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THE LADY IN WHITE
ON BELLE ISLE THERE IS A TYPICAL LOVERS LANE WHERE A LADY DRESSED
IN WHITE SNEAKS UP ON PARKED CARS AND BREAKS THE HEADLIGHTS OR THE
BACK WINDSHIELD WITH A HATCHET. ACCORDING TO REPORTS THE LADY
DOES THIS BECAUSE OF HER DAUGHTER WHO WAS PARKED THERE ONE NIGHT
WITH A BOY AND THE NEXT MORNING SHE WAS FOUND FLOATING IN THE RIVER.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): VANDALISM
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 11-20-1968
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,/ THERE SAT MARY AS
SWEET AS A ROSE./ SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET/ ALONG CAME MM---- AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK./ HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
(COUNT)
Submitter comment:
MARY ANN AND PAT AGREE ON THE LAST LINE, BUT MARY HAS INSTEAD
5, 10, 15, OR 100, 200, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
RATTLESNAKE PETE
RATTLESNAKE PETE WAS A HANDY-MAN ON A CATTLE DRIVE. HE WAS FAMOUS
FOR CATCHING RATTLESNAKES WITH HIS HANDS AND BITING THEIR HEADS OFF.
ONE DAY ONE OF THE COWBOYS ON THE DRIVE WAS BITTEN IN THE EAR BY A
RATTLESNAKE. PETE CUT HIS EAR OFF AND DRAINED THE POISON AND THEN
SEWED THE EAR BACK ON THE MAN. HOWEVER, PETE HAD
BEEN DRINKING AND SEWED THE EAR ON BACKWARDS. SEEING WHAT HE HAD
DONE, PETE REMOVED THE OTHER EAR AND SEWED IT ON BACKWARDS ALSO.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale |
Date learned: 11-20-1968
JOHNNY OVER THE OCEAN
JOHNNY OVER THE OCEAN,
JOHNNY OVER THE SEA,
JOHNNY BROKE THE SUGAR BOWL AND BLAMED IT ON ME.
I TOLD MA,
MA TOLD PA,
JOHNNY GOT A LICKIN', HA, HA, HA!
Submitter comment:
Jump rope rhyme
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
NEW YEAR'S CUSTOM
ON NEW YEAR'S EVERYONE IN THE FAMILY EATS
SMOKED HERRING FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Date learned: 09-26-1971
NEW YEAR'S CUSTOM
THE FIRST PERSON WHO COMES OVER THE THRESHOLD OF
YOUR HOUSE SHOULD BE A MAN TO BRING GOOD LUCK
TO THE HOUSE-HOLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FIRST FOOTING ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- Good luck P881.42 |
Date learned: 09-26-1971
RECIPE AN UKRANIAN DISH CALLED HOLUBCHI
YOU TAKE SOME CABBAGE LEAVES AND IMMERSE THEM IN BOILING WATER FOR
ABOUT THREE MINUTES. THEN IN THE CENTER OF THE LEAVES YOU PLACE
A TABLESPOON FULL OF A MIXTURE OF GROUND BEEF, ONION AND RICE.
YOU THEN FOLD THE LEAF AROUND THE MIXTURE AND BAKE IN TOMATO SAUCE
FOR ONE HOUR AT 300 DEGREES.
Where learned: THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DORM
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Manner of preparation |
Date learned: 03-02-1971
CUSTOM
IN JAPAN, THE PEOPLE EXCHANGE NEW YEAR'S
CARDS WITH FRIENDS AND RELATIVES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; UNION
Keyword(s): GIFTGIVING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Fixed DateFor specific dates, use the following system: F640.0101 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
POLISH CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
AT CHRISTMAS TIME MANY POLISH PEOPLE
GATHER TOGETHER AT A PARTY. EVERYONE HAS A
BLESSED WAFER MADE OF OPWATKI. TWO PEOPLE
BREAK A PIECE OFF EACH OTHER'S WAFER, EAT IT, AND
WISH EACH OTHER GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; OPLATKI
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Oplatki |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
AMONG THE LITHUANIANS, THERE IS A TRADITIONAL MEAL ON THE
EVE OF CHRISTMAS. ON THE FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT (FOUR WEEKS
BEFORE CHRISTMAS) THE LOCAL PRIEST WOULD VISIT EVERY HOUSE
FOR A YEARLY VISITATION. AT THAT TIME HE WOULD GIVE EVERY
FAMILY A PIECE OF UNLEAVENED BREAD, RESEMBLING THE HOST USED
AT MASS. THIS BREAD WOULD BE DECORATED WITH BRIGHT COLORS AND
WITH SCENES OF THE NATIVITY. THIS BREAD WAS TO BE SAVED FOR
THIS CHRISTMAS EVE MEAL. THE PEOPLE WOULD GIVE THE PRIEST
A DONATION FOR THIS PLOTKA. ALONG WITH THE PLOTKA, SOLE
AND FISH WERE ALSO SERVED. THE DESERT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT
PART. EXTRAVAGANT DESERTS WERE SERVED, WHICH WOULD NORMALLY
NOT BE SERVED AT ANY OTHER TIME (E.G. GOATS MILK WITH POPPY
SEEDS.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Oplatki |
Date learned: 09-23-1971
JOURNEY OF THE THREE WISE MEN
AT CHRISTMAS TIME WHEN THE STABLE IS SET UP THE MAGI ARE NOT PLACED
AROUND THE CRIB BUT ARE PLACED A NOTICEABLE DISTANCE FROM IT. EACH
DAY THE THREE FIGURES ARE MOVED CLOSER SO THAT ON JANUARY 6TH, LITTLE
CHRISTMAS, THE THREE WISE MEN ARRIVE AT THE STABLE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): EPIPHANY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 6 Twelfth Day Epiphany CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Manger scenes |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
ON CHRISTMAS THE CHRIST CHILD ISN'T PUT INTO THE STABLE UNTIL
MIDNIGHT CHRISTMAS EVE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Manger scenes |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY THE COLLECTOR
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
ON CHRISTMAS EVE, SOME POLISH FAMILIES LAY STRAW ON THE
DINNER TABLE FOR THE MAGI.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Christmas CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Straw |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
RIDDLE
HOW MANY MONTHS HAVE 28 DAY?
-- ALL OF THEM
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): TIME CALENDAR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-26-1968
POLISH CUSTOM--FEAST OF THE ASSUMPTION
THE WOMEN TAKE FLOWERS FROM THEIR GARDENS TO GET THEM BLESSED.
AFTERWARDS, THEY DRY THEM AND PRESS THEM. THROUGHOUT THE YEAR, IF
ANYONE GETS SICK, THEY TAKE THESE FLOWERS AND MAKE TEA OUT OF THEM
FOR THE PATIENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- August 15 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Summer |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
CHRISTMAS GIFTS
ON CHRISTMAS EVE AT ABOUT TEN O'CLOCK ALL THE FAMILY GETS
TOGETHER AND OPENS THEIR GIFTS AROUND THE CHRISTMAS TREE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Christmas tree CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Gifts, gift giving at Christmas |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
CHARLEY CHAPLIN WENT TO FRANCE
TO TEACH THE GIRLS THE HOOCHIE COOCHIE
DANCE./ HEEL, TOE, AROUND WE GO/ HEEL, TOE, AROUND WE GO/ SALUTE TO
THE CAPTAIN, CURTSY TO THE QUEEN/ AND TOUCH THE BOTTOM OF THE
SUBMARINE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; FOLEY HALL
Keyword(s): ACTION-RHYME ; CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-29-1967
GERMAN CELEBRATION ON THE LONGEST DAY OF THE YEAR.
IN JUNE IN GERMANY, ON THE FEAST OF SAINT JOHN, WHICH IS THE LONGEST
DAY OF THE YEAR, THE PEOPLE GO UP ON SMALL MOUNTAINS AND BUILD A
FIRE. THEY SING, EAT, AND DANCE AROUND THE FIRE. WHEN THE FIRE IS
BURNED DOWN, THEY JUMP OVER IT. IT IS NOW USUALLY DONE BY YOUNG
PEOPLE WHO WANT TO KEEP UP THE OLD TRADITIONS.
Submitter comment:
SHE LEARNED IT IN GERMANY WHERE SHE WAS BORN AND SPENT MUCH OF
HER LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June 24 St. John's Day / Midsummer Day |
DISPOSITION
THIS BELIEF IS THAT WHATEVER YOUR DISPOSITION IS ON CHRISTMAS EVE,
THIS IS HOW YOU WILL BE THE REST OF THE NEW YEAR. THEREFORE, YOU
MUST BE CAREFUL TO BE OF A HAPPY DISPOSITION ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Predictions |
Date learned: 01-30-1968
RIDDLE
WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU RAN OUT OF GAS IN THE
JUNGLE? ANSWER: PUT A TIGER IN YOUR TANK.
Data entry tech comment: THE PHRASE "PUT A TIGER IN YOUR TANK" WAS AN ; ADVERTISING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-00-1969