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IF YOUR EAR RINGS, SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
PREDICTION
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, IT MEANS YOU ARE GOING TO KISS A FOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Body part Senses SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
HAND ITCH
WHEN YOUR HAND ITCHES, IT MEANS YOU ARE GOING TO GET SOME MONEY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HAS EXPERIENCED IT TO BE TRUE.
Where learned: WINSTON SALEM
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
TO MAKE YOUR HAIR GROW, YOU SHOULD WASH YOUR HAIR IN THE FIRST
RAIN IN MAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
CUSTOM
IT IS A CUSTOM OF THE AMISH FOR THE MEN TO GROW A THICK BEARD.
THEY MUST ALWAYS HAVE THIS BEARD AND WHILE THEY ARE GROWING IT,
THEY CANNOT GO OUT OF THE HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HAIR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- P439 BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
SUPERSTITION
HAIRS, WHEN LEFT IN WATER, TURN TO WORMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFORMATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
TUNA AND THE BRAIN
EATING TUNA FISH WILL HELP BUILD THE BRAIN.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS SAID IN OUR CLASS WHEN WE WERE STUDYING FISH. DR. THORDEN
SAID THIS AS A PASSING THOUGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
Date learned: 11-14-1969
FISH
FISH IS BRAIN FOOD.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Fish |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
PURPOSE OF CON (OF FISH)SUMPTION
FISH IS BRAINFOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MENTAL NOURISHMENT AND HEALTH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-05-1970
FISH IS BELIEVED TO BE BRAIN FOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Fish |
Date learned: 03-18-1968
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH PROVERB
AS SKINNY AS A SAWHORSE.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MAUCH CHUNK
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; DEFINITION ; HUMAN CREATIONS
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
PROVERB
AS THIN AS A RAIL.
Submitter comment:
SEE DORSON, BUYING THE WIND; NO. 243 AS LEAN AS A SAWHORSE. P.137
I HAVE HEARD THIS PROVERB FROM MY MOTHER AND OTHER PEOPLE SINCE
CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DEFINITION.
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS USELESS AS TITS ON A BOAR.
Submitter comment: OFTEN HEARD IN INFORMANT'S HOMETOWN OF HARDIN, ILLINOIS, POP. 1000.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): BOAR=MALE PIG ; MAMMARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-22-1971
PROVERB
BLOOD IS THICKER THAN WATER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMAN BODY
James Callow Keyword(s): CLANISHNESS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-20-1965
PROVERB
CHILDREN WERE GIVEN TWO EARS AND ONE MOUTH SO THEY WOULD HEAR
TWICE AS MUCH AS THEY WOULD SAY.
Submitter comment: (CONVERSATION)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NUMBERS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; DISCIPLINE ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Body part Senses PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
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PLANTING BELIEF
FOR A GOOD CROP OF SUGAR BEETS, PLANT WHILE THE SIGNS ARE
IN THE HEART.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 09-00-1971
ENTERTAINMENT BELIEF
A NERVOUS STOMACH ALWAYS PRECEDES A GREAT PERFORMANCE.
Where learned: NEW JERSEY
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
EFFECTS OF DRINKING
WHEN AN INDIVIDUAL GETS DRUNK HE LOSES ALL THE GOOD GRACES
HE HAS STORED UP IN HEAVEN AND WHEN HE REPENTS, HE GETS THEM
ALL BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creation and Order of Human Life BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
MOON BELIEF
WHEN THE MOON IS FULL, A PERSON'S HAIR WILL GROW MUCH FASTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 04-26-1972