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METHOD OF CURING
"SORES ARE HEALED BY LITTLE MEN WHO WORK AT NIGHT KNITTING THE
EDGES BACK TOGETHER. DON'T PICK THE SCABS BECAUSE THEY WILL
HAVE TO WORK OVERTIME."
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HER MOTHER'S LADYFRIEND WHO VISITS
QUITE OFTEN. ALISON HEARD THIS WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG CHILD (1950'S)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ;
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Curer BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-19-1971
CHILDREN'S FAIRY TALE
WHEN YOU LOSE A TOOTH YOU SHOULD PLACE IT UNDER
YOUR PILLOW AT NIGHT.
THE GOOD FAIRY WILL BUY IT FROM YOU
AND USE THE TOOTH TO HELP BUILD A CASTLE.
Keyword(s): TOOTH FAIRY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
SORES
SORES ARE HEALED BY LITTLE MEN WHO WORK AT NIGHT KNITTING THE EDGES
BACK TOGETHER. DON'T PICK THE SCABS BECAUSE THEY WILL HAVE TO WORK
OVERTIME. INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HER MOTHER'S LADY FRIEND WHO
VISITS QUITE OFTEN. ALISON HEARD THIS WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG CHILD.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): HEALER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-19-1971
TALE WITH MORAL
GOOBERDINKS LIVE ON DINNER TABLES. THEY HAVE WHOLE CITIES BUT YOU
CAN'T SEE THEM. YOU CAN PUT DISHES ON THE TABLE AND SINCE THEY SEE
THEM COMING THEY MOVE OUT OF THE WAY--MOVING WHOLE CITIES. BUT THEY
DON'T SEE ELBOWS. IF YOU PUT YOUR ELBOWS ON THE TABLE YOU SMASH
WHOLE CITIES OF GOOBERDINKS. YOU REALIZE YOU HAVE YOUR ELBOWS ON THE
TABLE SO YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE GOOBERDINKS INTO YOUR CUPPED HANDS AND
RESUSCITATE THEM. THEN YOU BLOW THEM INTO THE KITCHEN WHERE THEY
LAND IN THE SUGAR BOWL AND REVIVE. THE MORAL IS--DON'T PUT YOUR
ELBOWS ON THE TABLE.
Submitter comment:
MARIE FIRST HEARD THE STORY AT GIRL SCOUT CAMP LINDEN IN LINDEN,
MICHIGAN IN 1971. SHE SAID THAT WHEN YOU'RE AT CAMP LINDEN YOU
BELIEVE IN GOOBERDINKS. YOU TRY NOT TO PUT YOUR ELBOWS ON THE TABLE
AND IF YOU DO, YOU HAVE TO REVIVE THE GOOBERDINKS.
INVISIBLE BEINGS
FUNCTION
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
LUCK
WHEN PASSING AN ELVE'S MOUND WHICH IS ANY SMALL MOUNTAIN OF EARTH IN
THE WOODS, SAY THE FOLLOWING: TABI- TABI PO LOLA, LOLO. THIS SIMPLY
MEANS EXCUSE ME GRANDMOTHER, GRANDFATHER. IF THESE WORDS ARE NOT
SAID, YOU WILL MEET BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: ELFIS MOUND
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Formation BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 12-00-1977
DURING AND AFTER PREGNANCY
A WOMAN WHO HAS JUST HAD A CHILD SHOULD HAVE A RED RIBBON ON HER HEAD SO THAT THE FAT RED FAIRY DOESN'T STEAL HER LIVER
IN TURKEY BEFORE LEAVING THE HOSPITAL A RED RIBBON WAS PLACED IN HER
HAIR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
BEFORE AND AFTER PREGNANCY
THEY PUT A BROOM BEHIND THE DOOR OR A NEEDLE UNDER THE PILLOW OF NEW
MOTHERS SO THAT THE BAD FAIRIES DON'T STEAL THE BABY. BECAUSE THEY
ARE AFRAID OF NEEDLES AND BROOMS
Submitter comment:
IN TURKEY THE BROOM BELONGS BEHIND THE DOOR ANYWAY.
CHANGELING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
OMENS
AFTER MIDNIGHT IF YOU TALK TO A BLACK CAT THE CAT COULD TALK BACK
BECAUSE SOME BLACK CATS CARRY THE SOULS OF FAIRIES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 10-00-1977
LEPRECHAUN SONG
THERE LIVED IN OLD IRELAND A WEE
LITTLE MAN, WHO WAS KNOWN BY THE NAME
OF A LEPRECHAUN, A FAIRY SHOEMAKER NONE
OTHER WAS HE AND THE GIFT OF THREE
WISHES HAD HE.
IF I WERE TO MEET HIM ON A BRIGHT
SUNNY DAY, TIS I WHO WOULD STEP UP AND
BOLDLY SAY, BLESS THE FRIENDS THAT I
LOVE AND THE FRIENDS THAT LOVE ME AND
THE FRIENDS OF ME FRIENDS
THAT'S ME WISHES THREE.
Submitter comment: THIS CAN BE PLAYED ON THE GUITAR WITH CHORDS G-C-D.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Song BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
BAQUINE
WHEN A CHILD DIES HE IS DRESSED IN WHITE AND ADORNED WITH FLOWERS.
THEN IN THE WAKE HE IS SUNG LULLABIES AND OTHER COMFORTING SONGS.
SOME OF THESE ARE QUITE SCARY AND WILL DEAL WITH THE DEVIL OR A
SPECIAL GNOME WHO STEALS CHILDREN.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS DONE ONLY BY THE PEASANTS IN THE CENTER OF THE ISLAND.
BAQUINE IS AN INDIAN WORD FOR THIS KIND OF CEREMONY
Where learned: PUERTO RICO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Cradle song Lullaby CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
IRISH LEPRECHAUN BELIEF
THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO MY GRANDPA WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG MAN IN
IRELAND BEFORE HE CAME TO AMERICA. HE WAS RETURNING FROM THE FIELD
TO HIS BOAT. THERE WAS A LEPRECHAUN ON HIS BOAT TRYING TO MAKE OFF
WITH IT. HE PULLED ON THE ROPE TO THE BOAT BUT THE LEPRECHAUN PULLE
ON THE OTHER END. MY GRANDPA FELL INTO THE WATER. HE HAD TO WALK
ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BAY BACK TO TOWN.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A STORY TOLD TO ME BY MY GRANDFATHER IN PHILADELPHIA WHEN I
WAS A KID. THE POPULAR FAMILY EXPLANATION IS THIS STORY WAS MADE UP
TO COVER THE LOSS OF A BOAT WHEN MY GRANDFATHER WAS DRUNK, BUT I
BELIEVE IT IS THE TRUTH.
MY GRANDFATHER DIED IN 1975 ONE DAY SHORT OF HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY. MY
GRANDPA TOLD ME THIS STORY WHEN I WAS ABOUT TEN YEARS OLD. HIS
SPEECH WASN'T VERY GOOD BUT I REMEMBER THE STORY CLEARLY. WHEN HE
TOLD ME HIS STORY IT SEEMED IMPORTANT TO HIM THAT I BELIEVED IT. NO
ONE ELSE DID AND THEY TOLD ME SO AFTER THE STORY WAS FINISHED. HE
JUST LAUGHED.
Where learned: IRELAND ; COUNTY DONEGAL
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
IRISH FAIRY STORY
MY GRANDFATHER TOLD US THIS STORY ONCE ABOUT HOW WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG
MAN HE WAS CAUGHT IN A FAIRIE-RING. HE WAS IN THIS FIELD WHICH WAS
ENCLOSED BY A CIRCULAR WALL. WHEN HE WAS FINISHED WORK FOR THE DAY
HE WALKED TO THE GATE BUT THERE WAS A FAIRIE ON IT AND IT WOULDN'T
LET HIM OUT. A FAIRIE IS A LITTLE GHOST. HE RAN TO ANOTHER GATE BU
THERE WAS A FAIRIE ON THAT ONE TOO. HE WALKED AROUND THE FIELD FOR
DAYS BEFORE HE GOT OUT. YOU CALL THIS A FAIRIE-RING.
Submitter comment:
TOLD BY MY GREATGRANDFATHER TO MY MOTHER WHEN SHE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD
EVERY NIGHT HE WOULD TELL STORIES. THE 1892 DATE IS ABOUT THE TIME
GRANDFATHER O'BRIEN WAS CAUGHT IN THE FAIRIE-RING, HE TOLD THE STORY
TO MY MOTHER IN 1932. MY MOTHER LIVED IN BUNCLODY, COUNTY WEXFORD,
IRELAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
James Callow Keyword(s): FAIRY RING
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Date learned: 00-00-1892 ; 00-00-1932
IRISH LEPRECHAUN SONG
-WHERE IS YOUR PURSE
-THE PURSE, HE SAID, IT'S IN HER HAND,
THAT LADY BY YOUR SIDE
-I TURNED TO LOOK, THE ELF WAS OFF,
AND WHAT WAS I TO DO.
I LAUGHED TO THINK OF THE FOOL I'D BEEN,
AND THE FAIRIE IS LAUGHING TOO.
Submitter comment:
THE FIRST AND THIRD VERSES ARE SUNG BY THE NARRATOR WHILE THE
SECOND VERSE IS SUNG BY THE LEPRECHAUN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): BLINKING TABU
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Song BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Date learned: 11-22-1979
BODY PART BELIEF
INFLATION HAS HIT THE TOOTH FAIRY. SHE NOW GIVES $.25, $.50, AND
EVEN $1.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Date learned: 00001970S
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THE GOOD FAIRY
WHEN YOU LOSE A TOOTH, PLACE IT UNDERNEATH YOUR PILLOW
AND BY MORNING THE GOOD FAIRY WILL HAVE REPLACED IT
WITH A DIME.
Submitter comment:
I LEARNED THIS FROM MY PARENTS WHEN I WAS FIVE YEARS
OLD IN 1948 IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 05-12-1965
IN AMERICA, CHILDREN PUT THEIR 'LOST' BABY TEETH
UNDERNEATH THEIR PILLOW FOR THE FAIRY TO COME AND
GET IT, PAYING FOR IT WITH MONEY.
Submitter comment:
THIS HAPPENED TO MATTHEW WHO TOLD ME ABOUT IT
ON THE SCHOOL PLAYGROUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 11-00-1965
THE FAIRIES
IF A CHILD LOOSES (SIC) A TOOTH, SHE SHOULD PUT IT UNDER HER PILLOW,
FOR THE FAIRIES TO COME AND LEAVE MONEY THERE.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER TOLD ME THIS WHEN I WAS ABOUT FIVE YEARS OLD. SHE IS NOT
CERTAIN WHERE SHE HAD LEARNED IT.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Date learned: 00-00-1948
THE SANDMAN
THE SANDMAN SPRINKLES SLEEPY SAND IN CHILDREN'S EYES TO MAKE THEM
SLEEP AT NIGHT.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER USED TO SAY THIS WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL. SHE WAS NOT
CERTAIN WHERE SHE HEARD IT.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
LEPRECHAUN SONG
THERE LIVED IN OLD IRELAND A WEE LITTLE MAN,
WHO WAS KNOWN BY THE NAME OF A LEPRECHAUN,
A FAIRY SHOEMAKER NONE OTHER WAS HE
AND THE GIFT OF THREE WISHES HAD HE.
IF I WERE TO MEET HIM ON A BRIGHT SUNNY DAY,
TIS I WOULD STEP UP AND BOLDY SAY
BLESS THE FRIENDS THAT I LOVE AND
THE FRIENDS THAT LOVE ME AND
THE FRIENDS OF ME FRIENDS THAT WISHES
ME THREE.
Submitter comment: THIS CAN BE PLAYED ON THE GUITAR WITH CHORDS G-C-D.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Date learned: 00-00-1975