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LEGEND OF A SAINT
WHEN I WAS A VERY SMALL CHILD MY MOTHER TOLD ME TO SAY A
PRAYER TO ST. ANTHONY WHENEVER I LOST ANYTHING AND THAT HE
WOULD SOON DIRECT ME TO THE PLACE WHERE THE OBJECT LAY HIDDEN.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): Found ; Hidden ; LOST ; Patron ; St. Anthony
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
LEGEND OF A SAINT
WHENEVER A GIRL HAS PROBLEMS TRYING TO FIND YOUNG MEN TO GO
OUT WITH SHE SHOULD REPEAT THE FOLLOWING OCCASIONALLY:
"ST. ANNE, ST. ANNE,
PLEASE SEND ME A MAN."
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): Attraction ; DATING ; Female ; Male ; Patron ; PRAYER ; Saint ; Saint Anne
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
LEGEND OF A SAINT
WHENEVER A PERSON FINDS THEMSELF IN A DIFFICULT SITUATION
WHICH THEY CANNOT SOLVE OR WORK OUT, THEY SHOULD SAY A PRAYER
TO ST. JUDE, HELPER OF DESPERATE CASES.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): Helpless ; Patron ; PRAYER ; Saint ; St. Jude
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
STAIN REMOVER
USE A PEELED POTATO TO REMOVE ANY STUBBORN INK STAINS.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): Domestic ; Domesticity ; Household ; Ink ; POTATO ; Stain ; Stain Remover ; Tip ; TRICK
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE ; Positive
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
TEA BELIEF
IF YOU PICK UP THE BUBBLES IN A CUP OF TEA BEFORE YOU
DRINK IT, YOU
WILL GET RICH.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Beverage ; Bubbles ; Consume ; DRINK ; FOOD ; fortune ; Rich ; SUPERSTITION ; TEA
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Brew of leaf, bark, root BELIEF -- Home BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 01-30-1968
GARLIC BELIEF
HANG GARLIC OVER YOUR WINDOW TO KEEP THE EVIL SPIRITS AWAY.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant is collector's father.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; informant's home
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-17-1971
NEW MOON
IF YOU SEE A NEW MOON AND YOU LOOK AT IT OVER YOUR SHOULDER
AND MAKE A WISH, IT WILL COME TRUE.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant is collector's mother.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; TOLD AT INFORMANT'S HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 03-30-1971
MEDICAL BELIEF
SLEEPING IN THE MOONLIGHT WILL MAKE YOU GO CRAZY.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER LEARNED THIS FROM SOME IRISH FRIENDS WHEN SHE WAS A
CHILD IN DETROIT. HER FRIENDS BELIEVED THIS SO STRONGLY THAT THEY
ALWAYS CHECKED THAT NO LIGHT COULD COME IN AROUND THE SHADES BEFORE
GOING TO BED.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant is collector's mother.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; 17965 Kirkshire
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; MADNESS
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-22-1970
CUSTOM-FIRST FOOTING
THE FIRST PERSON TO STEP FOOT IN YOUR HOUSE AFTER THE NEW YEAR
CANNOT DO SO EMPTY-HANDED. IF THEY DO IT MEANS THAT YOU AND YOUR
FAMILY WILL HAVE A LEAN YEAR. IF THEY BRING A GIFT, THEN YOU AND
YOUR FAMILY WILL HAVE A FAT YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC ; SYMBOLIC ACTION
Date learned: 09-26-1965
AUSTRIAN CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
AUSTRIAN PEOPLE CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS BY DRESSING UP IN COSTUMES AND
PARADING AROUND THEIR TOWN ON CHRISTMAS EVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): MUMMING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F122 |
Date learned: 03-00-1970
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Jump-Rope Rhyme
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT (GIRL'S NAME) AS SWEET AS A ROSE.
SHE SANG, AND SHE SANG, AND SHE SANG SO SWEET.
ALONG CAME (BOY'S NAME) AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK. HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
1, 2, 3, 4, . . .
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; 21505 NORMANDALE
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
Game Verse
DOWN IN THE VALLEY,
WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS,
THERE SAT (NAME) AS SWEET AS A ROSE,
SHE SANG, SHE SANG, SHE SANG SO SWEET,
ALONG CAME (NAME) AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK. HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
ONE, TWO, THREE, ETC.
THIS IS SAID WHILE JUMPING ROPE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD, FROM HER OLDER SISTER.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; 320 HAMILTON RD.
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
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