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HOW CAN YOU GET SIX ELEPHANTS IN A VW? (GERMAN CAR)
THREE IN FRONT AND THREE IN THE BACK.
HOW CAN YOU GET 12 ELEPHANTS IN A VW?
YOU CAN'T.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CLASSROOM
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
PROVERB
YOU ARE WHAT YOU EAT!
Submitter comment:
"MAN IST WAS MAN ISST!" IS A GERMAN PROVERB WHICH TOYS
WITH THE LIKE SOUNDS OF "IST" AND "ISST" WHILE CONVEYING
QUITE AN INTERESTING FACT.
BIOLOGICALLY SPEAKING, QUITE TRUE OF COURSE.
GERMAN INSTRUCTOR, DR. WEDBERG, UNABLE TO PINPOINT
SOURCE OF SAYING, CLAIMS IT'S A FOLK SAYING IN
GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CLASSROOM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-00-1968
BELIEF
TO FRIGHTEN OFF BIRDS FROM YOUR GARDEN, PLACE A
LENGTH OF GARDEN HOSE IN IT AND THEY WILL THINK
IT'S A SNAKE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CLASS ASSIGNMENT ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
BELIEF
TO WARD OFF RABBITS, PLANT EMPTY GINGER ALE BOTTLES
IN THE GARDEN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; CLASS ASSIGNMENT ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): GINGERALE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
WHEN PATCHES OF SNOW REMAIN, IT IS USUALLY WAITING FOR MORE
TO FALL.
Where learned: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
WHEN A GROUNDHOG SEES HIS SHADOW ON THE SECOND OF FEBRUARY,
IT MEANS FOUR MORE WEEKS OF BAD WEATHER.
Where learned: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
Date learned: 03-07-1969
WHEN A CATERPILLAR HAS A THICK COAT OF FUR, IT MEANS WE
WILL HAVE A BAD WINTER.
Submitter comment: THIS PAST FALL, HIS COAT WAS THIN ON EACH END AND
James Callow comment: CONTRADICTORY?
Where learned: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
Date learned: 03-07-1969
PLANT YOUR POTATOES BY ST. PATRICK'S DAY IF YOU WANT A
GOOD CROP.
Where learned: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 17 Feast of St. Patrick BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
WHEN SOMEBODY DIED, PEOPLE WOULD GO TO THE GRAVEYARD AND SING
THE WHOLE NIGHT, AND THEY SAID WHEN THEY SANG, IT KEPT
THE EVIL SPIRITS AWAY.
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
FIRST BIRTHDAY
ON A BABY'S FIRST BIRTHDAY, PLACE A ROSARY, WHISKEY GLASS AND SOME
MONEY BEFORE HIM. WHICHEVER HE PICKS WILL BE WHAT HE BECOMES;
A PRIEST, A DRUNK, OR A WEALTHY PERSON.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SAYS THIS WAS A PRACTICED CUSTOM AMONG HER FAMILY
Where learned: TOLD IN ; MCKENDRICK ; ANCIENT DRAMA CLASS
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOLS
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-12-1971
TO THINK IS TO BE HAPPY. TO FEEL IS TO SUFFER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CLASSROOM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
OUR NEIGHBOR, MR. MC NEAL, WON'T PLANT ANYTHING UNLESS IT IS
"IN THE RIGHT SIGN," EVEN THOUGH ALL OTHER CONDITIONS ARE
PERFECT.
Where learned: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
EVENING RED, MORNING GRAY,
SETS THE TRAVELER, ON HIS WAY.
BUT THE EVENING GRAY, AND THE MORNING RED,
WILL BRING DOWN RAIN, ON HIS HEAD.
Submitter comment:
MICHAEL LEARNED THIS FROM HIS GRANDFATHER, WHO LIKED TO
Where learned: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
Date learned: 03-07-1969
IF IT'S RAINING AND THE SUN'S SHINING, THE DEVIL'S BEATING
HIS WIFE.
Where learned: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
Keyword(s): SATAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
WHEN THE OWL HOOTS IN THE DAY AND THE DOG BARKS AT NIGHT,
AND THE COW DOESN'T GIVE ANY MILK FOR TWO DAYS, THAT IS
A SIGN OF SNOW.
Where learned: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
IF IT'S RAINING ON YOUR WEDDING DAY, YOU WILL SHED THAT MANY
TEARS DURING YOUR MARRIAGE.
Where learned: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Superstition about good weather |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
A MAN ASKED HIS WIFE TO TAKE OFF HIS SHOES. SHE ASKED HIM
WHY AND HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO GO WADING IN THE GREEN
MEADOWS. SHE COULDN'T FIGURE IT OUT, BECAUSE IT WAS
SNOWING OUTSIDE. HE THEN DIED.
Where learned: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
A RING AROUND THE MOON MEANS FALLING WEATHER. THE NUMBER OF
STARS WITHIN THE RING RPRESENTS THE DAYS OF THE FALLING
WEATHER.
Where learned: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Circle and other round forms BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
IF IT RAINS AND THE SUN'S SHINING AT THE SAME TIME, MEANS
THE DEVIL'S BEATING HIS WIFE.
Where learned: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
Keyword(s): SATAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 03-07-1969
ALWAYS BUTCHER HOGS ON THE INCREASE OF THE MOON. IF YOU
BUTCHER THEM ON THE DECREASE OF THE MOON, THE MEAT WILL SHRINK
WHEN IT IS COOKED.
Where learned: CLASS ASSIGNMENT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Meat BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 03-07-1969