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PONDLILLY LOOKOUT POINT
PONDLILLY LOOKOUT POINT IS LOCATED IN WATERLOO
RECREATION AREA NEAR JACKSON, MICHIGAN. THERE USED TO
BE A FORT LOCATED ON THIS POINT; IT WAS SITUATED ON
A VERY STEEP, ALMOST UNSCALABLE RIDGE. IN THE MIDDLE
OF A HUGE BLIZZARD ONE DAY, INDIANS SCALED THE RIDGE
AND MASSACRED ALL THOSE IN THE FORT.
TO THIS DAY, ONE CAN SUPPOSEDLY HEAR THE SOUND OF
INDIANS RUNNING ALONG THE RIDGE DURING ANY SNOW STORM.
Submitter comment:
MIKE SAYS THAT THERE IS ANOTHER VERSION WHICH SAYS
YOU CAN HEAR A HORSEMAN RIDING ALONG THE RIDGE DURING
A BLIZZARD. HE IS SAID TO BE RACING TO WARN THOSE IN
THE FORT OF THE ATTACK.
MIKE SAYS THAT THERE IS JUST SUCH A SOUND DURING A
SNOWSTORM, BUT BEING MORE LOGICALLY-MINDED,
ATTRIBUTES IT TO THE SNOW FALLING INTO THE THICK
GROWTH OF MAPLE TREES WHICH CHOKE THE SLOPE BELOW
THE RIDGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; JACKSON
Keyword(s): GHOSTLY NOISES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 11-10-1968
(THE MICROBES)
THERE WERE THESE TWO GERM CELLS IN THE BLOODSTREAM OF A
HORSE, ONE ALWAYS IN THE VEINS AND ONE ALWAYS IN THE
ARTERIES. ONE DAY THEY MET, BY CHANCE, IN THE HORSE'S
HEART. THEY GOT TO DISCUSSING THEIR BORING EXISTENCE
UNTIL THEY HAPPENED ON THE IDEA OF EXCHANGING ROUTES.
SO THEY DID AND SOON THE HORSE DIED.
THIS ONLY GOES TO SHOW THAT YOU CAN'T CHANGE STREAMS IN
THE MIDDLE OF A HORSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JACKSON
| Subject headings: | 6677 Formula Tale |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PONDLILLY LOOKOUT POINT
PONDLILLY LOOKOUT POINT IS LOCATED IN WATERLOO
RECREATION AREA NEAR JACKSON, MICHIGAN. THERE USED TO
BE A FORT LOCATED ON THIS POINT; IT WAS SITUATED ON
A VERY STEEP, ALMOST UNSCALABLE RIDGE. IN THE MIDDLE
OF A HUGE BLIZZARD ONE DAY, INDIANS SCALED THE RIDGE
AND MASSACRED ALL THOSE IN THE FORT.
TO THIS DAY, ONE CAN SUPPOSEDLY HEAR THE SOUND OF
INDIANS RUNNING ALONG THE RIDGE DURING ANY SNOW STORM.
Submitter comment:
MIKE SAYS THAT THERE IS ANOTHER VERSION WHICH SAYS
YOU CAN HEAR A HORSEMAN RIDING ALONG THE RIDGE DURING
A BLIZZARD. HE IS SAID TO BE RACING TO WARN THOSE IN
THE FORT OF THE ATTACK.
MIKE SAYS THAT THERE IS JUST SUCH A SOUND DURING A
SNOWSTORM, BUT BEING MORE LOGICALLY-MINDED,
ATTRIBUTES IT TO THE SNOW FALLING INTO THE THICK
GROWTH OF MAPLE TREES WHICH CHOKE THE SLOPE BELOW
THE RIDGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; JACKSON
Keyword(s): GHOSTLY NOISES
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 11-10-1968
(THE MICROBES)
THERE WERE THESE TWO GERM CELLS IN THE BLOODSTREAM OF A
HORSE, ONE ALWAYS IN THE VEINS AND ONE ALWAYS IN THE
ARTERIES. ONE DAY THEY MET, BY CHANCE, IN THE HORSE'S
HEART. THEY GOT TO DISCUSSING THEIR BORING EXISTENCE
UNTIL THEY HAPPENED ON THE IDEA OF EXCHANGING ROUTES.
SO THEY DID AND SOON THE HORSE DIED.
THIS ONLY GOES TO SHOW THAT YOU CAN'T CHANGE STREAMS IN
THE MIDDLE OF A HORSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JACKSON
| Subject headings: | 6677 Formula Tale |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AGING
THERE MAY BE SNOW ON THE ROOF, BUT THAT DOESN'T MEAN THE
FIRE'S OUT.
Submitter comment:
THE SNOW REFERS TO GREY OR WHITE HAIR AND THE FIRE
REFERS TO A YOUTHFUL HEART.
TOLD AS A QUIP.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; JACKSON ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-25-1970
PROVERB
YOU CAN'T GROW GRASS ON A BUSY STREET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JACKSON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-25-1970
PROVERB
YOU CAN'T TELL HOW FAR A FROG WILL JUMP BY LOOKING AT HIM.
Submitter comment: TOLD IN A JOKING MANNER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JACKSON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-25-1970
GOLF
NEVER UP, NEVER IN.
Submitter comment:
MEANING IF THE BALL NEVER LEAVES THE GROUND, IT WILL
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JACKSON
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion SPEECH -- Game Pastime Sport S555.500 PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
GOLF
" NEVER UP, NEVER IN."
Submitter comment:
MEANING IF THE BALL NEVER LEAVES THE GROUND, IT WILL
SEEMINGLY NEVER REACH THE HOLE. OFTEN THROWN ABOUT ON GOLF COURSES.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JACKSON ; informant's home
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion SPEECH -- Game Pastime Sport S555.500 PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-25-1970
If the corn crop isn't knee high by the fourth of July it will be a bad year for corn.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JACKSON ; 7401 Benton Road
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June 21 solstice to September 22 BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- P535 |
Never plant potatoes next to onions because the onions will get into the potato eyes.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JACKSON ; 107 Avendale
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- P535 |
When planting potatoes each slice must have three eyes.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; JACKSON ; 107 Avendale
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P535 |