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GROUNDHOG
IF THE GROUNDHOG COMES OUT ON FEBRUARY 2ND AND SEES A
SHADOW, THEN THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE SIX WEEKS LEFT OF WINTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; RESIDENCE HALLS
| Subject headings: | 686 Sixths / Six CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- February 2 Candlemas Groundhog Day BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00001950S AND 00001960S
CUSTOM
TO BRING GOOD LUCK FOR THE UPCOMING YEAR, YOU MUST KISS SOMEONE
EXACTLY ON THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT ON NEW YEAR'S EVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; NEW JERSEY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ELIZABETH ; CAMPUS
Date learned: 10-00-1973
PALM SUNDAY BELIEFS AND CUSTOMS
WHATEVER WEATHER YOU HAVE ON PALM SUNDAY, YOU WILL HAVE ON THE
SUCCESSIVE SIX SUNDAYS. IF IT RAINS ON PALM SUNDAY, THEN YOU WILL
HAVE RAIN THE NEXT SIX SUNDAYS, ETC.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
Date learned: 09-10-1972
PROVERB
A BIRD IN THE HAND IS WORTH THOUSANDS IN THE AIR. (TRANSLATION)
ASFUR JIDEC AHIAR MIN ELF FLAIRU. (MALTESE)
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; OBSERVATION ; PRIORITY
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Sixths / Six PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
CUSTOM
A WOMAN CANNOT GO TO CHURCH UNTIL SIX WEEKS AFTER THE BIRTH OF HER
CHILD. AFTER THIS TIME SHE WILL BE PURIFIED.
Submitter comment: ROMANIAN
Where learned: HOME ; LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | 686 Sixths / Six CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour |
Date learned: 09-17-1969
MACEDONIAN GREEK ORTHODOX FUNERAL
THE FUNERAL CEREMONY OF THE GREEK ORTHODOX IS MUCH LIKE ANY
OTHER RELIGION ITSELF, BUT MANY SYMBOLS ARE USED. THE PALLBEARERS
MUST WEAR WHITE GLOVES SO THEY DO NOT
STAIN THE SOUL OF THE DEAD PERSON
WHEN THE PROCESSION GETS TO THE CEMETERY EVERYONE IS GIVEN A CANDLE,
THE SYMBOL OF ETERNAL LIFE. THE PALLBEARERS ARE GIVEN THREE
REMEMBRANCES OF THE DECEASED LIKE A PAIR
OF SOCKS, A PITCHER, AND A TOWEL
ALSO AT THE CEMETERY THEY EAT BREAD AND
DRINK WINE. THE BROTHERS OF THE
DECEASED CAN NOT SHAVE FOR SIX WEEKS AFTER
THE DEATH BECAUSE THE SHAVINGS
WILL FALL IN THE EYES OF THE DEAD PERSON
AND WILL NOT BE ABLE TO SEE
THE GATES OF HEAVEN.
THE PALLBEARERS AND FAMILY MUST MEET AT THE
CEMETARY THREE, SIX, NINE, AND
TWELVE MONTHS AFTER THE DEATH OF THE PERSON.
AND THEN EACH YEAR AFTER
AS LONG AS THE MOTHER WANTS. AT EACH
MEETING THE PALLBEARERS ARE AGAIN GIVEN
SOME ARTICLES IN REMEMBRANCE AND BREAD AND WINE IS HAD. ALSO
EACH PERSON IS GIVEN A CANDLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MADISON HEIGHTS
Date learned: 00-00-1979
REMEDY
FOR WHOOPING COUGH, USE SUNFLOWER SEEDS STEEPED IN HOT WATER TO
MAKE A STRONG TEA. ADD TO THIS AN EQUAL QUANTITY OF COOKING
MOLASSES AND BOIL TOGETHER FOR A FEW MINUTES. THE MIXTURE SHOULD
THEN BE BOTTLED AND USED AT LEAST SIX TIMES A DAY, ONE TEASPOON
PER DOSE.
Where learned: FLORIDA ; OAKLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | 686 Sixths / Six BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001920S
PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIX FINGERS INSTEAD OF FIVE ARE REGARDED
AS PEOPLE WITH GOOD LUCK. WHOEVER MAKE A DEAL WITH THEM WILL BE
LUCKY TOO.
Submitter comment: HE WAS EXCITED WHILE NARRATING THE ITEM.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Sixths / Six Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Work Commerce Business BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
IT IS EXACTLY SIX MONTHS FROM THE FIRST THUNDERSTORM TO THE FIRST
FROST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Ortonville
| Subject headings: | 686 Sixths / Six BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time Month |
Date learned: 00001930S CA
IF IT RAINS ON EASTER SUNDAY, IT WILL RAIN THE NEXT SIX SUNDAYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Ortonville
| Subject headings: | 686 Sixths / Six CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 10-00-1987 ; 00001930S CA.
Vision
My father remembers that his nephew, Gerry, had a
vision of the Virgin Mary in the clouds when he
was six years old, and has remembered it ever since.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Sixths / Six PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00001960ca
Apple Stix Apple Stix
Make me sick
And a wibble and a wobble
And two forty six.
If you say the number six I will beat your behind
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 17, 18...
Submitter comment:
There are two or more players in this clapping game. When
the song gets to the clapping part each player must take one turn
counting up the number scale without saying the number six. If
the player says six then that player is out. The last player
that did not say the number six is the winner. As you go around
the circle of players counting, each player must count as fast as
they can.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Sixths / Six Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1976
Working on Sundays
Whenever I asked my mother if I could go fishing on a Sunday
afternoon she would say no because she believed that
Sundays were suppose to be restful days and not to be worked on and
that included fishing. She had this belief because God created the
world in six days and rested on the seventh. So her reasoning was
that if God can make a world in six days and rest on the seventh,
therefore any man should be able to do what he wants in six days
and rest on the seventh.
Submitter comment: My mother never let me go fishing on Sundays.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; Louise
| Subject headings: | 686 Sixths / Six 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Magic Book |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
On Holy Thursday, it was tradition to go to six churches to pay
vigil, in respect for the Last Supper. Churches use to be open all
night but now with the change of times churches are only opened for
limited hours for those to pay homage.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Sixths / Six CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Holy Thursday |
Date learned: 00-00-1930
IF THE GROUND HOG SEES HIS SHADOW ON GROUNDHOG'S DAY,
FEBRUARY 2, WE WILL HAVE SIX WEEKS (MORE) OF WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | 686 Sixths / Six CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- February 2 Candlemas Groundhog Day BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A NEW BABY DOESN'T FALL OFF HIS BED WITHIN SIX WEEKS,
SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN TO HIM.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | 686 Sixths / Six Observation BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
ONE CROW SORROW, TWO CROWS JOY,
THREE CROWS A WEDDING, FOUR CROWS A BOY,
FIVE CROWS SILVER, SIX CROWS GOLD,
SEVEN CROWS A SECRET THAT NEVER CAN BE TOLD.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE LIBRARY
Date learned: 04-04-1969
YOU CAN'T SWEEP UNDER THE BABY'S BED UNTIL HE IS SIX
WEEKS OLD. IF YOU DO, THE BABY WILL DIE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | 686 Sixths / Six BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Use of Object Human beings and their activities |
Date learned: 05-05-1969
SIX PENCE IN A BRIDE'S SHOE DURING THE WEDDING CEREMONY WILL
INSURE GOOD LUCK.
Data entry tech comment:
SPELLING--BRIDES--CORRECTED
INITIALS "MM" APPEAR UNDER D. B. GONYER'S NAME ON 5X8 CARD.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | 686 Sixths / Six BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Bad luck Money BELIEF -- Bad luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF THE GROUNDHOG SEES HIS SHADOW ON FEBRUARY 2, THERE WILL BE
SIX MORE WEEKS OF WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PRIMM SPRINGS
Date learned: 07-19-1968