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PLANT BELIEF
PUT A PENNY IN YOUR TULIPS AND THEY WILL KEEP FRESHER IN THE VASE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANT MINERAL: COPPER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
THE COMPANY STORE
THE INSTITUTION KNOWN AS THE COMPANY STORE, IMMORTALIZED IN THE
SONG "SIXTEEN TONS" STILL EXISTS.
WHILE THOUGHT TO BE SOMETHING OUT OF THE PAST, OWING ITS FAME TO THE
SONG, WHILE TRAVELING THROUGH THE COPPER COUNTRY OF ARIZONA, I CAME
UPON ONE OPERATED BY PHELPS_DODGE CORPORATION. UPON TALKING TO SOME
OF THE EMPLOYEES, I FOUND THAT THE BASIC CONCEPT IS STILL THE SAME
AS THE NOTORIOUS STORES OF THE EASTERN MOUNTAIN "COAL TOWNS" _ THE
EMPLOYEE CAN BUY FROM THE COMPANY AND HAVE HIS BILL (WHICH, FROM
PRICING THE ITEMS, WOULD BE A BIT HIGH) PAID BY DEDUCTIONS FROM HIS
PAYCHECK (WITH INTEREST}), OF COURSE, TODAY THE MINER IS NOT
COMPELED TO BUY THERE.
Where learned: Arizona ; DOUGLAS-BISBEE
Keyword(s): COPPER COAL TOWNS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business |
Date learned: 06-00-1968
Language
Copper is another name for a penny
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Keyword(s): Copper ; Language ; METAL ; MONEY ; Penny ; SLANG ; Vocabulary
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
SPIRITS
IN ORDER FOR ONE TO KEEP SPIRITS OUT OF THE HOUSE HE OR SHE
SHOULD NAIL A PENNY OR MORE ON THE FLOOR OF THE DOORWAY OR
HE SHOULD WEAR PENNIES AROUND ONE'S ANKLE.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COINS ; Copper ; GHOST ; Haunt ; MONEY ; Repel ; SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): MINERALS -- IRON (NAIL) COPPER (PENNY)
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 02-10-1972
WHEN I WAS YOUNGER, MY FAMILY VISITED MY
COUSINS IN ILLINOIS ON A YEARLY BASIS.
EVERY TIME I STAYED WITH MY GRANDFATHER I ALWAYS
NOTICED THAT HE HAD A COPPER BRACLET ON.
AFTER YEARS OF QUESTIONING HIM AND GETTING NO
RESPONSE HE FINALLY TOLD ME IT WAS TO
KEEP THE ARTHRITIS DEVIL AWAY.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDFATHER WORKED ON A FARM ALL OF HIS LIFE
AND TO THIS DAY HE DOES NOT HAVE ARTHRITIS.
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Where learned: ILLINOIS ; TAYLOR
Keyword(s): AILMENT ; Arthritis ; Bracelet ; Copper ; CURE ; Homeopathy ; PREVENTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00001970CA
PLANT FOOD
PUT A PENNY IN YOUR TULIPS, THEY WILL KEEP FRESHER IN THE VASE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES ; TOLD AT INFORMANT'S HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): MINERAL: COPPER ; PLANT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 01-20-1971