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VITAMIN BELIEF
IF YOU EAT GREEN VEGETABLES, THEY'LL MAKE YOUR HAIR THICK AND FASTER-GROWING
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTOR'S HOME ; 26257 Elba
Keyword(s): VEGETABLES
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE ; FUNCTION ; Positive
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Special Form and PurposeObject of Bodily Consumption BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-31-1971
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
OPLATEK IS A CUSTOM PRACTICED BY POLISH-AMERICANS.
A THIN WAFER OF UNLEAVENED BREAD (LIKE A EUCHARISTIC
HOST) IS DIVIDED AMONG THE FAMILY PRESENT ON CHRISTMAS
EVE AND THE INDIVIDUALS SHARE THEIR PIECE WITH EACH OTHER
WISHING ONE ANOTHER GOOD LUCK FOR THE COMING YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD ; TOLD AT COLLECTOR'S HOME
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.82 |
Date learned: 10-25-1970
CHRISTMAS
ON CHRISTMAS EVE, HAY WAS PUT ON THE DINNER
TABLE AND THE CLOTH PUT OVER THE HAY. IN THE
HAY WAS PUT SOME COIN MONEY FOR EACH PERSON
SO THEY WOULD NOT BE BROKE IN THE COMING YEAR.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTOR'S HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.4 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Christmas CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Straw |
Date learned: 03-10-1970
WELL BELIEF
IN NORTH CAROLINA THERE IS A CERTAIN WELL WHERE AFTER THROWING
A ROCK DOWN INTO IT, IT WILL FLOAT BACK UP.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTOR'S HOME
Keyword(s): Float ; GRAVITY ; Legend ; North Carolina ; Well
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTI-GRAVITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Still water Man made container. |
Date learned: 04-00-1970
Jump Rope Rhyme
CINDERELLA DRESSED IN YELLA
WENT DOWNTOWN TO MEET HER FELLA
SHE WALKED SO SLOW SHE MET A BEAU
WHO TOOK HER TO A 5 CENT SHOW.
HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE GET? 1,2,3, . . .
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTOR'S HOME
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 04-00-1970
CHRISTMAS
EACH PERSON, BEFORE DINNER ON CHRISTMAS EVE, RECEIVES A
PIECE OF WHITE WAFER (ANGEL BREAD). EACH PERSON GOES TO
EVERY OTHER PERSON AND MAKES WISHES FOR HIM FOR
THE NEXT YEAR. WITH EACH WISH THE WISHER MAKES FOR
HIS PARTNER, HE BREAKS A TINY PIECE OF WAFER OFF. WHEN
HE IS FINISHED WISHING, THE WISHER EATS THE BITS
OF WAFER HE HAS BROKEN OFF. THE RECEIVER OF THE WISHES
THEN WISHES THE 1ST PERSON IN A SIMILAR WAY.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share same surname.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTOR'S HOME
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.82 |
Date learned: 03-10-1970
JUMP ROPE RHYME
IN WENT THE DOCTOR
IN WENT THE NURSE
IN WENT THE LADY
WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
I HAD A LITTLE BROTHER
HIS NAME WAS TINY TIM
I PUT HIM IN THE BATHTUB
TO TEACH HIM HOW TO SWIM.
HE DRANK UP ALL THE WATER
AND ATE UP ALL THE SOAP
AND DIE (SIC) LAST NIGHT
WITH A BUBBLE IN HIS THROAT.
OUT WENT THE DOCTOR
OUT WENT THE NURSE
OUT WENT THE LADY
WITH THE ALLIGATOR PURSE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID SHE ACTUALLY PLAYED TO THIS RHYME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTOR'S HOME ; 11355 Lakepointe
Keyword(s): CHARACTER ; PLAIN-JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-04-1970
Jump Rope Rhyme
DOWN IN THE VALLEY WHERE THE GREEN GRASS GROWS THERE SAT (GIRL'S NAME) AS SWEET AS A ROSE.
SHE SANG, AND SHE SANG, AND SHE SANG SO SWEET.
ALONG CAME (BOY'S NAME) AND KISSED HER ON THE CHEEK. AND HOW MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE?
1 ,2, 3, ETC. (KEEP COUNTING UNTIL YOU MISS)
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT ACTUALLY USED THIS RHYME
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTOR'S HOME ; 11355 Lakepointe
Keyword(s): ENDURANCE JUMP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 10-04-1970
NEW MOON BELIEF
GRANDMOTHER AND HER SISTERS HAD THEIR HAIR TRIMMED AT NEW
MOON. IN THIS WAY, IT WOULD GROW WITH THE NEW MOON AND WOULD GROW
FASTER, TOO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTOR'S HOME
Keyword(s): HAIR CUTTING ; HAIR GROWTH ; IMITATIVE MAGIC
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 03-31-1971
Jump-Rope Rhyme
I'm a little Dutch girl
dressed in blue
These are the things I like to do
Bow to the captain
Curtsy to the queen
And touch the bottom of the submarine.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTOR'S HOME
Keyword(s): ACTION RHYME ; CHARACTER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
I see
I see London, I see France, I see name's underpants.
A jump rope rhyme that is sung in derision of someone
Where learned: TOLD AT COLLECTOR'S HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |