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SUPERSTITION
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN TOUCHES A PLANT, IT WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | 870 BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
SUPERSTITION
IT IS BAD LUCK TO HAVE A PREGNANT WOMAN IN YOUR WEDDING PARTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.545 |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
OMENS
IF A GENTLEMAN LETS A LADY WALK ON THE CURB SIDE, IT MEANS
THAT HE HAS HER FOR SALE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): CHIVALRY ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 02-17-1970
BELIEF
IF A GIRL IS GOING OVER A RAILROAD TRACK, SHE SHOULD
LIFT HER FEET UP WHILE GOING OVER, OR ELSE SHE WILL BREAK
UP WITH THE GUY SHE IS GOING WITH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
Date learned: 02-18-1971
BELIEF
A PENNY IN A NEW WALLET WILL BRING YOU GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Good luck P881.15 |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
BELIEF
PUT NAIL POLISH IN THE ICEBOX, IT KEEPS THE POLISH FROM GETTING
THICK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
CHRISTMAS BELIEF
NO CHRIST CHILD IN THE MANGER BEFORE CHRISTMAS EVE.
Submitter comment: SHE WILL NOT PUT THE FIGURE IN THE MANGER BEFORE THEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Custom CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Manger scenes BELIEF -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
PLANT SUPERSTITION
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN TOUCHES A PLANT, THE PLANT WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
PLANT BELIEF
PUT A PENNY IN YOUR TULIPS AND THEY WILL KEEP FRESHER IN THE VASE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANT MINERAL: COPPER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
IRISH BELIEF
WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR LIPS WHEN YOU KISS THE BLARNEY STONE?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Mineral SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-25-1968
WEATHER BELIEF
DON'T STEP ON AN ANT. IT WILL RAIN TOMMORROW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 02-17-1970
HAUNTED STREET
A STREET NEAR OUR HOUSE, ROBERTJOHN, IS REPORTED TO HAVE A
"THUMPING" WHENEVER A CAR PASSES OVER A CERTAIN PORTION OF IT.
THIS IS SAID TO HAVE RESULTED FROM AN ACCIDENT WHERE A PERSON
WAS RUN OVER, AND THEN STUFFED INTO THE TRUNK OF THE CAR;
HOWEVER, ONE ARM DIDN'T QUITE MAKE IT IN AND AS THE CAR DROVE
AWAY, THE ARM KEPT HITTING THE STREET, CAUSING THE THUMPING,
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): KNOCK-KNOCK STREET
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00001960S
DEPARTMENT STORE LEGEND
THERE IS A STORY GOING AROUND KMART 4177 OF A SHIPMENT OF
CLOTHES FROM OVERSEAS THAT, WHEN OPENED, SNAKES WERE FOUND
INSIDE, MIXED IN WITH THE CLOTHES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): K-MART OR K MART DEPARTMENT STORE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-00-1972
PETE AND REPEAT
PETE AND REPEAT WERE WALKING ON A BRIDGE, AND PETE FELL IN,
SO WHO WAS LEFT? REPEAT. PETE AND REPEAT WERE WALKING ON A
BRIDGE, AND PETE FELL IN SO WHO WAS LEFT? REPEAT. PETE AND REPEAT.
Submitter comment:
THE PERSON TO WHOM THE JOKE IS BEING TOLD ANSWERS THE QUESTION
WHO IS LEFT? WHICH TRIGGERS THE PUNCHLINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): PROSE ROUND
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
PASTIME
THIS IS A PASTIME IN WHICH THE PERSON CRUSHES A CAN WITH HIS
FOOT, SORT OF "MOLDING" THE CAN TO THE SHAPE OF THE SHOE.
YOU THEN TRY TO SEE HOW LONG YOU CAN WALK ON IT, WITHOUT IT
FALLING OFF YOUR SHOE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): CAN CONTAINER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 10-00-1972
DUCK, DUCK, GOOSE
THIS GAME IS PLAYED WITH THE CHILDREN SITTING IN A CIRCLE.
ONE CHILD IS CHOSEN TO BEGIN THE GAME. HE WALKS AROUND THE
CIRCLE TAPPING EACH CHILD ON THE HEAD AND SAYING DUCK.
HOWEVER, WHEN HE DECIDES TO BEGIN THE GAME, HE WILL TAP
SOMEONE
AND SAY GOOSE INSTEAD AND THEN START RUNNING AROUND THE CIRCLE.
THE PERSON TAPPED GETS UP AND CHASES HIM. THE OBJECT IS FOR
THE TAPPER TO GET TO THE EMPTY SPOT WITHOUT BEING TAGGED. IF
HE
DOES, THE OTHER PERSON IS THE TAPPER. IF HE IS TAGGED, HE
REMAINS THE TAPPER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 00001950S
MR FOX, MR FOX, WHAT TIME IS IT?
ONE PERSON IS THE FOX AND STANDS WITH HIS BACK TO THE OTHERS.
THE OTHERS ASK HIM WHAT TIME IT IS AND HE TELLS THEM, E.G.
TEN O'CLOCK
IS TEN STEPS. THEY THEN TAKE THAT NUMBER OF STEPS
FORWARD. THIS GOES ON UNTIL HE ANSWERS "MIDNIGHT" WHEN HE
TURNS AROUND AND CHASES THE OTHERS. WHEN THEY HEAR MIDNIGHT
THEY TURN AND RUN ALSO, THE IDEA BEING TO GET TO HOME WITHOUT
BEING TAGGED BY THE FOX. IF YOU ARE, YOU ARE NEW FOX.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting |
Date learned: 11-00-1972
MOTHER MAY I
ONE PERSON IS CHOSEN THE "MOTHER." HE THEN TELLS THE OTHER
PEOPLE WHAT KIND AND HOW MANY STEPS THEY MAY TAKE E.G. THREE
GIANT OR BABY STEPS. THE PERSON MUST ASK "MOTHER MAY I"
BEFORE HE CAN MOVE. IF HE FORGETS, HE CANNOT TAKE THE STEPS
AND
MUST GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING. THE WINNER IS THE ONE WHO
REACHES MOTHER FIRST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
James Callow Keyword(s): POLITENESS TEST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Memory |
Date learned: 00001950S
SEVEN TAPPERS
WHEN I WAS IN GRADE SCHOOL, ST. LUCY'S, ON RAINY DAYS WHEN WE
COULDN'T GO OUT ON THE PLAYGROUND AT NOON, WE WOULD PLAY
THIS GAME. SISTER WOULD PICK SEVEN PEOPLE, THE TAPPERS, AND
THE REST OF US WOULD PUT OUR HEADS DOWN ON THE DESK. THE
TAPPERS WOULD GO AROUND QUIETLY AND TAP SEVEN PEOPLE ON THE
HEAD. THESE SEVEN PEOPLE WOULD THEN TRY TO GUESS WHICH ONE
HAD TAPPED THEM. IF THEY GUESSED RIGHT, THEY BECAME A TAPPER.
IF THEY GUESSED WRONG, THE TAPPER REMAINED ONE. THE OBJECT WAS
TO STAY A TAPPER AS LONG AS YOU COULD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing |
Date learned: 00001950S
SCHOOL
THIS IS PLAYED BY STARTING OUT IN KINDERGARTEN, SIMPLY
RUNNING THROUGH THE ROPE, WITHOUT JUMPING. THEN THE JUMPING
BEGINS. FIRST GRADE IS ONE JUMP, SECOND GRADE IS TWO JUMPS,
ETC. UNTIL YOU REACH TWELFTH GRADE. THEN THE ROPE IS TURNED
BACKWARDS, AWAY FROM THE
JUMPER AND HE GOES THROUGH THE WHOLE PROCESS AGAIN, THIS
TIME STARTING FROM TWELFTH GRADE AND FINISHING WITH
KINDERGARTEN.
AT ANY POINT IN THE GAME, A MISS MEANS THE JUMPER MUST START
ALL OVER FROM THE BEGINNING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 00001950S