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WHATEVER YOU DO ON NEW YEAR'S EVE FORETELLS WHAT YOU WILL
BE DOING THE NEW YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve |
Date learned: 02-08-1970
IF YOU DROP A PEICE OF SILVERWARE, YOU WILL HAVE VISITORS IN THE
NEAR FUTURE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: CA00001915
BURIAL CUSTOM:
KISSING THE BODY BY THE RELATIVES JUST BEFORE THE
LID OF THE CASKET IS CLOSED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
CEMETERY STORY
THERE WAS AN OLD MAN IN THIS TOWN WHO DIED. HE WAS MEAN TO THE
KIDS WHILE HE WAS ALIVE SO NOW A RUMOR WAS GOING AROUND THAT HE
COULD REACH OUT OF HIS GRAVE AND GRAB PEOPLE. ONE NIGHT ABOUT
12:00 MIDNIGHT SOME BOYS WENT TO THE CEMETERY. JOHN, WHO WAS THE
LEADER OF THE GROUP, WAS DARED TO STAB THE GRAVE WITH HIS KNIFE.
JOHN SAID HE WASN'T AFRAID OF THE OLD MAN WHEN HE WAS ALIVE AND
HE STILL ISN'T AFRAID. IN FACT, HE SAID, HE'D BE MORE THAN HAPPY
TO GET HIM BACK CAUSE HE NEVER LIKED THE OLD MAN. JOHN RAN UP
TO THE GRAVE AND STUCK THE KNIFE IN. HE TRIED TO RUN AWAY BUT
SOMEONE WAS HOLDING HIS PANT LEG! HE SCREAMED SO LOUD ALL THE
BOYS GOT SCARED AND RAN AWAY. THE NEXT DAY THE BOYS WENT BACK
TO THE CEMETERY TO FIND JOHN. HE HADN'T COME HOME ALL NIGHT!
WHEN THEY GOT TO THE OLD MAN'S GRAVE THEY FOUND JOHN DEAD ON
THE GRAVE! HE HAD DIED OF FRIGHT. HE HAD STUCK THE KNIFE IN
THE GRAVE, ALRIGHT, BUT HE ALSO HAD PUT THE KNIFE THROUGH HIS
PANT LEG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Tale |
PROVERB
TRANSLATION: LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON.
POLISH: JAKI AJCIEC TOKI SYN.
Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER REMEMBERS IT FROM POLAND.
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
A POLISH PROVERB
CHADZI I TU, I TU JAK WIECZRY ZYD.
HE WALKS WERE AND THERE LIKE THE WANDERING JEW.
Submitter comment: MY FATHER REMEMBERS THIS FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
BOI SIE JAK ZYD SIVIECONG EVADY.
Submitter comment: MY FATHER KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-17-1967
IF YOU BACK INTO THE HOUSE YOUR GLASSES WILL NOT STEAM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
DIVERS' GESTURES
THUMB AND INDEX FINGER CLOSED IN A CIRCLE, OTHER FINGERS
STRAIGHT: ALL RIGHT? AND ALL RIGHT.
HIT CHEST WITH CLOSED FIST: LOW ON AIR.
MAKE CUTTING MOTION ACROSS THROAT WITH INDEX FINGER:
OUT OF AIR.
TAKE MOUTHPIECE OUT OF MOUTH: GIVE ME AIR.
CLOSED FIST WITH THUMB POINTING UP/DOWN: LET'S
GO UP/DOWN.
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE BRIDE MUST NOT SEE THE GROOM ON THE DAY OF THE
WEDDING, UNTIL THEY MEET IN CHURCH, OR ELSE BAD LUCK
WILL FOLLOW.
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Bride and groom must not see each other BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 06-00-1968
EACH YEAR, BECAUSE BOTH OF THEIR BIRTHDAYS ARE
DECEMBER 17, OUR FAMILY CELEBRATES BOTH MY GRANDFATHER
AND MY FATHER'S BIRTHDAYS WITH A BIG PARTY THE SUNDAY
NEAREST THEIR BIRTHDAYS. COUSINS, AUNTS AND UNCLES,
BROTHERS AND SISTERS, ALL GATHER FOR CAKE AND ICE CREAM.
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
POLISH CUSTOM ASSUMED
THE WHITE GLOVES OF PALLBEARERS ARE PUT ON TOP OF THE
CASKET BEFORE BURIAL.
Submitter comment: OBSERVED AT GRANDMOTHER'S BURIAL.
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-16-1968
COMMENT ON LAZINESS
I'M ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO THINK THAT MANUAL LABOR
WAS A MEXICAN GENERAL.
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ALWAYS MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS WITH YOUR KNIFE ON A
LOAF OF BREAD BEFORE STARTING.
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
PROVERB
PATIENCE IS A VIRTUE SELDOM FOUND IN WOMEN AND NEVER FOUND IN MEN
Where learned: DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; DEFINITION ; OBSERVATION ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 01-21-1970
INNY, MINNY, HICKORY DICK,
DIDDLE-DI, DOODLE-DI, DOMONIC,
I-CHY, BY-CHY, DOMONICHY,
TI-TOE- TUM, UGILY, BUGGILY, BIGGILY BOO, POOF!
NOW I PUT A HEX ON YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A MAN WHO HAD JUST BOUGHT A NEW CAR WENT INTO A
DRUGSTORE. HE CAME OUT ONLY TO REALIZE HE HAD LEFT
THE CAR LOCKED WITH THE KEYS INSIDE IT. HE WENT TO
A PHONE BOOTH AND CALLED THE DEALER. HE TOLD HIM
TO HURRY AND BRING A SPARE KEY, BECAUSE THE TOP
WAS DOWN AND IT LOOKED LIKE RAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Stupid man or woman |
Date learned: 03-13-1970
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DAD: I SURE WISH YOU'D STOP REACHING FOR
THINGS. DON'T YOU HAVE A TONGUE.
SON: YES, BUT MY ARM IS LONGER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): ABSURD ; CHILDREN ; DIOLOGUE ; EATING ; HUMOR ; PARENTS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
COUNTING OUT
ENGINE, ENGINE, NUMBER 9
GOING DOWN THE CHICAGO LINE,
IF THE TRAIN SHOULD JUMP THE TRACK
DO YOU WANT YOUR MONEY BACK?
(YES OR NO) Y-E-S SPELLS YES AND OUT YOU GO.
WHILE SINGING THIS, THE CHILD IS HITTING EACH PERSON ON
THE FOOT. THE CHILD LEFT IS THE ONE THAT IS "IT."
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WAY DOWN SOUTH IN THE LAND OF COTTON,
MY FEET STINK, BUT YOURS ARE ROTTEN..
Submitter comment: FROM MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK FROM ELEMENTARY SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00-00-1961