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INKA, BINKA, BOTTLE OF INK, THE CORK FELL OUT AND YOU STINK}
Submitter comment:
THIS COUNTING OUT RHYME WAS USED TO PICK WHO WOULD BE "IT" WHEN PLAY
ING SUCH GAMES AS TAG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: CA00001970
CHRISTMAS EVE
A HUGE CELEBRATION WAS ALWAYS IN STORE CHRISTMAS EVE FOR EVERY
ITALIAN IN ITALY. A MORE JOYOUS OCCASION THAN THIS WAS NEVER
SEEN. BEFORE MIDNIGHT THE ONLY FOOD SERVED WAS FISH AND SEAFOOD.
AFTER 12 O'CLOCK--SAUSAGE, BEEF, PORK AND MEAT OF ALL DESCRIPTIONS
WAS THE ORDER OF THE DAY. THE CHILDREN WERE ALL GATHERED IN THE
ONE HOME WHERE THE CELEBRATION WAS TO BE HELD AND FROM EARLY
MORNING THE CHILDREN'S MOTHERS HAD BEEN AT THIS PARTICULAR HOME
COOKING FOR THE EVENING'S MEAL, A FULL DAY OF COOKING FOR
PERHAPS FIFTY PEOPLE OF A PARTICULAR FAMILY--AUNTS, UNCLES, COUSINS
AND OTHER RELATIVES. A JOYOUS OCCASION AND CERTAINLY A BELLY FULL
OF FOOD AND DRINK FOR THIS WAS THE CELEBRATION OF THE YEAR.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 22717 ALGER ST ; 48080 ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; FOOD ; holiday
| Subject headings: | 122 Christmas 122 Christmas |
Date learned: 10-31-1971
HOLY THURSDAY
HOLY THURSDAY IS COMMEMORATED BY A TRADITIONAL DINNER. THERE
IS SERVED CODFISH SOUP WITH HOMEMADE WHITE BREAD. THIS IS THE
ONLY MEAL ALLOWED DURING THE DAY. ALSO, IT IS TRADITIONAL THAT
THE FATHER OF THE FAMILY AND THE YOUNGEST CHILD BEGIN GRACE BEFORE
THE MEAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES ; 80
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Thursday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting F663.32 |
Date learned: 10-15-1969
IR YOU ARE UGLY WHEN YOU ARE BORN, YOU WILL BE BEAUTIFUL WHEN YOU
DIE AND IF YOU ARE BEAUTIFUL WHEN YOU ARE BORN, YOU WILL BE UGLY
WHEN YOU DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-28-1980
WHEN A WOMAN IS PREGNANT SHE SHOULD NOT DRINK CREAM OR MILK IN HER
COFFEE BECAUSE, IF SHE DOES, HER BABY WILL HAVE BROWN BIRTH MARKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL
YOURS TILL SATURN LOSES ITS RINGS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Z210 |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
BUCKLE MY SHOE
RAIN, RAIN, FALLING ON THE GROUND
RAIN, RAIN, FALLING ALL AROUND.
WE KNOW A GAME TO PLAY ON A VERY RAINY DAY.
1,2, BUCLKE MY SHOE
3,4, STOMP UPON THE FLOOR.
WE KNOW A GAME TO PLAY ON A VERY RAINY DAY
5,6, CLICK CLICK, CLICK,
7,8, STAKE, A STAKE, A STAKE
9,10, A BIG FAT HEN.
AND THAT IS ALL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SINGS THIS WITH HER PLAYMATES. THEY LEARNED IT IN SCHOOL.
Where learned: SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): BUCKLE MY SHOE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 08-11-1964
MOMMY, MOMMY, I SWALLOWED MY TOOTH BRUSH}
Submitter comment:
AS INFORMANT SAID THIS, HE GRABBED THE SKIN ON EITHER SIDE OF HIS
NECK AND PULLED IT IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS TO SIMULATE THE PRESENCE
OF A TOOTHBRUSH LODGED LENGTHWISE IN HIS THROAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 02-06-1980
Belief: Luck
Luck:
If someone wants your place at Bingo, take your chair with you or you won't win.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P880] crossed out/replaced with current classifications.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; Rota, Lydia ; 27415 LITTLE MACK ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): Luck, Chance, Wagers, Bingo, Chair, Custom, Game, Entertainment
James Callow Keyword(s): LUCK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
MOMMY, MOMMY, MY PIGTAILS ARE TOO TIGHT}
Submitter comment:
AS INFORMANT SAID THIS HE TOOK HIS INDEX FINGERS AND PULLED THE
OUTER CORNERS OF HIS EYES UNTIL THEY WERE NEARLY CLOSED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote SPEECH -- Gesture |
PROVERB
COLD HANDS WARM HEART.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 524 RURIA TERRACES ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
MAY THE BIRD OF HAPPINESS FLY UP YOUR NOSE
AND MAY AN ELEPHANT CARESS YOU WITH HIS TOES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: CA 00001975
ON GOOD FRIDAY YOU EAT HOT CROSS BUNS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: CA00001970
WEAR MY PINK PAJAMAS IN THE SUMMER WHEN IT'S HOT
WEAR MY FLANNEL NIGHTIE IN THE WINTER WHEN IT'S NOT
SOMETIMES IN THE SPRINGTIME
SOMETIMES IN THE FALL
JUMP RIGHT IN BETWEEN THE SHEETS WITH NOTHIN' ON AT ALL!
GLORY, GLORY, HALLELUJAH
GLORY, GLORY, HALLELJIAH
GLORY, GLORY, HALLELUJAH
WITH NOTHING ON AT ALL.
Submitter comment:
SUNG TO THE TUNE OF "GLORY, GLORY HALLELUJAH."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 11-00-1972
RHYME OF MOCKERY
SUSIE AND JOHNNY SITTING IN A TREE, MM
K-I-S-S-I-N-G. MM
FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES MARRIAGE,/
THEN COMES JOHNNY WITH THE BABY CARRIAGE.
Submitter comment: ALWAYS SUNG AS A TYPE OF MOCKERY AND KIDDING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIRE SHORES, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM ; KISSING ; NUTSHELL NARRATIVE
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
CHRISTMAS IS A BELOVED HOLIDAY FOR POLISH PEOPLE. BEGINNING AT
SUNDOWN THE FAMILY SITS DOWN TO THE EVENING MEAL. THIS MEAL IS
MEATLESS AND CONSISTS OF NINE COURSES. WHEN THE FIRST EVENING
STAR APPEARS THE MEAL BEGINS. STRAW IS PLACED UNDERNEATH
A WHITE TABLECLOTH TO SIGNIFY CHRIST'S BIRTH IN A MANGER. A
CHRISTMAS WAFER CALLED "OPLATEK" IS SHARED WITH EACH MEMBER
OF THE FAMILY BEGINNING WITH THE FATHER. GOOD HEALTH, GOD'S
BLESSINGS AND JOY IS EXTENDED TO ALL. THIS COMPLETED, THE MEAL
BEGINS. THE SOUP IS CREAMED MUSHROOM. FOLLOWING WE HAVE PIEROGI
(DUMPLINGS) WITH CABBAGE OR POTATO AND CHEESE. WE ALSO HAVE A
VARIETY OF FISH. COLD HERRING, FISH IN GELATIN (GALARECIE),
BAKED FISH, RYE BREAD AND SAUR KRAUT (SAUERKRAUT) PREPARED WITH
MUSHROOMS. COFFEE AND BABKA FOR DESERT. AFTER THE PEOPLE RETURN
FROM MIDNIGHT MASS THEY BRING OUT THE BAKED HAM AND HOMEMADE
KIELBASA WHICH EVERY GOOD POLACK MAKES HIMSELF AND THEY EAT, DRINK
AND MAKE MERRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 25940 MADISON CT ; 48081 ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): ABSTINENCE FROM MEAT ; FOOD CUSTOM
Date learned: 11-10-1971
BELIEF (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; HUMAN BEINGS NAD THEIR ACTIVITIES (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
IF YOUR LEFT EYE TWITCHES, IT MEANS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARED THIS FROM HIS WIFE.
Where learned: SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.2 |
Date learned: 08-11-1964
IT IS BAD LUCK TO HAVE THIRTEEN AT THE DINNER TABLE AND IF YOU DO,
THE NEXT TIME THAT GROUP MEETS, ONE OF THEM WILL BE MISSING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
FOLK CURE
FOR A BURN, PLACE MUSTARD ON IT.
THE MUSTARD TAKES THE STING OUT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SWAERS BY THIS CURE,
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 22427 RED MAPLE LN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
CHSEMM. STANDS FOR; COME HOLY SPIRIT, ENLIGHTEN MY MIND.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS TAUGHT THIS IN HER PAROCHIAL GRADESCHOOL AND PUTS IT
AT THE TOP OF IMPORTANT EXAMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): ACRONYM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: CA00001977