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WHISTLING IN THE DRESSINGROOMS.
IT IS BAD LUCK TO WHISTLE IN THE DRESSINGROOMS.
Submitter comment:
I HAVE SEEN THIS IN ACTION. I WAS AT ONE TIME IN A PLAY AT
GREENFIELD VILLAGE. DURING INTERMISSION I WAS IN THE
DRESSINGROOM, AND SOMEONE WAS WHISTLING. SOMEONE CAME IN AND
SAID THAT THIS WAS A BAD THING TO DO, BUT THE PERSON
JUST LAUGHED. THAT NIGHT DURING A DANCE ROUTINE, I ALMOST SLIPPED
AND FELL DOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
THEATER SUPERSTION
READING THE SCRIPT BACKSTAGE OF THE PLAY YOU ARE IN, IS BAD
LUCK.
Submitter comment:
I HAVE BEEN IN PLAYS WHERE THE PERSON WHO HAS DONE THIS HAD
DIFFICULTY IN REMEMBERING HIS LINES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
COMMON WORD
B.F. EGYPT
Submitter comment: IT IS A PLACE THAT IS VERY FAR TO DRIVE TO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
COMMON PHRASE
TO BLOW LUNCH
Submitter comment: ANOTHER NAME FOR VOMITING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 09-00-1977
VOCABULARY FOR MARIJUANA SMOKERS
HAVE SOME LUNCH
Submitter comment: IT IS ANOTHER NAME FOR GETTING HIGH SO NO ONE WILL KNOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Underworld |
Date learned: 12-00-1978
FEED A COLD STARVE A FEVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-27-1979
LIFT YOUR FEET AND HANDS AS YOU GO OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS OR YOU
WILL BE THE FAT LADY ON THE RAILROAD TRACKS
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 02-27-1979
BUBBLE GUM
BUBBLE GUM BUBBLE GUM IN A DISH
HOW MANY PIECES DO YOU WISH
Submitter comment: THIS IS A SONG TO DETERMIN WHO IS IT,
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-27-1979
LOCAL HAUNTED HOUSE STORY
THERE WAS AN OLD HOUSE NEAR HERE, BUT THIS WAS QUITE A FEW YEARS
AGO, AND PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS HAUNTED BECAUSE THEY WOULD HEAR
NOISES COMING FROM IT AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE A HORRIBLE SMELL
WOULD COME OUT OF THE HOUSE. FINALLY, THEY FOUND AN OLD WOMAN
IN THE BASEMENT WHO HAD BEEN LIVING THERE AND EATING THE RATS
TO KEEP ALIVE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal |
Date learned: 09-19-1967
LOCAL HAUNTED HOUSE STORY
THERE WAS AN OLD HOUSE NEAR HERE, BUT THIS WAS QUITE A FEW YEARS
AGO, AND PEOPLE THOUGHT IT WAS HAUNTED BECAUSE THEY WOULD HEAR
NOISES COMING FROM IT AND EVERY ONCE IN A WHILE A HORRIBLE SMELL
WOULD COME OUT OF THE HOUSE. FINALLY, THEY FOUND AN OLD WOMAN
IN THE BASEMENT WHO HAD BEEN LIVING THERE AND EATING THE RATS
TO KEEP ALIVE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal |
Date learned: 09-19-1967
BIRTH
IN FRANCE TO HAVE A MALE CHILD YOU HAVE TO DRINK A LOT OF WINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage Fermented BELIEF -- Birth |
ITALIANS WEAR A RED HORN FOR PROTECTION OR GOOD LUCK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Sign Color BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 02-09-1979
SUPERSTITIONS
GERMAN PEOPLE USE BASIL IN A SMALL BURLAP SACK TIED AROUND THEIR NECK
TO KEEP WEREWOLF AWAY WHEN THERE IS A FULL MOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P 45 |
Date learned: 02-09-1979
HELP, MURDER, POLICE!
MY MOTHER FELL IN GREASE.
I LAUGHED SO HARD,
I FELL IN LARD.
HELP, MURDER, POLICE!
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 10-02-1967
DREAMS
IF YOU DREAM ABOUT ANY NO OR NUMBER OF THINGS, USE IT AS A LUCKY NO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Dreams |
BAD LUCK
NEVER SPEAK TO ANYONE WHEN YOU ARE DISPENSING IN THE TOILET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 09-00-1977
BAD LUCK
DO NOT PUT SALT ON THE SCALP OR IT WILL GO BALD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 12-00-1977
JOHN AND KATHY SITTING IN A TREE,
K-I-S-S-I-N-G
FIRST COMES LOVE
THEN COMES MARRIAGE
THEN COMES JOHN PUSHING A BABY CARRIAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH VERSE?
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
HOLY WEEK
IF YOU GET A WOUND DURING THESE TIMES, IT WILL TAKE LONGER TO HEAL
BECAUSE IT IS NOT TIME TO ENJOY ONE SELF. SO ALL PLAYING SHOULD BE
AVOIDED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Holy Week BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Medicine |
Date learned: 05-00-1977
BURIAL CUSTOMS
TEARS SHOULD NOT DROP ON A DEAD PERSON'S BODY BECAUSE IF THEY DO, THE
SPIRIT OF THE DEAD BODY WILL BE RESTLESS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 12-00-1977