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A GIRL WHISTLING
GIRLS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO WHISTLE BECUASE IT MAKES THE BLESSED
VIRGIN CRY WHENEVER THEY DO IT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS MY MOTHER, AND SHE REMEMBERS THIS FROM HER
CHILDHOOD BECAUSE MY GRANDMOTHER TELLS THIS TO HER DAUGHTERS.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; SKOKIE
James Callow Keyword(s): VANITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 10-10-1967
WHISTLING
GIRLS ARE NOT SUPPOSED TO WHISTLE BECAUSE THE BLESSED VIRGIN
WILL TURN HER HEAD AND CRY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT TOLD BY MOTHER IN THE 1920'S. SHE PRACTICED
WHEN YOUNG, BUT DOESN'T BELIEVE NOW.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
James Callow Keyword(s): VANITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
GIRL WHISTLING
IN GRANDMOTHER'S TIME, GIRLS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO WHISTLE. SHE
SAID IT MADE THE BLESSED VIRGIN CRY.
Where learned: TOLEDO
James Callow Keyword(s): VANITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
ONE CAN TELL YOU IF YOU HAVE TRULY KILLED A WITCH IF A CROW CROWS.
IF YOU DID NOT HEAR IT, IT IS A SIGN THAT THE WITCH HAS TAKEN
OVER THE SOUL OF A NEWLY BORN BABY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Bird SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 03-20-1970
NO SOONER SAID THAN DONE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS WHEN IN A SARCASTIC MOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- V475 |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
BUGGY BLINKERS
IN WASHINGTON, D. C., IT HAD BEEN A COMMON CUSTOM FOR ALL DRIVERS OF
VOLKSWAGENS TO BLINK THEIR HEADLIGHTS OR WAVE OR GIVE SOME SIMILAR
SIGNAL OF RECOGNITION TO ANY OTHER VOLKSWAGENS SEEN ON THE STREET.
James Callow comment: VOLKSWAGEN IS A SMALL GERMAN-MADE CAR
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
"SANFORD; THE BEST LITTLE TOWN BY A DAM SITE"
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM I SAW ON MY WAY UP NORTH, POSTED BY THE HIGHWAY.
THE TOWN OF SANFORD WAS BUILT AROUND AN ARTIFICIAL LAKE
THAT WAS FORMED WHEN A RIVER WAS DAMMED UP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SANFORD
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR ; PUN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
HE WHO KNOWS NOT, AND WHO KNOWS NOT HE KNOWS NOT -- HE IS A FOOL,
SHUN HIM
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
HE WHO KNOWS NOT, AND WHO KNOWS NOT -- HE IS A STUDENT, TEACH HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 01-00-0198
HE WHO KNOWS, AND WHO KNOWS HE KNOWS -- HE IS A WISE MAN.
HE WHO KNOWS, AND WHO KNOWNS NOT -- HE IS ALSEEP, WAKE HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 09-00-1983
PUT VANILLA FLAVORING BEHIND EARS FOR PERFUME.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BEAUTY ; NATURAL ; Perfume ; Vanilla
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Custom ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Human or animal body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Ears, noise in ear BELIEF -- Plant SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 09-17-1973
WHISTLING
GIRLS ARE NOT ALLOWED TO WHISTLE BECAUSE THE BLESSED MOTHER
WOULD TURN HER HEAD AND CRY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY HER MOTHER WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG.
SHE PRACTICED THIS WHEN YOUNG, BUT DOES NOT BELIEVE IN THE
TRUTH OF IT NOW. (1920s).
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH ; informant's home
Keyword(s): Blessed Mother ; BLESSED VIRGIN ; Cry ; Female ; Feminine ; Girls ; Holy Mother ; Ladylike ; Whistle
James Callow Keyword(s): VANITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 10-02-1971