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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
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
WHENEVER MY GRANDFATHER WOULD LOSE AT CARDS, HE WOULD
GET UP AND WALK AROUND HIS CHAIR, FOR LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Conversions Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
CONFU
CONFUSCIOUS SAY:
MAN WHO WALK THROUGH SCREEN DOOR LIKELY TO STRAIN HIMSELF.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
COLLEGE FOLKLORE
WHEN THE CLOCK-TOWER STRIKES 10 P.M.-A LIVE STAGE SHOW CAN BE SEEN
PERFORMING IN THE WINDOWS OF THE HOLDEN HALL'S RESIDENCE FACING THE
MEN'S RESIDENCE WINDOWS AT RENO HALL.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMOR COLLEGE FUN
James Callow Keyword(s): I ASKED COLLECTOR ABOUT THIS. HE SAID THE GIRLS PUT THIS ON FOR ; THE BOYS' BENEFIT.
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
IN THE BAND, "THE BLUE ANGELS," WHENEVER THE NAME
"URSULA" IS MENTIONED, EVERYONE IN THE BAND KNOCKS
ON WOOD. THE "BLUE ANGELS" PLAYED AT URSULA'S
WEDDING, WHERE EVERYTHING WENT WRONG. THEY KNOCK
ON WOOD TO PREVENT BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A MEMBER OF THE BAND WHERE HE AND THE
OTHER MEMEBERS KNOCK ON WOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage BELIEF -- Conversions Activities SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
THOSE IN THE THEATER, WHEN THEY WANT TO WISH AN
ACTOR OR AN ACTRESS GOOD LUCK, SAY: "BREAK A LEG."
Submitter comment:
THOSE CONNECTED WITH THE THEATER FEEL IT IS BAD
LUCK TO WISH SOMEONE GOOD LUCK BEFORE THEY GO ON
STAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FORMULA SPEECH
| Subject headings: | DRAMA -- Secular BELIEF -- Conversions Activities SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-24-1968
IF YOU SPILL SALT ON THE TABLE, YOU HAVE TO THROW
SOME OVER YOUR SHOULDER TO GET RID OF THE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ACCIDENT ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions Activities |
Date learned: 01-26-1968
AFRICAN PROVERB
I DON'T FATTEN FROG FOR SNAKE. TRANSLATED. I WON'T DO THINGS
AND GIVE YOU THINGS SO THAT SOMEONE OTHER THAN ME WILL BENEFIT
FROM IT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001967 FALL
PROVERB
IF A MAN HAS NINE TRADES , HIS TENTH ONE WILL BE STARVATION
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HONORS HOUSE
Keyword(s): JACK-OF-ALL-TRADES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
IN ORDER TO AVOID BAD LUCK, A PERSON SHOULD THROW
SALT OVER HIS LEFT SHOULDER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions Activities |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
THE THROWING OF SALT OVER ONE'S SHOULDER IS TO
WARD OFF BAD LUCK, A SIGN OF GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions Activities |
Date learned: 11-25-1969
IF YOU SPILL SALT ON THE TABLE, YOU HAVE TO THROW
SOME OF THE SALT OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER TO WARD
OFF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ACCIDENT ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Conversions Activities |
Date learned: 11-02-1970
AFRICAN PROVERB
I FEAR YOU YAH, BEFORE YOU NAIL ME~
MEANING: I AM AFRAID OF YOU , SO THAT YOU WON'T GET ME INTO TROUBLE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
IF YOU KICK SOMEONE IN THE BACK OF THE SHOE WHEN
YOU ARE WALKING BEHIND SOMEONE, YOU MUST TAP
HIM ON THE BACK THREE TIMES OR YOU WILL HAVE
SEVEN YEARS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Conversions Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 10-30-1968
IF THE GROOM SEES HIS BRIDE IN HER GOWN BEFORE THEY
GET TO THE CHURCH, IT'S BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Superstition about good weather BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
IT IS CONSIDERED BAD LUCK FOR THE GROOM TO SEE THE
BRIDE IN HER WEDDING GOWN IMMEDIATELY BEFORE THE
WEDDING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Morning before wedding BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 10-27-1969