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WISH

WHEN THE CLASP OF A PENDANT HAS SLID
AROUND THE NECK TO WHERE THE PENDANT HANGS IN FRONT
THE PERSON WEARING THE PENDANT CAN MAKE A WISH,
THEN HAVE SOMEONE ELSE RETURN THE CLASP TO THE
BACK OF THE NECK, LEST THAT PERSON
LOSE HER WISH.

Submitter comment: TOLD TO ME BY A GIRL NAMED PEGGY HAISENLEDER
WHO WORKED WITH ME AT EASTLAND SHOPPING CENTER SUMMER '71

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 3487 Buckingham ; 48224

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Prayer

Date learned: 10-30-1971

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FUDGE, FUDGE, CALL THE JUDGE/ MAMA'S GOT A NEW-BORN BABY./ IT AIN'T
VANILLA/ IT AIN'T COCONUT/ IT'S JUST A CHOCOLATE BABY./ WRAP IT UP
IN TISSUE PAPER/ THROW IT DOWN THE CHUTE/ FIRST FLOOR: MISS, SECOND
FLOOR : MISS, THIRD FLOOR : OUT THE DOOR. EVERYBODY OUT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 3487 Buckingham

Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME ; CHARACTER

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

Date learned: 10-02-1971

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HICCUP CURE

DRINK WATER FROM THE WRONG SIDE OF THE GLASS
WHILE BENDING OVER.

Submitter comment: EACH MEMBER OF INFORMANT'S FAMILY
HAS DONE THIS WHEN THEY HAVE THE HICCUPS.

Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; 3487 Buckingham

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Method of Curing

Date learned: 03-31-1971

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WISH

WHEN A GIRL'S SKIRT HEM IS ACCIDENTALLY
TURNED UP FROM A GUST OF WIND ETC.
IF SHE SPITS OVER HER LITTLE FINGER
SHE MAY MAKE ONE WISH.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 3487 Buckingham

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Prayer

Date learned: 10-30-1971

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HICCUPS

DRINK WATER UPSIDE DOWN FROM A GLASS.

Submitter comment: NOTE: THIS USUALLY RESULTS IN WATER FLOWING OUT OF YOUR NOSE.

Data entry tech comment: A DRAWING OF THIS IS ON THE 5X8 CARD.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 3487 Buckingham

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Remedy

Date learned: 11-07-1971

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SIGNATURE

YOURS TILL NIAGRA FALLS,

Submitter comment: THIS SIGNATURE WAS USED BY SUE MCANINCH TO THE VERSE IN KATHY'S
AUTOGRAPH BOOK (SEE C760).

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 3487 Buckingham ; 48224

Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; LOCATION ; PUN

James Callow Keyword(s): NIAGARA

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love

Date learned: 11-06-1971

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Belief: Weather

Weather: Rain:

Red at night, sailor's delight.

Red in the morning sailor's take warning.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Original BN [P890] crossed out. replaced with current classification.

DUP. of WPP

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Dettloff, Kathy ; 3487 Buckingham

Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; Nautical ; Ocean ; Predicting ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER

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

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Proverb

Early to bed and early to rise, Makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.

Submitter comment:

My dad told me this when I was a little kid to get me to go to bed.

Data entry tech comment:

Motifs added by TRD

James Callow comment:

Original BN [C880.200] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.

Where learned: 3487 Buckingham ; Dettloff, Joe

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bed ; Early ; HEALTH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Rise ; TIME ; VERSE ; WEALTH ; WISDOM ; Wise

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

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WISH

IF TWO PEOPLE SAY THE SAME THING AT THE
SAME TIME THEY SHOULD HOOK LITTLE FINGERS
AND PROCEED WITH THE FOLLOWING CONVERSATION:
FIRST SPEAKER: NEEDLES.
SECOND SPEAKER: PINS
1ST SPEAKER: BREAD.
2ND SPEAKER: BUTTER.
1ST SPEAKER: TOAST.
2ND SPEAKER: JAM.
1ST SPEAKER: WHAT GOES UP THE CHIMNEY?
2ND SPEAKER: SMOKE.
BOTH SPEAKERS: I HOPE THIS WILL NEVER BE BROKEN.
BOTH PEOPLE THEN MAKE A WISH, BUT REMAIN SILENT.
THE FIRST ONE TO SPEAK THEN LOSES HIS WISH.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 3487 Buckingham ; 48224

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Prayer

Date learned: 10-30-1971

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