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RIDDLE
Q. WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER?
A. A SKUNK WITH DIAPER RASH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
RIDDLE
Q. WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER?
A. A BEAT-UP NUN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
TELL SOMEONE THAT YOU CAN SAY THE ALPHABET FASTER BACKWARDS THAN
THEY CAN SAY IT FORWARD. SHOULD THEY AGREE... AT THE GO SIGNAL
YOU TURN YOUR BACK TO THEM AND SAY THE ALPHABET FORWARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SPEECH
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
SPORTS SUPERSTITIONS
THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT BASEBALL TEAM IS NOT ALLOWED
TO WEAR THE NUMBER 13.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion |
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STUDENT MUST STAY THREE FEET BEHIND TEACHER WHEN
ENTERING A DOORWAY AS A MATTER OF RESPECT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 11-27-1971
HER SISTER ALWAYS CROSSES HER FINGERS WHEN SHE GOES ON
A BRIDGE BECAUSE SHE BELIEVES THAT IF SHE DOESN'T
SHE WILL LOSE HER BOYFRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Date learned: 10-00-1967
CRUCIAL MOMENT OF LIFE CUSTOM
WHEN A FRATERNITY BROTHER OF MY FRATERNITY GETS MARRIED,
GRADUATES, OR GETS PINNED, WE TOAST HIM BY INTERLOCKING
OUR ARMS WITH THE DRINKS IN OUR HANDS, WE CLINK THE
GLASSES BACKWARDS AND CHUG THE DRINK.
Submitter comment:
HE COMMENTS THAT THIS PROBABLY SOUNDS STUPID, BUT
THEY ALWAYS DO IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SLANG: CHUG=DRINK IT ALL AT ONCE.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Crucial Moment of Life Life Cycle CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Food Drink -- Drink SPEECH -- Drinking |
Date learned: 11-02-1970
WHEN SOMEONE BURPED, EVERYONE PUT THEIR THUMB TO THEIR
FOREHEAD. THE LAST ONE TO DO THIS, ATE THE BURP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. Food Drink -- Food SPEECH -- Eating |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
IF SOMEBODY SWEEPS ACCIDENTALLY ON YOUR FOOT (A
SIGN OF BAD LUCK) YOU SHOULD GRAB THE BROOM AND
SPIT ON IT (TO COUNTERACT THE BAD EFFECT).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.22 BELIEF -- Conversions P883.22 SPEECH -- Magical Luck |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC ONE NEVER PUTS HIS HANDS
BEHIND HIS NECK, BECAUSE THIS MEANT THAT YOUR MOTHER
WAS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.22 SPEECH -- Magical Luck |
Date learned: 01-00-1971
WHEN TELLING A LIE, CROSS THE FINGERS OF YOUR LEFT HAND
AND YOU WON'T BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THE LIE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A BELIEF COMMON IN THE OSWALD FAMILY AS WELL
AS IN MY OWN GRADE SCHOOL DAYS CIRCA 1960.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
Date learned: 09-20-1967
IF YOU CROSS YOUR FINGERS OR TOES OR TWO PIECES OF
HAIR, ETC., IT MEANS WHAT YOU'RE TELLING ISN'T
THE TRUTH, BUT IT'S ALL RIGHT TO LIE ABOUT IT.
Submitter comment:
SHE SAID THAT SHE LEARNED IT FROM FRIENDS WHEN
SHE WAS YOUNG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Date learned: 02-08-1967
TALE OF KISSING ONES ELBOW
IF YOU KISS YOUR ELBOW, YOU'LL TURN INTO THE
OPPOSITE SEX.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): IMPOSSIBLE TASK
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFORMATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Word Letter SPEECH -- Magical |
Date learned: 01-26-1972
MAKING THE SIGN OF THE CROSS
THIS IS USED IN DRIVING OFF THE DEVIL, ACCORDING TO
THE CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Date learned: 03-10-1971
IF HAND IS FLAT WITH THE PALM UPRIGHT; THIS IS A
SIGN OF PEACE.
Submitter comment: ACQUIRED THIS IN HIGH SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions Victory Peace |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
IF YOU CROSS YOUR FINGERS ON BOTH HANDS, THE WISH
YOU'RE MAKING WILL NOT COME TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions |
Date learned: 11-05-1967