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IT IS GOOD LUCK FOR SWALLOWS TO BUILD THEIR NEST ON
THE ROOF.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
WHEN YOU ARE FISHING, YOU MUST ALWAYS SPIT ON THE
BAIT BEFORE YOU PUT IT IN THE WATER. THIS WAS FOR
GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HIS GRANDFATHER WHO
LIVES IN DETROIT, (MICHIGAN). HOWEVER, THEY ALWAYS
FISHED IN THE GEORGIAN BAY IN ONTARIO, CANADA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 881 Games / Pastimes / Sports Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 09-22-1969
Proverb
You made your bed, now lie in it.
Submitter comment:
From - Uncertain
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
A SYMBOL OF GOOD LUCK ON CHILDREN'S DAY IN JAPAN
IS TO SEE A DRAGON. FOR THIS REASON, THEY HAVE
NUMEROUS DRAGON FACES AND FIGURES IN THEIR
PARADES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 881 Games / Pastimes / Sports BELIEF -- Good luck Activities BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 11-13-1969
KNOCK ON WOOD THREE TIMES FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM ONE OF HER FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Good luck Activities SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 02-11-1971
WHEN A GIRL GETS MARRIED AND ONE DROP OF RAIN FALLS
ON HER VEIL, SHE WILL HAVE A HAPPY LIFE; HOWEVER,
IF IT RAINS, SHE WILL HAVE A SAD LIFE.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Superstition about good weather BELIEF -- Good luck Activities BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
TO START DONNA'S CAR, IT IS NECESSARY FOR EVERYONE IN
THE CAR TO SHAKE HER HAND FOR GOOD LUCK, OR ELSE THE
CAR WILL OFTEN NOT EVEN TURN OVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Good luck Activities SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 03-27-1971
Proverb
You can't make a silk purse out of a sow's ear.
Submitter comment:
From - Uncertain
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BEAUTY ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Purse ; Silk ; Sow ; Superficial ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
GOOD LUCK IN THEATRE: "BREAK A LEG."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FORMULA SPEECH
| Subject headings: | DRAMA -- Secular BELIEF -- Good luck Activities SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-30-1967
TO THROW SALT OVER THE LEFT SHOULDER IS A SIGN OF
LUCK. IT USED TO WARD OFF EVIL.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS A BELIEF GIVEN TO HIM BY HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
Date learned: 02-10-1971
IF A CHILD'S TOOTH HAS JUST BEEN TAKEN OUT, HE WILL
IMMEDIATELY GET ON TOP OF THE ROOF FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN THAILAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; THAILAND ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Roof Ceiling BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Good luck Body parts and functions |
Date learned: 02-12-1971
WHEN YOU STUMP YOUR RIGHT BIG TOE, YOU'RE GOING TO
HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Good luck Body parts and functions |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CROSSING THE FINGERS MEANS GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
SHE SAID THAT SHE LEARNED IT FROM FRIENDS WHEN
SHE WAS VERY YOUNG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Good luck Body parts and functions |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
POLICEMAN, POLICEMAN DO YOUR DUTY,
HERE COMES (NAME), THE AMERICAN BEAUTY.
SHE CAN DO THE RHUMBA,
SHE CAN DO THE SPLITS,
HOW MANY DANCES DO YOU WISH?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
JUMP ROPE SONG
(GIRL'S NAME) AND (BOY'S NAME) SITTING IN A TREE.
K-I-S-S-I-N-G.
FIRST COMES LOVE;
THEN COMES MARRIAGE;
THEN COMES JUNIOR IN A BABY CARRIAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00001967 FALL
NUMBERS
WHEN MY GRANDFATHER WANTED THE HIGHEST CARD IN A
CUT, HE WOULD KNOCK ON THE DECK OF CARDS THREE
TIMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement C560.60 SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
ROLY POLY
THIS IS A MARBLES GAME PLAYED WITHOUT A RING. ONE
PERSON PUTS A MARBLE DOWN NEAR HIM AND THE OPPONENT
TRIES TO ROLL HIS MARBLE AND HIT IT. IF HE DOES, HE
KEEPS THE MARBLE. IF HE DOESN'T, HE FORFEITS IT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HIS FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement C560.12 |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
MARBLE GAME
THIS MARBLE GAME IS PLAYED WITH A HOLE IN THE
GROUND. A HOLE IS DUG IN THE ALLEY AND A MARBLE
PUT IN IT. YOU THEN THROW YOUR MARBLE AT THE
HOLE. IF IT GOES IN, YOU COLLECT THE MARBLE IN
THE HOLE AND ALL OF THE MARBLES THAT WERE THROWN
BUT DID NOT GO IN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM HIS NEIGHBORHOOD FRIENDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement C560.12 |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
TWO MAN PICKLE
THIS IS A BALL GAME PLAYED WITH TWO CATCHERS AND ANY
NUMBER OF RUNNERS. THE TWO CATCHERS STAND BY
'BASES' AND THROW THE BALL TO EACH OTHER WHILE THE
RUNNERS, WHO ARE ON BASE, TRY TO RUN TO THE OTHER
BASE. THERE CAN BE MORE THAN ONE PERSON TO A BASE.
TO GET TO THE OTHER BASE, THE RUNNER WAITS UNTIL THE
MAN WHO IS CATCHING AT THE BASE HE WISHES TO RUN TO,
HAS JUST THROWN THE BALL. THE RUNNER TAKES OFF FOR
THE OTHER BASE AND TRIES TO TAG IT BEFORE THE OTHER
CATCHER GETS THE BALL AND THROWS IT BACK. IF HE DOES
THROW IT BACK AND THE CATCHER TAGS HIM WITH IT BEFORE
HE GETS TO BASE, HE IS OUT AND MUST TAKE THE CATCHER'S
PLACE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IT FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
STREET BASKETBALL
AFTER A BASKET IS MADE IN STREET BASKETBALL, THE
TEAM WHICH HAS JUST BEEN SCORED AGAINST GETS
THE BALL OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-05-1970