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MABEL
MABEL, MABEL
SET THE TABLE,
DON'T FORGET THE SALT AND
RED HOT PEPPER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; SPEED-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 04-07-1970
JOHNNY
JOHNNY OVER THE OCEAN, JOHNNY OVER THE SEA,
JOHNNY BROKE THE TEAPOT AND BLAMED IT ON ME,
I TOLD MA, MA TOLD PA,
JOHNNY GOT A BEATEN'
HA! HA! HA!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 04-07-1970
(LEBANESE PROVERB)
HABIT IS A SECOND NATURE.
Submitter comment: (AS OPPOSED TO FIRST NATURE ACTS SUCH AS EATING, SLEEPING, ETC.)
Where learned: MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
JOHN C. WOBBLESQUAW
HE WAS MY FATHER,S GREAT, GREAT, GRANDFATHER ON HIS MOTHER,S SIDE.
ACCORDING TO THE LEGEND, HE BUILT MACKINAC ISLAND.
HE HAD A GIRLFRIEND ACROSS THE STRAITS, AND HE USED TO LIKE TO SEE
HER, SO HE WOULD SWIM ACROSS THE STRAITS. HE SAW LITTLE WHITE STONES
ON THE LOWER PENINSULA SIDE AND HE USED TO TAKE THEM TO HER.
NOW HE WAS A STRONG FELLOW, BUT HE TIRED WITH ALL THE STONES WHILE
SWIMMING, SO HE USED TO DUMP THEM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STRAITS.
THIS WAS A HOT ROMANCE, BUT HE COULDN,T GET ACROSS THE STRAITS WITH
SOME MORE STONES. THAT,S HOW HE BUILT MACKINAC ISLAND. BECAUSE IF YOU
GO THERE TODAY, YOU CAN SEE THE LITTLE WHITE STONES IN THE SAND.
or something like that.
Where learned: MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): AMERICAN INDIAN ; STONES USED TO MAKE BRIDGE NOW A HISTORIC PATH ; STONES USED TO MAKE BRIDGE OF LOVE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Creation and Order of Universe PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formation PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale |
Date learned: 00001968 FALL
JOHN C. WOBBLESQUAW
THIS WAS THE COLDEST WINTER MICHIGAN EVER KNEW, LONG BEFORE THEY
RECORDED TEMPERATURES. JOHN C. LIVED ON A RESERVATION WITH HIS FAMILY
AND FRIENDS. IT WAS SUCH A HARD WINTER THAT THEY RAN OUT OF FOOD AND
WERE IN PRETTY ROUGH SHAPE. SEEING THAT JOHN C. WAS THE STRONGEST,
THEY SENT HIM OUT TO GO HUNTING. THEY HAD SENT OTHERS OUT BEFORE,
BUT THEY DIDN,T GET ANYTHING.
JOHN C. WENT OUT AND HE WAS LOOKING THROUGH THE WOODS AND HE HAD A
FEELING THAT SOMEONE WAS FOLLOWING HIM. HE TURNED AROUND, AND THERE
WAS THIS BIG BLACK BEAR. SO THAT SCARED HIM, SINCE HE NEVER FACED
ONE BEFORE. WELL, HE WAS OUT OF AMMUNITION SINCE HE MISSED OTHER
ANIMALS, SO HE RAN AND RAN UNTIL SWEAT CAME ON HIS FOREHEAD, AND
IT WAS SO COLD THAT IT FROZE RIGHT THERE. HE GOT AN IDEA.
SO HE TOOK THE POWDER OUT OF HIS HORN AND PUT IT IN HIS GUN.
AND HE TOOK A FEW BEADS OF FROZEN PERSPIRATION OFF HIS FOREHEAD AND
PUT THEM IN TOO. THEN HE TURNED AROUND, SHOT THE BEAR, AND HIS
PEOPLE LIVED THROUGH THE WINTER.
Where learned: MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): AMERICAN INDIAN ; FROZEN BEADS OF SWEAT USED FOR AMMUNITION
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale |
Date learned: 00001968 FALL
BY THIS TIME JOHN C. HAD AQUIRED QUITE A BIT OF FAME. SO HE WENT TO
ENGLAND TO VISIT HIS FRIEND WHO LIVED IN A CASTLE. SO HE TOOK THE
BOAT OVER AND GOT A HORSE WHEN HE GOT THERE, AND HE RODE OVER TO THIS
FELLOW,S CASTLE. THE LAST DAY OF THE JOURNEY WAS A LONG ONE AND HIS
HORSE WAS TIRED WHEN THEY GOT TO THE CASTLE.
SO WHEN HE GOT TO THE CASTLE, THE FIRST THING HE WAS GOING TO DO WAS
GET HIS HORSE A DRINK OF WATER.
HE GOT TO THE CASTLE AND WENT THROUGH THE GATE THERE, AND HE HEARD
SOMETHING CLANK BEHIND HIM. AND HE DIDN,T PAY ANY ATTENTION, BUT
JUST TOOK HIS HORSE TO THE FOUNTAIN. WHILE HIS HORSE WAS DRINKING,
HE KEPT HEARING THIS WATER RUNNING, AND HE TURNED AROUND AND THE BACK
OF HIS HORSE HAD BEEN CUT OFF. THE GATE HAD CUT OFF THE BACK END OF
HIS HORSE. HE COULDN,T LET HIS HORSE GO ON LIKE THAT, SO HE RIPPED
A VINE DOWN OFF THE WALL OF THE CASTLE AND HE SEWED THE FRONT END
OF HIS HORSE TO THE BACK END. HE STAYED AT HIS FRIEND,S CASTLE FOR
ABOUT FOUR MONTHS. BY THAT TIME HIS HORSE HAD HEALED. THE VINE
THOUGH GREW FROM THE STICHES UP AND OVER THE HORSE, FROM THAT TIME ON
HE ALWAYS RODE IN THE SHADE.
Where learned: MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale |
Date learned: 00001968 FALL
ORIGIN OF IRELAND
IRELAND BEGAN WHEN A TEAR OF HOPE FELL FROM HEAVEN INTO THE
SEA. THIS FORMED THE EMERALD ISLE. THE COLOR GREEN HERE IS
A SIGN OF HOPE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 00001968 FALL
CHRISTMAS CELEBRATION
AFTER RETURNING FROM CHRISTMAS VACATION, THE GIRLS AT MARYGROVE
COLLEGE PUT THEIR SHOES OUTSIDE THEIR DOORS AT NIGHT. IN THE
MORNING, THEY FIND CANDY IN THEIR SHOES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Stockings and shoes |
Date learned: 00001968 FALL
CELEBRATION
IN BOLOGNA, ITALY, THE STUDENTS OF THE UNIVERSITY OF
BOLOGNA CELEBRATE THE FESTA DEI MATRICOLI. ALL STUDENTS
WEAR AN ODDLY SHAPED HAT OF A DIFFERENT COLOR, DEPENDING
ON WHICH COLLEGE THEY ARE ATTENDING. THE COLLEGE OF
MEDICINE, FOR EXAMPLE, WEARS A RED HAT. THE CELEBRATION
IS MARKED BY A LOT OF DRINKING AND PRANKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 00001968 FALL
BEFORE GRADUATION, AT A SPECIAL CEREMONY AT THE COLLEGE,
THE SENIORS PASS LAUREL WREATHES AND TORCHES TO THE
JUNIORS, WHICH SYMBOLIZES LEARNING AND TRUTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PILGRIMAGE
IN BOLOGNA ITALY, THERE IS THE CHURCH OF ST. LUKE.
IF ONE COMMITS A GRAVE SIN, THE PENANCE IS IN THE
FORM OF A PILGRIMAGE TO THE CHURCH OF ST. LUKE. THE
PENITANT BEGINS AT THE PORTA SARAGOZZA AND PROCEEDS
TWO MILES TO THE FOOT OF THE HILL WHERE THE CHURCH IS,
AND THEN ANOTHER FIVE MILES TO THE TOP OF THE HILL
TO THE CHURCH. THE ENTIRE SEVEN MILES IS WALKED ON
THE KNEES!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church |
Date learned: 00001968 FALL
ITALIAN GIRLS WHEN ONLY FOUR HOURS OLD, HAVE THEIR
EARS PIERCED FOR FUTURE EARRINGS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 00001968 FALL
CHILDREN IN LEBANON ARE NOT BAPTIZED AS INFANTS. THEY ARE
BAPTIZED AT A LATER AGE, APPROXIMATELY 8-12.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Baptism Naming rite |
Date learned: 00001968 FALL
MULTIPLICATION IS VEXATION,
DIVISION IS AS BAD,
THE RULE OF THREE DOTH PUZZLE ME,
AND PRACTICE DRIVES ME MAD.
Submitter comment:
WRITTEN IN HER MOTHER'S ARITHMETIC BOOK FROM CLEVELAND, OHIO
DATED 1957.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): DIALOGUE ; HUMOR ; MATHEMATICS ; QUATRAIN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Wisecracks, Gags, Silly Insults |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
THE MC KENNA FAMILY BIRTHDAYS ARE SPECIAL. THE ONE
CELEBRATING THE BIRTHDAY IS NOT REQUIRED TO DO ANY
WORK ON THAT DAY. YOU ARE GIVEN VIRTUALLY EVERYTHING
YOU WANT. YOU ARE GIVEN YOUR CHOICE OF THE EVENING
DINNER. IN THE EVENING THE ENTIRE NEIGHBORHOOD IS
INVITED OVER TO THE HOUSE FOR A PARTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 00001968 FALL
THE WEDDING RING IS CUSTOMARILY WORN ON THE THIRD
FINGER OF THE LEFT HAND IN ITALY. THE ENGAGEMENT
RING IS GENERALLY NOT A DIAMOND, BUT SOME OTHER
PRECIOUS STONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ITALY ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Worn on left hand |
Date learned: 00001968 FALL
A VERY ODD WEDDING CUSTOM AMONG A SMALL MINORITY
CHURCH. THE WEDDING TAKES PLACE, AND THEN THE BRIDE
AND GROOM SPEND A NIGHT TOGETHER, TO SEE IF THE GIRL
IS A VIRGIN OR NOT. IF SHE IS NOT, THE MARRIAGE
IS NULL AND VOID. IF SHE IS A VIRGIN, THEN THE
LARGER CEREMONY TAKES PLACE ALONG WITH THE WEDDING
CELEBRATION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT ; LEBANON
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage F545.136 |
Date learned: 00001968 FALL
INITIATION AT MARYGROVE LASTS FIVE DAYS. DURING THIS TIME
THE FRESHMEN GIRLS ARE REQUIRED TO DO DIFFERENT STUNTS.
SINGING THE TOWER SONG AT ANY AND ALL TIMES, TIPPING
DINK (SMALL GREEN AND GOLD BEANIE) TO THE BIG SISTER CLASS
(JUNIORS), WEARING GREEN AND GOLD COORDINATES, HILL-BILLY
DAY.
ENDS IN INVESTITURE CEREMONY. THE JUNIOR CLASS FORMS AN
HONOR GUARD WITH CANDLES TO LIGHT THE WAY INTO COLLEGE
YEARS. FRESHMEN, AT THIS TIME, RECEIVE ACADEMIC CAP AND
GOWN. A DINNER CELEBRATION WITH THE JUNIOR CLASS CONCLUDES
THE WEEK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing |
Date learned: 00001968 FALL
ITALIAN CUSTOM
ON JANUARY 6 THERE IS A BIG PARADE IN WHICH THE THREE
KINGS COME INTO THE CITY. SHEPHERDS ALSO COME IN WITH
SHEEP. THE FIRST KING IS CARRIED IN ON A CARRIED
CHAIR WITH HIS COURT. THE SECOND KING, FROM AFRICA,
IS SEATED ON A CAMEL. THE EUROPEAN KING IS RIDING
ON A HORSE. ALL PROCEED THROUGH THE CITY FOLLOWING
A HUGE STAR INTO THE MAIN BASILICA WHERE MASS IS
CELEBRATED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 6 Twelfth Day Epiphany |
Date learned: 00001968 FALL
ITALIAN CUSTOM
FOR THE ITALIANS, CHRISTMAS IS NOT CELEBRATED ON
DECEMBER 25. ON JANUARY 6, LA BEFANA, THE WITCH
COMES TO THE HOUSES AND SHE BRINGS THE GOOD CHILDREN
CANDY AND PRESENTS, AND THE BAD CHILDREN SHE LEAVES
COAL. ALL THE BAKERIES AT THIS TIME MAKE A CANDY
THAT LOOKS LIKE A LUMP OF COAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 6 Twelfth Day Epiphany |
Date learned: 00001968 FALL