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LEGEND
WEREWOLVES COME OUT WHEN THERE IS A FULL MOON.
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Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): Lycan ; SUPERSTITION ; Undead ; Werewolf
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Werewolf Vampire |
Date learned: 03-15-1968
LEGEND
EVERY HALLOWEEN NIGHT THE HEADLESS HORSEMAN GOES OUT LOOKING
FOR HIS HEAD.
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Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): GHOST ; Headless ; Horseman ; Legend ; Scary ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F103 BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 03-15-1968
BANSHE
IN IRELAND, EVERYONE IS AFRAID OF
THE BANSHE. THEY WERE FAIRY WOMEN AND WHEN ANY PERSON WAS NEAR
DEATH OR DYING THE BANSHE CAME AROUND THE HOUSE
CRYING THREE NIGHTS BEFORE THE PERSON DIED.
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BANSHEE IS SPELLED IN GAELIC ON THE ORIGINAL CARD.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BANSHEE ; IRELAND ; Legend ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 11-18-1970
BLESSED MOTHER BELIEF
A WHISTLING WOMAN YOUNG OR OLD IS INSULTING THE BLESSED
MOTHER OF GOD.
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Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
Keyword(s): Feminine ; INSULT ; Ladylike ; Whistle ; Whistling
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.432 BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 03-11-1972
WAINAMOINEN
WAINAMOINEN IS A GREAT LEGENDARY FINNISH NATIONAL HERO. HE IS WELL
KNOWN AMONG MANY FINNS IN MINNESOTA AND THERE ARE MANY SONGS,
LEGENDS AND BELIEFS ABOUT HIM. HE IS OFTEN GIVEN CREDIT
FOR UNITING THE FINNISH PEOPLE AGAINST THEIR ENEMIES, THE
RUSSIANS, ETC.
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Where learned: MINNESOTA ; STURGEON LAKE
Keyword(s): FINLAND ; Finnish ; Hero ; Legend ; Wainmoinen
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Secular hero |
Date learned: 03-28-1970
ECLIPSE
A WITCH MUST WAIT THREE HOURS AFTER EATING, BEFORE SHE CAN USE
ANY OF HER WITCHCRAFT.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): Legend ; Powers ; Rule ; Witch ; Witchcraft
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman |
Date learned: 03-06-1972
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO EAT A CHICKEN ON CHRISTMAS BECAUSE A
CHICKEN PAWS THE GROUND BACKWARDS.
Submitter comment:
Therefore, harmonizing with the Christmas season, which leaves the year behind just as the chicken leaves the earth behind.
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Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
Keyword(s): Chicken ; CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; FOOD ; tradition
| Subject headings: | 122 Christmas CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.2 |
Date learned: 04-06-1972
FINGER LAKES BELIEF
THE IROQUOIS BELIEVED THAT THE FINGER LAKES OF UPPER NEW
YORK STATE WERE FORMED BY THE HAND OF GOD, DESCENDING IN BLESSING
UPON THE LAND.
Submitter comment:
MR. WYATT LEARNED OF THE LEGEND WHILE LIVING IN GENEVA, NEW YORK
HIS HOME. GENEVA IS ONE OF THE FINGER LAKES.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): AMERICAN INDIAN ; BELIEF ; BLESSING ; ETYMOLOGY ; Finger ; Finger Lakes ; Hand of God ; INDIAN ; Iroquois ; Lakes ; Lakes ; Legend ; NEW YORK ; Origin ; WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Still water Small body. |
Date learned: 10-22-1965
OLD IRISH CUSTOM
IRISH MOTHERS THROW HOLY WATER ON THEIR KIDS WHEN THEY ARE
FIGHTING IN ORDER TO DRIVE OUT THE DEVIL. THE THROWING OF HOLY WATER
WAS SUPPOSED TO BE AN EXORCISM TO DRIVE THE RAGE(DEVIL) OUT OF
PEOPLE WHO WERE FIGHTING.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CUSTOM ; DEVIL ; EVIL EYE ; Fighting ; Holy Water ; IRELAND ; Irish ; Relationship ; Sibling
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 09-29-1968
Graffiti
In days of old
When knights were bold
And toilets weren't invented,
The [they] laid thyere [their] load beside the road
And walked away contented.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; written on john wall
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Bingo
There was a man who had a dog
And Bingo was his name-o.
B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O
And Bingo was his name-o.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; JOHNSTOWN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Froggy Song
Here's a lively song of a froggy by the pond:
Crick-crick-crickety-crick berrong--
Submitter comment:
Informant learned in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, while working on a playground.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PLAYGROUND ; JOHNSTOWN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Little Bumble Bee
I caught a little baby bumble bee -- won't my mommy be surprised at me -- I caught a little baby bumble bee -- Buzzy Wuzzy -- Buzzy Wuzzy -- OUCH! he stung me. I'm squashing up a baby bumble bee -- won't my mommy be surprised at me -- I'm squashing up a baby bumble bee -- YUCK! He got blood on me!
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; JOHNSTOWN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Magic Mirror
Romper, Bomper, Stomper, Boo
Tell me, tell me, tell me true
Did my friends have fun at play
Magic mirror tell me today.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; JOHNSTOWN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
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Graffiti
On a john wall:
Repent--the end is near!
Submitter comment:
Where learned: john wall
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Graffiti
Flush hard, it's a long way to the Union.
Submitter comment:
Found on most U of D john walls.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; john wall
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Raquel Welch wears arch-supports
Data entry tech comment:
Raquel Welch was a 1960s sex symbol.
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; Commerce and Finance john
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
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Tomorrow
Because of lack of interest tomorrow will be cancelled.
Submitter comment:
I had asked the informant previously to note and remember some of the graffiti on john walls. This was what he collected.
Where learned: TOLD AT A PARTY ; john wall
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |