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OLD JEWISH SAYING
ASK FOR A WOMAN'S ADVICE AND DO THE OPPOSITE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTIFEMINISM
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY ; PARADOX ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
NEW YEAR'S CUSTOM
DON'T HAVE WOMEN COMING TO YOUR HOUSE EARLY
IN THE MORNING OF NEW YEAR'S OR YOU WILL HAVE
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTIFEMINISM ; SEXISM
Date learned: 01-31-1971
NEW YEAR'S
IF A WOMAN SHOULD ENTER YOUR HOME FIRST
ON NEW YEAR'S, IT IS THOUGHT TO BRING BAD
LUCK FOR THE REST OF THE YEAR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
Keyword(s): ANTIFEMINISM ; SEXISM
Date learned: 01-26-1971
WELSH SUPERSTITION
THE WELSH BELIEVE THAT THE FIRST PERSON TO COME INTO THE HOUSE
RIGHT AFTER MIDNIGHT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE TELLS OR PREDICTS THE LUCK
THE HOUSEHOLD WILL HAVE. IF A MAN COMES IN, THE HOUSE WILL HAVE
GOOD LUCK. A WOMAN MEANS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
THE REASON HE KNOWS OF THIS CUSTOM IS BECAUSE A LADY ASKS HIM TO
WALK INTO HER HOUSE EVERY YEAR AT MIDNIGHT SO THAT SHE WILL HAVE
GOOD LUCK.
Keyword(s): ANTIFEMINISM ; SEXISM
LEGEND
AT MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY THERE IS A TOWER CALLED BEAUMONT
IN WHICH THERE ARE TWO STEEPLES, EVERY TIME A VIRGIN
IS GRADUATED FROM THIS SCHOOL, ONE OF THE TWO STEEPLES
ARE KNOCKED DOWN TO HONOR HER. THESE TWO STEEPLES HAVE BEEN
THERE SINCE 1865.
Submitter comment: FROM ROOM MATE.
Data entry tech comment: COLLECTOR'S SPELLING CORRECTED BY KEYPUNCHER.
Where learned: DORM ; MICHIGAN STATE
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTIFEMINISM ; PESSIMISM ; SATIRE ; VIRGINITY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
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Maxim
A lot of girls would have hourglass figures if time hadn't shifted the sands.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [B660] is crossed out. Nothing replaces it.
Submission card was located in a pile marked To Be Classified.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ANTIFEMINISM ; BEAUTY ; Feminism ; Jest, Anecdote, Pun, Joke, Irony ; JOKE ; Physical ; PUN ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Some Women wait so long for their dreamboat to come along that their piers collapse.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs and BN added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [B660] crossed out. Nothing replaces it.
Submission card located in pile marked To Be Classified.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ANTIFEMINISM ; Feminism ; Jest, Anecdote, Pun, Joke, Irony ; JOKE ; PUN ; Relationships ; SEXISM ; SEXIST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |