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BELIEF ABOUT LITTLE PEOPLE
ALWAYS LEAVE SOME FOOD ON YOUR DOOR STEP FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE. THIS
KEEPS YOU FROM THEIR MISCHIEF.
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS GIVEN TO MRS. CHESNEY BY MATILDA MELLON, HER MOTHER,
WHO WAS AN IRISH IMMIGRANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Routine activity Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Date learned: 09-16-1975
SPECIFIC TIME TO SWIM
WHEN ON VACATION IN THE IRON MOUNTAIN REGION (UPPER
MICHIGAN) THIS FAMILY HAS A SPECIFIC TIME FOR
SWIMMING--2 O'CLOCK TIL 5. DURING THIS TIME, EVERYONE
GATHERS AT THE BEACH AND EITHER SWIMS OR SNACKS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HER FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Routine activity |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
AMONG FRENCH-CANADIAN FAMILIES, IT IS CUSTOMARY FOR
THE WOMAN OF THE HOUSE TO BAKE A SEPARATE LITTLE
LOAF OF BREAD FOR THE YOUNGEST IN THE FAMILY WHENEVER
SHE BAKES BREAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Routine activity |
Date learned: 02-01-1970
IF YOU DON'T PUT YOUR SHOES TOGETHER AT NIGHT,
THEY WILL BECOME LONESOME AND RUN AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Routine activity |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
SATURDAY BATH
SATURDAY NIGHT WAS BATH NIGHT. WATER WAS CARRIED
IN BUCKETS AND HEATED ON THE OLD WOOD STOVE. THE
WASH TUB WAS BROUGHT INTO THE KITCHEN. THE
CLEANEST ONE GOT TO TAKE HIS BATH FIRST AND ON DOWN
THE LINE, AS THE SAME WATER WAS USED. THEN STANDING
UP YOU GOT RINSED WITH A FEW DIPPERS OF CLEAN
WATER.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Routine activity |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
CLEANING BELIEF
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, THE HOUSE MUST BE CLEAN, BUT YOU CAN NEVER SWEEP
THE DIRT OUTSIDE.
Submitter comment: ITEM WAS LEARNED IN WEST VIRGINIA ALTHOUGH COLLECTED IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BOTSFORD GRADE SCHOOL ; CLARENCEVILLE DISTRICT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Routine activity |
Date learned: 11-00-1982
SOCK TRADITION
JOE HOFFMAN'S FATHER ALWAYS HAD A SPECIAL WAY OF PUTTING ON HIS
SOCKS. JOE FOLLOWED THE FAMILY PATTERN BY FOLDING IN THE HEEL, THEN
FOLDING THE SOCK IN HALF, STEPPING ON IT AND UNFOLDING IT.
Submitter comment:
ITEM WAS LEARNED IN ORCHARD LAKE, MICHIGAN ALTHOUGH IT WAS COLLECTED
IN DETROIT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BOTSFORD GRADE SCHOOL ; CLARENCEVILLE DISTRICT
James Callow Keyword(s): DRESSING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Routine activity SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.31 |
Date learned: 11-00-1982
SOME OF THE PEOPLE I GREW UP WITH TOOK BATHS ONLY IN
THE SPRING TIME.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Spring CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Routine activity |
Date learned: 00001970S
DON'T START A DRESS ON FRIDAY, BECAUSE YOU'LL NEVER LIVE
TO SEE IT FINISHED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MURFREESBORO
Keyword(s): SEWING SEW
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Routine activity BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Routine activity |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
IN THE FACTORY WHERE I WORKED THIS SUMMER, ONE WOULD
GESTURE A NEED TO VISIT THE LAVATORY AND FOR THE
HELPER AT THE OTHER END OF THE MACHINE TO WATCH IT
IN HIS ABSENCE BY: (1) IMITATING THE MOVEMENT OF
UNZIPPING HIS PANTS AND (2) POINTING HIS INDEX AND
MIDDLE FINGERS OF ONE HAND AT HIS EYES AND THEN BACK
TO THE MACHINE.
Where learned: Sterling Heights ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Routine activity SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
Proverbial Apothegm Maxim
Sleep and Health Rhyme:
Early to bed, early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy and wise.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bed ; Early ; HEALTH ; Healthy ; Man ; Maxim ; Rise ; SLEEP ; VERSE ; WEALTH ; Wealthy ; WISDOM ; Wise
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Routine activity |
Custom
Grammaw's Average Day:
"...go milk the cow and put the milk in the springhouse...churn sum buttermilk 'n make the butter...'n make a batch of hominy...rest a little whilst shelling peas...hoe and weed the garden 'n carry sum vegetables back to the cabin...take sic Mandy Lou sum soup on the next farm 'n gather sum herbs to doctor wid later on...shell sum butterbeans...gather sum pears 'n make sum preserves...git the aigs outta the nests 'n get the goat outta the garden...cook three meals a day."
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Boiling and Baking ; Booger Hollow
Keyword(s): ; Average ; Beans ; Chores ; CUSTOM ; Day ; Domestic ; Excerpt ; FARMING ; GARDEN ; Goat ; Grandma ; Narrative ; Peas ; Prose ; Shell ; Story ; VEGETABLE ; WORK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Routine activity |