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BURY AN ONION AND GET RID OF WARTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
YOU CAN GET RID OF THE WARTS THAT YOU GET FROM PICKING
MUSHROOMS BY HOLDING A TOADSTOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
DANCE OF THE HUNT
IT IS A GENERAL PRACTICE TO HAVE THE DANCE OF THE HUNT IN THE
STATE OF NAYARIT IN MEXICO. THIS DANCE IS DONE AT ALL
FESTIVALS. THE MUSIC FOR THE DANCE COMES FROM WOODEN FLUTES
AND HOMEMADE DRUMS. THE DANCE IS SYMBOLIC OF THE HUNT.
THE DANCE OF THE HUNT IS DONE WITH EVERYONE FORMING A
CIRCLE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED OF THIS DANCE DURING HIS VISIT TO MEXICO
IN 1968.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Festival |
HUNGER IS WORSE THAN THE PLAGUE
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
WEDDING DANCE
THE GUEST(S) LINE UP AND ONE AT A TIME PLACE MONEY IN A LARGE BO; AND THEN DANCE A FEW STEPS WITH THE BRIDE. THEN THE
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER TOLD HER THIS. THIS CUSTOM IS
PRACTICED AT ALL THE HUNGARIAN WEDDINGS THAT INFORMANT
HAS ATTENDED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Crucial moment of life Life cycle Crucial Moment in Life |
PROVERB
THE HURRIDER I GO THE BEHINDER I GET.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): NEOLOGISMS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-20-1968
TO GET RID OF A WART RUB IT WITH A POTATO AND BURY IT
WHERE IT CAN'T BE FOUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IT IS BELIEVED THAT A HIGH FOREHEAD IS AN INDICATION OF
EXCEEDINGLY HIGH INTELLIGENCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Forehead |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
SOCK TRADITION
JOE HOFFMAN'S FATHER ALWAYS HAD A SPECIAL WAY OF PUTTING ON HIS
SOCKS. JOE FOLLOWED THE FAMILY PATTERN BY FOLDING IN THE HEEL, THEN
FOLDING THE SOCK IN HALF, STEPPING ON IT AND UNFOLDING IT.
Submitter comment:
ITEM WAS LEARNED IN ORCHARD LAKE, MICHIGAN ALTHOUGH IT WAS COLLECTED
IN DETROIT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BOTSFORD GRADE SCHOOL ; CLARENCEVILLE DISTRICT
James Callow Keyword(s): DRESSING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Routine activity SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.31 |
Date learned: 11-00-1982
IF YOU HAVE A WART, RUB A SLICE OF RAW POTATO ON IT. BURY
THE POTATO AT MIDNIGHT. AFTER THREE DAYS, THE WART WILL
BE GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 01-26-1968
IF YOU HAVE A WART AND YOU BURY A PIECE OF GARLIC, IT WILL
GO AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-10-1972
BELIEF
IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF A PERSON WRAPS COPPER WIRE AROUND A JOINT
THAT IS AFFLICTED BY ARTHRITIS, THE PAIN WILL SUBSIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A WART GO AWAY, GO NEXT DOOR AND STEAL
YOUR NEIGHBOR'S DISHCLOTH AND RUB IT ON THE WART. WHEN
YOU ARE FINISHED, BURY THE DISHCLOTH IN THE GROUND.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT READ THIS IN THE "DEAR ABBEY COLUMN" SEVERAL
YEARS BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-10-1971
TAKE A POTATO AND CUT IN IN THREE SECTIONS AND BURY IT ON THE
SIDE UP AND THIS IS SUPPOSED TO GET RID OF A WART.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT READ THIS IN THE "DEAR ABBEY COLUMN" SEVERAL
YEARS BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-10-1971
TO GET RID OF A WART, TAKE A BEAN AND CUT IT IN HALF.
RUB ONE HALF ON THE WART AND BURY BOTH TOGETHER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS DURING HIS CHILDHOOD YEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-12-1971
IF YOU HAVE A WART, STEAL A NEIGHBOR'S WASHCLOTH RUB THE
WART WITH THE CLOTH AND BURY IT UNDER YOUR PORCH AND NEVER
TELL THE NEIGHBOR WHERE IT IS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
RUB A POTATO ON ANY WARTS AND BURY THE POTATO. WHEN THE
POTATO ROTS, THE WARTS WILL DISAPPEAR.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A BELIEF COMMON IN THE OSWALD FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
TO GET RID OF A WART PUT MILKWEED JUICE ON IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
CHRISTMAS FOOD TRADITION
AT CHRISTMAS TIME, EVERYONE PARTICIPATES IN AN EGG FIGHT TO FIND
THE YEAR'S CHAMPION (COLORED EGGS AND LEMON PIES ARE MADE TWO DAYS
IN ADVANCE).
Submitter comment: ITEM WAS LEARNED IN MINNESOTA BUT COLLECTED IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BOTSFORD GRADE SCHOOL ; CLARENCEVILLE DISTRICT
Date learned: 11-00-1982
A BOTTLE OF INK
INK, /INK, A BOTTLE OF INK
THE CORK FELL OUT
AND YOU STINK.
Submitter comment: REPLY GIVEN BY A CHILD TO A PERSON HE IS ANGRY WITH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RETORT INSULT BODY ODOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |