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SUPERSTITION CONCERNING BAD LUCK
IF SOMEONE GIVES YOU SOMETHING SHARP, LIKE A PIN OR KNIFE, YOU
MUST GIVE THEM A PENNY OR YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER COLLECTED THIS SUPERSTITION FROM A WOMAN WITH WHOM SHE WORKED. MRS. HAIRSTON LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER
AND GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: NATIONAL BANK OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONVERSION ; MONEY ; SOCIAL RELATIONS
James Callow Keyword(s): GIFTGIVING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Conversions P883.18 |
Date learned: 02-00-1967
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PROVERBIAL PHRASE
I,M TOO OLD OF A CAT TO BE SCRATCHED IN THE ASS BY A KITTEN
Where learned: NATIONAL BANK OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 09-00-1981
PREDICTION
DOWN SOUTH, OLD FOLKS FEEL A BABY,S HEAD TO SEE HOW SMART HE,S
GONNA BE. IF HE,S GOT A ROUND HEAD HE,LL BE REAL SMART.
Where learned: NATIONAL BANK OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 09-00-1981
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
THROW IT TO THE DIRT AND LET THE RAIN SETTLE IT.
Submitter comment: THIS MEANS TO PUT PROBLEMS ASIDE AND LET THEM WORK THEMSELVES OUT.
Where learned: NATIONAL BANK OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 09-00-1981
GAME
CONCENTRATION: EACH PLAYER IS ASSIGNED A NUMBER,1,2,3,4,ETC
ON YOUR TURN YOU MUST RECITE YOUR NUMBER FIRST,IMMEDIATELY
FOLLOWED BY THE NUMBER OF ANOTHER PLAYER. THAT PLAYER MUST
IMMEDIATELY RECITE HIS/HER NUMBER FOLLOWED BY THE NUMBER OF
ANOTHER PLAYER AND SO ON SO THAT THE DIALOGUE IS RAPIDLY RECITED
"CON -CEN-TRA-TION KEEP IN RHYTHMN,1:2 2:1,1:4 4:1,ETC. UNTIL
SOMEONE MISSES THE CALLING OF HIS/HER NUMBER,SAYS HIS/HER
NUMBER TWICE, OR HESITATES TO SAY A NUMBER QUICKLY ENOUGH
THE WINNERS ARE THE TWO REMAINING PARTICIPANTS.
Where learned: NATIONAL BANK OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Memory |
Date learned: 09-00-1981
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
GET ALONG GO ALONG
Submitter comment: SHORT,SWEET. IT MEANS "I DON,T WANT TO BE BOTHERED"
Where learned: NATIONAL BANK OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |