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PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NEVER PUT OFF TILL TOMORROW WHAT YOU CAN DO TODAY
BECAUSE BY THEN THERE MIGHT BE A LAW AGAINST IT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; PARODY ; PROMPTNESS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
PROVERB IN VERSE
NEVER KISS BY THE GARDEN GATE,
FOR LOVE IS BLAND, (SIC) BUT THE NEIGHBORS AIN'T
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; BLIND ; GOSSIP ; PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
PROVERB IN VERSE
NEEDLES AND PINS, NEEDLES AND PINS
WHEN A MAN MARRIES, HIS TROUBLE BEGINS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; MATRIMONY ; OBSERVATION ; PESSIMISM ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- P545.0 |
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON (SIMILE)
A NATION'S MORALS ARE LIKE ITS TEETH} THE WORSE THEY ARE DECAYED
THE MORE IT HURTS TO TOUCH THEM G. B. SHAW
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
BREAD
IN GREECE IT IS BAD LUCK TO PLACE A LOAF OF BREAD UPSIDE DOWN
ON THE TABLE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.21 |
Date learned: 11-28-1972
SHOES
IN GREECE IT IS CONSIDERED BAD LUCK TO PUT SHOES ON A BED
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.19 |
Date learned: 11-28-1972
SCIZZORS
IN GREECE IT IS BAD LUCK TO LEAVE A PAIR OF SCIZZORS OPEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): SCISSORS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.18 |
Date learned: 11-28-1972
FLY
WHOEVER HAS THE FLY BECOMES THE FLY
A GREEK SAYING IS: WHOEVER HAS THE FLY BECOMES THE FLY
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS: THE GUILTY PERSON AMONG A GROUP WILL DO SOMETHING
TO GIVE HIMSELF AWAY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-28-1972
DIRAHHEA
A GREEK REMEDY FOR DIRAHHEA IS A LITTLE BIT OF GREEK DW DIARRHEA
COFFEE WITH LEMON IN IT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-28-1972
BEE BITE
A GREEK REMEDY FOR A BEE BITE IS TO HAVE THE BITTEN PERSON
URINATE ON THE GROUND AND THEN PUT THE WET GROUND ON THE BITE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): URINE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-28-1972
EASTER
EASTER IS THE MOST IMPORTANT GREEK DAY IN THE YEAR. AFTER
CHURCH EVERYONE GOES HOME AND CRACKS HARD BOILED RED EGGS
TOGETHER. EACH HOLDS AN EGG AND HITS IT AGAINST SOMEONE
ELSE'S. THE ONE WHOSE EGG BREAKS FIRST WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Date learned: 11-28-1972
PRIEST
GREEKS BELIEVE THAT IF THE FIRST THING YOU SEE WHEN YOU
GO OUT IN THE MORNING IS A PRIEST SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 11-28-1972
BLACK CAT
GREEKS BELIEVE THAT IF THE FIRST THING YOU SEE WHEN YOU
GO OUT IN THE MORNING IS A BLACK CAT, SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.3 |
Date learned: 11-28-1972
LOAF OF BREAD
ON THE MORNING OF HER WEDDING DAY A GREEK BRIDE BAKES A LOAF
OF BREAD. AFTER THE WEDDING SOMEONE BREAKS IT IN TWO
BEFORE THE BRIDE AND GROOM
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F545.0 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Morning before wedding |
Date learned: 11-28-1972
BELIEF
IF YOU GO SWIMMING IN THE OCEAN, OR ANY OTHER LARGE BODY OF WATER ON
HOLY THURSDAY, YOU WILL TURN INTO A FISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Thursday Favorites BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Still water Large body. |
Date learned: 10-00-1973
CURE FOR HEADACHES
IF YOU HAVE A HEADACHE OR A BUMP ON YOUR HEAD, IN ORDER TO STOP THE
PAIN OR SWELLING, YOU MUST DO THE FOLLOWING FIVE STEPS:
1) GET SOME POTATOES
2) CUT THEM IN HALVES
3) CUT THEM IN QUARTERS
4) PUT THEM IN A TOWEL
5) WRAP THE TOWEL AROUND YOUR HEAD, OR AROUND THE BUMP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Head, physiognomy, face BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-00-1973
CURE FOR WARTS
IF YOU HAVE A WART ON YOUR BODY, YOU MUST DO THE FOLLOWING:
A) CUT AN ONION IN HALF
B) RUB THE ONION ON THE WART
C) BURY THE ONION OUTSIDE SOMEWHERE
IF THIS PROCEDURE IS FOLLOWED CORRECTLY, THE WART WILL DISAPPEAR IN
A FEW DAYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO ; CAMPUS
Date learned: 11-00-1973
CURE FOR HICCUPS
IF YOU HAVE THE HICCUPS, HERE IS A REMEDY TO CURE THEM.
FIRST YOU MUST FIND THE LONGEST BLADE OF GRASS FROM YOUR FRONT YARD.
NEXT, YOU TAKE THE BLADE OF GRASS AND GENTLY INSERT IT INTO YOUR
NOSE. BY DOING THIS A FEW TIMES, EVENTUALLY THIS WILL CAUSE YOU TO
SNEEZE, WHICH WILL IN TURN CAUSE YOU TO LOSE YOUR HICCUPS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-00-1973
MEANS OF CAUSING OR AVOIDING ILLNESS
IF YOU MASTURBATE REGULARLY, YOU WILL GET A SERIOUS CASE OF ACNE, AND
EVENTUALLY YOUR PALMS WILL BECOME VERY HAIRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO ; CAMPUS
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
MEANS OF CAUSING ILLNESS
OH IT'S CHERRY JUICE AND LEAVES,
THAT GIVE YOU THE DRY HEAVES,
IN THE HALLS, IN THE HALLS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit |
Date learned: 11-00-1973