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KRAKOWIAK (POLISH DANCE)

LIKE THE AMERICAN SQUARE DANCE.

Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; NOT GIVEN ; HOME ; PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; LETTER ; OHIO ; NEW JERSEY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; GROSSE POINTE ; HARPER WOODS ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; WARREN ; JAPAN ; RUSSIA ; GRAND RAPIDS ; SHIPLE HALL ; GARDEN CITY ; ROYAL OAK ; TOLEDO ; TRENTON ; FARMINGTON ; KALAMAZOO ; CANADA ; ONTARIO ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT ; MAIL ; INDIANA ; DETROIT, ASSUMED ; TOLD AT HOME ; FERNDALE ; SOUTHFIELD ; TENNESSEE ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL ; HAMTRAMCK ; DEARBORN ; MINNESOTA ; ILLINOIS ; NEW YORK ; FLORIDA ; KOREA ; WISCONSIN ; NEW HAMPSHIRE ; STUDENT UNION ; READING ; AUSTRALIA ; Sylvania ; Sterling Heights ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; GROSSE POINTE PARK ; OAK PARK ; SOUTHGATE ; STURGEON LAKE ; REDFORD ; TOORAK ; VICTORIA ; ROSEVILLE ; LINCOLN PARK ; TRAVERSE CITY ; HUNTINGTON WOODS ; PONTIAC ; TROY ; PORT CHESTER ; SOUTH AMERICA ; BROOKVILLE ; MONTREAL ; SEOUL ; NORTH OLMSTED ; EASTOWN THEATER ; ERIE ; University of Notre Dame ; FRANKLINVILLE ; TORONTO ; TOLD AT ; TOLD BY ; TOLD IN ; SCRANTON ; MONROE ; GLENVIEW ; MOSCOW ; GULLEY ; FINLAND ; HARBOR BEACH ; HOUGHTON LAKE ; Hudson Lake ; 1962 ; INDIANAPOLIS ; JONESBORO ; KANSASVILLE ; LEXINGTON ; MASSILLON ; MAUCH CHUNK ; MELVINDALE ; MILFORD ; NEW ROCHELLE ; NIAGARA FALLS ; PANAMA CITY ; PATAGONIA ; ARGENTINA ; RESIDENCE HALL ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES ; TOLD AT HONORS HOUSE ; AMERICAN HISTORY CLASS

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dance

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WHAT'S GREEN AND HAS FOUR RED WHEELS?
GRASS, I WAS JUST KIDDING ABOUT THE WHEELS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 12-06-1967

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RIDDLE

Q. WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER?
A. A SKUNK WITH DIAPER RASH.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 10-00-1969

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RIDDLE

Q. WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER?
A. A BEAT-UP NUN.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 10-00-1969

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TELL SOMEONE THAT YOU CAN SAY THE ALPHABET FASTER BACKWARDS THAN
THEY CAN SAY IT FORWARD. SHOULD THEY AGREE... AT THE GO SIGNAL
YOU TURN YOUR BACK TO THEM AND SAY THE ALPHABET FORWARD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): SPEECH

Subject headings: RIDDLE -- Riddle Question

Date learned: 10-00-1970

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SPORTS SUPERSTITIONS

THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT BASEBALL TEAM IS NOT ALLOWED
TO WEAR THE NUMBER 13.

Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT

Subject headings: 686 Specific number by specific number being described
BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion

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CRANK

GO THROUGH THE MOTION OF CRANKING THE FOREFINGER
UP.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Gesture
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Date learned: 11-03-1971

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MIDDLE FINGER IS BENT AND SLIGHTLY ELEVATED ABOVE
THE REST OF THE FINGERS, WHICH ARE IN A FIST FORM.
MEANING: CAN YOU READ SHORT HAND.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Gesture
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Date learned: 11-03-1971

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SCRATCH NOSE WITH FOREFINGER--UP YOURS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Gesture
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Date learned: 11-03-1971

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CLENCH FIST, PUT THUMB UP AND ROTATE THUMB IN
A CIRCLE. MEANING--SIT ON IT AND TWIRL --
UP YOURS.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): OBSCENE

Subject headings: SPEECH -- Gesture
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Date learned: 11-03-1971

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STUDENT MUST STAY THREE FEET BEHIND TEACHER WHEN
ENTERING A DOORWAY AS A MATTER OF RESPECT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School
SPEECH -- Gesture

Date learned: 11-27-1971

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HER SISTER ALWAYS CROSSES HER FINGERS WHEN SHE GOES ON
A BRIDGE BECAUSE SHE BELIEVES THAT IF SHE DOESN'T
SHE WILL LOSE HER BOYFRIEND.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: 602 Body Parts
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Marriage Dating, courtship mechanics
BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.22
SPEECH -- Travel

Date learned: 10-00-1967

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CRUCIAL MOMENT OF LIFE CUSTOM

WHEN A FRATERNITY BROTHER OF MY FRATERNITY GETS MARRIED,
GRADUATES, OR GETS PINNED, WE TOAST HIM BY INTERLOCKING
OUR ARMS WITH THE DRINKS IN OUR HANDS, WE CLINK THE
GLASSES BACKWARDS AND CHUG THE DRINK.

Submitter comment: HE COMMENTS THAT THIS PROBABLY SOUNDS STUPID, BUT
THEY ALWAYS DO IT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): SLANG: CHUG=DRINK IT ALL AT ONCE.

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Crucial Moment of Life Life Cycle
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage
Food Drink -- Drink
SPEECH -- Drinking

Date learned: 11-02-1970

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WHEN SOMEONE BURPED, EVERYONE PUT THEIR THUMB TO THEIR
FOREHEAD. THE LAST ONE TO DO THIS, ATE THE BURP.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222.
Food Drink -- Food
SPEECH -- Eating

Date learned: 10-23-1970

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IF SOMEBODY SWEEPS ACCIDENTALLY ON YOUR FOOT (A
SIGN OF BAD LUCK) YOU SHOULD GRAB THE BROOM AND
SPIT ON IT (TO COUNTERACT THE BAD EFFECT).

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal
BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.22
BELIEF -- Conversions P883.22
SPEECH -- Magical Luck

Date learned: 11-00-1967

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IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ONE NEVER PUTS HIS HANDS
BEHIND HIS NECK, BECAUSE THIS MEANT THAT YOUR MOTHER
WAS GOING TO DIE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: Observation
BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial
BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.22
SPEECH -- Magical Luck

Date learned: 01-00-1971

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WHEN TELLING A LIE, CROSS THE FINGERS OF YOUR LEFT HAND
AND YOU WON'T BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LIE.

Submitter comment: THIS IS A BELIEF COMMON IN THE OSWALD FAMILY AS WELL
AS IN MY OWN GRADE SCHOOL DAYS CIRCA 1960.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION

Subject headings: 602 Body Parts
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal
BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications
SPEECH -- Magical Crossing fingers

Date learned: 09-20-1967

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IF YOU CROSS YOUR FINGERS OR TOES OR TWO PIECES OF
HAIR, ETC., IT MEANS WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ISN'T
THE TRUTH, BUT IT'S ALL RIGHT TO LIE ABOUT IT.

Submitter comment: SHE SAID THAT SHE LEARNED IT FROM FRIENDS WHEN
SHE WAS YOUNG.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: 602 Body Parts
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails
PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale
BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal
BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications
SPEECH -- Magical Crossing fingers

Date learned: 02-08-1967

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TALE OF KISSING ONES ELBOW

IF YOU KISS YOUR ELBOW, YOU'LL TURN INTO THE
OPPOSITE SEX.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Keyword(s): IMPOSSIBLE TASK

James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFORMATION

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Body part Senses
BELIEF -- Body part Senses
BELIEF -- Word Letter
SPEECH -- Magical

Date learned: 01-26-1972

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MAKING THE SIGN OF THE CROSS

THIS IS USED IN DRIVING OFF THE DEVIL, ACCORDING TO
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT

Subject headings: 602 Body Parts
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church
BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter
BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications
BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.22
SPEECH -- Religious

Date learned: 03-10-1971

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