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CURER
THERE USED TO BE SIGNS ALONG GRAND RIVER THAT READ "READINGS".
PEOPLE WOULD CALL THESE PLACES TO HAVE ONE OF THE CURERS COME
OVER AND HEAL ONE OF THEIR SICK. THEY WOULD COME OVER WITH A
BIBLE, OPEN IT TO A CERTAIN PASSAGE AND PRAY OVER THE SICK
PERSON. THEN THEY WOULD PLACE A HANDKERCHIEF ON THE PLACE OF
PAIN. AFTER A WHILE THEY WOULD REMOVE IT AND BURN IT IN THE
FIRE. PEOPLE BELIEVED THIS TRANSFERRED THE PAIN TO THE FIRE.
THE SICK PERSON WAS USUALLY WELL AFTER THIS. THESE CURERS
ALSO MADE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS IN FOUR DIFFERENT WAYS AS PART
OF THEIR RITUAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications BELIEF -- Curer SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
CAR BELIEF
IF A GIRL IS RIDING IN A CAR AND IT CROSSES OVER RAILROAD
TRACKS, SHE MUST LIFT UP HER FEET OR SHE WILL NOT GET MARRIED.
Submitter comment: INFORMANTS ATTITUDE WAS QUITE SKEPTICAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): DISBELIEF ; POSITION DIRECTION
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DIET
FIVE POUNDS CAN BE LOST IN THREE DAYS BY EATING HARD
BOILED EGGS AND DRINKING WATER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT FOUND THIS ABSURD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): DISBELIEF
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Food Drink -- Food |
THE EGG TRICK
FOR THIS TRICK YOU ASK SOMEONE TO STAND BEHIND A DOOR
ON THE PRETENSE OF HELPING YOU FIX THE HINGE. YOU TELL
THE PERSON BEHIND THE DOOR TO PLACE HIS THUMB AND INDEX
FINGER THROUGH THE NARROW DOOR SPACE. THEN YOU HAND
HIM AN EGG AND LEAVE HIM THERE INDEFINITELY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT FOUND THIS PRANK VERY FUNNY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 01-00-1971
IN BRAZIL, DOGS ARE ALLOWED TO ROAM THROUGH CHURCHES
WITHOUT BEING BOTHERED EVEN WHILE MASS IS PERFORMED.
THIS IS BECAUSE IN A GOSPEL STORY, A DOG LICKED THE
SORES OF THE LEPER, LAZARUS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT FOUND THIS ANNOYING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN BRAZIL, DOGS ARE ALLOWED TO ROAM THROUGH
CHURCHES WITHOUT BEING BOTHERED, EVEN WHILE
MASS IS PERFORMED. THIS IS BECAUSE, IN A GOSPEL
STORY, A DOG LICKED THE SORES OF THE LEPER,
LAZARUS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT FOUND THIS TO BE ANNOYING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RIDDLE
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON
AND LSD?
ANSWER: THERE ISN'T ANY DIFFERENCE, ONE IS A DOPE AND THE OTHER
IS A DRUG.
Data entry tech comment: LSD (LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE) IS A STRONG HALLUCINOGENIC ;
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): SATIRE OF THE PRESIDENT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
CUT THE CHEESE
PLAYED WITH FOUR OR MORE PLAYERS TWO OF WHICH ARE AT THE ENDS OF A
JUMPROPE OR OTHER ROPE. THEY MOVE THE ROPE UP AND DOWN ALTERNATING
FROM EACH OTHER. THE OTHER PEOPLE MUST TRY TO RUN, JUMP OR DIVE TO
GET OVER OR UNDER THE ROPE WITHOUT BEING TOUCHED BY THE ROPE. THE
FIRST TWO PEOPLE TO GET TOUCHED WORK THE ENDS OF THE ROPE FOR THE
NEXT GAME. THE WINNER IS THE LAST PERSON TO GET THROUGH THE ROPE
WITHOUT BEING TOUCHED.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A GAME PLAYED BY MY SISTERS AND THEIR FRIENDS WHEN THEY
WERE ABOUT 8 TO 10 YEARS OF AGE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 09-00-1981
MNEMONIC DEVICE
THIRTY DAYS HALF SEPTEMBER, APRIL, JUNE AND NOVEMBER
Submitter comment: THE WORD HALF MAY ORGINALLY HAVE BEEN THE WORD HAVE BUT WAS CHANGED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Date learned: 09-00-1981
EAT YOUR BREAD CRUSTS AND YOU WILL GET CURLY HAIR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 09-00-1981
PROVERB
YOU LOOK LIKE THE WRECK OF THE HESPERLUS.
Submitter comment: COMMENT ON A PERSONS LOOKS, USED AS A PUTDOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): HESPERLUS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 09-00-1981
MNEMONIC DEVICE
A RED INDIAN THOUGHT HE MIGHT EAT TURKEY IN CHURCH
Submitter comment: ARITHMETIC
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Date learned: 09-00-1981
MNEMONIC DEVICE
A RAT IN THE HOUSE MAY EAT THE ICE CREAM
Submitter comment: ARITHMETIC
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Date learned: 09-00-1981
APOTHEGM
IF YOU LAUGH AT THE TABLE YOU WILL CRY BEFORE BED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1981
SQUIGGLY WORM
PLAYED BY FOUR OR MORE PEOPLE TWO OF WHICH ARE AT THE ENDS OF
THE ROPE. THE ENDS FIRST WHIP THE ROPE BACK AND FORTH ACROSS THE
GROUND AND THE OTHER PLAYERS MUST JUMP ACROSS THE ROPE. THE ROPE IS
THEN RAISED IN SMALL AMOUNTS AND THE OTHER PLAYERS AGAIN MUST JUMP
THE ROPE. IF AT ANYTIME A PLAYER TOUCHES THE ROPE IN AN ATTEMPT TO
JUMP IT HE IS OUT. THE WINNER IS THE LAST PERSON TO GET OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB
YOU SNOOZE, YOU LOSE
Submitter comment:
RHYME OF SNOOZE AND LOSE, REPETITION OF THE WORD YOU. USE OF
ELLIPSIS. IT MEANS TO ME THAT IF YOU ARE NOT ALERT YOU MAY MISS
SOMETHING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1976
MUD GUARD
PLAYED BY FOUR OR MORE PLAYERS IN A STREET WITH THE CURBS AS SIDE
BOUNDARIES AND SET END BOUNDARIES. WHOEVER IS IT STANDS IN THE
MIDDLE. IT STARTS THE GAME BY CHOOSING A NUMBER FROM ONE TO TEN, THE
NUMBER CALLED IS THE NUMBER OF LEAPS THE OTHER PLAYERS TAKE FROM ONE
END BOUNDARY. THE OBJECT OF THE GAME IS TO GET SAFELY TO THE OTHER
END BOUNDARY. AFTER THE OTHER PLAYERS LEAP THE CALLED NUMBER THEY
BEGIN TO WALK BACK AND FORTH BETWEEN THE CURBS. AT THIS TIME IT IS
BETWEEN THE OTHER PLAYERS AND THE OTHER END BOUNDARY. THE OTHER
PLAYERS MAY REACH THE END BOUNDARY IN ANY OF THE FOLLOWING WAYS. BY
TRYING TO SNEAK FORWARD WHILE WALKING BETWEEN THE CURBS, BUT IF
CAUGHT THEY JOIN IT. BY MAKING A BREAK FOR THE END BOUNDARY BUT IF IT
TOUCHES THEM BEFORE, THEY MUST HELP IT. SOMEONE ELSE WHO HAS MADE
THE END BOUNDARY AND SNEAKS BACK AND TOUCHES ONE OF THE OTHER
PLAYERS WITHOUT BEING FIRST TOUCHED BY IT. THE LAST ONE TO BE
TOUCHED BY IT IS THE WINNER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity |
Date learned: 00-01-966
FREEZE TAG
PLAYED BY THREE OR MORE PLAYERS, WHOEVER IS IT MUST TRY TO FREEZE ALL
THE PLAYERS BY TAGGING THEM. BUT A PLAYER WHO IS NOT FROZEN MAY
UNFREEZE A FROZEN PERSON BY TAGGING THEM. THE FIRST PERSON TAGGED IS
IT FOR THE NEXT GAME AND THE LAST PERSON TO BE TAGGED IS THE WINNER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): METAPHOR: FREEZE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
POM POM
A GAME PLAYED IN ELEMENTRY SCHOOL USUALLY BEFORE OR AFTER SCHOOL.
A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE PLAY ON A FIELD WITH END AND SIDE
BOUNDARIES.
IT STANDS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIELD AND SAYS POM POM. THE OTHER
PLAYERS THEN TRY TO RUN THE LENGTH OF THE FIELD AND IT TRIES TO
TACKLE THEM. THE FIRST PERSON TACKLED IS IT FOR THE NEXT GAME.
TACKLED PEOPLE HELP IT TACKLE THE OTHERS. THE LAST PERSON TO BE
TACKLED WINS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
MARCO POLO
PLAYED BY THREE OR MORE PEOPLE IN A POOL. WHOEVER IS IT MUST BLIND
THEIR EYES AND GO UNDER WATER FOR THE COUNT OF FIVE, UPON FIVE IT
COMES UP OUT OF THE WATER BUT HIS EYES REMAIN CLOSED WHILE HE IS IT.
IT THEN SAYS MARCO, THE OTHER PLAYERS MUST RESPOND WITH POLO. IT THEN
TRIES TO TAG ONE OF THE OTHER PLAYERS. EVERY TIME IT SAYS MARCO THE
OTHERS MUST ANSWER WITH POLO. THE FIRST PERSON TAGGED IS IT AND THE
GAME STARTS OVER.
Submitter comment: ALSO KNOWN AS POOL TAG OR WATER TAG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): HANDICAP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Water Ice Snow |