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A SLEEPING SHRIMP WILL BE CARRIED AWAY IN THE CURRENT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
MARRY A UGLY WOMAN AND YOU WILL BE HAPPY FOR THE REST
OF YOUR LIFE.
Submitter comment: FROM FAMILY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NO NEED FOR JEALOUSY?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 11-07-1967
TO GET RID OF WARTS: GET A STRING AND TIE AS MANY KNOTS ON
THE STRING AS YOU HAVE WARTS. THEN TAKE THIS STRING
OUTSIDE, PLACING IT UNDER A ROCK WHICH IS PLACED AT
THE END OF A DRAIN PIPE. WHEN THE STRING HAS ROTTED
AWAY, YOUR WARTS WILL BE GONE.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY GRANDMOTHER TO MOTHER TO MONICA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING MEASURING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
BIRDS AND THE BEES.
GOD CREATED THE BIRDS TO TEACH PEOPLE HOW TO KISS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-17-1969
BURY AN ONION AND GET RID OF WARTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
YOU CAN GET RID OF THE WARTS THAT YOU GET FROM PICKING
MUSHROOMS BY HOLDING A TOADSTOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
PROVERB
GOD HELPS THE ONE WHO WAKES UP EARLY.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
TO GET RID OF A WART RUB IT WITH A POTATO AND BURY IT
WHERE IT CAN'T BE FOUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THEY ADD UP WITH A COMB.
Submitter comment: IF A BUSINESS PERSON CHARGES TOO MUCH, THE FLEMISH SAY:
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
IF YOU HAVE A WART, RUB A SLICE OF RAW POTATO ON IT. BURY
THE POTATO AT MIDNIGHT. AFTER THREE DAYS, THE WART WILL
BE GONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 01-26-1968
IF YOU HAVE A WART AND YOU BURY A PIECE OF GARLIC, IT WILL
GO AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-10-1972
IF YOU WANT TO HAVE A WART GO AWAY, GO NEXT DOOR AND STEAL
YOUR NEIGHBOR'S DISHCLOTH AND RUB IT ON THE WART. WHEN
YOU ARE FINISHED, BURY THE DISHCLOTH IN THE GROUND.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT READ THIS IN THE "DEAR ABBEY COLUMN" SEVERAL
YEARS BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-10-1971
TAKE A POTATO AND CUT IN IN THREE SECTIONS AND BURY IT ON THE
SIDE UP AND THIS IS SUPPOSED TO GET RID OF A WART.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT READ THIS IN THE "DEAR ABBEY COLUMN" SEVERAL
YEARS BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-10-1971
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
A GOOD NAME KEEPS ITS GLOW IN THE DARK.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): REPUTATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-17-1967
TO GET RID OF A WART, TAKE A BEAN AND CUT IT IN HALF.
RUB ONE HALF ON THE WART AND BURY BOTH TOGETHER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS DURING HIS CHILDHOOD YEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-12-1971
PROVERB
REMEMBER, GOOD THINGS COME IN SMALL PACKAGES.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
IF YOU HAVE A WART, STEAL A NEIGHBOR'S WASHCLOTH RUB THE
WART WITH THE CLOTH AND BURY IT UNDER YOUR PORCH AND NEVER
TELL THE NEIGHBOR WHERE IT IS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
RUB A POTATO ON ANY WARTS AND BURY THE POTATO. WHEN THE
POTATO ROTS, THE WARTS WILL DISAPPEAR.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A BELIEF COMMON IN THE OSWALD FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
TO GET RID OF A WART PUT MILKWEED JUICE ON IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-00-1971