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COMMON LAW
ALL'S FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Common law |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
YOU'VE GOT A KIND FACE, PAUL!
THE KIND YOU HANG ON A WALL AND THROW MUD AT!
Submitter comment: CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE I HEARD IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
IF YOU HAD HALF A BRAIN, YOU'D BE DANGEROUS!
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM A FRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
I'LL BE DAMNED!
Submitter comment: I HEAR IT ALL THE TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
COFFEE
YOU NEVER TOOK THE COFFEE POT OFF THE STOVE. YOU HAD
A BIG BLUE AND WHITE GRANITE POT, MAYBE TEN GALLONS,
WITH A SPOUT. THE TREND WAS THAT YOU ALWAYS HAD COFFEE
ON THE STOVE FOR GUESTS.
ALSO YOU WOULD BREAK A WHOLE EGG, WHICH MADE THE
GROUNDS COAGULATE INTO THE POT; MAYBE AS MANY AS
THREE EGGS INTO A BIG POT.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER AS A GIRL IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home Food Drink -- Non-alcoholic fruit beverage Coffee |
Date learned: 05-10-1965
PARLORS
IN MAMA'S HOUSE AND ALL OLD GERMAN AND IRISH HOMES IN
OLD CORK TOWN (DETROIT, MICHIGAN SECTION) FORTY OR
FIFTY YEARS AGO, YOU WOULD NEVER THINK OF RINGING
SOMEONE'S FRONT DOORBELL. YOU AUTOMATICALLY WENT
TO THE SIDE OR BACK DOOR. SUNDAY WAS THE ONLY DAY
YOU WENT TO THE FRONT DOOR AND RANG THE BELL.
YOU COVERED YOUR FURNITURE WITH SHEETS AND NO ONE WOULD
SIT IN THERE EXCEPT SUNDAYS, PARLOR DAY. IT WAS WHAT
MAMA CALLED "VERBOTEN" (FORBIDDEN) TO GO IN THERE.
Submitter comment:
GERMAN FOR FORBIDDEN
FAMILY TRADITION AS A GIRL IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 05-10-1965
ON THEIR BIRTHDAY, PEOPLE GET A SPANKING; ONE
SPANK FOR EACH YEAR THEY HAVE BEEN ALIVE AND THEN
A PINCH TO GROW AN INCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 05-12-1965
THE GOOD FAIRY
WHEN YOU LOSE A TOOTH, PLACE IT UNDERNEATH YOUR PILLOW
AND BY MORNING THE GOOD FAIRY WILL HAVE REPLACED IT
WITH A DIME.
Submitter comment:
I LEARNED THIS FROM MY PARENTS WHEN I WAS FIVE YEARS
OLD IN 1948 IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 05-12-1965
AT GRAVESIDE DURING A FUNERAL, THE MOURNERS TAKE A
HANDFUL OF DIRT AND A FLOWER, AND THROW IT ON THE
COFFIN AFTER IT IS LOWERED INTO THE GRAVE. THIS IS
A POLISH CUSTOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-25-1970
IN THE NEW ORLEANS AREA IT USED TO BE VERY COMMON TO
OBTAIN YOUR CHANGE FROM A PURCHASE IN HALVES, QUARTERS
AND NICKELS. IF YOU GAVE SOME ONE A DIME IN A
TRANSACTION, IT WAS IMMEDIATELY TAKEN OUT OF CIRCULATION.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS OBSERVED BY ME IN 1957. NOBODY SEEMED TO KNOW
WHY THIS HAPPENED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of quality Monetary system Money Wealth |
Date learned: 10-02-1968
THERE IS SAFETY IN SLOWNESS, AND REGRET IN RUSH.
Submitter comment:
THE PROVERB MEANS THAT A PERSON SHOULD NOT RUSH, OR HE WILL BE SORRY
MY INFORMANT LEARNED THE PROVERBS IN THE 1960S.
I LEARNED THE ITEMS FROM MY INFORMANT IN 1982.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1982
THE WOMAN WHO SHAKES A CRIB WITH HER RIGHT HAND, SHAKES THE WORLD
WITH HER LEFT.
Submitter comment:
THE PROVERB MEANS THAT IT IS THE ABILITY OF A WOMAN TO GIVE BIRTH
THAT AFFECTS THE WORLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): INFLUENCE ; POWER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1982
THE PERSON WHO DIGS A HOLE FOR HIS BROTHER, FALLS IN IT.
Submitter comment:
THE PROVERB MEANS THAT A PERSON WHO WISHES HARM FOR HIS BROTHER,
RECIEVES THE HARM HIMSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): RETRIBUTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1982
DO NOT SPREAD YOU SEED MORE THAN YOUR BAG ALLOWS.
Submitter comment: THIS PROVERB MEANS THAT A PERSON SHOULD NOT OVER-EXERT HIMSELF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1982
THE WIND ALWAYS BLOWS AGAINST THE WISH OF THE SAILOR.
Submitter comment:
THIS PROVERB MEANS THAT A SAILOR SHOULD NOT WISH FOR GOOD LUCK.
INSTEAD, HE SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR BAD WEATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1982
THE CROWN OF THE PERSON IS MODESTY.
Submitter comment:
THIS PROVERB MEANS THAT A MODEST PERSON IS LIKE A KING. THE
MODEST PERSON IS TRULY GREAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1982
ONE STEP IS SAFER THAN THE STAIRS.
Submitter comment:
THIS PROVERB MEANS THAT BEING CAREFUL ABOUT HOW YOU GET
SOMEWHERE, IS MORE IMPORTANT THAN WHEN YOU GET THERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1982
A PERSON WHO BUYS WHAT HE DOES NOT NEED, SELLS WHAT HE NEEDS.
Submitter comment:
THIS PROVERB MEANS THAT A PERSON SHOULD NOT BUY USELESS ITEMS, OR
ELSE HE WILL NOT HAVE ENOUGH MONEY TO BUY WHAT HE TRULY NEEDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1982
THE LONGER YOU LIVE THE MORE YOU SEE WHAT YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN.
Submitter comment:
THIS PROVERB MEANS THAT AS A PERSON GETS OLDER, HE BEGINS TO
UNDERSTAND CONCEPTS THAT PREVIOUSLY HE COULD NOT UNDERSTAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1982
INFORMATION REGARDING A CHALDEAN CUSTOM
IT IS A CUSTOM OF CHALDEANS TO HIRE PEOPLE TO CRY FOR THEIR DEAD
AT A FUNERAL.
THE MORE PEOPLE THEY HIRE, THE MORE LOVE THEY SHOW FOR THEIR DEAD.
Submitter comment: RAY HEARD THIS FROM CHALDEANS LIVING IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001970S