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ARABIAN MAXIM: TRANSLATION
IF YOU TRY TO MOVE TOO FAST, YOU WILL HAVE TROUBLE. IT
IS BETTER TO MOVE SLOWLY AND BE SAFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
Keyword(s): ADVICE ; CHIASMUS? ; SPEED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
A JEWISH FUNERAL CUSTOM: UPON THE DEATH OF A PERSON, A
FRIEND WILL PLACE 3 PENNIES IN THE PERSON'S RIGHT
POCKET WHILE IN THE CASKET (OR NEXT TO THE DEAD
PERSON'S RIGHT SIDE). THIS ASSURES
THE DEAD PERSON FARE WHEN HE GETS TO HEAVEN'S
GATES AND HE'LL HAVE NO PROBLEM GETTING IN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-02-1972
IN SMALL TOWNS IN IRELAND EACH FAMILY HAS THEIR
PARTICULAR KNITTING STITCH FOR THEIR SWEATERS.
WHEN THEIR HUSBAND S GO OUT TO SEA, THEY WEAR
THESE SWEATERS, SO THAT UPON THEIR DEATH, THE SWEATER
CAN BE RETURNED AND THE FAMILY IN THE TOWN WHOSE
STITCH THAT BELONGS, WILL KNOW WHO WAS KILLED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-26-1972
ORTHODOX JEWS WILL DRILL HOLES IN A BURIAL CASKET
AND ALSO USE WOODEN PEGS INSTEAD OF METAL SCREWS, SO
THAT THE PERSON AND THE ENCASEMENT WILL TURN TO
DUST MUCH MORE QUICKLY. THIS IS SO, BECAUSE THEY
WANT TO RUSH THE PROCESS. "YOU WERE BORN FROM DUST
AND DUST YOU SHALL RETURN."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-05-1972
HANG GARLIC OVER THE DOOR TO KEEP THE VAMPIRE OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 03-10-1971
ANECDOTE
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULDN'T WATCH
T.V. IN THEIR UNDERWEAR.
Submitter comment: SHE HEARD IT SOMEWHERE AND GAVE IT TO ME AS A VARIANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
James Callow Keyword(s): PEOPLE......SHOULDN'T THROW STONES.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
POLITICAL COMMENT
SOME C.I.A. PEOPLE WRITE TYPICAL BOURGOISE ANECDOTES.
Submitter comment: SEEN IN A PHONE BOOTH IN UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT STUDENT UNION.
Data entry tech comment: C.I.A.= CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY--VERY UNPOPULAR DURING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 04-10-1967
POLITICAL COMMENT
END L.B.J.'S WAR OF OPPRESSION AGAINST VIET NAM!
(FOOTNOTE) SOME PEOPLE USE "OPPRESSION" LIKE THIS TO
COVER UP THEIR INHERENT COWARDICE.
Submitter comment: SEEN IN A PHONE BOOTH IN THE STUDENT UNION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 04-10-1967
PHILOSOPHICAL WISH
WHAT IF THEY GAVE A WAR AND NOBODY CAME.
Submitter comment:
SEEN IN A PHONE BOOTH IN UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT STUDENT
UNION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 04-10-1967
IRISH FOLK TALE
ONE EVENING A MOTHER AND HER CHILDREN WERE COMING HOME
FROM THE STORE. THEY WERE ALMOST HOME WHEN THEY SAW
A NEIGHBOR'S CHILD RUN ACROSS THE STREET. THIS
FRIGHTENED THEM BECAUSE THE CHILD WAS VERY YOUNG--TOO
YOUNG TO BE WALKING AND TOO YOUNG TO BE OUT SO LATE
AT NIGHT. ON ARRIVING HOME, THEY HEARD FROM ONE OF
THE MEN OF THE VILLAGE THAT THIS PARTICULAR CHILD
THAT THEY HAD SEEN RUNNING ACROSS THE ROAD HAD DIED
AT THE EXACT TIME THAT THEY HAD SEEN HIM IN THE ROAD.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT HEARD THIS TALE JUST A SHORT TIME AGO
FROM A GIRL AT WORK, AN IRISH GIRL WHO HAS JUST
BECOME A NATURALIZED CITIZEN. THE GIRL SAYS THE
STORY IS TRUE. SHE HEARD IT FROM A JOHN ROARTY OF
LETTERHENNY, IRELAND, COUNTY DONIGAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Tale |
Date learned: 01-10-1964
THE GREATEST COOK
SPANISH: GRAN COCINERA ES EL HAMBRE.
TRANSLATION: THE GREATEST COOK IS HUNGER.
OR, HUNGER IS THE GREATEST COOK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
Keyword(s): PERSONIFICATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-31-1970
PROVERB
FRIENDSHIP IS LIKE A SHADOW, IT STAYS WITH YOU IN THE SUN, BUT ONCE
IT GETS DARK, IT'S NO LONGER WITH YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-30-1967
PROVERB
FIRST COME, THE BETTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | -- |
ARABIAN SAYING
HE IS LIKE A RICE PADDY, UNDER THE MUD IS WATER.
Submitter comment:
COMPARING A PERSON WITH A FALSE FACADE TO A RICE PADDY, WHICH HAS A
COVERING OF MUD AND SILT OVER THE WATER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
Keyword(s): DISSEMBLER HYPOCRITE DECEIVER PRETENDER IMPOSTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
CHILD'S SUPERSTITIOUS SAYING
TOUCH BLACK NO TRADES BACK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AS A CHILD IN DETROIT
Where learned: STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Date learned: 04-04-1967
WISHING
WHEN YOU HAVE AN APPLE WITH A STEM IN IT,
T0IST THE STEM AND &-R EACH C-MPLETE TURN C-UNT
UNTIL THE STEM C-MES -UT. THE LAST NUMBER Y-U
SAY IS THE AMOUNT OF WISHES YOU CAN MAKE.
VARIATIONS OF THIS IS THAT THE LAST NUMBER
THAT Y-U SAY IS H-0 MANY CHILDREN Y-U ARE G-ING
TO HAVE OR HOW MANY WIVES OR HUSBANDS YOU WILL HAVE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-05-1971
BIRTH BELIEF
A PREGNANT WOMAN WHO IS CARRYING A NOT SO ACTIVE CHILD IS SAID
TO BE CARRYING A GIRL.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO INFORMANT BY HER PARENTS, WHO ACTUALLY BELIEVE THIS
FROM PAST EXPERIENCES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-10-1971
BIRTH BELIEF
IF A WOMAN CARRIES A BABY IN HER HIP, IT'S A GIRL.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A BELIEF THAT WAS TOLD INFORMANT BY HER GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION ; SEX DETERMINATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-20-1971
BIRTH
A PREGNANT WOMAN WHO IS CARRYING AN ACTIVE CHILD IS USUALLY
CARRYING A BOY.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO THE INFORMANT BY HER MOTHER, WHO ACTUALLY
BELIEVES THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC ; PASSIVE GIRLS?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-20-1971
Polish Wedding Custom - Song
At the end of the reception, everyone sings:
Twelve angels carrying
God's blessing from above
Twelve angels carrying
Twelve angels carrying
God's blessing from above.
This is the refrain. After all the verses, the last one is:
My dearest mother
I'm leaving you today
To live with my man
To live with my man
On this my wedding day.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION ; told at work
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Marriage |