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PERMANENT
INFORMANT WAS TOLD BY HER MOTHER IF YOU GAVE YOURSELF A PERMANENT
DURING YOUR PERIOD, IT WOULD'NT TAKE.
Submitter comment: (THIS REFERS TO A PERMANENT WAVE FOR HAIR)
Where learned: OAKLAND UNIVERSITY
Keyword(s): HAIR ; MENSTRUATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
CHRISTMAS COFFEECAKE
THERE IS A GERMAN COFFEECAKE MADE EVERY YEAR AT THE CHRISTMAS
SEASON. IT IS CALLED KRANTZ WHICH MEANS "WREATH". IT IS SHAPED
LIKE A WREATH, WITH THE DOUGH TWISTED TOGETHER.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: OAKLAND UNIVERSITY
Keyword(s): Cake ; CHRISTMAS ; Coffee ; CUSTOM ; ETHNIC ; FOOD ; GERMAN ; holiday ; tradition ; Wreath
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Pastry |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
ELEPHANT JOKE
WHY DO ELEPHANTS WEAR RED SLIPPERS?
SO THEY CAN HIDE IN THE CHERRY TREES
Submitter comment: THERE ARE SEVERAL INTERESTING VARIATIONS OF THIS SAME JOKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAKLAND UNIVERSITY
Keyword(s): FRUIT COLOR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 09-00-1971
Belief: Animal
Crosses on Donkeys:
The fur on a donkey's back seems to make a dark cross length-wise. According to the informant, the cross is there because Christ rode the donkey into Jerusalem. When she told me this, another person who was present said she had always heard it was there because Mary rode on the donkey.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P682.4, M247.3] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAKLAND UNIVERSITY ;
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; ASS ; Christ ; CHRISTIANITY ; Cross ; DONKEY ; DONKEY ; Fur ; HAIR ; Jerusalem ; JESUS ; Mary ; RELIGION ; SYMBOL ; VIRGIN MARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |