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A GAME PLAYED WITH A KICKBALL THAT IS STARTED BY
DROPPING THE BALL AND LETTING IT BOUNCE THREE
TIMES (GA GA GA). YOU MAY NOT LET THE BALL TOUCH
YOU ABOVE THE KNEES, OR YOU ARE OUT. YOU MUST KICK
THE BALL WHILE IT IS ON THE GROUND AND TRY TO KNOCK
SOMEONE ELSE OUT. THE LAST ONE LEFT IS THE WINNER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
FUDGE, FUDGE CALL THE JUDGE./ MOMMY'S GONNA HAVE A NEW BORN BABY/ IT
ISN'T A GIRL. IT ISN'T A BOY./ JUST A PLAIN OLD BABY./ WRAP IT UP IN
TOLIET PAPER./ SEND IT DOWN THE ELEVATOR. FIRST FLOOR: STOP/ SECOND
FLOOR : MISS/ THIRD FLOOR : JUMP UNTIL YOU MISS
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE ; Jump
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
IT IS AN ARMENIAN CUSTOM TO BREAK AN EGG ON A NEW
CAR FOR GOOD LUCK. AS A MATTER OF FACT, KELI
TOLD ME, IT IS GOOD LUCK TO BREAK AN EGG ON
ANYTHING NEW. HER MOTHER RECENTLY PURCHASED NEW
CARPETING AND BROKE AN EGG ON IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Food Drink -- Animal product Egg BELIEF -- Good luck Food and drink |
Date learned: 02-26-1971
IF YOU STEPPED ON A WHIFFLE HEN, IT WAS SUPPOSED TO
BRING YOU GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: GERMAN BELIEF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 10-06-1968
IF YOU FIND A LADY BUG IN YOUR HOUSE, THIS IS A
GOOD LUCK SIGN. A CRICKET IN YOUR HOUSE MEANS
GOOD LUCK TOO.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS INFORMATION FROM HER MOTHER
ABOUT 1910 IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals |
Date learned: 05-12-1965 ; 00-00-1910
IT IS VERY BAD LUCK TO BE HIT BY A BROOM.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT ONCE HER FATHER EVEN GOT INTO
A FIST FIGHT BECAUSE SOMEONE HAD HIT HIM WITH
A BROOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Broom Sweeping |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
DO NOT PLACE YOUR HAT ON THE BED, OR YOU WILL HAVE
BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER, CARRIE
ADAMS, ABOUT 1910.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
Keyword(s): Bed ; BELIEF ; CLOTHING ; Fashion ; Hat ; LUCK ; Placement ; PREDICTION ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) BELIEF -- Bad luck Furniture (bed, table, chair, etc.) |
Date learned: 05-12-1965
IF YOU OPEN AN UMBRELLA IN THE HOUSE YOU WILL HAVE
BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER IN ABOUT
1910.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck Umbrella |
Date learned: 00-00-1910
IT IS BAD LUCK TO CLIP ONE'S TOENAILS AT NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Bad luck Body parts and functions |
Date learned: 02-26-1971
DO NOT SING OR TELL YOUR DREAM BEFORE BREAKFAST OR
YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK. SOMETIMES, IF YOU TELL YOUR
DREAM BEFORE BREAKFAST, IT WILL COME TRUE.
Submitter comment: ABOUT 1915.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Dreams BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 00-00-1915
STEPPING ON SOMEONE'S TOMBSTONES IS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: CAN'T REMEMBER WHERE LEARNED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 10-02-1967
WE ALWAYS USED TO KILL SNAKES DOWN HOME AND HANG THEM
ON THE FENCE. WELL, THEY ALWAYS TOLD US IF YOU HANG
A SNAKE ON THE FENCE, IT WILL RAIN. I DON'T KNOW
WHY, BUT THAT'S WHAT THEY TOLD US.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; SOUTHFIELD ; HOLLISTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 05-19-1965
ONE DAY WHEN BILL WAS OUT PLAYING, HE SAW AN OLD HOUSE.
THIS OLD HOUSE LOOKED VERY INTERESTING TO HIS FRIENDS
AND HIM. AS THEY APPROACHED THE HOUSE THEY COULD HEAR
STRANGE MUSIC, THE MUSIC SOUNDED LIKE IT WAS COMING
FROM AN ORGAN. WHEN THEY LOOKED THROUGH THE WINDOW
THEY SAW A PLASTIC NOOSE HANGING FROM THE CEILING.
THERE WAS ALSO A DEAD CAT LYING ON THE FLOOR. EVERY-
THING IN THE HOUSE WAS DIRTY AND CROOKED. BILL SAID
HE HAD HEARD MANY RUMORS ABOUT THIS HOUSE BUT HE WOULD
NEVER HAVE BELIEVED IT IF HE HAD NOT SEEN IT WITH HIS
OWN EYES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.13 |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
A PREGNANT WOMAN DOES NOT VISIT A FUNERAL HOME
BECAUSE IF SHE DOES, HER CHILD WILL BE PALE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-25-1970
BELIEF ABOUT BAPTISM
YOU DO NOT EVER HAVE A PREGNANT WOMAN AS THE GODMOTHER
OF YOUR CHILD, BECAUSE IF YOU DO, THAT CHILD WILL
NEVER BE HEALTHY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Baptism Naming rite BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-25-1970
BELIEF ABOUT BAPTISM
IF YOU REFUSE TO BE A GODPARENT, YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK
UNTIL YOU HAVE BEEN A GODPARENT SEVEN TIMES. YOU MUST
HOWEVER, ASK (UNDERLINED) TO BE THE GODPARENT OF THOSE
SEVEN CHILDREN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Baptism Naming rite BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.4 BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.5 |
Date learned: 10-25-1970
MY GRANDMOTHER WAS 94 AND SHE SHRUNK. SHE WAS VERY
RELIGIOUS--SHE HAD ELEVEN CHILDREN. SHE WAS FRENCH AND SPOKE
BROKEN ENGLISH. SHE RUBBED HER WEDDING RING ON MY WART
ON MY HAND AND SAID "I'LL PRAY FOR YOU." AND THE WART
WENT AWAY.
Submitter comment:
GRANDMOTHER'S NAME--MIMI CHAMPAGNE.
ACTUALLY HAPPENED IN DETROIT (MICHIGAN) WHEN JIM WAS
YOUNG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curer |
Date learned: 05-10-1965
TO REMOVE A WART--RUB A DRY NAVY BEAN ON THE WART AND THEN THROW
THE BEAN OVER YOUR SHOULDER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER TOLD HER THIS BELIEF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
TO GET RID OF WARTS, YOU RUB THEM WITH A CHICKEN BONE AND BURY
THE BONE IN THE BACKYARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 05-00-1965
TO CURE WARTS RUB THEM WITH POTATO PEELINGS FROM POTATOES
THAT HAVE EYES. THEN BURY THE PEELS IN THE YARD UNDER
A TREE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 05-00-1965