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NAME
AN IRISH NAME WHICH IS POPULAR IN CANADA FOR A SPOILED BRAT, CRY
BABY, OR POUTER IS "SUCKEY BABY."
Where learned: TOLD ON ; CAMPING TRIP
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
WHEN A HOCKEY PLAYER IS IN A SLUMP
HE CAN CURE THIS BY APPLYING TOBACCO JUICE
TO THE BLADE OF HIS HOCKEY STICK.
Submitter comment:
ALEX DELVECCIO HAD NOT SCORED IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE SEASON.
APPLYING OF THE CURE IN THE SECOND HALF WORKED. HE SCORED 20 GOALS.
Where learned: TOLD ON ; TV INTERVIEW
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
THE WHITE WOMAN
AT MIDNIGHT ON CERTAIN NIGHTS, A GHOSTLY APPARITION
OF A WOMAN IN WHITE WILL APPEAR AT THE BRIDGE ON
TANGLEWOOD DRIVE ON BELLE ISLE.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO ME ONE DARK NIGHT BY SOMEONE WHO
CLAIMS TO HAVE ACTUALLY SEEN THE WOMAN IN WHITE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BELLE ISLE ; TOLD ON ; SPRING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00001972 SPRING
WHEN ASKED WHERE AND HOW BIG HIS HOME TOWN WAS, HE ANSWERED,
"ITS JUST ABOUT TWO MILES BEYOND 'RESUME SPEED'."
Where learned: TOLD ON ; "THE JOHNNY BENCH SHOW"
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |