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HIDING GAME
APPLE, PEACHES, PUMPKIN PIE;
WHO'S NOT READY HOWLER I.
Where learned: APARTMENT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
NIGHT SWEATS
IF THE SKIN SURFACE OF THE BODY IS GIVEN A CUPPED-PALM HAND BATH
OF APPLE CIDER AT BEDTIME, THE NIGHT SWEATS WILL BE PREVENTED.
Where learned: APARTMENT ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-08-1969
SLEEP
AN HOUR'S SLEEP BEFORE MIDNIGHT IS WORTH TWO AFTER.
Where learned: APARTMENT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-13-1969
CABIN "13"
IN UPPER MICHIGAN THERE IS A CAMPING GROUNDS
THAT NOW HAS 13 COTTAGES. THEY ARE NUMBERED 1 - 12
AND 14. THE EVEN NUMBERS ARE ON ONE SIDE AND THE
ODD ON THE OTHER. THE PLACE WHERE #13 SHOULD BE
IS JUST AN EMPTY SPACE WITH A BURNT OUT FOUNDATION.
COTTAGE 13 HAD BEEN TO HAVE BEEN THERE FOR 13 YEARS,
AND IN THAT TIME 13 PEOPLE HAD DIED THERE. THE
LAST PERSON WHO RENTED IT OUT WAS KILLED IN A FIRE
WHICH DESTROYED THE PLACE. TO THIS DAY, A NEW COTTAGE
HAS NEVER BEEN BUILT IN THIS PLACE.
Where learned: APARTMENT
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 11-12-1969
A BABY
IF A FRIEND LEAVES BABY CLOTHES AT YOUR HOUSE,
YOU CAN EXPECT A BABY.
Where learned: APARTMENT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
BILLS
IF YOUR LEFT HAND ITCHES, YOU WILL BE RECEIVING A BILL SHORTLY.
Where learned: APARTMENT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-29-1969
ITCHY NOSE
IF A PERSON HAS AN ITCHY NOSE, HE WILL EITHER KISS A FOOL OR
GET INTO A FIGHT.
Where learned: APARTMENT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-04-1969
ITCHY RIGHT HAND
IF A PERSON HAS AN ITCHY RIGHT HAND, HE CAN EXPECT TO MEET A
FRIEND.
Where learned: APARTMENT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-04-1969
COMPANY
IF YOU DROP A FORK, YOU CAN EXPECT COMPANY.
Where learned: APARTMENT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-29-1969
MONEY
IF YOU DROP A SPOON, YOU WILL RUN INTO SOME MONEY.
Where learned: APARTMENT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-03-1969
THE TRAPPER
IN ISHPEMING, MICHIGAN, THERE IS A TALE ABOUT A FRENCH-
CANADIAN FUR SELLER WHO WAS FAIRLY RICH. HE ALWAYS
WORE HIGH BLACK BOOTS, A LARGE CAP, AND DRESSED VERY
NICELY. IT IS SAID THAT HE WAS ROBBED AND KILLED ONE
DAY IN HIS CANOE BUT HIS BODY WAS NEVER FOUND.
ABOUT THIRTY YEARS LATER, HIS GREAT GRAND-CHILD WAS
WALKING ON THE BEACH AND SAW AN OVERTURNED CANOE WITH
A PAIR OF BLACK BOOTS COMING OUT FROM UNDER IT. HE
PICKED UP THE CANOE AND SAW A MAN WITH OLD BUT VERY
NICE LOOKING CLOTHES, LONG BLACK BOOTS, AND A LARGE
CAP. HE THOUGHT IT TO BE HIS GREAT GRANDFATHER AND RAN
HOME TO TELL HIS PARENTS. WHEN HIS PARENTS CAME TO SEE,
THE BODY WAS NOT THERE, BUT THE CANOE WAS, WITH A
BLOODY CAP INSIDE. THERE WERE ALSO FOOTPRINTS LEADING
FROM THE CANOE TO THE WOODS. THEY LEFT, BUT CAME BACK
NEXT DAY AND FOUND NOTHING. NOTHING WAS EVER HEARD
ABOUT IT AGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; APARTMENT ; DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; ISHPEMING
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 11-12-1969
SAILORS
PINK SKY IN THE MORNING--SAILOR'S WARNING
PINK SKY AT NIGHT--SAILOR'S DELIGHT.
Where learned: APARTMENT
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Prose Narrative C820.462 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
IF YOU PUT A HAT ON A BED, YOU WILL RUN INTO BAD LUCK.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: APARTMENT
Keyword(s): Bed ; BELIEF ; CLOTHING ; Fashion ; Hat ; LUCK ; Placement ; PREDICTION ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
IF YOU PUT YOUR SHOES ON A TABLE, YOU WILL RUN INTO
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: APARTMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 11-11-1969
FOR EVERY LIE THAT A PERSON TELLS, HE GET A
WHITE SPOT UNDER HIS FINGERNAIL.
Where learned: APARTMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 10-09-1969
MARCH
MARCH: IN LIKE A LION; OUT LIKE A LAMB.
Where learned: APARTMENT
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: O9231969
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Numerology
If you are not sure of a true or false answer on a test, take the number of the question, divide it by 2 (drop the fraction if there is one), and add 7 to that number. If the final answer is even, then the answer to the question is true, and if odd, the answer is false.
Data entry tech comment:
Motif submitted by TRD.
Where learned: APARTMENT
Keyword(s): Cheat ; MATHEMATICS ; NUMEROLOGY ; TEST ; True or False
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMEROLOGY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object |
THE HEADLESS
IN TOLEDO {OHIO} THERE WAS A MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT
IN WHICH THE DRIVER LOST HIS HEAD.
NOW ON THE SAME ROAD, YOU CAN SEE ONE HEADLIGHT
COMING AT YOU (USUALLY AROUND MIDNIGHT), BUT
WHEN IT GETS CLOSE ENOUGH TO MAKE IT OUT, IT
DISAPPEARS. IT IS SAID TO BE THE MOTORCYCLIST
LOOKING FOR HIS HEAD.
Where learned: OHIO ; APARTMENT ; TOLEDO ; DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 11-12-1969
CRAZY CHARLY
THERE IS A TALE IN NORTHEAST DETROIT {MICHIGAN} ABOUT
A MAN NAMED CHARLY WHO WENT CRAZY. FIRST HE KILLED
HIS WIFE, AND THEN HIMSELF (WITH AN AX).
IT IS REPORTED THAT HE HAS BEEN SEEN CHASING TEENAGERS
PARKED NEAR HIS OLD HOME WITH A BLOODY AX.
Where learned: APARTMENT ; DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 11-12-1969