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A CHILD USUALLY HAS A DINNER PARTY FOR HIS BIRTHDAY.
WHEN ALL THE GUESTS ARRIVE, THEY GATHER AROUND THE
PINATA AND THE BIRTHDAY PERSON GETS THE FIRST SWING
AT BREAKING IT. THE PINATA IS A PAPER MACHE ANIMAL,
USUALLY A BULL, WHOSE INSIDE IS FILLED WITH CANDY,
MONEY, PEANUTS, AND SMALL TOYS. ONCE THE PINATA IS
BROKEN, THERE IS A SCRAMBLE FOR EACH PERSON TO GET
SOMETHING FROM THE PINATA. AFTERWARDS THERE IS A
DINNER.
Data entry tech comment:
SPELLING OF PINATA CORRECTED--SHE HAD PINIATA
CN[ CAMPAGNA, KATH
Where learned: WESTERN YMCA ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 11-12-1971
MEXICAN FEASTDAY CELEBRATIONS
IF A GIRL HAS A STEADY (BOYFRIEND), OR A MOTHER HAS AN
OLDER SON, ON THEIR FEASTDAY THE BOYS COME TO THEIR
WINDOWS AT NIGHT AFTER THEY'VE GONE TO BED TO SERENADE
THEM.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT MENTIONED THIS HAPPENED MOSTLY IN SMALL TOWNS
Where learned: WESTERN YMCA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 11-11-1971
JOHNNY REEFERSEED (NARCOTICS' LEGENDARY CHARACTER)
AN IMAGINARY CHARACTER WHO IS PICTURED AS A HEAVILY BEARDED GUY
SMOKING A MARIJUANA CIGARETTE. THE FREAKS (HIPPY-TYPE MARIJUANA
SMOKERS) LOOK UPON HIM AS THEIR KING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT ; COLLECTED IN EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 09-20-1969
LEADER: I USED TO WEAR MY FADED JEANS.
TROOPS: I USED TO WEAR MY FADED JEANS.
LEADER: NOW I'M WEARING ARMY GREENS.
TROOPS: NOW I'M WEARING ARMY GREENS.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; TEXAS ; FORT LEONARD WOOD ; FORT SAM ; HOUSTON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- War cries |
Date learned: 06001983-11001983
WHEN TWO PEOPLE WALKING ARE SEPARATED, THEY SAY
"BREAD AND BUTTER." THAT MEANS NO DISAPPOINTMENT WILL
COME TO THEM.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY ; LUNCHROOM
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-09-1967
WHEN PEOPLE ARE MAD, SOMETIMES ITALIANS, THEY SHAKE
THEIR CLENCHED FIST AT THE PERSON THEY ARE MAD AT.
Where learned: PORT CHESTER ; NEW YORK, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Derision Scorn |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF, CURSE
A GYPSY CURSE PUT ON A PREGNANT WOMAN CAN CAUSE PERMANENT
DAMAGE TO THE CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 03-00-1969
DEATH OMEN
IF YOU SUDDENLY SMELL THE FRAGRANCE OF ROSES, WHERE THERE AREN'T
ANY ROSES PRESENT, THEN SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 09-17-1969
LEADER: THERE AIN'T NO USE IN LOOKING DOWN.
TROOPS: THERE AIN'T NO USE IN LOOKING DOWN.
LEADER: THERE AIN'T NO DISCHARGE ON THE GROUND.
TROOPS: THERE AIN'T NO DISCHARGE ON THE GROUND.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; TEXAS ; FORT LEONARD WOOD ; FORT SAM ; HOUSTON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- War cries |
STORY
IN THE 1820'S AT SPRING ARBOR, MICHIGAN, AN INDIAN CHIEF WAS
CAPTURED DURING THE WAR. AFTER THE WAR, THE ENGLISH ALLOWED
HIM TO RETURN TO HIS TRIBE. HE WAS SIX FEET TALL AND USED
CRUTCHES TO GET AROUND. IT IS SAID THAT HE WOULD CHALLENGE
ANY MAN TO RACE WITH HIM AND THAT HE ALWAYS WON. EVEN THOUGH
ONE-LEGGED, HE HAD DEVELOPED AN ENORMOUS SPRINT WITH THE AID
OF HIS CRUTCHES.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16177 STOEPEL ; SPRING ARBOR
Keyword(s): Chief ; INDIAN ; Legend ; Native American
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Occupation War BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails |
Date learned: 03-19-1970
INSTEAD OF A BEST MAN AND A MAID OF HONOR SERVING AT
THE WEDDING, THE COUPLE CHOOSE TWO OLDER PEOPLE
(COULD BE PARENTS, RELATIVES, OR JUST OLDER FRIENDS).
THE GIRL HAS SIX BRIDESMAIDS WITH NO MALE PARTNERS,
EACH GIRL OR TWO GIRLS CARRY SOMETHING FOR THE BRIDE
AND GROOM. THE INFORMANT COULD NOT NAME THESE SIX
THINGS, ONE HOWEVER, IS A GARLAND WHICH IS PLACED
AROUND THE MARRIED COUPLE'S SHOULDERS BY THE TWO GIRLS
TO SYMBOLIZE THEIR ONENESS, A SECOND THING IS 12 GOLD
COINS WHICH SYMBOLIZE WEALTH IN THE FUTURE, THE PRIEST
BLESSES THESE AND GIVES THEM TO THE COUPLE. ALSO THE
BRIDESMAIDS ARE CALLED "MADRINAS," WHICH MEANS
GODMOTHERS.
Where learned: WESTERN YMCA ; MEXICO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Ceremony |
Date learned: 11-11-1971
STORY
IN THE 1820'S AT SPRING ARBOR, MICHIGAN, AN INDIAN CHIEF WAS
CAPTURED DURING THE WAR. AFTER THE WAR, THE ENGLISH ALLOWED
HIM TO RETURN TO HIS TRIBE. HE WAS SIX FEET TALL AND USED
CRUTCHES TO GET AROUND. IT IS SAID THAT HE WOULD CHALLENGE
ANY MAN TO RACE WITH HIM AND THAT HE ALWAYS WON. EVEN THOUGH
ONE-LEGGED, HE HAD DEVELOPED AN ENORMOUS SPRINT WITH THE AID
OF HIS CRUTCHES.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16177 STOEPEL ; SPRING ARBOR
Keyword(s): INDIAN ; Legend ; Native American
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Occupation War BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails |
Date learned: 03-19-1970
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
BELIEF, CURSE
A GYPSY CURSE PUT ON A PREGNANT WOMAN CAN CAUSE PERMANENT
DAMAGE TO THE CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Prophet / Seer / Soothsayer BELIEF -- Birth |
GAME SUPERSTITION
IN BOWLING THERE IS A SUPERSTITION THAT IF
SOMEONE MAKES THREE STRIKES IN A ROW, THE PERSON SCORING
SHOULD NOT FILL IN THE SCORE EXCEPT X'S FOR FEAR OF BAD LUCK FOR THE
BOWLERS NEXT ROLLS.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; PORT CHESTER
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.6 |
Date learned: 12-00-1970
GERMAN IMMIGRANT'S OCTOBER FEST
EACH FALL THE GERMAN-AMERICANS OF GERMANTOWN, WISC. HOLD AN
OCTOBERFEST AND ATTEMPT TO DUPLICATE THE BEER GARDENS OF THEIR OLD
COUNTRY. BEER IS LIBERALLY SERVED ALONG WITH BRATWURST AND GERMAN
BANDS PLAY POLKAS WITH GERMAN VERSE. WAITERS AND WAITRESSES ARE
DRESSED IN THE TRADITIONAL CLOTHING OF THE OLD COUNTRY. THE
FESTIVAL IS GIVEN BY THE LOCAL LION'S CLUB AND THE PROCEEDS ARE
GIVEN TO CHARITY.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT PERSONALLY PARTICIPATED IN THE 1967 OCTOBERFEST
IN GERMANTOWN.
Data entry tech comment: LATE SEPT. TO EARLY OCT. SPICER, DOROTHY. BOOK OF FESTIVALS.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; WEST BEND
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- September 23 equinox to December 20 Also used for Advent. |
Date learned: 09-30-1967
IRISH: THE LITTLE PEOPLE OR LEPRECHAUNS-- ACCORDING TO A PERSON
OF IRISH DESCENT, THESE PEOPLE WERE ABLE TO PRODUCE A POT OF
GOLD IF THEY WERE EVER CAUGHT. AT OTHER TIMES, THEY GRANTED THE
CAPTURER 3 MAGIC WISHES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
Wearing used clothes from a thrift shop may bring you either
good luck or bad luck, depending on how the original owners
conducted themselves when wearing those clothes.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WEST BLOOMFIELD
Keyword(s): Articles, Fashion
James Callow Keyword(s): BEHAVIOR
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Conversions |
Date learned: 00-00-1985
Putting tabasco sauce on bread and feeding it to ducks can
put a curse on you. And soon something degrading will
happen to you.
Submitter comment:
I learned of this story back in grade school when the
teacher scolded some of my friends for going to the pond
and feeding the ducks with bread soaked in tabasco sauce.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WEST BLOOMFIELD
Keyword(s): tabasco, hot, spicy.
James Callow Keyword(s): CRUELTY TO ANIMALS ; FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 00-00-1983
Betting on a cock fight with an excess of more than one hundred
dollars and the cock that you bet on loses, you will have
bad luck for one week.
Submitter comment:
I learned of this belief back in seventh grade when we had a
guest speaker come in and talk to the class about games
involving animals.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WEST BLOOMFIELD
Keyword(s): Ring, Money.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1983