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HE WHO GIVES
HE WHO TAKES BUT NEVER GIVES MAY LAST FOR YEARS BUT NEVER LIVES.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): LACK OF CHARITY OR GENEROSITY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
FEMININE OPINION
A HOUSE WITHOUT A WOMAN AND FIRELIGHT IS LIKE A BABY WITHOUT A SOUL
OR SPIRIT.
Submitter comment:
USED BY MARY TO DESCRIBE WHAT SHE THOUGHT OF MY DORM ROOM AT U OF D
MOSTLY BECAUSE OF A COMPLETE LACK OF DECORATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Keyword(s): VAGUE OF WOMEN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
A CURE
IN POLAND, IN THE COUNTRY IT'S PRACTICED TO PUT CLAY ON BUMPS
ON THE HEAD, TO MAKE THE SWELLING GO DOWN.
Submitter comment:
ANNA STANISZKIS LEARNED THIS WHEN SHE SPENT
VACATIONS IN THE COUNTRY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): POLISH BELIEFS ; REDUCTION OF SWELLING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 11-30-1967
A CURE
SHE SAYS THEY (FOLK) PUT CLAY ON BURNS
IN ORDER TO HELP THEM HEAL MORE QUICKLY.
Submitter comment:
ANNA STANISZKIS LEARNED THIS WHILE SHE SPENT VACATIONS IN THE
COUNTRY IN POLAND.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): BURNS, TREATMENT OF ; POLISH BELIEF
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 11-30-1967
CURE
MRS. BOLCEN'S MOTHER WAS A DIABETIC WHO REFUSED TO TAKE INSULIN
AND THEREFORE HER DOCTOR GAVE HER ONLY SIX MONTHS TO LIVE.
AN INDIAN FRIEND OF THE FAMILY BROUGHT A WEED CALLED
SILVER THREAD, LET IT DRY AND MADE TEA OUT OF IT.
HER MOTHER DRANK IT IN PLACE OF WATER
AND SHE LIVED FOR FIFTEEN YEARS.
Submitter comment: MARIE LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER IN 1934
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BRASS RAIL CHOP HOUSE
Keyword(s): HERBAL CURE ; PROLONGATION OF LIFE BELIEF
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
FEVER BLISTERS
WHEN YOU FEEL A FEVER BLISTER COMING,
RUB BEHIND YOUR EAR (EITHER ONE) THREE TIMES AND IT WILL NEVER
COME TO A HEAD.
Submitter comment: LEARNED WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): POWER OF NUMBERS ; PREVENTITIVE TREATMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
HANGOVER PREVENTION
IF YOU COME HOME DRUNK, DRINK A COCA-COLA
OR A PEPSI-COLA BEFORE YOU GO TO BED
TO SETTLE YOUR STOMACH.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT AND I TRIED THIS WHEN WE CAME HOME
DRUNK IN AUGUST OF 1970.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): CARBONATION ; SOFT DRINKS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-00-1970
WART CURE
IF YOU COUNT YOUR WARTS,
MAKE A KNOT IN A THREAD FOR EVERY WART,
THROW THE THREAD AWAY,
AND THE WARTS WILL BE CURED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MEASURING ; POWER OF NUMBERS ; SEVERAL SIMILAR COMMENTS IN THE ARCHIVES.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Medicine BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
REMEDY
COUNT THE NUMBER OF WARTS OR MOLES,
CONCENTRATE ON THE NUMBER,
AND THEY WILL SOON DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MEASURING ; POWER OF NUMBERS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-10-1970
BIRTH: TREATMENT OF EXPECTANT MOTHERS
FOR EVERY BABY YOU HAVE YOU WILL LOSE A TOOTH.
Where learned: OHIO ; NORTH OLMSTED
Keyword(s): CHILDBIRTH ; LOSS OF TEETH ; PREGNANCY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
MARRIAGE CUSTOM IN LEBANON
THE OLDEST GIRL GENERALLY GETS MARRIED FIRST. IF THE OLDEST GIRL
DOES NOT GET MARRIED FIRST, PEOPLE THINK THAT THERE IS SOMETHING
WRONG WITH HER. THE YOUNGER SISTERS THEN MUST WAIT FOR THE OLDEST TO
GET MARRIED. THIS CUSTOM IS BEGINNING TO BE LOST AND PUT ASIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHRONOLOGY OF MARRIAGE WITHIN FAMILY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Signs of availability |
Date learned: 00001968 FALL
MARRIAGE CUSTOMS:
WHEN IT COMES TO MARRIAGE THE GREEKS FEEL THE OLDEST GIRL SHOULD BE
MARRIED FIRST AND THE REST FOLLOW IN SUCCESSION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHRONOLOGY OF MARRIAGE WITHIN FAMILY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Signs of availability |
Date learned: 11-14-1969
ONE HUNDRED BOTTLES OF BEER
A HUNDRED BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE WALL,
A HUNDRED BOTTLES OF BEER.
IF ONE OF THOSE BOTTLES SHOULD HAPPEN TO FALL,
NINETY-NINE BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE WALL,
NINETY-NINE BOTTLES OF BEER.
IF ONE OF THOSE BOTTLES SHOULD HAPPEN TO FALL,
NINETY-EIGHT BOTTLES, ETC.
. . .
ONE MORE BOTTLE OF BEER ON THE WALL,
ONE MORE BOTTLE OF BEER,
IF THAT ONE BOTTLE SHOULD HAPPEN TO FALL,
NO MORE BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE WALL.
Submitter comment:
SUNG. GOOD FOR KEEPING CHILDREN OCCUPIED ON LONG AUTOMOBILE
TRIPS, IF YOU CAN STAND IT.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): CUMULATIVE, OPPOSITE OF
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 04-00-1968
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A POLISH SONG: THE PRINCESS
ONCE A FAIR-HAIRED PRINCESS
HAD A BEAUTIFUL DREAM
THAT SHE BRAIDED WHITE ROSES
INTO HER FLAXEN HAIR
AND JOHNNY CAME TO HER.
ON HIS VIOLIN HE PLAYED
AND SAID "LET'S GO PRINCESS
TO PICK WHITE LILIES OF THE VALLEY."
(REPEAT ""LET,S GO....)
THE FAIR HAIRED ONE AWOKE
THE SPELL OF NIGHT WAS GONE
TWAS ALREADY MORNING AND ON THE SKY
THE SUN,S GOLDEN BEAMS WERE SEEN.
SHE CLOSES HER BEAUTIFUL EYES
AND WISHES TO SLEEP AGAIN
WHEN A REAL PRINCE BEFORE HER STANDS
THE SAME HANDSOME ONE.
(REPEAT "LET,S GO...)
THEY WENT TOGETHER FAR INTO THE WOODS,
WHERE THE LILIES ARE.
HE CHARMED THE WOOD FAIRIES
PLAYING ON HIS VIOLIN.
THEN SOME BUTTERFLIES APPEARED
WITH SHINY, COLORFUL WINGS.
AND THEY TOOK THEIR HANDS
AND SURROUNDED HER.
(REPEAT"LET,S GO...")
Submitter comment:
THIS SONG I LEARNED AT A SUMMER SESSION IN POLISH CULTURE AT
ALLIANCE COLLEGE IN PA. IN 1964.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): POWER OF MUSIC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LIMERICK
THERE WAS A YOUNG MAN OF SPOKANE
WHOSE VERSES WOULD NEVER SCAN.
WHEN TOLD THIS WAS SO,
HE SAID "YES, I KNOW,
BUT I ALWAYS TRY TO GET AS MANY WORDS IN THE LAST
LINE AS I CAN."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALEXANDRINE FOR HUMOR ; POET ; PROSODY ; RHYME DICTATES PRONUNCIATION OF PLACE NAME ; RHYME: AABBA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
RENT
RUFAS, RASTUS, JOHNSON BROWN
WHAT YOU GONNA DO WHEN THE RENT COMES ROUND?
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND OF MINE, AND HE REMEMBERS THIS FROM HIS
CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): IMPERFECT RHYME ; RHYME: AA ; RIDICULE OF NAME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00001971 SPRING
BOA CONSTRICTOR
I@M BEING SWALLOWED BY A BOA CONSTRICTOR %REPEAT 3 TIMES<
AND I DON'T LIKE IT VERY MUCH.
OH NO, OH NO, HE SWALLOWED MY TOE, HE SWALLOWED MY TOE.
OH GEE, OH GEE, HE'S UP TO MY KNEE, HE'S UP TO MY KNEE.
OH FIDDLE, OH FIDDLE, HE'S REACHING MY MIDDLE, HE'S REACHED
MY MIDDLE.
OH HECK, OH HECK, HE'S UP TO MY NECK, HE'S UP TO MY NECK.
OH DREAD, OH DREAD, HE SWALLOWED MY ( SWOOP )
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BOA CONSTRICTOR ; CHAIN TALE IN SONG - EATING OF OBJECTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
PEPSI COLA
PEPSI COLA HITS THE SPOT
THE MAN WHO MAKES IT SHOULD BE SHOT
TASTES LIKE VINEGAR
LOOKS LIKE INK
POUR IT DOWN THE KITCHEN SINK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PARODY OF ADVERTISING JINGLE ; SODA POP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |