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PROVERB
BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; GLENVIEW
Keyword(s): BIRD
James Callow Keyword(s): CLANISHNESS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.20 BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Number Odd number (not specific) PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-18-1971
THE BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CLANISHNESS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Number Odd number (not specific) PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-01-1972
SAYINGS
BIRDS OF A FEATHER, STICK TOGETHER.
Submitter comment: FROM FRIENDS
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): BIRDS
James Callow Keyword(s): CLANISHNESS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Number Odd number (not specific) PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-24-1967
PROVERB
BIRDS FLY WITH THEIR OWN KIND.
Submitter comment: SIMILAR TO BIRDS OF A FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER. ; BAGHDAD, IRAQ
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BIRD
James Callow Keyword(s): CLANISHNESS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Number Odd number (not specific) PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SPANISH PROVERB
BY HIS SONG YOU KNOW THE BIRD.
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED IT FROM HER SPANISH TEACHER, MR. FARRELL
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BIRD
James Callow Keyword(s): CLANISHNESS? ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
BARN STORM PROTECTION BELIEF
IT IS AN OLD BELIEF AMONG FARMERS THAT IT IS BENEFICIAL
TO ALLOW BARN SWALLOWS TO BUILD NESTS IN YOUR BARN.
BECAUSE LIGHTNING WILL NEVER STRIKE A BARN WHERE BARN SWALLOWS
LIVE.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 07-00-1962
STORM PROTECTION
IT IS A BELIEF OF THE INHABITANTS OF THE SOUTHERN PART OF THE
UNITED STATES, THAT WHEN THERE IS A VIOLENT ELECTRICAL STORM
HITS
THE SAFEST PLACE IN THE HOME IS UNDER A BED COVERED COMPLETELY
COVERED
WITH A DOWN STUFFED QUILT. THIS IS BECAUSE THEY SAY THAT IF THE
HOUSE IS STRUCK BY LIGHTNING, IT WILL NOT BE ABLE TO PENETRATE
THE QUILT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL PRODUCT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: 11-04-1969
BELIEF
STORKS CARRY BABIES TO THEIR PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; MICHIGAN HEIGHTS
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
ONE CAN TELL YOU IF YOU HAVE TRULY KILLED A WITCH IF A CROW CROWS.
IF YOU DID NOT HEAR IT, IT IS A SIGN THAT THE WITCH HAS TAKEN
OVER THE SOUL OF A NEWLY BORN BABY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Bird SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 03-20-1970
CRAFT DESIGN
WHEN UKRAINIANS DECORATE THEIR EASTER EGGS, THEY USE
THE FIGURES OF THE STORK, THE HEN AND THE BIRD, AS THE ACTUAL
FRUITATIONS OF THE EGG, TO SYMBOLIZE FERTILITY AND THE
FULFILLMENT OF WISHES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; 213 NORTH QUAD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 03-08-1971
WHO SHALL I MARRY
THE FOLLOWING BIRDS, IF SEEN ON ST. VALENTINE'S DAY, INDICATE
FUTURE HUSBAND (:) A BLACKBIRD - A MAN OF ( THE ) CLERGY,
A GOLDFINCH - A MILLIONAIRE, A BLUE BIRD - POVERTY, A WRYNECK -
NO MARRIAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- February 14 Valentine's Day BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 10-27-1968
PREDICTION
A BIRD SITTING ON THE WINDOW SILL MEANS YOU WILL HEAR OF A DEATH.
Where learned: VERMONT ; VERGENNES
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-00-1971
RAVENS
LONDONERS BELIEVE THAT WHEN ALL RAVENS LEAVE THEIR CITY DISASTER WILL
FOLLOW.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird |
Date learned: 11-00-1971
AN OWL
IF YOU HEAR A HOOT-OWL HOLLER AFTER SIX O'CLOCK, SOME BODY IN YOUR
FAMILY WILL GET SICK OR DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird |
Date learned: 01-17-1972
IF YOU HEAR A HEN CROW LIKE A ROOSTER, BE SURE TO KILL HER THE
SAME DAY.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
Keyword(s): HEN ROOSTER CROWING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching |
Date learned: 03-11-1972
BIRD IN THE WINDOW
IF THERE HAPPENS TO BE AN OPEN WINDOW IN THE HOUSE
AND A BIRD FLIES IN THE HOUSE, THERE IS SURE
TO BE A DEATH IN THE HOUSEHOLD.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS AN OLD
POLISH TRADITION. AT ANY RATE, HER POLISH
MOTHER INFORMED HER OF THE BELIEF.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
OWLS
IF YOU SEE OR HEAR AN OWL IT IS
AN OMEN OF GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: FROM BOOK.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird |
Date learned: 10-30-1967
WHEN YOU COMB YOUR HAIR AND HAIR IS LEFT IN THE COMB
YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO BURN THE HAIR
BECAUSE IF YOU THROW IT AWAY THE BIRDS WILL GET IT
AND YOU WILL GO BALD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 12-01-1971
BELIEF PERTAINING TO MENTAL ILLNESS
NEVER THROW YOUR HAIR OUT OF DOORS
BECAUSE IF YOU DO A BIRD MIGHT GET SOME OF IT
AND MAKE A NEST OUT OF IT.
IF THIS HAPPENS YOU WILL GO CRAZY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; CHILDRENS HOSPITAL
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Bird |
Date learned: 02-19-1970
GOOD LUCK GESTURE
WHEN YOU SEE YOUR FIRST ROBIN OF THE SEASON LICK YOUR THUMB,
TOUCH IT TO YOUR PALM OF YOUR HAND, AND THEN POUND THAT PALM
WITH YOUR FIST FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Season BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Good luck SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.