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BELLING
IT IS A CUSTOM IN PLYMOUTH, INDIANA TO INTRUDE ON A
NEWLYWED COUPLE AND MAKE THEM TREAT YOU TO AN ICE
CREAM AT SCHLOSSER'S PARLOR. YOU BRING ALL YOUR
FRIENDS WITH YOU AND (ILLEGIBLE WORD) QUITE LOUDLY
WITH WHISTLES AND HORNS UNTIL THEY LET YOU IN.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDFATHER THOUGHT THIS WAS ONE OF THE MOST
ENJOYABLE THINGS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; INDIANA ; PLYMOUTH
Keyword(s): SHIVAREE CHIVAREE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage F545.1341 |
Date learned: 10-10-1971
Jump Rope Rhyme
CINDERELLA ALL DRESSED IN YELLOW,
WENT UPSTAIRS TO MEET A FELLOW,
ON HER WAY HER GIRDLE BUSTED
HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE DISGUSTED?
1-2-3. . .
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-01-1969
JUMP ROPE RHYME
"MRS. LUCY HAD A BABY,
SHE CALLED IT TINY TEARS.
SHE PUT IT IN THE BATHTUB
TO SEE IF IT COULD SWIM.
INSTEAD THE BABY DRANK THE WATER
AND ATE UP ALL THE SOAP}
MRS. LUCY CALLED THE DOCTOR AND THE NURSE:
MRS. LUCY CALLED THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
MEASLES SAID THE DOCTOR
MEASLES SAID THE NURSE;
MEASLES SAID THE LADY WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-01-1969
Kim's family used to wax their cars, but every time they did,
whoever drove it after the waxing got into an auto accident.
This happened quite a few times. Kim's parents quit waxing
the cars and have not been in an accident since.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
James Callow Keyword(s): Post hoc reasoning
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Bad luck |
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
REMEMBER ME WHEN THIS YOU SEE
AND COUNT ME AS A FRIEND,
AND I WILL TRUE REMEMBER YOU
UNTIL MY LIFE SHALL END.
Submitter comment: VERSE IN AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF INFORMANT; 1932, NIKOMA, NORTH DAKOTA
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
Keyword(s): FRIENDLY ; FRIENDSHIP ; INTERNAL RHYME ; INVERSION ; METER: IAMBS ; PROMISE OF REMEMBRANCE ; QUATRAIN ; REQUEST FOR REMEMBRANCE ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
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FRATERNITY TELEPHONE PRANK
TELL A PLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE THE TELEPHONE NUMBER OF AN
EXTREMELY WELL BUILT GIRL, WHO GOES BY THE NAME OF
"THE BODY." GIVE THE NUMBER TO THE PLEDGE AND TELL HIM
TO CALL THE NUMBER AND ASK TO SPEAK TO "THE BODY"
AND MAKE A DATE WITH HER. WELL, THE NUMBER GIVEN IS THE
NUMBER OF A FUNERAL HOME--USUALLY A BLACK FUNERAL HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PREDICTION
VISITORS TO HAWAII CAST THEIR LEIS
UPON THE WATER AS THEY LEAVE BY
SHIP. IF THE LEIS FLOAT BACK TO SHORE,
THE VISITOR WILL RETURN.
Submitter comment: KATHY PROBABLY HEARD THIS IN SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
BELIEF ABOUT DROPPING SILVERWARE
DROP A KNIFE - A FIGHT.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM AN IRISH COMPANION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
BELIEF ABOUT DROPPING SILVERWARE
DROP A FORK - A MAN IS COMING TO VISIT.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM AN IRISH FRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
BELIEF ABOUT DROPPING SILVERWARE
DROP A TABLESPOON - AN OLD LADY
IS COMING TO VISIT.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM AN IRISH FRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
BELIEF ABOUT DROPPING SILVERWARE
DROP A SPOON - COMPANY IS COMING.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM AN IRISH COMPANION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
BELIEF
SEW A GARMENT WHILE YOU ARE
WEARING IT, YOU'LL DO SOMETHING STUPID.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT OBTAINED THIS FROM A FELLOW WORKER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
PREDICTION
A CRYING OR HOWLING DOG AT NIGHT MEANS DEATH.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS (AND PROBABLY STILL IS) A COMMON
BELIEF IN NORTH DAKOTA 1930'S.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
IRISH BELIEF (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; DOMESTIC PURSUITS (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
SEW ON SUNDAYS IS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT BELIEVES IT IS IRISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.21 |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
BELIEF
GET UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF BED, YOU WILL HAVE A BAD DAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT OBTAINED FROM AN IRISH FRIEND.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
Keyword(s): ATTITUDE ; Awaken ; Bed ; BELIEF ; Mood ; Rise ; Side ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
BELIEF
GET UP ON THE WRONG SIDE OF BED, YOU WILL HAVE A BAD DAY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT OBTAINED FROM AN IRISH FRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 10-00-1965
I AUTO SING, I AUTO SIGH
I AUTO CRY, I AUTO LAUGH
I AUTO SIGN YOUR AUTOGRAPH!
Submitter comment:
IN PLACE OF EACH "AUTO" IS A PICTURE OF A CAR
DRAWN FOR EFFECT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLYMOUTH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 10-30-1969
WHEN ON THE EARTH YOUR DAYS ARE ENDED,
AND NO MORE THIS PATH YOU TROD,
MAY YOUR NAME IN GOLD BE WRITTEN
IN THE AUTOGRAPH OF GOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NORTH DAKOTA ; NEKOMA ; PLYMOUTH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Pious reflection |
LIFE IS LONG AND BOYS ARE PLENTY
DON'T GET MARRIED TIL YOUR TWENTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NORTH DAKOTA ; PLYMOUTH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 10-00-1965 ; 00-00-1932