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TO MAKE YOUR HAIR GROW, YOU SHOULD WASH YOUR HAIR IN THE FIRST
RAIN IN MAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
TATTOOS
33 5 X 8 CARDS OF TATTOOS AND INSTRUMENTS
Submitter comment:
INDICATE ON THE CARD IF IT IS NOT STANDARD. HE SAID THAT ABOUT A
THIRD OF HIS CUSTOMERS BRING IN THEIR OWN DESIGNS. HE HAD LITTLE
INFORMATION TO GIVE ON INDIVIDUAL DESIGNS. HE FOUND NO PREFERENCES
DETERMINED BY SEX. HOWEVER, HE DID FIND THAT PEOPLE OF CERTAIN
OCCUPATIONS MADE SIMILAR CHOICES.
SOME OF HIS DESIGNS SEEMED OUTDATED BUT HE COULD NOT INDICATE ANY
THAT HE HAD NOT DONE RECENTLY. HE WAS PRETTY VAGUE IN THE WHOLE AREA
OF SPECIFIC DESIGNS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: 11-26-1973
IF YOUR RIGHT HAND ITCHES, YOU''LL MEET A NEW FRIEND.
IF YOUR LEFT HAND ITCHES, YOU'LL COME INTO MONEY.
IF YOUR RIGHT FOOT ITCHES, YOU'LL SOON TRAVEL.
IF YOUR LEFT FOOT ITCHES, A STRANGER'S COMING.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
IF YOU BREAK A MIRROR, YOU WILL HAVE NINE YEARS
BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THIS FREQUENTLY AS A CHILD IN FERNDALE,
MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | 686 Ninths / Nine Observation BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.14 |
DROP A SPOON, AND COMPANY IS COMING.
DROP A KNIFE AND A FIGHT'S A COMIN'
Submitter comment: FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration Implement to handle food BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
IF A BIRD FLIES INTO THE HOUSE, SOMEONE CLOSE
WILL DIE.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
A DOG HOWLING AT NIGHT, HOWLS BECAUSE SOMEONE
HAS JUST DIED.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
IF YOU COUNT FUNERAL CARS, SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 09-26-1965
THERE ARE TULIPS IN THE GARDEN
THERE ARE TULIPS IN THE PARK
BUT THE TULIPS YOU AND I LIKE
ARE THE TWO LIPS IN THE DARK.
(SIGNED) CAROLE RYDECKI
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
U. R.
2 GOOD
2 BE
4 GOTTEN
(SIGNED) JENNY DELICH
James Callow comment: WRITTEN AS AN ADDITION PROBLEM
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
2 WISE U. R.
2 WISE U. B.
2 WISE U. R.
FORE ME.
(SIGNED) SUSAN HUFF
Submitter comment:
MY OWN AUTOGRAPH BOOK , 7TH GRADE, ST. JAMES
CATHOLIC SCHOOL, FERNDALE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE GREEN,
YOU'D THINK BETTER WITH SOME BRAINS IN YOUR BEAN. CK[ SLANG=BEAN FOR HEAD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT JAMES SCHOOL ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): SLANG=BEAN FOR HEAD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
SUGAR IS SWEET SO ARE YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
HONEY IS SWEET AND SO ARE YOU.
(SIGNED) RITA ZINSER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND HAVE TWINS,
DON'T COME TO MY HOUSE FOR SAFETY PINS.
Submitter comment:
THIS VERSE WAS TAKEN OUT OF HER AUTOGRAPH BOOK
WHICH WAS BEING PASSED AROUND THE ROOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 12-06-1965
BANANAS GROW IN FLORIDA
ORANGES GROW THERE TOO,
BUT IT TAKES A STATE LIKE MICHIGAN
TO GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 12-06-1965
THERE ARE TULIPS IN THE GARDEN,
THERE ARE TULIPS IN THE PARK.
BUT THE TULIPS I LIKE BEST,
ARE TULIPS IN THE DARK.
Submitter comment:
I READ THIS IN AUTOGRAPH BOOKS AND WROTE IT IN
AUTOGRAPH BOOKS MYSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 10-17-1967
COUNTING OUT
FOR EVERY WORD, YOU POINT TO A DIFFERENT PERSON:
BUBBLE GUM, BUBBLE GUM IN A DISH,
HOW MANY PIECES DO YOU WISH?
SIX. (COUNT OUT SIX)1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6.
THE LAST PERSON POINTED TO IS THE PESON WHO IS IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
BUBBLEGUM, BUBBLEGUM IN A DISH
HOW MANY PIECES DO YOU WISH?
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND'S YOUNGEST SISTER, AND THIS IS
A VERSE TO DETERMINE WHO IS IT IN A GAME BY COUNTING
FEET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |