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ON EASTER, IF THE FIRST WORD YOU SAY IS RABBIT, THE REST OF THE
YEAR WILL BE GOOD.
Where learned: HOME ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT, ASSUMED ; STUDENT UNION
Keyword(s): LUCK ; RITUAL SPEECH
Date learned: 03-30-1971
THE INFORMANT'S FRENCH-CANADIAN GRANDMOTHER, CALLED
"MIMI" BY HER GRANDCHILDREN, TURNED FRESH BAKED
BREAD OVER AND CUT A CROSS IN IT BEFORE SLICING IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN STATE STUDENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
COMIC QUESTION--GRAFFITTI
WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF A ZIPPER?
A FLY WITH 1,000 SILVER TEETH.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION ; MENS TOILET
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
PROVERB
A FOOL CAN MAKE MONEY BUT IT TAKES A WISE MAN TO KEEP IT.
Submitter comment:
A NEGRO MAID SAID THIS AS I WAS COMING FROM BREAKFAST IN
HENRY HILL STUDENT CENTER. SHE WAS TALKING WITH ANOTHER
MAID WHO COMMENTED, "YAH, THAT SHORE IS RIGHT."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE ; STUDENT CENTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
ON EASTER MORNING, THE CHILDREN OF THE FAMILY GO AROUND THE HOUSE
HUNTING FOR EASTER EGGS THAT THE EASTER BUNNY HID FOR THEM.
Data entry tech comment:
THE EASTER BUNNY, LIKE THE EGG, HAS ITS ORIGINS IN PRE-CHRISTIAN
FERTILITY LORE. BEING SUCH FERTILE ANIMALS, THE HARE AND THE RABBIT
SYMBOLIZED THE NEW LIFE OF THE SPRING SEASON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Bunny |
Date learned: 04-06-1971
IT'S AN OLD CUSTOM OF THE GREEK CATHOLICS TO MAKE THE
SIGN OF THE CROSS WHEN ENTERING OR LEAVING THE HOUSE. IT
IS TO MAKE SURE GOD IS WITH YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
Date learned: 02-08-1971
GESTURE OF DISGUST
HITTING THE FOREHEAD WITH THE HEEL OF THE PALM
MEANS STUPID OR DUMB.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed SPEECH -- Foolishness Stupidity Insanity |
Date learned: 10-03-1969
SNEEZE
IN DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, THE PEOPLE SAY GOD BLESS YOU
AND SAVE YOU FROM MY POSSESIONS, WHEN YOU SNEEZE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-24-1968
JEWISH NAMING RITE
A JEWISH CUSTOM: PARENTS WILL ALWAYS NAME THEIR CHILDREN
AFTER A DEAD PERSON THEY KNOW. THIS SHOWS THAT THERE'S A
GUARANTEE THAT THE PERSON WENT TO HEAVEN AND IT WILL BRING
THE CHILD GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 10-00-1972
ARABIAN MAXIM: TRANSLATION
IF YOU TRY TO MOVE TOO FAST, YOU WILL HAVE TROUBLE. IT
IS BETTER TO MOVE SLOWLY AND BE SAFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
Keyword(s): ADVICE ; CHIASMUS? ; SPEED
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
A JEWISH FUNERAL CUSTOM: UPON THE DEATH OF A PERSON, A
FRIEND WILL PLACE 3 PENNIES IN THE PERSON'S RIGHT
POCKET WHILE IN THE CASKET (OR NEXT TO THE DEAD
PERSON'S RIGHT SIDE). THIS ASSURES
THE DEAD PERSON FARE WHEN HE GETS TO HEAVEN'S
GATES AND HE'LL HAVE NO PROBLEM GETTING IN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-02-1972
IN SMALL TOWNS IN IRELAND EACH FAMILY HAS THEIR
PARTICULAR KNITTING STITCH FOR THEIR SWEATERS.
WHEN THEIR HUSBAND S GO OUT TO SEA, THEY WEAR
THESE SWEATERS, SO THAT UPON THEIR DEATH, THE SWEATER
CAN BE RETURNED AND THE FAMILY IN THE TOWN WHOSE
STITCH THAT BELONGS, WILL KNOW WHO WAS KILLED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-26-1972
ORTHODOX JEWS WILL DRILL HOLES IN A BURIAL CASKET
AND ALSO USE WOODEN PEGS INSTEAD OF METAL SCREWS, SO
THAT THE PERSON AND THE ENCASEMENT WILL TURN TO
DUST MUCH MORE QUICKLY. THIS IS SO, BECAUSE THEY
WANT TO RUSH THE PROCESS. "YOU WERE BORN FROM DUST
AND DUST YOU SHALL RETURN."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-05-1972
HANG GARLIC OVER THE DOOR TO KEEP THE VAMPIRE OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 03-10-1971
ANECDOTE
PEOPLE WHO LIVE IN GLASS HOUSES SHOULDN'T WATCH
T.V. IN THEIR UNDERWEAR.
Submitter comment: SHE HEARD IT SOMEWHERE AND GAVE IT TO ME AS A VARIANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
James Callow Keyword(s): PEOPLE......SHOULDN'T THROW STONES.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
POLITICAL COMMENT
SOME C.I.A. PEOPLE WRITE TYPICAL BOURGOISE ANECDOTES.
Submitter comment: SEEN IN A PHONE BOOTH IN UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT STUDENT UNION.
Data entry tech comment: C.I.A.= CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY--VERY UNPOPULAR DURING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 04-10-1967
POLITICAL COMMENT
END L.B.J.'S WAR OF OPPRESSION AGAINST VIET NAM!
(FOOTNOTE) SOME PEOPLE USE "OPPRESSION" LIKE THIS TO
COVER UP THEIR INHERENT COWARDICE.
Submitter comment: SEEN IN A PHONE BOOTH IN THE STUDENT UNION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 04-10-1967
PHILOSOPHICAL WISH
WHAT IF THEY GAVE A WAR AND NOBODY CAME.
Submitter comment:
SEEN IN A PHONE BOOTH IN UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT STUDENT
UNION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 04-10-1967
IRISH FOLK TALE
ONE EVENING A MOTHER AND HER CHILDREN WERE COMING HOME
FROM THE STORE. THEY WERE ALMOST HOME WHEN THEY SAW
A NEIGHBOR'S CHILD RUN ACROSS THE STREET. THIS
FRIGHTENED THEM BECAUSE THE CHILD WAS VERY YOUNG--TOO
YOUNG TO BE WALKING AND TOO YOUNG TO BE OUT SO LATE
AT NIGHT. ON ARRIVING HOME, THEY HEARD FROM ONE OF
THE MEN OF THE VILLAGE THAT THIS PARTICULAR CHILD
THAT THEY HAD SEEN RUNNING ACROSS THE ROAD HAD DIED
AT THE EXACT TIME THAT THEY HAD SEEN HIM IN THE ROAD.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT HEARD THIS TALE JUST A SHORT TIME AGO
FROM A GIRL AT WORK, AN IRISH GIRL WHO HAS JUST
BECOME A NATURALIZED CITIZEN. THE GIRL SAYS THE
STORY IS TRUE. SHE HEARD IT FROM A JOHN ROARTY OF
LETTERHENNY, IRELAND, COUNTY DONIGAL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Tale |
Date learned: 01-10-1964
THE GREATEST COOK
SPANISH: GRAN COCINERA ES EL HAMBRE.
TRANSLATION: THE GREATEST COOK IS HUNGER.
OR, HUNGER IS THE GREATEST COOK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
Keyword(s): PERSONIFICATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-31-1970