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POLISH CUSTOM ASSUMED
THE WHITE GLOVES OF PALLBEARERS ARE PUT ON TOP OF THE
CASKET BEFORE BURIAL.
Submitter comment: OBSERVED AT GRANDMOTHER'S BURIAL.
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-16-1968
COMMENT ON LAZINESS
I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT MANUAL LABOR
WAS A MEXICAN GENERAL.
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ALWAYS MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS WITH YOUR KNIFE ON A
LOAF OF BREAD BEFORE STARTING.
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
GOOD FRIDAY
IF IT RAINS ON GOOD FRIDAY, IT WILL RAIN THE NEXT SEVEN SUNDAYS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; OMEN ; RELIGION
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour PROVERB -- Weather Proverb |
Date learned: 02-20-1968
PROVERB
PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE SELDOM FOUND IN WOMEN AND NEVER FOUND IN MEN
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; DEFINITION ; OBSERVATION ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 01-21-1970
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NEVER WISH ANYONE BAD LUCK OR IT WILL HAPPEN TO YOU
Submitter comment: ITEM IS TRANSLATED FROM THE POLISH
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; RETRIBUTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
TWO IN A CAR,
TWO LITTLE KISSES,
ONE DAY LATER,
MR. AND MRS.
(SIGNED) LORENA SALI
Where learned: FERNDALE ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND HAVE TWINS,
DON'T COME TO ME FOR SAFETY PINS.
(SIGNED) PAMELA JOHNSON
Where learned: FERNDALE ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
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KILLER
MATERIALS: ONE PLAYING CARD FOR EACH PLAYER, ONE OF
WHICH IS THE QUEEN OF SPADES.
EACH PLAYER TAKES A CARD AND HIDES IT FROM THE OTHERS.
THE ONE WITH THE QUEEN IS THE KILLER.
TO WIN: THE KILLER MUST KILL ALL THE OTHER PLAYERS
BY WINKING AT THEM SO THEY CAN SEE HIM DO IT. THEY
THEN AWAY AND ANNOUNCE THAT THEY HAVE BEEN KILLED.
THE KILLER MUST KILL ALL PLAYERS TO WIN.
ANOTHER PLAYER MAY WIN BY ANNOUNCING THE KILLER'S
IDENTITY BEFORE GETTING KILLED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; JACKSON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 02-26-1972
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WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND THEN GET DIVORCED
COME OVER TO MY HOUSE AND SLEEP WITH MY HORSE.
(SIGNED) MARY LYNN MCGUIRE
Submitter comment:
COLLECTED IN MY SEVENTH GRADE AT ST. JAMES CATHOLIC
SCHOOL.
Where learned: FERNDALE ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
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AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
ORANGES GROW IN CALIFORNIA.
THEY GROW IN FLORIDA TOO.
BUT IT TAKES A STATE LIKE MICHIGAN,
TO GROW A PEACH LIKE YOU.
Data entry tech comment: LINE DIVISION CHANGED BY KEYPUNCHER
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; FRUIT ; PRAISE ; SIMILE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
WAY DOWN SOUTH IN THE LAND OF COTTON,
MY FEET STINK, BUT YOURS ARE ROTTEN..
Submitter comment: FROM MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
PEPSI JINGLE
PEPSI COLA HITS THE SPOT
TEN MINUTES LATER HITS THE POT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; PLYMOUTH
Keyword(s): PARODY OF COMMERCIAL JINGLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
WARTS ARE CAUSED BY TOUCHING TOADS.
Submitter comment:
I HAVE KNOWN THIS SINCE I WAS A CHILD AND I HAVE HEARD IT MANY
TIMES FROM OTHER PEOPLE.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; FARMINGTON ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AT EVERY HOLIDAY WHEN WE HAD TURKEY, MOTHER WOULD
ALWAYS SAVE THE WISHBONE. SHE WOULD DRY IT OUT.
THEN MY BROTHER AND I WOULD EACH TAKE AN END, MAKE
A WISH AND PULL THE BONE APART. WHOEVER GOT THE
LONG PART OF THE BONE, THEIR WISH WOULD COME TRUE.
Where learned: ALLEN PARK ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN YOU GET OLDER AND OUT OF SHAPE,
REMEMBER GIRDLES ARE $2.98.
Submitter comment: FROM MY SISTER
Where learned: BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
FRIENDSHIP STICK
(TWO DRAWINGS--FRONT VIEW AND BACK VIEW OF THE STICK. TOP IS GREEN
FOR FRIENDSHIP. UNDERNEATH ON FRONT ARE THREE CIRCLES, ONE FOR NOSE,
TWO FOR EYES, WITH A LARGER OPENING UNDERNEATH FOR THE MOUTH. FOUR
DOTS UNDERNEATH ARE RED, WHITE, BLACK, AND YELLOW, REPRESENTING THE
FORMS OF RACES. ON THE BACK ARE A BLACK DOT FOR STRENGTH, AN X WITH
BLACK, YELLOW, RED, AND WHITE DOTS AT THE EXTREMITIES (SIGNIFYING
THE COMING TOGETHER OF ALL PEOPLES IN:) FRIENDSHIP, LOVE, TRUST, AND
HOPE (THESE LAST FOUR QUALITIES SYMBOLIZED RESPECTIVELY BY GREEN,
RED, AND WHITE DOTS.)
Submitter comment:
THIS FRIENDSHIP STICK IS CARVED ON A STICK FROM A STRONG OAK TREE
IF POSSIBLE, THEN PAINTED, EACH PART SIGNIFYING SOMETHING. IT IS
THEN GIVEN TO A FRIEND, AS A SYMBOL OF YOUR FRIENDSHIP.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.