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BELIEF
SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT IF YOU COUNT THE NUMBER OF CARS IN A
FUNERAL PROCESSION THAT IS THE NUMBER OF YEARS YOU HAVE LEFT TO
LIVE.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT BELIEVES ABSOLUTELY IN THE ABOVE AND WOULD
ONLY COUNT THE NUMBER OF CARS IN PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT'S
FUNERAL PROCESSION.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 17394 PARKSIDE ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
NAME
PEOPLE WHO DO NOT LIKE BELGIANS REFER TO THEM AS "BUFFALOES."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 17394 PARKSIDE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- FamilyGroup |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
"FASTER THAN A RHUBARB THROUGH A TALL LADY."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 17394 PARKSIDE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-19-1970
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
THE WHEEL THAT SQUEAKS LOUDEST IS THE ONE THAT GETS THE GREASE.
Submitter comment:
TOLD BY HER TENNESSEE GRANDMOTHER. MEANS ATTENTION GOES TO
TH LOUDEST PERSON.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 17394 PARKSIDE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Whistling girls and clucking hens always come to no good ends.
Submitter comment:
Told to her by her grandmother in Tennessee.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 17394 PARKSIDE ; Martz, Lou
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cluck ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Whistling girls and cackling hens always come to no good ends.
Submitter comment:
Informant was always reminded of this by ehr grandmother when she whisteld as a child in Detroit in the 1930's.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 17394 PARKSIDE ; Martz, Carol
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cackle ; FATE ; Girl ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; VERSE ; Whistle
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
NAME
RAILROAD WORKERS ARE CALLED "GANDY DANCERS."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 17394 PARKSIDE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- FamilyGroup |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
NAMES
A DEROGATORY TERM FOR HUNGARIANS IS "BOHUNKS" (BOHEMIANS).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 17394 PARKSIDE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- FamilyGroup |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR