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IF YOU HAVE A WART, RUB A TOAD AGAINST IT AND THE WART WILL
GO AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 01-30-1968
TO CURE WARTS, TAKE A POTATO AND SLICE IT IN HALF. PRESS ONE HALF
ON THE WART AND THEN PRESS THE POTATO BACK TOGETHER AND THROW
IT OVER YOUR SHOULDER AS FAR AS POSSIBLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-13-1968
TO GET RID OF WARTS: YOU SNEAK INTO A GENERAL STORE AND STEAL A
SACK OF SALT AND THEN WALK DOWN THE STREET LOOKING FOR TWO
WHITE HORSES. UPON SEEING THE HORSES, YOU THROW THE SALT
UNDER THEIR HOOFS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
IF YOU TOUCH A TOAD, YOU'LL GET WARTS ON YOUR HAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
THE KINDER POLKA (GERMAN)
THE CHILDREN FORM AS COUPLES IN A SINGLE CIRCLE. THE COUPLES
FACE EACH OTHER AND JOIN BOTH HANDS--EXTENDING THEIR ARMS
OUTWARD. THEY TAKE TWO SLIDING STEPS INTO THE CIRCLE, STAMP
THREE TIMES, REVERSE DIRECTION, TAKING TWO SLIDING STEPS AND
THEN STAMPING THREE TIMES. FACING THEIR PARTNER, THEY EACH
SLAP THEIR OWN THIGHS, CLAP ONCE, SLAP EACH OTHERS HANDS
THREE TIMES. THEN, EXTENDING THE RIGHT FOOT FORWARD, THEY
REST THE RIGHT ELBOW IN THE LEFT HAND, SHAKE THEIR FINGER
THREE TIMES. THEY REPEAT THE SAME MOTIONS WITH THE LEFT
FOOT AND ARM. NEXT, THEY TURN AROUND IN PLACE, STAMP
THREE TIMES, AND REPEAT THE MOTIONS AGAIN.
Submitter comment: ORIGIN: FOLK DANCE CLUB
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Group |
Date learned: 07-08-1964
DANISH DANCE OF GREETING
FORMATION: STAND BESIDE PARTNER AND FACE THE CENTER OF THE
CIRCLE.
1. TWO CLAPS AND BOW TO PARTNER.
2. TWO CLAPS AND BOW TO NEIGHBOR.
3. TWO STAMPS AND TURN AROUND IN PLACE.
4. REPEAT NO. 1 TO 3.
5. JOIN HANDS AND RUN 16 STEPS CLOCKWISE.
6. REVERSE DIRECTION AND RUN 16 STEPS
Submitter comment:
RUNNING STEPS SHOULD BE HIGH
ORIGIN: FOLK DANCE CLUB
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Group |
Date learned: 07-08-1964
TROIKA (RUSSIAN FOLK DANCE)
THE RECORD FOR THIS DANCE IS: KOSTYA POLIANSKY & ORCHESTRA
THE GROUP STANDS IN A CIRCLE IN LINES OF THREE WITH HANDS
JOINED. THE DANCE IS AS FOLLOWS:
1. TAKE FOUR QUICK LEAPS ON A DIAGONAL TO THE RIGHT.
2. TAKE FOUR QUICK LEAPS ON A DIAGONAL TO THE LEFT.
3. TAKE EIGHT RUNS FORWARD WHILE STILL IN CIRCLE FORMATION.
4. THE INNER TWO PEOPLE HOLD UP THEIR ARMS WHILE THE
OUTSIDE PERSON GOES IN FRONT OF THE MIDDLE PERSON AND
UNDER THE ARCH--BACK INTO PLACE (8 STEPS) WHILE THE OTHER
TWO FOLLOW THROUGH BY TURNING AROUND.
5. THE INNER PERSON THEN REPEATS NO. 4
6. THE THREE THEN FORM A CIRCLE AND GO TWELVE RUNNING STEPS
TO THE LEFT AND STAMP THREE TIMES.
7. REPEAT SAME CIRCLE FORMATION TO THE RIGHT.
8. NOW IN POSITION TO BEGIN AGAIN.
Submitter comment: ORIGIN: FOLK DANCE CLUB
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Group |
Date learned: 07-08-1964
ITALIAN FOLK DANCE--LABALLARELLA (THE LITTLE DANCE)
DANCE IS DONE TO A FAST AND RHYTHMIC ACCORDIAN MUSIC.
A LARGE CIRCLE OF DANCERS IS FORMED WHO JOIN HANDS AND
DANCE IN A MOVING CIRCLE, WHICH CHANGES DIRECTIONS AFTER
EVERY COMPLETE TURN OF THE CIRCLE, AND EVENTUALLY THE
CIRCLE WILL STOP AND TWO DANCERS WILL BREAK OFF THE
CIRCLE INTO THE MIDDLE AND DO A MORE ELABORATE DANCE
WHILE THOSE IN THE CIRCLE WILL CLAP THEIR HANDS, AND KICK
THEIR FEET TO THE MUSIC. DANCE ALSO CALLED THE "TARANTELLA."
Submitter comment: THIS IS THE AMERICANIZED VERSION OF THE ITALIAN DANCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TARANTELLA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Group |
THE ARMENIAN DANCE AT FESTIVE OCCASIONS IS A CIRCLE DANCE.
MEN AND WOMEN FORM THE CIRCLE BY JOINING THE SMALL FINGERS.
THE DANCE CONSISTS OF POINTING FIRST ONE FOOT TOWARD THE
CENTER OF THE CIRCLE, THEN THE SAME WITH THE OTHER FOOT.
AFTER THIS, TWO STEPS ARE TAKEN SO THAT TH CIRCLE GROUP
IS GOING COUNTER-CLOCKWISE.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT HAS OBSERVED AND PARTICIPATED IN THIS DANCE.
THIS DANCE IS DONE AT ANY FESTIVE OCCASION TODAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Group |
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
"FINE AS FROG, HAIR."
USED WHEN TRYING TO DENOTE THE MINUTENESS OF AN OBJECT OR SITUATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-04-1971
LOTISTTOB (SWEDISH)
THE DANCE IS DONE WITH PARTNERS. THE PARTNERS FACE EACH
OTHER AND HOLD HANDS OUT STRAIGHT TO THE SIDE. THEY TAKE
FOUR LONG SLIDES IN ONE DIRECTION, AND THEN EIGHT SHORT SLIDES
IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION, BUT IN THE SAME AMOUNT OF TIME.
THEY THEN TAKE STEP-TOGETHER-STEPS FOR THE SAME AMOUNT OF
TIME AS EACH GROUP OF SLIDES. NOW, REPEAT THE ENTIRE GROUP
OF STEPS.
Submitter comment: ORIGIN: FOLK DANCE CLUB
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: 07-08-1964
SHOEMAKER'S DANCE
FORMATION: A DOUBLE CIRCLE FACING YOUR PARTNER
THIS DANCE IS DONE TO AN RCA VICTOR RECORD, NUMBER 6173.
FOLLOWING ARE THE MOTIONS:
1. WIND THREAD FORWARD THREE TIMES.
2. PULL OUTWARD TWICE AS IF PULLING THREAD.
3. CLAP THREE TIMES.
4. REPEAT
5. POUND FIST THREE TIMES (AS IF POUNDING A NAIL)
6. TURN SO YOU ARE STANDING BESIDE PARTNER.
7. EVERYONE JOINS HANDS AND TAKES SIXTEEN HIGH STEPS
TO THE RIGHT.
Submitter comment: CHILDREN LIKE THIS DANCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Couple |
Date learned: 07-08-1964
CSHEBOGAR (HUNGARIAN)
1. TAKE 8 SLIDE STEPS TO THE LEFT.
2. TAKE 8 SLIDE STEPS TO THE RIGHT.
3. SKIP 4 STEPS INTO THE CENTER OF THE CIRCLE.
4. SKIP 4 STEPS BACK TO THE CIRCLE'S EDGE.
5. PARTNERS HOOK ELBOWS AND WITH ARMS ABOVE THE HEAD,
DO THE HUNGARIAN TURN
6. PARTNERS FACE EACH OTHER, JOIN HANDS, AND TAKE 4 STEPS
INTO THE CENTER OF THE CIRCLE.
7. FOUR SLIDE STEPS BACK INTO PLACE.
8. TWO SLIDES INTO THE CENTER AND 2 BACK.
9. REPEAT THE TURN.
10. END THE DANCE WITH A SHOU!
Submitter comment: ORIGIN: FOLK DANCE CLUB
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Couple |
Date learned: 07-08-1964
TINKLING DANCE
TWO PEOPLE HOLD TWO BAMBOO POLES CLOSE TO THE GROUND. THEY
CLACK THE POLES TOGETHER--CLICKETY-CLACK, CLICKETY-CLACK--
FASTER AND FASTER AS YOU HOP IN AND OUT BETWEEN THE POLES.
YOU HAVE TO KEEP TIME WITH THE CLICKETY-CLACK, OR THE POLES
WILL CATCH YOUR FEET.
Submitter comment: THIS DANCE IS FOUND IN THE PHILIPPINES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Couple |
USE VINEGAR FULL STRENGTH FOR BURNS, AND IT WILL
TAKE AWAY THE SORENESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 03-10-1971
DON'T EAT THAT WART!
WHEN YOU TOUCH A TOAD YOU GET WARTS, BUT IF YOU TRY TO BITE
IT OFF AND ACCIDENTLY SWALLOW SOME OF IT, YOU WILL
START TO CROAK LIKE A FROG.
Submitter comment:
CHRIS TOLD ME THIS ONE DAY WHILE WE WERE SITTING DOWN IN
THE STUDENT UNION. HE SAID THIS IS WHAT HE USED TO TELL
HIS FRIENDS SO THEY WOULD BE AFRAID TO TRY AND GET RID
OF THEIR WARTS, ESPECIALLY BY BITING THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-16-1969
DON'T PICK UP A TOAD OR YOU'LL GET WARTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
IF YOU TOUCHED A TOAD, YOU WOULD GET WARTS ALL OVER YOUR
HANDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
YOU GET WARTS FROM TOADS.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A BELIEF COMMON IN THE OSWALD FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
LEGEND
PEOPLE WHO PASS THE EVIL EYE IN SICILY ARE CONSIDERED TO BE
VERY DESTRUCTIVE WITH JUST ONE GLANCE.
Submitter comment: IN SICILY PEOPLE BELIEVE THIS VERY STRONGLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; TV STUDIO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye |
Date learned: 10-06-1970