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IF A GIRL EATS BOTH ENDS OF A LOAF OF BREAD, SHE
WILL FIND A HUSBAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
PROVERB
FOUR ARMS ARE BETTER THAN TWO.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-23-1971
IF YOU TAKE THE LAST PIECE OF CANDY, COOKIE, PIECE OF
MEAT, ETC., IT MEANS YOU WILL BE AN OLD MAID.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SPINSTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 10-18-1971
IF SOMEONE SWEEPS ACROSS YOUR FEET WITH A BROOM, YOU
WILL BE AN OLD MAID.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER HAD ALWAYS TOLD HER THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SPINSTER
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 10-13-1971
UKRANIAN PROVERB
ENGLISH TRANSLATION: A GENTLEMAN ORDERS, BUT MUST DO IT HIMSELF.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
WHEN GOING BY A CEMETERY, YOU SHOULD PUT YOUR HANDS ON
TOP OF THE CAR, OR YOU WILL NEVER MARRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 03-26-1971
THAI CUSTOM
IF YOUR SECOND TOE IS LONGER THAN YOUR BIG TOE, THEN
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED, YOU'LL BE THE DOMINANT PARTNER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN THAILAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 02-12-1971
CHINESE MARRIAGE PREDICTIONS
IT IS CONSIDERED TO BE A BAD MATCH WHEN A PERSON FROM
THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE MARRIES ONE FROM THE YEAR OF THE
RAT. IN FACT, THIS IS THE WORST POSSIBLE MATCH.
BEST MARRIAGE POSSIBILITIES ARE WHEN A PERSON FROM THE
YEAR OF THE DRAGON MARRIES ONE FROM THE YEAR OF THE
CHICKEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 10-15-1968
A SLEEPING SHRIMP WILL BE CARRIED AWAY IN THE CURRENT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
MARRY A UGLY WOMAN AND YOU WILL BE HAPPY FOR THE REST
OF YOUR LIFE.
Submitter comment: FROM FAMILY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NO NEED FOR JEALOUSY?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 11-07-1967
TO GET RID OF WARTS: GET A STRING AND TIE AS MANY KNOTS ON
THE STRING AS YOU HAVE WARTS. THEN TAKE THIS STRING
OUTSIDE, PLACING IT UNDER A ROCK WHICH IS PLACED AT
THE END OF A DRAIN PIPE. WHEN THE STRING HAS ROTTED
AWAY, YOUR WARTS WILL BE GONE.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY GRANDMOTHER TO MOTHER TO MONICA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING MEASURING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
BIRDS AND THE BEES.
GOD CREATED THE BIRDS TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO KISS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-17-1969
BURY AN ONION AND GET RID OF WARTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
YOU CAN GET RID OF THE WARTS THAT YOU GET FROM PICKING
MUSHROOMS BY HOLDING A TOADSTOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
PROVERB
GOD HELPS THE ONE WHO WAKES UP EARLY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
TO GET RID OF A WART RUB IT WITH A POTATO AND BURY IT
WHERE IT CAN'T BE FOUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THEY ADD UP WITH A COMB.
Submitter comment: IF A BUSINESS PERSON CHARGES TOO MUCH, THE FLEMISH SAY:
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
IF YOU HAVE A WART, RUB A SLICE OF RAW POTATO ON IT. BURY
THE POTATO AT MIDNIGHT. AFTER THREE DAYS, THE WART WILL
BE GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 01-26-1968
IF YOU HAVE A WART AND YOU BURY A PIECE OF GARLIC, IT WILL
GO AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-10-1972
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A WART GO AWAY, GO NEXT DOOR AND STEAL
YOUR NEIGHBOR'S DISHCLOTH AND RUB IT ON THE WART. WHEN
YOU ARE FINISHED, BURY THE DISHCLOTH IN THE GROUND.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT READ THIS IN THE "DEAR ABBEY COLUMN" SEVERAL
YEARS BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-10-1971