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IT IS NOT THIS CANDLE ALONE I STICK
BUT MY LOVE'S HEART I MEAN TO PRICK
IF (INSERT ANY NAME) BE ASLEEP OR AWAKE
I'LL HAVE (INSERT ANY NAME) COME TO ME AND SPEAK.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS DONE TO BRING YOUR LOVER TO YOU. YOU SAY THIS
WHILE STICKING PINS INTO A CANDLE.
INFORMANT SAW THIS IN A MAGAZINE AND WROTE IT
DOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
KEEP YOUR SKIRTTAIL DOWN AND YOUR UNDERWEAR UP.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT TOLD ME THAT HER MOTHER USED TO GIVE HER THIS ADVICE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- B545 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
NEVER GIVE YOUR LOVE A WATCH
IT WILL TICK YOUR LOVE AWAY.
NEVER BUY YOUR LOVE SHOES
YOUR LOVE WILL WALK OUT OF YOUR LIFE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT TOLD ME THAT SHE FOLLOWS THIS ADVICE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 02-00-1982
RUGBY PARTY FESTIVITIES
AFTER HEAVY "BETTING" BT VETERANS FROM BOTH TEAMS, FOUR ROOKIES ARE
TRICKED INTO THIS FARCE. THE ROOKIES ARE CONVINCED THAT THIS IS
VERY IMPORTANT FOR TEAM PRIDE. THEY ARE TOLD THAT THE BIGGEST ONE
OF THEM IS TO PICK UP THE OTHER THREE. THE OTHER THREE ARE TIED
TOGETHER. EACH TEAM TRIES TO LIFT THE PLAYERS FASTER THAN THE
OTHER TEAM. WHEN THE CROWD IS AT A FEVER PITCH, THE COUNT OF
1, 2, 3 LIFT IS SHOUTED. AT THE WORD "LIFT" EVERYBODY AT THE PARTY
THROWS THEIR BEER ON THE UNSUSPECTING ROOKIES.
Submitter comment: THIS USUALLY BRINGS THE HOUSE DOWN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
RUGBY PARTY GAMES
EQUIPMENT: TWO GROCERY CARTS, TWO POOL CUES, ONE BARROOM
OBJECT:
ONE MAN IS PLACED IN EACH CART, AND ANOTHER PUSHES THE CART.
THE PLAYERS TRY TO BEAT EACH OTHER INTO SUBMISSION BY
RUSHING AT EACH OTHER AND POKING EACH OTHER WITH THE POOL
CUES.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A VERY DANGEROUS GAME, AND IS USUALLY PLAYED BY THE DUMBER
MEN ON THE SQUAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 03-00-1982
WHEN MY GRANDFATHER WANTED THE HIGHEST CARD IN A CUT,
HE WOULD KNOCK ON THE DECK OF CARDS THREE TIMES.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CARDS ; CUSTOM ; Cut ; GAMES ; Knock ; LUCK ; NUMBER ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Good luck P881.22 |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
MY GRANDFATHER, BEFORE GETTING INTO HIS CAR, WOULD
MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE ; BELIEF ; BLESSING ; Car ; Cross ; CUSTOM ; RELIGION ; SUPERSTITION
Date learned: 10-23-1970
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ONE NIGHT, A MAN WAS DRIVING IN THE ELMWOOD CEMETERY. SUDDENLY,
A LADY WALKED OUT OF NOWHERE, SHE WAS DRESSED IN A FLOWING
WHITE GOWN. THE MAN ASKED HER WHAT SHE WAS DOING IN
A "NICE PLACE LIKE THIS." SHE SAID SHE WAS LOOKING FOR A RIDE
HOME. THE MAN OBLIGED. THEY INSTANTLY WERE ATTRACTED TO EACH
OTHER. THE MAN, UPON ARRIVING AT HER HOUSE, ASKED IF HE
COULD TAKE HER OUT THE NEXT NIGHT. SHE AGREED.
WHEN THE MAN ARRIVED AN OLD WOMAN ANSWERED THE DOOR. SHE TOLD
HIM THAT THE GIRL HE SAW THE PREVIOUS EVENING DIED TEN
YEARS AGO. THE MAN WENT INTO SHOCK AND IS NOW A RESIDENT
AT NORTHVILLE.
Submitter comment:
I MET THIS GIRL (THE INFORMANT) AS SHE WAS PEERING OVER MY
SHOULDER READING MY ITEM #16. SHE IMMEDIATELY TOLD ME HER TALE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ENGINEERING BUILDING
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
SIGN TO BE LEFT IN ANGER
THANKS FOR TAKING TWO PARKING SPACES. I HAD TO PARK
IN THE NEXT BLOCK, YOU SELFISH, IDIOTIC MORON!!
YOU HAVE VIOLATED SECTION 368 D.A.M.I.T.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ACRONYM ; ANGER ; Note ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PUN ; SIGN
James Callow Keyword(s): ABBREVIATION ; IRONY
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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HAIR CUTTING
THERE IS A BELIEF THAT THE MORE YOU CUT YOUR HAIR
THE FASTER IT WILL GROW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BALDNESS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
LUCK WITH 13
TO VILLAGERS IN A PROVINCE NEAR ROME, ITALY
THE NUMBER 13 IS A GOOD LUCK SIGN.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS SUCH AN OPPOSITE USE OF 13 FROM THE USUAL
THAT I THOUGHT THIS WORTH RECORDING.
THE INFORMANT, WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG, RECEIVED A GOOD LUCK
MEDAL WITH THE NUMBER 13 ON IT FROM HER
ITALIAN GRANDMOTHER WHO SAID 13 WAS A LUCKY NUMBER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; TOLD IN ; CLASS
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 04-01-1970
IF YOU CUT YOUR HAIR ON YOUR BIRTHDAY, IT WILL BE A BAD YEAR.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Date learned: 03-19-1971
THERE IS A HUNGARIAN WORD FOR THE BOOGIE-MAN. IT IS CUCKOO-
BETCHA. IT MEANS CRAZYMAN OR EVILMAN. IT USED TO SCARE ME
A LOT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed SPEECH -- Proper Name |
LIMPING
IN KENTUCKY THERE ARE SEVERAL OLDER PEOPLE WHO LIMP.
THERE ARE NO KNOWN MEDICAL FACTS FOR THIS SO PEOPLE OF THAT
MOUNTAINOUS STATE EXPLAIN BY SAYING IT IS FROM WALKING UP
AND DOWN HILLS ALL THEIR LIVES.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD IN KENTUCKY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SUN BELIEF
A TOTAL ECLIPSE OF THE SUN WASHES THE WORLD FREE OF SIN.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
THINGS GROW WITH THE MOON
IF A PERSON CUTS THEIR HAIR WHEN THERE IS A FULL MOON, IT WILL
GROW WITH THE MOON. IF YOU CUT YOUR HAIR WHEN THERE IS
A FULL MOON, IT WILL GROW SLOWLY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
STAR BELIEF
IF YOU WISH ON A FALLING STAR, YOUR WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 870 BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Prayer |
MOON BELIEF
IF YOU SHOW YOUR MONEY TO A NEW MOON, YOU WILL RECEIVE MORE MONEY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): MULTIPLICATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 10-27-1970
OMEN
WHENEVER THERE IS A FULL MOON, THERE ARE MANY MORE CAR
ACCIDENTS.
Submitter comment:
RICH'S MOTHER WORKS IN THE CLAIMS DEPARTMENT AT A CAR RENTAL
AGENCY. EVERYTIME THAT THERE IS A FULL MOON SHE TELLS ABOUT THE
KIND OF MOOD ONE OF HER FRIENDS WILL BE IN THE NEXT DAY;
'WELL DORIS WILL BE COMPLAINING TOMORROW BECAUSE OF ALL THE
ACCIDENTS.'
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |