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AN OLD SAYING
WHISTLING GIRLS AND CROWING HENS ALWAYS LEAD TO BIG BAD ENDS.
Submitter comment:
I FIRST HEARD THIS ADAGE FROM MY INFORMANT WHILE WORKING
WITH HER IN THE DINING ROOM OF ST. JOSEPH HOME FOR THE AGED.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SAINT JOSEPH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
ERASER TAG
TWO PEOPLE PLAY THIS GAME. EACH PUTS A CHALK BOARD
ERASER ON HIS HEAD AND ONE TRIES TO CATCH THE OTHER
ONE WITHOUT THE ERASER FALLING OFF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SAINT JOHN VIANNEY SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MIRACULOUS BATH WATER
SOME FOURTH GRADERS I TAUGHT INFORMED ME OF A STORY
THAT THEIR THIRD GRADE TEACHER, SR. WILMA, HAD TOLD THEM
THE YEAR BEFORE:
JUST ABOUT THE TIME JESUS WAS BORN, ANOTHER LADY IN
BETHLEHEM HAD A BABY, TOO. THIS BABY WAS ALL
CRIPPLED. ONE DAY, JESUS' MOTHER WAS GIVING HIM A
BATH. THE LADY KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT
MARY'S BABY, AND ASKED TO USE THE SAME WATER. WHEN SHE
TOOK HER LITTLE BOY OUT OF THE WATER, HE WASN'T
CRIPPLED ANY MORE.
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THIS STORY WHEN I WAS A TEACHER AT THE SCHOOL
MENTIONED ABOVE.
Data entry tech comment: I WILL PARAPHRASE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES ; SAINT ISAAC JOGUES SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
MIRACULOUS BATH WATER
SOME FOURTH GRADERS I TAUGHT INFORMED ME OF A STORY
THAT THEIR THIRD GRADE TEACHER, SR. WILMA, HAD TOLD THEM
THE YEAR BEFORE:
JUST ABOUT THE TIME JESUS WAS BORN, ANOTHER LADY IN
BETHLEHEM HAD A BABY, TOO. THIS BABY WAS ALL
CRIPPLED. ONE DAY, JESUS' MOTHER WAS GIVING HIM A
BATH. THE LADY KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING SPECIAL ABOUT
MARY'S BABY, AND ASKED TO USE THE SAME WATER. WHEN SHE
TOOK HER LITTLE BOY OUT OF THE WATER, HE WASN'T
CRIPPLED ANY MORE.
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THIS STORY WHEN I WAS A TEACHER AT THE SCHOOL
MENTIONED ABOVE.
Data entry tech comment: I WILL PARAPHRASE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES ; SAINT ISAAC JOGUES SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
REGIONAL NAME FOR TOURISTS
IN ST. IGNACE, MICHIGAN, TOURISTS VISITING NEARBY MACKINAC ISLAND
ARE CALLED "FUDGIES" BY THE LOCAL RESIDENTS BECAUSE OF THE
FUDGE SOLD ON THE ISLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT IGNACE
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname SPEECH -- FamilyGroup PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
JUMP ROPE RHYME
POLIANNA POLIEE DO YOUR DUTY
HERE COMES (BLANK) THE AMERICAN BEAUTY
SHE CAN DO THE RUMBA (RHUMBA)
SHE CAN DO THE SPLITS
SHE CAN WEAR HER DRESS HIGH ABOVE HER HIPS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; STERLING
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
FUDGE FUDGE CALL THE JUDGE/ MA'S GOT A BRAND NEW BABY/ IT'S NOT A
BOY/ IT'S NOT A GIRL/ IT'S JUST AN ORDINARY BABY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; STERLING
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
HAM AND COOKED CABBAGE ARE TRADITIONAL FOR A NEW YEAR'S
MEAL.
Submitter comment: ORIGINATES FROM WEST VIRGINIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WEST VIRGINIA ; STERLING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY.
COME AGAIN SOME OTHER DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; STERLING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.646 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BREAKFAST MEAL
COMMON BREAKFAST MEAL IN WEST VIRGINIA IS SALT FISH (WHICH ARE FRESH
WATER FISH KEPT IN SALT WATER) AND TOMATOES WITH BISCUITS WITH
CREAM GRAVY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; STERLING
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Morning mealsBreakfast |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
PREVENTION OF LIGHTENING
IN RABKA, A POPULAR RESORT IN THE TATRA MOUNTAINS OF POLAND, MY
GRANDMOTHER RECALLS THAT IT WAS THE PRACTICE OF THE PEOPLE TO
RING THE BELLS IN THE CHURCH TOWER WHENEVER A THUNDER STORM
CAME. THE BELLS WOULD BE RUNG ALL THROUGH THE STORM SO THAT
LIGHTENING WOULD NOT STRIKE IN THE AREA, AND LIGHTENING HAS NEVER
BEEN KNOWN TO STRIKE WHEN THIS PRACTICE WAS DONE.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER REMEMBERS THIS FROM THE TIMES SHE VACATIONED IN
RABKA, POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 10-22-1967
THE BELLS OF GLEN LEE
THE INFORMANT WENT TO LONDON WITH THE LAIRD'S FAMILY WHILE HER
FAMILY STAYED BEHIND AT GLEN LEE, THE COUNTRY ESTATE, AS CARE-
TAKERS. THEY SLEPT IN THE SERVANTS' QUARTERS ABOVE THE KITCHEN
WHERE THE BELLS WERE TO CALL THE SERVANTS. THERE WAS NO ONE ELSE
IN THE HOUSE, BUT SEVERAL TIMES THEY HEARD THE BELLS RING. THE
INFORMANT'S FATHER ATTEMPTED TO DISCOVER A CAUSE, BUT WAS UNABLE
TO DO SO. THIS WAS ABOUT 1917. GLEN LEE IS IN NEW GALLOWI,
KIRKCUDBRIGHTSHIRE IN SCOTLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
NOT GIVEN
A FRIEND OF MINE FROM LENNON, MICHIGAN, CLAIMS THAT THE TOWN IS
SO SMALL THAT BOTH CITY LIMIT SIGNS ARE ON THE SAME POST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; LENNON
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GHOST SUPERSTITION
SHE TOLD ME THAT WHEN YOU WALK THROUGH A FOREST YOU SHOULD HOLD
A PIECE OF BREAD IN YOUR HAND IN ORDER TO SCARE AWAY ALL THE GHOSTS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON
Keyword(s): BREAD ; Forest ; GHOST ; Protect ; Scare ; SUPERSTITION ; Ward Off
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-21-1969
BELIEF
THE PEOPLE OF LIBYA BELIEVE THE WHITE SPIRIT APPEARS AT NIGHT IN
SOME FORM OF LIGHT, SO WHENEVER THEY SEE ANY LIGHT AT NIGHT
THEY SHUDDER IN FEAR OF THE WHITE SPIRIT.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON
Keyword(s): COLOR ; GHOST ; Haunt ; Libya ; Libyan ; MYSTERIOUS LIGHT ; SPIRIT ; White
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 11-29-1969
WEATHER BELIEF
YOU CAN TELL IF IT'S GOING TO BE A HARSH WINTER BY THE THICKNESS OF
THE COLORED BANDS ON THE WOOLY BEAR CATERPILLAR. IF THE BANDS ARE
THICK IT WILL BE A WINTER WITH A LOT OF SNOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 10-03-1972
Jump Rope Rhyme
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLA
WENT UPSTAIRS TO KISS A FELLA
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE GET?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; STERLING
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
JUMP ROPE
JOHNNY LIES OVER THE OCEAN
JOHNNY LIES OVER THE SEA
JOHNNY BROKE THE SUGAR BOWL
AND BLAMED IT ON ME
JOHNNY GOT A LICKIN HA, HA, HA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; STERLING
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
PIANO MOUNTAIN, SHRUB OAK, NEW YORK
THE STORY BEHIND THE NAMING OF PIANO MOUNTAIN GOES SOMETHING LIKE
THIS: ONCE THERE WAS A MAN WHO OWNED A MOUNTAIN AND BESIDES
OWNING THIS MOUNTAIN, HE ALSO HAD A DAUGHTER WHO WANTED TO OWN
A PIANO. SINCE THE MAN HAD NO PIANO, HE HAD TO FIND SOMEONE WHO
DID. THE ONLY PERSON THAT HAD A PIANO WAS A FARMER. SO FOR THE
PIANO, THE MAN TRADED THE MOUNTAIN, AND SO TODAY IT IS KNOWN AS
PIANO MOUNTAIN.
Submitter comment: PATRICK LEARNED THIS WHILE LIVING AT SHRUB OAK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 10-12-1967
FOLK CURE AND REMEDY
TAKE BABKA BREAD, WASH IT AND PUT IT ON A BOIL. THIS HELPS DRAW
OUT THE PUS.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT FIRST OF THIS FOLK REMEDY AROUND 1910 IN POLAND.
BABKA BREAD WAS ORIGINALLY A POLISH STAPLE FOOD. BREAD SEEMS TO
REAPPEAR AS AN INGREDIENT IN HOME REMEDIES INVOLVED IN QUICK HEALING
OF SORES AND BOILS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-00-1980 ; CA00001910