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GOOD LUCK
FINDING A PENNY OR PIN - HAVE GOOD LUCK ALL DAY.
KNOCKING ON WOOD
A RABBIT'S FOOT
HORSESHOE
HEX SIGN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: CA00001960
DEATH BELIEFS
SOLDIERS DYING WITH THEIR BOOTS ON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: CA00001961
DEATH BELIEFS
THREE WILL DIE THAT ARE CLOSELY RELATED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: CA00001961
DEATH CUSTOMS
CATHOLIC - ROSARY IN HANDS OF THE DECEASED
SPRINKLING HOLY WATER AROUND THE CASKET (PURIFICATION OR CHASING
AWAY OF DEVILS?)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: CA00001960
DEATH CUSTOMS
AMERICAN INDIANS - BURNING THEIR DEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: CA00001961
DEATH CUSTOMS
SCOTLAND - FLAGS WERE PUT ON THE GRAVES, BEFORE EMBALMING CAME
INTO USE, BECAUSE MANY PEOPLE WERE BEING BURIED ALIVE. THEY
CONNECTED THE FLAGS TO THE CASKET SO THE PERSON COULD RAISE THE
FLAG TO ALERT OTHERS THAT THEY WERE STILL ALIVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial SPEECH -- To Be Seen |
Date learned: CA00001972
GRAFITTO
LOVE IS LIKE FILM,
IT HAS TO BE DEVELOPED IN THE DARK
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: CA00001962
GRAFITTO
KILROY WAS HERE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: CA00001957
RETORTS
HI DREAMBOAT,
NOT YOU SHIPWRECK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: CA00001959
EXPECTANT MOTHERS
WEDDING RING ON A STRING, HOLD STRING OVER MOTHER'S STOMACH.
IF IT SWINGS SIDE TO SIDE - IT WILL BE A BOY
IF IT SWINGS IN A CIRCLE - IT WILL BE A GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: CA00001968
EXPECTANT MOTHERS - BELIEF
NAMING A BABY GIRL AFTER THE MOTHER - IT WILL BE HER LAST CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Number Last events: the last person to the table... |
Date learned: CA00001968
CHINESE JOKE
CONFUCIUS SAY - SHORT MAN WHO DANCE WITH TALL WOMAN
GET BUST IN MOUTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- CHIN |
Date learned: CA00001961
VERSE TO CHOOSE SIDES IN A GAME.
MY MOTHER TOLD ME TO CHOOSE THE VERY BEST ONE,
AND OUT SPELLS OUT,
AND THAT MEANS YOU,
OUT YOU GO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: CA00001955
STRANGE HAPPENINGS
KNOCK KNOCK STREET - A LITTLE GIRL WAS HIT AND KILLED BY A
HIT AND RUN DRIVER. AFTER THAT ANYONE DRIVING DOWN THE STREET
AT NIGHT HEARD A KNOCKING ON THEIR CAR. ( THE KNOCKING WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE THE LITTLE GIRL LOOKING FOR HER KILLER.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: CA00001964
STRANGE HAPPENINGS
FERNEY STREET - A CAR APPEARED TO COME HEAD ON WITH OURS, WE
SWERVED TO THE SIDE AND LOOKED BACK AS THE CAR PASSED - THERE
WAS NO CAR, THE STREET HAD NO TURN OFFS OR DRIVEWAYS. YET ALL FOUR
OCCUPANTS HAD SEEN A WHITE CAR PLAINLY COMING AT US.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT CLAIMS THAT THIS STRANGE HAPPENING HAD ACTUALLY HAPPENED
TO HER AND HER FRIENDS SEVERAL YEARS BACK WHILE STILL IN HIGH SCHOOL
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: CA00001964
JUMP ROPE CHANTS
( NAME) AND (NAME) SITTING IN A TREE,
KISSING.
FIRST COMES LOVE,
NEXT COMES MARRIAGE,
THEN COMES ( NAME) PUSHING A BABY CARRIAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: CA00001957
AUTOGRAPH VERSES
FRIENDSHIP IS LIKE CHINA,
PRECIOUS, RICH AND RARE.
ONCE THAT IS BROKEN,
THE CRACK IS ALWAYS THERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: CA00001957
AUTOGRAPH VERSES
IT'S THE SONGS WE SING,
AND THE SMILES WE WEAR.
THAT MAKE THE SUNSHINE,
EVERYWHERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: CA00001957
AUTOGRAPH VERSES
ROSES ARE RED,
VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
I KISSED A JACKASS,
AND THOUGHT IT WAS YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: CA00001957
AUTOGRAPH VERSES
SOMETIMES I'M MEAN,
SOMETIMES I'M NICE,
BUT TO BE MEAN,
I'LL SIGN MY NAME TWICE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; REDFORD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: CA00001957