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Belief
IN GERMANY YOU CANNOT KILL A TREE.
TODAY THIS IS A LAW, BUT IS BASED ON THE BELIEF THAT
THE GODS INHABITED THE TREES.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [B400] crossed out. Replaced with curretn classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CUSTOM ; ETHNIC ; GERMAN ; Germany ; God ; Inhabit ; Law ; Live ; Origin ; SPIRIT ; Tree
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-11-1970
HOME REMEDIES
CHEST CONGESTION - PLACE A LARGE QUANTITY OF ROCK CANDY
IN A LITTLE WHITE WHISKEY TO MAKE A THICK SYRUP.
TAKE A FEW SPOONFULS SEVERAL TIMES A DAY.
(SECOND CURE:)
RENDER THE FAT OF A POLECAT. EAT TWO OR THREE SPOONFULS
THIS BRINGS UP THE PHLEGM.
Where learned: GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 04-01-1972
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
WHEN TWILIGHT DRAWS THE CURTAIN
AND PINS IT WITH A STAR
REMEMBER I WILL THINK OF YOU
NO MATTER WHERE YOU ARE.
1939 BIRCH TREE, MO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): FRIENDSHIP ; LOVE ; RHYME ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Tender sentiment |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
HIGH UPON A MOUNTAIN
CARVED IN ROCK,
ARE THESE FOUR WORDS --
FOR GET ME NOT)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): EPITAPTH ; FRIENDSHIP ; SURPRISE ENDING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Forget me not |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
IN YOUR FRUITCAKE OF MEMORIES,
REMEMBER ME AS A NUT.
Submitter comment:
TOLD IN GROSSE POINTE, MICHIGAN
1939 BIRCH TREE, MISSOURI
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): INSTRUCTIONS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
SAILING DOWN LIFE'S RIVER,
IN A LITTLE BARK CANOE,
HOPE YOU HAVE A PLEASANT JOURNEY
AND ROOM ENOUGH FOR TWO.
Submitter comment:
TOLD IN GROSSE POINTE, MICHIGAN
1939 BIRCH TREE, MISSOURI
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): METAPHOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Matrimony |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
IBBITY, BIBBITY, SIBBITY, SAB, IBBITY, BIBBITY, CANNOBO, CANNOBO IN CANNOBO OUT, CANNOBO ROUND THE WATER SPOUT, OUT GOES YOU.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT USED THE RHYME WHEN HE WAS A CHILD IN BALTIMORE
IN THE THIRTIES.
James Callow comment: RDNeedsReview
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
METAPHORICAL SAYING
FINE FEATHERS MAKE FINE BIRDS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
KITCHEN BELIEF
PUT UTENSILS IN A WARM OVEN FOR A FEW MINUTES AFTER YOU
HAVE WASHED AND DRIED;THIS KEEPS THEM FROM RUSTING.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
Keyword(s): ADVICE ; BELIEF ; Household ; Housekeeping ; Lore ; Maintenance ; Rust ; UTENSILS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE ; FUNCTION ; Positive
| Subject headings: | Custom |
Date learned: 01-25-1971
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ONE SWALLOW DOESNT MAKE A SUMMER
Submitter comment: FROM UNCERTAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001964 ( SUMMER )
COUGH
A GOOD REMEDY FOR A COUGH IS TO MIX A LITTLE WHISKEY WITH
HONEY AND TAKE AS NEEDED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 01-30-1971
COUGH
TO CURE A COUGH CUT UP ONIONS AND PUT THEM IN BROWN SUGAR.
BAKE AND THEN DRINK THE JUICE.
Submitter comment: FROM MRS. SCHWARTZ OF FRENCH DESCENT.
Where learned: GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
EARACHE
TO CURE AN EARACHE PUT THE WARM HEART OF AN ONION IN YOUR EAR.
Submitter comment: FROM MRS. HOWARD OF SCOTCH-IRISH DESCENT.
Where learned: GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): HEAT REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001964 SUMMER
GLORY, GLORY, ALLELUIA
TEACHER HIT ME WITH A RULER,
SO I HID BEHIND THE DOOR
WITH A LOADED 44,
AND SHE WON'T BOTHER ME ANY MORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
Keyword(s): VIOLENCE PARODY: GLORY, GLORY, HALLELUJAH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
POLISH PROVERB
CICHA WODA BRZEGI RWIE.
QUIET WATER WEARS DOWN THE SHORE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
Keyword(s): RESERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
LOOKING IN CORNERS
WHEN SOME PERSON YOU KNOW IS CONSTANTLY SNOOPING AROUND YOU CAN SAY
"ONLY MONKEYS LOOK IN CORNERS."
WHEN YOU WRITE A LETTER OR A NOTE YOU CAN WRITE "ONLY MONKEYS LOOK
IN CORNERS."
Submitter comment:
THESE TWO GO TOGETHER BECAUSE OFTEN PEOPLE LOOK FOR MISTAKES IN
LETTERS THEY RECEIVE AND BY PUTTING THE PHRASE IN ONE OF THE CORNERS
YOU ARE SAYING THAT THE PERSON SHOULD ENJOY THE LETTER AND NOT LOOK
FOR MISTAKES. THIS IS A COMMON PRACTICE FOR THE INFORMANT.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
Keyword(s): ANIMAL COMPARISON
James Callow Keyword(s): PARA-RIME: BUY BE ; TREATING TO DRINKS
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 01-24-1971
SUPERSTITION (FIXED DATE)
A PERSON MUST BE HOME BY MIDNIGHT OF NOVEMBER 1ST, BECAUSE ON
NOVEMBER 2ND ALL THE SOULS ARE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO EARTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- November 1 All Saints BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
FIXED DATE
APRIL 20 IS CELEBRATED AS FOUNDER'S DAY BY THE NATIONAL SOCIAL
SORORITY OF SIGMA SIGMA SIGMA. ON THIS DAY EACH CHAPTER HAS A
DINNER AND CONDUCTS SOME TYPE OF A PROGRAM IN MEMORY OF THE
FOUNDERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- April 20 |
Date learned: NO DATE INDICATED.
APRIL FOOL
APRIL THE FIRST IS RECOGNIZED AS A DAY OF THE YEAR IN WHICH
PRACTICAL JOKES ARE PLAYED UPON OTHERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- April 1 April Fools CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- April 1 (April Fool's Day) |
Date learned: NO DATE INDICATED.
ARTHRITIS
IN ORDER TO GET RID OF ARTHRITIS, WEAR A CHARM BRACELET.
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED THIS FROM A FRIEND OF HERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK ; COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-22-1963