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THE PERSON HOLDS HIS FRIEND BY THE ELBOW AND SAYS:
IS THIS JOINT OPEN?
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
EARACHE
MY MOTHER TOLD ME OF THIS CURE FOR EARACHES.
MY UNCLE WHEN HE WAS SMALL HAD A VERY BAD EARACHE
AND WAS VERY SICK.
MY GRANDFATHER HEARD OF A CURE BUT HAD NEVER TRIED IT HIMSELF.
GRANDFATHER SHAPED A PIECE OF CARDBOARD INTO A FUNNEL OR DUNCE HAT
ABOUT TWELVE INCHES HIGH AND FOUR TO FIVE INCHES IN DIAMETER
AT THE BASE. OVER THE CARDBOARD LINEN CLOTH
WAS PLACED. OVER THE LINEN, MELTED WAX WAS PLACED AND THE CARDBOARD
WAS NOW REMOVED, THE FUNNEL NOW CONSISTED OF ONLY THE CLOTH AND WAX.
GRANDFATHER THEN HAD HIS SON, MY UNCLE, LIE DOWN ON THE FLOOR
AND HE PLACED THE BASE OF THE FUNNEL OVER THE ACHING EAR.
HE THEN LIT THE TIP OF THE WAX-CLOTH FUNNEL
AND ALLOWED IT TO BURN DOWN FOUR TO FIVE INCHES.
WHEN HE REMOVED THE FUNNEL, A LARGE AMOUNT OF PUS FROM THE EAR
WAS FOUND UP INSIDE WHAT REMAINED OF THE FUNNEL.
THE AREA AROUND THE EAR WAS SOMEWHAT SINGED FOR AWHILE.
SINCE THAT TIME MY UNCLE HAS NEVER HAD ANY TROUBLE WITH HIS EARS.
Where learned: ROYAL OAK ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): HEAT REMEDY
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
IT IS CUSTOMARY, AS A FAMILY PRACTICE, TO RAISE A GOOSE AND
TAKE CARE AND FEED IT SO THAT BY CHRISTMAS IT IS READY TO BE
KILLED AND EATEN AS A SYMBOL OF BOUNTY.
Submitter comment:
(HUNGARIAN)
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; FOOD ; holiday
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Single dishes |
Date learned: 11-19-1969
IN THE YEAR 1975 CHINA WILL CONQUER THE WORLD, BECAUSE
ITS PEOPLE WILL BE TOO CRAMMED IN THEIR OWN LAND.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; SAINT HYACINTH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 02-29-1972
CIGARS FOR BIRTH
IT IS A QUITE COMMON CUSTOM FOR A FATHER TO HAND OUT CIGARS TO HIS
FRIENDS AFTER HIS FIRST CHILD HAS BEEN BORN.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): GIFT-GIVING
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-22-1968
THE HIGHER THE MOUNTAIN,
THE COLDER THE BREEZE,
THE YOUNGER THE COUPLE,
THE TIGHTER THE SQUEEZE.
Submitter comment:
THIS WOMAN, WHO WISHES TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS, PERMITTED
ME TO COLLECT THESE VERSES FROM HER AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
THE VERSES WERE ENTERED BY HER HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATES
IN 1939.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Chimney corner wisdom, advice, humorous fortune |
Date learned: 00-00-1939
WHY DID THE MAN THINK THE BURLESQUE DANCER WAS NERVOUS?
BECAUSE SHE KEPT DROPPING SOMETHING.
Submitter comment: GLORIA HEARD IT IN HIGH SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 04-08-1967
SAYING
SHE LOOKS LIKE SHE CAME OUT OF DE BAND BOX.
Submitter comment:
POPULAR DURING THE EARLY TWENTIES WHEN THE GUYS WOULD
EYEBALL (OGLE) THE WOMEN. SIMILAR TO "DRESSED TO KILL."
Where learned: SOUTHFIELD ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-06-1968
INDIAN CORN SOUP
IN ORDER TO MAKE INDIAN CORN SOUP, ONE MUST FIRST
OBTAIN SOME INDIAN CORN STALKS. TAKE THE STALKS
AND PLACE THEM IN A PAN OVER A FIRE. THE HEAT
WILL CAUSE THE CORN KERNELS TO POP. TAKE THE POPPED
KERNELS AND WASH THEM FIRST IN ASHES AND THEN
IN LYE. REPEAT THIS PROCEDURE TWICE. AFTER COMPLETING
THE KERNEL WASHING, PLACE THE CORN IN A POT FILLED
WITH WATER, ADD SALT AND BRING THE MIXTURE TO A BOIL.
LET THE WATER BOIL FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES. THEN THE SOUP
SHOULD BE DONE.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; WORK ; J L HUDSONS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Mixed preparation in liquid |
Date learned: 10-13-1969
NUN'S VEIL
MARY JO WAS TOLD BY HER FOURTH GRADE TEACHER SISTER
ANGELITA, S. S. J. THAT SHE COULDN'T TOUCH A SISTER'S
VEIL BECAUSE IT IS BLESSED.
Where learned: OAKLAND UNIVERSITY STUDENT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; ROCHESTER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- B439 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NUN'S VEIL
MARY JO WAS TOLD BY HER FOURTH GRADE TEACHER SISTER
ANGELITA, S. S. J. THAT SHE COULDN'T TOUCH A SISTER'S
VEIL BECAUSE IT IS BLESSED.
Where learned: OAKLAND UNIVERSITY STUDENT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; ROCHESTER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- B439 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ARABIAN CUSTOM
WHEN (A) BODY IS BURIED IN ARABIA IT ALWAYS FACED
THE EAST AND NEVER THE WEST.
Submitter comment: TRADITION OF OLD COUNTRY.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; J L HUDSONS COMPANY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
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PROVERB
ONE WHO TRIES TO HIDE HIS SICKNESS DIES FROM IT
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; TAYLOR
Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; MEDICINE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-11-1967
FRIDAY THE THIRTEENTH IS A DAY WHEN EVERYTHING GOES WRONG.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
A BRILLIANT DEDUCTION
BUTTER IS BUTTER
CHEESE IS CHEESE,
WHAT IS A KISS
WITHOUT A SQUEEZE.
Data entry tech comment: TAKEN FROM INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK
Where learned: OVER THE TELEPHONE ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COURTSHIP ; FOOD ; RHYME: ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): HUG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 08-06-1964
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
THE OTHER TEAM CAN T SCORE WHILE YOU VE GOT THE BALL
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
ONCE IN A BLUE MOON
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
POLISH SAYING
W STARYM PIECU DJABET PALI
LITERALLY AN OLD STOVE THE DEVIL BURNS
IN OTHER WORDS STILL WATER RUNS DEEP
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS POLISH TEXT
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-24-1971
KNOWLEDGE BUMP
AS THE BARBER WAS CUTTING MY HAIR HE NOTICED THAT I HAVE
A NATURAL BUMP ON THE LOWER BACK PART OF MY SKULL.
WHEN HE NOTICED THIS HE COMMENTED THAT I HAVE A "KNOWLEDGE BUMP".
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; BARBER SHOP ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face |
Date learned: 09-18-1969