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PAPERCATS
IN MEXICO, IF YOU ARE DYING, YOU MAKE A 1000 PAPER CATS. IF YOU
MAKE A 1000, (THOUSAND) YOU WILL LIVE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ;
James Callow Keyword(s): CAT ; THOUSAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
BASEBALL
IF YOU RUB A BASEBALL IN THE DIRT BEFORE YOU PLAY, YOU WILL WIN.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ;
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Good luck P881.2 |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
BROOMS
NEVER LEAVE A BROOM OUT IN THE OPEN BECAUSE IT IS AN OPEN
INVITATION TO WITCHES.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ;
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
TESTS
WEAR YOUR FAVORITE COLOR ON THE DAY OF A TEST AND YOU WILL PASSIT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ;
James Callow Keyword(s): EXAMINATIONS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
MATCHES
THREE ON A MATCH MEANS ONE WILL GET PREGNANT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ;
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
SHOES
LEAVING SHOES IN THE WRONG ORDER BRINGS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ;
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
TURQUOISE
WEARING TURQUOISE BRINGS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ;
James Callow Keyword(s): JEWELRY ORNAMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Good luck P881.1 |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
QUESTION. HOW DO YOU PUT FOUR ELEPHANTS IN A VOLKSWAGON?
ANSWER. TWO IN THE FRONT AND TWO IN THE BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; SIZE HUMOR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-17-1972
QUESTION. WHY DIDN'T TARZAN SEE THE ELEPHANTS COMING?
ANSWER. BECAUSE THEY WERE WEARING SUNGLASSES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; HUMOR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-17-1972
TOAST
THROUGH THE TEETH AND OVER THE GUMS,
LOOKOUT STOMACH, HERE IT COMES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): APOSTROPHE ; MOCK GRACE BEFORE EATING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 10-17-1972
A SIGNAL USED AT WORK IS THE CRACKING OF THE WRISTS IN OPPOSITE
DIRECTIONS WITH AN IMAGINARY STICK. THIS IS USED TO INDICATE THERE
IS SOME TYPE OF BREAKDOWN SOMEWHERE ON THE STEEL MILL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-17-1972
A SIGNAL USED AT WORK IS THE RUBBING OF THE STOMACH WITH THE HAND.
THAT SIGNIFIES THAT EVERYTHING IS GOING ALL RIGHT ON THE STEEL MILL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-17-1972
CLENCHED FISTS WITH THUMBS EXTENDED MOVING FROM THE CENTER OF THE
BODY OUTWARD, MEANS TO REMOVE THE CHECKS FROM THE WHEELS OF THE
AIRCRAFT. IT ITSELF IS USED BT TAXI SIGNALERS AND PLANE HANDLERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-17-1972
A SIGNAL USED AT WORK IS ROTATING THE INDEX FINGER IN A CIRCLE
POINTED UPWARD. THIS IS USED TO START UP THE MILLS AND TO BEGIN
ROLLING STEEL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-17-1972
IT IS BELIEVED BY SOME OLDER PEOPLE THAT WHEN THEIR ARTHRITIS ACTS
UP, IT IS A FORESHADOWING OF INCLEMENT WEATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Human condition and activities |
Date learned: 10-17-1972
AN ITALIAN TRADITION IS TO SAY A PARTING WORD TO THE DECEASED
INDIVIDUAL AT A FUNERAL AND THEN SLAP THE CASKET AS A SIGN OF
FAREWELL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-17-1972
A POLISH TRADITION AT EASTER IN MY FAMILY IS TO LEAVE A CHAIR VACANT
AT THE TABLE FOR CHRIST TO BE PRESENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Season BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 10-17-1972
THE REASON BELL BOTTOM PANTS WERE USED IN THE NAVY WAS THEY COULD
ROLL THEM UP EASIER WHEN SAILORS HAD TO SWAB THE DECKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): ETYMOLOGY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F535 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Working ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Lower body and legs |
Date learned: 10-17-1972
MILITARY TRADITION
THE FLAP ON THE BACK OF A NAVAL DRESS UNIFORM IS TRADITION STEMMING
FROM THE DAYS OF JOHN PAUL JONES WHEN THEIR HAIR WAS SHOULDER LENGTH.
THE FLAP WOULD CATCH THE GREASE FROM THEIR HAIR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F535 ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Overall body coverUpper body and arms |
Date learned: 10-17-1972
AT POLISH FUNERALS, AFTER THE SERVICES, EVERYONE GETS TOGETHER TO EAT
AND DRINK TO CELEBRATE THE DECEASED GOING TO HEAVEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-17-1972