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RYHME OF MOCKERY
CAROL BON BARREL, C. H. CAFARREL, TEE-LEGGED, TOE-LEGGED,
BOW-LEGGED CAROL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
NURSERY RHYME
HANNAH BANTRY IN THE PANTRY, GNAWING AT A MUTTON BONE,
HOW SHE GNAWED IT. HOW SHE CLAWED IT. WHEN SHE FOUND HERSELF ALONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
NURSERY RHYME
STAR LIGHT STAR BRIGHT FIRST STAR I SEE TONIGHT, I WISH I MAY I WISH
I MIGHT, HAVE THE WISH I WISH TONIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
JUMP-ROPE RHYME
STRAWBERRY SHORTCAKE, HUCKLEBERRY FINN, WHEN I CALL YOUR NAME PLEASE
JUMP IN. JANUARY, FEBRUARY, MARCH, APRIL, MAY...
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
EXPECTANT MOTHERS
THE LIQUID IS CALLED CONGELAC. IT CAN BE PURCHASED AT ANY DRUGSTORE.
YOU MUST DRINK THE WHOLE BOTTLE AND IF YOU DO..... CONGRATULATIONS-
THERE'S A BABY IN EVERY BOTTLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
DETERMINING THE SEX OF AN UNBORN CHILD
IF YOU ARE PREGNANT AND YOUR STOMACH IS SHAPED LIKE A FOOTBALL, IT'S
A BOY. IF IT'S SHAPED LIKE A BASKETBALL, IT'S A GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Birth |
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DETERMINING SEX OF UNBORN CHILD
A BABY CONCIEVED IN A ODD MONTH WILL BE A BOY.
A BABY CONCIEVED IN AN EVEN MONTH WILL BE A GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Measure of time Month BELIEF -- Number Even number (not specific) BELIEF -- Number Odd number (not specific) |
Date learned: 00-00-1971
REMEDY
TO CURE AN EARACHE TAKE AN ONION AND BAKE IT FULLY
PEEL THE ONION DOWN TO THE HEART
PLACE THE HOT ONION HEART IN THE EAR AND THE PAIN WILL DISAPPEAR
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A REMEDY PASSED ON FROM JUDY'S GRANDMOTHER TO HER OWN
MOTHER. JUDY HERSELF HAS NOT TRIED THE REMEDY, BUT HER MOTHER CLAIMS
IT WORKS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
GAME
THE OBJECT OF THIS THINKING GAME IS TO GUESS WHY TILLY WILLIS
LIKES CERTAIN THINGS AND NOT OTHERS. THE PERSON WHO IS EXPLAINING
THE GAME BEGINS BY SAYING, TILLY WILLIS IS ODD AND QUEER BUT NOT
PECULISR. SHE LOVES APPLES BUT HATES PEACHES.
SHE LOVES GREEN BUT SHE HATES RED. THE PERSON CONTINUES TO
GIVE LOVE AND HATE EXAMPLES UNTIL ONE OF THE PLAYERS
RESPONDS WITH WHAT HE THINKS TILLY WILLIS LOVES OR HATES.
THE CLUE TO THE GAME IS IN THE OPENING LINE.
TILLY WILLIS ODD AND QUEER ARE ALL WORDS CONTAINING DOUBLE LETTERS.
THE PLAYER WHO GUESSES THAT TILLY LOVES EVERYTHING
SPELLED WITH A DOUBLE LETTER, IS THE WINNER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): ALTERNATE TITLE: THE QUEEN ; SPELLING
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Mental Activity |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
PROVERBIAL COMPARISON
LIFE IS LIKE A BEAVER COLONY, ONE DAMN THING AFTER ANOTHER
Submitter comment: THIS WAS MY PHILOSOPHY IN HIGH SCHOOL
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PUN ON DAM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
VOCABULARY FOR MARIJUANA SMOKERS
BLOW A DUBE
Submitter comment: DUBE IS ANOTHER NAME FOR A JOINT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Underworld |
COMMON WORD
BOOKIN
Submitter comment: SOMEONE IS READY TO LEAVE, SO HE SAYS , I MUST BE BOOKIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
VOCABULARY FOR MARIJUANA SMOKERS
JONESIN
Submitter comment: IT MEANS TO MOOCH SOME POT WHEN ONE HAS NONE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Underworld |
Date learned: 07-00-1978
IF YOU ADD AN ADDITION ON TO YOUR HOUSE, THE ADDITION CAN'T TOUCH
THE HOUSE OR BE CONNECTED TO THE HOUSE OR SOMEONE WILL DIE.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER HAD THIS BELIEF AND TOLD IT TO HER CHILDREN. SHE
HAD A ROOM ADDED TO HER HOUSE. IT WAS CONNECTED TO THE HOUSE ONLY
BY A ROOF.
BREEZEWAY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Permanent and Temporary Dwelling ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Separate structure accessory to dwelling BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
IF YOU CUT YOUR HAIR DURING A FULL MOON, IT WILL GROW LONGER.
Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER BELIEVED THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Star |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
IF YOU CUT YOUR HAIR ON GOOD FRIDAY, IT WILL GROW.
Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER BELIEVED THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
IN NEW ORLEANS CERTAIN HOUSES WERE CONSIDERED HAUNTED. THE
OCCUPANTS OF THE HOUSES SAID THE SPIRITS CAME OUT AT NIGHT. SOME
OF THE PEOPLE SWORE THEIR CHILDREN WOULD WAKE UP WITH MARKS ON
THEM THAT WERE NOT ON THEM THE DAY BEFORE. THE PEOPLE CLAIMED
THEY COULD FEEL THE PRESENCE OF SPIRITS IN THEIR HOMES. THEY
SAID TO GET RID OF THE GHOSTS, YOU HAD TO USE PROFANITY AND THE
GHOSTS WOULD LEAVE FOR AWHILE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A TRUE STORY. THE PREVIOUS OWNERS OF THE HOUSE WERE A
MAN, HIS WIFE AND HIS BROTHER-IN-LAW. BOTH MEN DIED IN THE HOUSE
AND WERE SUPPOSED TO BE THE GHOSTS IN THE HOUSE. MY GRANDMOTHER
LIVED ACROSS THE STREET FROM THIS HAUNTED HOUSE. ONE DAY SHE SAW
ONE MAN COME OUT THE SIDE DOOR. AS HE WALKED TOWARD THE FRONT OF
THE HOUSE SHE NO LONGER SAW HIM BUT SAW A BLACK CAT INSTEAD. MY
GRANDMOTHER SWEARS THAT THIS REALLY HAPPENED.
SWEARING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
DON'T LET YOUR LEFT HAND KNOW WHAT YOUR RIGHT HAND IS DOING.
Submitter comment:
THIS STATEMENT MEANS DON'T TELL YOUR PRIVATE AFFAIRS TO PEOPLE
YOU THINK ARE CLOSE TO YOU. SOME THINGS ARE PERSONAL AND SHOULD
BE KEPT TO YOURSELF. MY GRANDMOTHER PREACHED THIS RELIGIOUSLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
IN NEW ORLEANS, THERE WAS AN UNWRITTEN RULE THAT IF YOU WENT OUT
ON A DATE AT NIGHT, YOU HAD TO BE BACK BY TWELVE O' CLOCK MIDNIGHT.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER'S COUSIN WENT OUT ONCE ON A DATE AND CAME BACK FROM HER
DATE AFTER 12:00 A.M.. HER FATHER WOULD NOT LET HER IN THE HOUSE.
HE TOLD HER DATE TO TAKE HER BACK WHERE HE HAD HER. LUCKILY, THE
BOY MARRIED THE GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Common law BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 01-00-1979