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INDIAN LEGEND
ACCORDING TO INDIAN MYTHS, SUGAR LOAF ROCK ON MACKINAC ISLAND IS
SO NAMED BECAUSE IT WAS ONCE AN IMMENSE BEE HIVE, EVERY CRACK OF
WHICH WAS FULL OF HONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Insect PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 01-30-1968
THE OLD HOUSE LEGEND
ANOTHER LOCAL LEGEND WITH MUCH EVIDENCE TO PROVE ITS AUTHENTICITY
IS AN OLD HOME JUST EAST OF THE CAMPUS. THOUGH IT NO LONGER
STANDS, IT WAS SHROUDED IN MANY TREES, OFF THE ROAD--AND WAS AN
IMPORTANT STOP IN THE UNDERGROUND RAILROAD DURING THE DAYS PRIOR
TO THE CIVIL WAR. HERE, NEGRO SLAVES WHO HAD FLED THE SOUTH WERE
RECEIVED AND FED, AND SENT ON THEIR WAY TO CASSOPOLIS, MICHIGAN.
THIS EXPLAINS THE LARGE NUMBER OF NEGRO FARMERS IN THAT AREA OF
MICHIGAN, NEGROES WHO HAVE OWNED LAND FOR MANY YEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
GHOSTLY LIGHT
IN BOSTON, IT IS SAID THAT THERE ARE NIGHTS WHEN THE LIGHT CAN BE
SEEN FROM THE NORTH CHURCH--THE CHURCH FROM WHICH CAME THE SIGNAL
BY LIGHT THAT THE BRITISH WERE COMING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): PAUL REVERE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Legend PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 01-23-1968
INDIAN PROPHECY
INDIANS ON MACKINAC ISLAND BELIEVE THAT THE LARGE CRACK ON THE
SURFACE OF THE ISLAND FORESHADOWS AN INDIAN PROPHECY THAT THE
ISLAND WILL CRACK IN TWO AND SINK ENTIRELY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formation |
Date learned: 01-30-1968
HOW SOONERS GOT THEIR NAME
THE NAME SOONERS WAS GIVEN TO OKAHOMANS WHEN THE CIMMARON STRIP
WAS OPENED. IT WAS THE LAST AREA OF FREE LAND GIVEN BY THE
GOVERNMENT, SO MANY PEOPLE JOINED THE RUSH FOR LAND. THE FIRST
ONES THERE GOT THE LAND BECAUSE THEY GOT THERE SOONER AND HAVE
BEEN CALLED SOONERS EVER SINCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 11-22-1970
HOW MUSKEGON GOT ITS NAME
WHITE MEN COMING TO THE LAKE MICHIGAN AREA BROUGHT GUNS TO TRADE
WITH THE INDIANS. ONE INDIAN WHO WAS VERY PROUD OF HIS NEW GUN
WAS OUT IN HIS CANOE WHEN A STRONG CURRENT OVERTURNED THE BOAT.
WHEN THE INDIAN REACHED SHORE HE POINTED TO THE WATER AND SAID
SADLY, "MUSKIE GONE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Means of transportation Water craft or boat propelled by human, wind, mechanical or other force |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
FARMING LIE
IN CASEVILLE, MICHIGAN THEY PLANT POTATOES ON THE SIDES OF HILLS
SO THAT WHEN IT RAINS THE SOIL JUST ERODES AROUND THE POTATOES AND
THEY ROLL DOWN THE HILL. THE POTATOES ARE SO BIG AND THERE ARE SO
MANY OF THEM THAT THEY COULD NEVER HARVEST AND CLEAN THEM ANY
OTHER WAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 11-22-1970
FARMING LIE
IN CASEVILLE, MICHIGAN, THE PUMPKINS GET SO BIG THAT THEY HAVE TO
BE HARVESTED BEFORE THEY ARE DONE GROWING. IF YOU LET THEM GROW
TOO LONG, THEY WILL DRAG THEIR VINES DOWN THE ROAD AND WEAR THEM-
SELVES OUT UNTIL THERE IS NOTHING LEFT OF THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Plant husbandry Farming PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale |
Date learned: 11-22-1970
WEATHER SUPERSTITION
STEP ON A RED ANT, THERE WILL BE SUNSHINE.
STEP ON A BLACK ANT, IT WILL RAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 01-30-1968
WHAT'S BRED IN THE BONE,
IS BORN IN THE FLESH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-25-1965
PROVERB
THE WORLD EXPECTS RESULTS. DON'T TELL OTHERS ABOUT THE LABOR
PAINS. SHOW THEM THE BABY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL VERSE
YOU CAN TELL A MAN THAT BOOZES,
BY THE COMPANY HE CHOOSES,
AND THE OLD HOG GOT UP AND SLOWLY WALKED AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 10-06-1965
PROVERB
YOU CAN'T GET BLOOD OUT OF A TURNIP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NAMING RITE
IN ICELAND, A SON RETAINS HIS FATHER'S LAST NAME, BUT HE
ADDS "SON" ON THE END. WHEN THE SON MARRIES, HE DROPS THE "SON"
AND HIS SONS ADD IT TO THEIR NAME. EXAMPLE: BONNER - BONNERSON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- FamilyGroup |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
PLACE
RED LIGHT DISTRICT IS AN AREA OF A CITY IN WHICH PROSTITUTION
PREVAILS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Place |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
NICKNAME
FOR A TALL MAN BY THE NAME OF PETE,
"BEAN POLE PETE."
Submitter comment: MY UNCLE'S NICKNAME
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
GREETINGS
SWISS WOMEN AND CHILDREN ARE EXTREMELY POLITE AND CORDIAL
WHEN MEETING ON THE STREET. THEY SHAKE HANDS ALWAYS STOP
AND SAY, "HELLO, HOW ARE YOU?" EVEN IF IT IS SOMEONE THEY
SEE ALL THE TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-04-1972
INDEX FINGER OF ONE HAND BRUSHED OVER INDEX
FINGER OF OTHER HAND, MEANING "SHAME ON YOU."
Submitter comment: CANNOT REMEMBER WHERE FROM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Shame |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
RIDDLE
QUESTION: WHAT IS THE BEST THING TO PUT IN A PIE?
ANSWER: MY TEETH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): PIE (Q) ; TEETH (A)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-00-1965
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YOUNG GIRL IS GIVEN SPANISH FLY
A YOUNG GIRL WAS SUPPOSEDLY GIVEN A DOSE OF SPANISH FLY BY HER DATE. HE LEFT HER ALONE FOR A WHILE TO GO INTO A STORE TO PURCHASE A PACK OF CIGARETTES. THE CAR IN WHICH SHE WAS SITTING HAD A GEAR SHIFT ON THE FLOOR, AND WHEN THE YOUNG MAN RETURNED, HE FOUND THE GIRL STRADDLING THE GEAR SHIFT WHICH WAS THRUST INTO HER VAGINA.
Submitter comment:
THIS STORY WAS WIDELY CIRCULATED IN HIGH SCHOOL, AND I STILL HEAR IT NOW. PAULSEN, J.M.
I HEARD THIS ANECDOTE IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA AROUND 1935--IT WAS
WIDELY CIRCULATED. THERE'S A VARIANT IN WHICH SHE STICKS A
COKE BOTTLE UP HER PUDENDUM--AND WHEN EXTRACTING IT (THE BOTTLE
IS EMPTY), SHE REMOVES HER VITAL ORGANS (SUCTION).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; OMAHA ; NEBRASKA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage |