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I LIKE IT ALOT; IT'S THE BEST OR I HATE IT; IT'S THE WORST.
Submitter comment:
THE SECOND CLAUSE REINFORCES THE FIRST JUST AS THE 4TH
REINFORCES THE 3RD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; NORTH QUAD 105
Keyword(s): GRAMMAR
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
FRATERNITY PLEDGE DIES
THE MEMBERS OF A FRATERNITY, AS PART OF THE INITIATION, HAD A
PLEDGE PLACED ON THE TOP OF A LADDER. TELLING HIM HE WAS ATOP
A 10-STORY BUILDING, THEY PUSHED HIM OFF. THE PLEDGE DIED OF
FRIGHT.
Submitter comment: HE SAID THAT HE SAW THIS IN A NEWSPAPER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School BELIEF -- Marriage |
HAUNTED HOUSE
AT FIFTEEN MILE ROAD AND JEFFERSON THERE WAS SUPPOSEDLY A HAUNTED
HOUSE. IT BURNED DOWN ONE NIGHT, HOWEVER, AND THE OWNER WAS
BURNED WITH IT.
Submitter comment: HE HEARD THIS FROM HIS FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Other Structure for Private Use |
Date learned: 11-03-1967
A RELIGIOUS BELIEF
IF YOU GO TO MASS, CONFESSION, AND COMMUNION ON NINE CONSECUTIVE
FIRST FRIDAYS OF THE MONTH YOU WON'T GO TO HELL.
Submitter comment: TAUGHT TO HER IN GRADE SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine BELIEF -- Church BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
FOOD BELIEF
TO INSURE GOOD LUCK THROUGHOUT THE NEW YEAR, ONE SHOULD EAT
PORK ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.
Submitter comment:
MISS ZITZEWITZ LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD AND HER FAMILY STILL
PRACTICES IT TODAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Date learned: 10-02-1963
ANCIENT BURIAL CUSTOM IN IRELAND: BODIES WERE PUT STANDING
UPRIGHT FOR A QUICK EXIT AT THE LAST DAY. IF THEY WERE
WARRIORS THEY HELD THEIR SPEARS IN THEIR HANDS AND
(WERE) BURIED FACING THE ENEMY TERRITORY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; IRELAND ; BISHOP BORGESS HIGH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
NIGHT SWEATS
IF THE SKIN SURFACE OF THE BODY IS GIVEN A CUPPED-PALM HAND BATH
OF APPLE CIDER AT BEDTIME, THE NIGHT SWEATS WILL BE PREVENTED.
Where learned: APARTMENT ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-08-1969
PARSLEY TEA
QUITE OFTEN A PERSON WITH A KIDNEY DISORDER
WAS FREQUENTLY GIVEN PARSLEY TEA.
THIS TEA WAS ALSO USED FOR A GENERAL PANACEA.
Data entry tech comment: THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVES CONTAINS SEVERAL SIMILAR ITEMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-10-1969
LIVESTOCK BELIEF
IN CZECHOSLOVAKIA, AT THE END OF THE SUMMER, ALL SORTS OF HERBS AND
PLANTS ARE MADE INTO A BOUQUET, TAKEN TO CHURCH TO BE BLESSED AND
DURING THE YEAR, FED TO THE LIVESTOCK TO WARD OFF EVIL SPIRITS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Autumn Fall Harvest Thanksgiving BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-02-1970
THANKSGIVING CUSTOM
THE CHEROKEE INDIANS ALWAYS COOK ONE EAR OF CORN IN THE FIRE UNTIL
BROWN ON THANKSGIVING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Autumn Fall Harvest Thanksgiving |
Date learned: 03-17-1970
CUSTOM
TURKEY AT THANKSGIVING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Autumn Fall Harvest Thanksgiving |
Date learned: NO DATE INDICATED.
FALL FESTIVAL: OBON FESTIVAL IN OKINAWA
THIS FESTIVAL TAKES PLACE IN MIDDLE OCTOBER EVERY YEAR. ALL GO TO
THE TEMPLES WHERE RELATIVES ARE BURIED IN TORTOISE-SHAPED TOMBS.
THEY ARE OPENED, THE ASHES ARE GATHERED TOGETHER AND THE TOMBS ARE
WASHED OUT WITH SAKI WINE. AFTER THIS THE ASHES ARE PUT BACK IN AND
( THE ) TOMBS ARE CLOSED. THE FESTIVAL THEN PROCEEDS WITH FEASTING
AND DANCING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F100 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Autumn Fall Harvest Thanksgiving |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
ITALIAN FESTIVAL
IN ITALY WHEN THE GRAPES ARE HARVESTED THERE IS A GREAT FESTIVAL
IN WHICH THE PRETTIEST GIRLS OF THE TOWN DANCE ON THE GRAPES WHICH
ARE IN HUGE DRUMS TO CERTAIN SONGS PLAYED ONLY AT THIS FESTIVAL.
IT IS THE ONLY TIME OF THE YEAR WHEN THE MEN ALLOW THEMSELVES TO
GET DRUNK ON THE WINE WHICH IS THE PRODUCT OF THEIR GRAPES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dance CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Autumn Fall Harvest Thanksgiving |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
WHEN THE CROPS WERE IN ALL THE TOWNS HAD A FEAST. ALL THE AUNTS
AND UNCLES WOULD COME FROM NEIGHBORING TOWNS WITH THEIR WORKHORSES
AND EAT DINNER; THEN ALL THE PEOPLE WOULD GO AND TAKE A NAP. THE
CHILDREN WOULD TAKE CARE OF THE HORSES AND OTHER MISC. THINGS
AND WERE TREATED AT THE END OF THE DAY. THIS WAS ONE OF THE
GREATEST TIMES IN THE YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Autumn Fall Harvest Thanksgiving |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
PROVERBS
LEARN OF THE SKILLFUL, HE THAT TEACHES HIMSELF HAS
A FOOL FOR A MASTER.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): OPPOSITE OF SELF-RELIANCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 05-23-1985
GOD BLESS THE MOON AND GOD BLESS ME.
GOD BLESS THE SOMEBODY I WANT TO SEE.
GOD BLESS THE MOON AND GOD BLESS ME.
AND GOD BLESS THE SOMEBODY I WANT TO SEE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; PRAYER ; RHYME: AAAA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
WHEN TWO PEOPLE SAY THE SAME THING AT THE SAME TIME,
THEY LINK PINKIES AND MAKE A WISH.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions |
Date learned: 10-02-1967
AT WESTERN MICHIGAN UNIVERSITY, NO FEMALE STUDENT IS
OFFICIALLY A COED OF W.M.U. UNTIL SHE IS KISSED
UNDER A PARTICULAR LAMP ON EAST HALL ON EAST CAMPUS,
BY HER FAVORITE BEAU.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN ANCIENT CELTIC LORE THEY HAD GREAT RESPECT FOR SPIRITS.
CLEAN WATER WOULD BE LEFT AT NIGHT FOR THE FAIRIES TO WASH.
IF A WOMAN OF THE HOUSE WAS THROWING OUT DIRTY WATER, SHE
WOULD SAY, "FAG A BEALAC, UESGE SALAC," WHICH MEANT--"LEAVE
THE WAY, DIRTY WATER!" AS A WARNING TO THE SPIRITS NOT TO GET
HIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BISHOP BORGESS HIGH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
NOT GIVEN
IF YOU PEEL AN ORANGE ON NEW YEAR'S EVE AND FINISH PEELING AT
THE STROKE OF TWELVE AND THE ORANGE PEEL HASN'T BROKEN ONCE,
GOOD LUCK WILL FOLLOW YOU FOR THE ENTIRE YEAR. YOU MUST WISH
WHILE YOU ARE PEELING--THESE WISHES WILL COME TRUE IF THE PEEL
DOESN'T BREAK.
Submitter comment:
MISS ZITZEWITZ LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD AND HER FAMILY STILL
PRACTICES IT TODAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT