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SUPERSTITIONS
IF YOUR EAR ITCHES, SOMEBODY IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
BURIAL CUSTOMS
IN PROTESTANT CEMETERIES, PEOPLE ARE BURIED WITH THEIR FEET
FACING TOWARDS THE EAST. WHEN GOD COMES ON RESURRECTION DAY
FROM THE EAST, YOU CAN RISE UP AND BE FACING HIM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): DIRECTION: EAST
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
VERSE
RED SKY AT NIGHT, SAILOR'S DELIGHT.
Submitter comment: (A RED SKY INDICATES GOOD SAILING THE NEXT DAY.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 10-02-1972
BELIEF
IF THE CRICKETS COME INDOORS, IT'S GOING TO BE A HARD WINTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 10-02-1972
HOME CURES
THE FOLLOWING CURE IS GOOD FOR BODILY ACHES AND PAINS.
PLACE HORSE MANURE IN A BAG AND HOLD IT ON THE AFFLICTED AREA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
SUPERSTITIONS
IF YOUR HAND ITCHES, YOU'RE GOING TO GET MONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 10-02-1972
SUPERSTITIONS
IF YOUR NOSE ITCHES, YOU'RE GOING TO KISS A FOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: 10-02-1972
BIRTH MARKS
WHEN MY MOTHER WAS EXPECTING ME SHE HAD A CRAVING FOR PICKLES &
HOG LEGS. THE FATHER COULDN'T FIND THE FOOD IN ANY STORE.
WHEN I WAS BORN I HAD A BIRTH MARK ON MY WRIST OF A HOG'S LEG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 09-23-1972
BELIEFS
A GREEN DECEMBER MAKES A FULL CEMETERY.
Submitter comment:
(IF THE COLD ISN'T THERE TO KILL THE GERMS THEN MANY PEOPLE
WILL DIE OF VARIOUS DISEASES.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
Date learned: 10-03-1972
PROVERB
THAT WHICH I FEAR HAS COME UPON ME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-02-1972
CURER
THERE USED TO BE SIGNS ALONG GRAND RIVER THAT READ "READINGS".
PEOPLE WOULD CALL THESE PLACES TO HAVE ONE OF THE CURERS COME
OVER AND HEAL ONE OF THEIR SICK. THEY WOULD COME OVER WITH A
BIBLE, OPEN IT TO A CERTAIN PASSAGE AND PRAY OVER THE SICK
PERSON. THEN THEY WOULD PLACE A HANDKERCHIEF ON THE PLACE OF
PAIN. AFTER A WHILE THEY WOULD REMOVE IT AND BURN IT IN THE
FIRE. PEOPLE BELIEVED THIS TRANSFERRED THE PAIN TO THE FIRE.
THE SICK PERSON WAS USUALLY WELL AFTER THIS. THESE CURERS
ALSO MADE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS IN FOUR DIFFERENT WAYS AS PART
OF THEIR RITUAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications BELIEF -- Curer SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-03-1972
CAR BELIEF
IF A GIRL IS RIDING IN A CAR AND IT CROSSES OVER RAILROAD
TRACKS, SHE MUST LIFT UP HER FEET OR SHE WILL NOT GET MARRIED.
Submitter comment: INFORMANTS ATTITUDE WAS QUITE SKEPTICAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): DISBELIEF ; POSITION DIRECTION
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DIET
FIVE POUNDS CAN BE LOST IN THREE DAYS BY EATING HARD
BOILED EGGS AND DRINKING WATER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT FOUND THIS ABSURD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): DISBELIEF
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Food Drink -- Food |
THE EGG TRICK
FOR THIS TRICK YOU ASK SOMEONE TO STAND BEHIND A DOOR
ON THE PRETENSE OF HELPING YOU FIX THE HINGE. YOU TELL
THE PERSON BEHIND THE DOOR TO PLACE HIS THUMB AND INDEX
FINGER THROUGH THE NARROW DOOR SPACE. THEN YOU HAND
HIM AN EGG AND LEAVE HIM THERE INDEFINITELY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT FOUND THIS PRANK VERY FUNNY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 01-00-1971
IN BRAZIL, DOGS ARE ALLOWED TO ROAM THROUGH CHURCHES
WITHOUT BEING BOTHERED EVEN WHILE MASS IS PERFORMED.
THIS IS BECAUSE IN A GOSPEL STORY, A DOG LICKED THE
SORES OF THE LEPER, LAZARUS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT FOUND THIS ANNOYING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN BRAZIL, DOGS ARE ALLOWED TO ROAM THROUGH
CHURCHES WITHOUT BEING BOTHERED, EVEN WHILE
MASS IS PERFORMED. THIS IS BECAUSE, IN A GOSPEL
STORY, A DOG LICKED THE SORES OF THE LEPER,
LAZARUS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT FOUND THIS TO BE ANNOYING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RIDDLE
WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LYNDON BAINES JOHNSON
AND LSD?
ANSWER: THERE ISN'T ANY DIFFERENCE, ONE IS A DOPE AND THE OTHER
IS A DRUG.
Data entry tech comment: LSD (LYSERGIC ACID DIETHYLAMIDE) IS A STRONG HALLUCINOGENIC ;
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): SATIRE OF THE PRESIDENT
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
CUT THE CHEESE
PLAYED WITH FOUR OR MORE PLAYERS TWO OF WHICH ARE AT THE ENDS OF A
JUMPROPE OR OTHER ROPE. THEY MOVE THE ROPE UP AND DOWN ALTERNATING
FROM EACH OTHER. THE OTHER PEOPLE MUST TRY TO RUN, JUMP OR DIVE TO
GET OVER OR UNDER THE ROPE WITHOUT BEING TOUCHED BY THE ROPE. THE
FIRST TWO PEOPLE TO GET TOUCHED WORK THE ENDS OF THE ROPE FOR THE
NEXT GAME. THE WINNER IS THE LAST PERSON TO GET THROUGH THE ROPE
WITHOUT BEING TOUCHED.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A GAME PLAYED BY MY SISTERS AND THEIR FRIENDS WHEN THEY
WERE ABOUT 8 TO 10 YEARS OF AGE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 09-00-1981
MNEMONIC DEVICE
THIRTY DAYS HALF SEPTEMBER, APRIL, JUNE AND NOVEMBER
Submitter comment: THE WORD HALF MAY ORGINALLY HAVE BEEN THE WORD HAVE BUT WAS CHANGED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Date learned: 09-00-1981
EAT YOUR BREAD CRUSTS AND YOU WILL GET CURLY HAIR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 09-00-1981