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GROCERY STORE GAME.
GROCERY STORE GAME. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PEOPLE PLAYING. ONE PERSON
STARTS BY SAYING," I WENT TO THE STORE AND BOUGHT SOME..."
THE NEXT PERSON REPEATS WHAT THE FIRST SAID AND ADDS SOMETHING TO
THE LIST. WHEN SOMEONE SAYS SOMETHING OUT OF SEQUENCE, THAT PERSON
IS OUT. THE WINNER IS THE ONE WHO CAN REMEMBER THE WHOLE LIST.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
Keyword(s): GAME ; Grocery ; MEMORY
James Callow Keyword(s): CUMULATIVE
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Memory |
Date learned: 00-00-1981
BAD LUCK OMEN
WHEN GIVING A SHARP ITEM (SUCH AS KNIVES OR RAZORS), GIVE THE
PERSON A PENNY FOR EACH ITEM.
Submitter comment:
THIS WILL ENSURE THAT THE BOND ( FRIENDSHIP, KINSHIP,ETC.) WILL
NOT BE BROKEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Daily Life |
Date learned: 00-00-1946
MEDICINE
WHEN A MAN BREAKS HIS LEG, HE GOES TO A HERBALIST. THE HERBALIST
BREAKS THE SAME LEG OF A CHICKEN AND TREATS THE CHICKEN'S LEG. THE
HEALING THAT THE CHICKEN EXPERIENCES IS THE SAME THAT YOUR LEG WILL
EXPERIENCE.
Submitter comment: THIS IS DONE IN NIGERIA
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
BAD LUCK
DO NOT EAT MONKEY BECAUSE OF ITS RESEMBLANCE TO MAN.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN NIGERIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Meat Wild animal BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
NEW YEAR'S EVE
A CHINESE CUSTOM ON THE EVE OF THE NEW YEAR IS TO BURN
FACSIMILE MONEY IN THE HOPE THAT IT WILL ATTRACT REAL MONEY
TO THAT PERSON DURING THE YEAR.
Submitter comment: ORALLY TRANSMITTED
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
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WEATHER BELIEF
A BLACK BELIEF IS THAT BLACKS HAVE A GREATER SUSCEPTIBILITY TO
PNEUMONIA WHEN IT RAINS AND ARE BEST PROTECTED FROM THIS BY
WEARING A HAT.
Submitter comment: BLACK CUSTOM
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): AFRO-AMERICAN
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Head BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00001940S
FREEZE TAG
PLAYED BY THREE OR MORE PLAYERS, WHOEVER IS IT MUST TRY TO FREEZE ALL
THE PLAYERS BY TAGGING THEM. BUT A PLAYER WHO IS NOT FROZEN MAY
UNFREEZE A FROZEN PERSON BY TAGGING THEM. THE FIRST PERSON TAGGED IS
IT FOR THE NEXT GAME AND THE LAST PERSON TO BE TAGGED IS THE WINNER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): METAPHOR: FREEZE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
GRACE BEFORE EATING A MEAL
GOD IS GREAT,
GOD IS GOOD.
LET US THANK HIM
FOR THIS FOOD.
Submitter comment:
OUR FAMILY ALWAYS SAID THIS GRACE BEFORE MEALS. I DON'T
THINK WE USED ANY OTHERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; SLANT RHYME: GOOD, FOOD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00001960S
HEALTH PROVERB
AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY.
Submitter comment:
SUPPOSEDLY, ALL THE NUTRIENTS OF AN APPLE WILL KEEP YOU
HEALTHY. THIS IS NOT TRUE FOR ME BECAUSE I'M HYPOGLYCEMIC,
AND I CAN'T EAT FOODS HIGH IN CARBOHYDRATES--SUCH AS APPLES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): METONYMY: DOCTOR FOR DISEASE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001960S
PROVERB
WHAT YOUR HEAD DOESN'T DO, YOUR FEET MUST.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS ANOTHER SAYING I HEARD FROM MY MOTHER. IT MEANS THAT IF YOU
DON'T DO EVERYTHING THE FIRST TIME, YOU WILL HAVE TO GO BACK AND DO
THINGS OVER AGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
James Callow Keyword(s): METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, WE ALWAYS EAT BLACK-EYED PEAS AND GREENS,
BECAUSE BLACK-EYED PEAS BRING LUCK AND GREENS BRING MONEY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT TOLD ME SHE LEARNED THIS FROM HER HUSBAND WHO IS
FROM THE SOUTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
Date learned: 02-00-1982
CREOLE BELIEF
DO NOT PUT A BABY'S SHOE HIGHER THAN THE BABY'S HEAD OR IT WILL NOT
GROW ANY TALLER.
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; BREAUX BRIDGE ; LOS ANGELES
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1935
BECAUSE SEAGULLS CAN BECOME PESTS AT BEACHES, THEY CAN BE GOTTEN RID
OF BY FEEDING THEM ALKA-SELTZER. SUPPOSEDLY THEY FILL UP WITH GAS
AND THEN EXPLODE.
Submitter comment:
THIS STORY WAS TOLD TO ME BY MANY SEPARATE AND VARIED SOURCES,
AND THEY ALL HELD IT TO BE GOSPEL EXCEPT THAT NONE OF THEM HAVE
EVER PERSONALLY WITNESSED IT, JUST HEARD ABOUT IT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTACID MEDICINE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird |
O'LEARY'S BAR
TWAS A COLD WINTER'S EVENING, THE GUESTS WERE ALL LEAVING,
O'LEARY WAS CLOSING THE BAR.
WHEN HE TURNED AND HE SAID TO THE LADY IN RED,
GET OUT, YOU CAN'T STAY ANY MORE.
SHE WEPT A SAD TEAR IN HER BUCKET OF BEER,
AS SHE THOUGHT OF THE COLD NIGHT AHEAD,
WHEN A DAPPER PHI KAPPER STEPPED OUT OF THE CRAPPER,
AND THESE ARE THE WORDS THAT HE SAID.
"HER MOTHER NEVER TOLD HER THE THINGS A YOUNG GIRL SHOULD KNOW,
ABOUT THE WAYS OF COLLEGE MEN, AND HOW THEY COME AND GO--
MOSTLY COME.
NOW AGE HAS TAKEN HER BEAUTY, AND SIN HAS LEFT ITS SAD SCAR,
SO REMEMBER YOUR MOTHERS BOYS, AND LET HER SLEEP UNDER THE BAR."
NEXT TO THE GIN, IN SOUTHERN COMFORT, WITH HIRAM WALKER,
AND THERE WAS GRANNY SWINGING ON THE OUTHOUSE DOOR,
WITHOUT HER NIGHTY, AND GRAMPA YELLING MORE, MORE, MORE.
SHE WORE PAJAMAS.
Submitter comment: SLANG: CRAPPER FOR RESTROOM
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PUNS ON WHISKEY NAMES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad Epic |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
COMET. IT MAKES YOUR BREATH SO CLEAN.
COMET. IT TASTES LIKE KEROSENE.
COMET. IT MAKES YOU VOMIT,
SO BUY SOME COMET AND VOMIT TODAY!
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): COMET IS A BATHROOM CLEANSER.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
WHEN YOU ARE MARRIED AND EATING HAM,
THINK OF ME AND MY OLD MAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): INSTRUCTIONS ; RHYME: AA ; SLANG: OLD MAN FOR ; SLANT RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1933
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
I WISH YOU LUCK,
I WISH YOU JOY,
I WISH YOU FIRST A BABY BOY.
AND WHEN HIS HAIR BEGINS TO CURL,
I WISH YOU THEN A BABY GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): BIRTH ; INITIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: ABBCC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1933
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND LIVE ON A HILL,
SEND ME A MESSAGE BY THE WHIP-POOR-WHILL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): BIRD ; INSTRUCTIONS ; RHYME: AA ; WHIP-POOR-WILL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1933
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
WHEN ON THIS PAGE YOUR BEAUTIFUL EYES YOU BEND,
LET IT REMIND YOU OF YOUR ABSENT FRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): PRAISE ; RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Z210 |
Date learned: 00-00-1933