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Ethnic:Polish Superstition
IF YOU SING AT THE TABLE, YOU WILL MARRY A CRAZY HUSBAND.
Submitter comment:
SHE HEARD THIS FROM HER MOTHER.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CUSTOM ; ETHNIC ; HUSBAND ; MANNERS ; Omen, Singing ; POLISH ; SUPERSTITION ; TABLE MANNERS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
TO SING OR CRY
IF YOU SING BEFORE BREAKFAST YOU'LL CRY BEFORE NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
SINGING AT THE TABLE
IF YOU SING AT THE DINNER TABLE YOU WILL GET A CRAZY WIFE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-27-1968
A PREDICTION
IF YOU SING AT THE DINNER TABLE YOU'LL MARRY A CRAZY MAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-30-1968
PREDICTION BELIEF
IF YOU SING BEFORE BREAKFAST YOU'LL CRY BEFORE BED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-30-1968
SUPERSTITION
WHOEVER HAS THE LAST PIECE OF CAKE OFF A PLATE
WILL BE AN OLD MAID.
Submitter comment: GIRL FRIENDS USE TO SAY IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-21-1965
EASTER EGG TRADITION
THERE IS A CUSTOM WITH THE POLISH PEOPLE OF PASSING AROUND
THE DINNER TABLE ONE BLESSED, HARD-BOILED EASTER EGG. THE
OLDEST MALE MEMBER OF THE FAMILY BEGINS TO BREAK THE SLICES
OF THE EGG WITH OTHER MEMBER OF THE FAMILY. USUALLY A
WISH IS MADE BETWEEN THE TWO AND THEN SEALED WITH A KISS.
HOWEVER, IF THE EGG DROPS, ONE OF THE TWO WILL NOT LIVE
TO SEE THE NEXT EASTER.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; 7314 ORCHARD ; DEARBORN ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs |
Date learned: 03-27-1970
FARMING BELIEF - PENNSYLVAIA DUTCH
POTATOES PLANTED ON SAINT PATRICK'S DAY WILL BE
LARGE AND NUMEROUS.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MAUCH CHUNK
| Subject headings: | Observation |
PREDICTION
IF, WHEN YOU ARE EATING A PIECE OF PIE, YOU EAT THE POINT
OF THE PIECE LAST, IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE DEFINITELY GOING TO GET
MARRIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
CUSTOM BELIEF
WHEN THE BUTTER STANDS UP IN THE DISH WHEN YOU THROW A PAT OF BUTTER
OFF A KNIFE, THEN COMPANY'S COMING.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
HOLE IN BREAD
IF THERE IS A HOLE IN FRESHLY BAKED, HOME-MADE BREAD, IT IS A
SIGN THAT SOMEONE IS GOING TO DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
THIRD GUY
THIRD GUY TO TAKE A LIGHT OFF A MATCH DIES IN A WHORE HOUSE.
Where learned: RATHSKELLER
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 09-20-1968
DESTINY
IF YOU TAKE A SECOND HELPING OF THE KIND
OF FOOD YOU STILL HAVE ON YOUR PLATE
THIS IS A SIGN OF SOMEONE HUNGRY COMING TO THE HOUSE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-21-1969
BELIEF ABOUT DRINK
IT IS A BELIEF AT THE BEGINNING OF A SOCIAL
EVENING IF A PERSON POURING A DRINK
SPILLS IT OVER THE SIDE, HE WILL GET DRUNK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
SUPERSTITION
IF A CERTAIN GIRL IS CONSISTENTLY THE LAST ONE TO FINISH
EATING AT THE TABLE, THEN SHE WILL BE AS OLD MAID.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 10-25-1969
BELIEF
SOME PEOPLE BELIEVE THAT IF A GIRL TAKES THE LAST OF ANYTHING,
AS A LAST PIECE OF CAKE, CANDY, ETC., SHE WILL BE AN OLD MAID.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT ; 5250 GRAYTON
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-20-1970
SUPERSTITION CONCERNING GROWTH OF HAIR
IF YOU FLUSH HAIR DOWN THE TOILET, IT MEANS YOUR
HAIR WILL GROW.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER COLLECTED THIS SUPERSTITION FROM A WOMAN WITH
WHOM SHE WORKED. MRS. HAIRSTON LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER AND
GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-00-1967
DRYING HANDS
IF TWO PEOPLE DRY THEIR HANDS AT THE SAME TIME ON THE SAME
TOWEL THEY WILL HAVE A FIGHT SHORTLY.
Submitter comment:
HE LEARNED THIS FROM HIS PARENTS WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG CHILD
ABOUT 1910.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 05-12-1965
PREDICITION OF ARTHRITIS
WHEN YOU'RE YOUNG, IF YOU PUT YOUR FINGERS TOGETHER
AND THERE ARE SPACES BETWEEN YOUR FINGERS, YOU'LL GET
ARTHRITIS.
Submitter comment:
SHE LEARNED IT FROM HER GIRLFRIEND AT DOMINCAN HIGH SCHOOL.
HER GIRLFRIEND LEARNED IT FROM HER GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: COLLECTED AT HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 03-29-1967
WE WET OUR FINGER TO SEE WHICH WAY THE WIND WAS BLOWING.
Submitter comment: COMMON PRACTICE AS A CHILD.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 04-15-1967