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LOKSHA--ETHNIC FOOD--CHRISTMAS
LOKSHA IS UNLEAVENED BREAD MADE INTO ROUND BALLS AND
BAKED UNTIL DRY AND HARD. THEN THE BALLS ARE SOAKED IN A POPPY SEED
AND HONEY SYRUP FOR SEVERAL DAYS UNTIL SOFT.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS SERVED DURING THE CHRISTMAS HOLIDAYS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE ILE
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; FOOD ; holiday ; tradition
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Pastry |
Date learned: 10-28-1970
THE VIRGIN STURGEON NEEDS NO URGIN'.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE ILE
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
EASTER CUSTOM
NO WORK WAS DONE ON EASTER SUNDAY. EVEN THE MEALS WERE PREPARED
THE DAY BEFORE.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS A CUSTOM THAT WAS PRACTICED WHEN INFORMANT WAS LIVING AT
HOME. SHE HEARD IT FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE ILE
Keyword(s): WORK TABOO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 10-27-1970
BELIEF IN A CUSTOM ( EASTER )
ON EASTER SUNDAY THE HARD-BOILED DYED EGGS THAT EACH PERSON HAS ARE
CUT INTO PIECES WHICH ARE THEN EXCHANGED AMONG THE PEOPLE AT THE
TABLE--EACH PERSON HAS 1 PIECE OF EVERYONE ELSE'S EGG. THE
SUPERSTITION HAS IT THAT ALL THE PEOPLE AT THE TABLE WILL BE THERE
AGAIN NEXT YEAR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED ABOUT IT IN HER CHILDHOOD (1922-29) FROM HER
MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE ILE
Keyword(s): FAMILY UNITY ; FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-04-1970
PARODY OF PRAYER
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP
A BAG OF PEANUTS AT MY FEET.
IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE,
YOU'LL KNOW I HAD THE STOMACH ACHE.
Submitter comment: I HEARD THIS FROM MY FATHER MANY YEARS AGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE ILE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 10-10-1970
Happy is she who married the son of a dead mother.
Submitter comment:
Her mother-in-law used to tell her that whenever
she could tell she was annoying her.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE ILE
Keyword(s): mother-in-law, nag
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00001940S
Seeing someone in polka dot clothing brings you money.
Submitter comment:
Polka dots look like coins, so if you make that
connection, you will get money.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE ILE
Keyword(s): shape size
James Callow Keyword(s): design pattern
| Subject headings: | Favorites ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Color Design BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth |
Date learned: 00001970S
BEAVER
WHEN A PERSON SAW A STATIONWAGON WITH WOOD PANELS,
HE WOULD YELL "BEAVER," AND HIT THE PERSON NEXT TO
HIM IN THE ARM.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS A CUSTOM POPULAR AMONG ST. JOSEPH SCHOOL
CHILDREN IN WYANDOTTE, MICHIGAN IN THE LATE 1950S.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE ILE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-02-1970
SCRUB
SCRUB IS A FORM OF BASEBALL THAT YOU PLAY WHEN YOU
DON'T HAVE ENOUGH PLAYERS FOR A TEAM. ONE KID IS
THE PITCHER AND ONE IS THE FIELDER. EACH OF THE
OTHER KIDS BATS UNTIL HE HITS SOMETHING. THEN IT
IS UP TO THE PITCHER OR FIELDER TO TAG HIM OUT.
THIS GOES ON UNTIL THERE ARE THREE OUTS AND THEN A NEW
PITCHER AND FIELDER ARE CHOSEN.
Submitter comment: PLAYED IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND 1960.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE ILE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 10-20-1970 ; 00-00-1960
IF YOU ARE GIVING A PERSON SOMETHING SHARP, YOU ASK
HIM TO GIVE YOU A PENNY. OTHERWISE, IT BREAKS
FRIENDSHIP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE ILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Good luck P881.18 |
Date learned: 10-20-1970
IN BASEBALL, A PITCHER DOESN'T SHAVE IN THE MORNING OF THE
DAY HE IS GOING TO PITCH. THIS WILL BRING HIM GOOD
LUCK.
Submitter comment:
HEARD THIS SAID ABOUT SANDY KOUFAX AND DON DRYSDALE DURING
THE WORLD SERIES PROBABLY 1966.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE ILE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 10-25-1970 ; 00-00-1966
IF YOU TICKLE A BABY'S FOOT, IT MAY DEVELOP A
SPEECH IMPEDIMENT.
Submitter comment:
HEARD IN DEVELOPMENT PSYCHOLOGY (PSYC 250, SECT. II)
AT UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT (DETROIT, MICHIGAN). HEARD FROM A
STUDENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE ILE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 09-24-1970
IF YOU HAVE PIERCED EARS AND WEAR EARRINGS WITH A
GOLD BASE, YOU WILL NEVER HAVE HEADACHES.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED OF THIS FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE ILE
Date learned: 10-28-1970
ON GROSSE ILE THERE WAS A HERMIT WHO LIVED IN AN OLD
HOUSE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY. PEOPLE WOULD GO TO HIS
HOUSE, PARK IN THE DRIVEWAY AND HE WOULD COME OUT AND
TELL STORIES ABOUT "THE OLD DAYS." HIS NAME WAS
LOONEY ROONEY. THE HOUSE WAS HIDDEN DOWN A DARK, UNLIT
ROAD AND HE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE ALWAYS FIRED SEVERAL
SHOTS INTO THE AIR, TO SHOW THAT HE DID NOT WANT ANY
TROUBLEMAKERS, AS YOUR CAR APPROACHED.
Submitter comment:
THE FACT THAT THIS IS A LEGEND IS THAT NO ONE THAT I
HEARD THIS STORY FROM ACTUALLY SAW HIM. I HAVE HEARD
IT FROM MANY PEOPLE SINCE I HAVE LIVED ON GROSSE ILE--
PEOPLE MY OWN AGE AS WELL AS FROM MY DAD.
ABOUT 1968 I READ IN THE LOCAL PAPER THAT A MAN WHOSE
LAST NAME WAS ROONEY DIED. HE HAD NO FAMILY LIVING
ON THE ISLAND HERE, BUT IT IS STILL QUESTIONABLE
WHETHER ANY OF THE ESCAPADES REALLY HAPPENED, BECAUSE
EVERYONE I TALKED TO WERE "TOO AFRAID" TO EVEN GO
NEAR HIS HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE ILE
Keyword(s): RECLUSE, STORY-TELLER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 09-15-1970
LEGEND ABOUT OLD NUNS
THE OLD PRUDISH NUNS WARN THE GIRLS NEVER TO WEAR WHITE
CLOTHES. THIS, THEY SAY, REMINDS BOYS OF BEDSHEETS.
Submitter comment:
I DO NOT RECALL IF THIS WAS TOLD TO ME BY OTHER GIRLS
IN HIGH SCHOOL (1964-1968) OR IT WAS ACTUALLY MENTIONED
BY THE NUNS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE ILE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- B439 |
Date learned: 10-27-1970
ON GROSSE ILE THERE WAS A HERMIT WHO LIVED IN AN OLD
HOUSE WITHOUT ELECTRICITY. PEOPLE WOULD GO TO HIS
HOUSE, PARK IN THE DRIVEWAY AND HE WOULD COME OUT AND
TELL STORIES ABOUT "THE OLD DAYS." HIS NAME WAS
LOONEY ROONEY. THE HOUSE WAS HIDDEN DOWN A DARK, UNLIT
ROAD AND HE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE ALWAYS FIRED SEVERAL
SHOTS INTO THE AIR, TO SHOW THAT HE DID NOT WANT ANY
TROUBLEMAKERS, AS YOUR CAR APPROACHED.
Submitter comment:
THE FACT THAT THIS IS A LEGEND IS THAT NO ONE THAT I
HEARD THIS STORY FROM ACTUALLY SAW HIM. I HAVE HEARD
IT FROM MANY PEOPLE SINCE I HAVE LIVED ON GROSSE ILE--
PEOPLE MY OWN AGE AS WELL AS FROM MY DAD.
ABOUT 1968 I READ IN THE LOCAL PAPER THAT A MAN WHOSE
LAST NAME WAS ROONEY DIED. HE HAD NO FAMILY LIVING
ON THE ISLAND HERE, BUT IT IS STILL QUESTIONABLE
WHETHER ANY OF THE ESCAPADES REALLY HAPPENED, BECAUSE
EVERYONE I TALKED TO WERE "TOO AFRAID" TO EVEN GO
NEAR HIS HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE ILE
Keyword(s): RECLUSE, STORY-TELLER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Human Being |
Date learned: 09-15-1970
LEGEND ABOUT OLD NUNS
THE OLD PRUDISH NUNS WARN THE GIRLS NEVER TO WEAR WHITE
CLOTHES. THIS, THEY SAY, REMINDS BOYS OF BEDSHEETS.
Submitter comment:
I DO NOT RECALL IF THIS WAS TOLD TO ME BY OTHER GIRLS
IN HIGH SCHOOL (1964-1968) OR IT WAS ACTUALLY MENTIONED
BY THE NUNS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE ILE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- B439 |
Date learned: 10-27-1970
NO REST FOR THE WICKET
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE ILE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-28-1970