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IF YOUR PALM ITCHES, IT MEANS YOU ARE GOING TO
GET SOME MONEY.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
ANOTHER WELL KNOWN SUPERSTITION RELATES, WHEN A
CHILD IS A YEAR OLD, IF A DOLLAR, A PRAYERBOOK, AND
A WHISKEY GLASS ARE PLACED BEFORE HIM, WHICHEVER
HE CHOOSES WILL DETERMINE HIS FATE IN LIFE. IF
HE CHOOSES THE DOLLAR, HE WILL BE A WEALTHY MAN; A
PRAYER BOOK, A RELIGIOUS MAN; A WHISKEY GLASS, A
DRINKING MAN.
Submitter comment: NON-ETHNIC.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of object for determining future of young |
Date learned: 09-30-1968
POLITICAL PARTIES BELIEF
MY DAD SAYS THAT WHEN THE DEMOCRATS ARE IN POWER, ALL LIQUOR CAN
BE BOUGHT ONLY IN PARTY STORES BUT WHEN REPUBLICANS ARE IN POWER,
ONLY DRUG STORES HAVE IT.
Submitter comment: ROSS LIVES IN TOLEDO, OHIO.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DORM ROOM ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-02-1970
A SOFT ANSWER TURNETH AWAY WRATH, BUT GRIEVIOUS
WORDS STIR UP ANGER.
Where learned: SCHOOL ; MACKENZIE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
WHEN OPENING SHOWER GIFTS, THE NUMBER OF BROKEN
RIBBONS INDICATES THE NUMBER OF CHILDREN YOU
SHOULD EXPECT TO HAVE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS VERY PREVALENT; I HEARD IT IN TOLEDO
(OHIO), DETROIT (MICHIGAN), AND LIMA (OHIO.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of object for determining number of children or sex of unborn P863.9 |
Date learned: 09-01-1968
NOBODY LIKES ME.
EVERYBODY HATES ME,
I,M GOING TO GO EAT WORMS.
REFRAIN:
BIG, FAT, JUICY ONES.
SMALL, THIN, SLABBY ONES.
ITSY, BITSY, FUZZY, WUZZY WORMS.
FIRST YOU GET A BUCKET,
THEN YOU GET A SHOVEL,
THEN YOU GET A BUCKET FULL OF WORMS.
REFRAIN
FIRST YOU BITE THEIR HEADS OFF,
THEN YOU SUCK THEIR GUTS OUT,
OH, HOW THEY WIGGLE AND SQUIRM.
UP COMES ONE WORM,
UP COMES TWO WORMS,
UP COMES THREE LITTLE WORMS.
REFRAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
Keyword(s): WORMS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
A WELL KNOWN SUPERSTITION RELATES THAT IF A SINGLE
YOUNG LADY PUTS A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE UNDER HER
PILLOW, SHE WILL DREAM OF THE MAN SHE IS TO MARRY.
Submitter comment: NON-ETHNIC
| Subject headings: | 862 Use of object for determining future spouse |
Date learned: 09-30-1968
WHAT'LL YOU DO
IF THE KETTLE BOILS OVER?
WHAT'LL YOU DO,
BUT FILL IT AGAIN?
WHAT'LL YOU DO
IF YOU MARRY A SOLDIER?
WHAT'LL YOU DO,
BUT MARRY AGAIN?
Submitter comment:
ALTHOUGH COLLECTOR RECEIVED THIS IN A LETTER WITH NO
COMMENT, HE THINKS IT CONTAINS A BIT OF SERIOUS COUNSEL
AGAINST MARRYING A SOLDIER.
Where learned: LETTER
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.325 |
MY GRANDMOTHER, MRS. CHARLES SUBZAK, BELIEVED THAT
WHEN THE PRIEST RAISED THE PATEN HE COULD SEE
THE PERSON OF THE PARISH WHO HAD THE DEVIL IN HIM.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Religious objects |
IF THE CLASP OF A NECKLACE WORKS ITS WAY AROUND
TO THE FRONT NEXT TO THE PENDANT, THE WEARER IS
ENTITLED TO MAKE A WISH.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Dress, buttons, jewelry |
Date learned: 00001964 CA.
A PERSON WHO HAS A HIGH HAIR LINE, A WIDE FOREHEAD,
HAS AN OPEN MIND AND SEES CLEARLY.
Submitter comment:
I WAS TOLD THIS BY THE MOTHER OF MY IRANIAN FRIEND WHEN
SHE NOTICED I HAD A WIDE FOREHEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Forehead |
Date learned: 00-00-1984
AS A BEAUTY I AM NO STAR,
THERE ARE OTHERS MUCH MORE HANDSOME BY FAR.
BUT MY FACE, I DON'T MIND IT,
BECAUSE I'M BEHIND IT.
IT'S THE FOLKS UP IN FRONT THAT I JAR.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): SELF-CRITICISM
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
WEATHER BELIEF
WHEN THE LONG LACY FINGERS OF THE SEAS WHITECAPS TOUCH EACH OTHER,
THE WIND IS BLOWING IN EXCESS OF 60 MPH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Still water Large body. BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
DAN, DAN, THE FUNNY WEE MAN,
WASHED HIS FACE WITH A FRYING PAN.
COMBED HIS HAIR WITH THE LEG OF A CHAIR,
DAN, DAN, THE FUNNY WEE MAN.
Data entry tech comment: OLD DAN TUCKER?
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): COMPARE "OLD DAN TUCKER" ; QUATRAIN NONSENSE ; RHYME: AABA
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
TWO PEOPLE EACH TAKE HOLD OF ONE SIDE OF THE WISHBONE.
THEN PULL AND WHOEVER GETS THE CENTER OF THE WISH-
BONE WILL GET THEIR WISH IF THEY DON'T TELL ANYONE
WHAT IT IS. I ONCE WISHED FOR A TRIP TO DISNEYLAND
AND WE WERE OFFERED A RIDE THERE WITHIN A WEEK
AND WE WENT.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
MY MOTHER WOULD NEVER DO ANY CANNING WHILE SHE WAS
MENSTRUATING, BECAUSE IT WOULD SPOIL.
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Manner of preparation Preservation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
ARMY VERSE
G. I. BEANS
G. I. GRAVY,
GEE, I WISH I'D JOINED THE NAVY.
Where learned: WEST GERMANY
Keyword(s): G. I. = GOVERNMENT ISSUE ; REFERS TO THE ARMY IN GENERAL..
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
Strange Cure
As a small child, I was a frequent sufferer of nose bleeds. While
staying with my grandmother, my nose began to bleed, and she
suggested a strange cure she had learned as a child. She placed a
large spoon in the freezer, and when it was cold, she placed it on
the back of my neck.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
Keyword(s): Silverware
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 00001980CA
GRAMMIE NEVER ALLOWED US TO SEW ANYTHING WHILE WE
HAD IT ON. IT WOULD CAUSE ONE TO BECOME DUMB.
STUPID, THAT IS.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
IF YOU DRY YOUR HANDS WITH ANOTHER PERSON ON THE
SAME TOWEL, SIMULTANEOUSLY, YOU WILL HAVE A
FIGHT.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-00-1968