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PROVERB
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): PARODY
James Callow Keyword(s): SEX ; SLANG: PIECE FOR SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PLANTING BELIEF
POLISH FARMERS BELIEVE THAT IF YOU PLANT WHEN THERE IS A NEW MOON
THE WHEAT SHAFTS WILL NOT BE FULL, ALSO THE PLANTS WILL BLOOM
AND BLOOM BUT WILL NOT BEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
PLANTING BELIEF
IF CORN IS KNEE HIGH BY THE 4TH OF JULY, IT WILL BE A
GOOD CROP YEAR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS MY GRANDFATHER, AND THIS IS
AN OLD FARMING BELIEF
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; KANSASVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): INTERNAL RHYME
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
SUPERSTITION
PLANT TOMATOES, CUKES ETC. WHEN THE ALMANAC SAYS THE MOON IS
RIGHT OR YOU WILL HAVE BLOOMS-DAY. 'ALL BLOOMS AND NO
FRUIT.'
Submitter comment:
THIS SUPERSTITION WAS LEARNED IN CLARKSVILLE, MISSISSIPPI.
IT IS NOW IRRELEVANT TO THE INFORMANT.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; CLARKSVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; CUKES=CUCUMBERS VEGETABLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
AGRILCULTURE
ANY VEGETABLE THAT GROWS BENEATH THE GROUND OR POTATO-ONE
SHOULD PLANT IN THE DARK OF THE MOON SO THAT WHEN THEY GROW ABOVE
THE GROUND THEY WILL HAVE THE BENEFIT OF A FULL MOON.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT EMPLOYS THIS METHOD IN HIS FARMING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 04-00-1971
PLANTING CUSTOM BELIEF IN MOON, PLANTING BELIEF OBSERVATION
WHEN THE MOON IS A BANANA SHAPE, THAT IS THE BEST TIME TO PLANT
ROSES.
Submitter comment: MY FATHER'S FAMILY DID THIS IN POLAND
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
IF YOU SPIT ON EACH GRAIN OF CORN THAT WAS PLANTED, THE CORN
WOULD GROW TALL AND BEAR WELL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 01-31-1971
AGRILCULTURE BELIEF
CORN SHOULD BE KNEE HIGH ON THE 4TH OF JULY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TROY
James Callow Keyword(s): INTERNAL RHYME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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
GAME SUPERSTITION
IF A PERSON HITS MOST OF HIS SHOTS IN A BASKETBALL
WARM UP, HE WILL MISS THEM IN A GAME, AND VICE VERSA.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; FRANKLINVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): OPPOSITES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.6 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LUCK
ON THE WAY TO A TRACK MEET, A RUNNER WOULD NOT GO
ACROSS A YELLOW LINE, SO IN THE MEET IT WOULD
CAUSE THE RUNNER TO LACK THE ABILITY TO PASS UP OPPOSING RUNNERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTAGEIOUS MAGIC? ; HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC?
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.6 |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
UNTITLED
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN THE TALE IS THAT A LION ROARS WHEN
A GIRL WALKS BY THE LION STATUES GUARDING THE MUSEUM. THE GIRL
MUST BE A VIRGIN. THIS HASN'T HAPPENED YET, AND PROBABLY WILL
NOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY? ; PESSIMISM ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
THE OLD LADY IN THE OLD HOUSE
THE OLD LADY THAT USED TO LIVE IN A LARGE DARK HOUSE DOWN
THE STREET WAS BELIEVED TO HOARD ALL HER MONEY AND BE VERY RICH.
Submitter comment: A BELIEF AT 8-9 YEARS OF AGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MISER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-31-1968
GOOD OLD U. OF DETROIT
AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT, WHEN A VIRGIN GRADUATES, THE
TOWER CLOCK WILL STOP, AND REMAIN STOPPED FOREVER.
Where learned: AUSTRALIA ; TOORAK ; VICTORIA
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY? ; PESSIMSIM ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
BELIEF ABOUT A CROSS-EYED WOMAN
IF YOU MEET A CROSS-EYED WOMAN IN THE MORNING, THINGS WILL
GET CROSSED ALL DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC ; HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
CROSSEYED
IF YOU LET A BABY LOOK IN A MIRROR BEFORE HE IS A YEAR OLD,
HE WILL BE CROSSEYED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE (IMPLIED)
Date learned: 10-00-1968
UNTITLED
GOING TO MICHIGAN STATE, I WAS TOLD THAT IF EVER A VIRGIN GRADUATES
FROM HERE, THE STATUE OF THE MAN WILL DROP THE BALL HE HOLDS.
DO NOT EXPECT IT SOON, IT HAS LASTED A LONG TIME ALREADY.
Where learned: AUSTRALIA ; TOORAK ; VICTORIA
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY ; PESSIMSIM ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
THE GREEN MAN
THERE WAS A MAN WHO USED TO WORK FOR ONE OF THE POWER COMPANIES
IN PITTSBURGH. IT SEEMS THAT ONE DAY HE HAD AN ACCIDENT WITH A HIGH
TENSION WIRE AND WAS HORRIBLY DISFUGURED. THE SHOCK TURNED
HIS SKIN A GREEN COLOR AND GREATLY DISTORTED HIS FACE.
THIS MAN NOW LIVES BY HIMSELF IN A RAMSHACKLE HOUSE OUT IN
SOUTH PARK. HE IS KNOWN TO SCARE CHILDREN AND CHASE ANYONE
WHO GOES NEAR HIS PLACE AWAY. PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT THERE IS
SOMETHING WEIRD ABOUT HIM. TONY HAS NEVER SEEN THE MAN
BUT APPARENTLY HIS EXISTENCE IS ACCEPTED AS A FACT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DISFIGUREMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face |
Date learned: 11-08-1968
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
BELIEF-LEGEND
THE ESKIMOS BELIEVED THAT AFTER THE SUN SET IN THE
WESTERN OCEAN, HE WAS PADDLED BACK IN A KAYAK THROUGH THE
NIGHT TO THE EASTERN HORIZON.
Submitter comment:
HEARD IN YOUTH BY INFORMANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PERSONIFICATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 00-00-1965