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WHAT TIME IS IT?
WHAT TIME IS IT? TIME TO GET A NEW WATCH. THIS REBUKE CAME
FROM MAUREEN'S HIGH SCHOOL DAYS AT MERCY
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ASKING TIME OF DAY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
WHAT TIME IS IT?
WHAT TIME IS IT? HALF-PAST KISSIN' TIME, TIME TO KISS AGAIN
MAUREEN'S GRANDFATHER JOE LANNEN AN 87 YEAR OLD WIDOWER WAS HER
INFORMANT. HE IS OF IRISH DESCENT AND RESIDES AT 14545 WOODMONT
IN DETROIT
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ASKING TIME OF DAY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
SHELL-OUT FALTER {PUN ON FALL-OUT-SHELTER}
A MAN WHO DIDN'T PAY HIS CHECK SUFFERED FROM SHELL-OUT FALTER
USED IN POST WWII DAYS {BY} MAUREEN'S PARENTS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SPOONERISM
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
HEADS OF SAWDUST AND PUTTY
YOUR HEADS ARE FILLED WITH SAWDUST AND PUTTY. (REFERRING
TO DULL STUDENTS. MAUREEN'S INFORMANT WAS HER 7TH GRADE TEACHER
ELLA ROY OF GERMAN DESCENT
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INSULT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
WHAT TIME IS IT? 2 HAIRS PAST A FRECKLE EASTERN ELBOW TIME.
SAID WHILE LOOKING AT YOUR ARM WHEN YOU DON'T WEAR A WATCH
THIS PIECE CAME FROM MAUREEN'S HIGH SCHOOL DAYS AT MERCY
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
NEVER HIT A WOMAN
NEVER HIT A WOMAN WITH A CHILD, USE A BRICK. NEIL'S INFORMANT WAS
HELEN OF OAK PARK. SHE WORKED WITH NEIL AT KRESGE'S IN 1971. HELEN
COMES FROM A HUNGARIAN BACKGROUND.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-07-1972
I'M GOING TO THE $2.00 WINDOW REFERS TO GOING TO THE BATHROOM
MAUREEN'S INFORMANT WAS A FRIEND'S GRANDFATHER JOSEPH CUMMINS
OF GERMAN AND SCOTCH DESCENT LIVING IN DETROIT
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
ALL WORK AND NO PLAY
ALL WORK AND NO PLAY MAKES JACK.
JACK MEANS MONEY.
MAUREEN'S INFORMANT'S WERE HER PARENTS
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
CORNA
CORNA OR BULL'S HORN ARE THE BEST GOOD LUCK CHARM YOU CAN HAVE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
CORNETTO
CORNETTO IS A BULL'S HORN PLUS A CROSS AND BRINGS YOU DOUBLE LUCK.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Circle and other round forms BELIEF -- Good luck P881.1 |
Date learned: 03-13-1975
CORNETTO GESTURE
YOUR MIDDLE AND FOREFINGER POINTED AT A PERSON WITH THE EVIL EYE
WILL THROW THE BAD LUCK BACK ON THEM.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 03-13-1975
NUMBERS
IN ITALY, 13 IS A LUCKY NUMBER AND 11 IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Number P686.1.11 BELIEF -- Good luck P881.5 BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.5 |
Date learned: 03-13-1975
BULL'S HORN
KEEP A SMALL PLASTIC BULL'S HORN IN YOUR CAR AND YOU WILL NEVER
HAVE AN ACCIDENT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Circle and other round forms BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-13-1975
DREAMS
DREAMING OF SNAKES OR EGGS IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams Food and liquids BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about animals BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 03-13-1975
DREAMS OF CHILDREN
IF YOU DREAM OF A YOUNG CHILD, SOMEONE YOU KNOW WILL DIE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-13-1975
SNAKES
IF YOU SEE A SNAKE OR DREAM ABOUT ONE, SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSSIBLE GOSSIP, BACKBITING
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about animals |
Date learned: 03-13-1975
WHISTLE IN YOUR EAR
IF YOU HEAR A WHISTLE IN YOUR EAR, SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
IF YOU SAY THE ALPHABET UNTIL IT STOPS,
THE LETTER IT STOPS ON (WILL BE)
THE FIRST INITIAL OF THE NAME OF THE PERSON TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSSIBLE GOSSIP, BACKBITING
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 03-13-1975
EVIL EYE
THE EVIL EYE IS KNOWN AS MAL OCCULO IN ITALY
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 03-13-1975
SIGHTS AS SIGNS
IF YOU SEE NUNS IT IS BAD LUCK. SEEING A FUNERAL IS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck P881.44 BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.2 |
Date learned: 03-13-1975
EVIL EYE
YOUNG WOMEN ARE THE MOST LIKELY TO HAVE THE EVIL EYE BECAUSE
THEY ARE SLY AND VICIOUS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 03-13-1975