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PROVERB
SING AT THE DINNER TABLE AND YOU WILL MARRY A CRAZY MAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN HEIGHTS
Keyword(s): FUNCTION.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Measure of time |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST'S NIGHT.
ON THE EVE OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST'S DAY EVERYBODY GOES TO THE
BEACHES TO SPEND THE NIGHT THERE. THERE ARE CERTAIN RITUALS DONE ON
THAT NIGHT THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BRING GOOD LUCK THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
FOR EXAMPLE: AT MIDNIGHT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO THROW YOURSELF THREE
TIMES BACKWARDS IN THE SEA FOR GOOD HEALTH. A YOUNG GIRL SHOULD PUT
TWO NEEDLES IN A GLASS OF WATER,SYMBOLIZING HERSELF AND HER BOYFRIEND
IF THE NEXT DAY THE NEEDLES ARE TOGETHER SHE WILL MARRY THAT MAN.
ALSO SHE SHOULD PUT THREE BEANS UNDER HER PILLOW THAT NIGHT. ONE
SHOULD HAVE THE SKIN ON WHICH MEANS SHE WILL MARRY A RICH MAN. THE
SECOND ONE SHOULD BE HALF PEELED SIMBOLIZING MIDDLE CLASS WEALTH AND
THE THIRD ONE SHOULD BE COMPLETELY PEELED MEANING POVERTY. IN THE
MORNING SHE SHOULD PUT HER HAND UNDER THE PILLOW WITHOUT LOOKING,
AND TAKE ONE BEAN. THIS WILL DETERMINE HER ECONOMICAL STATUS IN HER
MARRIAGE. PUT A GLASS OF WATER UNDER YOUR BED TO KEEP THE EVIL SPIRIT
AWAY THE REST OF THE YEAR.
Where learned: PUERTO RICO
Date learned: 00-00-1979
VERSE OF THE PLENA
"CUANDO LAS MUJERES QUIEREN A LOS HOMBRES, PRENDEN CUATRO VELAS Y SE
LAS PONEN POR LOS RINCONES." WHICH MEANS WHEN THE WOMEN WANT A MAN
THEY LIGHT FOUR CANDLES AND PUT THEM IN THE CORNERS.
Submitter comment:
THE PLENA IS A TYPICAL FOLKLORIC DANCE OF PUERTO RICO. THE LIGHTING
OF FOUR CANDLES IN FOR CORNERS SIMBOLIZES A RITUAL OF TAKING OVER THE
ROOM.
Where learned: PUERTO RICO
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
BAD LUCK IN MARRIAGE
IT'S BAD LUCK FOR THE GROOM TO SEE THE BRIDE'S DRESS BEFORE THE
WEDDING.IT WILL CAUSE MISFORTUNE IN THE MARRIAGE.
Where learned: PUERTO RICO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
SUPERSTITION
IF A GIRL SINGS AT THE TABLE SHE WILL HAVE A CRAZY HUSBAND.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Song BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
SUPERSTITION
IT IS BELIEVED IN QUEBEC, CANADA, AT THE SHRINE OF STE. ANNE
DE BEAUPRE THAT IF ONE TOUCHES THE BONE ON DISPLAY AS A PILGRIM, ONE
WOULD RECEIVE AN ETERNAL REWARD IN HEAVEN. IF ONE WAS SINGLE AND
WANTED TO RECEIVE STE. ANNE'S BLESSING, ONE COULD TOUCH THE RELIC
AND FIND A SPOUSE. IF
ONE WAS MARRIED, ONE WOULD HAVE A LONG AND HAPPY MARRIAGE AND
THE HUSBAND WOULD BE VERY PROSPEROUS. IF ONE WAS PIOUS,
ONE WOULD RECEIVE THE GIFT OF A VOCATION TO THE PRIESTHOOD OR
RELIGIOUS LIFE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED ITEM WHILE IN CANADA ON TOUR OF MARIAN SHRINES.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Church BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
GETTING MARRIED
"CHANGE YOUR NAME AND NOT THE LETTER,
CHANGE FOR WORSE AND NOT FOR BETTER."
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR ; WRITTEN IN A LETTER
Keyword(s): MARRIAGE
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | 860 Belief BELIEF -- Marriage SPEECH -- FamilyGroup |
Date learned: 01-30-1970
INVITE HIM TO THE WEDDING AND HE DRINKS TO YOUR WEDDING NEXT YEAR.
TRANSLATION OF GREEK TEXT ON THE 5 X 8 CARD
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT THE PERSON WILL DRINK SO MUCH TO EXCESS
THAT HE WOULD
HAVE ENOUGH LIQUOR IN HIM TO BE DRUNK IF YOUR WEDDING WAS ONE YEAR
FROM THE DATE IT ACTUALLY WAS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
Keyword(s): DRUNKENNESS
| Subject headings: | Favorites Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage BELIEF -- Marriage PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
THE CLADDOUGH RING
AN IRISH ENGAGEMENT RING IS CALLED A CLADDOUGH RING, A HEART HELD
IN TWO HANDS UNDER A CROWN. WHEN WORN ON THE LEFT HAND IT
SYMBOLIZES THAT THERE IS SOMEONE SPECIAL IN YOUR LIFE. WHEN WORN
ON THE RIGHT HAND WITH THE HEART FACING YOU, IT MEANS THAT THERE
IS SOMEONE THAT YOU ARE ESPECIALLY FOND OF, AND WORN ON THE
RIGHT HAND WITH THE HEART FACING OUT IT MEANS THAT YOUR HEART
IS STILL OPEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION ; SYMBOLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: CA02001980
ASURING GOOD WEATHER FOR A WEDDING
ON THE DAY OF A WEDDING IN YOUR FAMILY, TO INSURE THAT IT WILL NOT
RAIN, THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO HANG A ROSARY IN THE TREE IN THE
BACKYARD. THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT THE LORD WOULD NEVER RAIN
ON THE ROSARY AND HAPPY THE BRIDE THE SUN SHINES ON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through |
Date learned: CA02001980
IF A WOMAN SITS AT THE HEAD OF THE TABLE, SHE WILL NEVER MARRY
Where learned: MEXICO
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
Date learned: CA12001977
THE PERSON IN FRONT OF WHOM THE CORK FROM A BOTTLE
OF CHAMPAGNE FALLS WILL BE THE NEXT TO MARRY.
Where learned: MEXICO
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage |
FOR ROMANTIC TROUBLES, TURN A STATUE OF ST. ANTHONY UPSIDE DOWN,
UNTIL HE SOLVES THE PROBLEM
Where learned: MEXICO
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
BELIEFS
TO BE HOSTILE TO YUOR ESCORT IS A SURE SIGN OF PRIDE.
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; MONROVIA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: CA00001966
MARRIAGE CUSTOM
TO JUMP OVER A BROOM, ON YOUR WEDDING DAY IS A SIGN OF GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; MONROVIA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: CA00001935
PORTUGAL SUPERSTITION
IF YOU SUSPECT YOUR HUSBAND IS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH ANOTHER WOMAN
PUT A GLASS OF WATER UNDER HIS BED WHILE HE IS SLEEPING. THIS WILL
WASH THE OTHER AWAY.
Submitter comment: PORTUGAL MEN THIMK OF THEMSELVES AS BEING VERY MACHO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
DRUNKS
IF YOU DON'T SQUEEZE OUT YOUR WASH RAG YOU'LL HAVE A DRUNKEN HUSBAND
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: CA0001980
SUPERSTITIONS
IT IS BAD LUCK TO REMOVE A RING FROM SOMEONE'S FINGER BECAUSE IT
MIGHT MEAN THAT A BREAKUP IS IMMINENT.
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; FAIRFAX
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-00-1980
PREDICTION ON HOW A PERFORMANCE WILL GO.
IF YOU HAVE A BAD REHEARSAL (PLAYS, CONCERTS, OR WEDDINGS) YOU'LL
A GOOD PERFORMANCE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 04-00-1980
A SUPERSTITION ABOUT TUESDAYS
DO NOT TAKE A TRIP ACROSS A BODY OF WATER OR GET MARRIED ON TUESDAYS
OR YOU,LL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
Date learned: 04-00-1980