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METHOD OF CURING
"SORES ARE HEALED BY LITTLE MEN WHO WORK AT NIGHT KNITTING THE
EDGES BACK TOGETHER. DON'T PICK THE SCABS BECAUSE THEY WILL
HAVE TO WORK OVERTIME."
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HER MOTHER'S LADYFRIEND WHO VISITS
QUITE OFTEN. ALISON HEARD THIS WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG CHILD (1950'S)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ;
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Curer BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-19-1971
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
AN OUNCE OF PREVENTION IS WORTH A POUND OF CURE
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-20-1967
IF THE BRIDE IF THE FIRST ONE TO START GETTING UP FROM
A KNEELING POSITION AFTER THE WEDDING CEREMONY, SHE WILL
BE THE BOSS IN HER NEW HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Marriage Ceremony |
Date learned: 03-08-1971
PROVERB
THE FEARS OF THE NIGHT ARE THE LAUGHS OF THE DAY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-23-1971
IF IT IS A BRIGHT AND SUNNY DAY ON THE DAY YOU ARE
TO BE MARRIED, IT MEANS THAT YOU WILL HAVE A BRIGHT AND
HAPPY FUTURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage P545.056 |
Date learned: 03-08-1971
SUPERSTITION
TO STUMP YOUR FOOT IS TO PRODUCE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT REMEMBERS FIRST HEARING THIS BELIEF FROM A
FRIEND WHO SAID THAT MAN'S FEET IS HIS FOUNDATION, AND TO
STUMP YOUR LEFT TOE IS TO STUMP OR SHAKE YOUR VERY
FOUNDATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; LUNCHROOM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Bad luck |
FOR EACH RIBBON A GIRL CUTS AT HER BRIDAL SHOWER, SHE
WILL HAVE A CHILD (CUTS TEN RIBBONS, SHE'LL HAVE TEN
KIDS.)
Submitter comment: HEARD IT FROM HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Breaking of BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
FAR OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; NORTH QUAD 105
Keyword(s): SLANG
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
YOU ARE ENGAGED. THE THIRD PERSON WHO TRIES ON YOUR
ENGAGEMENT RING IS A LOSER. THEY WON'T GET A HUSBAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SPINSTER
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Marriage P545.015 |
Date learned: 01-25-1968
IF YOU SLEEP ON A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE, YOU'LL DREAM ABOUT
WHO YOU ARE GOING TO MARRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dream about future husband |
Date learned: 01-26-1968
IF YOU SLEEP ON A SLICE OF WEDDING CAKE, YOU'LL DREAM OF
YOUR FUTURE HUSBAND.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A SUPERSTITION COMMON IN THE OSWALD FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dream about future husband |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF A GIRL GOES OVER A RAILROAD TRACK
IN A CAR WITHOUT LIFTING HER FEET, THEN SHE WILL NEVER
MARRY HER TRUE LOVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 03-00-1972
IF A GIRL EATS BOTH ENDS OF A LOAF OF BREAD, SHE
WILL FIND A HUSBAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
PROVERB
FOUR ARMS ARE BETTER THAN TWO.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-23-1971
IF YOU TAKE THE LAST PIECE OF CANDY, COOKIE, PIECE OF
MEAT, ETC., IT MEANS YOU WILL BE AN OLD MAID.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SPINSTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 10-18-1971
IF SOMEONE SWEEPS ACROSS YOUR FEET WITH A BROOM, YOU
WILL BE AN OLD MAID.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER HAD ALWAYS TOLD HER THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SPINSTER
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 10-13-1971
UKRANIAN PROVERB
ENGLISH TRANSLATION: A GENTLEMAN ORDERS, BUT MUST DO IT HIMSELF.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
WHEN GOING BY A CEMETERY, YOU SHOULD PUT YOUR HANDS ON
TOP OF THE CAR, OR YOU WILL NEVER MARRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 03-26-1971
THAI CUSTOM
IF YOUR SECOND TOE IS LONGER THAN YOUR BIG TOE, THEN
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED, YOU'LL BE THE DOMINANT PARTNER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN THAILAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 02-12-1971
CHINESE MARRIAGE PREDICTIONS
IT IS CONSIDERED TO BE A BAD MATCH WHEN A PERSON FROM
THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE MARRIES ONE FROM THE YEAR OF THE
RAT. IN FACT, THIS IS THE WORST POSSIBLE MATCH.
BEST MARRIAGE POSSIBILITIES ARE WHEN A PERSON FROM THE
YEAR OF THE DRAGON MARRIES ONE FROM THE YEAR OF THE
CHICKEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 10-15-1968