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IF THE BRIDE STEPS ON HER HUSBAND'S RIGHT FOOT DURING THE
MARRIAGE CEREMONY THAT MEANS SHE WILL BE THE BOSS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 06-00-1987
AT A POLISH WEDDING, BREAD AND SALT ARE GIVEN TO THE BRIDE AND
GROOM AS SIGNS OF STABILITY AND FERTILITY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 10-10-1987
IF YOU DREAM OF A BABY, IT IS A SIGN OF AN UPCOMING WEDDING.
Submitter comment: POLISH SUPERSTITION
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body Observation BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 10-10-1987
IF YOU DREAM OF A WEDDING IT IS A SIGN OF BIRTH.
Submitter comment: POLISH SUPERSTITION
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 10-10-1987
Whenever you eat an apple, twist the core, saying a letter
of the alphabet on each turn. Whatever letter the core
breaks off is the letter of the last name of the person
you will marry.
Submitter comment:
This is done in many of the grade schools, especially
grades two through six.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Word Letter BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 00001970S
DON'T GET MARRIED -- IT'S NOTHING BUT HARD WORK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
NEVER MARRY A POOR MAN IF A RICH ONE WILL DO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
LOOK AT YOUR GIRLFRIEND'S MOTHER IF YOU WANT
TO SEE WHAT YOUR WIFE WILL BE LIKE IN THIRTY YEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage |
Wearing opals when you are not a Scorpio is only bad
luck if you are single; if you are married they won't
harm you.
Submitter comment:
Jane, a friend of Elinor's, states that wearing an opal if
you are not supposed to interferes in the finding of
a husband. She then told Elinor that she could wear
an opal if she wanted to, since she was married.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
Keyword(s): horoscope, astrology, spinster, advice, reassurance, gems
James Callow Keyword(s): JEWELRY
Date learned: 00001987ca
PREGNANT WOMEN SHOULD NOT GO TO FUNERALS AND LOOK UPON
THE DECEASED PERSON; OTHERWISE THEIR CHILD WILL LOOK LIKE
THE DECEASED PERSON THEY SAW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Marriage |
WHEN YOU DRIVE OVER RAILROAD TRACKS YOU MUST LIFT YOUR
FEET SO YOU DON'T LOSE YOUR BOYFRIEND OR GIRLFRIEND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 01-01-1990
IF YOU SING WHILE AT THE DINNER TABLE YOU WILL MARRY A
CRAZY MAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 02-01-1990
IN THE GYM AT MY ELEMENTARY SCHOOL WE USED TO HAVE A ROPE
ABOUT THIRTY FEET LONG THAT HUNG DOWN FROM THE CENTER OF
THE CEILING. EVERY YEAR EACH PERSON WAS REQUIRED TO TRY TO
CLIMB THE ROPE AS FAR AS THEY COULD FOR GYM CLASS. EVERY
BOY THAT TRIED CARRIED A PENCIL IN HIS MOUTH. IT WAS BELIEVED
THAT IF YOU GOT TO THE TOP AND WROTE THE NAME OF THE GIRL YOU
LIKED ON THE CEILING, SHE WOULD LIKE YOU BACK. THE TEACHERS
USUALLY ENCOURAGED THIS PRACTICE AND EVERY YEAR THE CEILING
WAS CLEANED TO MAKE ROOM FOR THE NEXT YEAR'S CLASS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School BELIEF -- School BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Word Letter |
Never get married on Friday the 13th of any month or your
marriage will be doomed with divorce or some other tragedy.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WESTLAND
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Measure of time Month BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 01-00-1980
It is bad luck for the groom to see the bride on their wedding
day before she walks down the aisle for the ceremony. It
is also bad luck for him to see the gown before the wedding.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TROY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 01-00-1984
If a woman or girl sings at the table, she
will marry a crazy man.
Submitter comment:
Informant said this happened to a friend of hers who
used to listen to the radio and sing while she was
eating. When she grew up she married a man who was
crazy.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): EATING ; FUNCTION ; Meals ; TABLE MANNERS
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 00001940S
If you attend a wedding, and that night you sleep
with a piece of wedding cake from that wedding under
your pillow (wrapped in a napkin) you will dream of
the person you will marry.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 00-00-1966
Before my grandmother got married she was
told that she should never love her husband
or her children more than she loved God. If
she did God might decide to take them to heaven
for himself.
Submitter comment: My grandmother is very religious.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Gods BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001940S
In Hungary the day after Easter, Easter Monday,
is also considered a holiday. On that day all
the boys visit the homes of their neighbor girls
and sprinkle them with water. Today they often
use cologne. The girls, in turn, give the boys
a colored Easter egg. The boys that they really
like are given red eggs.
Where learned: GERMANY ; Binabiburg
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Monday Dyngus BELIEF -- Water BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 00001940S
Forever Young
If a Chinese girl with green eyes marries any man that man
will remain forever young. It is very hard to find a
Chinese girl with this type of eye color so luck is also
a great factor.
Submitter comment:
I personally have never seen a Chinese girl with green eyes
but my informant has and he spoke with her, that's how he
gave me this story.
Where learned: OHIO
Keyword(s): Eternal youthfulness
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1991