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BASEBALL
IF A BATTER SWINGS AT THE FIRST PITCH
AND MISSES HE WILL STRIKE OUT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT: THIS IS VERY TRUE BECAUSE IT HAPPENED TO ME.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Observation BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
MONEY COUNTING
IT'S A SURE SIGN OF A QUICK DOWNFALL TO COME IF
YOU COUNT YOUR WINNINGS (MONEY) WHILE A GAME OF CARDS IS
STILL IN PROGRESS.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): GAMBLING ; MONEY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 11-17-1969
WHY POPCORN AND PEANUTS ARE SOLD AT GAMES
IN ROMAN DAYS, RED HOT PEAS WERE SOLD AT GLADIATOR GAMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Plant food Nut Food Drink -- Flavoring Spice BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 01-26-1968
BELIEF IN CUTTING CARDS
CUT THIN AND WIN, CUT DEEP AND WEEP.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
James Callow Keyword(s): CARD-PLAYING ; ELLIPSIS ; RHYME PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance SPEECH -- Game Pastime Sport S555.500 PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GOLF
" NEVER UP, NEVER IN."
Submitter comment:
MEANING IF THE BALL NEVER LEAVES THE GROUND, IT WILL
SEEMINGLY NEVER REACH THE HOLE. OFTEN THROWN ABOUT ON GOLF COURSES.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JACKSON ; informant's home
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion SPEECH -- Game Pastime Sport S555.500 PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-25-1970
TO DANCE IS SIN
MY MOTHER SAYS," IF YOU TANCE HERE YOU TANCE IN HELL."
Data entry tech comment:
Probably collected in Detroit, Michigan.
Where learned: informant's home
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Singing Dancing Marching BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
HOCKEY SUPERSTITION
HOCKEY GOALIES ALWAYS PUT THEIR LEFT LEG PAD ON FIRST--
FOR GOOD LUCK.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
James Callow comment:
SEQUENCE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): SEQUENCE
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Good luck SPEECH -- Game Pastime Sport S555.580 |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
TEAM BELIEF
NO ONE SHOULD TALK THAT THEIR TEAM HAS A WINNING
STREAK GOING OR IT WILL BE BROKEN.
Submitter comment:
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): OVER-CONFIDENCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 09-24-1969
BASEBALL SUPERSTITION
BASEBALL PLAYERS WILL NOT STEP ON THE BASE LINE WHEN GOING
OUT TO THEIR FIELD POSITION. TO DO SO IS BAD LUCK.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
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
BASEBALL BELIEF
NEVER TAKE THE GLOVES OF THE PLAYERS INTO THE DUGOUT. IT IS
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.1 |
Date learned: 03-04-1971
BASKETBALL BELIEF
TIE SHOE LACES ON THE SIDE OF YOUR SHOE FOR GOOD LUCK,
INSTEAD OF TYING THEM STRAIGHT UP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Good luck P881.19 |
Date learned: 03-03-1971
GOLF BELIEF
IF YOU HAVE HAD THREE BAD HOLES, PUT A FENCE ON YOUR SCORECARD
FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBER
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 03-03-1971
BASEBALL BELIEF
PITCHERS NEVER CROSS THE FIRST OR THIRD BASE LINE BECAUSE IT
MEANS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBER ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 686 686.1 BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 03-04-1971
BASEBALL SUPERSTITION
IT IS BELIEVED TO BE BAD LUCK IN BASEBALL TO STRIKE OUT THE FIRST
BATTER AGAINST YOU.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT ONLY HEARD OF THIS, DID NOT PLAY BY IT HIMSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBER
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- P888 P888.2 |
Date learned: 09-30-1971
BASEBALL SUPERSTITION
FOR GOOD LUCK IN BASEBALL, IT IS BELIEVED THAT THE THIRD BASEMAN
MUST BE THE LAST PERSON TO TOUCH THE BALL BEFORE THE PITCHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBER
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 09-30-1971
SPORTS SUPERSTITION
WHEN DOING BAD IN BOWLING OR GOLF, DRAW A FENCE ON THE SCORE
CARD AND YOU HAVE BETTER LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): FENCE = ZIG-ZAG LINE ON SCOREBOX
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Good luck P881.2 |
Date learned: 04-18-1971
HOCKEY BELIEF
IF THEIR HOCKEY TEAM IS ON A WINNING STREAK, THEY DON'T WASH THEIR
LONG UNDERWEAR.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Water Ice Snow BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 03-15-1968
GAME SUPERSTITION
IF YOUR TEAM IS ON A WINNING STREAK, THE TEAM MEMBERS SHOULDN'T
CHANGE THEIR SOCKS.
Data entry tech comment:
Thee are three others similar to this in archive file.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.6 |
THE GRIM REAPER
THE WORLD OF PROFESSIONAL ATHLETICS HAS CREATED A NUMBER OF
IMAGINARY CREATURES. ONE IS WELL KNOWN TO THE MANY ROOKIES
WHO HAVE FAILED TO MAKE THE GRADE. GEORGE ATTEMPTED TO MAKE THE
CLEVELAND BROWNS' FOOTBALL TEAM THIS PAST SUMMER BUT FAILED.
HE MENTIONED THAT "THE GRIM REAPER" WAS REALLY PRESENT. WHEN YOU
WERE CALLED TO THE COACH'S OFFICE, "THE REAPER" HAD STRUCK AND
HIS PRESENCE WAS FELT. THIS CREATURE SEEMS TO BE RATHER UNIVERSAL
IN CONJUNCTION WITH AMERICAN FOOTBALL.
Submitter comment:
GEORGE TOLD ME THIS JUST AFTER RETURNING FROM "CAMP" TO DETROIT.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): AMERICAN ; Cleveland Browns ; Football ; Haunting ; Reaper ; SPORTS ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 08-00-1964