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SUPERSTITION
IF ONE SNEEZES ON CHRISTMAS HE WILL BE WELL ALL YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HEALTH PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Predictions |
Date learned: 11-22-1968
RUSSIAN PROVERB
GIVE HIM THE ENTIRE EARTH, AND HE WILL ASK FOR PAPER IN WHICH TO
WRAP IT.
Where learned: WESTERN RUSSIA
Keyword(s): GREDDY PERSONALITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V270 |
Date learned: 00001898-1905
THE DEVIL'S HOLE ROAD LEGEND.
" THE AREA IN WHICH I LIVE USED TO BE ALL SWAMPY. THE INDIANS
BELIEVED THAT WHEN AN INDIAN OR WHITE MAN WENT INTO THE AREA AND DID
NOT RETURN THAT THE DEVIL HAD CAPTURED HIM. SO THAT IS HOW DEVIL'S
HOLE ROAD GOT ITS NAME. "
Where learned: OHIO ; PEMBERVILLE
Keyword(s): CAPTURED BY DEVIL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
AUTOGRAPH BOOK RHYME
ROSES MAY WITHER.
ROSES MAY DIE.
FRIENDS MAY DECEIVE YOU,
BUT NEVER WILL I.
Submitter comment: FROM INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK, JUNIOR HIGH 1929-1933
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; PARODY OF " ROSES ARE RED..." ; PROMISE OF FAITHFULNESS ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Friendship |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
AN AUTOGRAPH
THE ROSES ARE WILTED,
THE VIOLETS ARE DEAD,
THE SUGAR BOWL'S EMPTY,
AND SO IS YOUR HEAD.
Submitter comment:
I GOT THIS FROM MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
IT WAS WRITTEN BY DAVE. IN 1961
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK
Keyword(s): INSULT ; PARODY OF " ROSES ARE RED..." ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 11-11-1967 ; 00-00-1961
AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL
ROSES ARE RED,
VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
THE SHORTER THE DRESS,
THE BETTER THE VIEW.
Data entry tech comment: THIS SHOULD GO DOWN AS A CLASSIC IN THE ANNALS OF AUTOGRAPH MATERIAL
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PARODY OF " ROSES ARE RED..." ; RHYME: ABCB ; SEX
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 04-18-1971
VERSE
ROSES ARE RED,
VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
THE LORD SURE MADE A CRAZY ONE,
WHEN HE MADE YOU.
Submitter comment: WRITTEN IN AN AUTOGRAPH BOOK 1938
Data entry tech comment: LINES DIVIDED BY KEYPUNCHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): INSULT ; PARODY OF " ROSES ARE RED..." ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 10-06-1970 ; 00-00-1938
WEATHER
THUNDER BEFORE SEVEN, RAIN BEFORE ELEVEN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.
Keyword(s): PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Prose Narrative C820.462 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 01-26-1971
PREGNANT WOMAN
PREGNANT WOMEN DOWN SOUTH EAT LAUNDRY STARCH FOR BIG BABIES.
Submitter comment:
EFFECTS: IN ACTUALITY THE BABIES ARE BIG BUT THE STARCH DRAWS OUT
THE IRON FROM THE BABIES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 02-00-1970
BELIEF
IF DURING PREGNANCY A WOMAN HAS HEARTBURN CONSTANTLY, THEN THE BABY
WILL BE BORN WITH A LOT OF HAIR. IF THE WOMAN EXPERIENCES NO
HEARTBURN THEN THE BABY WILL BE BORN BALD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
Keyword(s): PREDICTION SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
CUSTOMS DURING PREGNANCY
IF YOU WANT YOUR FUTURE OFFSPING TO BE A MUSICIAN IT IS ADVISABLE
THAT YOU ATTEND A LOT OF CONCERTS.
Submitter comment: AN ITALIAN BELIEF
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; MILFORD
Keyword(s): ADVICE PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
A WOMAN SHOULD ALWAYS DRINK BEER DURING PREGNANCY.
IT MAKES THE BABY GOOD LOOKING.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT REVEALED THAT HE HEARD THIS FROM HIS FATHER WHO OWNED A BA
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage Fermented BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-26-1971
EASTERN UNIVERSITY TOWER
AT EASTERN UNIVERSITY IF THE WATER TOWER DOESN'T CRUMBLE WHEN A
FRESHMAN WALKS BY THAT FRESHMAN WILL NOT GRADUATE A VIRGIN. LEGEND
HAS IT THAT WHEN IT DOES CRUMBLE IT WILL BE A MALE FRESHMAN WALKING
BY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; RATHSKELLER
Keyword(s): HUMOR ; PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Still water Man made container. Well, pool.... BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- School |
Date learned: 11-13-1968
IF BEES STAY AT HOME
RAINS WILL SOON COME.
IF THEY FLY AWAY
FINE WILL BE THE DAY.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): PREDICTING WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.880 |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
IF YOU HAVE NOT BLEEDED LIKE A CALF,
YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO BELLOW LIKE A BULL.
Submitter comment: ( ADULTS EXPECT CHILDREN TO MAKE MISTAKES IN GROWING UP.)
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BLED ; PREDICTION
Date learned: 09-23-1971
PROVERB
IF YOU HAVE NOT HEARDED PIGS,
YOU'LL NEVER MAKE A GOOD PRIEST.
Submitter comment: (FROM THE TIMES WHEN PRIESTS WERE ALSO POLICE-MEN- LIKE.)
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 09-23-1971
PROVERB
IF YOU EAT ALL YOUR FOOD,
IT WILL BE A FAIR DAY TOMORROW.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A ROUGH TRANSLATION OF A GERMAN PROVERB.
Where learned: DORM ROOM
James Callow Keyword(s): PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
IF YOU HAVEN'T SOWN, YOU WON'T HARVEST. TRANSLATION OF
NEPASEGAS, NEPJAUSI.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FARMING BIBLE QUOTATION?
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-23-1971
Entry filtered.
IF YOU LOOK BACK TOO MUCH, YOU WILL SOON BE HEADING IN THAT DIRECTIO
Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
Keyword(s): MEMORIES
James Callow Keyword(s): LIVING IN THE PAST ; OBSERVATION PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 12-25-1969