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RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
THE JEWISH PEOPLE FAST ON THE HOLIDAY YOM KIPPUR.
Submitter comment:
YOM KIPPUR OR THE DAY OF ATONEMENT IS THE HOLIEST DAY OF THE YEAR.
GOD DECIDES ON THIS DAY WHO SHALL LIVE AND WHO SHALL DIE.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
James Callow Keyword(s): FASTING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Autumn Fall Harvest Thanksgiving BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
THE JEWISH PEOPLE LEAVE A GLASS OF WATER OUTSIDE WHEN GOING TO A
FUNERAL. THEY WASH THEIR HANDS WITH IT WHEN THEY RETURN FROM THE
CEMETARY.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
James Callow Keyword(s): CEMETERY ; PURIFICATION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
ALL JEWISH PEOPLE MUST EAT SOME HONEY ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE NEW
YEAR.
Submitter comment: THIS PRACTICE INSURES A SWEET YEAR.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
James Callow Keyword(s): ROSH HASHANAH
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Autumn Fall Harvest Thanksgiving BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
DURING THE SUCCOT HOLIDAY THE JEWISH PEOPLE EAT THEIR MEALS IN A HUT
OR SUCCOT.
Submitter comment: THIS HOLIDAY COMES RIGHT AFTER NEW YEAR'S.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
James Callow Keyword(s): SUCCOT ; SUKKOT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Autumn Fall Harvest Thanksgiving |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
MURDER PROSE
THIS CHICK AND GUY IN CLEVELAND WERE OUT IN THE PARK AND THE
GUY IN THE
CAR THOUGHT HE HEARD NOISES, BUT DIDN'T PAY ANY ATTENTION. THE
SECOND TIME HE HEARD IT, HE KNEW IT WAS A NOISE BEING DONE
DELIBERATELY.
IT KEPT UP AND THE GUY DECIDED TO GET OUT; BY THE WAY, THIS WAS A
CONVERTIBLE. HE TOLD THE GIRL TO LOCK THE DOORS AND GET DOWN ON THE
FLOOR. HE STEPS OUT. SO HE'S OUTSIDE, NOW THIS IS PRETTY LATE AT
NIGHT. SHE GOT PRETTY WORRIED BECAUSE HE DIDN'T COME BACK.
THE NEXT THING
SHE KNOWS IS A FAINT SCRATCHING ON THE TOP OF THE CAR IN A
RHYTHMIC MOTION.
SHE DOESN'T DO ANYTHING, ONLY EXACTLY WHAT HE SAID.
LATER ANOTHER
CAR PULLS UP, SHE COULDN'T SEE WHO IT WAS. THEN SHE SAW A
FLASHLIGHT FLASHING AROUND IN THE CAR. IT WAS A COP. HE SAID
FOR HER
TO GET OUT. THE COP SAID DON'T LOOK BEHIND YOU AND GET INTO
MY CAR.
SHE DID, BUT HER CURIOSITY WAS AROUSED. IT WAS JUST THE BREAK OF
DAWN, SO THERE WAS JUST ENOUGH LIGHT. SO SHE LOOKED BEHIND AND
SAW HER
BOYFRIEND HANGING BY HIS NECK FROM A TREE SWINGING ABOVE THE CAR.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL
James Callow Keyword(s): OHIO ; PARKING
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 09-25-1972
MURDER PROSE
DOWN SOUTH IN LOUISIANA, THERE WERE THESE TWO CHICKS SPENDING THE
NIGHT
TOGETHER. YOU SEE, ONE OF THE GIRLS' PARENTS RE GONE FOR THE WE
WEEKEND AND SO THE GIRLS WERE STAYING TOGETHER SO THE ONE WOULDN'T BE
ALONE. ANYWAY, IT WAS GETTING LATE AND THEY WERE GETTING READY FOR
BED, WHEN THE GIRL WHO LIVED IN THE HOUSE HEARD SOMETHING DOWNSTAIRS
DOWNSTAIRS IN
THE KITCHEN. SO, SHE WENT DOWN TO SEE WHAT IT WAS. WELL, A LITTLE
WHILE LATER, THE GIRL UPSTAIRS HEARS THIS HORRIBLE SCREAM. SHE GOT
REALLY SCARED BY THIS, SO SCARED SHE DIDN'T EVEN GO DOWNSTAIRS
TO SEE WHAT
HAD HAPPENED. ALL SHE DID WAS GO INTO THE CLOSET AND HIDE. THIS
CLOSET WAS REAL SMALL WITH NO LIGHT. SHE KEPT ON HEARING THESE
STRANGE
NOISES LIKE A SCRAPING SOUND AND THEN A THUD. THIS WENT ON A GOOD
PART OF THE NIGHT. THESE NOISES SCARED HER SO MUCH THAT SHE FINALLY
FAINTED. THE NEXT MORNING THE GIRL WAS AWOKEN BY THE OTHER GIRLS'
PARENTS WHO HAD COME HOME FROM THEIR TRIP. THE PARENTS SAID, "WHAT HA
"WHAT HAPPENED
HERE LAST NIGHT?" SHE TOLD THEM HER STORY ON WHAT HAD HAPPENED
. THEN THE GIRLS' PARENTS TOOK THE OTHER GIRL TO THE TOP OF THE
STAIRS
AND THERE WAS THE OTHER GIRL HALF WAY UP THE STAIRS, DEAD, WITH
HER LEGS CUT OFF. SHE WAS THE ONE CAUSING THE STRANGE NOISES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL
James Callow Keyword(s): GORE HORROR
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 09-22-1972
DISTILLERY PROSE
THIS ONE HAPPENED IN NORTH CAROLINA. THERE WAS THIS GUY NAMED LOSS
HONEYCUTT
AND HIS PROFESSION WAS BREEDING BULLS. ON THE SIDE HE RAN A
DISTILLERY. BACK IN THOSE TIMES, I THINK IT WAS THE EARLY 1900'S, AS
FAR AS POLICEMEN AND GUYS LIKE THAT, THEY DIDN'T FIND OUT TOO MUCH
ABOUT
DISTILLERIES, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE ILLEGAL AND EVERYTHING. BUT
BY MOUTH OR WHATEVER, THE AUTHORITIES FOUND OUT THAT LOSS WAS RUNNING
THIS DISTILLERY AND MAKING PRETTY GOOD MONEY ON IT. SO ONE DAY TWO
LOCAL
SHERIFFS DECIDED TO PAY LOSS A VISIT. IT SO HAPPENS THAT THE
POLICE
WERE SEEN GOING IN THERE TO BREAK UP THE STILL AND OF COURSE A
CROWD BEGAN TO GATHER OUTSIDE HIS HOUSE. AND THEY WAITED AND WAITED,
BUT THE TWO SHERIFFS NEVER CAME OUT. THE PEOPLE GOT KIND OF CONCERNED
AND WENT TO THE POLICE STATION AND TOLD THEM THAT THE TWO SHERIFFS
HADN'T COME OUT OF THE HOUSE. SO THE POLICE INVESTIGATED. THEY WENT
INTO THE HOUSE AND DOWN INTO THE BASEMENT WHERE THE STILL WAS LOCATED
AND THERE WAS LOSS MAKING WHISKEY. IT SO HAPPENS THAT LOSS HAD DONE
AWAY WITH THE TWO SHERIFFS AND HAD MADE WHISKEY OUT OF THEM.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL
James Callow Keyword(s): CANNIBALISM: PEOPLE DISTILLED INTO WHISKEY
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 09-25-1972
GIRLS DORM PROSE
NOW THIS IS IN A GIRLS DORM SOMEWHERE DOWN SOUTH AND THIS GIRL WAS
CONSTANTLY
SCARED. SO ALL THE GIRLS IN THE DORM WOULD PLAY TRICKS ON
HER
THEY WOULD SCARE H WHILE SHE WAS TALKING TO HER BOYFRIEND OR
JUMP OUT OF THE BUSHES WHEN SHE WAS WALKING AT NIGHT. SO AS SHE
CONSTANTLY BECAME MORE PARANOID, THE GIRLS WOULD SCARE HER MORE AND
MORE. SO ONE NIGHT THEY WERE STUDYING LATE IN THE CHEMISTRY LAB. IN
THE LAB THERE WAS A SKELETON. SO THIS GIRL WAS OUT ON A DATE AND WAS
COMING HOME LATE AND WAS COMING INTO THE LAB AFTER THE DATE. SO,
AFTER HER DATE SHE WENT TO THE LAB. THE OTHER GIRLS WANTED TO SEE
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF THEY HUNG THE SKELETON IN THE DOORWAY IN A WAY
IN WHICH IT WOULD FALL ON HER. WHEN THEY FELT ENOUGH TIME HAD PASSED
BY, THEY WENT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENED. WHEN THEY GOT THERE, THEY SAW
THEIR FRIEND SITTING ON THE FLOOR, HER HAIR HAD TURNED WHITE, HER
FACE WAS DISFIGURED AND SHE WAS CHEWING ON ONE OF THE SKELETON'S
BONES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL
James Callow Keyword(s): GORE
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 09-25-1972
CHILDREN'S VERSE
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE GREEN. / MY FACE IS FUNNY BUT YOUR'S IS A
SCREAM.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; DORM ; UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR
James Callow Keyword(s): INSULT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-23-1972
CHILDREN'S VERSE
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLACK, / IF I HAD A KNIFE, I'D STICK IT IN
YOUR BACK.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; DORM ; UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR
James Callow Keyword(s): THREAT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-23-1972
BEANS VERSE
BEANS, BEANS THE MUSICAL FRUIT. / THE MORE YOU EAT THE MORE YOU
TOOT. / THE MORE YOU TOOT, THE BETTER YOU FEEL. / SO EAT BEANS AT EVE
EVERY MEAL..
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; DORM ; UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-22-1972
CHILDREN'S BELIEF
IF YOU WEAR YOUR SOCKS TO BED, YOUR FEET WILL NOT GROW.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; DORM ; UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR
James Callow Keyword(s): SLEEPWEAR ATTIRE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 09-22-1972
TOOTH ACHE BELIEF
IF YOU WEAR TIGHT ROLLERS IN YOUR HAIR, IF WILL GIVE YOU TOOTH ACHES.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; DORM ; UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR
James Callow Keyword(s): HIDDEN CONNECTION ; TOOTHACHE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 09-22-1972
SMOKY THE BEAR RIDDLE
HOW COME SMOKY THE BEARS' WIFE CAN'T ET PREGNANT? EVERYTIME SHE
GETS HOT. HE HITS HER WITH A SHOVEL.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL OF FIRE PREVENTION
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-28-1972
GRAFFITI
FLUSH TWICE, IT'S A LONG WAY TO THE MESS HALL.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; DORM ; UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR ; WINDSOR
James Callow Keyword(s): SATIRE OF QUALITY OF FOOD IN THE INSTITUTION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 09-24-1972
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FRIENDSHIP PROVERB
THERE E BIG SHIPS AND THERE ARE LITTLE SHIPS, BUT THE BEST SHIPS AR
ARE FRIENDSHIPS.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; DORM ; WINDSOR
James Callow Keyword(s): WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-22-1972
Proverb
NO SENSE CRYING OVER SPILT MILK.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; DORM ; UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-24-1972
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
IN THE EVENING ON CHRISTMAS EVE A KNOCK WOULD BE HEARD AT THE DOOR.
UPON OPENING IT CANDY WOULD BE THROWN INTO THE ROOM BY WHOM WAS
BELIEVED TO BE ST. NICHOLAS. IT WAS A SIGN THAT THE CHILDREN IN THE
HOUSE HAD BEEN GOOD AND COULD EXPECT A VISIT FROM SANTA CLAUS THE
NEXT MORNING.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): GIFTGIVING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F122 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 |
Date learned: 10-14-1972