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NEVER PUT HATS ON BEDS. THIS MEANS BAD LUCK..
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Bed ; BELIEF ; CLOTHING ; Fashion ; Hat ; LUCK ; Placement ; PREDICTION ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
DON'T THROW A HAT ON THE BED, BECAUSE IT IS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
TOLD BY FATHER
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CLOTHING ; Fashion ; Hat ; LUCK ; Placement ; PREDICTION ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
IT IS BAD LUCK TO PLACE A HAT ON A BED.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Bed ; BELIEF ; CLOTHING ; Domestic ; Hat ; LUCK ; Placement ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
WHENEVER YOU PASS A CEMETERY YOU SHOULD HOLD YOUR
BREATH SO IT DOESN'T GET SUCKED OUT OF YOU BY THE
SPIRITS OF THE DEAD BURIED THERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
SUNG VERSE
I'M PAPEYE THE SAILAR MAN,
I LIVE IN A GARBAGE CAN.
I EAT ALL THE WARMS,
I SPIT OUT THE GERMS,
I'M PAPEYE THE SAILOR MAN.
Submitter comment: SUNG TO THE TUNE OF " I'M PAPEYE THE SAILOR MAN " .
Where learned: MICHIGAN
Keyword(s): SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 03-10-1968
Proverb
Beggars can't be choosy.
Submitter comment:
From - Uncertain
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Beg ; Beggar ; CHARITY ; Choose ; Grateful ; Humble ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
NAMING OF A BUILDING
RENAISSANCE CENTER MEANS THE REBIRTH OF A NEW CITY (DETROIT).
Submitter comment:
CITY OF DETROIT WAS DEAD, THE RENISSANCE CENTER WAS BUILT TO
BRING MORE PEOPLE TO THE DOWNTOWN AREA OF DETROIT, SO FAR IT HAS
WORKED OUT PRETTY WELL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; CITY NEWSPAPER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Proper Name |
PROVERB
WHAT YOUR HEAD DOESN'T DO, YOUR FEET MUST.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS ANOTHER SAYING I HEARD FROM MY MOTHER. IT MEANS THAT IF YOU
DON'T DO EVERYTHING THE FIRST TIME, YOU WILL HAVE TO GO BACK AND DO
THINGS OVER AGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
James Callow Keyword(s): METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
STRIKE WHILE THE IRON'S HOT.
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THIS SAYING MANY TIMES FROM MY MOTHER WHILE I WAS GROWING UP.
THE MEANING IS TO ACT NOW, WHILE ONE HAS THE OPPORTUNITY. REFERENCE
IS TO THE FLAT IRON WHICH HAD TO BE HEATED ON A STOVE, USED FOR
PRESSING CLOTHES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
PREGNANCY BELIEF
A PREGNANT WOMAN MUST NOT RAISE HER HANDS OVER HER
HEAD, OR SHE WILL STRANGLE HER UNBORN BABY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE AND HAS HEARD THIS REPEATEDLY FROM HER PATIENTS. THERE IS, OF COURSE, NO MEDICAL TRUTH IN THIS, BUT IT IS WIDELY
BELIEVED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PREGNANCY BELIEF
A BABY WILL LOOK LIKE THE
PERSON THE PREGNANT MOTHER HATES MOST.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A PUBLIC HEALTH NURSE WHO HAS BEEN TOLD THIS BY SEVERAL PATIENTS.
Data entry tech comment:
INFORMANT SUGGESTS THAT DESERTED MOTHERS ARE BITTER TOWARD THEIR HUSBANDS OR LOVERS; THUS, THEY SEE A RESEMBLANCE IN THE CHILD TO THE FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LYDIE PINKHAM
LYDIE PINKHAM USED TO BE SOLD IN STORES. IT WAS A REMEDY FOR THOSE
PEOPLE THAT WEREN'T HAVING LUCK IN HAVING BABIES--IF YOU TOOK
LYDIE PINKHAM YOU WOULD BE SURE TO HAVE A BABY.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector reside on same street.
James Callow comment:
LYDIA PINKHAM WAS A POPULAR NON-PRESCRIPTION MEDICATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-09-1971
PREGNANCY BELIEF
BATHING DURING PREGNANCY WILL DROWN THE UNBORN CHILD.
Submitter comment:
Informant is a public health nurse who has heard this repeatedly from her patients.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
JUMP ROPE SONG
MABEL, MABEL, SET THE TABLE.
DON'T FORGET THE RED HOT PEPPERS.
Submitter comment:
TURN THE ROPE FAST
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00001967 FALL
JUMP ROPE RHYME
I HAD A LITTLE TEDDY BEAR
HIS NAME WAS TINY TIM
I PUT HIM IN THE BATHTUB
TO SEE IF HE COULD SWIM
HE DRANK UP ALL THE WATER
HE ATE UP ALL THE SOAP
HE DIED LAST NIGHT
WITH A BUBBLE IN HIS THROAT.
IN CAME THE DOCTOR
IN CAME THE NURSE
IN CAME THE LADY
WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE
MUMPS SAID THE DOCTOR
MUMPS SAID THE NURSE
MUMPS SAID THE LADY
WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE
OUT WENT THE DOCTOR
OUT WENT THE NURSE
OUT WENT THE LADY
WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS RHYME IN HER GRADE SCHOOL DAYS ON THE EAST SIDE OF DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME ; CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
Kindergarten baby, wash your face in gravy.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
GOOD FRIDAY
ACCORDING TO MRS. KEHOE, IT ALWAYS RAINS ON GOOD FRIDAY BETWEEN
12:00 AND 3:00.
Submitter comment: THIS INFORMANT REALLY BELIEVES IT RAINS ON GOOD FRIDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 12-03-1982
SUPERSTITION
DON'T CHANGE HORSES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREAM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-06-1971
PROVERB
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN IS SHINING
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THIS SAYING MANY TIMES FROM MY MOTHER WIHLE I WAS GROWING UP
IT MEANS TO ACT NOW WHILE YOU HAVE THE CHANCE. REFERENCE IS TO
FARMERS WHO MUST WORK IN THE FIELDS WHILE THE SUN IS STILL UP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
SAINT PATRICK'S DAY
THE TUG OF WAR BETWEEN THE GERMANS AND IRISH IS A LONG STANDING GAME.
ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY. I CAN'T FIND IT'S ORIGINS OR THE REASON FOR IT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): NATONALISM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 17 Feast of St. Patrick |
Date learned: CA1960-1975