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HALLOWEEN
IT WAS A CUSTOM IN PLYMOUTH, INDIANA 20 YRS. AGO TO KNOCK DOWN
FARMERS' OUTHOUSES ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT. A GROUP OF FOUR OR MORE
TEENAGERS WOULD DO THIS EVERY YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PRANKS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 10-10-1971
POLISH EASTER MONDAY CUSTOM
EVERYONE GIVES FOOD TO EVERYONE ELSE FOR FERTILITY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION BUILDING ; told at work
Keyword(s): EASTER GIFTS ; FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Monday Dyngus |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
HALLOWEEN CUSTOM
UPON THE ANNUAL CELEBRATION OF HALLOWEEN CHILDREN USUALLY WOULD GET
IN TROUBLE SIMPLY BY HAVING FUN. IN THE OLD DAYS CHILDREN WOULD
DISASSEMBLE HORSE'S CARRIAGE AND THEN REASSEMBLE THE CARRIAGE ON
THE ROOF OF THE OWNER'S BARN.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SAID THAT HE AND OTHER CHILDREN OFTEN PERFORMED THIS
ACT TO SOMEONE ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PRANKS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 10-31-1971
BAD LUCK BELIEF
WHEN YOU STUMBLE, IT IS A WARNING OF MISFORTUNE TO COME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-29-1971
... TILL HELL FREEZES OVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TRANSLATION: FOREVER/NEVER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
GRAFFITI
I.P. DAILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): GRAFFITI
James Callow Keyword(s): SLANG FOR URINATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
MISTLETOE HANGS IN THE ROOM WHEREUPON SOME MEMBERS OF
THE GROUP COMES AND KISSES SOMEBODY STANDING UNDER
THE MISTLETOE.
Submitter comment:
SHE SAID THAT SHE LEARNED IT "PROBABLY AT A
CHRISTMAS PARTY OF SOME RELATIVES WHEN (SHE) WAS VERY
SMALL."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; COLLECTED AT UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Mistletoe and other greenery |
Date learned: 02-08-1967
MISTLETOE HANGS IN THE ROOM WHEREUPON SOME MEMBERS OF
THE GROUP COMES AND KISSES SOMEBODY STANDING UNDER
THE MISTLETOE.
Submitter comment:
SHE SAID THAT SHE LEARNED IT "PROBABLY AT A
CHRISTMAS PARTY OF SOME RELATIVES WHEN (SHE) WAS VERY
SMALL."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; COLLECTED AT UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Mistletoe and other greenery |
Date learned: 02-08-1967
A BED HAS TO BE FACING NORTH AND SOUTH
THE BED HAS TO BE FACING NORTH AND SOUTH IN ORDER FOR
THE SPIRITS TO CIRCULATE PROPERLY
AROUND THE SLEEPING PERSON.
Submitter comment:
SHE LEARNED IT FROM HER GREAT-AUNT WHOSE NAME
IS JOSEPHINE SWITZER AND WHO IS EIGHTY-THREE YEARS OLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; COLLECTED AT UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
TURN YOUR FACE TO THE SUN, AND THE SHADOWS WILL FALL
BEHIND YOU.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; COLLECTED AT UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
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JUMP ROPE RHYME
COMET IT MAKES YOUR MOUTH TURN GREEN COMET IT TASTSE LIKE LISTERINE
COMET IT MAKES YOU VOMET SO TRY SOME COMET AND VOMIT TODAY
Submitter comment:
MICHELLE MARFEY IS 10 YEARS OLD AND SHE HAD JUST LEARNED THE RHYME
FROM A GROUP OF FRIENDS.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
HOLY THURSDAY RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
INFORMANT STATED THAT EVERY HOLY THURSDAY THE MOTHER SUPERIOR
OF THEIR COMMUNITY WOULD KISS THE FEET OF THE OTHER SISTERS IN THE
HOUSE. THIS CUSTOM WAS REPRESENTATIVE OF THE APOSTLES KISSING THE
FEET OF CHRIST AT THE LAST SUPPER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SAINT RITA CONVENT
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Thursday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting F663.32 |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
HALLOWEEN
ON ALL SAINTS EVE IT IS CUSTOM TO GIVE CANDY TO CHILDREN DRESSED
AS GOBLINS, WITCHES, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BEGGING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween |
Date learned: 11-17-1968
A MARRIAGE YARN
"IN SCOTLAND ON HALLOWEEN THE BOYS AND GIRLS GO DOWN A COUNTRY ROAD.
THE GIRLS THROW A BALL OF YARN, AND THE BOY WHO FINDS AN END OF THE
YARN WINDS IT UP. HE WILL MARRY THE GIRL ON THE END OF THAT STRING."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 07-10-1964
CHRISTMAS DAY CUSTOM
THERE MUST BE AN ORANGE, NUTS, AND CANDY IN THE STOCKING.
Submitter comment:
THESE ARE ALL TO INSURE THAT CHRISTMAS DAY WILL BE ONE OF JOY AND
MERRIMENT. ALSO AS A FORETELLING OF THE COMING YEAR TO BE A GOOD
YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Gifts, gift giving at Christmas BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: 00-00-1939
HOLIDAY
THROUGHOUT CANADA, EVERY DECEMBER 26TH, THE DAY AFTER CHRISTMAS,
IS KNOWN AS BOXING DAY. NO ONE GOES TO WORK ON THIS DAY AND
EVERYBODY JUST SEEMS TO RECUPERRATE FROM THE CHRISTMAS EXCITEMENT.
THIS IS RECOGNIZED AS A HOLIDAY WHICH ORIGINATED FROM GREAT BRITAIN.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; HOLIDAY WORK TABU
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
BAD LUCK OMEN
IF YOU DROP A KNIFE, TOU WILL HAVE MALE COMPANY. IF YOU DROP A SPOON
YOU WILL HAVE FEMALE COMPANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1947
WHAT'S GREEN AND HAS FOUR RED WHEELS?
GRASS, I WAS JUST KIDDING ABOUT THE WHEELS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 12-06-1967