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RIDDLE
WHAT DO YOU CALL A MAN WHO LOVES OTHER MEN?
-- A CHRISTIAN
Keyword(s): RELIGION
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-04-1970
RIDDLE
WHAT DO YOU CALL A MAN WHO MARRIES ANOTHER MAN?
-- A MINISTER
Keyword(s): RELIGION
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-04-1970
RIDDLE
WHICH CANDLES BURN THE LONGER: WAX CANDLES OR TALLOW CANDLES?
-- NEITHER, THEY BOTH BURN SHORTER.
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 03-23-1968
RIDDLE
APRIL FLOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS. WHAT DO MAY FLOWERS BRING?
-- PILGRIMS.
Keyword(s): HISTORY SPRING
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-22-1970
RIDDLE
THE MAN WHO MAKES IT DOESN'T USE IT;
THE MAN WHO BUYS IT DOESN'T NEED IT;
THE MAN WHO USES IT DOESN'T KNOW IT;
WHAT IS IT?
-- A COFFIN
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS COLLECTED FROM MY SISTER, A SENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL
WHO HEARD IT FROM A STUDENT IN HER STUDY HALL.
Keyword(s): DEATH
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-24-1967
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
IT IS CUSTOMARY, AS A FAMILY PRACTICE, TO RAISE A GOOSE AND
TAKE CARE AND FEED IT SO THAT BY CHRISTMAS IT IS READY TO BE
KILLED AND EATEN AS A SYMBOL OF BOUNTY.
Submitter comment:
(HUNGARIAN)
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; FOOD ; holiday
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Single dishes |
Date learned: 11-19-1969
FUDGE, FUDGE, TELL THE JUDGE/ MAMA'S GONNA HAVE A BABY./ IT AIN'T A
GIRL./ IT AIN'T A BOY./ IT'S JUST A BRAND NEW BABY./ WRAP IT UP IN
TISSUE PAPER/ SEND IT UP THE ELEVATOR. FIRST FLOOR: STOP, SECOND
FLOOR: STOP, THIRD FLOOR: RED HOT PEPPER.
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-30-1967
THE ORIGIN OF AN OFTEN-USED PHRASE.
THE SAYING "THAT IS ONE FOR THE BIG WIGS" COMES FROM
THE COURTS OF ENGLAND WHEN THE LAWYERS ALL WORE WIGS
AND THE MOST KNOWLEDEGABLE OF THEM WORE THE BIGGEST WIGS.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
SUPERSTITION FOR GOOD LUCK
IN ORDER TO ENSURE GOOD LUCK FOR THE COMING YEAR YOU SHOULD EAT
CABBAGE FOR DINNER ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): Cabbage ; Consume ; CUSTOM ; FOOD ; LUCK ; Meal ; New Years ; SUPERSTITION
WISHING BELIEF
YOUR WISH WILL COME TRUE THE
FIRST TIME YOU GO INTO A
NEW CHURCH.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
DEATH IN NUMBER
WHENEVER DEATH STRIKES IN A FAMILY IT WILL ALWAYS STRIKE
IN THREES.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
HOLY SATURDAY EVENT
EVERY HOLY SATURDAY WE TAKE A BASKET OF FOOD TO CHURCH TO BE BLESSED.
THIS BLESSED FOOD IS EATEN ON EASTER SUNDAY. THIS FOOD SYMBOLIZES
THE NEW LIFE OF EASTER AND IT IS CONTRASTED TO THE BITTER VINEGAR OUR
LORD RECEIVED ON GOOD FRIDAY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED OF THE SYMBOLANCE ( SYMBOLISM ) FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME ; WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
LEGEND
IT WAS LATE SUMMER AND IT WAS RAINING. MOTHER AND
FATHER WERE TRAVELING IN A WAGON ON A VISIT TO SOME NEIGHBORS.
ON THE ROADSIDE WAS A SMALL GOAT ALL WET AND SHIVERING. THEY
TOOK THE GOAT INTO THE WAGON THINKING THAT IT WOULD BE A
GOOD ASSET TO THEIR FARM, BUT SUDDENLY THEY WERE LOST AND THE
HORSES WERE SLOWING DOWN AND PANTING HEAVILY. ALL OF A SUDDEN
THE SMALL GOAT LEAPED UP AND OUT OF THE WAGON WITH A SHRIEK AND
RAN INTO THE WOODS. AT THE SAME TIME THE WAGON WAS BACK ON A
FAMILIAR ROAD. OBVIOUSLY THE GOAT HAD BEEN A DEVIL TRANSFORMED.
Submitter comment:
THIS STORY WAS TOLD TO MY GRANDMOTHER BY HER MOTHER WHEN SHE
WAS ABOUT EIGHT YEARS OLD.
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Legend |
THOSE WHO SPEND THEIR TIME LOOKING FOR FAULTS IN OTHERS
SELDOM SEE THE FAULTS IN THEMSELVES.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; STUDENT UNION ; TROY ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-29-1971
ON EASTER, IF THE FIRST WORD YOU SAY IS RABBIT, THE REST OF THE
YEAR WILL BE GOOD.
Where learned: HOME ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT, ASSUMED ; STUDENT UNION
Keyword(s): LUCK ; RITUAL SPEECH
Date learned: 03-30-1971
HABIT IS EVERYTHING-----EVEN IN LOVE.
Where learned: HOME ; DORM ROOM ; Massachusetts ; TOLD IN ; SPRINGFIELD
Keyword(s): ASSONANCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-23-1971
A SHARP TONGUE IS THE ONLY EDGED TOOL THAT GROWS
CONSTANT USE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-22-1971
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
SETTING THE TABLE AT CHRISTMAS--
12 VARIETIES OF FOOD - 12 APOSTLES
STRAW ON TABLE FOR CHRIST CHILD
EMPTY CHAIR - FOR CHRIST CHILD OR UNEXPECTED GUEST.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 11-18-1967
In the Valley
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT (NAME) AS SWEET AS A ROSE.
SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET.
ALONG CAME (NAME) AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname and place of residence.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16761 Miller
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
Medicine
This homemade medicine was given to the informant when she
was a little girl and she gave it to her seven children and they
are giving it to their children. Her mother would combine
garlic, lemon, rum, honey and boiling water. She said, it always
works for the worst of colds.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 02-07-1992