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TRUNK
IT IS SAID, THAT IF YOU SIT ON A TRUNK, YOU LL BE DISAPPOINTED.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED IN CHILDHOOD.
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-06-1971
Proverb
Little pitchers have big ears.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added By TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Already Under V200, Who Said? Said to children who hear things they shouldn't.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): Big ; CHILDREN ; EARS ; Eavesdrop ; EUPHEMISM ; Little ; METAPHOR ; Overhear ; Pitchers ; SIMILE ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Belief: Medical
Stand in front of house after losing baby tooth and repeat three times:
Little Mouse Little Mouse
Give me an iron tooth
For this bone tooth.
Then the tooth is thrown over the house in hope that new tooth is stronger.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added By TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P700] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Verse?
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): BABY ; BELIEF ; Dentist ; House ; MEDICAL ; Mouse ; SUPERSTITION ; TEETH ; Tooth ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Taunt
Poet;
When somebody says something that rhymes, you say to them:
"You're a poet and don't know it, but your feet show it, because they are Longfellows."
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added By TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [C730.329] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): LONGFELLOW ; POET ; RETORT ; RHYME ; SLANG ; TAUNT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
"UFO"
I WAS SETTING UP MY TELESCOPE FOR A NIGHT OF NOT UNUSUAL
OBSERVATION. SUDDENLY, THERE IN THE DEEP BLUE, NORTHERN SKY,
I SPOTTED A TWINKLING STAR-LIKE IMAGE. I QUICKLY
ROTATED MY SCOPE AND AIMED. THERE IT IS....A STRANGE
UNIDENTIFIABLE FLYING OBJECT. "UFO!" I EXCLAIMED. YEAH,
THAT'S WHAT I'LL CALL IT.......A "UFO!"
IT WAS A SILVERY BALL WITH A BAR STICKING OUT. IT LOOKED
LIKE A TOOTSIE-POP SUCKER. IN THE MIDDLE OF THE BAR WAS A
RED LIGHT. AT THE END WAS A WHITE LIGHT. THE ENTIRE ALIEN
VESSEL DRIFTED FROM WEST TO EAST AND SLOWLY ROTATED, AS
SEEN BY THE REVOLVING BAR. IN TIME, IT DRIFTED OUT OF
SIGHT, NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN.
Submitter comment:
JAMES KEPT A LOG AND DREW A PICTURE OF HIS SIGHTING. HE
SAID THAT IT COULD NOT HAVE BEEN A HELICOPTER, AIRPLANE,
NOR SATELLITE. HE ALSO CLAIMED TO BE THE FIRST TO COIN
THE PHRASE "UFO." THEREFORE, IT IS HARD TO TELL IF HE
IS REALLY SERIOUS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights ; IN EMPTY RESERVOIR BEHIND HOME
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Celestial Body PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name SPEECH -- Folk etymology |
SUPERSTITION
IF BIRDS GET SOME OF YOUR HAIR YOU'LL GO CRAZY.
Submitter comment:
THE REASONING BEHIND THIS BELIEF WAS THE FACT THAT ONE'S HAIR
IS A PART OF ONE'S HEAD, THEREFORE, POSSESSION BY BIRDS WOULD
GIVE ONE THE MENTALITY OF BIRDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK ; FRIENDS HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
SLOW BUT SURE.
LANGSAM ABER DEUTLICH. {GERMAN}
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; TROY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-13-1971
FLIGHT SCHEDULES
THERE IS NEVER AN EVENT 13 WRITTEN IN THE FLIGHT SCHEDULED EVENTS
FOR ANY DAY ON ANY SHIP IN ANY SQUADRON. EVENTS GO FROM 12 TO 14,
AND 13 WOULD BE CONSIDERED VERY BAD LUCK, AND PILOTS WOULD REFUES TO
FLY THESE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; ALMA ; ROUTE 2 ; W JEFFERSON RD
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: 03-09-1970
PLANTING BELIEF
IF A ROSE IS TO BE STARTED FROM THE CUTTING OF ANOTHER ROSE, THE CUTTING SHOULD BE STUCK IN A POTATO AND THEN PLANTED.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: COLLECTED AT HOME
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
STREET OF NO RETURN
THERE IS A STREET NEAR 26 MILE ROAD THAT HAS BEEN NAMED THE STREET
OF NO RETURN. IT IS OUT IN THE COUNTRY AND ALL AROUND IT THE
SCENERY IS BEAUTIFUL AND GREEN BUT WHEN YOU TURN DOWN THIS STREET
EVERYTHING IS DEAD, THERE IS NO WILDLIFE AROUND AND NO TREES ETC.
IF YOU GO DOWN THIS STREET FAR ENOUGH YOU WILL NEVER RETURN.
Submitter comment:
JEAN HEARD OF THIS STREET WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL; NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW
WHAT HAPPENS TO THE PEOPLE, BUT SHE DOES RECALL AN INSTANCE THAT
SOMEONE SHE KNEW IN SCHOOL WENT DOWN WITH A COUPLE OF GUYS AND NO
ONE EVER FOUND THEM AFTER THAT.
Where learned: HOME ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-07-1971
A CHILDHOOD SAYING GOES:
TWO'S A COUPLE,
THREE'S A CROWD,
FOUR ON THE SIDEWALK
IS NEVER ALLOWED.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT RECITED THIS TO ME AS A TRAFFIC RULE.
Where learned: GRADE SCHOOL ; ON THE WAY HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.533 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.539 |
Date learned: 00001957 CA.
THIS WAS AT MY GRANDMOTHER'S HOUSE ON THE EAST SIDE
OF DETROIT. WHENEVER THERE WAS A THUNDERSTORM SHE WOULD
SING CHRISTIAN SONGS AND WALK THROUGH THE HOUSE. I DON'T
REMEMBER EXACTLY WHAT THE SONGS WERE. SHE WALKED THROUGH
THE HOUSE CARRYING LIT PALM LEAVES WHICH WERE BLESSED
ON PALM SUNDAY. LATER, MY MOTHER WOULD LIGHT CANDLES.
TO THIS DAY, AUNT JUDY (SISTER) IS PETRIFIED OF STORMS AND
STILL LIGHTS CANDLES.
Submitter comment: THE BURNING WAS SUPPOSED TO KEEP EVIL FROM HAPPENING.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
Keyword(s): LIGHTNING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder |
Date learned: 00001940S
PROVERB
FIRST COME, FIRST SERVE.
Where learned: HOME ; DURING HER CHILDHOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
ITALIAN CUSTOM
IN THE INSTANCE OF A DEATH OF SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY,
THE REST OF THE MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY WILL BE IN
MOURNING FOR A PERIOD OF ONE YEAR. THEY RESTRICT
THEMSELVES FROM PUBLIC ENTERTAINMENT OR OTHER
UNNECESSARY SOCIAL EVENTS.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USUALLY PRACTICED WITHIN THE STRICT ITALIAN
FAMILIES.
Where learned: HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-08-1968
IT WAS CUSTOMARY TO PHOTOGRAPH THE BODY OF THE DECEASED
WHILE HE WAS LYING IN STATE IN ORDER TO REMEMBER HIM
AS HE WAS BEFORE HE DIED.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
FUNERAL CUSTOM:
TO HAVE A MEMORIAL DINNER AT THE HOME OF THE FAMILY
IN MEMORY OF THE DEAD PERSON AFTER HE'S BURIED.
THOSE WHO ATTENDED THE FUNERAL WOULD BE INVITED. AND
SIX WEEKS LATER TO HAVE A MEMORIAL MASS AND ANOTHER
DINNER ATTENDED BY THE SAME PEOPLE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
FUNERAL CUSTOM:
THE FAMILY OF THE DEAD PERSON CHANTED MOURNING
CHANTS WHERE THE PERSON WAS LAYED OUT AND AT THE
GRAVESIDE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
CHRISTMAS DAY - JULOTTA
ACCORDING TO SWEDISH-LUTHERAN CUSTOM CHURCH SERVICES WERE HELD ON
CHRISTMAS DAY AT 6:00 IN THE MORNING. JULOTTA IN SWEDISH MEANS
LITERALLY CHRISTMAS MORNING HOUR. THE CHURCH WAS DECORATED WITH
SPRUCE, CNADLES AND TWO LARGE GAILY CHRISTMAS TREES FOR JULOTTA.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT HAS MANY HAPPY MEMORIES OF CHRISTMAS JULOTTA SERVICES.
Where learned: HOME ; ROUTE 1 ; WRITTEN IN A LETTER
Date learned: 03-28-1970
PRODUCT OR ACTIVITY OF MAN
DON'T WALK OVER SOMEONE OR THEY WON'T GROW
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A STUPID BELIEF. WE WOULD HAVE TO WALK BACK OVER THAT PERSOM.
THIS WAY THE PERSON WOULD STILL BE ABLE TO GROW.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; BROOKLYN ; GRANDMOTHERS HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
CUSTOMS DURING PREGNANCY
IF YOU WANT YOUR FUTURE OFFSPING TO BE A MUSICIAN IT IS ADVISABLE
THAT YOU ATTEND A LOT OF CONCERTS.
Submitter comment: AN ITALIAN BELIEF
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; MILFORD
Keyword(s): ADVICE PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 08-00-1967