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STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT,
FIRST STAR I SEE TONIGHT.
WISH I MAY, WISH I MIGHT,
HAVE THIS WISH I WISH TONIGHT.
Where learned: HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
COUNTING OUT RHYME
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, THREE POTATO, FOUR,
FIVE POTATO, SIX POTATO, SEVEN POTATO, MORE.
Where learned: HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-25-1968
BLASON POPULAIR
"HE'S A DOUBTING THOMAS."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIS HOME ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
AS INDEPENDENT AS A HOG ON ICE.
Where learned: HIS HOME
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; CLIMATE ; DEFINITION
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY?
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
SIGN OF THE CROSS
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON
AND THE HOLY SPOOK.
Where learned: HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 02-00-1970
MARRIAGE OF DAUGHTERS
DAUGHTERS OF THE MEN AFFILIATED WITH THE MAFIA ARE NOT PERMITTED TO
DATE OR MARRY UNTIL THEY HAVE REACHED THE AGE OF 21.
Where learned: HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Dating, courtship mechanics |
Date learned: 02-08-1968
MATURITY
THE MEMBERS OF THE MAFIA FEEL THAT THEIR SONS HAVE REACHED THE
TIME OF MATURITY WHEN THEY BECOME 21. AND UNTIL THEY HAVE REACHED
THIS AGE THEY ARE NOT PERMITTED TO ENTER INTO THE ORGANIZATION.
Where learned: HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Maturity |
Date learned: 02-08-1968
TOM SWIFTIE
I'M A PLUMBER HE PIPED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIS HOME ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): JOB
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ; SAID
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 10-08-1968
DAILY LIFE FLOWER CUSTOM
IN HAWAII THE NATIVE GIRLS WEAR A FLOWER OVER THEIR
LEFT EAR IF THEY ARE SINGLE AND ARE MARRIAGEABLE.
THEY WEAR A FLOWER OVER THEIR RIGHT EAR WHEN THEY
ARE ALREADY MARRIED.
Where learned: HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Daily Life |
Date learned: 01-21-1968
SLAVIC CUSTOM
A TRADITIONAL SLAVIC CUSTOM IS NOT TO DRINK WATER
WITH THE MEAL.
Where learned: HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home |
IF BEING UGLY GAINED SALVATION, YOU'D BE AT THE
RIGHT HAND OF THE LORD.
Where learned: HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 04-01-1968
IF SAND WAS UGLY, YOU'D BE THE SAHARA DESERT.
Where learned: HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 04-01-1968
FINNISH SPEECH TO HAVE NEIGHBOR CALL IN HIS DOG.
HOLLER YOUR DOG IN, HE'S RUNNING THE ALLEY UP AND DOWN.
Where learned: HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
MEXICAN BAPTISM
THE PARENTS OF THE CHILD BEING BAPTIZED ARE NOT ALLOWED
TO COME TO SEE THE CEREMONY. THE GODPARENTS AND ANY
RELATIVES OR FRIENDS MAY COME, HOWEVER.
Where learned: HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Baptism Naming rite |
Date learned: 02-22-1972
BLASON POPULAIRE
USING A FINE ITALIAN HAND.
Submitter comment:
PROFESSOR'S QUERY: HANDWRITING?
COLLECTOR'S ANSWER: ESPECIALLY APPLIED TO COOKING.
Where learned: HIS HOME
Keyword(s): COOKING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
ITALIAN CUSTOM
IN THE INSTANCE OF A DEATH OF SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY,
THE REST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY WILL BE IN
MOURNING FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR. THEY RESTRICT
THEMSELVES FROM PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT OR OTHER
UNNECESSARY SOCIAL EVENTS.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USUALLY PRACTICED WITHIN THE STRICT ITALIAN
FAMILIES.
Where learned: HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-08-1968
IT IS A COMMON SCOTTISH CUSTOM TO SING "AULD LANG SYNE"
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY.
Where learned: HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |
Date learned: 01-31-1968
AFTER SNEEZING, KNOCK ON WOOD AND GOOD LUCK IS
ASSURED THE REST OF THE DAY.
Where learned: HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Conversions Body parts and functions SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 09-25-1968
THE INFORMANT'S GRANDMOTHER WOULD OFFER TO BUY THE
WARTS FROM A PERSON WHO HAD THEM ON THEIR HANDS.
A FEW DAYS AFTER SHE WOULD MAKE THE OFFER THE WARTS
WOULD DISAPPEAR FROM THE PERSON'S HANDS AND WOULD NOT
APPEAR AGAIN.
Where learned: HIS HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): SALE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
IT HAS ALWAYS BEEN A CUSTOM TO BURN BLESSED CANDLES
AT THE TIME OF A SEVERE LIGHTNING STORM. THIS IS
PRACTICED BY STRICT CATHOLICS.
Where learned: HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Fire |
Date learned: 00-00-1967