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DUMMY, DUMMY, DO-DO/ I CAN RUN FASTER THAN --- CAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
IT IS BAD LUCK TO PUT SHOES ON A TABLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
IF YOU OPEN AN UMBRELLA OVER YOUR HEAD IN THE HOUSE,
THAT'S BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
IF YOU SING A TUNE WHILE YOU EAT, IT IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
BAD LUCK IF YOU GO ON A TRIP AND RETURN HOME FOR
SOMETHING YOU HAVE FORGOTTEN; YOU WILL HAVE A
DISAPPOINTMENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
IF A PALLBEARER FINDS A COFFIN EXTREMELY HEAVY, HE
WILL BE THE NEXT VICTIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
IF A MAN LAYS HIS HAT ON A CHILDLESS COUPLES' BED,
THEY WILL HAVE CHILDREN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN GOES TO A FUNERAL AND WALKS
IN A CEMETERY, THE CHILD WILL BE CLUB-FOOTED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
IF YOU ARE BORN "UNDER THE VEIL" OVER YOUR EYES, YOU'LL
BE ABLE TO FORESEE THINGS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
Keyword(s): CAUL
| Subject headings: | Prophet / Seer / Soothsayer BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
TO GET RID OF WARTS RUB POTATOES ON THEM AND THEY WILL GO AWAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER NEIGHBORS IN BERKLEY,
MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
IF A YOUNG COUPLE (ENGAGED) WHO WILL BE MARRIED WITHIN
THE YEAR, STAND UP FOR A BABY, THEY WILL HAVE BAD
LUCK. CAN STAND SINGLY BUT NOT TOGETHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
IF THE MAID OF HONOR HAS A MISHAP (TORN DRESS, BROKEN
HEEL) THEN THAT'S A SIGN OF BAD LUCK FOR THE MARRIAGE.
THE COUPLE WILL HAVE TROUBLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage Ceremony BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
IF YOU GET YOUR WEDDING RING CUT DOWN AFTER IT IS
BLESSED, IT IS A SIGN OF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Wedding ring |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
IF YOU ARE BORN "UNDER THE VEIL" OVER YOUR EYES,
YOU'LL BE ABLE TO FORESEE THINGS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
James Callow Keyword(s): CAUL
| Subject headings: | Prophet / Seer / Soothsayer BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
IF YOU ARE BORN UNDER THE SIGN OF THE PISCES,
AT THE HOUR OF THE NIGHT (UNDER YOUR ZODIAC SIGN),
YOU CAN FORESEE THINGS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | Prophet / Seer / Soothsayer |
Date learned: 03-24-1970
IF A BANANA IS CUT IN HALF AND THE SEEDS ARE IN THE
SHAPE OF A "Y" THE QUESTION ASKED WILL HAVE A
"YES" REPLY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Use of Object Food |
Date learned: 10-21-1967
AT NOON ON HOLY SATURDAY, A FAMILY SHOULD CLANG
POTS AND PANS TOGETHER THROUGHOUT THE HOUSE TO
SCARE AWAY DEVILS AND SWISH BROOMS TO SWEEP OUT
THE DEVILS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED FROM THE NEIGHBOR IN BERKLEY,
MICHIGAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
James Callow Keyword(s): SATAN
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday BELIEF -- Use of Object Domestic object, wax, needle, dishware |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
THE MOTHER IS SUPPOSED TO BLESS HER CHILDREN WITH HOLY
WATER EVERY TIME THEY LEAVE THE HOUSE AND IF SHE
DOESN'T, THE DEVIL WILL GET THEM.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER AUNT WHO IS OF IRISH
DESCENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Religious objects |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
BURIED ALIVE
THIS HAPPENED IN A CONCENTRATION CAMP NOT TOO LONG AGO. ALL THE
PRISONERS WHO WERE KILLED OR DIED WERE BURIED IN TWOS. A MAN
WAS GOING TO BE KILLED SO HE PRETENDED THAT HE WAS DEAD. HE HAD
MADE A DEAL WITH THE DOCTOR TO DIG HIM UP AFTER 15 MINUTES WHEN
EVERYONE HAD LEFT. THE DOCTOR GAVE HIM SOME MATCHES TO LIGHT SO
THAT HE WOULDN'T BE AFRAID OF THE DARK. AFTER THE MAN WAS BURIED,
HE WAITED 5, THEN 10, THEN 15 MINUTES AND THE DOCTOR STILL HADN'T
COME TO DIG HIM UP. HE LIT HIS LAST MATCH AND TURNED TO THE BODY
NEXT TO HIM ONLY TO FIND THAT THE BODY NEXT TO HIM WAS THE DOCTOR.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT HEARD THIS AT A PAJAMA PARTY FROM ONE OF HER FRIENDS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
TRAPPED ON TOILET
A GIRL WAS BABYSITTING AND SHE WENT UP AND SAT ON A TOILET THAT
HAD JUST BEEN PAINTED. SHE COULDN'T GET OFF THE "JOHN." SHE
CALLED AN AMBULANCE AND THEY TOOK HER AWAY, TOILET AND ALL.
Submitter comment:
VICKI HEARD THIS FROM A GIRLFRIEND WHO LIVED IN PENNSYLVANIA
UNTIL SHE WAS 9 YEARS OLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale |
Date learned: 07-03-1964