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CUSTOM
JAPANESE CUSTOM OF GREETING IS THE BOW. THE BOW IS NOT ONLY
A PHYSICAL ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF GREETING, BUT ALSO THE
EXPRESSION OF VARYING DEGREES OF EMOTIONS. ONE BOWS
DIFFERENTLY TO PARENTS, FRIENDS, SERVANTS, OLDER SIBLINGS,
ETC. THE DIFFERENCE BEING THE DEPTH OF THE BOW, WHETHER
A NOD OF THE HEAD, TO THE WAIST, OR TO THE FLOOR. FOR
EXAMPLE, THE CHILD'S GOOD MORNING SALUTATION IS NOT JUST
THE VERBAL ONE OF "OHAYO GOZAIMASU" BUT ACCOMPANIED BY A
FORMAL BOW, WHICH MEANS KNEELING (BOTH FEET) ON THE FLOOR
WITH HEAD TOUCHING ONE'S HANDS WHICH ARE LAID PALMS DOWN
ON THE FLOOR AT BENDED KNEES.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THE ABOVE WHILE GROWING UP IN JAPAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; JAPAN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Body parts involved SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.1 SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.3 SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations SPEECH -- Respect |
Date learned: 08-01-1964
IF YOU SLEEP WITH YOUR HEAD POINTED TO NORTH, A DEAD SPIRIT
COMES SO YOU MUST POINT IT TO SOUTH.
Where learned: JAPAN ; HIROSHIMA
James Callow Keyword(s): DIRECTIONS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: 10-02-1977
IF YOU MEET A DEAD PERSON IN YOUR DREAM, YOU MUST NEVER
ANSWER HIM IF YOU WERE ASKED SOMETHING. IN THE CASE
YOU ANSWER HIM, YOU WILL BE TAKEN TO THE COUNTRY OF THE
DEAD AND CAN NEVER COME BACK.
Where learned: JAPAN ; HIROSHIMA
| Subject headings: | 841 Dreams about the dead and sick BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about the dead and sick |
Date learned: 10-02-1977
THE BEST DAY FOR WEDDING:
DO WEDDING CEREMONY ON THE DAY OF "TAIAN" AND DO NOT HOLD
IT ON THE DAY OF "BUTSUMETSU."
"TAIAN"---THE DAY OF BUDDHA WAS BORN.
"BUTSUMETSU"---THE DAY OF BUDDHA DIED.
Where learned: JAPAN ; HIROSHIMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Gods BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of quality |
Date learned: 10-02-1977
A MORNING SPIDER BRINGS HAPPINESS SO KEEP IT ALIVE, BUT
AS A NIGHT SPIDER BRINGS UNHAPPINESS YOU MUST KILL IT.
Where learned: JAPAN ; HIROSHIMA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 10-02-1977
RIDDLE
Q: WHAT IS IT THAT SOMETIMES APPEARS WHEN EVERYTHING DISAPPEARS?
A: A (SOLD OUT) NOTICE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LIVES IN JAPAN AND (HE) LEARNED ABOVE FROM HIS CHILDREN.
Keyword(s): COMMUNICATIONS AND RELATED MATTER (A) ; STATE OF BEING (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 07-28-1964
RIDDLE
Q: WHAT IS IT THAT IS HARD WHEN IT ENTERS A BATH,
BUT IMMEDIATELY BECOMES SOFT?
A: INSTANT JAPANESE NOODLES.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LIVES IN JAPAN AND (HE) LEARNED ABOVE FROM HIS CHILDREN.
Keyword(s): ANTITHETICAL ; EATABLES AND DRINKS (A) ; STATE OF BEING (Q)
James Callow Keyword(s): PRETENDED OBSCENE?
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 07-28-1964
GESTURE
IN PARTING, WHEN A JAPANESE WAVES GOODBYE, HE USUALLY HOLDS THE ARM
ALOFT, WAVING THE HAND UP AND DOWN WITH THE PALM DOWNWARD. THIS SAME
MOTION OF THE HAND AND FINGERS WITH THE ARM OUTSTRETCHED HORIZONTALLY
USUALLY SIGNIFIES, "COME HERE". (IN THE WEST ONE BECKONS WITH ONE
FINGER, THE INDEX FINGER, WITH THE PALMS UPWARD).
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LIVES IN TOKYO, JAPAN.
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 07-20-1964
PROVERB
FALLING DROPS OF WATER WEAR AWAY A STONE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LIVES IN JAPAN.
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-28-1964
IT IS SAID THAT ON THE DAY OF AUGUST 7th WHEN ATOMIC BOMB
WAS DROPPED IN HIROSHIMA, ALL SPIRITS OF THE DEAD BY BOMB
COME BACK TO THIS PLACE. IN ORDER FOR THESE SPIRITS TO
FIND THE WAY TO GO TO HEAVEN, PEOPLE FLOAT DEDICATORY
LANTERNS WITH EACH DEAD PERSON'S NAME ON IT ON THE WATER.
THIS CUSTOM IS ALSO HELD AT THE END OF THE BON SEASON FOR
THE ANCESTORS.
Where learned: JAPAN ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; HIROSHIMA CITY
Date learned: 09-20-1977
CURE FOR CHRONIC LIVER SICKNESS:
PUT THE ROOTS OF CHRYSANTHEMUM INTO THE POT AND BOIL ON
LOW TEMPERATURE. IF YOU DRINK IT CONTINUOUSLY, THE CHRONIC
LIVER SICKNESS WILL BE RECOVERED. THIS HAS BEEN PRACTICED
BY MANY PEOPLE IN JAPAN AND MOST OF THEM WHO COULD NOT
GET WELL BY CHEMICS RECOVERED.
Where learned: JAPAN ; TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-25-1977
COUNTING OUT
EENIE MEENIE, MINIE, MO,
CATCH A DONKEY BY THE TOE,
IF HE HOLLERS, LET HIM GO,
OUT GOES Y-O-U.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
COUNTING OUT
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, THREE POTATO, FOUR,
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO, SEVEN POTATO, OR.
PROCEDURE: ONE PERSON DOES THE HAND HITTING. EACH
PLAYER PUTS BOTH HANDS IN FRONT OF HIM AND THE HAND
HITTER STARTS WITH THE PERSON ON HIS RIGHT, HITTING ONE
HAND FOR EACH COUNT. IF HE HITS ONE OF YOUR HANDS ON
"OR" THAT HAND IS PUT BEHIND YOUR BACK AND THE HITTER
BEGINS AGAIN WITH THE NEXT HAND. THE LAST PERSON TO
HAVE A HAND LEFT IN, IS "IT" FOR WHATEVER GAME THEY
PLAN TO PLAY.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
IN THE JAIL THEY GIVE YOU COFFEE,
IN THE JAIL THEY GIVE YOU TEA.
IN THE JAIL THEY GIVE YOU ANYTHING,
BUT THE "DOGGONE KEY"!
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Chimney corner wisdom, advice, humorous fortune |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
DON'T KISS HIM ON THE MOUNTAIN TOP,
DON'T KISS HIM ON THE LEVEL,
BUT WHEN YOU GET HIM IN THE DARK,
KISS HIM LIKE THE DEVIL.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Chimney corner wisdom, advice, humorous fortune |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
TRUE FRIENDS ARE LIKE DIAMONDS,
PRECIOUS AND RARE.
FALSE ONES LIKE AUTUMN LEAVES,
FOUND EVERYWHERE.
MAY YOU ALWAYS BE A DIAMOND,
A WILLING WORKER, AND A GOOD GIRL.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Exhortatory or homiletic, "to be a good girl" |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
THE PEOPLE ENDED THE GOLDEN SHIP
THE PEOPLE ENDED THE SILVER SHIP
THE PEOPLE ENDED THE RUBY SHIP
BUT DON'T LET THEM END OUR FRIENDSHIP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Friendship |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
WHEN YOU GROW UP AND GET OUT OF SHAPE,
REMEMBER THAT GIRDLES ARE $2.98.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
WHEN YOU GROW UP, AND THINK YOU'RE SWEET,
TAKE OFF YOUR SHOES AND SMELL YOUR FEET!!!
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
APPRECIATION OF FRIENDS
IT IS EVIDENT THROUGHOUT OUR LIVES,
HOW SWEET AND SOUR OUR LIVES CAN BE.
BUT IF WE COULD LOVE AS WELL AS WE HATE,
WHAT FEW TROUBLES WOULD BE LEFT TO SEE.
FOR JOYS WOULD RESULT WITH NO SORROWS FELT,
THUS LEAVING OUR HEARTS SO EASY TO MELT.
Keyword(s): ADVICE ; ASSONANCE ; CONTRAST ; FREE VERSE ; HATE ; INFORMATIVE ; LOVE ; METAPHOR ; RHYME: ABCBEE ; SERIOUSNESS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
Date learned: 00-00-1959