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OUR FAMILY DOCTOR HAS A LARGE BIRTH MARK ON THE SIDE OF HIS FACE.
IT WAS SAID THAT WHILE HIS MOTHER WAS PREGNANT WITH HIM THERE
WAS A FIRE AND HIS MOTHER RAISED HER HAND TO HER FACE. THIS
CAUSED THE BIRTH MARK ON HIS FACE IN THE SAME PLACE WHERE THE
MOTHER HAD TOUCHED HER FACE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): MARKS BROUGHT ABOUT BY FEAR.
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC ; HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
SAYING
GRAB THE BULL BY THE HORNS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY HER MOTHER IN THE YEAR 1939.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-06-1972
PROVERB
FITS LIKE A GLOVE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD HER MOTHER SAY THIS WHEN SHE WAS A TEENAGER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 09-28-1972
BELIEF ABOUT SPIDER
IF A SPIDER GETS ON A PERSON
THEY WILL GET SOME MONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
BELIEF ABOUT DRINK
IT IS A BELIEF AT THE BEGINNING OF A SOCIAL
EVENING IF A PERSON POURING A DRINK
SPILLS IT OVER THE SIDE, HE WILL GET DRUNK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
BOWLING VOCABULARY
MOTHER IN LAW LEAVE - IS TWO PINS BACK OF EACH OTHER LIKE THE
1-5, 3-9, 2-8, PINS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | 555 Games / Pastimes / Sports |
Date learned: 03-20-1979
BOWLING VOCABULARY
BUCKET - IS THE 3-5-6-9 FOR THE LEFTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | 555 Games / Pastimes / Sports |
Date learned: 03-20-1979
BOWLING VOCABULARY
BUCKET - IS THE 2-4-5-8- FOR THE RIGHTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | 555 Games / Pastimes / Sports |
Date learned: 03-20-1979
BOWLING VOCABULARY
CLOTHESLINE LEAVE - IS THE 1-2-4-7 ORTHE 1-3-6-10 PINS LEFT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | 555 Games / Pastimes / Sports |
Date learned: 03-20-1979
BOWLING VOCABULARY
BROOKLYN HIT - IS A CROSSOVER HIT FROM THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE
POCKET HIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | 555 Games / Pastimes / Sports |
Date learned: 03-20-1979
BOWLING VOCABULARY
1 PIN - IS THE HEAD PIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | 555 Games / Pastimes / Sports |
Date learned: 03-20-1979
BOWLING VOCABULARY
5 PIN - IS THE KING PIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | 555 Games / Pastimes / Sports |
Date learned: 03-20-1979
BOWLING VOCABULARY
POCKET HIT - IS THE 1-2 COMBINATION FOR THE LEFTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | 555 Games / Pastimes / Sports |
Date learned: 03-20-1979
BOWLING VOCABULARY
POCKET HIT - IS THE 1-3 COMBINATION FOR THE RIGHTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | 555 Games / Pastimes / Sports |
Date learned: 03-20-1979
BOWLING VOCABULARY
SPARE - KNOCKING ALL THE PINS DOWN WITH 2 BALLS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | 555 Games / Pastimes / Sports |
Date learned: 03-20-1979
BOWLING VOCABULARY
TURKEY - THREE STRIKES IN A ROW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | 555 Games / Pastimes / Sports |
Date learned: 03-20-1979
BOWLING VOCABULARY
DOUBLE - TWO STRIKES IN A ROW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | 555 Games / Pastimes / Sports |
Date learned: 03-20-1979
BOWLING VOCABULARY
STRIKE - BOWLER KNOCKING ALL PINS DOWN WITH ONE BALL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | 555 Games / Pastimes / Sports |
Date learned: 03-20-1979
BOWLING VOCABULARY
CHERRY - KNOCKING DOWN ONE PIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | 555 Games / Pastimes / Sports |
Date learned: 03-20-1979
BOWLING VOCABULARY
MISS - BOWLER MISSES ALL THE PINS WITH 2 BALLS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | 555 Games / Pastimes / Sports |
Date learned: 03-20-1979