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AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
REMEMBER YOUNG LADY BEFORE YOU GROW OLD/ A GOOD EDUCATION IS BETTER
THAN GOLD/ FOR GOLD IN TIME WILL TARNISH AWAY/ BUT A GOOD
EDUCATION WILL NEVER DECAY
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): EDUCATION ADVICE ; FEMININE RHYME ; RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Exhortatory or homiletic, "to be a good girl" |
AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; EXHORTATORY OR HOMILETIC (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
REMEMBER YOUNG LADY BEFORE YOU GROW OLD/ A GOOD EDUCATION IS BETTER
THAN GOLD/ FOR GOLD IN TIME WILL TARNISH AWAY/ BUT A GOOD
EDUCATION WILL NEVER DECAY
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): EDUCATION ADVICE ; FEMININE RHYME ; RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Exhortatory or homiletic, "to be a good girl" |
Date learned: 10-12-1968
CUSTOM
IN MANY HOMES IN MALTA THE FATHER BRINGS HOME THE BOY THAT HIS
DAUGHTER IS TO MARRY.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Parental arrangement of marriage |
Date learned: 03-13-1970
EVIL EYE
RUSTY NAILS CARRIED IN THE POCKETS ARE
PROTECTION AGAINST THE EVIL EYE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT FOUND THIS ABSURD BUT HER HUSBAND
ADHERES TO THIS PRACTICE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
BABY JOKE
WHAT IS BLUE ALL OVER AND SITS IN A CORNER?
A BABY PLAYING WITH A PLASTIC BAG.
Where learned: HOME ; ILLINOIS ; SKOKIE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-27-1970
COUGH SYRUP
BOIL DESIRED QUANTITY OF FLAXSEED AND PUT LEMON JUICE IN IT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER USED THIS WHEN INFORMANT WAS A CHILD. (1920'S)
Where learned: HOME ; PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW
Keyword(s): FLAX
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001920'S
DROWNING
IF A SINGLE PAIR OF SHOES IS LEFT ON THE BEACH OR DOCK BY A SWIMMER,
THE PERSON WILL DROWN OR GET INTO SOME KIND OF TROUBLE SWIMMING.
Data entry tech comment: PERHAPS THE INFORMANT MEANS ONE SHOE, NOT TWO.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CAUSE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-27-1970
LEAVE_TAKING
IN THE SOUTH, THE PEOPLE WERE WARMER AND MORE DEMONSTRATIVE,
THAT WHEN PEOPLE WERE READY TO LEAVE FOR HOME, THEY WOULD
KISS EVERYONE IN THE HOUSE GOOD BYE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SOUTH KISS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-12-1970
FOOD
IN SAVANNAH, GEORGIA, WHEN THE PEOPLE WOULD WANT FRESH SHRIMP,
LOBSTER, OR FISH, THEY USED TO GO OUT TO THE STREETS AND CALL
OVER THE BLACK PEOPLE WITH BIG ROUND WOVEN BASKETS AND BOUGHT
THEIR FISH AND FRUIT THAT WAY.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT SAW THIS IN SAVANNAH, GEORGIA IN 1898
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; SAVANNAH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business |
Date learned: 10-12-1970
RIDDLE QUESTION ( ALPHABET )
WHAT LETTER MAKES HONEY?
B ( BEE )
Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: DATE NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
CURE
ONIONS RUBBED ON A BRUISE TO HEAL IT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT ACTUALLY DOES THIS. HER GRANDMOTHER FIRST TOLD HER OF IT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
FEVER
IF SOMEONE HAS A HIGH FEVER, STRAP SLICES OF ONIONS TO THE BOTTOM OF
THE PERSON'S FEET. THIS WILL DRAW THE FEVER INTO THE ONIONS.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): TRANSFERENCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
POISON IVY
RUB SALT ON POISON IVY RASH.
IT WILL BURN, BUT WILL CAUSE THE RASH TO SUBSIDE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REMEMBERS THIS PRACTICED BY HER MOTHER
IN THE EARLY 1900'S.
Where learned: HOME ; PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
REMEDY
KEEP NUTMEG IN YOUR POCKET TO CURE BOILS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S AUNT ACTUALLY BELIEVED THIS AND
RECOMMENDED IT TO INFORMANT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HIDDEN CONNECTION ; INFECTION ; SPICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
REMEDY
IF YOU HAVE A SORE THROAT, TIE ONE OF THE WOOL SOCKS THAT YOU'VE
WORN THAT DAY AROUND YOUR NECK TO CURE IT.
Data entry tech comment: THERE ARE 14 SIMILAR REFERENCES IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-25-1970
EARACHE
TO CURE AN EARACHE MIX TOBACCO JUICE AND SWEET OIL AND APPLY
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
NOBILITY
IN ITALY, PEOPLE ARE VERY CLASS CONSCIOUS. MY GREAT GRANDFATHER
WAS OF THE NOBILITY THERE. HE MARRIED AND CAME TO AMERICA ALONG
WITH COUSINS THROUGH MARRIAGE (NOT OF NOBILITY). THERE, THE COUSINS
STRUCK IT RICH IN NEW YORK IN CONSTRUCTION AND THE GREAT GRAND_
FATHER JUST HAD A SMALL STORE. FINALLY, 20 YRS. LATER, NOT TRAVELING
TOGETHER, BOTH GRANDFATHER AND RELATIVES RETURNED TO THE TOWN AT
THE SAME TIME; THE WHOLE TOWN TURNED OUT TO GREET THE GREAT_GRAND_
FATHER. BUT FOR THE COUSINS (WHO WERE HANDING OUT MONEY), THEY
PRACTICALLY WERE IGNORED DESPITE THEIR WEALTH. THE COUSINS NEVER
FORGOT THIS AND RESENTED THE GRANDFATHER UNTIL THE DAY HE DIED.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 02-20-1970
AVOIDING DANGER
IF YOU GIVE A GIFT WITH A BLADE OR POINT SUCH AS SCISSORS, YOU MUST
GIVE THE PERSON A PENNY FOR EACH BLADE. THIS IS TO AVOID DANGER
FROM THE SHARP POINT.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT ACTUALLY GAVE SOMEONE TWO CENTS WHEN SHE GAVE THAT
PERSON A PAIR OF SCISSORS
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 03-17-1970
FOLK REMEDY-PASTE
A PASTE CONSISTING OF BREAD, MILK, AND NAPTHA SOAP WAS SPREAD
OVER A SLIVER. THE AFFECTED AREA WAS THEN WRAPPED IN A TOURNIQUET
AND BY THE FOLLOWING DAY THE INFECTION HAD BEEN DRAWN OUT
AND THE SLIVER BROUGHT TO A HEAD.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NAPHTHA SOAP ; POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 01-20-1970
HICCUPS
TO CURE HICCOUGHS HOLD YOUR BREATH AND THINK OF SEVEN BALD MEN.
Keyword(s): HAIR
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 02-28-1970