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PUERTO RICAN MEN (PUERTORICANOS), ARE ALWAYS CONCERNED
ABOUT BEING "MUY MACHO" (VERY MASCULINE). THEY MUST
NEVER SHOW WEAKNESS OF ANY KIND. FOR THIS REASON,
YOU NEVER CAN BELIEVE ONE WHEN HE GIVES YOU DIRECTIONS,
BECAUSE HE MUST NEVER LET ON IF HE DOESN'T KNOW THE
ANSWER. HE WILL GIVE YOU DIRECTIONS--INVARIABLY--
WHETHER THEY ARE CORRECT OR NOT.
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Where learned: PUERTO RICO ; SAN JUAN
Keyword(s):
DIRECTIONS ; Machismo ; MASCULINITY ; Puerto Rico ; RACISM ; SEXISM ; SEXIST ; Spanish ; Stereotyping
James Callow Keyword(s):
SEXISM
Date learned: 00-00-1962
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I HAD OBSERVED THAT THE PUERTO RICAN PEASANTRY (JIBAROS) WERE
VERY (UNDERLINED) CLEAN PEOPLE. THEIR SHACKS, WHILE
REFLECTING AN EXTREME LEVEL OF POVERTY, WERE SPOTLESS. THE
CHILDREN WERE DRESSED IN CLOTHES WHICH SHOWED THAT SOMEBODY
CARED. THEY WERE STARCHED AND IRONED WITH GREAT CARE. THE
BOYS INVARIABLY WORE LITTLE SPORT SHIRTS WHICH LOOKED NEW, AND
MUST HAVE COST A LARGE PORTION OF THE FAMILY'S INCOME. KNOWING
HOW THESE PEOPLE VALUED THEIR MALE CHILDREN, I COULDN'T HELP
WONDERING WHY THE LITTLE BOYS (UNDER FOUR) ALWAYS RAN AROUND
IN THEIR IMMACULATE SHIRTS--ONLY. NEVER DID THEY WEAR ANY
GARMENT ON THE LOWER PART OF THE BODY. WHY--IF THEY COULD
AFFORD SHIRTS, WHY NOT PANTS?
IT IS THE BELIEF THAT A BOY WILL BE MACHO (VIRILE) IF THE
SUN IS ALLOWED TO SHINE ON HIS GENITALIA AS MUCH OF THE TIME
AS POSSIBLE WHILE HE IS LITTLE. LITTLE GIRLS ARE ALWAYS
COVERED UP.
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Where learned: PUERTO RICO ; SANTURCE
Keyword(s):
Genitalia ; Machismo ; MASCULINITY ; Peasants ; Poor ; Puerto Rico ; Sunshine
James Callow Keyword(s):
CLEANLINESS ; SEX
Date learned: 00001963 ca.
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COAL MINER'S BELIEF
AN ANCIEN BELIEF AMONG MANY COAL MINERS IS THAT IT IS BAD LUCK
FOR A WOMAN TO COME INTO THE MINES. I ASKED THREE VETERANS
OF COAL MINING, CANDY WRIGHT, RICH CLAUSE, AND BILL STOTT,
IF THEY HAD HEARD THIS OLD SAYING. THEY SAID THEY HAD HEARD
IT MANY TIMES, BUT THEY DIDN'T BELIEVE IT. THEY REMEMBERED
WOMEN BEING ALLOWED TO TOUR THE MINES WHERE THEY WORKED AND
NOTHING HAPPENED. THIS TALE IS JUST "DOODLE DUST" AS WE
MINERS SAY.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; WILLIAMSBURG
James Callow Keyword(s):
SEXISM
Date learned: 03-29-1969
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IF YOU WEAR GREEN ON THURSDAY, YOU ARE A QUEER.
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A HIGH SCHOOL TREND. QUEER MEANING "NOT WITH IT;" AN
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s):
HOMOSEXUAL
Date learned: 03-02-1969
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SHE SAID THAT YOU SHOULD NEVER LET A WOMAN COME TO YOUR HOUSE
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY BECAUSE IT BRINGS BAD LUCK. SHE SAID THAT ONE
DAY A LADY CAME TO HER HOUSE ON THIS DAY AND IT MADE HER
CALENDAR THAT SHE LOVED FALL OFF THE WALL AND BURN UP.
ALSO SHE SAID THAT ONE TIME A MAN AND WOMAN CAME TO HER
HOUSE AND A FEW DAYS AFTER THEY HAD GONE, ONE OF HER
DOGS DIED.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FAYETTEVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s):
SEXISM
Date learned: 07-04-1970
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HONEY, A MAN ALWAYS GOT TO COME TO MY HOUSE ON MONDAY FIRST,
AND THEN I'LL LET A WOMAN IN, 'CAUSE IF A MAN COMES FIRST,
YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK ALL WEEK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s):
SEXISM
Date learned: 07-08-1970
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NEVER LET A COLORED WOMAN IN YOUR HOUSE ON MONDAY MORNING, OR
YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK ALL WEEK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s):
SEXISM
Date learned: 04-08-1969
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SUPERSTITION
IF YOU START HUNTING OR FISHING AND THE FIRST PERSON YOU MEET
IS A WOMAN, YOU WON'T KILL OR CATCH ANYTHING THAT DAY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s):
SEXISM
Date learned: 04-01-1972
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TO TAKE FIRE OUT OF BURNS:
REPEAT TO YOURSELF: "TWO LITTLE ANGELS CAME TO HEAVEN,
ONE BROUGHT FIRE AND THE OTHER FROST. GO OUT FIRE AND
COME IN FROST."
YOU BLOW ON THE BURN AS YOU SAY THIS, BUT ONLY ON THE
LAST WORD. A MAN MUST NOT TOUCH MAN NOR A WOMAN TOUCH
A WOMAN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s):
SEXISM
Date learned: 07-10-1973
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A WOMAN SHOULD BE THE FIRST TO ENTER A HOME ON NEW YEAR'S
DAY. IF A WOMAN ENTERS FIRST THE HOUSEHOLD WILL HAVE BAD
LUCK ALL YEAR.
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Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s):
SEXISM
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686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually.
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's
BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank
BELIEF -- Good luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event
BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event
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Date learned: 06-00-1972
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HAVING A WOMAN ABOARD A SAILING VESSEL IS CONSIDERED VERY
UNLUCKY AND IS OFTEN BELIEVED THAT THE SHIP WILL SINK.
ARCHAIC
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s):
SEXISM
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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(CATCH TALE)
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I WAS HITCH-HIKING HOME ONE DAY AND THIS GUY IN A
SPORTS CAR PICKED ME UP. AFTER ABOUT A HALF HOUR OF
USUAL BULL-SHIT, THIS GUY SLID HIS HAND OVER ONTO MY
KNEE. I GAVE HIM A DIRTY LOOK AND REMOVED HIS HAND.
ABOUT 15 MINUTES LATER, HE SLID HIS HAND OVER ONTO
MY KNEE AGAIN, AND I AGAIN REMOVED IT. WHEN HE DID IT
A THIRD TIME, I TOLD HIM TO STOP THE CAR, AS I WAS
GETTING OUT. AS I WAS GETTING OUT, HE PULLED THIS
SPRAY CAN OUT FROM UNDER THE SEAT AND SAID IN HIS
MOST FAGGOT VOICE, "YOU SILLY BITCHES ARE ALL THE
SAME. AFTER THIS YOU'LL BE JUST LIKE ME" AND HE
SPRAYED THIS SHIT ON ME.
AND THIS IS THE SAME SWEATER I HAD ON THAT DAY, AND IT
STILL SMELLS RIGHT HERE (HE POINTS TO A SPOT ON HIS
CHEST). HERE SMELL IT. (AND AS THE GUY DOES, HE
KISSES THE GUY ON THE CHEEK.)
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
Keyword(s):
HOMOSEXUAL
Date learned: 00-00-1970
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VICE
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VICE IS NICE BUT INCEST IS BEST
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THE INFORMANT DOES NOT KNOW WHERE HE HEARD THIS BUT
HE SAID THAT HE DID HEAR IT IN GRADE SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s):
SIN FAMILY SEX
Date learned: 04-12-1965
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THE WORD WAS "CHERRY" WHICH MEANT EITHER "NEW AND
UNTOUCHED OR THE BEST OR FINEST."
Submitter comment:
USED AS AN ADJECTIVE.
Where learned: CALIFORNIA
James Callow Keyword(s):
SEXUAL CONNOTATION?
Date learned: 00001967 SUMMER
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