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IF YOU KILL A BEE ON THE FIRST DAY OF MAY AND KEEP
IT IN YOUR PURSE, YOU WILL ALWAYS HAVE MONEY.
Submitter comment: FROM RELATIVES.
Where learned: LIVING ROOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 1 May Day BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
TWO (TOO) MANY COOKS SPOILS THE BROTH.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS
Where learned: LIVING ROOM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
HAUNTED HOUSE AT MEMPHIS MICHIGAN
THE HAUNTED HOUSE AT MEMPHIS, MICHIGAN WAS DESERTED FOR 20 YEARS.
BUT YET EVERY MONDAY DIRRENCE (SIC) CLOTHES ARE REPORTED TO BE SEEN
HANGING ON A CLOTHESLINE. BONES ARE REPORTED ALSO SEEN IN THE
BASEMENT.
Submitter comment: FROM GRANDFATHER
Where learned: LIVING ROOM
James Callow Keyword(s): PHANTOM WASHING OF CLOTHES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Working |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
HAUNTED HOUSE ON JEFFERSON (AVENUE, DETROIT.)
THE OLD MURPHY MANSION WHERE A MAD MAD BUTLER LIVES BUT HAS
NEVER BEEN FOUND. HE HAS NEVER BEEN ACCUSED BUT RUMORS SAY
THREE CHILDREN HAVE BEEN MURDERED BY HIM (HE DROPPED THEM
DOWN A ELEVATOR SHAFT).
Submitter comment: FROM DAD
Where learned: LIVING ROOM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-18-1967
LEGEND---THE HOBO KILLER
AT BALDUCK PARK ON THE EAST SIDE OF DETROIT THERE HAS BEEN
REPORTEDLY A HOBO THAT LIVES IN THE PARK'S NATURE AREA.
HE FEEDS ON THE AREA'S WILDLIFE. IF A GIRL IS NEAR THE AREA WHILE
IT IS DARK, SHE IS MOLESTED. HE HAS NEVER BEEN FOUND.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIEND
Where learned: LIVING ROOM
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU ARE ANXIOUSLY AWAITING AN IMPORTANT PHONE CALL,
BE SURE TO GO INTO THE BATHTUB OR THE SHOWER-
IT WILL COME AS SOON AS YOU DO EITHER
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; NORTH QUAD ; TOLD IN ; ROOM 211
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 02-21-1971
PROVERB
THE HOUR OF HAPPINESS BRINGS INDIFFERENCE; THE HOUR OF SADNESS BRINGS
MEDITATION; AND THE HOUR OF DEATH BRINGS CONFESSION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CLASSROOM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
CHING, CHANG CHINAMAN,/ SITTING ON A FENCE./ TRYING TO MAKE A DOLLAR/
OUT OF NINETY/EIGHT CENTS./ I LIKE COFFEE,/ I LIKE TEA./ I LIKE THE
BOYS/ AND THE BOYS LIKE ME. (YES, NO, MAYBE SO ETC. UNTIL MISSES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; ROOM
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-23-1968
EASTER BUNNY
WE USED TO PUT CARROTS UNDER OUR PILLOW SO THAT THE EASTER BUNNY
WOULD BE SURE TO COME TO OUR HOUSE. I THINK THAT IT'S AN HUNGARIAN
CUSTOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ROOM ; informant's dorm room
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Bunny |
Date learned: 11-30-1971
GHOST STORIES.
MY MAMA WAS REAL SICK, AND SHE WAS LYING IN BED, AND THE DOCTOR
THOUGHT THAT SHE WAS GOING TO DIE. WELL, SHE SAW HER SISTER WHO
HAD DIED A FEW YEARS BEFORE, STANDING BY HER BED. THE FIGURE
LOOKED AT HER, AND SAID IN A STRANGE VOICE, " NO, NOT YET. " AND
A FEW DAYS LATER SHE WAS WELL AGAIN AND LIVED FOR MANY YEARS AFTER.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A TRUE STORY THAT HAPPENED TO MY GRANDMOTHER LONG BEFORE
SHE GOT MARRIED. SINCE THIS TIME, SHE HAS BEEN INTERESTED IN
ASTROLOGY, FORTUNE TELLING, ETC.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; BEDROOM
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-00-1979
IN SWEDEN, AFTER A WEDDING CEREMONY, THE PEOPLE THROW
MONEY INSTEAD OF RICE.
Where learned: DINING ROOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Things thrown at newlyweds |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
HOW CAN YOU GET SIX ELEPHANTS IN A VW? (GERMAN CAR)
THREE IN FRONT AND THREE IN THE BACK.
HOW CAN YOU GET 12 ELEPHANTS IN A VW?
YOU CAN'T.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CLASSROOM
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
PROVERB
YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT!
Submitter comment:
"MAN IST WAS MAN ISST!" IS A GERMAN PROVERB WHICH TOYS
WITH THE LIKE SOUNDS OF "IST" AND "ISST" WHILE CONVEYING
QUITE AN INTERESTING FACT.
BIOLOGICALLY SPEAKING, QUITE TRUE OF COURSE.
GERMAN INSTRUCTOR, DR. WEDBERG, UNABLE TO PINPOINT
SOURCE OF SAYING, CLAIMS IT'S A FOLK SAYING IN
GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CLASSROOM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE
PLAYERS FORM A CIRCLE AND GET INTO A SQUAT POSITION.
THERE IS ONE PERSON THAT IS "IT" IN THE CENTER OF
THE CIRCLE. HE GOES AROUND TO EACH PLAYER SAYING
EITHER "DUCK" OR "GOOSE" AS HE TAPS THE PERSON ON THE
HEAD. IF THE "IT" SHOULD SAY "GOOSE" OVER ONE PLAYER,
THAT PLAYER WILL CHASE THE "IT" AROUND THE CIRCLE. IF
THE "IT" MAKES IT BACK TO THE PLACE WHERE HE STARTED
BEING CHASED, HE IS SAFE. BUT IF THE PLAYER TAGS
THE "IT," HE IS THROWN INTO THE CENTER OF THE CIRCLE
CALLED THE "SOUP."
Where learned: ROOM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
THREE GUESSES TO GUESS OBJECT IN ROOM, AFTER EACH
GUESS A HINT IS GIVEN. AFTER THE CORRECT OBJECT
IS GUESSED THE OTHER PERSON THEN PROCEEDS AND
BEGINS THE GAME.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: LIVING ROOM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing |
Date learned: 10-23-1967
BELL BOTTOM TROUSERS, COATS OF NAVY BLUE, LOOSE AROUND THE ANKLES
TIGHT AROUND THE AS-K ME NO QUESTIONS AND I WILL TELL NO LIES, IF YOU
DON'T BELIEVE ME YOU CAN GO TO HELL-O OPERATOR GIVE ME NUMBER NINE
IF HE DOESN'T ANSWER, GIVE ME BACK MY DIME.
Where learned: ROOM
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
TAUNT
YOU ARE AS STUPID AS A SCREEN ON A SUBMARINE.
Where learned: ROOM ; OHIO, ASSUMED ; CINCINNATI
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
ENGINE, ENGINE NUMBER NINE
GOING DOWN THE CHICAGO LINE,
IF THE TRAIN SHOULD JUMP THE TRACK
WOULD IT BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK?
(THEN THE JUMPER WOULD JUMP TO:
YES, NO, MAYBE SO, (UNTIL SHE WOULD MISS.)
Where learned: ROOM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
JUMP ROPE RHYME
(GIRL'S NAME WHO IS JUMPING) SITTING IN A TREE,
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
FIRST COMES LOVE,
THEN COMES MARRIAGE,
THEN COMES (BOY'S NAME WHO SHE LIKES OR HATES) WITH A BABY CARRIAGE.
Submitter comment:
(THIS IS SUNG BY THE REST OF THE GROUP, SOMETIMES TO MAKE
UNUSUAL AND FUNNY MATCHING OF NAMES)
Where learned: ROOM
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
SEVEN YEARS BAD LUCK WHEN YOU BREAK A MIRROR.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: LIVING ROOM
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Bad luck Mirror |
Date learned: 10-25-1967