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SUNSHINE THE CALF.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT SENT ALL TO ME ON REQUEST

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16519 LEXINGTON ; 48240

Keyword(s): ANIMALS COSMOS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor

Date learned: 11-19-1971

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KISSING IN A TREE

( NAME ) AND ( NAME ) SITTING IN A TREE. K-I-S-S-I-N-G
FIRST COMES LOVE
AND THEN COMES MARRIAGE
AND THEN COMES A BABY IN A
BABY CARRIAGE.

Submitter comment: LEARN IN CHILDHOOD IN DETROIT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 48240

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Crucial Moment of Life Life Cycle
Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children

Date learned: 00-00-1958

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POLISH GOOD FRIDAY CUSTOM

IF THE PEOPLE CAN'T BE IN CHURCH FOR THE TRE ORE SERVICES, THEY DO
NOT SPEAK AT ALL FOR THE 3 HOURS.

Where learned: DETROIT ; 17611 DELAWARE, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; 48240

Keyword(s): SILENCE ; SPEECH TABOO

Subject headings: 663 Good Friday

Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR

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THE GREEK CURE FOR DIARRHEA:
BOIL RICE AND PLACE IN BOWLWITH JUICE FROM ONE LEMON.
IF THE PATIENT EATS THE RICE WITH LEMON FOR ONE DAY,
HE WILL BE CURED.

Submitter comment: INFORMANT SENT ALL TO ME ON REQUEST.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16514 LEXINGTON ; 48240

Keyword(s): FOOD

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Remedy

Date learned: 11-19-1971

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NURSING BELIEF

IF TWO MOTHERS ARE NURSING THEIR BABIES IN THE SAME ROOM, ONE
WILL "STEAL" THE OTHER'S MILK.

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16514 LEXINGTON ; Haggis, Polly ; 48240

Keyword(s): BABY ; BABY ; Breastfeeding ; infant ; Milk ; MOTHER ; Nursing ; Steal ; Supply

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal
BELIEF -- Birth

Date learned: 11-19-1971

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PLANT BELIEF

IF A PLANT THAT WAS GIVEN TO YOU BY A FRIEND DIES, THEN
THE FRIENDSHIP DIES, TEND BOTH WELL.

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16514 LEXINGTON ; Haggis, Polly ; 48240

Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Botany ; DEATH ; fortune ; FRIENDSHIP ; GIFT ; PLANT ; Relationship ; SUPERSTITION ; WISDOM

James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE ; HOMEOPATHIC ; Positive

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank

Date learned: 11-19-1971

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LIMERICK

THERE WAS AN OLD MAN OF PERU/ WHO DREAMED HE WAS KISSING HIS SHOE.
HE AWOKE IN THE NIGHT/ IN A TERRIBLE FRIGHT,/ AND FOUND IT WAS
PERFECTLY TRUE }

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; 16765 Beech Daly ; 48240 ; REDFORD

Keyword(s): RHYME: AABBA

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

Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY THE COLLECTOR

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