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IF YOU GO BY AN EMPTY ROCKING CHAIR AND PUSH ON ONE ARM
AND MAKE IT ROCK, IT MEANS THAT SOMEONE IN YOUR FAMILY
IS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 00001950S
IF YOUR EAR BUZZES OR RINGS, SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT
YOU AT THAT MOMENT.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD
| Subject headings: | 842 Ringing ears / buzzing / hot, burning Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
SLEEP SAYING
DEAD TO THE WORLD.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD
Keyword(s): COSMOS
James Callow Keyword(s): ASLEEP
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
DOCTORS' PHILOSOPHY
DOCTORS ALWAYS BURY THEIR MISTAKES.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): INCOMPETENCY ; IRONY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
DOOR LOCKS ON INSIDE
THE DOOR LOCKS FROM THE INSIDE.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): PRECAUTION?
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PEAS PORRIDGE HOT, PEAS PORRIDGE COLD,
PEAS PORRIDGE IN THE POT, NINE DAYS OLD.
SOME LIKE IT HOT, SOME LIKE IT COLD.
SOME LIKE IT IN THE POT, NINE DAYS OLD.
SECOND VERSE--SUBSTITUTE "ONE DAY OLD" FOR "NINE DAYS OLD"
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.522 |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
GESTURE
A GESTURE OF PUSHING THE FRONT TEETH WITH THE THUMB WHEN YOUR TONGUE
GETS TIED.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
FOR BETTER OR WORSE
FOR BETTER OR WORSE, BUT NOT FOR LUNCH.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; MARRIED LIFE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
RETORT
I'LL POINT YOUR TOES AND POUND YOU RIGHT INTO THE GROUND.
Submitter comment: SOMETHING HE SAYS IN ANGER.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ANSWERING THE TELEPHONE
PHONE RINGS, YOU PICK UP THE RECEIVER, "JOE'S POOL
HALL, EIGHTBALL SPEAKING."
Where learned: CHILDHOOD
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1957
WHEN WALKING THROUGH A CEMETERY, IT IS DISRESPECTFUL TO
THE DEAD TO WALK OVER THEIR GRAVES.
Submitter comment: TAUGHT TO ME AT A YOUNG AGE--DETAILS VAGUE.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
SOMETHING OLD, SOMETHING NEW,
SOMETHING BORROWED AND SOMETHING BLUE.
HAPPY THE BRIDE THE SUN SHINES ON.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Wear something old, something new, something borrowed, something blue |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
AFTER THE CEREMONY IS OVER, THE BRIDE TOSSES HER
BOUQUET AND THE MAIDEN WHO CATCHES IT IS SUPPOSED
TO WED NEXT.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bouquet toss |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS THE CUSTOM OF POLISH PEOPLE TO PIN MONEY ON THE
DRESS OF THE BRIDE AS AN OFFERING FOR THE PRIVILEGE
OF DANCING WITH HER AT THE RECEPTION. THE BRIDE
THEN TAKES ALL THE BILLS (USUALLY MEN PIN ON ONE
DOLLAR BILLS) AND THEY ARE HERS TO KEEP.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Paying for dance |
Date learned: 00-00-1957
RED ROVER
THE PLAYERS LINE UP IN TWO EQUAL LINES, FACING EACH OTHER.
THE CAPTAIN OF ONE TEAM SHOUTS, "RED ROVER, RED ROVER,
LET (NAME) COME OVER!" UPON WHICH THE NAMED PERSON RUNS
FROM THE OTHER SIDE (HE IS A MEMBER OF THE OTHER TEAM
TO START WITH). THE RECEIVING TEAM HOLDS HANDS TO
FORM A WALL OF SORTS, WHICH THE RUNNER TRIES TO BREACH.
IF HE DOES, HIS TEAM GETS A MEMBER OF THEIR CHOOSING
FROM THEIR OPPONENTS, BUT IF HE DOESN'T BREACH THE
LINE, HE JOINS THE OPPOSITE TEAM. WHEN ONE MEMBER IS
LEFT ON A TEAM, THE OTHER TEAM WINS.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RED ROVER, RED ROVER
THERE ARE TWO TEAMS, PLACED IN PARALLEL LINES SOME
DISTANCE FROM EACH OTHER. EVERYONE HOLDS HANDS, WHILE
THE TEAMS ALTERNATE IN CALLING AN OPPOSING MEMBER OVER
TO ATTEMPT TO BREAK THROUGH THEIR LINE. THE CALLING
CHIME IS: RED ROVER, RED ROVER, LET (NAME) CROSS OVER.
IF THE PERSON BREAKS THROUGH, HE CAN TAKE AN OPPOSING
MEMBER OVER TO HIS RANKS. IF HE LOSES, HE MUST STAY
WITH THAT TEAM. THE TEAM THAT WINS ALL THE KIDS, WINS
THE GAME.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A PERSON WALKS UNDER A LADDER, HE WILL HAVE BAD
LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WARTS ARE CAUSED BY TOUCHING TOADS.
Submitter comment:
I HAVE KNOWN THIS SINCE I WAS A CHILD AND I HAVE HEARD IT MANY
TIMES FROM OTHER PEOPLE.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; FARMINGTON ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WASH YOUR HANDS IN RAINWATER ON THE TOP OF A BLUFF TO GET
RID OF WARTS.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN