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WHEN PEOPLE WERE BURIED FROM HOME, A WREATH WAS PLACED
ON THE FRONT DOOR. IF YOU COUNTED THE MARKS WHERE
THE WREATH WAS HUNG FROM, YOU WOULD EITHER HAVE
BAD LUCK OR THERE WOULD BE ANOTHER DEATH.
Submitter comment: MRS. MUGGLETON LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD.
Where learned: TELEPHONE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 11-02-1963
DON'T WEAR PEARLS, THEY WILL BRING TEARS.
Submitter comment:
MRS. M. LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD AND STILL PRACTICES
IT TODAY.
Where learned: TELEPHONE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 11-02-1963
GREETING
SOME PEOPLE JOKING AROUND, ANSWER THEIR TELEPHONE SAYING:
CITY MORGUE, YOU KILL 'EM; WE CHILL 'EM.
Where learned: TELEPHONE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 02-23-1971
A BRILLIANT DEDUCTION
BUTTER IS BUTTER
CHEESE IS CHEESE,
WHAT IS A KISS
WITHOUT A SQUEEZE.
Data entry tech comment: TAKEN FROM INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK
Where learned: OVER THE TELEPHONE ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COURTSHIP ; FOOD ; RHYME: ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): HUG
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 08-06-1964
TO GET RID OF ROACHES, TAKE EQUAL PARTS OF CORNMEAL AND RED
LEAD, MIX WITH MOLASSES AND SPREAD ON PLATES. AT NIGHT SET
THE PLATES ON THE FLOOR AND LEAVE THEM THERE SEVERAL NIGHTS IN
SUCCESSION. I HAVE KNOWN THIS TO CLEAR OUT ROACHES WHEN
EVERYTHING ELSE HAD FAILED.
Where learned: WILSON COOKBOOK ; BY TELEPHONE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
WATER A DECAYING ROSEBUSH WITH SOOT TEA. POUR BOILING WATER
OVER SOOT TAKEN FROM STOVE WHERE WOOD HAS BEEN BURNED AND
WHEN COLD, POUR OVER BUSH.
Where learned: WILSON COOKBOOK ; BY TELEPHONE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
IF YOU STEP OVER ANY PART OF A PERSON (E.G., STEP-
PING OVER THEIR LEGS TO AVOID THEIR HAVING TO
MOVE THEM) WITHOUT STEPPING BACK OVER AT THE SAME
POINT, YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TELEPHONE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Conversions Activities |
Date learned: 09-22-1969
IF THE FIRST PERSON WHO WALKS IN THE DOOR ON EASTER IS A
MAN, IT'S BAD LUCK; IF IT'S A WOMAN, IT'S GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TELEPHONE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. |
Date learned: 03-07-1970
STEP ON A CRACK;
BREAK THE DEVIL'S LEGS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; TELEPHONE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
WHEN A PERSON IS GOING TO A PARTY, WEDDING, PICNIC,
OR TRAVELLING, IF HE FORGETS SOMETHING AT HOME
IT IS A BAD SIGN. IF HE PROCEEDS, HE MAY HAVE
BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: FROM HIS PARENTS.
Where learned: TELEPHONE CONVERSATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 08-09-1964
FOR WARTS, RUB A POTATO ON THE WART, THEN BURY THE POTATO IN
THE MORNING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; TELEPHONE
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER PLUGGING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-09-1970
ORRIS ROOT AND POWDERED SOUP (SOAP?) MAKE THE BEST TOOTHWASH.
Where learned: TELEPHONE
Keyword(s): TOOTHPASTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 08-12-1968
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IN ENGLAND, THE PEOPLE WOULD HUNT THE PEACOCK AND
PRESENT IT TO THE ROYAL FAMILY AS A GIFT. SOON
THERE WAS THE DANGER OF THE PEACOCK BECOMING EXTINCT,
SO THE PEOPLE CONSIDERED IT A SIGN OF BAD LUCK TO
EITHER KILL THE BIRD OR TO HAVE ANY REPRESENTATION
OF IT, WHETHER IT BE PAINTED ON A DISH OR ITS FEATHERS
STYLED ON A WOMAN'S HAT.
Submitter comment:
MRS. MUGGLETON LEARNED OF THIS FROM HER ENGLISH-BORN
HUSBAND.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; TELEPHONE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Bird |
Date learned: 11-02-1963
IN ENGLAND, THE PEOPLE WOULD HUNT THE PEACOCK AND
PRESENT IT TO THE ROYAL FAMILY AS A GIFT. SOON
THERE WAS THE DANGER OF THE PEACOCK BECOMING EXTINCT,
SO THE PEOPLE CONSIDERED IT A SIGN OF BAD LUCK TO
EITHER KILL THE BIRD OR TO HAVE ANY REPRESENTATION
OF IT, WHETHER IT BE PAINTED ON A DISH OR ITS FEATHERS
STYLED ON A WOMAN'S HAT.
Submitter comment:
MRS. MUGGLETON LEARNED OF THIS FROM HER ENGLISH-BORN
HUSBAND.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; TELEPHONE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Bird |
Date learned: 11-02-1963