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PAT AND MIKE CAME TO A PERSIMMON TREE (A WILD FRUIT
TREE). PAT SAYS, "LET'S CLIMB UP IN THE PERSIMMON
TREE AND EAT PERSIMMONS." MIKE SAYS, "PAT, YOU
KNOW I CAN'T CLIMB TREES." SO PAT CLIMBS UP THE TREE
AND WAS EATING PERSIMMONS. MIKE SAYS, "HEY, PAT, THROW
ME DOWN ONE, THROW ME DOWN ONE." PAT WOULD TOSS HIM
DOWN ONE AND KEEP EATING. MIKE WAS BEGGING HIM TO
THROW DOWN MORE. WHEN PAT DID, MIKE WOULD BACK OFF
AND CATCH IT IN HIS MOUTH. PAT SAW A LITTLE TREE
FROG UP THERE. HE SAYS, "HEY, MIKE, HERE'S ONE
BUT IT'S A LITTLE CROOKED." "COME-ON, PITCH IT
DOWN," SAYS MIKE, AS HE OPENS HIS MOUTH. "IT'S
A LITTLE CROOKED," SAYS PAT. "CHOMP, CHOMP,
CHOMP, CROOKED OR STRAIGHT," MIKE SAID
"(ILLEGIBLE WORDS) DOWN."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 02-07-1972
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PAT AND MIKE WERE TWO IRISH BOYS. THEY WERE ON A BOAT
COMING HERE. SO PAT AND MIKE WERE ON THE TOP DECK OF
THE SHIP TO WATCH EVERYTHING. MIKE SAYS, "LET'S
GO DOWNSTAIRS AND TAKE A NAP." PAT SAID, "NO I WANT
TO SIT HERE AND WATCH THEM RUN THE SHIP." SO MIKE
GOES DOWN AND TAKES A NAP. THE SHIP CATCHES ON
FIRE IN THE MEANTIME. THEY WERE HOISTING UP
WATER FROM THE OCEAN TO THROW ON THE SHIP. PAT
SAYS, "I'D BETTER RUN DOWN AND GET MY BUDDY,
MIKE." "MIKE," PAT SAYS, "WAKE UP, MIKE. THE
SHIP'S ON FIRE." MIKE SAYS, "I DON'T CARE, IT'S NOT
MY SHIP."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 02-07-1972
SO PAT AND MIKE WERE GOING ALONG ONE DAY AND FOUND A
LITTLE WATCH. A PRETTY LITTLE GOLD WATCH AND THEY
DIDN'T KNOW WHAT IT WAS. ONE HANDED IT TO THE OTHER
AND SAID THAT IT WAS PRETTY. FINALLY, MIKE HELD IT
TO HIS EAR AND HEARD IT TICK-TICK. SO HE SHOVED
IT OVER TO PAT AND SAID, "LISTEN AT IT TICK-TICK-TICK.
THAT IS A TIC." THEY PUT IT ON A BIG STONE AND TOOK
A LITTLE STONE AND SMASHED IT ALL TO PIECES. MIKE
SAYS, "THAT TIC WILL NEVER BITE ANYONE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 02-07-1972
MOON BELIEF
IF THE MOON IS FULL THE CROPS WOULD GROW TALL.
THIS WAS NOT GOOD FOR POTATOES BECAUSE THEY WERE IN THE GROUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 02-07-1972
BELIEF
WHENEVER MY MOTHER STARTED TO SAY SOMETHING AND SHE FORGOT WHAT
SHE WAS GOING TO SAY, SHE WOULD SAY, "IT MUST HAVE BEEN A LIE."
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK ; Hartman, Phyllis
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CUSTOM ; FORGET ; Lie
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 02-02-1972
BROOM
IF YOU WANT TO GET RID OF AN UNWELCOME GUEST, PLACE A BROOM IN
HIS PRESENCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 10-30-1971
BELIEF
A MOLE ON THE RIGHT KNEE MEANS A HAPPY MARRIAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-27-1971
BELIEF
IF THERE IS A MOLE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE FOREHEAD, IT REVEALS
TALENT AND SUCCESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-27-1971
BELIEF (SUPERSTITION)
MY MOTHER, WHENEVER HER EAR RINGS, CLAIMS THAT SOMEONE IS EITHER
TALKING ABOUT HER OR IS GOING TO CALL HER ON THE PHONE, OR AT THE
DOOR.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT BELIEVES THIS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-28-1971
BELIEF
ON THE RADIO ONE NIGHT I HEARD A SCIENTIST TALKING ABOUT
U.F.O.S (UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS). HE EXPRESSED BELIEF
IN THE IDEA THAT THE STAR OF BETHLEHEM WAS ACTUALLY A FLYING SAUCER
FROM VENUS, AND CHRIST WAS VENETIAN.
Submitter comment: HEARD AT THE TIME WHEN U.F.O.'S WERE THE BIG THING IN 1968
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
SNEEZING BELIEF
SNEEZING TWICE IN THE NIGHT FOR THREE SUCCESSIVE NIGHTS WAS A SIGN
OF DEATH IN THE HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
LEGEND OF THE WINDEGOE
A LARGE BIRD CALLED THE WINDEGOE WITH SPIRIT-LIKE QUALITIES
OFTEN CAME OUT OF THE SWAMP AND THREATENED OR ATE PEOPLE OF
THAT AREA (EAGLE LAKE, MICHIGAN). IT COULD NOT BE CAUGHT OR SHOT
BECAUSE THIS WAS IMPOSSIBLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAGLE LAKE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Bird |
Date learned: 00001956-00001957
BELIEF
WHENEVER MY MOTHER STARTED TO SAY SOMETHING AND SHE FORGOT WHAT
SHE WAS GOING TO SAY, SHE WOULD SAY, 'IT MUST HAVE BEEN A LIE.'
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 02-02-1972
LEADER: USED TO DRIVE A CHEVROLET.
TROOPS: USED TO DRIVE A CHEVROLET.
LEADER: NOW I'M MARCHING ALL THE WAY.
TROOPS: NOW I'M MARCHING ALL THE WAY.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; TEXAS ; FORT LEONARD WOOD ; FORT SAM ; HOUSTON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- War cries |
Date learned: 06001983-11001983
SNEEZE BELIEF
WHEN A PERSON SNEEZES TWICE ALMOST EVERY TIME HE SNEEZES,
THEN HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE PRETTY INTELLIGENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
MOON BELIEF
IF THE MOON IS FULL THE CROPS GROW TALL.
THIS WAS NOT GOOD FOR POTATOES BECAUSE THEY WERE ON THE GROUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANTING BELIEF
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 02-07-1972
GHOST STORY OF DROWNED WOMAN
THERE IS A LEGEND OF A WOMAN AND HER DOG WHO DROWNED
OFF SULLIVAN'S POINT, ON EAGLE LAKE IN SOUTHWESTERN
MICHIGAN. HER GHOST IS SAID TO BE SEEN VERY OFTEN,
AND SHE IS USUALLY MOANING IN SORROW. A DOG IS OFTEN
SEEN ALSO ROAMING THE BEACHES FOR ITS MASTER. THIS
DOG HAS A COLLAR WITH THE NAME OF THE DEAD WOMAN
ON IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAGLE LAKE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00001956-1957
TOM SWIFTY
"LET'S GO DOWN TO THE CELLAR" TOM SAID DESCENDENTLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ON DESCEND
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 12-00-1967
PEOPLE USED TO BELIEVE THAT IF YOU PUT YOUR FINGER INSIDE THE SHELL
OF A TERRAPIN, IT WOULD NOT OPEN UP UNTIL IT THUNDERED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): TURTLE REPTILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish |
Date learned: 02-07-1972
IF YOUR PALM ITCHES, YOU WILL GET MONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 04-06-1971