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SODA POP CELEBRITIES
WHAT DOES MICHAEL JACKSON AND RICHARD PRYOR HAVE IN COMMOM?
RICHARD PRYOR WAS BURNED BY COKE AND MICHAEL JACKSON WAS BURNED
BY PEPSI.
Where learned: DETROIT ; PARENTS HOME
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Tale |
Date learned: 02-20-1984
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THE GHOST WHO HAUNTED ME!
AS A CHILD HE WOULD SEE A MAN WHO HAD DIED YEARS AGO. ALVIN WAS
ONLY FOUR YEARS OLD AND EACH DAY AT THE DOOR THE MAN WOULD STAND.
ALVIN WOULD RUN IN HIS MOTHER'S ARMS AND CRY. ALVIN WOULD DESCRIBE
THE MAN TO HIS MOTHER WHO SHE KNEW HAD DIED SOME YEARS AGO. ALVIN
WAS FRANTIC AND HIS MOTHER SCREAMED AND CURSED AND TOLD THE MAN
NEVER TO HARM HER SON AGAIN AND HE NEVER DID.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 02-28-1984
THE MONEY UNDER THE TREE.
ALVIN AND HIS FAMILY MOVED INTO A HOUSE ON 3853 MOURFIELD ST.
LOCATED IN STOCKTON, CALIFORNIA. EVERYDAY A MAN WOULD PASS THE
WINDOW AND EACH TIME ALVIN'S PARENTS WOULD LOOK OUT HE WOULD
DISAPPEAR. THE NEIGHBORS TOLD ALVIN'S PARENTS THAT A OLD MAN
DIED THERE AND LEFT HIS BURIED SAVING UNDER THE OLD COTTONWOOD
TREE. THE TREE STILL STANDS AND NO ONE EVER DUG UP THE MONEY TO
SEE IF IT WAS THERE.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 02-28-1984
ON THE ROAD WITH A FORK
WHEN A GHOST FOLLOWS YOU ON A DARK COUNTRY ROAD, YOU ARE TO COME
TO THE NEAREST FORK IN THE ROAD AND TAKE THE ROAD GOING TO YOUR
HOUSE AND THE GHOST WILL TAKE THE OTHER ROAD.
Where learned: PARENTS HOME
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 02-28-1984
BURIAL OF YOUR LOVED ONES
IN THE OLD DAYS THEY WOULD BURY THEIR OWN FAMILY MEMBERS IN THEIR
BACKYARDS, OR WHEREVER THE COUNTY OFFICIALS SAID FOR THEM TO BURY
THEM. THE FAMILY WOULD DIG THE GRAVE AND COVER THE GRAVE.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 02-28-1984
LIFESAVERS
WHAT WOULD YOU DO BEFORE YOU DIE? I'LL GO TO THE STORE AND BUY
SOME LIFESAVERS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; PARENTS HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime |
Date learned: 02-28-1984
MOONING
IN A FACTORY LOCATED ON THE NORTHWEST SIDE OF DETROIT, MEN BECOME
INVOLVED IN A GAME CALLED MOONING. THEY WILL CALL OUT THE NAME OF
A NEARBY CO-WORKER AND PULL DOWN THEIR PANTS AND UNDERWEAR AND SHOW
THEIR BUTTLOCKS AND EVERYONE LAUGHS.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Irregular |
M&M CANDY
WHEN YOU EAT GREEN M&M'S YOU WILL GET HORNY
Where learned: DETROIT ; PARENTS HOME
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food |
Date learned: 02-29-1984
SCARY SKELETON
WHY WAS THE SKELETON AFRAID TO CROSS THE ROAD?
BECAUSE HE DID NOT HAVE ANY GUTS!
Where learned: DETROIT ; PARENTS HOME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 02-29-1984
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THE BEAR AND THE RABBIT
A BEAR AND A RABBIT WENT TO THE FOREST TO SHIT,
THE BEAR SAID TO THE RABBIT, "DO YOU HAVE TROUBLE WITH
SHIT STICKING TO YOUR FUR?" THE RABBIT SAID,"NO." SO
THE BEAR PICKED UP THE RABBIT AND WIPED HIS ASS WITH HIM.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; WATCHING A VIDEO TAPE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal Tale |
SAINT PATRICK'S DAY
THE TUG OF WAR BETWEEN THE GERMANS AND IRISH IS A LONG STANDING GAME.
ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY. I CAN'T FIND IT'S ORIGINS OR THE REASON FOR IT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): NATONALISM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 17 Feast of St. Patrick |
Date learned: CA1960-1975
SUPERSTITION
IN ONE DOOR AND OUT ANOTHER CAUSES BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
THIS BELIEF WAS EXPLAINED THROUGH WHAT IS SEEN AS "NORMAL". IF YOU
ENTER THROUGH ONE DOOR IT IS "NORMAL" TO EXIT THROUGH THE SAME
DOOR. EXITING THROUGH ANOTHER DOOR IS SEEN AS DEVIATION, AND
DEVIATION FROM THE NORM RESULTS IN BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK ; FRIENDS HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-10-1979
SUPERSTITION
LILACS IN THE HOUSE--BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
ACCORDING TO THE INFORMANT THIS BELIEF IS COMMON IN LONDON, ENGLAND,
HOWEVER, SHE LACKS AN EXPLANATION FOR THE BELIEF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK ; FRIENDS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-10-1979
FLOWER CUSTOM AND BELIEF
IF YOU RECEIVE FLOWERS FROM SOMEONE, DON'T THANK THEM. IF YOU DO, THE FLOWERS WON'T GROW. GOD SHOULD BE THANKED FOR CREATING THE FLOWERS AND MAKING THEM GROW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; INFORMANT'S HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Creator BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-22-1970
MOTHERS USED TO GIVE THEIR CHILDREN BIG SPOONS OF CASTOR
OIL JUST BEFORE SPRING TO RID THEM OF WINTER GERMS AND
DISEASES.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00001970S
PROVERB
IF YOU CAN'T FIND TIME TO DO SOMETHING RIGHT,HOW ARE YOU GOING
TO FIND TIME TO DO IT OVE.
Submitter comment: SOURCE NOT KNOWN.
Data entry tech comment:
GOOD ADVICE TO PEOPLE WHO NEED TO TAKE THINGS AT A SLOWER PACE,AND
TAKE TIME TO SOLVE PROBLEMS.
Where learned: HOME ; BIRMINGHAM ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): RHETORICAL QUESTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-15-1967
MY NEIGHBOR WAS WALKING DOWN THE STREET
AND PASSED BY A YOUNG MAN WALKING THE
OPPOSITE WAY, WHEN MY NEIGHBOR LOOKED
AROUND TO SAY GOODBYE TO THE GENTLEMAN
THE MAN HAD VANISHED.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00001980S
WHEN MY FATHER WAS 4 YRS OLD HE LOOKED
OUT THE KITCHEN WINDOW AND SAW THE FACE
OF A BABY BOY AND LATER ON HIS MOTHER
GAVE BIRTH TO A BABY BOY THAT LOOKED JUST LIKE
THE BABY IN THE VISION MY FATHER SAW.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00001980S