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REGIONAL FOOD NAME
IN THE DETROIT, MICHIGAN AREA, A SODA-LIKE MIXTURE OF VANILLA ICE
CREAM AND VERNOR'S GINGERALE IS CALLED A BOSTON COOLER.
Submitter comment:
AS FAR AS I KNOW, VERNOR'S IS NOT AVAILABLE IN BOSTON. THUS IT IS
IMPOSSIBLE TO MAKE A BOSTON COOLER IN BOSTON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MASSACHUSETTS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
PROVERB
AS OLD AS MATHUSILAH.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A FAVORITE EXPRESSION OF MY MOTHER'S. I FIRST
HEARD IT AS A SMALL GIRL IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE.
Data entry tech comment:
GENESIS 5:25-27. METHUSELAH IS REPORTED TO HAVE LIVED
969 YEARS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): METHUSELAH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-09-1968
BELIEF
IF A PERSON ENTERS ONE DOOR, HE SHOULD LEAVE BY THE SAME TO
AVOID BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
THIS INFORMANTS GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS MADE SURE THIS WAS DONE IN
HER HOUSE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Door ; Entrance ; Exit ; Huse ; LUCK ; SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): DIRECTION ; POSITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 09-22-1970