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NUN'S VEIL
MARY JO WAS TOLD BY HER FOURTH GRADE TEACHER SISTER
ANGELITA, S. S. J. THAT SHE COULDN'T TOUCH A SISTER'S
VEIL BECAUSE IT IS BLESSED.
Where learned: OAKLAND UNIVERSITY STUDENT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; ROCHESTER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- B439 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ACCORDING TO A NUN AT HOLY NAME GRADE SCHOOL IN BIRMINGHAM ,
MICHIGAN, IT WAS A MORTAL SIN FOR BOYS TO WEAR THEIR
BELT BUCKLES TO THE SIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- B439 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A LOCAL MAN WAS EXPLAINING THAT HIS PSYCHIATRIST IS
VERY EXPENSIVE: "FOR EXAMPLE, FOR $50 ALL HE'LL DO
IS SENT YOU A GET-WELL CARD."
Where learned: RESIDENCE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- B439 PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DEAN OF WOMEN TALE
FRIENDS OF MINE IN OTHER GIRLS' HIGH SCHOOLS WERE
TOLD BY THE NUNS NOT TO WEAR PATENT LEATHER
SHOES OR PEARLS, BECAUSE BOTH REFLECT.
Data entry tech comment: ONE CAN SEE THE REFLECTION OF UNDERWEAR IN PATENT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- B439 BELIEF -- P439 |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
BEFORE GOING TO THEIR SENIOR PROM, FRIENDS OF MINE
WERE TOLD BY THE NUNS TO BRING A TELEPHONE BOOK
ALONG, IN CASE THEIR DATES ASKED THEM TO SIT ON THEIR
LAPS. ALSO, THEY WERE CAUTIONED TO TAKE THEIR
GLOVES OFF CAREFULLY, BECAUSE IT MIGHT AROUSE THEIR
DATES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- B439 BELIEF -- P439 |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
THE JACKSON WHITES
THERE IS A TOWN IN UPPER NEW JERSEY WHICH WAS FOUNDED
BY REVOLUTIONARY WAR DESERTERS. LATER ON, THIS TOWN
WAS INFILTRATED BY RUNAWAY SLAVES. THE DESCENDANTS
OF THE DESERTERS AND THE SLAVES INTERMARRIED AND FORMED
A CLOSED SOCIETY, BASED ON INTERMARRIAGE. THESE
"JACKSON WHITES" STILL EXIST TODAY AND HAVE RESORTED
TO KIDNAPPINGS OF SMALL INFANTS TO KEEP THE
GENERATIONS FROM DYING OUT. RUMORS HAVE IT, THAT
THEY MURDER, AND RAPE ANY OUTSIDER WHO TRIES TO
INTERFERE INTO THEIR ACTIVITIES.
Submitter comment: LEROY LEARNED THIS BY HIS PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MISCEGENATION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- B439 |
Date learned: 09-25-1967
LEGEND OF THE FIRST WOMAN IN NEW ORLEANS
THE FIRST TO SETTLE NEW ORLEANS WERE MEN, AND NO WOMEN.
THESE FRENCHMEN BECAME SOMEWHAT DOWNHEARTED OVER THE
LACK OF WOMEN, AND SO A DELEGATION WROTE THE KING OF
FRANCE AND GAVE AN ULTIMATUM TO HIM, WHICH CONSISTED
OF GIVING THE KING THE OPTION TO EITHER SEND OVER
WOMEN OR WATCH THE MEN COME HOME TO FRANCE. THE KING
WENT TO THE JAIL AND FOUND 400 WHORES AND THIEVES, AND
HE SENT THEM TO AMERICA. WELL, THIS WAS FINE FOR A
WHILE, BUT THEN THE NEW ORLEANS' MEN DECIDED THEY
NEEDED WIVES THAT WERE RESPECTABLE. THEY FELT THEY
COULD NOT MARRY THE WOMEN THAT WERE FIRST SENT OVER.
SO A DELEGATION WENT TO FRANCE TO CONVINCE AT LEAST
100 MIDDLE CLASS WOMEN TO COME TO NEW ORLEANS, AND
THIS THEY DID BY BRIBE OF MONEY. THESE GIRLS WERE
CALLED THE CASKETTE GIRLS. IT IS SAID THAT
STRANGELY ALL 400 OF THE WHORES WERE BARON {BARREN?}
YET THE 100 OR SO MIDDLE CLASS WOMEN BORE THE GREAT
SOCIETY OF NEW ORLEANS' ELITE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- B439 |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
YOU AREN'T SUPPOSED TO BELIEVE IN GYPSIES ACCORDING
TO MRS. GARAZZO'S DECEASED MOTHER. ONCE, IN HER (THE
MOTHER'S) HAMLET IN ITALY, SHE (THE MOTHER) CONFESSED
TO THE PRIEST HAVING SAID THAT THE GYPSIES WERE
BEFORE THE TIME OF CHRIST, AND SAID THAT IT WAS
TRUE. THE PRIEST REFUSED TO GIVE HER ABSOLUTION.
SHE THEN WENT BACK TO THE PRIEST AND SHOWED HIM A
BOOK STATING THAT AS TRUE. THE PRIEST ABSOLVED HER
BUT TOLD HER NOT TO TELL THAT TO OTHER PEOPLE--
ABOUT THE GYPSIES HAVING LIVED BEFORE THE TIME OF
CHRIST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- B439 |
Date learned: 10-26-1969