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THERE WAS A GESTURE AT THURSTON HIGH THAT WAS USED
TO DESCRIBE STUDENTS WHO WERE CONSIDERED WEIRD.
{HOMOSEXUAL} YOU BEND YOUR WRIST AT THE JOINT AND
LET YOUR HAND HANG LIMP AND ALONG WITH THIS, YOU
LISP, "OH THAY {SAY}, FELLA."
Submitter comment: THIS WAS DURING THE YEARS 1967-1970.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WALSH COLLEGE
Keyword(s): GAY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Derision Scorn |
Date learned: 03-31-1970
ARMENIAN CUSTOM
IT IS AN ARMENIAN CUSTOM THAT WHEN A CHILD IS BORN, NO
MATTER WHAT THE SEX OF THE CHILD IS, IT IS NECESSARY
TO PLACE ANY KIND OF BLUE OBJECT ON THE BABY OR NEAR
THE BABY. THIS OBJECT, FOR AN EXAMPLE, COULD BE A
BEAD OR A BUTTON. IT IS THEN BELIEVED THAT THIS OBJECT
WILL KEEP ALL EVIL, SUCH AS SICKNESS, AWAY FROM THE BABY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WALSH COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 03-31-1970
IF YOU SEE A NEW MOON THROUGH GLASS, IT IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WALSH COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 03-31-1970
A BOWLER'S CRYING TOWEL WAS GIVEN TO ME ABOUT THREE
YEARS AGO. SINCE THIS TIME, I WILL NOT GO BOWLING
WITHOUT IT. IT HAS BROUGHT ME GOOD LUCK, I FEEL,
AND IN ORDER NOT TO LOSE THIS GOOD LUCK, THE TOWEL
HAS NEVER BEEN WASHED. I FEEL THAT IF I WASH IT,
THE GOOD LUCK ATTACHED TO THE TOWEL WOULD DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WALSH COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | 881 Games / Pastimes / Sports Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 03-31-1970
EATING A PIECE OF HERRING ON NEW YEAR'S EVE BRINGS GOOD
LUCK ALL YEAR LONG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WALSH COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 03-31-1970
TO SHOW RESPECT FOR A PERSON THAT JUST DIED, IN OUR
FAMILY, WE WOULD UNPLUG OR STOP ALL THE CLOCKS IN OUR
HOUSE AT THE TIME OF DEATH. THEY WOULD REMAIN
STOPPED UNTIL THE TIME OF BURIAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WALSH COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-27-1970
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HOJAH
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
HOJAH, THE STUPID ARMENIAN, WAS RIDING A DONKEY
BACKWARDS AND HE PASSED A GROUP OF HIS FRIENDS.
THEY CALLED TO HIM, ASKING HIM WHY HE WAS SITTING
IN SUCH A FASHION. HE TOLD THEM IT WAS SIMPLE, THE
DONKEY WAS GOING TO THE VILLAGE AND HE WAS GOING
HOME!"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WALSH COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 03-21-1970
PROVERB
"A FULL PURSE NEVER LACKS FRIENDS."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WALSH COLLEGE
Keyword(s): METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-21-1970
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR: DEFENSIVENESS
YOU CAN BUILD A WALL OF DEFENSE HIGH ENOUGH THAT EVENTUALLY YOU
CAN SIT ON IT AND WATCH THE WORLD GO BY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; PEABODY COLLEGE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-21-1968
DOWN IN THE VALLEY
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,/
THERE SAT DEBBIE AS
PRETTY AS A ROSE./ SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET,/ ALONG CAME PAUL AND
KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
Where learned: MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 04-07-1970
THE LEGEND OF STRASBURG STREET OR "KNOCK-KNOCK" STREET
SOMEONE ONCE TOLD ME A STORY ABOUT AN INCIDENT WHICH SUPPOSEDLY
OCCURRED ON STRASBURG STREET IN DETROIT. THERE WAS A TERRIBLE
ACCIDENT ON THIS STREET ONE NIGHT IN WHICH A LITTLE THREE-YEAR-
OLD GIRL WAS KILLED AND HER BODY BADLY DISMEMBERED. THE POLICE
SEARCHED THE AREA FOR HER REMAINS BUT FAILED TO LOCATE ONE OF
HER ARMS. NOW THE STORY HAS IT THAT WHEN YOU DRIVE DOWN STRASBURG
STREET AT NIGHT, IF YOU ARE VERY QUIET, YOU CAN HEAR A KNOCKING ON
THE SIDE OF YOUR CAR. FOR THIS REASON STRASBURG STREET IS KNOWN
AS KNOCK-KNOCK STREET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WALSH COLLEGE
Date learned: 03-31-1970
KNOCK-KNOCK ROAD
THERE'S A CERTAIN ROAD AT BELLE ISLE CALLED KNOCK-KNOCK ROAD.
IT'S BEEN SAID THAT AN OLD WOMAN IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE LOST HER
DAUGHTER THERE. LATE AT NIGHT YOU CAN HEAR HER LOOKING FOR HER
DAUGHTER. AS CARS GO BY OVER A CERTAIN ROAD, YOU CAN HEAR HER
KNOCK ON THE WINDOW AS SHE LOOKS FOR HER DAUGHTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WALSH COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Means of transportation Vehicle propelled by mechanical or other force on land |
Date learned: 03-31-1970
THE LEGEND OF STRASBURG STREET OR "KNOCK-KNOCK" STREET
SOMEONE ONCE TOLD ME A STORY ABOUT AN INCIDENT WHICH SUPPOSEDLY
OCCURRED ON STRASBURG STREET IN DETROIT. THERE WAS A TERRIBLE
ACCIDENT ON THIS STREET ONE NIGHT IN WHICH A LITTLE THREE-YEAR-
OLD GIRL WAS KILLED AND HER BODY BADLY DISMEMBERED. THE POLICE
SEARCHED THE AREA FOR HER REMAINS BUT FAILED TO LOCATE ONE OF
HER ARMS. NOW THE STORY HAS IT THAT WHEN YOU DRIVE DOWN STRASBURG
STREET AT NIGHT, IF YOU ARE VERY QUIET, YOU CAN HEAR A KNOCKING ON
THE SIDE OF YOUR CAR. FOR THIS REASON STRASBURG STREET IS KNOWN
AS KNOCK-KNOCK STREET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WALSH COLLEGE
Date learned: 03-31-1970
KNOCK-KNOCK ROAD
THERE'S A CERTAIN ROAD AT BELLE ISLE CALLED KNOCK-KNOCK ROAD.
IT'S BEEN SAID THAT AN OLD WOMAN IS SUPPOSED TO HAVE LOST HER
DAUGHTER THERE. LATE AT NIGHT YOU CAN HEAR HER LOOKING FOR HER
DAUGHTER. AS CARS GO BY OVER A CERTAIN ROAD, YOU CAN HEAR HER
KNOCK ON THE WINDOW AS SHE LOOKS FOR HER DAUGHTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WALSH COLLEGE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Means of transportation Vehicle propelled by mechanical or other force on land |
Date learned: 03-31-1970
In 1967, a composite picture of our sorority sisters fell off
the lounge wall. The crash awakened the girls and they ran from
their bedrooms to the lounge. They found that the crack in the
glass only cut across one face on the picture. It was later found
that this sorority sister's fiance was killed in a car accident at
the exact time that the picture had fallen. His car clock stopped
running upon impact which was the same time that the girls had
been awakened by the picture crashing to the floor.
Submitter comment:
I pledged this sorority in 1969 and was told this by my
sorority sisters. The glass had been replaced and the picture
still hung on the wall. The sorority sister whose face was marred
by the crack had transferred to a different university following
her fiance's death.
Where learned: WEST VIRGINIA ; West Liberty State College ; West Liberty
| Subject headings: | Observation Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
"FASCHING"
FASCHING IS A CARNIVAL LIKE A PARADE WHICH BEGINS ON THE 6TH
( SIXTH ) OF JANUARY UNTIL THE TUESDAY BEFORE ASH WEDNESDAY. THE
PEOPLE IN GERMANY DURING THE "FASCHING" PARADE IN COSTUMES OF ALL
KINDS AND HAVE MANY DECORATED FLOATS. ALSO A PRINCE AND PRINCESS
WHICH HAVE ALREADY BEEN CHOSEN FOR THIS OCCASION ON THE 11TH
( ELEVENTH ) OF NOVEMBER, APPEAR IN DANCES AROUND THE CITY. IN A
FEW PLACES THE PEOPLE WALK ON STILTS AND WEAR MASKS SO AS TO SCARE
THE EVIL SPIRITS OF LONG AGO. THE PEOPLE ENJOY THE MASQUERADES,
DANCES, AND FLOATS, WHICH COST THEM A GOOD SUM OF MONEY. THEREFORE,
ON ASH WEDNESDAY THE PEOPLE GO TO A WELL OR SPRING AND WASH
OUT THEIR PURSES BECAUSE THEY ARE EMPTY AFTER ALL THE EXPENSES OF
THE FASCHING.
Data entry tech comment:
FASCHING MEANS RUNNING AROUND CRAZILY. (TRANSLATED FROM THE ANCIENT
GERMANIC WORD VASEN.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WATER
| Subject headings: | 663 Ash Wednesday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 6 Twelfth Day Epiphany CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F111 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Pre Lent |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
ON HOLY SATURDAY FOOD IS BROUGHT TO BE BLESSED AT THE CHURCHES
IN GERMANY. THE FARMERS HAVE A CUSTOM OF USING SOME OF THE BLESSED
PALM WHICH THEY GOT FROM THE CHURCH ON PALM SUNDAY ( , ) ALONG WITH
SOME SHELLS OF THE BLESSED EGGS FROM THE BLESSING OF THE FOOD, AND
PLACE IT IN THE FOUR CORNERS OF THEIR CROP FIELDS AND PRAY THE ROSARY
AND SPRINKLE HOLY WATER AS THEY PRAY FOR A GOOD CROP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): METONYMY: FOUR CORNERS ; SWIECZONKA ; WATER
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F476 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
THE BEGGAR WHO WAS JESUS
LONG AGO IN ARMENIA A BEGGAR WAS SEEN GOING FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE
TRYING TO GET SOME FOOD. WITH MOST OF HIS HOPE GONE, HE CAME TO THE
HOUSE OF AN ARMENIAN PRIEST AND HIS WIFE. THE WOMAN OPENED THE DOOR
AND GAVE THE BEGGAR SOME FRESH BREAD WHICH SHE WAS BAKING AT THE
HEARTH. HE THANKED HER AND ASKED HER FOR ONE MORE FAVOR. THE FAVOR
WAS THAT HE COULD GIVE HER A KISS. SHE OBLIGED. THE BEGGAR WAS
THOUGHT TO BE JESUS. WHEN HER HUSBAND CAME HOME SHE TOLD HIM WHAT
HAPPENED. HE ANSWERED HER, "FOR GOD'S SAKE, WOULD YOU JUMP IN THE
FIRE? SHE ANSWERED YES AND THREW HERSELF INTO THE HEARTH. WITHOUT
HER HE FELT THERE WAS NO REASON TO LIVE AND SO HE THREW HIMSELF INTO
THE FIRE. IT IS SAID AT THIS SPOT A SHRINE HAS BEEN ERECTED AND A
SPRING FLOWS WHICH HEALS THE SICK."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WALSH COLLEGE ; CAMPUS ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): IRONY GOOD VS. EVIL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Tale |
Date learned: 03-21-1970
PREDICTION OF DEATH
IF DOGS HOWL AT THE MOON AT NIGHT, IT MEANS THERE WILL SOON BE A
DEATH IN THE FAMILY THAT OWNS THE DOG.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY HIS FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS ; 2124 COLLEGE SE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-29-1972
AT SUNRISE ON EASTER MORNING, PEOPLE GATHER ON FEDERAL HILL,
IN BALTIMORE, MARYLAND, TO SEE THE FACE OF THE SAVIOR ( SAVIOUR )
IN THE SUN AS IT RISES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): JESUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 02-12-1968