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HORSESHOES
NEVER HANG A HORSESHOE UPSIDE DOWN BECAUSE IT REPRESENTS THE
DEVIL'S HORNS.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ;
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Circle and other round forms |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
CORNCOB PIPES
SMOKING A CORNCOB PIPE WILL BRING GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ;
James Callow Keyword(s): SMOKING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Good luck P881.1 BELIEF -- Good luck P881.2 |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
PAPERCATS
IN MEXICO, IF YOU ARE DYING, YOU MAKE A 1000 PAPER CATS. IF YOU
MAKE A 1000, (THOUSAND) YOU WILL LIVE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ;
James Callow Keyword(s): CAT ; THOUSAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
BASEBALL
IF YOU RUB A BASEBALL IN THE DIRT BEFORE YOU PLAY, YOU WILL WIN.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ;
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Good luck P881.2 |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
BROOMS
NEVER LEAVE A BROOM OUT IN THE OPEN BECAUSE IT IS AN OPEN
INVITATION TO WITCHES.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ;
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
TESTS
WEAR YOUR FAVORITE COLOR ON THE DAY OF A TEST AND YOU WILL PASSIT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ;
James Callow Keyword(s): EXAMINATIONS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
MATCHES
THREE ON A MATCH MEANS ONE WILL GET PREGNANT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ;
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
SHOES
LEAVING SHOES IN THE WRONG ORDER BRINGS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ;
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
TURQUOISE
WEARING TURQUOISE BRINGS GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ;
James Callow Keyword(s): JEWELRY ORNAMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Good luck P881.1 |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
THE HATCHET MAN
TWO GIRLS WENT TO THE BEACH FOR THE SUMMER WHERE THEY RENTED A
COTTAGE. PEOPLE AROUND THE AREA WARNED THEM ABOUT THE HATCHET MAN
WHO COMES OUT ON THE BEACH EACH SUMMER AND HAS ALREADY KILLED THREE
PEOPLE THIS SEASON. THE GIRLS FIGURED THEY WOULD BE ALRIGHT IF THEY
LOCKED THE DOORS EACH NIGHT. ONE NIGHT ONE OF THE GIRLS HAD A DATE
AND SHE WAS SUPPOSED TO MEET THE GUY ON THE BEACH. TO BE SAFE, THEY
DECIDED TO WORK OUT A SIGNAL SO THAT THE GIRL LEFT INSIDE THE HOUSE
WOULD KNOW WHEN TO OPEN THE DOOR. LATER ON IN THE EVENING THE
GIRL HEARD SOME NOISES AT ONE OF THE WINDOWS. THEN THE NOISE WENT
AWAY. BUT AFTER A FEW MINTUES SHE HEARD THE NOISE AGAIN, THIS TIME
AT THE FRONT DOOR. SHE HEARD SOMETHING SCRATCHING AT THE DOOR AND
IT KEPT GETTING LOUDER AND LOUDER. SHE SCREAMED AND TOLD IT TO GO
AWAY. THE SCRATCHING SLOWLY FADED AWAY. AFTER A WHILE THE GIRL FELL
ASLEEP. WHEN SHE AWOKE THE NEXT MORNING SHE OPENED THE DOOR AND FOUND
DEEP SCRATCH MARKS IN IT, BLOOD ON THE PORCH AND HER GIRLDFRIEND,S
PURSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS ; COLLECTORS HOME
Keyword(s): INATTENTION TO WARNINGS-SHOULD BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT ; MURDER OF GIRL
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 11-18-1970
REMEMBER GRANT
REMEMBER LEE
THE HECK WITH THEM,
REMEMBER ME.
Submitter comment:
THIS LITTLE VERSE IS ONE IN WHICH INFORMANT SAID SHE USED
A LOT WHILE AUTOGRAPHING YEARBOOKS WHILE STILL IN
HIGH SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
I WISH YOU LUCK, I WISH YOU JOY,
I WISH YOU FIRST A BABY BOY.
AND WHEN HIS HAIR BEGINS TO CURL,
I WISH YOU THEN A BABY GIRL.
AND WHEN HER HAIR IS UP IN PINS,
I WISH YOU THEN A SET OF TWINS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLACK,
YOU LOOK BETTER WITH A KNIFE IN YOUR BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 00001961-1962
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
WHEN I TAKE OUT THE GARBAGE, I THINK OF YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE GREEN,
YOU'RE THE PRETTIEST GIRL THAT I'VE EVER SEEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
Date learned: 11-12-1968
G. I. COAT
G. I. HAT
GI THIS AND
GI THAT
GI LIKE YOU
GI I DO
GI HOPE
YOU LIKE ME TOO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Translations, plays on words, symbol writing |
BELIEF
NEVER GIVING A NEW WALLET TO SOMEONE WITHOUT A NEW PENNY IN IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 10-12-1968
PHANTOM SHIP
THE FLYING DUTCHMAN WAS A PHANTOM SHIP THAT HAD TO ROVE THE SEAS
FOREVER WITHOUT TOUCHING LAND BECAUSE HER CAPTAIN HAD OFFENDED A
SEA GOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
A RABBIT'S FOOT IS A SIGN OF GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Amulet, mojo |
Date learned: 10-00-1968