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DEAR MABELLE,
WHEN YOU ARE STANDING BEFORE YOUR TUB,
THINK OF ME BEFORE YOU RUB.
YOUR FRIEND AND SCHOOLMATE,
VERA SUFERT
FROM THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK KEPT BY MABELLE FREUND AROUND 1910-11
IN ADELL AND MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. GIVEN TO THE ARCHIVE BY HER
DAUGHTER, MRS. MARY ANDRECOVICH.
Where learned: ADELL ; WISCONSIN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1910
DEAR MABEL,
ALTHOUGH WE PART WITH TEARS AND PAIN
FROM THOSE WHO HOLD OUR LOVE,
WE KNOW WE'LL FIND THEM ALL AGAIN
IN THE FIELDS OF LIGHT ABOVE.
REMEMBER ME AS A S.M.I. FRIEND. MM[
ELEANOR KENNEY
5624 ELLIS AVENUE
CHICAGO, ILLINOIS
FROM THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK KEPT BY MABELLE FREUND AROUND 1910-11
DAUGHTER, MRS. MARY ANDRECOVICH.
Where learned: ADELL ; WISCONSIN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
DEAR MABLE,
I DIP MY PEN INTO THE INK
AND GRASP YOUR ALBUM TIGHT;
BUT FOR MY LIFE, I CANNOT THING(?) (THINK)
ONE SINGLE WORD TO WRITE.
YOUR FRIEND,
ELNORA CAPELLE
FROM THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK BY MABELLE FREUND AROUND 1910-11
IN ADELLL AND MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. GIVEN TO THE ARCHIVE BY HER
DAUGHTER, MRS. MARY ANDRECOVICH.
Where learned: ADELL ; WISCONSIN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1910
DEAR MABELLE,
THE WORLD IS ONE VAST OCEAN,
ITS TRACKS ARE THE WAVES.
MAY YOU EVER IN ITS MOTION
TRUST IN HIM WHO SAVES.
YOUR SISTER,
MARGARET
FROM THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK BY MABELLE FREUND AROUND 1910-11
IN ADELL AND MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. GIVEN TO THE ARCHIVE BY HER
DAUGHTER, MRS. MARY ANDRECOVICH.
Where learned: ADELL ; WISCONSIN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 01-07-1910
MABELLE:
ROUND WENT THE AUTOGRAPH;
HITHER IT CAME
FOR ONE TO WRITE IN;
SO HERE IS MY NAME.
SOPHIA ZUENGLER
FROM THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK BY MABELLE FREUND AROUND 1910-11
IN ADELL AND MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. GIVEN TO THE ARCHIVE BY HER
DAUGHTER, MRS. MARY ANDRECOVICH.
Where learned: ADELL ; WISCONSIN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
DEAR MABELLE,
WHEN YOU AND I IN HEAVEN MEET,
LET'S LAY OUR CROSS AT JESUS' FEET.
YOUR FRIEND,
NADEANE
FROM THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK KEPT BY MABELLE FREUND AROUND 1910-11
IN ADELL AND MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. GIVEN TO THE ARCHIVE BY HER
DAUGHTER, MRS. MARY ANDRECOVICH.
Where learned: ADELL ; WISCONSIN, ASSUMED ; SMI
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1910
FIRST I WOULD HAVE THEE CHERISH TRUTH
AS LEADING STAR IN VIRTUE'S TRAIN,
FOLLY MAY PASS, NOR TARNISH YOUTH
BUT FALSEHOOD LEAVES A POISON STAIN.
YOUR MOTHER,
M.E.Z.
FROM THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK KEPT BY MABELLE FREUND AROUND 1910-11 IN
ADELL AND MILWAUKEE WISCONSIN.
GIVEN TO THE ARCHIVE BY HER DAUGHTER, MRS. MARY ANDRECOVICH.
Data entry tech comment: APOSTROPHE SUPPLIED BY STUDENT EDITOR.
Where learned: ADELL ; WISCONSIN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
IT IS BAD LUCK TO BURN BRUSH ON SUNDAY.
Submitter comment: BELIEVED IN KENTUCKY IN FARMING AREAS. THE IMPLICATION IS
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; TENNESSEE ; LEBANON ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; FRANKFORT ; KENTUCKY, ASSUMED ; LOUISVILLE ; PRESTONSBURG
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Fixed DateFor specific dates, use the following system: BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Working |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BIRTH PREDICTION
THIS ENTRY WAS MADE JAN. 17, 1967 FROM MRS. SWEROCK WHO,
UPON VISITING HER EXPECTANT NIECE, PREDICTED THE SEX
OF THE UNBORN CHILD. SHE LEARNED THIS METHOD OF
DETERMINING THE SEX FROM HER MOTHER, A NATIVE
OF CZECHOSLOVAKIA.
IF THE WOMAN IS POINTED IN THE FRONT, SHE WILL HAVE
A BOY; IF SHE IS BROAD AND WIDE FROM BEHIND, THEN
SHE'LL HAVE A GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
THE SISTER-IN-LAW, IN HER SLEEP, IMAGINED THAT HER
MOTHER WAS CALLING TO HER. SHE AWAKENED FRIGHTENED
BUT SHRUGGED IT OFF AS A BAD DREAM. THE NEXT MORNING
WHEN SHE WENT TO SEE HER MOTHER, WHO LIVED TWO
HOUSES AWAY, SHE WAS DEAD. THE DOCTOR SAID SHE DIED
ABOUT 4:30 THAT MORNING, THE SAME TIME THAT THE
SISTER-IN-LAW AWAKENED FROM HER DREAM.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS COLLECTED ON JAN. 31, 1967; MRS. SWEROCK
RELATED THIS INCIDENT AS HEARD FROM HER SISTER-IN-LAW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling a death |
Date learned: 01-31-1967
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
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
IN POLAND, ON A CHILD'S FIRST BIRTHDAY, YOU PUT
FIVE OBJECTS IN FRONT OF HIM OR HER. THESE OBJECTS
ARE: A BOOK, A ROSARY, A WINE GLASS, A PAIR OF
SCISSORS, AND CIGARETTES. IF A CHILD CHOOSES
THE BOOK, HE WILL BE INTELLIGENT. IF HE CHOOSES
THE ROSARY, HE WILL BE A PRIEST OR NUN. IF HE
CHOOSES THE WINE GLASS, HE WILL BE AN ALCOHOLIC.
IF THE CIGARETTES, HE'LL BE A TRAMP. IF A CHILD
CHOOSES THE SCISSORS, SHE'LL BE A GOOD HOUSEWIFE.
ON MY FIRST BIRTHDAY (THERESA) I CHOSE THE
SCISSORS AND I CAN SEW AND COOK QUITE WELL..
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; SAINT HYACINTH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of object for determining future of young |
Date learned: 02-01-1972
WILL IT BE A BOY OR GIRL?
IF A MOTHER KNITS GIRLISH THINGS DURING HER PREGNANCY,
SHE WILL GET A GIRL. IF SHE LOOKS AT BOYISH THINGS
AND MAKES THEM, SHE WILL HAVE A BOY.
Submitter comment:
DR. THORDEN SAID THIS ONE DAY WHEN A BOY ASKED HER
IF YOU CAN TELL BEFOREHAND IF YOUR CHILD WILL BE A
BOY OR A GIRL. WE WERE STUDYING REPRODUCTION AT THIS
TIME. SHE SAID THIS AS A PASSING THING, NOT AS THE
REAL ANSWER TO HIS QUESTION.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: 11-14-1969
NIGHT SWEATS
IF THE SKIN SURFACE OF THE BODY IS GIVEN A CUPPED-PALM HAND BATH
OF APPLE CIDER AT BEDTIME, THE NIGHT SWEATS WILL BE PREVENTED.
Where learned: APARTMENT ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-08-1969
ONIONS ARE THE SECRET TO GOOD HEALTH, BUT AFTER EATEN
WHO CAN KEEP A SECRET?
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 07-09-1973
SALT OVER YOUR SHOULDER ( COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; GOOD LUCK; SALT ( CLASSIFIER'S TITLE )
FOR GOOD LUCK YOU THROW SALT OVER YOUR LEFT SHOULDER.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck P881.17 |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
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
FRUITS DECAY AS SOON AS THEY RIPEN
LOVE AND KISSES SOON GROW OLD
YOUNG MEN'S VOWS ARE SOON FORGOTTEN
LOOK OUT! DON'T GET SOLD.
Submitter comment:
THIS WOMAN, WHO WISHES TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS, PERMITTED
ME TO COLLECT THESE VERSES FROM HER AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
THE VERSES WERE ENTERED BY HER HIGH SCHOOL CLASSMATES
IN 1939.
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; WYANDOTTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Cynical insight |
Date learned: 00-00-1939
I USED TO KNOW AN ELDERLY LADY THAT WARNED ME THAT ONE
MUST NOT LET THE MOON SHINE THROUGH YOUR WINDOW AT NIGHT
ONTO YOUR BED WHERE YOU WERE SLEEPING--IT WAS CAUSE (FOR)
YOU TO GO CRAZY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 07-09-1973