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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 |
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 |