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ELEPHANT JOKE
HOW DO YOU FIT FOUR ELEPHANTS INTO A VOLKSWAGON?
(ANSWER) TWO IN THE FRONT AND TWO IN THE BACK.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00001970S
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COMMON WORD
JEW CANOE
Submitter comment:
ANOTHER NAME FOR A CADILLAC-MANY JEWS DRIVE THEM
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
LOVE SPELL
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE SOMEONE FALL IN LOVE WITH YOU, USE EITHER A RED
OR PINK CANDLE. THESE COLORS REPRESENT LOVE; IT'S USUALLY BETTER TO
USE A PINK CANDLE, BECAUSE IF YOU USE RED, YOU'LL NEVER BE ABLE TO
GET RID OF YOUR INTENDED LOVER, EVEN IF YOU WANT TO. SIT COMFORTABLY
IN A QUIET PLACE THAT HAS GOOD ENERGY FOR YOU. PIERCE THE CANDLE
ABOUT THREE QUARTERS OF THE WAY DOWN WITH THREE STRAIGHT PINS, SO
THAT THEY GO AROUND THE CANDLE. PUSH THEM IN ONLY FAR ENOUGH SO THAT
THEY STAY IN PLACE. TURN OFF THE LIGHTS AND LIGHT THE CANDLE.
CONCENTRATE STRONGLY ON THE PERSON YOU HAVE IN MIND--USE MIND-
PICTURES AND SOUNDS. IMAGINE CONVERSATIONS, SITUATIONS, ANY KIND OF
INTERACTION BETWEEN YOU AND THIS PERSON. CONTINUE UNTIL ALL THREE OF
THE PINS FALL AWAY FROM THE CANDLE. THIS SPELL SHOULD BE CAST WHEN
THE MOON IS WAXING.
Submitter comment: I'VE USED THIS SPELL SUCCESSFULLY.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Favorites BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Color |
GESTURE
IF YOU WANT TO GIVE SOMEONE AN APPROXIMATE IDEA OF WHERE A CITY, TOWN
OR OTHER PLACE IN THE LOWER PENINSULA OF MICHIGAN IS LOCATED, YOU CAN
USE YOUR HAND AS A MAP, BECAUSE THE SHAPE OF THE LOWER PENINSULA IS
VAGUELY LIKE THAT OF A HAND, COMPLETE WITH THUMB. TO DO THIS YOU
HOLD OUT YOUR RIGHT HAND WITH THE PALM FACING THE OTHER PERSON, AND
POINT TO THE APPROXIMATE LOCATION OF THE PLACE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A VERY HANDY GESTURE. ALL MY FRIENDS AND I USE IT, BUT WE'VE
BEEN DOING IT FOR SO LONG THAT I CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE IT CAME FROM.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | Favorites SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: CA00001968
GRAFFITI
I WISH I WAS
WHAT I WAS
WHEN I WISHED I WAS
WHAT I AM NOW.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: CA00001967
GREEK FOOD CUSTOM
ONLY FISH IS SERVED ON PALM SUNDAY IN GREEK HOUSEHOLDS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED OF THIS THROUGH FAMILY TIES.
Where learned: UNKNOWN ; MAIL ; CORRESPONDENCE WITH COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
Date learned: 07-00-1967
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
ON THE BEAM
Data entry tech comment:
ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD INDICATES THAT THE INFORMATION WAS RECEIVED IN
A LETTER.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
AUTOGRAPH VERSE.
WHEN EVENING PULLS THE CURTAIN DOWN
AND PINS IT WITH A STAR
REMEMBER THAT I AM YOUR FRIEND
NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE.
Submitter comment:
THIS WOMAN WHO WISHES TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS, PERMITTED ME
TO COLLECT THESE VERSES FROM HER AUTOGRAPH BOOK. THE VERSES
WERE ENTERED BY HER HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATES IN 1939.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP: GOOD WISHES ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Friendship |
Date learned: 00-00-1939
JEWISH WEDDING CUSTOM
DURING THE WEDDING CEREMONY, THE BRIDE AND GROOM ARE TO STAND UNDER
A CANOPY AND ARE MARRIED.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: CA0001979
PRAYER
GOD IS GOOD, GOD IS GREAT, LET US THANK HIM FOR OUR FOOD. AMEN.
Submitter comment: THIS PRAYER IS SAID BY GRADE SCHOOL STUDENTS.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
HALLOWEEN RHYME
TRICK OR TREAT SMELL MY FEET IF YOU DIE YOU KNOW WHY.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.1031 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween |
Date learned: CA00001973
CHINESE GAME
CHINESE PEOPLE CAUGHT BEES WITH THEIR OWN SHOE AND ATE THE HONEY.
Submitter comment:
JULIE WAS AN OLD NEIGHBOR OF MINE, AND SINCE HAS MOVED AWAY. I HAVE
LOST CONTACT WITH HER.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: CA0001970
IF YOU SEE A BLACK BEETLE LYING ON HIS BACK THE WEATHER IN THE
NEAR FUTURE WILL BE BAD. IF YOU HELP THE BEETLE YOU WILL HAVE BAD
LUCK IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Bad luck BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00001940S
FOR GOOD LUCK: IF YOU FALL DOWN YOU SHOULD KISS THE GROUND
WHERE YOU HAVE FALLEN. IF YOU EVER WALK OVER THE SPOT AGAIN, YOU
WILL BE GRANTED A WISH OR GIVEN GREAT LUCK IN THE FUTURE.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Date learned: UNKNOWN
IF A WORKMAN IS KILLED WHILE BUILDING A BRIDGE, HIS
GHOST WILL BE ENTOMBED IN THE TOWERS, AND AT TIMES IT
IS POSSIBLE TO HEAR HIM TRYING TO KNOCK HIS WAY OUT.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.13 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CATCH THE WIND
IF YOU HAVE LOST A LOVE, IF YOU CAN CATCH THE WIND
AND HOLD IT, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO "CATCH" YOUR LOVE
BACK AND HOLD IT FOREVER.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): IMPOSSIBLE TASK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT YOU CAME INTO A ROOM TO
GET, GO BACK TO WHERE YOU STARTED AND COME IN AGAIN
AND YOU WILL THINK OF IT.
Submitter comment: IT WORKS FOR ME. THIS PROBABLY HAS TRUE ASSOCIATIONAL
Where learned: SOURCE UNKNOWN ; BETHESDA ; MARYLAND, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOR A PERSON TO TRIM HIS NAILS ON SUNDAY BRINGS HIM BAD LUCK.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck |
IF YOU TRIP ON THE FRONT STEPS WHEN YOU ARE GOING OUT IN THE
MORNING, YOU HAD BETTER GO RIGHT BACK IN AND STAY HOME,
BECAUSE YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK ALL DAY.
Where learned: SOURCE UNKNOWN ; BETHESDA ; MARYLAND, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU DON'T WANT SOME BAD THING TO HAPPEN, KNOCK ON WOOD.
Where learned: SOURCE UNKNOWN ; BETHESDA ; MARYLAND, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Plants SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN