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I LOOK LIKE "THE WRECK OF THE HESPERS."
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER USES THIS PHRASE TO DESCRIBE HERSELF OR ANY OTHER WOMAN
WHO IS REALLY A MESS, OFTEN, SHE SAYS THIS ON SATURDAY MORNINGS
BEFORE GETTING HER HAIR DONE.
Data entry tech comment: SPELLING ERROR*** HESPERUS***
Where learned: NOT RECORDED ; SAID AT MY HOME
Keyword(s): APPEARANCE
James Callow Keyword(s): LONGFELLOW
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-31-1971
IRISH TOAST
HEALTH AND LONG LIFE TO YOU
LAND WITHOUT RENT TO YOU
A CHILD EVERY YEAR TO YOU
AND MAY YOU DIE IN IRELAND.
Submitter comment: ATTITUDE: TRUSTING
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR ; TOLD AT HER HOME
Keyword(s): DRINKING BLESSING WISH
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; IDEAL BIRTHDAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 01-15-1972
IF YOU SING IN THE MORNING, YOU'LL CRY AT NIGHT.
Submitter comment:
MY INFORMANT, MUCH ANNOYED AT MY HABIT OF SINGING
AROUND THE KITCHEN BEFORE BREAKFAST, USED TO RECITE THIS
LITTLE VERSE TO ME ALMOST EVERY MORNING, ALTHOUGH,
PERSONALLY, I STILL CAN'T FIND ANY TRUTH IN IT.
WHERE MY INFORMANT HEARD THIS LITTLE SAYING IS
UNCERTAIN.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SAINT JOSEPH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
AN OLD SAYING
WHISTLING GIRLS AND CROWING HENS ALWAYS LEAD TO BIG BAD ENDS.
Submitter comment:
I FIRST HEARD THIS ADAGE FROM MY INFORMANT WHILE WORKING
WITH HER IN THE DINING ROOM OF ST. JOSEPH HOME FOR THE AGED.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SAINT JOSEPH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
PROVERB: WHEN THE MOON IS HIGH
WHEN THERE WILL BE A FULL MOON ON A CERTAIN NIGHT, PEOPLE ARE
AFFECTED, IRRITABLE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS NOT CERTAIN WHERE SHE OBTAINED THIS INFORMATION, BUT
SHE ACTUALLY BELIEVES IT TO BE TRUE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SAINT JOSEPH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SONG
DID YOU EVER GO FISHING ON A BRIGHT SUNDAY?
SIT ON THE DOCK AND FISH ALL DAY,
WITH YOUR HANDS IN YOUR POCKETS
AND YOUR POCKETS IN YOUR PANTS,
WATCH THOSE FISHES DO THE HULA HULA DANCE.
Submitter comment: ( SUNG TO THE TUNE OF ANY SQUARE DANCE )
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE ; GENE ; TOLD AT HER HOME TO HER SON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
MOTTO USED BY MANAGEMENT AT MCDONALD'S RESTAURANT
IF THERE'S TIME TO LEAN, THERE'S TIME TO CLEAN.
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): SLOGAN ; WORK REST BREAK
Date learned: 04-02-1968
English Ballad
The cottage was a thatched one,
The outside old and green;
Yet everything within that place
Was wonderous neat and clean.
A little worn out creature
Whose once bright eyes grew dim;
He was a collier's only child,
They called him "Little Jim."
Submitter comment:
There is more to the ballad but informant couldn't recall it.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS ; collector's home
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad Epic |
ONE CAN TELL IF YOU HAVE TRULLY KILLED A WITCH IF A CROW CROWS.
IF YOU DID NOT HEAR THE CROW, IT WAS A SIGN THAT THE WITCH HAD
TAKEN OVER A NEWLY BORN BABY'S SOUL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Birth |
BELIEF (LEGEND)
TO KILL A WITCH- CLOSE THE BOOK, RING THE BELL, AND BLOW
OUT THE CANDLE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; collector's home
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
TELEPHONE PRANK
CALLER: DO YOU HAVE SIR WALTER RALEIGH IN A CAN?
ANSWERER: (WHO WORKS IN A STORE) YES.
CALLER: WELL THEN LET HIM OUT!
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HAS DONE THIS WITH HIS FRIENDS
Data entry tech comment:
SIR WALTER RALEIGH IS A BRAND OF TOBACCO
SOLD IN CANS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK ; COLLECTED AT INFORMANTS HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ; SLANG: "CAN" FOR "TOILET"
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 10-26-1971
GOLF
" NEVER UP, NEVER IN."
Submitter comment:
MEANING IF THE BALL NEVER LEAVES THE GROUND, IT WILL
SEEMINGLY NEVER REACH THE HOLE. OFTEN THROWN ABOUT ON GOLF COURSES.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JACKSON ; informant's home
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion SPEECH -- Game Pastime Sport S555.500 PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-25-1970
CRIMINAL BELIEF
A CRIMINAL ALWAYS RETURNS TO THE SCENE OF HIS CRIME.
Submitter comment:
THIS PERSON RECALLS BELIEVING THIS AS A CHILD, AND FAITHFULLY
WATCHING FOR THE CULPRIT WHEN A FAVORITE TOY WAS STOLEN.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITIVE DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Common law BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 01-30-1968
HEARTBURN
IF A WOMAN HAS A LOT OF HEARTBURN DURING PREGNANCY, THE BABY WILL
BE BORN WITH A HEAD FULL OF HAIR.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; informant's home
| Subject headings: | 840 BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 09-23-1969
PRE-NATAL SUPERSTITION
NOTHING SHOULD EVER BE BOUGHT FOR A BABY BEFORE IT IS BORN.
THIS CAN CAUSE THE CHILD TO BE BORN EITHER DEAD OR BADLY DEFORMED.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
KISSING BELIEF
IN THE OLDEN TIMES, IT WAS SAID THAT IF A GIRL KISSED A BOY, SHE
WOULD HAVE A BABY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
James Callow Keyword(s): PREGNANCY WITHOUT SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BIRTH BELIEF
IF AN EXPECTANT MOTHER GOES TO A FUNERAL AND LOOKS IN THE
COFFIN THE CHILD SHE BEARS WILL NEVER HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same residence.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BABY DELIVERY
IN THE OLDEN DAYS IT WAS BELIEVED BY THE YOUNG THAT THE
DOCTOR BROUGHT THE BABIES IN A LITTLE BLACK BAG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; informant's home
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM ; PREGNANCY WITHOUT SEXUAL INTERCOURSE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-12-1971
CROATION PREGNANCY BELIEF
A PREGNANT WOMAN SHOULDN'T EAT APPLES BECAUSE IT WILL CAUSE HARM
TO THE CHILD.
Submitter comment:
HER MOTHER-IN-LAW TOLD HER THIS AS IT WAS AN OLD CROATION BELIEF.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; collector's home
James Callow Keyword(s): APPLE AS ORIGINAL SIN SYMBOL ; HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-07-1970
HEARTBURN IN PREGNANCY
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN GETS HEARTBURN, HER CHILD WILL BE BORN
WITH A LOT OF HAIR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND'S MOTHER, AND SHE HEARD THIS WHEN SHE
WAS A GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE ; informant's home
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00001971 (SPRING)