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VERSE
LIZZY BORDON TOOK AN AX GAVE HER FATHER FORTY WACKS, WHEN SHE SAW
WHAT
SHE HAD DONE, SHE GAVE HER MOTHER FORTY ONE.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
A RING IS ROUND AND HAS NO END AND THAT'S HOW LONG I'LL BE YOUR
FRIEND
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
BELIEF WEDDING CAKE
PUT A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE UNDER YOUR PILLOW AND THE ONE YOU DREAM
ABOUT YOU WILL MARRY.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about friends and lovers BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
CUSTOM BIRTH
TAPE A NICKEL TO A BABYS BELLY BUTTON WHEN IT IS BORN.
Submitter comment: THIS PREVENTS THE BELLY BUTTON FROM POPPING OUT.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
CUSTOM FUNERAL
AT AN ITALIAN FUNERAL A BLACK SCARF IS PLACED ON THE CASKET.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
CUSTOM FUNERAL
WHEN A MOTHER DIES SHE IS BURIED WITH RINGS SHE PUT ON THE HANDS OF
HER CHILDREN WHEN THEY WERE BORN
Submitter comment:
THIS IS SO SHE WILL BE REMEMBERED AND SHE WILL ALWAYS REMEMBER HER
CHILDREN.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
BELIEF LUCK
IF YOU BEND BACKWARDS AND KISS THE BLARNEY STONE IN IRELAND YOU WILL
HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTORTION ; POSITION DIRECTION BACKWARDS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck P881.1 SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
BELIEF PATENT SHOES
A GIRL SHOULD NOT WEAR PATENT LEATHER SHOES WHEN SHE IS ON A DATE.
Submitter comment: A BOY CAN LOOK AT THE SHOES AND SEE HER UNDERWEAR.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
BELIEF MENSTRUAL PERIOD
WHEN A GIRL HAS HER MONTHLY PERIOD SHE SHOULD NOT WASH HER HAIR.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS BECAUSE TOO COLD OR TOO HOT WATER CAN CAUSE IRREGULARITIES
IN ONES CYCLE.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
BELIEF RAVIOLI
A GIRL SHOULD NOT ORDER RAVIOLI ON A DATE IN A RESTAURANT.
Submitter comment: THIS MAKES BOYS THINK OF PILLOWS.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Dating Courtship Food Drink -- Mixed preparation in liquid |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
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GAME
PLAYED BY TWO OR MORE CHILDREN. THEY CAN NOT STEP ON A CRACK IN THE
SIDEWALK. AS THEY WALK THEY SAY JUST DON'T STEP ON A CRACK, YOU WILL
BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 06-19-1972
LEGEND OF WARDING OFF A BEATING
WHEN YOU DO SOMETHING WRONG
AND YOU DON'T WANT TO BE BEATEN BY YOUR MOTHER
PULL OUT ONE OF YOUR EYELASHES AND PUT IT UNDER A ROCK.
IT MUST BE A ROCK OR IT IS NO GOOD.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAID HE TRIED IT UNDER A CONCK SHELL AND IT DID'NT WORK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM
Keyword(s): CONCH SHELL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: 01-26-1972
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
IT IS TRADITIONAL IN THE SUZIO FAMILY, THAT DURING ADVENT, ALL GOOD
DEEDS ARE REWARDED WITH A LITTLE STAR DRAWN ON A SHEET OF PAPER
HANGING ON A DOOR. EACH CHILD TRIES TO GET AS MANY OF THESE STARS,
AND THUS BE AS GOOD AS THEY POSSIBLY CAN BECAUSE ON CHRISTMAS EVE
LITTLE SCROLLS, TIED WITH RIBBONS, CONTAINING ALL THE STARS THEY
MERITED, ARE CARRIED IN A PROCESSION TO THE CRIB UNDER THE CHRISTMAS
TREE. EACH CHILD WANTS TO HAVE THE BEST GIFT POSSIBLE, SO THEY WORK
AS HARD AS THEY CAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM
| Subject headings: | 645 September 23 Equinox to December 20 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Manger scenes CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Christmas tree |
Date learned: 11-12-1969
TONGUE TWISTERS
RUBBER BABY BUGGY BUMPERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 10-18-1971
WINKING OF THE EYE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; PARTY ; DORM
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Congratulations Appreciation Appreciation of female beauty |
Date learned: 02-15-1971
TRADITION
THE MALAYSIANS STILL WEAR BLACK TO A FUNERAL OR A BLACK AND WHITE
STRIP ON THEIR SHOULDER SIGNIFYING THE DEATH OF A LOVED ONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 01-00-1979