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BELIEFS
TO SWIM IN MUDDY WATER IS A SIGN OF FAILURE IN BUSINESS TRANSACTIONS
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; MONROVIA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Work Commerce Business |
Date learned: CA00001965
SAYING
LAND'S SO RICH THAT WHEN YOU PLANT CORN, YOU HAVE TO JUMP BACK SO IT
WON'T HIT YOU IN THE EYE.
Submitter comment:
I HEARD MY 5TH COUSIN SAY THIS ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. IT WAS IN THE
SAN JOAQUIN DELTAS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. HE WAS DESCRIBING A
MUDFLAT THAT HE HAD LEASED.
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; SAN JOAQUIN DELTA
Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE ; FERTILITY ; HYPERBOLE ; LAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-08-1968
There is a tradition associated with sailors that those who
cross the equator for the first time on their cruise must go
through a variety of tasks on board the ship by sailors who are
veterans of the crossing in order to say that they are an able
bodied seaman.
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; San Jose
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F535 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
The dap was a custom originated by African - American
servicemen who served during the Vietnam conflict. It comprised a
series of handshakes or gyrations made during handshakes to show
the unity of black soldiers. It was broken into either short or
long time daps according to how much time the participating
soldiers had available to them.
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; Merced ; Castle AFB
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F535 SPEECH -- Gesture |