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FORMULA SPEECH
HAVEN'T SEEN SO MUCH EXCITEMENT SINCE THE PIGS ATE MY LITTLE BROTHER.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THIS WAS A COMMON PHRASE USED IN HIS HOME, BACKHILLS
ILLINOIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; ILLINOIS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-22-1971
POWDERED MILK FACIAL
TO REMOVE WRINKLES AND RELAX THE FACE MUSCLES,
ADD ENOUGH WATER TO A BOWLOF MILK POWDER TO FORM A THICK PASTE.
SPREAD IT EVENLY OVER THE ENTIRE FACE AND THROAT,
AND LET IT SET FOR ABOUT TEN MINUTES.
REMOVE GENTLY BY SPLASHING THE HARDENED MASK WITH WARM WATER
UNTIL IT BEGINS TO DISSOLVE;
THEN WASH FACE IN WARM WATER AND SOAP, DRY, AND APPLY MOISTURE CREAM.
Submitter comment:
THIS METHOD IS QUITE EFFECTIVE
BUT SHOULD NOT BE USED TOO FRQUENTLY.
BECAUSE IT TENDS TO DRY THE SKIN.
MY INFORMANT OBTAINED THE INFORMATION FROM HER BEAUTY OPERATOR.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): BEAUTY TREATMENTS ; COMPLEXION ; FACIALS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1964
THE VANISHING HITCHHIKER
THERE IS A STORY THAT HAS BEEN AROUND AS LONG AS I CAN
REMEMBER. IT IS SAID TO BE TRUE BUT NO ONE KNOWS FOR
SURE. IT IS A STORY ABOUT A LADY GHOST WHO HITCHHIKES
A RIDE FROM PASSING CARS. THE EVENT USUALLY TAKES PLACE
BETWEEN 3 A.M. AMD 6 A.M. AND IT USUALLY HAPPENS TO
DOCTORS ON THEIR WAY TO WORK(THERE IS A HOSPITAL NEARBY).
THEY WILL SEE A YOUNG GIRL HITCHING A RIDE. THEY WILL
PICK THE GIRL UP, SHE WILL GET INTO THE BACK SEAT OF
THE CAR. SHE IS WEARING A WHITE DRESS AND HAS LONG
LONG HAIR. SINCE IT IS EARLY MORNING, IT USUALLY COLD
OUTSIDE. THE DOCTOR USUALLY OFFERS HIS COAT TO THE
WOMAN. HE THEN DRIVES HER TO THE ADDRESS WHICH SHE GAVE
HIM (WHICH IS RIGHT NEAR THE HOSPITAL). WHEN HE GETS THERE
SHE IS GONE AND SO IS HIS COAT. THE PERSON WHO PICKED
THE GIRL UP WILL USUALLY GET OUT OF THE CAR AND GO UP
TO THE HOUSE TO SEE IF THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE THERE KNOW THE
GIRL WHICH THEY DESCRIBE. WHOEVER ANSWERS THE DOOR SAYS
YES, AND THAT SHE HAS BEEN DEAD FOR ? YEARS. THEY TELL THE
PERSON WHERE HER GRAVE IS. THE CEMETERY IS RIGHT ACROSS
THE WAY FROM THE HOSPITAL. WHEN THE PERSON GETS TO
THE GRAVESITE, THEIR COAT IS FOUND ON THE GRAVESTONE.
Submitter comment:
I AM NOT EXACTLY SURE OF THE INFORMANT, BUT THIS STORY
HAS BEEN AROUND AS LONG AS I CAN REMEMBER. MANY PEOPLE
SWEAR THAT IT IS TRUE. AND EVERYTIME IT DOES HAPPEN,
THE STORY ALWAYS IS THE SAME. ONE STRANGE THING THAT
NO ONE UNDERSTANDS IS THAT IT IS USUALLY A MALE THAT
PICKS HER UP, NEVER A FEMALE.
Where learned: HOME ; ILLINOIS
Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1974 ; 00-00-1974
Toast
Here's to the girls who say they will
Here's to the girls who say they won't
But to hell with the girls who say they will
and later you find out they don't.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: ILLINOIS
Keyword(s): DATING ; DRINKING ; Girls ; Innuendo ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
An Irish Toast:
may you be in Heaven a half hour b'fore th' Divil knows you're dead.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): Dead ; DEVIL ; ETHNIC ; HEAVEN ; Irish ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Ethnic:Polish Superstition
IF A YOUNG GIRL SINGS AT THE TABLE, SHE WILL MARRY A CRAZY HUSBAND.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND OF MINE WHO REMEMBERS THIS FROM HER CHILDHOOD.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): CUSTOM ; ETHNIC ; HUSBAND ; MANNERS ; Omen, Singing ; POLISH ; SUPERSTITION ; TABLE MANNERS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
FALLING STARS
NOT ONLY DO FALLING STARS MEAN THE DEATH OF WITCHES, FOR MANY
OTHERS SUCH AN OCCURRENCE MEANS A DEATH OF A MAN.
THIS TALE SEEMS MUCH EASIER TO BELIEVE BECAUSE OF THE NUMBER
OF FALLING OR SHOOTING STARS. I SCARCELY THINK THERE ARE SO
MANY WITCHES, DEFINITELY THERE ARE SO MANY MEN.
Where learned: HIGHLAND PARK ; ILLINOIS
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-09-1967
COUGH
FOR COUGH MEDICINE DAD WOULD MIX ONION JUICE WITH SUGAR, ALSO
HORHOUND DROPS OR GIVE US WARM MILK WITH GINGER.
MOM WOULD ALSO RUB OUR CHEST WITH CAMPHOR, WRAP A WOOL SOCK
AROUND OUR NECK, AND MAKE US WEAR A PNEUMONIA JACKET, WHICH WAS
A PIECE OF WOOL CLOTH THAT FIT AROUND THE CHEST WALL.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PEORIA
Keyword(s): HEAT REMEDY ; HOREHOUND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
IT IS JUST AS SIMPLE AS ABC.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PEORIA
Keyword(s): ALPHABET
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
COVER YOUR ASS.
Submitter comment:
THE FIRST TIME I CAME ACROSS THIS PHRASE WAS RIGHT AFTER I HAD
ASKED FOR A COMMANDERS INVESTIGATION OF AN INCIDENT. AN A.F.
CAPTAIN WHO WAS NOT INVOLVED TOLD ME TO COVER MY ASS.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PEORIA
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
SAME WORD SIMULTANEOUSLY
IF TWO PEOPLE SAY THE SAME WORD SIMULTANEOUSLY,
THEY CAN CLASP THEIR " BABY " FINGERS AND
MAKE A WISH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND OF MINE WHO REMEMBERS THIS
FROM HER CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 02-00-1971
CUT A BABY'S FINGERNAILS BEFORE HE IS A YEAR OLD, THE BABY WILL HAVE
POOR EYESIGHT.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; LINCOLNSHIRE
Keyword(s): HIDDEN CONNECTION
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-14-1971
REMEDY
TEA AND HONEY WILL CURE A COUGH.
Data entry tech comment: THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVES CONTAINS SEVERAL SIMILAR ITEMS.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; LINCOLNSHIRE
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
SUPERSTITION
BURN A BAYBERRY CANDLE ON CHRISTMAS AND IF THE FLAME BURNS BRIGHT
AND THE LIGHT SHINES CLEAR, THEN YOU WILL BE BLESSED ALL YEAR.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; LINCOLNSHIRE
Keyword(s): LUCK
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Predictions CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Lights and candles |
Date learned: 03-14-1971
JUMP ROPE RHYME
JOHNNY OVER THE OCEAN,
JOHNNY OVER THE SEA,
JOHNNY BROKE A BOTTLE,
AND BLAMED IT ALL ON ME.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; LINCOLNSHIRE
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-14-1971
DUMMY DUMMY DOE DOE/ CATCH ME IF YOU CAN/ I CAN JUMP FASTER THAN
(NAME) CAN.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; LINCOLNSHIRE
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 03-14-1971
WEDDING CUSTOM
A MOTHER SHOULD BRING HOME A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE AND PLACE IT UNDER
A MOTHER SHOULD BRING HOME A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE FROM A WEDDING
AND PLACE IT UNDER HER DAUGHTER'S PILLOW SO THAT HER
DAUGHTER MAY HAVE A SUCCESSFUL
MARRIAGE.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; SKOKIE
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Dream about future husband |
Date learned: 11-27-1970
MILITARY CHANT
SQUADRON "C" AND SQUADRON "A" (ECHO)
GOING HAND IN HAND ALL THE WAY. (ECHO)
SQUADRON "A" WAS A WOMEN'S AIR FORCE SQUADRON.
Data entry tech comment:
Keypunched by R.J.Miller 11/82
Updated by TRD 01/12
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHANUTE AIR FORCE BASE ; RANTOUL
Keyword(s): CHANT ; March ; MILITARY ; RHYME ; TAUNT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- War cries |
Date learned: 08-00-1966
AIR FORCE CADENCE
D. I. : DELAYED CADENCE COUNT CADENCE COUNT.
T.: ONE
D. I.: GET YOUR HEAD UP (OR) A LITTLE LOUDER
T.: TWO
D. I.: GET YOUR SHOULDERS BACK (OR) A LITTLE LOUDER
T.: THREE
D. I.: GET YOUR CHEST OUT (OR) A LITTLE LOUDER
T.: FOUR
D. I.: GET YOUR STOMACH IN (OR A LITTLE LOUDER)
T.: ONE
D. I.: HEAD UP ETC.
T.: TWO
D. I.: CHEST OUT, ETC.
T.: THREE
D. I.: STOMACH IN, ETC., ETC.
Submitter comment: THE FORMAT ON THIS ISN'T VERY CLEAR.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHANUTE AIR FORCE BASE ; RANTOUL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.349 |
AIR FORCE CADENCE
PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW-OH
WHO-O WE AR-RE
SO-O WE TELL THEM
WE'RE MIGHTY MIGHTY DEL-TA
WE'RE MIGHTY MIGHTY DEL-TA
EACH LINE HAS "(ECHO)" WRITTEN AFTER IT
Submitter comment:
THIS CADENCE WAS CHANTED AS SQUADRON "D" CAME TO THE CHOW
LINE OR WERE RETURNING TO THE BARRACKS.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHANUTE AIR FORCE BASE ; RANTOUL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.349 |
Date learned: 08-00-1966