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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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RIDDLE
QUESTION: WHAT IS THIS FLY DOING IN MY SOUP?
ANSWER: THE BACKSTROKE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLEASANT RIDGE
Keyword(s): BACKSTROKE (A) ; FLY (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
RIDDLE
QUESTION: WHAT IS THE BEST THING TO PUT INTO A PIE?
ANSWER: YOUR TEETH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLEASANT RIDGE
Keyword(s): PIE (Q) ; TEETH (A)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
HALF A RAW POTATO HAS TO BE RUBBED OVER THE WART, THEN BURIED
BY THE LIGHT OF THE MOON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLEASANT RIDGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TO CURE WARTS SPIT ON THEM THREE TIMES A DAY, MORNING, NOON AND
NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLEASANT RIDGE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 05-00-1965
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IF BUBBLES RISE TO THE TOP OF A CUP OF COFFEE IT MEANS
YOU WILL BE RICH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLEASANT RIDGE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 04-00-1965
SUPERSTITION
DROPPING SILVERWARE IS A SIGN OF SEVERAL THINGS
IF YOU DROP A FORK: IT MEANS A LADY VISITOR
IF YOU DROP A KNIFE: IT MEANS A MAN VISITOR
IF YOU DROP A SPOON: A TERRIBLE DISAPPOINTMENT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLEASANT RIDGE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
SUPERSTITON
IF YOU SPILL SALT, YOU SHOULD THROW SOME OVER YOUR LEFT
SHOULDER. THIS IS BECAUSE AT THE LAST SUPPER JUDAS TIPPED
OVER THE SALT-SHAKER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLEASANT RIDGE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
LEGEND
FOR YEARS THE PEOPLE IN GRATIOT BEACH, MICHIGAN, A SUMMER RESORT
WHERE WE HAD A COTTAGE, PIOUSLY BELIEVED THAT WHENEVER MY GRAND-
MOTHER WENT SWIMMING IT WOULD ALWAYS RAIN. AND AS FAR AS I
REMEMBER, IT ALWAYS DID.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLEASANT RIDGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SUPERSTITION
IF, THE FIRST TIME YOU SEE A NEW MOON, YOU SEE IT OVER YOUR
RIGHT SHOULDER, IT MEANS GOOD LUCK. IF YOU SEE IT OVER YOUR
LEFT SHOULDER, IT MEANS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLEASANT RIDGE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-00-1965
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU CARRY A SHOVEL INTO THE HOUSE IT WILL CAUSE A
DEATH IN THE FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLEASANT RIDGE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
IF THE SUN SHINES WHEN IT IS RAINING IT MEANS THAT THE DEVIL IS
BEATING HIS WIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLEASANT RIDGE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-22-1965
SUPERSTITION
DON'T OPEN UMBRELLAS IN THE HOUSE - IT WILL CAUSE A DEATH IN THE
FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PLEASANT RIDGE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
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