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RIDDLE
Q: WHAT IS SMALL, GRAY, HARD, AND LETHAL?
A: GRAPE SHOT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
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COUGH SYRUP
BOIL DESIRED QUANTITY OF FLAXSEED AND PUT LEMON JUICE IN IT.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER USED THIS WHEN INFORMANT WAS A CHILD. (1920'S)
Where learned: HOME ; PENNSYLVANIA ; GLENSHAW
Keyword(s): FLAX
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001920'S
NOT GIVEN
EAT SMOKED-HERRING ON NEW YEAR'S EVE TO INSURE GOOD HEALTH.
Submitter comment:
MRS. DEVEREUX LEARNED THIS FROM HER RELATIVES AND STILL
PRACTICES IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
KITCHEN BELIEF
PUT UTENSILS IN A WARM OVEN FOR A FEW MINUTES AFTER YOU
HAVE WASHED AND DRIED;, THIS KEEPS THEM FROM RUSTING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Home |
WHEN YOU GIVE A PERSON A PURSE AS A GIFT, YOU MUST ENCLOSE SOME MONEY
IF YOU DON'T THE PURSE WILL NEVER CARRY ANY MONEY AND THE OWNER OF
IT WILL BE POOR ALWAYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
Keyword(s): GIFT MONEY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 11-16-1971
SEE A PIN AND PICK IT UP, ALL THE DAY, YOU WILL HAVE
GOOD LUCK.
SEE A PIN AND LET IT LAY, BAD LUCK WILL FOLLOW YOU
ALL THE DAY.
Submitter comment: MRS. DEVEREUX LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 11-22-1963
IF THE RAIN STARTS BEFORE SEVEN, IT WILL END BEFORE
ELEVEN.
Submitter comment: MRS. DEVEREUX LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER AS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 11-22-1963
IF YOU STEP ON A SPIDER, IT WILL RAIN.
Submitter comment: MRS. DEVEREUX LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 11-22-1963
IF YOU GO IN ONE DOOR AND OUT THE OTHER, YOU WILL
BRING COMPANY.
Submitter comment: MRS. DEVEREUX LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 11-22-1963
IF YOU COUNT THE CARS IN A FUNERAL PROCESSION, IT
WILL BRING DEATH.
Submitter comment:
MRS. COLEMAN LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD IN HER
NEIGHBORHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-13-1963
IF YOU EAT THE SEEDS OF GRAPES, A VINE WILL GROW
INSIDE OF YOU.
Submitter comment: MRS. D. LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER, AS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-22-1963
IF YOUR RIGHT HAND ITCHES, YOU WILL GET SOME MONEY.
IF YOUR LEFT HAND ITCHES, YOU WILL SPEND YOUR MONEY.
Submitter comment: MRS. D. LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 11-22-1963
IF YOU DROP A FORK, A WOMAN WILL VISIT.
IF YOU DROP A KNIFE, A MAN WILL VISIT.
IF YOU DROP A SPOON, A CHILD WILL VISIT.
Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD FROM MY MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THROW SALT OVER YOUR SHOULDER FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Good luck Activities |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
IT'S BAD LUCK TO LIGHT THREE ON A MATCH.
Submitter comment: FORMULA SPEECH: NEVER LIGHT THREE ON A MATCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
IF YOU SING AT THE TABLE, YOU GET A CRAZY WIFE.
THE MORE YOU SING, THE CRAZIER SHE GETS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SHARES THIS BELIEF WITH MANY OF HER FRIENDS
WHO HEARD IT FIRST DURING THEIR CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.8 |
Date learned: 09-24-1970