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JUMP ROPE VERSE
POTATOES, TOMATOES, PEAS, AND CHEESE
YOUR MOTHER SAYS TO EAT ALOT OF THESE
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND'S YOUNGEST SISTER, AND SHE IS ABOUT EIGHT
YEARS OLD.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00001971 SPRING
BLUEBELLS, COCKLESHELLS,/ EEVY, IVY, OVER.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
BELIEF
THIRD ON A MATCH, I'LL DIE IN A WHORE HOUSE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
GRAFFITI
IF YOU SPRINKLE WHEN YOU TINKLE
PLEASE BE NEAT AND WIPE THE SEAT)
Submitter comment: MY BROTHER CLAIMS TO HAVE SPOTTED THIS ON A BATHROOM WALL.
Data entry tech comment: No BN on ASK file
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Favorites |
Date learned: 09-23-1981
DIVINATION
WHEN A FUNERAL GOES BY, HOLD ON TIGHT TO A BUTTON AND YOU CAN
AVOID BAD LUCK. IF YOU CAN HOLD ON TO THAT BUTTON AND TURN
AROUND THREE TIMES. FOR EXTRA PROTECTION,YOU KNOW.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 10-17-1981
HOME REMEDY
IF A CHILD HAS WORMS,PINWORMS;TWICW A DAY GIVE HIM SOME BAKED
EGG SHELLS AND MIX IT WITH REGULAR OLD PANCAKE SYRUP AND THAT,LL GET
RID OF EM.
Submitter comment: YUK.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-17-1981
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
THE MANGER WITH THE CHRIST CHILD SHOULD NOT BE PLACED IN THE NATIVITY
SCENE UNTIL MIDNIGHT ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS PRACTICED BY THE INFORMANT'S FAMILY AS LONG AS THE INFORMANT
CAN REMEMBER. INFORMANT'S PARENTS DO NOT REMEMBER THEIR FAMILIES
DOING THIS WHEN THEY WERE YOUNG, AND DO NOT KNOW WHEN THEY PICKED UP
THE CUSTOM. CUSTOM IS STILL FOLLOWED.
Where learned: HOME ; PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Manger scenes |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
BAD LUCK OMEN
ACCORDING TO THIS INFORMANT, IT IS
AN OLD POLISH SUPERSTITION THAT IF ONE WEARS
A HAT INSIDE A HOUSE, IT MEANS THAT
SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY WILL SOON BECOME SICK.
Where learned: HOME ; BUFFALO ; NEW YORK
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: SPRING 00001964
STORY ABOUT THE DEVIL,S DANCING IN THE WOODS
IT WAS HARVEST TIME AND ALL THE YOUNG FOLK WERE THRASHING THE GRAINS
THAT HAD JUST BEEN HARVESTED.
ONE AUTUMN NIGHT ABOUT 11 O,CLOCK WHILE THEY WERE THRASHING THE GRAIN
THEY HEARD MUSIC COMING FROM THE RAFTERS, THEY LOOKED UP AND SAW
SOME DEVILS DANCING UP IN THE LOFT. THESE DEVILS WERE ALL BLACK AND
ALL THEIR CLOTHING WERE BLACK. THEY DANCED ON ONE LEG AND ONLY HAD
ONE EYE AND ONE NOSTRIL. THE MUSIC WAS PLAYED ON A SMALL ACCORDION
AND FIDDLE.
THE YOUTHS WERE TYPICALLY BRAVE AND BOISTERIOUS AND DECIDED TO TAKE
THE INSTRUMENTS AWAY. THE DEVILS LEFT AT THE FIRST COCKS CROW
(ONE O,CLOCK) WITH A WHISTLE AND A BANG. SO THE NEXT NIGHT THE
YOUTHS , AS THE DEVILS WERE ABOUT TO LEAVE AT THE COCK,S CROW,
KNOCKED ONE INSTRUMENT OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE DEVILS.
BUT WHEN THEY REACHED THE INSTRUMENT IT WAS JUST A LARGE CHARRED
PIECE OF WOOD. THE NEXT NIGHT THE DEVILS CAME BACK AND BEGGED
CKRYVEL, KRYVEL GIVE US BACK OUR FIDDLE" BUT THE YOUTHS DID NOT
RETURN IT. THE TWO YOUTHS WHO HAD TAKEN IT HAD TO PREPARE THE
STOVE FOR DRYING OUT THE GRAINS BEFORE THE THRASHING. THEY THREW THE
CHARRED WOOD INTO THE STOVE BUT IT WOULDN,T BURN. SO THEY WENT TO
BED AND THE NEXT MORNING THE TWO WERE FOUND STRANGLED.
Submitter comment:
THIS STORY WAS TOLD TO MY GRANDMOTHER BT HER GRANDMOTHER WHEN SHE WAS
A CHILD. THE TIME IS APPROXIMATELY THE TURN OF THE CENTURY WHEN THE
STORY WAS TOLD. THE STORY TOOK PLACE AROUND 1850.
SHE TOLD MY GRANDMOTHER THAT SHE ACTUALLY SAW THESE DEVILS.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DO NOT TAKE THINGS THAT DO NOT BELONG TO YOU -PAYMENT CAN BE COSTLY ; THEFT FORM DEVIL
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon |
SOUTHERN SNOW
WHEN THERE IS A BIG SNOW IN THE SOUTH, THE RESIDENTS OF HAZLEHURST
MISSISSIPPI, WOULD GATHER LARGE QUANTITIES OF SNOW. THEY WOULD
MIX THE SNOW WITH SUGAR AND FLAVOR AND A LITTLE MILK AND MAKE
ICE CREAM
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; PARENTS HOME
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Pastry Sweet Dessert |
Date learned: 02-21-1984
MACKEY'S IRISH POTATO SOUP
BOIL FOR THREE HOURS - ONE HAM BONE IN THREE QUARTS OF
WATER. REMOVE BONE AND ADD; 8-10 POTATOES DICED FINE,
4 STALKS OF CELERY DICED FINE, 1 GRATED CARROT,
3 SPRIGS OF FRESH PARSLEY DICED FINE, 1/2 TEASPOON
OF CELERY SALT, 1 TEASPOON OF TABLE SALT, 1/4 TEASPOON
FRESH PEPPER, 1/4 POUND OF BUTTER. SIMMER TWO MORE
HOURS WITH THE LID ON, STIRRING FREQUENTLY.
Submitter comment:
UPON SERVING, THE COOK ALWAYS HAS A LITTLE SAYING
WHICH GOES LIKE THIS. "WE'VE GOT SOME GOOD NEWS
AND SOME BAD NEWS. FIRST THE BAD NEWS. ALL
WE HAVE FOR DINNER IS POTATO SOUP. NOW FOR THE GOOD NEWS.
THERE IS PLENTY OF IT."
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): IRISH RECIPE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Mixed preparation in liquid |
MOONING
IN A FACTORY LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF DETROIT, MEN BECOME
INVOLVED IN A GAME CALLED MOONING. THEY WILL CALL OUT THE NAME OF
A NEARBY CO-WORKER AND PULL DOWN THEIR PANTS AND UNDERWEAR AND SHOW
THEIR BUTTLOCKS AND EVERYONE LAUGHS.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Irregular |
Entry filtered.
THE BEAR AND THE RABBIT
A BEAR AND A RABBIT WENT TO THE FOREST TO SHIT,
THE BEAR SAID TO THE RABBIT, "DO YOU HAVE TROUBLE WITH
SHIT STICKING TO YOUR FUR?" THE RABBIT SAID,"NO." SO
THE BEAR PICKED UP THE RABBIT AND WIPED HIS ASS WITH HIM.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WATCHING A VIDEO TAPE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal Tale |
SAINT PATRICK'S DAY
THE TUG OF WAR BETWEEN THE GERMANS AND IRISH IS A LONG STANDING GAME.
ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY. I CAN'T FIND IT'S ORIGINS OR THE REASON FOR IT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): NATONALISM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 17 Feast of St. Patrick |
Date learned: CA1960-1975
MOTHERS USED TO GIVE THEIR CHILDREN BIG SPOONS OF CASTOR
OIL JUST BEFORE SPRING TO RID THEM OF WINTER GERMS AND
DISEASES.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00001970S
PROVERB
IF YOU CAN'T FIND TIME TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT,HOW ARE YOU GOING
TO FIND TIME TO DO IT OVE.
Submitter comment: SOURCE NOT KNOWN.
Data entry tech comment:
GOOD ADVICE TO PEOPLE WHO NEED TO TAKE THINGS AT A SLOWER PACE,AND
TAKE TIME TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.
Where learned: HOME ; BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): RHETORICAL QUESTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-15-1967
MY NEIGHBOR WAS WALKING DOWN THE STREET
AND PASSED BY A YOUNG MAN WALKING THE
OPPOSITE WAY, WHEN MY NEIGHBOR LOOKED
AROUND TO SAY GOODBYE TO THE GENTLEMAN
THE MAN HAD VANISHED.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00001980S
WHEN MY FATHER WAS 4 YRS OLD HE LOOKED
OUT THE KITCHEN WINDOW AND SAW THE FACE
OF A BABY BOY AND LATER ON HIS MOTHER
GAVE BIRTH TO A BABY BOY THAT LOOKED JUST LIKE
THE BABY IN THE VISION MY FATHER SAW.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00001980S
TRUNK
IT IS SAID, THAT IF YOU SIT ON A TRUNK, YOU LL BE DISAPPOINTED.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-06-1971