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FOOD BELIEF
IF YOU EAT SPINACH, YOU WILL HAVE LONG HAIR AND ROSY CHEEKS.
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
VITAMIN BELIEF
IF YOU EAT GREEN VEGETABLES, THEY WILL MAKE YOUR HAIR THICK
AND GROW FASTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-31-1971
HAIR ON CHEST
WHEN I WAS SSMAL, MY FATHER TRIED TO CONVINCE
ME TO EAT SOME DISTASTEFUL VEGETABLE BY TELLING ME IT WOULD
PUT HAIR ON MY CHEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
KITCHEN BELIEF
PUT UTENSILS IN A WARM OVEN FOR A FEW MINUTES AFTER YOU
HAVE WASHED AND DRIED;, THIS KEEPS THEM FROM RUSTING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Home |
BELIEF
PUT NAIL POLISH IN THE ICEBOX, IT KEEPS THE POLISH FROM GETTING
THICK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
HOME BELIEF
A LEMON CUT OPEN IN AN ICEBOX IS SUPPOSED TO KEEP IT SMELLING
FRESH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 04-00-1971
BED BELIEF
LEAVE YOUR BEDS UNCOVERED IN THE MORNING FOR A WHILE
TO LEAVE THE IMPURE ELEMENTS THAT LEFT YOUR BODY DURING THE
NIGHT OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FUNCTION ; SANITATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 04-00-1968
HOME BELIEF
USE A PEELED POTATO TO REMOVE ANY STUBBORN INK STAINS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
PLANT BELIEF
IF A PLANT THAT WAS GIVEN TO YOU BY A FRIEND DIES, THEN
THE FRIENDSHIP DIES, TEND BOTH WELL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 11-19-1971
PROVERB
EAT, DRINK, AND BE MERRY, FOR TOMORROW YOU MAY DIE.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; CARPE DIEM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
CUSTOM
EAT PORK AND LIVE OFF THE FAT OF THE LAND--EAT CHICKEN AND SCRATCH
THE REST OF THE YEAR.
Submitter comment: IN IRELAND NEW YEARS SAYING.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD ; SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; HOMEOPATHIC ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-30-1972
TO LIVE
EAT TO LIVE BUT DON'T LIVE TO EAT.
(SPANISH) COMER PARA VIVIR, Y NO VIVIR PARA COMER.
Submitter comment: LEARNED THROUGH HIS STUDY OF SPANISH.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHIASMUS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FOOD ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
PROVERB
EMULATE THE TURTLE. TO GO PLACES YOU MUST STICK YOUR NECK OUT.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT HER FATHER USED TO CONTINUALLY SAY THIS TO HER
AND HER SISTERS TO ENCOURAGE THEM TO TRY NEW THINGS.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; AMPHIBIAN ; DARING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
PROVERB
TO ERR IS HUMAN, TO FORGIVE DIVINE.
Submitter comment: HEARD IT FROM HIS MOM.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; CHARITY ; PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-12-1967
PROVERB
AN ERROR DOESN'T BECOME A MISTAKE UNTIL YOU REFUSE TO CORRECT IT.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; PRIDE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
A WORTHWHILE THOUGHT
EVER READY, EVER PRESENT,
NEVER READY, NEVER PLEASANT.
Submitter comment:
A FAVORITE SAYING OF MRS. HYATT'S FATHER THAT SHE REMEMBERS FROM
HER CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; INITIAL ITERATION ; PARALLELISM ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERB
EVERY MAN IS THE ARCHITECT OF HIS OWN FORTUNE.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; OBSERVATION ; RESPONSIBILITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-15-1965
PROVERB
EVERYTHING IN MODERATION.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
THE EYES FRIGHTEN YOU, BUT THE HANDS ARE THE WORKER.
Submitter comment:
THIS SEEMS TO NEED SOME EXPLANATION: JUST LOOKING AT A FIELD READY
FOR HARVEST MAY BE FRIGHTENING, HOWEVER WHEN YOU GET RIGHT DOWN TO
WORKING IT ISN'T SO BAD.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; INDUSTRIOUSNESS?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NEVER SAY NEVER AND ALWAYS AVOID ALWAYS
Where learned: WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): SEMANTICS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; EXTREMITIES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN