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TRUTH BELIEF
WHEN SOMEONE CANNOT REMEMBER WHAT HE WANTED TO SAY,
"IT MUST HAVE BEEN A FIB."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
Date learned: 10-19-1970
PEOPLE THAT HAVE TOOTHPICKS IN THEIR POCKETS ARE
USUALLY SMILING.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS TOLD TO ME A SECOND TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.3 |
Date learned: 11-18-1969
IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF A PERSON EATS BURNT TOAST,
IT WILL PUT HAIR ON HIS CHEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.1 |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
PEOPLE USING LOTS OF SALT ARE USUALLY VERY JEALOUS.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS ALSO A BELIEF WHICH WAS PASSED FROM GENERATION
TO GENERATIONS OF THE GLASS FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.1 |
Date learned: 02-15-1971
THIRST
IF A PERSON IN INDIA GETS THIRSTY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE
NIGHT, HE BELIEVES HE MUST GET UP AND GET A DRINK OF
WATER, OR HIS SOUL WILL WANDER FOREVER IN SEARCH OF
WATER AND NEVER COME BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.1 |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
THE CHUGGING SONG
HERE'S TO _________, HE'S TRUE BLUE.
HE'S A DRUNKARD THROUGH AND THROUGH.
HE'S A DRUNKARD SO THEY SAY
THOUGHT HE WENT TO HEAVEN, BUT HE WENT THE OTHER WAY.
SO DRINK CHUG-A-LUG, CHUG-A-LUG, CHUG-A-LUG (REPEAT).
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
SYMBOLISM OF NATURE
THUNDER WAS A SIGN THAT THE ANGELS WERE HAVING A WAR.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AS A CHILD FROM HER PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Angel BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder |
Date learned: 04-04-1967
SYMBOLISM OF NATURE
LIGHTNING WAS GOD BECOMING ANGRY AND PUNISHING THE
ANGELS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Angel BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder |
Date learned: 04-04-1967
A RISING SUN MEANS A GOOD DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 11-27-1971
STARS ARE PIECES OF THE MOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Star |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
IF YOU SNAP YOUR FINGER AT DAWN, BUTTERFILES WILL COME
AROUND.
Submitter comment: ACTUALLY HAPPENED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Sun |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
IF RATS LEAVE A HOUSE, SO GOES THE WEALTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 11-27-1971
I WISH I WAS A FISH FROZEN IN THE ICE
AND WHEN THE GIRLS CAME SKATING BY OH
WOULDN'T THAT BE NICE?
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS EXPRESSION WHEN HE WAS A CHILD IN THE
YEAR 1925.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 09-21-1972
RATS LEAVE A BURNING BUILDING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 11-27-1971
TO MAKE HAIR SHINEY: PUT BEER ON IT; BUT THE BEER HAS
TO STAND OVER NIGHT--OR LEMON JUICE ON IT--OR VINEGAR
ON IT--OR ALL THREE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
TUC SOK TONI: TONY THE CRICKET
THERE ONCE WAS A CRICKET WHO HAD A MAGIC VIOLIN. WHEN HE PLAYED
IT, MIRACLES WOULD HAPPEN. BABIES WOULD STOP CRYING, CHILDREN
WOULD STOP FIGHTING AND EVERYONE WOULD BE HAPPY AND FORGET THEIR
CARES.
THE CRICKET WAS POOR IN MONEY, BUT RICH IN HAPPINESS UNTIL ONE DAY
THE FAIRY KING HEARD HIM PLAYING AND HE WAS SO DELIGHTED WITH THE
PLAYING THAT HE ORDERED THE CRICKET TO BE BROUGHT TO HIM. WHEN THE
CRICKET CAME BEFORE THE KING, HE ORDERED HIM TO BECOME THE COURT
MUSICIAN. AND SO THE CRICKET BEGAN TO PLAY. BUT NOW HE NO LONGER
PLAYED TO MAKE PEOPLE HAPPY, HE PLAYED FOR MONEY. PEOPLE FROM
ALL OVER THE WORLD WERE COMING TO THE PALACE TO HEAR HIM PLAY.
AND WITH THEM THEY BROUGHT MUCH GOLD TO GIVE TO THE CRICKET.
BUT AS TIME WENT ON THE MAGIC VIOLIN DID NOT WANT TO PLAY FOR
THESE PEOPLE. INSTEAD OF BEAUTIFUL MUSIC IT GAVE OUT TEARS WHEN
IT WAS PLAYED. THE KING NO LONGER HEARD THE BEAUTIFUL MUSIC, HE
TOOK THE VIOLIN AND SMASHED IT AND EXILED THE CRICKET FROM THE
PALACE.
THE CRICKET'S FAMILY TOOK HIM BACK, HAPPY TO HAVE HIM RETURN HOME
BUT THE CRICKET WAS SAD BECAUSE HE FELT HE WOULD NEVER PLAY A
VIOLIN AGAIN. HIS FAMILY BOUGHT HIM A NEW VIOLIN BUT HE WOULD
NOT PLAY IT BUT INSTEAD HE WENT OUT INTO THE FOREST AND CARVED HIS
OWN AS HE HAD DONE WITH THE FIRST VIOLIN. HE STARTED TO PLAY AND
IT SOUNDED WONDERFUL. HIS FAMILY AND GIRLFRIEND, ON HEARING HIM
PLAY, RAN OUT TO SEE HIM. HE COULD PLAY AGAIN BUT COULD HE WORK
MIRACLES FOR PEOPLE WITH HIS MUSIC? NOT FAR OFF IN THE WOODS HE
HEARD A BABY SCREAMING AND CRYING. NOTHING THE MOTHER COULD DO
WOULD CALM THE CHILD. HE CREPT CLOSE TO THE MOTHER AND CHILD AND
BEGAN TO PLAY HIS VIOLIN. IN NO TIME THE BABY BEGAN TO LAUGH AND
SMILE AND THE CRICKET KNEW THAT HE HAD REGAINED HIS POWER. "NEVER
AGAIN" SAID THE CRICKET, "WILL I PLAY FOR MONEY. I WILL PLAY TO
BRING HAPPINESS TO ALL."
THAT EVENING A GREAT CELEBRATION WAS HELD IN THE FOREST, FOR THE
CRICKET AND HIS GIRLFRIEND WERE MARRIED AND AS THE SAYING GOES
"BIZONY, MA IS ELNEK, HA MEG MEG NEM HALTAK" OR THEY ARE STILL
LIVING HAPPILY IF THEY HAVEN'T DIED YET. VEGE--THE END.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS HUNGARIAN AND HER FAMILY HAS TOLD HER THE STORY
EVER SINCE SHE WAS BORN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal Tale |
Date learned: 03-31-1971
TO KILL A WITCH, ONE MUST SHOOT HER WITH A SILVER BULLET
FROM A RIFLE SLUNG OVER YOUR RIGHT SHOULDER.
Submitter comment: MISS ZITZEWITZ LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 10-02-1963
TO PREVENT A GHOST FROM COMING INTO THE HOUSE, NAIL
THE NAME OF THE DECEASED OVER THE FRONT DOOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH AND YOU CONTINUE,
YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Conversions Animals |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MARRIAGE BELIEF
ON THE EVE OF SAINT ANDREW'S FEAST DAY; NOVEMBER 29, ALL THE GIRLS
LIVING IN A CERTAIN AREA WOULD GET TOGETHER AT ONE OF THE GIRLS'
HOMES AND EACH GIRL WOULD BAKE ROLLS. WHEN THE ROLLS WOULD BE DONE
THEY WOULD PUT THEM ON A BENCH AND CALL THE FAMILY DOG. THE GIRL
THAT GETS HER ROLL EATEN FIRST BY THE DOG WILL BE THE FIRST TO BE
MARRIED THAT YEAR.
THIS IS A POLISH CUSTOM. MY MOTHER SAID THAT THE GIRLS REALLY
LOOKED FORWARD TO THIS EVENT. THEY WOULD HAVE LIKED IT TO OCCUR
OFTENER THOUGH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAMTRAMCK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F112 BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 10-09-1971