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EASTER BREAKFAST CUSTOM
THE DECORATED HARD-BOILED EGGS, WHICH HAD PREVIOUSLY BEEN HIDDEN,
WERE EATEN. THE BREAKFAST ALSO CONSISTED OF BAKED HAM, KIELBASA,
AND NUTBREAD, MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER'S RECIPE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
RHYME
"PINCH, POKE, YOU OWE ME A COKE," IS SAID WHEN TWO PEOPLE, IN A
CONVERSATION, SAY THE SAME THING AT THE SAME TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
FAREWELL RHYME
SEE YA LATER ALLIGATOR,
AFTER WHILE CROCODILE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
DISGUST SAYING
FOR CRYING OUT LOUD}
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
James Callow Keyword(s): EXCLAMATION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
DISGUST SAYING
FOR HEAVENS SAKES}
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
James Callow Keyword(s): EXCLAMATION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
CURE
TO GET RID OF WARTS, DO THE FOLLOWING:
1) CUT A POTATO IN TWO HALVES.
2) WITH ONE OF THE HALVES, RUB THE WART WITH ITS CUT ENDS.
3) BURY THAT HALF OF POTATO.
THE WARTS WILL BE GONE IN TWO WEEKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
SAILOR'S RHYME
PINK AT NIGHT, SAILOR'S DELIGHT.
PINK IN THE MORNING, SAILORS TAKE WARNING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.462 BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
HOT DOG FROZEN TAG
PLAYED JUST LIKE REGULAR TAG, ONE PERSON IS "IT". THE PERSON WHO IS
"IT" THEN TRIES TO TAG THE OTHER PLAYERS. UPON BEING TAGGED THE
PERSON MUST "FREEZE" IN THEIR TAGGED POSITION. THE ONLY WAY
THEY CAN BECOME UNFROZEN IS IF ANOTHER PLAYER, WHO IS NOT FROZEN,
CRAWLS THROUGH THE FROZEN PERSON'S LEGS. HOWEVER, IF THE PERSON
IS TAGGED WHILE TRYING TO UNFREEZE ANOTHER PLAYER, HE MUST REMAIN
IN THAT POSITION, THUS PREVENTING ANY POSIBLE CHANCES OF
BECOMING UNFROZEN BY ANY OTHER PLAYERS.
THE LAST PERSON TO BE TAGGED IS "IT".
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
DEVIL'S NIGHT
ON DEVIL'S NIGHT CHILDREN WOULD "INVADE" THE NEIGHBORHOOD. ON
THIS HALLOWEEN EVE, THE KID WOULD DO SUCH THINGS AS:
SOAP WINDOWS, RING DOOR BELLS, AND TOILET-PAPER TREES. SOME
PRANKSTERS WILL INVOLVE THEMSELVES IN MORE HARSH PRANKS AS:
LETTING AIR OUT OF TIRES, BREAKING EGGS ON CARS, OR EVEN DAMAGE
PROPERTY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F103 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
RED ROVER
TWO TEAMS FACE EACH OTHER. EACH TEAM FORMS A CHAIN BY LINKING ARMS.
ONE SIDE CALLS, "RED ROVER, RED ROVER, SEND JOHNNY RIGHT OVER."
JOHNNY THEN TRIES TO BREAK THE CHAIN BETWEEN THE TWO PEOPLE.
1. IF HE SUCCEEDS, HE MAY THEN CHOOSE ANY OPPOSING PLAYER TO
JOIN HIM ON HIS ORIGINAL TEAM. THIS WILL MAKE THAT CHAIN LONGER.
2. IF HE FAILS TO BREAK THE CHAIN, THEN HE MUST JOIN THE OTHER
TEAM. EACH TEAM TAKES TURNS CALLING PEOPLE OVER. THE GAME IS
PLAYED UNTIL THERE IS ONE PLAYER LEFT, WHO WHEN CALLED OVER,
FAILS TO BREAK THE CHAIN, THEREFORE ALL THE PLAYERS ARE ON ONE
SIDE. EVERYONE COMES OUT A WINNER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
STATUES
AT THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME, ONE PERSON IS CHOSEN TO BE A
CUSTOMER, WHO WANTS TO BUY A STATUE. ANOTHER PERSON IS CHOSEN
TO SELL THE STATUES. THE REMAINING PEOPLE WILL BE THE STATUES.
THE CUSTOMER MOVES OUT OF SIGHT AND HEARING DISTANCE. THE CLERK
THEN TAKES, ONE BY ONE, EACH PLAYER AND SPINS THEM BY THE ARM
CAUSING THEM TO FALL ON THE GROUND. WHATEVER POSITION THEY LAND
IN THEY MUST REMAIN THAT WAY. THE STATUE THEN WHISPERS TO THE
CLERK WHAT KIND OF ANIMAL THEY WANT TO BE. THE CUSTOMER THEN
ENTERS THE STORE AND MAY CHOOSE ANY STATUE HE LIKES. THE CLERK
WINDS UP THE STATUES INDIVIDUALLY, CAUSING THE STATUES TO ACT
OUT WHAT HE IS SUPPOSED TO BE. IF THE CUSTOMER CAN GUESS WHAT
THE STATUE IS, THEN HE MAY BUY THAT STATUE. THE STATUE HE SELECTS
BECOMES THE CUSTOMER IN THE NEXT GAME. THE CUSTOMER BECOMES THE
CLERK AND THE CLERK BECOMES A STATUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | Shadow / Pantomime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dramatic |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
LEGEND OF ACOMA WOMEN
THERE IS A MOUNTAIN BY ACOMA VILLAGE, AN INDIAN VILLAGE. WOMEN
WALKED UP THIS MOUNTAIN EACH DAY TO GATHER BERRIES AND TWIGS, WHILE
THE MEN HUNTED. ONE DAY THERE WAS A RAIN STORM AND THE RAIN
WASHED AWAY THE TRAILS LEADING BACK DOWN TO THE VILLAGE, TRAPPING
THE INDIAN WOMEN ON THE MOUNTAIN. TO THIS DAY, IT IS BELIEVED
THAT IF YOU GO BY THE MOUNTAIN, YOU CAN HEAR THE WOMEN WAILING.
YOU CAN ALSO PURCHASE BRACELETS MADE OUT OF THE TEARS THAT THE
WOMEN SHED.
Submitter comment: MY INFORMANT LEARNED OF THIS STORY WHILE ON VACATION OUT WEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formation BELIEF -- Human Being BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
BELIEF
SAYING "KNOCK ON WOOD", KNOCKING ON WOOD, OR DOING BOTH AT THE
SAME TIME IS A TYPICAL ACTION OF MANY PEOPLE. THIS OCCURS AFTER
A PERSON MAKES A STATEMENT IN FEAR OF THE OPPOSITE MEANING OF HIS
STATEMENT OCCURRING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Expression of Fixed Form SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
NUMBER GAME
CHOOSE A NUMBER BETWEEN ONE AND TEN.
DOUBLE IT.
ADD 6 TO IT.
DIVIDE BY 2.
SUBTRACT THE ORIGINAL NUMBER.
THE ANSWER WILL BE 3.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Mental Activity |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
IRISH SUPERSTITION
IF A BIRD GETS INTO YOUR HOME AND CIRCLES AROUND YOUR HEAD THREE
TIMES, YOU ARE GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1920
EXPRESSION
TICKLED PINK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions SPEECH -- Gesture PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
MNEMONIC DEVICE
ARITHMETIC: "A RAT IN THE HOUSE MAY EAT THE ICE CREAM."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
James Callow Keyword(s): SPELLING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
EVEN PIANO
AFTER PLAYING A PIANO, MANY PIANISTS STRIKE THE
MIDDLE "C" NOTE AS THE VERY LAST NOTE, BELIEVING
THAT BECAUSE OF ITS MIDDLE POSITION IT LEAVES THE
PIANO IN A COPACETIC MOOD OR WAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
James Callow Keyword(s): GOOD MOOD ; IN TUNE?
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LUCKY STRIKES
WHEN I WAS YOUNG, A GROUP OF MY FRIENDS AND I WOULD
BE WALKING DOWN THE STREET, WHEN PERCHANCE ONE OF THE
MORE FORTUNATE WOULD FIND AN OLD LUCKY STRIKE
PACKAGE. (CIGARETTES) HE WOULD THEN SAY "LUCKY
STRIKES! NO STRIKES BACK!" AND WHILE FIRMLY CLUTCHING
THE PACK WOULD PUNCH EVERYBODY ELSE IN THE GROUP ON
THE ARM.
Data entry tech comment: DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR, THE PACKAGING OF THESE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
EFFECT OF CUSTOM
INFORMANT'S FATHER IS OF ITALIAN (SICILIAN) DESCENT
AND WAS SERVED SPAGHETTI IN ONE FORM OR ANOTHER FOR
SIXTEEN YEARS. NOW EVEN THE SIGHT OF SPAGHETTI
MAKES HIM NAUSEOUS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Daily Life CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. Food Drink -- MenuService |
Date learned: VARIOUS