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SOME JAPANESE WRESTLERS BELIEVE THAT THERE ARE EVIL SPIRITS IN
THE WRESTLING RING. TO WARD OFF THESE SPIRITS, THEY SPRINKLE SALT
IN THEIR CORNER OF THE RING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 11-13-1969
DON'T BURN YOUR HAIR WHEN IT COMES OUT IN THE COMB, YOU ARE
SUPPOSED TO THROW IT OUTSIDE FOR THE BIRDS TO MAKE THEIR NESTS
OUT OF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): OPPOSITE OF A CONTAGIOUS MAGIC BELIEF ALSO IN ARCHIVE
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Bird |
TRUCK DRIVING PROWESS
DURING THE 1940'S AND EARLY 1950'S SEMI DRIVERS
FOLLOWING EACH OTHER ON OLD U.S. 22 (ONE OF THE FEW TRUCK
ROUTES INTO THE NEW YORK METRO AREA FROM THAT AREA [HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA]) USED TO ENGAGE IN A "CONTEST"
BY ALTERNATELY KNOCKING OUT THE ROADSIDE MAILBOXES BY SWAYING THE
REARMOST END OF THE TRAILER.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT'S INFORMANT: JOHN POTERE A DRIVER FOR MCCLEAN TRUCKING. THE INFORMATION WAS OBTAINED IN HARRISBURG, PENNSYLVANIA IN OCTOBER OF 1969.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): OCCUPATIONAL FOLKLORE TRUCK DRIVERS
Date learned: 12-01-1972
NEVER CUT A BABY'S FINGERNAILS BEFORE HE IS ONE YEAR OLD
OR HE WILL BE A THIEF.
Submitter comment: COLLECTOR: FROM MY MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Date learned: 10-28-1970
THE DROPPING OF SILVERWARE AT THE TABLE REPRESENTED
THIS:
IF A KNIFE WAS DROPPED, A MAN WOULD VISIT THAT DAY.
IF A SPOON WAS DROPPED A LADY WOULD VISIT THAT DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration Implement to handle food BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 11-15-1969
IT IS GOOD LUCK TO HAVE A HORSESHOE HUNG OVER YOUR
THRESHOLD. IT BRINGS GOOD LUCK TO THE PLACE WHERE
THE HORSESHOE IS HUNG.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT REMEMBERS IT FROM WHEN HE WAS YOUNGER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
STUCK ON TOILET
THE MAN OF THE HOUSE TOLD THE BABYSITTER NOT TO SIT ON THEIR
TOILET WHICH HAD JUST BEEN PAINTED. SHE FORGOT, SAT ON THE
TOILET, AND GOT STUCK. SHE CALLED FOR A DOCTOR, WHO CAME AND
SLIPPED ON THE FLOOR AND WAS KNOCKED UNCONSCIOUS. WHEN THE
AMBULANCE ARRIVED, THEY HAD TO UNBOLT THE TOILET. THE GIRL
WAS THEN RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL AND SHE HAD TO BE CUT AWAY
FROM THE TOILET SEAT.
LATER SHE SUED THE HOMEOWNER AND HAD TO SHOW HER SCARS TO THE
JUDGE TO PROVE THAT THIS REALLY HAPPENED. (IT REALLY DID.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
STRASBOURG, THE HAUNTED STREET
IN THE EARLY 1950'S A STORY CIRCULATED IN DETROIT ABOUT A HAUNTED
STREET CALLED STRASBOURG. WHENEVER ANYONE WOULD DRIVE THEIR CAR
ON THIS PARTICULAR STREET, A CONSTANT KNOCKING NOISE COULD BE
HEARD. IT SEEMED TO COME FROM EVERYWHERE. SOMETIMES IT SOUNDED
LIKE IT WAS COMING FROM THE DOOR; THEN IT WOULD COME FROM THE
ROOF.
THE KNOCKING NOISE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE BEEN MADE BY THE GHOST
OF A YOUNG GIRL WHO HAD BEEN KILLED BY A HIT AND RUN DRIVER.
SHE WAS PERHAPS TEN OR ELEVEN YEARS OLD. AS SHE TRIED TO CROSS
THE STREET, HER COAT WAS CAUGHT BY THE DOOR HANDLE OF A PASSING
CAR. AS THE CAR DRAGGED HER ALONG THE STREET, THE GIRL STARTED
TO KNOCK ON THE DOOR, TRYING TO GET THE DRIVER'S ATTENTION, BUT
SHE FINALLY FELL AND WAS CRUSHED UNDER THE CAR WHEEL. THE CAR
SPED AWAY.
THE GIRL'S FATHER, WHO WAS A GYPSY, PLACED A CURSE ON THE STREET.
HE SAID THAT UNTIL THE DAY THE HIT AND RUN DRIVER WHO KILLED HIS
DAUGHTER WAS CAUGHT, THE SPIRIT OF HIS DAUGHTER WOULD KNOCK ON
EVERY CAR THAT DROVE DOWN STRASBOURG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Date learned: 11-19-1968
NOT GIVEN
UNCLE JOE WOKE IN THE MORNING WITH HIS BED OUTSIDE, AND HE WAS
SLEEPING IN IT THAT NIGHT. THERE WAS NO WAY OF GETTING THE BED
OUT WITHOUT DISASSEMBLING IT. HE HAD BEEN SPOOKED, AND FROM THAT
DAY ON, WAS CROSS-EYED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Witch Shaman |
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP,
WITH MY FORD CAR IN THE STREET,
IF IT SHOULD START BEFORE I WAKE,
I PRAY THE LORD TO PULL THE BRAKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1937
I HAD A LITTLE MONKEY, I SAT HIM ON A DONKEY,
FED HIM GINGER BREAD.
ALONG CAME A COPPER, HE HIT HIM ON TOPPER,
NOW MY LITTLE MONKEY IS DEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1937
WAS IN A RESTAURANT THAT THEY MET
ROMEO AND JULIET.
WHEN THE WAITER CAME TO COLLECT,
ROME OWED WHAT JULIE "ET."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 00-00-1937
WHEN I WAS IN THE ARMY, I SHOT DOWN CATS AND DOGS,
ALONG CAME A MAN WHO WAS SELLING CATALOGUES
I BOUGHT ONE WHICH WEIGHED A TON
I DROPPED IT DOWN AND ALONG CAME A HOUND
HE TOOK IT AWAY AND DROPPED IT IN HUDSON BAY.
WHEN HE CAME BACK, I SAT HIM ON A TACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
Date learned: 00-00-1937
IF YOUR HEART LOVED MY HEART
LIKE MY HEART LOVES YOUR HEART,
BOTH HEARTS WOULD MAKE ONE HEART.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
Date learned: 00-00-1937
PEOPLE LOVE FLOWERS,
FLOWERS LOVE DEW,
SOME MAY LOVE OTHERS,
BUT I LOVE YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
Date learned: 00-00-1937
ROSES ARE RED, COAL IS BLACK,
DO ME A FAVOR, AND SIT ON A TACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 00-00-1937
YOU KNOW I'M JUST A CLOWN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Reading or writing backwards, upside down |
Date learned: 00-00-1937
WHEN CUPID STRIKES AT YOU,
I HOPE HE MRS. YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 00-00-1937
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED, USE YOUR SENSE,
AND DON'T GO TO A LOT OF EXPENSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 00-00-1937
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED
DON'T BE A FOOL,
MARRY A GUY FROM (ST. JAMES' SCHOOL)
Submitter comment: NAME OF SCHOOL TO BE FILLED IN BY SIGNEE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 00-00-1937