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CHRISTMAS EVE CUSTOM
ON CHRISTMAS EVE, THEY PLACE AN AX UNDER THE TABLE, AND EVERY
MEMBER OF THE FAMILY MUST HAVE ONE FOOT ON IT.
Submitter comment:
JO'S BOYFRIEND IS SLAVIK (SLAVIC) AND (THEY PRACTICE THIS CUSTOM) IN
THEIR HOME.
Data entry tech comment:
ITEM REWORDED TO FIT FORMAT.
Updated by TRD
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; holiday ; Slavic ; Table Setting ; tradition
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Christmas |
Date learned: 10-02-1969
STRONG IN MIND, WEAK IN BODY.
Submitter comment: KNOWN SINCE HIGH SCHOOL YEARS
Where learned: DORM ROOM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
BELIEF
IF THE SECOND TOE IS LONGER THAN THE FIRST TOE, THE FATHER WILL LIVE
LONGER THAN THE MOTHER WILL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN THAILAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-03-1971
NICKNAMES
THE NICKNAME "BUTCH" USUALLY DESCRIBES THE KID AS STRONG AND
USUALLY POSESSING A CREW CUT.
Submitter comment: LEARNED THROUGH TRADITION.
Where learned: DORM ROOM
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
NICKAMES
THE NICKNAME "FOUR EYES" IS USUALLY USED
ON A KID WHO WEARS GLASSES.
Submitter comment: LEARNED THROUGH TRADITION.
Where learned: DORM ROOM
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
TO WARD OFF THE "COOTIES" SO COMMON TO ALL GRADE
SCHOOL CHILDREN, A GESTURE OF 2 FISTS TOGETHER WITH THE
THUMBS EXTENDED IS MADE.
Data entry tech comment:
DIAGRAM IS ON 5 X 8 CARD.
Updated By TRD for BN. Card Info Update is Forthcoming.
Where learned: DORM ROOM
Keyword(s): BEHAVIOR ; BELIEF ; CHILDHOOD ; CHILDREN ; Classroom ; COOTIES ; CUSTOM ; Fists ; GAME ; GESTURE ; Grade School ; SLANG ; Thumb
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School BELIEF -- P670 P670.88 BELIEF -- Conversions P883.22 |
Date learned: 10-10-1969
Belief: Luck
If a ship has thirteen letters in its name the ship is doomed.
Submitter comment:
Read this in a book of sea lore.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Minor grammatical correction to submission card: changing had to has
Original BN [P880] crossed out and replaced with P686
Where learned: DORM ROOM ; BOOK
Keyword(s): Boat ; Lore ; NAME ; Nautical ; NUMBERS ; NUMEROLOGY ; Ocean ; Sailor ; SEA ; Ship ; Vessel
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number |
Legend of Writing to Dead People for Lottery Numbers
When writing to dead people for numbers in the lottery, don't cross your t's or dot your i's. And don't use punctuation. At night, put it over a glass of water, under the bed, on top of silver three-pence. A number is to be provided somehow.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original Boggs Number [B420 429] crossed out and others added: P840, P429, P686
Where learned: DORM ROOM
Keyword(s): Clairvoyance ; Gamble ; GAMBLING ; GRAMMAR ; Lottery ; NUMBERS ; RITUAL ; Spell ; SPIRIT ; SUPERNATURAL
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Number |
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A SHARP TONGUE IS THE ONLY EDGED TOOL THAT GROWS
CONSTANT USE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-22-1971
EASTER BUNNY
WE USED TO PUT CARROTS UNDER OUR PILLOW SO THAT THE EASTER BUNNY
WOULD BE SURE TO COME TO OUR HOUSE. I THINK THAT IT'S AN HUNGARIAN
CUSTOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; informant's dorm room
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Bunny |
Date learned: 11-30-1971
STAR BELIEF
IF YOU WISH ON A FALLING STAR, YOUR WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM
| Subject headings: | 870 BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 03-23-1971
ADAM SONG
CHORUS
THE S STANDS FOR SIGMA, THE P FOR P-I, PI.
THE S STANDS FOR SIGMA, THE P FOR P-I, PI.
AND IF YOU LOOK AROUND YOU, OR GAZE INTO THE SKY.
YOU WILL SEE THAT NAUGHT IS WRITTEN, BUT THE NAME OF SIGMA PI.
ADAM WAS THE FIRST MAN TO WEAR A SIG PI PIN,
NOAH WAS THE SECOND, THEY HAD TO LET HIM IN,
MOSES WAS THE THIRD ONE, WE HAD A LOT OF FUN,
WHEN JULIUS CAESAR CAME ALONG, THEY PLEDGED THE SON OF A GUN.
CHORUS
HE RAMBLED DOWN TO U. OF D., HE THOUGHT HE'D JOIN A FRAT,
HE THOUGHT HE'D TAKE A LOOK AROUND TO SEE WHERE HE WAS AT.
BECAUSE HE WAS A FELLOW WE KNEW HE'D BE ALL RIGHT,
THE COLORS THAT HE WORE NEXT DAY WERE LAVENDER AND WHITE.
CHORUS
HE RAMBLED DOWN TO U OF D., HE THOUGHT HE'D JOIN A FRAT,
HE THOUGHT HE'D TAKE A LOOK AROUND TO SEE WHERE HE WAS AT.
BECAUSE HE WAS A FELLOW WE KNEW HE': BE ALL RIGHT,
THE COLORS THAT HE WORE NEXT DAY WERE LAVENDER AND WHITE.
CHORUS
HE RAMBLED UP TO HEAVEN TO SEE WHO ALL WAS THERE,
HE FOUND A BUNCH A-HANGING AROUND THE FOOT OF THE GOLDEN STAIRS,
SOME WERE SMOKING CIGARETTES, THEY ALL WERE FEELING HIGH,
THEY ALL WERE DAMN GOOD FRIENDS OF HIS, THEY ALL WERE SIGMA PI'S.
CHORUS
HE RAMBLED DOWN TO HADES TO SEE THE POOR LOST SOULS,
HE FOUND A BUNCH OF THETA XI'S A-ROASTING ON THE COALS,
FOR THE TEKES AMD THEATA TAUS THE SIZZLE HAD BEGUN,
WHILE SIGMA PI'S IN VELVET CHAIRS WERE WATCHING ALL THE FUN.
CHORUS
THEN IN CAME OLD BEELZEBUB, OF HELL HE WAS THE KING;
AND ALL THE LITTLE IMPS CAME IN AND THEY BEGAN TO SING.
THEY SAW THE GANG GIVE HIM A GRIP, AND THEN THEY HEARD THE CRY.
THAT HE'S A CHARTER MENBER AND A DAMN GOOD SIGMA PI.
CHORUS
NOW DON'T BE DISCONCERTED IF YOU MISS THE NARROW PATH.
OR IF YOU FLUNK YOUR MORALS LIKE YOU USED TO FLUNK YOUR MATH,
AND DON'T BE DISCONCERTED WHEN YOU HEAR THE FUNERAL KNELL,
FOR WE HAVE A STRONG ALUMNI IN THE VERY DEPTHS OF HELL.
CHORUS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM
Keyword(s): BIBLICAL FIGURES ; FRATERNITY SONG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Religious |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
Fraternity Song
Chorus:
A cheer for Sig Pi, were on the path to glory
And all the other frats had better take a bye
A cheer for Sig Pi, we never get caught nappin',
We always know what's happening when we're getting high.
The Theta Tav's thought they could take us alone,
We left them laying in a pile of dust.
And laughed about it all the way home
Ba da da
Chorus
The parties we throw are known all over the state.
The dates we get are groovy and great.
The best thing about them is that they stay out late.
Ba da da
Chorus
The sororities, thought we could never win
The hearts of girls who had never sinned.
But look at all the ones who wear our pins.
Ba da da
Chorus
(sung to the tune of "Bonnie and Clyde")
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion |
Come Gather Around the Fireside
Come gather round the fireside bright
In bonds of brotherhood tonight
And raise your voices lustily
To sing of our fraternity.
Chorus:
Long may she live, and may there be
True fellowship eternally
Once more we pledge our loyalty
To Sigma Pi fraternity.
The circle changes with the years,
The brothers come and disappear,
But still the fire is burning bright
Upon the chapter hearth tonight.
Chorus
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion |
The Ants Go Marching Home Again
The ants go marching one by one, hurrah! hurrah!
The ants go marching one by one, hurrah! hurrah!
The ants go marching one by one and the little one stops to shoot a gun and they all go marching down to the earth to get out of the rain, boom! boom! boom!
The ants go marching two by two, hurrah! hurrah!
The ants go marching two by two, hurrah! hurrah!
The ants go marching two by two and the little one stops to tie his shoe and they all go marching down to the earth to get out of the rain, boom! boom! boom!
The ants go marching three by three, hurrah! hurrah!
The ants go marching three by three, hurrah! hurrah!
The ants go marching three by three and the little one stops to take a pee and they all go marching down to the earth to get out of the rain, boom! boom! boom!
The ants go marching four by four, hurrah! hurrah!
The ants go marching four by four, hurrah! hurrah!
The ants go marching four by four and the little one stops to open the door and they all go marching down to the earth to get out of the rain, boom! boom! boom!
The ants go marching five by five, hurrah! hurrah!
The ants go marching five by five, hurrah! hurrah!
The ants go marching five by five and the little one stops to scratch his hide and they all go marching down to the earth to get out of the rain, boom! boom! boom!
The ants go marching six by six, hurrah! hurrah!
The ants go marching six by six, hurrah! hurrah!
The ants go marching six by six and the little one stops to pick up sticks and they all go marching down to the earth to get out of the rain, boom! boom! boom!
The ants go marching seven by seven, hurrah! hurrah!
The ants go marching seven by seven, hurrah! hurrah!
The ants go marching seven by seven and the little one stops to go to heaven and they all go marching down to the earth to get out of the rain, boom! boom! boom!
The ants go marching eight by eight, hurrah! hurrah!
The ants go marching eight by eight, hurrah! hurrah!
The ants go marching eight by eight and the little one stops to shut the gate and they all go marching down to the earth to get out of the rain, boom! boom! boom!
The ants go marching nine by nine, hurrah! hurrah!
The ants go marching nine by nine, hurrah! hurrah!
The ants go marching nine by nine and the little one stops to spend a dime and they all go marching down to the earth to get out of the rain, boom! boom! boom!
The ants go marching ten by ten, hurrah! hurrah!
The ants go marching ten by ten, hurrah! hurrah!
The ants go marching ten by ten and the little one stops to start again and they all go marching down to the earth to get out of the rain, boom! boom! boom!
Submitter comment:
Recalled in dorm room at the University of Detroit.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Graffiti
I dreampt I conquered the world in my Erin Go Braugh.
(This is a parody on a magazine ad for brassieres which goes: "I dreamt I conquered the world in my Maidenform bra.")
Submitter comment:
Told to me in informant's romm--she gets them from desks in the University of Detroit Library.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT LIBRARY ; informant's dorm room
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |