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FESTIVAL CUSTOM
THE MALAYSIANS CALL THE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION THE "HARI RAYA PUASA".
TO PREPARE THEMSELVES FOR THE NEW YEAR THEY FAST FOR AN
ENTIRE MONTH, AND EAT ONLY AT DAWN, A RICE DINNER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Festival |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
FESTIVAL CUSTOM
AT THE END OF THE OLD YEAR, THE MALAYSIAN WOMEN WHO ARE VIRGINS
WILL THROW ORANGES INTO THE RIVER IN HOPES OF GETTING A GOOD HUSBAND
FOR THE NEW YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Festival |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
TRADITION
MALAY PEOPLE ARE UNABLE TO TOUCH DOGS BECAUSE THEY ARE CONSIDERED
UNCLEAN AND IF THEY ARE TOUCHED, THE MALAYS MUST IMMEDIATELY WASH
WITH WATER OR IF THER IS NO WATER, THEY USE DRY SAND TO CLEANSE
THEIR HANDS AND FEET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
TRADITION
THE MALAYSIANS STILL WEAR BLACK TO A FUNERAL OR A BLACK AND WHITE
STRIP ON THEIR SHOULDER SIGNIFYING THE DEATH OF A LOVED ONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
A RING IS ROUND AND HAS NO END AND THAT'S HOW LONG I'LL BE YOUR
FRIEND
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
GOOD FRIDAY
INFORMANT RECALLED THAT AS A CHILD, HER PARENTS REQUIRED
HER TO KEEP SILENCE BETWEEN 12:00 P.M. AND 3:00 P.M.
ON GOOD FRIDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SAINT RITAS CONVENT
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
PERSON'S NICKNAME
DYNAMITE IN A BOTTLE
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT STATED THAT, BECAUSE SHE IS OF SMALL STATURE,
PUSHES KIDS DO THEIR SCHOOLWORK, AND EXPLODES ONCE IN A
WHILE, THE STUDENTS NICKNAMED HER DYNAMITE IN A BOTTLE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; SAINT RITAS CONVENT
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
EARACHE
WHEN THE CHILDREN IN THE FAMILY HAD EARACHES, THEIR FATHER WOULD BLOW
CIGAR SMOKE IN THEIR EARS TO ALLEVIATE THE PAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; SAINT RITAS CONVENT
Keyword(s): TOBACCO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 03-01-1970
LOOK NOT (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
LOOK NOT FOR THE BEAUTY/ NOR WHITENESS OF THE SKIN.
BUT LOOK FOR THE HEART/ THAT IS LOYAL WITHIN.
FOR BEAUTY MAY FADE/ AND SKIN GROW OLD,
BUT THE HEART THAT IS LOYAL,/ WILL NEVER GROW OLD.
Submitter comment: LEARNED IN DETROIT.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ADVICE QUATRAIN ; METONYMY ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Chimney corner wisdom, advice, humorous fortune |
AUTOGRAPH (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
FALSE TEETH, ROUGE, AND BORROWED HAIR/ MAY GIVE TO AGE A YOUTHFUL
AIRE./ BUT WHEN DEATH COMES TO CALL US HENCE/ THERE IS AN END OF
ALL PRETENCE.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): MAKEUP WIG ; RHYME DEATH ; RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Cynical insight |
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE
I LOVE YOU LITTLE
I LOVE YOU BIG,
I LOVE YOU LIKE
A LITTLE PIG.
Submitter comment: MISSOURI, 1940
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RHYME: ABCB
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; INITIAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 12-05-1967
SOLEMN PYATHEEK--WHICH IS LEBANESE FOR "GOD BLESS
YOUR HANDS," IS USED AS AN EXPRESSION OF YOUR APPRECIATION
FOR SOMETHING THAT YOU HAVE ACCOMPLISHED.
Data entry tech comment: AGREEMENT OF PRONOUNS?
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-13-1969
AUTOGRAPH (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
REMEMBER ME/ REMEMBER YOU,/ REMEMBER THE DAY/ I FOUND YOU AT THE ZOO.
Submitter comment: FROM HER AUTOGRAPH BOOK 1963.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHAIN ; INITIAL ITERATION ; REPETITION ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
AUTOGRAPH (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
REMEMBER THE BOY OF EYES OF GRAY
WHO KISSED YOU ONCE AND TURNED AWAY.
REMEMBER THE BOY OF EYES OF BROWN
WHO KISSED YOU ONCE AND TURNED YOU DOWN.
BUT REMEMBER THE BOY OF EYES OF BLUE
WHO KISSED YOU ONCE AND ASKED FOR TWO.
Submitter comment: FROM HER AUTOGRAPH BOOK 1963.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHAIN ; COUPLETS ; INITIAL ITERATION ; REPETITION EYE COLOR ; RHYME: AABBCC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 01-00-1963
COURTING CUSTOM: ENGAGEMENT RINGS
WHEN IT IS UNDERSTOOD BETWEEN A MAN AND A WOMAN THAT THEY ARE
TO BE MARRIED, A BINDING SYMBOL IS USUALLY GIVEN BY THE MAN TO
THE WOMAN. THE SYMBOL USED MOST OFTEN IS A RING WORN ON THE LEFT
HAND. THIS IS CALLED AN ENGAGEMENT TO BE MARRIED. HENCE, THE
NAME OF THIS RING IS OFTEN CALLED THE 'ENGAGEMENT RING.'
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT KNOWS THIS BECAUSE HE'S ENGAGED. HE LEARNED THIS WAS THE
PROPER COURTSHIP CUSTOM BEFORE MARRIAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Engagement ring |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
AUTOGRAPH BOOK RHYME (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
THEY SAY THAT LOVE IS SIN/ I NEVER ASKED THEM WHY
BUT IF I SIN BY LOVING YOU/ I'LL SIN UNTIL I DIE.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): QUATRAIN LOVE ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
ARE YOUR EYES BIGGER THAN YOUR BELLY ?
Submitter comment: A SAYING OF MY MOTHER'S
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-01-1971
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
WHEN ALL YOUR DAYS ARE OVER,
AND EARTH YOU NO MORE TROD,
MAY YOUR NAME BE WRITTEN IN GOLD,
IN THE MEMORY BOOK OF GOD.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
LIFES BATTLES DONT ALWAYS GO TO THE STRONGER OR FASTER MAN,
BUT SOONER OR LATER THE MAN WHO WINS IS THE FELLOW WHO
THINKS HE CAN.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
AN AUTOGRAPH SAYING
MM[ I WISH YOU LUCK, I WISH YOU JOY
I WISH YOU FIRST A BABY BOY
AND WHEN HIS HAIR BEGINS TO CURL
I WISH YOU THEN A BABY GIRL
AND WHEN HER HAIR IS UP IN PINS
I WISH YOU THEN A SET OF TWINS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): IAMBIC TETRAMETER ; INITIAL ITERATION ; RHYME: AABBCC ; WISH