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REMEDY-MINERAL
HOMESICKNESS CAN BE CURED BY SEWING SALT AND BREADCRUMBS INTO
THE PETTICOAT OF A GIRL OR THE SEAM OF A SUITCOAT OF A MALE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
LUCK ( COLLECTOR'S TITLE ) ; GOOD LUGK : OBJECTS ( CLASSIFIER'S TITLE )
CARRY CHESTNUTS IN YOUR POCKET FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AS A YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck P881.1 |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
CUSTOM, DAILY LIFE.
THE ELDEST MAN AT A TABLE IS ASKED TO CUT THE MEAT.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HOME.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
CUSTOM-DIVERSION
GIVE A PENNY WITH ANY GIFT THAT IS SHARP OR YOU
WILL CUT YOUR FRIENDSHIP.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM SCHOOL FRIENDS.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
ACTIVITY-ASTRONOMY
PLANT POTATOES IN THE FULL OF THE MOON.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
EAT CABBAGE OR SAUERKRAUT ON NEW YEAR'S FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
TO TAKE A SECOND HELPING BEFORE YOU ARE THROUGH
WITH THE FIRST, MEANS THAT SOMEONE IS COMING WHO
IS HUNGRY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Observation |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
PICTURES SHOULD BE TURNED TO THE WALL IN THE HOME
WHERE A PERSON DIES.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
IT IS BAD LUCK TO COUNT THE NUMBERS OF CARS IN A
FUNERAL PROCESSION.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
KNOCK ON WOOD FOR GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck P881.22 SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
THE ROSE IS RED, BUT THE THORN IS SHARP.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
BLASON POPULAIRE
A LOAFER PREFERS TO BREAK HIS WITH A HEAVY LOAD TO
MAKING A SECOND TRIP.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
A SHEEP WHO BLEATS LOSES MANY A MOUTHFUL.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
Keyword(s): ANIMAL GOSSIP
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
SHORT HAIR IS QUICKLY BRUSHED.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
WE GROW OLD TOO SOON AND SMART TOO LATE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
BLASON POPULAIRE
WHAT ONE HASN'T GOT IN HIS HEAD, HE HAS TO HAVE IN HIS FEET.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HIS FATHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
WHAT ONE PERSON DOESN'T WANT; THE OTHER ONE DOES.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
GAME VERSE
DOWN BY THE OCEAN
DOWN BY THE SEA
JOHNNY BROKE A BOTTLE
AND BLAMED IT ON ME
I TOLD MA
MA TOLD PA
JOHNNY GOT A LICKIN
HA HA HA
HOW MANY LICKINS DID JOHNNY GET
1-2-ETC.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED FROM SCHOOL FRIENDS.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
Graffiti
Colonel Sanders uses Shake and Bake
Submitter comment:
written on john at Hudsons Westland
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: RESTROOM WALL ; Hudsons Westland
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |