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CURE FOR MOTION SICKNESS
YOU WOULD PUT A SALT BAG AROUND YOUR NECK TO PREVENT MOTION
SICKNESS.
Submitter comment:
WE ALWAYS USED TO DO IT ON THE RIDE FROM DETROIT TO DOWN HOME.
HAPPENED WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL; LEARNED CURE FROM PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
VALUE OF SPICEY FOOD
IF YOU EAT HOT PEPPERS AND SPICEY FOODS YOU WON'T HAVE HEART
TROUBLE OR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE- LIKE THE ITALIANS.
Submitter comment: BELIEF LEARNED IN HOLLISTER, OHIO FROM PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD ; HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE ; PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A FIGHT.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS MOTHER, ELIZABETH ZDROJESKI WHEN
HE WAS GROWING UP. ELIZABETH HEARD IT FROM HER MOTHER, MRS. RICE,
AROUND 1910.
Where learned: NEW JERSEY ; JERSEY CITY
Keyword(s): HUMANS SENSUAL EXPERIENCES SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams P841.72 PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: CA00001968 ; 00-00-1910
FOLK CURE FOR HIGH BLOOD PRESSURE
TAKE A FRESH LEMON AND SQUEEZE OUT THE JUICE AND DRINK IT STRAIGHT.
Where learned: WESTERN YMCA ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-12-1971
CURE FOR BLEEDING
IF YOU PUT A COLD KEY DOWN YOUR BACK, IT WOULD STOP
BLEEDING - ESPECIALLY NOSE BLEEDING.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AS A GIRL IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HIDDEN CONNECTION
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
SNORING
MARY'S GRANDMOTHER (FRENCH-CANADIAN) TOLD HER SHE MUST
BLOW HER NOSE EVERY NIGHT OR SHE WOULD SNORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY
Keyword(s): PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
PLASTER FOR A CHEST COLD
MAKE A HOT MIXTURE OF FLAXSEED AND LARD AND SPREAD IT ON THE CHEST.
THEN COVER THE BODY WITH A LINEN TOWEL OR WRAP.
ADDITIONAL BLANKETS SHOULD BE USED TO FURTHER INDUCE SWEATING.
THIS PLASTER WAS USED ESPECIALLY FOR CHILDREN
BECAUSE IT DID NOT BURN THEIR SKIN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER USED THIS WITH HER CHILDREN. (1900-1930).
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
Keyword(s): CHILDHOOD REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
BAD LUCK (COLLECTOR,S TITLE)
IT IS BAD LUCK TO GIVE ANYONE A SHARP OBJECT FOR A GIFT. TO RID YOURSELF OF THE BAD LUCK,
GIVE YOUR MOTHER A COPPER PENNY AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. ; CONVERSION; GIVING COIN (CLASSIFIER,S TITLE)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Conversions P883.1 |
Date learned: 09-17-1967
NURSERY RHYME
ITALIAN:
SECA SECA SECOLA
(NAME) VA ALLA SCUOLA
SE PORTA IL CANESTRINA
A TUTTO PIENO DI ROBBA
FINCI LA MAESTRA
CE LA PRENTE
A LA METTO SUL COMO
CI JA DIRE SI E NO.
TRANSLATION:
SEE SEE SAW.
(NAME) GOES TO SCHOOL.
SHE BRINGS A BASKET
ALL FILLED WITH GOODIES
FOR THE TEACHER.
THE TEACHER TAKES THE BASKET
AND PUTS IT ON THE DESK.
ASKS HER "YES" OR "NO."
Submitter comment:
I HAVE HEARD THE INFORMANT SAY THIS TO HER GRANDSON, 1-1/2 YRS.
OLD, WHEN HOLDING HIM IN HER LAP. SHE TOOK BOTH OF HIS HANDS
AND ROCKED HIM TO AND FRO; AND ENDED THE RHYME BY PULLING
ONE HAND FOR "YES" AND THEN THE OTHER FOR "NO."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
GAVE HER A NICKEL TO SUCK ON A PICKLE./ THE PICKLE WAS SOUR SO I GAVE
IT TO A FLOWER./ THE FLOWER WAS YELLOW SO I GAVE IT TO A FELLOW./ THE
FELLOW WAS THICK SO I GAVE HIM A KICK./ AND THAT IS HOW I LEARNED MY
ARITHMETIC. (COUNT)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-31-1968
PROVERB
SPANISH: PANSA LLENA
SPANISH: CORAZON CONTENTO
TRANSLATION: FULL BELLY, HAPPY HEART.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-15-1971
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
WILLFULL WASTE MAKES WISHFUL WANT.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS FREQUENTLY SAID TO CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN
BY GEORGE WASHINGTON WILLETT, GRANDFATHER OF THE INFORMANT,
WHEN HE NOTICED ANYTHING OR ANYONE MISUSING OR WASTING
ANYTHING. THIS WAS IN NELSON COUNTY, NEAR BARDSTOWN,
KENTUCKY ABOUT 1915.
Data entry tech comment: WILLFUL
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; BARDSTOWN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001915 CA
BELIEF (CUSTOM)
IF YOU EAT BLESSED FOOD AFTER SUNDOWN YOU'LL COME DOWN WITH
NIGHT BLINDNESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
MARRIAGE CUSTOM
IT IS TRADITION THAT DURING LEAP YEAR IT IS THE RIGHT OF THE WOMAN
TO PROPOSE MARRIAGE RATHER THAN THE MAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage During leap year |
Date learned: 01-30-1971
KILL A SPIDER ON FRIDAY AND YOU'LL HAVE ALL KINDS
OF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INSECT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 09-21-1969
GERMAN BELIEF: DON'T HANG A CALENDAR BEFORE THE
FIRST OF THE YEAR.
Submitter comment: BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IT IS UNLUCKY TO SPILL SALT--COMES FROM THE TIME WHEN
JUDAS UPSET SALT WITH HIS HAND AT THE LAST SUPPER
WHEN GETTING UP TO LEAVE TO BETRAY CHRIST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): APOCRYPHAL BIBLE INCIDENT ; ISCARIOT ; JESUS
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Bad luck Food and drink |
Date learned: 04-03-1967
THE WEDDING CAKE PROPHECY.
TAKE A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE AND PUT IT UNDER YOUR PILLOW AND YOU
WILL DREAM ABOUT THE MAN YOU WILL MARRY.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER GAVE ME THIS INFORMATION WHEN I WAS TELLING HER THAT ONE OF
MY FRIENDS WAS GETTING MARRIED, AND SHE TOLD ME TO DO THIS AND I
WOULD DREAM OF MY FUTURE HUSBAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD ; FOOD ; PREDICTION ; PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Dream about future husband |
Date learned: 11-13-1969
IF YOU OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE, YOU WILL HAVE
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 04-03-1967
IT IS UNLUCKY TO PUT ON YOUR LEFT SHOE BEFORE
YOUR RIGHT SHOE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 02-28-1967