEARCHED THE CABIN AND FOUND THE
BONES OF A HUMAN BEING, A HORSE AND A DOG, IN THE STABLE AREA.
WHEN HE CAME OUT OF THE CABIN HE TOLD THE GROUP WHAT HE HAD FOUND
AND IMMEDIATELY KEELED OVER DEAD. THE GROUP FLED, LEAVING THE
TOP PART OF THE DOOR OPEN AND NO ONE HAS ENTERED THE CABIN SINCE
THEN. ALL THE UTENSILS USED BY THE DEAD OWNER COULD BE SEEN IN
THE CABIN IN 1958--THE TIME WHEN THE INFORMANT WAS THERE. THE
INFORMANT BELIEVES THAT THIS REALLY HAPPENED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST TAWAS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
HAUNTED CABIN
THERE IS AN OLD LOGGING CABIN IN EAST TAWAS ON ONE OF THE BACK
LOGGING ROADS DATING BACK TO AROUND CIVIL WAR TIME, AND THE CABIN
IS IN VERY GOOD SHAPE FOR HOW OLD IT IS. THE LEGEND GOES THAT THE
PERSON WHO ONWED THE PLACE DIED IN A STABLE JUST OFF ONE ROOM,
ALONG WITH HIS DOG AND HORSE. PRIOR TO OUR ARRIVAL IN EAST TAWAS
(ABOUT 1953), A GROUP OF PEOPLE APPROACHED THE CABIN. ONE PERSON
FROM THE GROUP OPENED THE TOP PART OF THE DUTCH-DOOR AND CLIMBED
OVER AND INTO THE CABIN. HE SEARCHED THE CABIN AND FOUND THE
BONES OF A HUMAN BEING, A HORSE AND A DOG, IN THE STABLE AREA.
WHEN HE CAME OUT OF THE CABIN HE TOLD THE GROUP WHAT HE HAD FOUND
AND IMMEDIATELY KEELED OVER DEAD. THE GROUP FLED, LEAVING THE
TOP PART OF THE DOOR OPEN AND NO ONE HAS ENTERED THE CABIN SINCE
THEN. ALL THE UTENSILS USED BY THE DEAD OWNER COULD BE SEEN IN
THE CABIN IN 1958--THE TIME WHEN THE INFORMANT WAS THERE. THE
INFORMANT BELIEVES THAT THIS REALLY HAPPENED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST TAWAS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
POLISH PROVERB
KTO NIE MA NIE TROCI
THE ONE THAT HAS NOTHING LOSES NOTHING
Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER KNOWS THIS FRON POLAND
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS POLISH TEXT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
JUMP STORY
YOU ASSEMBLE A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND TELL THEM THE
FOLLOWING STORY (YOU PICK ONE AS THE BRUNT OF THE
JOKE).
THERE WERE THREE BROTHERS AND ONE OF THEM HAD A GOLDEN
ARM. THE OTHERS WERE VERY JEALOUS OF THIS ARM AND
ALWAYS WANTED TO STEAL IT. FINALLY THE BROTHER
WITH THE GOLDEN {ARM} DIED AND BEFORE HE WAS BURIED
HIS GOLDEN ARM DISAPPEARED. HIS GHOST CAME BACK TO
HAUNT THE OTHER BROTHERS. AT THIS POINT YOU ASK
EACH OF THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU "DID YOU STEAL MY
GOLDEN ARM?" WHEN YOU COME TO THE PERSON WHOM
YOU WISH TO SCARE AND HE ANSWERS "NO" TO YOUR QUESTION
YOU GRAB HIM AND SHOUT "YES YOU DID."
Submitter comment: STORY SHOULD BE TOLD WITH "ATMOSPHERE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WAYNE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
INDIAN LEGEND: ARIZONA
TWO INDIAN TRIBES WERE INVOLVED IN A BATTLE, ONE TRIBE WAS APACHE.
THE APACHES WERE TRAPPED ON A CLIFF, AND RATHER THAN SURRENDER,
THEY LEAPED TO THEIR DEATH. LATER THE FEMALE MEMBERS CAME TO
MOURN THEIR DEAD. THE TEARS OF THE WOMEN TURNED INTO A BLACK
GLASS-LIKE STONE WHICH IS NOW CALLED APACHE TEARS. THE ROCK
LOOKS LIKE IT CONTAINS A TEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WAYNE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Metal Stone Bone Precious stone Gem BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-00-1970
JUMP STORY
YOU ASSEMBLE A GROUP OF PEOPLE AND TELL THEM THE
FOLLOWING STORY (YOU PICK ONE AS THE BRUNT OF THE
JOKE).
THERE WERE THREE BROTHERS AND ONE OF THEM HAD A GOLDEN
ARM. THE OTHERS WERE VERY JEALOUS OF THIS ARM AND
ALWAYS WANTED TO STEAL IT. FINALLY THE BROTHER
WITH THE GOLDEN {ARM} DIED AND BEFORE HE WAS BURIED
HIS GOLDEN ARM DISAPPEARED. HIS GHOST CAME BACK TO
HAUNT THE OTHER BROTHERS. AT THIS POINT YOU ASK
EACH OF THE PEOPLE AROUND YOU "DID YOU STEAL MY
GOLDEN ARM?" WHEN YOU COME TO THE PERSON WHOM
YOU WISH TO SCARE AND HE ANSWERS "NO" TO YOUR QUESTION
YOU GRAB HIM AND SHOUT "YES YOU DID."
Submitter comment: STORY SHOULD BE TOLD WITH "ATMOSPHERE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WAYNE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
INDIAN LEGEND: ARIZONA
TWO INDIAN TRIBES WERE INVOLVED IN A BATTLE, ONE TRIBE WAS APACHE.
THE APACHES WERE TRAPPED ON A CLIFF, AND RATHER THAN SURRENDER,
THEY LEAPED TO THEIR DEATH. LATER THE FEMALE MEMBERS CAME TO
MOURN THEIR DEAD. THE TEARS OF THE WOMEN TURNED INTO A BLACK
GLASS-LIKE STONE WHICH IS NOW CALLED APACHE TEARS. THE ROCK
LOOKS LIKE IT CONTAINS A TEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WAYNE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Metal Stone Bone Precious stone Gem BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-00-1970