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ITALIAN GESTURE
WHEN ITALIANS PLACE THEIR POINTER FINGER IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE CHEEK, IT MEANS SOMETHING IS VERY 'CHIC.'
A SIGN OF APPROVAL.
Where learned: GRAND RAPIDS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- S601 SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.1 SPEECH -- Congratulations Appreciation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FRANKENSTEIN
(NAME) IS A FRIEND OF MINE,
HE RESEMBLES FRANKENSTEIN.
WHEN HE DOES THE IRISH JIG,
HE LOOKS JUST LIKE PORKY PIG.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): QUATRAIN INSULT DANCING-IRISH JIG ; RHYME: ABAB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
POLISH CUSTOM
IT IS A CUSTOM, THAT A WEEK AFTER NEW YEAR'S DAY, THE INITIALS OF THE
THREE BIBLICAL KINGS ARE SCRAWLED IN CHALK ON THE DOORS. THE HOMES
THAT ARE MARKED ARE SUPPOSED TO BE PROTECTED AGAINST MISFORTUNE FOR A
YEAR.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): EPIPHANY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 6 Twelfth Day Epiphany January 6 |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
WHEN A DOG HOWLS AT NIGHT, LOOK IN THE DIRECTION IT
IS HOWLING AND THERE WILL BE A DEATH IN THAT HOUSE.
Submitter comment:
THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED THE NIGHT BEFORE HER
GRANDFATHER DIED. COINCIDENCE?
FROM GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; TAYLOR
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-02-1967
RUSSIAN FOOD
RUSSIANS LOVE ICE CREAM AND ALL OVER RUSSIA THEY HAVE LITTLE
CARTS WITH READY MADE CONES.
Where learned: GRAND RAPIDS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Pastry Sweet Dessert |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
ONE WHO TRIES TO HIDE HIS SICKNESS DIES FROM IT
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; TAYLOR
Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; MEDICINE
James Callow Keyword(s): MEDICAL TREATMENT ; SECRETIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
IN THE FACTORY WHERE I WORKED THIS SUMMER, IT WAS
A WELL KNOWN GESTURE TO POINT ONE'S INDEX FINGER
UP IN THE AIR AND ROTATE IT TO INDICATE STARTING
THE MACHINE BACK UP AFTER A JAM-UP OR BREAKDOWN.
Where learned: Sterling Heights ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOLK CURE FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
TAKE A FRESH LEMON AND SQUEEZE OUT THE JUICE AND DRINK IT STRAIGHT.
Where learned: WESTERN YMCA ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-12-1971
STANDING IN THE SEVENTH INNING OF A BASEBALL GAME.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IT WHEN I SAW IT ON T.V.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THAT WENT OVER LIKE A LEAD BALLOON.
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
YOU MAKE ABOUT AS MUCH SENSE AS A SCREEN DOOR IN A SUBMARINE.
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-23-1970
NAME VERSE
TABLES ARE ROUND
CHAIRS ARE SQUARE
YOU AND _____
MAKE A GOOD PAIR.
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS WRITTEN IN THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF COLETTE BY A
SCHOOLMATE.
Data entry tech comment: ANY NAME CAL BE FILLED IN THE BLANK SPACE
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): LOVE ; OBSERVATION ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF A PERSON HAS A LOOSE,
UNATTACHED STRING ON HIS PERSON, HE IS TO RECEIVE
A LETTER.
Submitter comment: FROM MY SISTER WHO HEARD IT FROM HER HIGH SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 04-10-1967
THIS WAS COLLECTED WHILE AT VIRGINIA BEACH IN THE SUMMER
OF 1966. UPON LOOKING AT SEVERAL PEOPLE'S FEET,
MRS. SWEROCK MADE THE FOLLOWING REMARK; WHICH SHE HAD
HEARD WHEN A LITTLE GIRL:
IF A WIFE'S TOE NEXT TO THE BIG TOE IS TALLER THAN THE
BIG TOE, SHE WILL DIE BEFORE HER HUSBAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; WYANDOTTE ; VIRGINIA BEACH ; VIRGINIA, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN ; 00-00-1966
YOU KNOW HOW IT IS IN THE OLDEN DAYS; IT WAS CUSTOMARY
TO SIT WITH A DEAD PERSON. WELL, THERE WERE THESE
SIX GUYS KEEPING WATCH. THIS HAPPENED IN POLAND
MANY YEARS AGO. AS THEY WERE SITTING THERE, THEY
KEPT DRINKING. ONE OF THE GROUP HAD TO GO TO THE
OUT-HOUSE. WHILE HE WAS GONE THE OTHER GUYS DECIDED TO
PLAY A JOKE ON HIM. SO THEY SAID, "LET'S TAKE THE
CORPSE OUT OF THE COFFIN AND ONE OF US WILL LAY IN
THE COFFIN." THEY ALL AGREED. SO THEY TOOK OUT THE
CORPSE AND PUT IT BEHIND THE DOOR. ONE OF THE GUYS
CLIMBED IN THE COFFIN AND PRETENDED LIKE HE WAS DEAD.
WHEN THE GUY WHO WENT TO THE OUT-HOUSE CAME BACK IN,
THE GUY IN THE COFFIN STARTED GETTING UP VERY SLOWLY.
THE POOR GUY GOT SO SCARED HE DROPPED DEAD.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS COLLECTED 4/9/67 FROM MR. SWEROCK, WHO WAS
RECALLING STORIES TOLD HIM BY HIS FATHER, A NATIVE
OF POLAND.
Where learned: POLAND ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 04-09-1967
IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF A PERSON IS SEWING ANYTHING
(A BUTTON, A HEM) ON HIS VERY PERSON, SHOULD BITE
ON A GOLD RING IN ORDER TO HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS COLLECTED FROM MRS. SWEROCK WHO MADE
THE REMARK WHILE I WAS SEWING A TORN HEM ON MY
DRESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Jewelry (gems, rings, etc.) BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
Date learned: 03-11-1967
I NEVER SAW A PURPLE COW,
I NEVER HOPE TO SEE ONE,
BUT I WILL TELL YOU ANYHOW,
I'D RATHER SEE THAN BE ONE!
Where learned: HARPER WOODS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 06-00-1961
THIRTEENTH FLOOR
IN AMERICA, THERE IS NEVER A 13TH FLOOR IN ANY BUILDING USED FOR
LIVING OR OFFICE PURPOSES. IT'S A SUPERSTITION THAT SINCE THE FLOOR
NUMBER IS 13, THAT SOMETHING AWFUL WILL HAPPEN ON IT.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
BRETON FISHERMEN'S PRAYER
DEAR GOD BE GOOD TO ME;
THE SEA IS SO WIDE,
AND MY BOAT IS SO SMALL.
Where learned: GRAND RAPIDS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
...LOWER THAN WHALE SHIT.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1964