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GESTURE
FLIPPING THE BACK OF YOUR HAND OFF YOUR CHIN.
Submitter comment: THIS IS ITALIAN, MEANING GO TO HELL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
WHISTLING IN THE DRESSINGROOMS.
IT IS BAD LUCK TO WHISTLE IN THE DRESSINGROOMS.
Submitter comment:
I HAVE SEEN THIS IN ACTION. I WAS AT ONE TIME IN A PLAY AT
GREENFIELD VILLAGE. DURING INTERMISSION I WAS IN THE
DRESSINGROOM, AND SOMEONE WAS WHISTLING. SOMEONE CAME IN AND
SAID THAT THIS WAS A BAD THING TO DO, BUT THE PERSON
JUST LAUGHED. THAT NIGHT DURING A DANCE ROUTINE, I ALMOST SLIPPED
AND FELL DOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
THEATER SUPERSTION
READING THE SCRIPT BACKSTAGE OF THE PLAY YOU ARE IN, IS BAD
LUCK.
Submitter comment:
I HAVE BEEN IN PLAYS WHERE THE PERSON WHO HAS DONE THIS HAD
DIFFICULTY IN REMEMBERING HIS LINES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
COMMON WORD
B.F. EGYPT
Submitter comment: IT IS A PLACE THAT IS VERY FAR TO DRIVE TO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
COMMON PHRASE
TO BLOW LUNCH
Submitter comment: ANOTHER NAME FOR VOMITING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 09-00-1977
VOCABULARY FOR MARIJUANA SMOKERS
HAVE SOME LUNCH
Submitter comment: IT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR GETTING HIGH SO NO ONE WILL KNOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Underworld |
Date learned: 12-00-1978
FEED A COLD STARVE A FEVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-27-1979
LIFT YOUR FEET AND HANDS AS YOU GO OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS OR YOU
WILL BE THE FAT LADY ON THE RAILROAD TRACKS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 02-27-1979
BUBBLE GUM
BUBBLE GUM BUBBLE GUM IN A DISH
HOW MANY PIECES DO YOU WISH
Submitter comment: THIS IS A SONG TO DETERMIN WHO IS IT,
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-27-1979
BIRTH
IN FRANCE TO HAVE A MALE CHILD YOU HAVE TO DRINK A LOT OF WINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage Fermented BELIEF -- Birth |
ITALIANS WEAR A RED HORN FOR PROTECTION OR GOOD LUCK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Sign Color BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 02-09-1979
SUPERSTITIONS
GERMAN PEOPLE USE BASIL IN A SMALL BURLAP SACK TIED AROUND THEIR NECK
TO KEEP WEREWOLF AWAY WHEN THERE IS A FULL MOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P 45 |
Date learned: 02-09-1979
DREAMS
IF YOU DREAM ABOUT ANY NO OR NUMBER OF THINGS, USE IT AS A LUCKY NO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams |
BAD LUCK
NEVER SPEAK TO ANYONE WHEN YOU ARE DISPENSING IN THE TOILET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 09-00-1977
BAD LUCK
DO NOT PUT SALT ON THE SCALP OR IT WILL GO BALD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 12-00-1977
HOLY WEEK
IF YOU GET A WOUND DURING THESE TIMES, IT WILL TAKE LONGER TO HEAL
BECAUSE IT IS NOT TIME TO ENJOY ONE SELF. SO ALL PLAYING SHOULD BE
AVOIDED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Holy Week BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Medicine |
Date learned: 05-00-1977
BURIAL CUSTOMS
TEARS SHOULD NOT DROP ON A DEAD PERSON'S BODY BECAUSE IF THEY DO, THE
SPIRIT OF THE DEAD BODY WILL BE RESTLESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 12-00-1977
EXPECTANT MOTHER
IF YOU EAT DARK FOODS, BABY WILL BE DARK AND WHITE FOODS WILL MAKE
FAIR BABIES.
Submitter comment: HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 12-00-1977
HOLY WEEK CUSTOM
SINGING OF ALL THE BIBLE STORIES OF JESUS CHRIST'S LIFE IN THE
FILIPINO LANGUAGE BY OLD PEOPLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Holy Week |
Date learned: 12-00-1977
NEVER CROSS SOMEONE'S LEGS OR BODIES WHILE THEY LIE BECAUSE THEY
WILL STOP GROWING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1977