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CUSTOM
ON THE LAKES, CAPTAINS OF THEIR SHIPS SALUTE EACH OTHER WITH TWO
LONG BLASTS AND ONE SHORT ONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND MARAIS
Keyword(s): SALUTE SHIPS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business SPEECH -- To Be Heard |
Date learned: NOT INCLUDED
BETTER SLEEP
YOU WILL SLEEP BETTER IF THE HEAD OF YOUR BED POINTS NORTH.
Submitter comment:
LEARNED FROM HER AUNT IN GRAND MARAIS IN HER CHILDHOOD. (HER
BED HEAD POINTS NORTH, INCIDENTALLY.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; GRAND MARAIS
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: 01-04-1964
AMERICAN CUSTOM
WHEN DEEP SEA FISHING PARTIES ARE SUCCESSFUL THEY RETURN TO THE
FISHING PORT WITH A RED FLAG ATTACHED TO THE BOAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND MARAIS
Keyword(s): COLOR RED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: NOT INCLUDED
CUSTOM
MERCHANT SHIPS HONOR "MAN OF WAR" SHIPS BY DIPPING THEIR FLAGS AT
HALF MASK AND THEN RAISING IT. THE WAR SHIP ANSWERS BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND MARAIS
Keyword(s): MAST
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: NOT INCLUDED
CUSTOM
THE CAPTAIN IS THE LAST MAN OFF THE SHIP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND MARAIS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SIGN OF FAIR WEATHER.
IF THE SKY RETAINS A REDDISH GLOW AFTER THE SUN SETS, THE FOLLOWING
DAY WILL BE SUNNY AND WARM.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD IN THE FISHING PORT OF GRAND
MARAIS, MICHIGAN, WHERE, SHE CLAIMS, FISHERMEN USED IT AS A GUIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND MARAIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire P460.1 |
Date learned: 07-00-1958
SIGN OF RAIN
IF THE MOON HAS A MISTY GLOW AROUND IT, THE DAY FOLLOWING WILL
BE DAMP AND RAINY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD IN THE FISHING PORT OF GRAND
MARAIS WHERE THE FISHERMEN USED IT AS A GUIDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND MARAIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew P465.4 |
Date learned: 07-00-1958
BOTTOMLESS LAKE
IN THE EARLY NINETEEN HUNDREDS, A HORSE AND BUGGY STOOD AT THE TOP
OF SAND DUNES OVERLOOKING GRAND SABLE LAKE IN THE U.P. (UPPER
PENINSULA). THE HORSE WAS STARTLED BY SOMETHING AND RAN DOWN THE
DUNE AND INTO THE LAKE. NO TRACE OF EITHER HORSE OR BUGGY HAS
EVER BEEN FOUND.
Submitter comment:
SHE LEARNED THIS UPON SEEING SABLE LAKE FOR THE FIRST TIME (AROUND
1957) AS A VERIFICATION FOR THE DEPTH OF THE LAKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND MARAIS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Still water Small body. Lake, pond.... BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00001957 CA
IF YOU PASS A LOAD OF HAY AND MAKE A WISH, IT WILL
COME TRUE PROVIDED YOU DON'T LOOK BACK.
Submitter comment:
HEARD WHEN INFORMANT WAS A CHILD IN GRAND MARAIS,
MICHIGAN.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; GRAND MARAIS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 01-11-1964
BOTTOMLESS LAKE
IN THE EARLY NINETEEN HUNDREDS, A HORSE AND BUGGY STOOD AT THE TOP
OF SAND DUNES OVERLOOKING GRAND SABLE LAKE IN THE U.P. (UPPER
PENINSULA). THE HORSE WAS STARTLED BY SOMETHING AND RAN DOWN THE
DUNE AND INTO THE LAKE. NO TRACE OF EITHER HORSE OR BUGGY HAS
EVER BEEN FOUND.
Submitter comment:
SHE LEARNED THIS UPON SEEING SABLE LAKE FOR THE FIRST TIME (AROUND
1957) AS A VERIFICATION FOR THE DEPTH OF THE LAKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND MARAIS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Still water Small body. Lake, pond.... BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00001957 CA
BOTTOMLESS LAKE
IN THE EARLY NINETEEN HUNDREDS, A HORSE AND BUGGY STOOD AT THE TOP
OF SAND DUNES OVERLOOKING GRAND SABLE LAKE IN THE U.P. (UPPER
PENINSULA). THE HORSE WAS STARTLED BY SOMETHING AND RAN DOWN THE
DUNE AND INTO THE LAKE. NO TRACE OF EITHER HORSE OR BUGGY HAS
EVER BEEN FOUND.
Submitter comment:
SHE LEARNED THIS UPON SEEING SABLE LAKE FOR THE FIRST TIME (AROUND
1957) AS A VERIFICATION FOR THE DEPTH OF THE LAKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND MARAIS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Still water Small body. Lake, pond.... BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00001957 CA