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I WISH YOU LUCK, I WISH YOU JOY,
I WISH YOU FIRST A BABY BOY.
AND WHEN HIS HAIR BEGINS TO CURL,
I WISH YOU THEN A BABY GIRL,
AND WHEN YOU RUN OUT OF SAFETY PINS,
I WISH YOU THEN A PAIR OF TWINS.
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN YOU STAND BEFORE THE TUB
THINK OF ME BEFORE YOU RUB
IF THE WATER IS TOO HOT
PUT IN A FORGET-ME-NOT
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Forget me not |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE BRIDE THROWS HER BOUQUET TO THE SINGLE GIRLS,
AND WHOEVER CATCHES IT WILL BE NEXT TO GET
MARRIED.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bouquet toss |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
AFTER THEY GOT MARRIED, WHEN THEY GOT HOME, ALL OF
THEIR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES WERE WAITING TO THROW A
PARTY FOR THEM. ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAPPENED WAS
THE BEATING OF METAL DISHPANS AND OTHER METAL POTS
AND PANS WITH SPOONS, ETC.. THEY CALL THIS
"BELLING."
Submitter comment: TOOK PLACE IN NORWALK, OHIO.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Reception |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
WISHING
STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT
FIRST STAR I SEE TONIGHT.
WISH I MAY, WISH I MIGHT
HAVE THIS WISH I WISH TONIGHT.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.455 |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
THE TALE OF THE HODAG
A LUMBERJACK IN RHINELANDER, WISCONSIN MADE UP THIS TALE. HE, WHILE
IN THE WOODS DEVELOPED AN IMAGENARY ( IMAGINARY ) MONSTER. WHEN HE
TOLD THE PEOPLE IN THE TOWN, THEY DIDN"T BELIEVE HIM, SO HE GOT A
BEARSKIN, TUSKS, AND HORNS AND MADE THE MONSTER. HE PUT IT IN A CAVE
AND CALLED THE TOWNFOLK OUT TO SEE IT. THEY BELIEVED HIM FROM THEN
ON. PEOPLE FROM A MUSEUM CAME AND DISCOVERED THE HOAX. THE TOWN STILL
USES THE HODAG AS ITS MASCOT.
Keyword(s): LOCAL LEGEND
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
IF THE SHOE FITS, WEAR IT.
Submitter comment: NONE
Data entry tech comment: PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
Keyword(s): METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
RED HAIR
IF YOU HAVE RED HAIR, YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HAVE A BAD TEMPER.
Keyword(s): HAIR COLOR ; TEMPER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
Jump Rope Rhyme
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLOW
WENT DOWNSTAIRS TO KISS HER FELLOW
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE GET?
1-2-3- - -
Submitter comment:
A jump rope rhyme.
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
NICKNAME
WHEN I WAS A ENIOR IN HIGH SCHOOL, A COUPLE OF GOOD BUDDIES
OF MINE WERE MANAGERS OF THE BASKETBALL TEAM. ONE OF THEIR
FUNCTIONS WAS TO WASH THE UNIFORMS DURING THE WEEK SO THEY
WOULD BE READY FOR USE ON THE WEEKEND. THEY WERE PAUL LARROW
AND TOM LODGE. IT SEEMS THAT ONE OF THESE WASH DAYS, TOM
USED A BIT TOO MUCH SOAP, A FACT WHICH WAS ASTUTELY DETERMINED
WHEN THE FLOOR BECAME FLOODED WITH SOAP SUDZ. EVER SINCE, IT'S
NOT TOM LODGE, IT'S SUDZIE!
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
THE WAY TO A MAN'S HEART IS THROUGH HIS STOMACH.
Keyword(s): FOOD LOVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PROVERB
MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; FERNDALE ; Norwalk
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; WARNING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
A STEP ON A CRACK BREAKS YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS AS A CHILD IN NORWALK, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; FERNDALE ; Norwalk
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
IF YOU PLANT A POTATO IN THE BACKYARD, BELIEVING THAT
YOUR WARTS WILL GO AWAY, THEY WILL.
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
BABIES ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE BORN DURING A BIG
STORM.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
AT A BABY SHOWER, IF THE BRIDE-TO-BE BREAKS A BOW ON A
GIFT, SHE WILL HAVE ONE BABY. IF SHE BREAKS TWO BOWS,
SHE WILL HAVE TWO BABIES; ETC.
Keyword(s): WEDDING OR BRIDAL SHOWER, I RATHER THINK.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Number Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
WOMEN ON SHIPS ARE BAD LUCK.
James Callow Keyword(s): MARITIME ; SEXISM
Date learned: 00-00-1968
IT'S BAD LUCK IF YOU OPEN YOUR UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
SEVEN YEARS BAD LUCK IF YOU BREAK A MIRROR.
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Bad luck Mirror |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
ROUND AS A RING
THAT HAS NO END
SO TRUE IS MY LOVE
TO YOU MY FRIEND
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; Norwalk
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Good wishes (sincere) |
Date learned: 07-11-1943