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PROVERBIAL PHRASE
ONCE ON THE LIPS, FOREVER ON THE HIPS.
Submitter comment:
MY BROTHER MADE UP THIS LITTLE RHYME AS A REMINDER TO ME THAT I HAVE
TO CONSTANTLY WATCH MY WEIGHT AND ESPECIALLY WEIGHT ON MY HIPS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Measure of time P574.87 PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
GOOD FRIDAY CUSTOM
IN REVERENCE TO THE TIME WHEN CHRIST DIED, WE HAVE TO SIT STILL FOR
THREE HOURS (BETWEEN NOON AND THREE).
Submitter comment:
MY FAMILY HAS BEEN RAISED IN A CHRISTIAN ATMOSPHERE AND IT'S JUST
SOMETHING WE'VE BEEN BROUGHT UP WITH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
BLESSED EASTER EGGS ARE DIVIDED AMONG GUESTS AT
AN EASTER GATHERING AND THE GUESTS GREET EACH OTHER
WITH TRADITIONAL WISHES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
STEPPING ON THE "M" ON THE UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN
DIAG IS BAD LUCK; YOU'LL FLUNK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NEVER TURN BACK ONCE YOU HAVE STARTED ON A TRIP--
BAD LUCK WILL BEFALL YOU IF YOU DO.
Submitter comment: GERMAN SUPERSTITION
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 11-15-1971
ANY GOD TIPPED STICK CAN DETECT WATER, BECAUSE THE
GOLD WILL SEEK A BED TO LIE IN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Domestic object, wax, needle, dishware |
Date learned: 11-03-1971
DEATH ALWAYS COMES IN "THREES," WHEN SOMEONE ON A
HOSPITAL FLOOR DIES, TWO MORE ARE SURE TO FOLLOW IN
QUICK SUCCESSION.
Submitter comment: HOSPITAL SUPERSTITION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
IF A MARRIED COUPLE HAVE INTERCOURSE DURING A FULL
MOON AND THE WOMAN CONCEIVES, THEN THE BABY WILL
BE A BOY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-15-1969
SUGAR AND VINEGAR AND CORNOIL CURES WARTS ON HANDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
GOOD LUCK COMES TO THE BRIDE AND GROOM IF IT RAINS
ON THEIR WEDDING DAY.
Submitter comment: GERMAN SUPERSTITION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage P545.056 BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
I REMEMBER A STORY ABOUT A VERY POOR MAN AND WOMAN WHO HAD
MANY CHILDREN. THE MAN WAS GOOD AND THE WOMAN WAS BAD.
EVERYDAY, WHEN THE MAN RETURNED HOME FROM WORK, HIS WIFE FED
HIM MEAT WITHOUT BONES. AND HE ALWAYS ASKED WHY THE MEAT
HAD NO BONES. THE WIFE REPLIED THAT THE BONES WERE HEAVY
AND MEAT WITHOUT BONES IS CHEAPER. THE HUSBAND ALWAYS ATE
BUT ASKED HIS WIFE HOW COME SHE NEVER ATE THE MEAT. TO
WHICH SHE REPLIED SHE HAD NO TEETH. ONE DAY THE HUSBAND
ASKED TO SEE HIS CHILDREN. COUNTING ONLY FIFTEEN HE
INQUIRED WHERE THE OTHERS WERE. THE WIFE ANSWERED THAT
THEY WERE AT THEIR GRANDMOTHER'S. EVERYDAY AFTER THAT
SHE WOULD TELL HER HUSBAND THAT SHE SENT ONE MORE TO
THEIR GRANDMOTHER.
ONE DAY WHEN THE HUSBAND CAME HOME, HE HEARD TALKING
UNDERNEATH A LARGE STONE NEAR THE HOUSE. HE LIFTED THE
ROCK AND SAW MANY BONES WHICH WERE SINGING:
OUR MOTHER HAS KILLED US
OUR FATHER HAS EATEN US
WE ARE NOT IN A COFFIN
AND WE ARE NOT IN THE CEMETERY.
REALIZING THE BONES WERE THOSE OF HIS CHILDREN HE BECAME
ANGRY AND KILLED HIS WIFE AND BURIED HIS CHILDREN.
THE MAN LIVED ALONE AND NEVER ATE MEAT AGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Magic |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
I REMEMBER A STORY ABOUT A VERY POOR MAN AND WOMAN WHO HAD
MANY CHILDREN. THE MAN WAS GOOD AND THE WOMAN WAS BAD.
EVERYDAY, WHEN THE MAN RETURNED HOME FROM WORK, HIS WIFE FED
HIM MEAT WITHOUT BONES. AND HE ALWAYS ASKED WHY THE MEAT
HAD NO BONES. THE WIFE REPLIED THAT THE BONES WERE HEAVY
AND MEAT WITHOUT BONES IS CHEAPER. THE HUSBAND ALWAYS ATE
BUT ASKED HIS WIFE HOW COME SHE NEVER ATE THE MEAT. TO
WHICH SHE REPLIED SHE HAD NO TEETH. ONE DAY THE HUSBAND
ASKED TO SEE HIS CHILDREN. COUNTING ONLY FIFTEEN HE
INQUIRED WHERE THE OTHERS WERE. THE WIFE ANSWERED THAT
THEY WERE AT THEIR GRANDMOTHER'S. EVERYDAY AFTER THAT
SHE WOULD TELL HER HUSBAND THAT SHE SENT ONE MORE TO
THEIR GRANDMOTHER.
ONE DAY WHEN THE HUSBAND CAME HOME, HE HEARD TALKING
UNDERNEATH A LARGE STONE NEAR THE HOUSE. HE LIFTED THE
ROCK AND SAW MANY BONES WHICH WERE SINGING:
OUR MOTHER HAS KILLED US
OUR FATHER HAS EATEN US
WE ARE NOT IN A COFFIN
AND WE ARE NOT IN THE CEMETERY.
REALIZING THE BONES WERE THOSE OF HIS CHILDREN HE BECAME
ANGRY AND KILLED HIS WIFE AND BURIED HIS CHILDREN.
THE MAN LIVED ALONE AND NEVER ATE MEAT AGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Magic |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT'S THE ROVING BEE THAT GATHERS THE HONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
Keyword(s): ANIMAL INSECT FOOD WORK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
SAY IT WITH FLOWERS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
THERE'S ALWAYS A NUT ON EVERY FAMILY TREE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
THOUSANDS DRINK THEMSELVES TO DEATH BEFORE ONE DIES OF THIRST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
Keyword(s): ALCOHOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
NICKNAME
WHILE PLAYING A GAME OF TOUCH FOOTBALL, WE NICKNAMED A PLAYER WHO WAS
6'4"TALL AND 250 POUNDS - - "SUGAR BEAR."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
A FIST CLENCHED WITH THE TIP OF THE THUMB EXTENDED
BETWEEN THE FOREFINGER AND MIDDLE FINGERS MEANS
"FIGA Z MAKIEM" WHICH TRANSLATED FROM POLISH INDICATES
"NOTHING."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero SPEECH -- Nothing |
Date learned: 00-00-1951
HOW SHORT YOU ARE
AN ENLISTED MAN'S GESTURE INDICATED THE LENGTH OF TIME
LEFT IN SERVICE. IT CONSISTS IN EXTENDING THE THUMB
AND FOREFINGER, REST OF THE FINGERS CLOSED IN A FIST.
THE AMOUNT OF SPACE BETWEEN THE TWO FINGERS IS
PROPORTIONAL TO THE AMOUNT OF TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of quantity or weight SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: 09-14-1968
WHEN A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH, SPIT AND TURN AROUND
THREE TIMES. THIS STOPS THE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.22 BELIEF -- Conversions P883.22 SPEECH -- Magical Luck |
Date learned: 11-14-1971