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AUTOGRAPH (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; TENDER SENTIMENT (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
NOT WHAT WE GIVE, BUT WHAT WE SHARE.
FOR A GIFT WITHOUT A GIVER IS BARE.
Data entry tech comment: LINES DIVIDED BY KEYPUNCHER.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): COUPLET FRIENDSHIP INSIGHT ; RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; TRANSLATIONS, PLAY ON WORDS, SYMBOL WRITING (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
2 GOOD
+ 2 BE
__________
4 GOTTEN
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): DIGITAL SPELLING ; INITIAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
LUCK(COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; BAD LUCK:OBJECTS(CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
THE ACE OF SPADES &S THE DEAD MAN'S CARD AND BAD LUCK IF
YOU DRAW IT.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.1 |
BAD LUCK (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
IT IS BAD KUCK TO LOOK AT THE SUN
IT IS BAD LUCK TO LOOK AT THE NEW MOON THROUGH GLASS.
Submitter comment: GRANDMOTHER TOLD THIS TO MY MOTHER.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.111 |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
LUCK (COLLECTORS TITLE) ; BAD LUCK: DEATH (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
IT IS BAD LUCK TO COUNT THE CARS IN A FUNERAL PROCESSSION.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.44 |
BASEBALL SUPERSTITION (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; BAD LUCK: BASEBALL PLAYING (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
IT IS BAD LUCK TO STRIKE OUT THE FIRST BATTER, BECAUSE THEN
YOU CANNOT STRIKE OUT ANYONE ELSE.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.6 |
Date learned: 10-22-1969
IN THE LOCALITY OF EASTERN TOLEDO, OHIO, THERE IS A TRUE STORY TOLD
OF A COUPLE OF YOUNG GIRLS WHO WANTED TO GO TO A DANCE DURING LENT.
KNOWING THEIR PARENTS WOULD NEVER ALLOW THEM TO ATTEND, THE GIRLS
WENT TO THE DANCE UNDER THE FALSE PRETENSE OF ATTENDING LENTEN
DEVOTIONS AT THE PARISH CHURCH. THE YOUNG LADIES HAD A GAY TIME AT
THE DANCE AND MET THE MOST HANDSOME YOUNG MAN THEY HAD EVER LAID
EYES ON. THE YOUNG GENTLEMAN ASKED TO TAKE THEM HOME AFTERWARDS.
THEY CONSENTED AND WHEN IT CAME TIME TO SAY GOODNIGHT THEY SHOOK HIS
HAND ONLY TO DISCOVER THAT IT WAS THE CLAW OF AN ANIMAL}MUCH DISMAYED
THE GIRLS TOLD THEIR MOTHERS AND SHE EXPLAINED IT WAS THE DEVIL}
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): DECEIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY THE COLLECTOR
LEGEND
WHEN WALKING DOWN SACRED HEART SQUARE ON U OF DETROIT'S CAMPUS LATE
AT NIGHT, ONE CAN SEE THE ARMS OF THE STATUE AT ONE END OF THE SQUARE
MOVE UP AND DOWN AND THE HEAD MOVE BACK AND FORTH, AS IF IT
DISAPPROVES OF THE HAPPENINGS ON CAMPUS.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): IMAGE NIGHT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
Legend
DURING THE REVOLUTION, THERE WAS A DESERTER WHO LIVED IN A SHACK
WITH A WOMAN THAT HE KIDNAPPED, AND FROM THIS WOMAN HE HAD A SON
WHO LATER DID THE SAME THING AS HIS FATHER AND IT HAS GONE ON LIKE
THIS FOR GENERATIONS. IT IS RUMORED THAT THE MAN IS STILL
LOOKING FOR HIS WIFE BUT HAS NOT FOUND HER YET.
Submitter comment:
LEROY SAW THE CABIN AND SAYS HE GOT THE LEGEND FROM THIS
EXPERIENCE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated on 02-22-2011 by TRD
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ABDUCTION ; Common Law ; DESERTER ; ILLEGITIMACY ; MARRIAGE ; MILITARY ; REVOLUTIONARY WAR ; Shack
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Supernatural Being |
Date learned: 09-25-1967
IN AN IRISH CHRISTMAS CAKE THERE IS ALWAYS PLACED A GOLD RING SO THAT
WHOEVER EATS THE PIECE OF CAKE AND FINDS THE GOLD RING WILL BE
MARRIED WITHIN THE NEXT YEAR.
Submitter comment:
I HEARD THIS FROM MY IRISH LANDLADY AT CHRISTMAS TIME OF 1970. I
DON'T THINK SHE REALLY BELIEVED IT WOULD HAPPEN.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; MARRIAGE PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Predictions CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Single dishes BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 12-00-1970
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
ONE POLISH CHRISTMAS CUSTOM IS THAT OF FILLING THE STABLE SCENE. FOR
EACH GOOD DEED DONE BY THE CHILD, HE IS ALLOWED TO PLACE A STATUE IN
THE STABLE. AFTER ALL THE STATUES ARE IN, FOR EACH GOOD DEED DONE BY
THE CHILD, HE PLACES A PIECE OF STRAW IN THE CRIB OF THE CHRIST
CHILD. ON CHRISTMAS MORNING THE CHILD AWAKES TO FIND THE CHRIST
CHILD LAYING IN THE STRAW FILLED CRIB.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY THE COLLECTOR
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM IN THE PHILIPPINES
AT CHRISTMAS TIME, ALL THE HOUSES ARE OPEN FOR ANYONE TO COME IN AND
EAT AS THEY WISH. THE PEOPLE CAN BE MERE PASSER-BYS OR FRIENDS. THE
TABLE IS LAID OUT FOR THE WHOLE DAY. CHILDREN GO FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE
COLLECTING DIMES, NICKELS, OR OTHER COINS AS A SYMBOL OF GIVING AT THE CHRISTMAS TIME. THIS IS DONE AT CHRISTMAS EVE, JUST LIKE YOUR
HALLOWEEN.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F122 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Other ingredients |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
CHRISTMAS BELIEF
YOUNG GIRLS SHOULD WASH THEIR FACES WITH SILVER DOLLARS ON CHRISTMAS
EVE SO THEY WILL HAVE BEAUTIFUL COMPLEXIONS.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC ; WASHING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Predictions |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY THE COLLECTOR
LITHUANIAN CHRISTMAS EVE
IT IS CUSTOMARY FOR LITHUANIANS TO FAST ALL DAY ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
THEIR MEAL, OR SHOULD I SAY FEAST, TAKES PLACE AT MIDNIGHT IN THE
FORM OF A TWELVE COURSE MEAL. DURING THIS MEAL, HAY IS PUT UNDER THE
TABLE CLOTH IN A SYMBOLIC GESTURE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): ABSTINENCE FROM FOOD ; CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; Fast ; FOOD ; holiday
| Subject headings: | 122 Christmas CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Christmas CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Straw |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
FEAST OF THE THREE KINGS
DURING THE CHRISTMAS SEASON WE DON'T CELEBRATE TOO MUCH. DURING THE
FEAST OF THREE KINGS WE PUT OUR SHOES FULL OF GRASS ON TOP OF THE
WINDOW SILL. SO WHEN THE THREE KINGS PASS BY THE HOUSE AND SEE THE
GRASS THEY WILL LEAVE MONEY FOR THEIR GRATEFULNESS BECAUSE WE HAVE
FED THEIR CAMELS.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): EPIPHANY
Date learned: 12-04-1965
IF YOU DROP A TEASPOON, LITTLE CHILDREN WILL VISIT.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM OTHER WOMEN.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-26-1967
IF YOU DROP A KNIFE, A MAN WILL VISIT.
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-26-1967
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED
AND HAVE TWINS,
DON'T COME TO ME
FOR SAFETY PINS
Submitter comment: FROM INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK 1935
Data entry tech comment: LINES DIVIDED BY KEYPUNCHER
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): MARRIAGE ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.342 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 00-00-1935
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
I LOVE YOU A BUSHEL
I LOVE YOU A PECK
IF YOU DON'T LOVE ME
I'LL BREAK YOUR NECK
Submitter comment: FROM INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK 1956
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): IRREGULAR TWO-STRESS METER ; RHYME: ABCB ; THREAT
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 00-00-1956
AUTOGRAPH
BY HOOK OR CROOK
I'LL BE THE LAST IN THIS BOOK
Submitter comment: ENTERED ON LAST PAGE OF AUTOGRAPH BOOK
Data entry tech comment: CREDITED TO AUTOGRAPH BOOK ENTRY, JUNE 1961
Where learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Announcing a signature |
Date learned: 06-00-1961