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IF IT IS A BRIGHT AND SUNNY DAY ON THE DAY YOU ARE
TO BE MARRIED, IT MEANS THAT YOU WILL HAVE A BRIGHT AND
HAPPY FUTURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage P545.056 |
Date learned: 03-08-1971
HALLOWEEN
ON HALLOWEEN IN CANADA THE CHILDREN HAD TO HAVE A COSTUME THAT
COVERED THEIR ENTIRE BODY AND WHEN THEY WENT TO EACH HOUSE THEY
COULD NOT TALK. THEY WERE INVITED IN AND THE PEOPLE MADE A BIG FUSS
ABOUT TRYING TO GUESS WHO IT WAS.
Submitter comment: DIFFERS FROM THE AMERICAN CUSTOM OF KIDS YELLING TRICK OR TREAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween |
Date learned: NO DATE INDICATED.
FOR EACH RIBBON A GIRL CUTS AT HER BRIDAL SHOWER, SHE
WILL HAVE A CHILD (CUTS TEN RIBBONS, SHE'LL HAVE TEN
KIDS.)
Submitter comment: HEARD IT FROM HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Breaking of BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
EVE OF ALL SAINTS
ON THE EVE OF ALL SAINT'S DAY A GLASS OF WATER IS TO BE LEFT OUT ON
THE KITCHEN TABLE FOR ALL THE POOR SOULS TO TAKE A DRINK FROM ON
THEIR WAY TO HEAVEN FROM PURGATORY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT AND FAMILY DO THIS EACH YEAR ON THE EVE OF ALL SAINTS
DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: 03-27-1971
YOU ARE ENGAGED. THE THIRD PERSON WHO TRIES ON YOUR
ENGAGEMENT RING IS A LOSER. THEY WON'T GET A HUSBAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SPINSTER
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Marriage P545.015 |
Date learned: 01-25-1968
IF YOU SLEEP ON A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE, YOU'LL DREAM ABOUT
WHO YOU ARE GOING TO MARRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dream about future husband |
Date learned: 01-26-1968
JEWISH NEW YEAR FOOD TRADITION
AT JEWISH NEW YEAR AT THE DINNER ON ROSH HASHONAH WE DIP SLICES OF
APPLE IN HONEY TO SYMBOLIZE LOOKING FORWARD TO A SWEET YEAR.
Submitter comment: ITEM WAS LEARNED IN THE CITY OF DETROIT ALTHOUGH COLLECTED IN SUBURB
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BOTSFORD GRADE SCHOOL ; CLARENCEVILLE DISTRICT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit |
Date learned: 11-00-1982
IF YOU SLEEP ON A SLICE OF WEDDING CAKE, YOU'LL DREAM OF
YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A SUPERSTITION COMMON IN THE OSWALD FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dream about future husband |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
HALLOWEEN TRADITION
IT IS TRADITIONAL TO HAVE APPLE-DUNKS AT HALLOWEEN PARTIES. THIS
PRACTICE APPARENTLY GOES BACK TO EARLY AMERICAN TIMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
Jump-Rope Rhyme
DOWN IN THE VALLEY
WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT ________, SWEET AS A ROSE.
SHE SANG, SHE SANG,
SHE SANG SO SWEET.
ALONG CAME ________, AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK.
HOW MANY KISSES DID HE GIVE HER?
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, ETC.
(THE NAME OF THE JUMPER FILLS THE FIRST BLANK. HER BOYFRIEND'S NAME FILLS THE SECOND BLANK. THE ROPE IS TURNED AND THE NUMBERS COUNTED OUT TILL THE JUMPER MISSES.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORMS
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-18-1971
IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF A GIRL GOES OVER A RAILROAD TRACK
IN A CAR WITHOUT LIFTING HER FEET, THEN SHE WILL NEVER
MARRY HER TRUE LOVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
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 |
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
JACK-O-LANTERNS
IT IS A COMMON PRACTICE IN APPLETON, WISCONSIN TO HOLLOW A PUMPKIN
OUT AND CARVE A FACE INTO THE REMAINING SHELL. A CANDLE OR A
LIGHT BULB IS THEN PLACED INSIDE. THE PUMPKINS MADE IN THIS MANNER
ARE CALLED JACK-O-LANTERNS ARE USED TO CELEBRATE HALLOWEEN.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT PERSONALLY WITNESSED THIS EVENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
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
HALLOWEEN PRANK
A FAVORITE PRANK ON HALLOWEEN WAS TO TURN OVER OUT-HOUSES (WHEN
THERE WERE SUCH THINGS).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
PROVERB
LARGER SHIPS
MAY VENTURE MORE.
LITTLE BOATS
MUST STAY NEAR SHORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION FOR CONTRAST ; CONTRAST ; RIME ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 07-17-1964
CALL ON HALLOWEEN
TRICKS OR TREATS,
MONEY OR EATS
Submitter comment: EXPERIENCE 1940'S, PLYMOUTH, MI
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.1031 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
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