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STEP ON A CRACK YOU'LL BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
BELIEF
SEE A PIN AND PICK IT UP,
AND ALL THE DAY YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
SEE A PIN AND LET IT LAY,
AND BAD LUCK WILL FOLLOW YOU THROUGHOUT THE DAY.
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
PROVERB
IDLENESS IS THE MOTHER OF ALL VICES. TRANSLATION OF
L'OISIVETE EST LA MERE DE TOUS LES VICES.
EST LA MERE DE TOUS LES VICES.
Where learned: SCHOOL ; DETROIT, ASSUMED ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
IT IS PART OF THE IRISH BURIAL CUSTOMS THAT THEY HAVE BIG
PARTIES AND CELEBRATIONS AT THEIR WAKES.
Where learned: SCHOOL ; IRELAND
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
AT A GREEK ORTHODOX WEDDING, THE BRIDE AND GROOM WALK
AROUND THE ALTAR THREE TIMES, EACH TIME MAKING A
DIFFERENT WISH, ALL OF WHICH HAVE SOMETHING TO DO
WITH WARDING OFF EVIL SPIRITS.
THEN TWO WREATHS OF FLOWERS, WHICH ARE TIED TOGETHER,
IN ONE SPOT, ARE PLACED ON THE HEADS OF THE BRIDE AND
GROOM BY THE BEST MAN. AND THEN THE WREATHS ARE
CHANGED BY THE BEST MAN SO THAT THE BRIDE'S WREATH
IS ON THE GROOM'S HEAD AND LIKEWISE FOR THE GROOM'S
WREATH. THIS IS REPEATED THREE TIMES TO SYMBOLIZE
THE UNION BETWEEN THE TWO.
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Walking around altar |
Date learned: 10-24-1969
ON NEW YEAR'S EVE, IF A TALL AND DARK STRANGER COMES TO
THE HOUSE AT MIDNIGHT AND OFFERS SOMEONE A DRINK, THE
HOUSE WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve Food Drink -- Drink BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
JAPANESE AMERICAN CUSTOM
THE JAPANESE AMERICANS WHO LIVE IN CALIFORNIA DECORATE
THEIR HOMES WITH BRANCHES OF PINE AND BAMBOO FOR NEW
YEAR'S DAY. SPECIAL DISHES OF RICE AND FISH ARE
PREPARED.
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS CUSTOMARY TO WEAR HATS AND HAVE NOISEMAKERS
ON NEW YEAR'S EVE. AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT, KISSES
ARE GIVEN TO THOSE OF THE OPPOSITE SEX WHILE AS MUCH
NOISE AS POSSIBLE IS BEING MADE.
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
WHEN PLANTING A FIELD OF CROPS, DO NOT PLANT ON ANY
DAY OTHER THAN GOOD FRIDAY. THIS WILL GUARANTEE A
GOOD CROP.
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday |
Date learned: 09-18-1969
GIN IS THE SEDUCTIVE DRINK. IT MAKES YOU AFFECTIONATE
AND GULLIBLE.
Submitter comment: APHRODISIAC
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage Distilled |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
IT IS SAID THAT OLIVES ARE "PASSION FRUIT." IF YOU EAT
OLIVES, IT INCREASES YOUR SEXUAL DESIRES.
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
OYSTERS ARE SUPPOSED TO INCREASE THE SEXUAL PROWESS
OF MEN, WHEN THEY ARE EATEN.
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Meat Fish and other animal life related to water |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
ROCK ON THE DOCK
EACH PLAYER HAS ONE TIN CAN AND THERE IS A PERSON THAT
IS IT. HE TAKES HIS CAN PUTS IT ON ANOTHER CAN
AND SAYS "ROCK ON THE DOCK." EACH PLAYER PUTS HIS
CAN DOWN IN FRONT OF HIM AND WHILE "IT" WALKS AROUND
THE PLAYERS TRY TO PICK UP THEIR CAN AND KNOCK THE
ROCK OFF THE DOCK. IF THEY MISS THEY ARE AUTOMATICALLY
"IT." IF THEY ALL SUCCEED THEN AFTER THE LAST PERSON
THROWS AND HITS IT, EVERYONE MAKES A DASH FOR THEIR
CAN; PICKS IT UP AND GOES BACK TO START, WHILE "IT"
TRIES TO CATCH SOMEONE. IF HE DOES, THAT PERSON IS
"IT."
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN YOU ARE OLD AND ABOUT TO DIE,
CALL ME UP SO I CAN CRY.
(TELEPHONE NUMBER).
Where learned: SCHOOL ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTICLIMAX IRONY COUPLET ; AUTOGRAPH VERSE? ; METER: ANAPESTIC ; PREPARATION FOR DEATH OLD AGE FRIENDSHIP ; RHYME: MASCULINE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RIDDLE
Q: WHAT IS ROUND, CONSTANTLY MOVING AND 75% BLUE?
A: THE EARTH.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN GEOGRAPHY CLASS.
Keyword(s): NUMBERS AND MEASUREMENTS (Q) COLOR ; STATES OF BEING (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 10-10-1967
RACING DRIVERS WON'T HAVE A GREEN CAR. GREEN IS AN
UNLUCKY COLOR. A GREEN RACING CAR IS CALLED THE
"DEATH CAR."
Where learned: SCHOOL
James Callow Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Means of transportation Vehicle propelled by mechanical or other force on land BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck Objects |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
IF YOU BREAK A MIRROR, IT IS SEVEN YEARS BAD LUCK.
THIS STEMS FROM THE FACT THAT MIRRORS WERE EX-
PENSIVE IN THE MIDDLE AGES.
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several Favorites BELIEF -- Bad luck Mirror |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
IT IS BAD LUCK TO WALK UNDER LADDERS.. THE REASON
STEMS FROM THE FACT THAT PAINTERS DROP STUFF FROM
ABOVE.
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
IT IS OFTEN SAID THAT "BLONDES HAVE MORE FUN."
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 03-05-1968