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SUPERSTITION
THE NUMBER THIRTEEN IS IT REALLY LUCKY OR UNLUCKY.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; DETROIT ; WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 10-09-1967
CHRISTMAS
IN THE PHILIPPINES, INSTEAD OF THE CHRISTMAS TREE WHICH WE USE AS
THE MOST COMMON SYMBOL OF CHRISTMAS, THE INHABITANTS USE THE
CHRISTMAS STAR. EACH HOME HAS A LARGE STAR, MADE OF SOME
NATURAL MATERIAL SUCH AS BAMBOO, WHICH SERVES AS THE CENTRAL
DECORATION IN THE HOME AS OUR TREES DO.
Where learned: DETROIT ; WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY ; NEWMAN CENTER CHAPEL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Christmas tree |
SUPERSTITION:
NINETY YEARS WITHOUT SLUMBERING,
TICK, TOCK, TICK, TOCK,
BUT IT STOPPED SHORT,
NEVER TO RUN AGAIN
WHEN THE OLD MAN DIED.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS.
Data entry tech comment: PART OF A SONG--"GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Death C346.546 |
PLANT CUCUMBERS ON THE LONGEST DAY OF THE YEAR; THIS WILL
MAKE THEM GROW LONG.
Submitter comment: HIS FATHER ALWAYS FOLLOWED THIS PRACTICE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June 21 solstice to September 22 |
Date learned: 03-10-1968
Graffito
Nixon should pull out
Just as his father should have.
Submitter comment:
Informant said that he read this on a bathroom wall at Wayne State University.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; RESTROOM WALL ; WAYNE STATE UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |