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FESTIVAL--SPEECH
TRICK OR TREATS, MONEY OR EATS.
Submitter comment: HEARD THIS SAYING ON HALLOWEEN NIGHT WHEN HE WAS ABOUT FIVE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.1031 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
EASTER EGG FIGHTS
A CUSTOM THE ARMENIANS HAVE AND AS FAR AS I KNOW ARE THE ONLY ONES
THAT DO IS THE EASTER EGG FIGHTS. WE BOIL AND COLOR OUR EGGS JUST
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE, BUT WE ALSO SEE WHO HAS THE STRONGEST EGG BY
HITTING THE POINTED ENDS OF THE EGGS TOGETHER. THE ONE WHOSE EGG
BREAKS IS THE LOSER. I AM ALSO TOLD THAT WHEN I WAS YOUNG OLDER
MEN LIKE MY GRANDFATHER WOULD MEET ON EASTER AND WAGER DOZENS AND
CASES OF EGGS ON A SINGLE MATCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WALSH COLLEGE ; CAMPUS
Keyword(s): GAME
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs |
Date learned: 03-21-1970
PROVERBS
IF THE DOG HADN'T STOPPED TO TAKE A SHIT HE WOULD HAVE GOT THE
RABBIT.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY HIS GRANDFATHER DURING A GAME OF BRIDGE.
Data entry tech comment: NONE
Where learned: RESIDENCE HALLS ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT CAMPUS
Keyword(s): ANIMALS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
CUSTOM DEATH
PUSHING UP DAISIES
SOMETIMES YOU REFER TO DYING AS PUSHING UP DAISIES.
Where learned: SCHOOL ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT CAMPUS, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM ; PLANT ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
BASEBALL BELIEF
NEVER TAKE THE GLOVES OF THE PLAYERS INTO THE DUGOUT. IT IS
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.1 |
Date learned: 03-04-1971