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MOCK HANDSHAKE
WHILE SHAKING HANDS ONE SQUEEZES THE OTHER'S
HAND AND SAYS, "HI, I'M FROM THE MICHIGAN MILK
PRODUCERS ASSOCIATION."
Data entry tech comment: GIVING THE MILKING HANDSHAKE?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations SPEECH -- Games Riddles Jokes |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
PLAYING THE WORLD'S SMALLEST VIOLIN WITH THE FORE-
FINGER OR INDEX FINGER RUBBING BACK AND FORTH
ACROSS THE THUMB FOR MOCK SYMPATHY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): SARCASM
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Mock sympathy and mock enthusiasm |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
IF YOU STUMBLE ON A CRACK YOU HAVE TO GO BACK AND WALK
OVER THE SAME GROUND AND KISS YOUR THUMBS. IF YOU DON'T
DO THIS, YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.22 SPEECH -- Magical Luck |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
A CANDLE IN EACH WINDOW WILL PREVENT
LIGHTNING FROM HITTING YOUR HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
THUNDER EXPLANATION BY GOD BELIEF
THUNDER IS CAUSED WHEN GOD IS MOVING FURNITURE IN THE SKY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creator BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 02-02-1970
BELIEF
MERMAIDS CAME TO THE HOMESICK SAILORS DURING LONG AND LONELY VOYAGES.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Mermaids ; Sirens ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 10-29-1968
NEVER GIV E A GOOD FRIEND PEARLS, PEARLS MEAN TEARS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CUSTOM ; Friend ; FRIENDSHIP ; Gem ; JEWELRY ; Pearl ; SYMBOL ; TEARS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
LINCOLN, LINCOLN,
I BEEN THINKIN'
WHAT ON EARTH HAVE
YOU BEEN DRINKIN'
SMELLS LIKE WINE,
TASTES LIKE WINE,
OH! MY GOSH
ITS TURPENTINE!
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
Jump Rope Song
DICK AND JANE SITTIN' IN A TREE
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
FIRST COMES LOVE, THEN COMES MARRIAGE
THEN COMES JANE WITH A BABY CARRIAGE.
HOW MANY CHILDREN DID SHE RECEIVE?
ONE, TWO, THREE . . .
PLAYERS SUBSTITUTE THEIR OWN NAMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-10-1970
CUSTOM
FOR CHRISTMAS EVE, THE FAMILY HAS AN ODD NUMBER OF DISHES FOR
CHRISTMAS EVE DINNER. THIS DINNER IS CALLED WIGILIA.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; FOOD ; holiday
| Subject headings: | 122 Christmas |
Date learned: 02-22-1970
CUSTOMS
POLISH CUSTOM OF BREAKING BREAD TOGETHER ON CHRISTMAS.
THIS BREAD IS A TYPE OF A WAFER.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS ; TOLD AT INFORMANT'S HOME
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.82 |
Date learned: 02-24-1970
CUSTOM FESTIVAL
CHRISTMAS STOCKINGS HUNG ON THE FIREPLACE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Stockings and shoes |
Date learned: 10-04-1968
Song
"Witaj Krolowo": translated from the Polish is "Hail, Holy Queen." It is sung after the funeral at the grave.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS ; St. Hedwig Cemetery
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Death |
Little Miss Bright
There was a young girl named Miss Bright,
Who could travel much faster than light.
She departed one day,
In an Einsteinian way,
And came back on the previous night.
Submitter comment:
This verse is one remembered from high school days (1968) in a physics class. Its meaning lies in Einstein's theory of relativity and the fact that if one goes faster than velocity of light, one will go back in time.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGH SCHOOL ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Jump-rope verse
Ice-cream, soda, ginger ale, pop
Tell me the initials of your sweetheart.
A,B,C,D...
(When the jumper misses the first time, this is the first initial... the second miss is the second initial.)
Submitter comment:
The informent observed her second grade class singing this at Our Lady of Grace School, Dearborn Heights, Mich.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |