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PROVERB
FRIENDSHIP IS LIKE A SHADOW, IT STAYS WITH YOU IN THE SUN, BUT ONCE
IT GETS DARK, IT'S NO LONGER WITH YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-30-1967
PROVERB
FIRST COME, THE BETTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | -- |
ARABIAN SAYING
HE IS LIKE A RICE PADDY, UNDER THE MUD IS WATER.
Submitter comment:
COMPARING A PERSON WITH A FALSE FACADE TO A RICE PADDY, WHICH HAS A
COVERING OF MUD AND SILT OVER THE WATER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
Keyword(s): DISSEMBLER HYPOCRITE DECEIVER PRETENDER IMPOSTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
CHILD'S SUPERSTITIOUS SAYING
TOUCH BLACK NO TRADES BACK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AS A CHILD IN DETROIT
Where learned: STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb |
Date learned: 04-04-1967
WISHING
WHEN YOU HAVE AN APPLE WITH A STEM IN IT,
T0IST THE STEM AND &-R EACH C-MPLETE TURN C-UNT
UNTIL THE STEM C-MES -UT. THE LAST NUMBER Y-U
SAY IS THE AMOUNT OF WISHES YOU CAN MAKE.
VARIATIONS OF THIS IS THAT THE LAST NUMBER
THAT Y-U SAY IS H-0 MANY CHILDREN Y-U ARE G-ING
TO HAVE OR HOW MANY WIVES OR HUSBANDS YOU WILL HAVE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-05-1971
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Ballad
Casey Jones an engineer
Tried to get to heaven on a bottle of beer
The bottle broke and down he fell
Instead of going to heaven, he went to hell.
Submitter comment:
Heard some time ago from another student. Approximately 10 years ago.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: Heard from student
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad Epic |
BIRTH BELIEF
A PREGNANT WOMAN WHO IS CARRYING A NOT SO ACTIVE CHILD IS SAID
TO BE CARRYING A GIRL.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO INFORMANT BY HER PARENTS, WHO ACTUALLY BELIEVE THIS
FROM PAST EXPERIENCES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-10-1971
BIRTH BELIEF
IF A WOMAN CARRIES A BABY IN HER HIP, IT'S A GIRL.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A BELIEF THAT WAS TOLD INFORMANT BY HER GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION ; SEX DETERMINATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-20-1971
BIRTH
A PREGNANT WOMAN WHO IS CARRYING AN ACTIVE CHILD IS USUALLY
CARRYING A BOY.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO THE INFORMANT BY HER MOTHER, WHO ACTUALLY
BELIEVES THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC ; PASSIVE GIRLS?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-20-1971
Polish Wedding Custom - Song
At the end of the reception, everyone sings:
Twelve angels carrying
God's blessing from above
Twelve angels carrying
Twelve angels carrying
God's blessing from above.
This is the refrain. After all the verses, the last one is:
My dearest mother
I'm leaving you today
To live with my man
To live with my man
On this my wedding day.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION ; told at work
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Marriage |
The Winner Is...?
Ho, Ho, Ho Chi Minh
The N.L.F. is gonna win
(to be chanted)
Submitter comment:
One member, Steve Fitch, is the son of a U.S. ambassador. He has travelled extensively around the world. This saying is chanted at marches or rallies.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; Motor City Students for Democratic Society ; during various demonstrations
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- War cries |
Graffiti: Ode to Grecian Urinal
As my yellow river flows
Down this china sea
I pray to god that there
is some kind of eternity.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti
Would you let Spiro Agnew grow in your bath tub?
Data entry tech comment:
It appears that informant told collector about this graffiti that he had found two years earlier in a University of Detroit lavatory.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti
Life without death has no purpose.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti
Man was born to live . . . not to prepare for life.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti
Graffiti is alive and well in Argentina.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
PLANT GROWTH BELIEF
PUT BREWED COFFEE GROUNDS IN YOUR ROSES TO HELP THEM GROW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Non-alcoholic fruit beverage Coffee Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 04-06-1971
Acca, Bucca
Aka bakka, soda cracker
Akka bakka soda cracker
Aka bakka boo
If your fater chews tobacco
He's a regular jew
Out goes the cat
Out goes the rat
Out goes you
Where learned: Told at University of Detroit Student Union
Keyword(s): Jump ; Jump ; Plain ; Seed
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |