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MARCH IS A FATAL MONTH FOR OLD MEN. MAY IS A
BAD MONTH FOR OLD WOMEN. SO WHEN AN OLDER WOMAN
IS WEAK IN MAY--PRAY FOR HER.
Submitter comment: POLISH TEXT ON 5 X 8 CARD.
Where learned: RESIDENCE
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time Month BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE FEAST OF THE LORD'S BODY {CORPUS CHRISTI}
IN MAY OR JUNE ALTARS WERE SET UP OUTSIDE. THEY WERE SET UP
IN THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST. A PROCESSION WOULD BE HELD
BY THE VILLAGES WHICH BELONGED TO ONE PARISH.
Submitter comment: THIS HAPPENED IN POLAND. THIS FEAST IS CORPUS CHRISTI.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; POLAND ; Sterling Heights ; GOWARCZOW
James Callow Keyword(s): DIRECTIONS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Summer |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
IF IT THUNDERS IN FEBRUARY, THEN THERE WILL BE FROST IN MAY.
Submitter comment:
THIS FORCAST WAS TOLD BY MRS. HAMPTON WHO SAYS THAT THIS IS VERY
TRUE. HER MOTHER ORIGINALLY TOLD HER THIS.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- February CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May BELIEF -- P0200 BELIEF -- P0500 BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 10-02-1972
IF A WOMAN WASHES HER HAIR IN THE FIRST RAIN IN MAY; THE RAIN WILL
MAKE HER HAIR GROW.
Submitter comment: THIS IS WHAT HER MOTHER DID EVERY FIRST RAIN IN MAY.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 12-00-1972
MAY CUSTOM, BELIEF
IT IS GOOD TO GET WET IN THE RAIN DURING THE MONTH OF MAY.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A COMMON PRACTICE IN MISSISSIPPI.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time Month |
Date learned: 05-03-1972
TO MAKE YOUR HAIR GROW, YOU SHOULD WASH YOUR HAIR IN THE FIRST
RAIN IN MAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
PROVERB
APRIL SHOWERS BRING MAY FLOWERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): PLANTS ; WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; RHYME
SPRING CHILLS
DON'T CAST YOUR FLOUT TILL MAY IS OOT.
Submitter comment:
THIS PROVERB WAS LEARNED BY THE INFORMANT FROM HER MOTHER, MRS.
HARRIET MALLINSON IN HER HOME IN GARY, INDIANA. (CIRCA 1925) HER
MOTHER IN TURN LEARNED IT FROM HER MOTHER, A MRS. SCOT, AS A CHILD
IN EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND. CK[ ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; FUNCTION
FLOUT=CLOD PLANTING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
A BROOM
BUY A BROOM IN MAY,
AND SWEEP THE FAMILY AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SUPERSTITION ; WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): CLEANLINESS ; IRONY (EXCEEDING CLEANLINESS CREATES ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May BELIEF -- Measure of time Month PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-01-1968
TO MAKE YOUR HAIR GROW, YOU SHOULD WASH
YOUR HAIR IN THE FIRST RAIN IN MAY.
Where learned: 21015 EVERS
Date learned: 12-07-1971
PADDIE'S HIGHWATER
AFTER THE FIRST SNOWFALL IN MAY, WAIT FOR THE SNOW TO MELT AND THEN
WASH THE EYES. THIS IS CALLED PADDIES HIGHWATER. IT IS GOOD FOR
EYE DISORDERS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT ONLY TRIED TO RECALL AN OLD IRISH CUSTOM.
Where learned: 1912 LENNAWEE SE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
"BRAIDING THE MAY POLE"
IN NEW ORLEANS IN THE MONTH OF MAY A LOCAL CUSTOM CALLED "BRAIDING
THE MAY POLE" TOOK PLACE. CHILDREN DRESSED IN DIFFERENT COSTUMES
HAD A ROUTINE IN WHICH THEY WALKED AROUND THE POLE ON TO WHICH
DIFFERENT COLORED RIBBONS WERE TIED WHILE MUSIC PLAYED. AT THE
END OF THE ROUTINE, THE RIBBON FORMED A BRAID AROUND THE POLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
THE CROWNING OF THE BLESSED MOTHER
ON A SUNDAY IN MAY THE CATHOLICS IN NEW ORLEANS HELD A PROCESSION
TO CELEBRATE THE CROWNING OF THE BLESSED MOTHER. MOSTLY CHILDREN
DRESSED IN WHITE AND PASTELS WALKED ABREAST AHEAD OF A LITTLE
GIRL WHO CARRIED A CROWN MADE OF ROSES. THEY WALKED FOR SEVERAL
BLOCKS IN THE AREA OF THE CHURCH WHILE SINGING CHURCH HYMNS.
THE PROCESSION ENDED AT THE CHURCH WHERE THE GIRL WHO CARRIED THE
CROWN PLACED IT ON THE HEAD OF THE STATUE OF THE BLESSED MOTHER.
INCLUDED IN THE PROCESSION WERE LITTLE GIRLS CARRYING BASKETS OF
ROSE PETALS. THEY WALKED IN THE CHURCH WHILE KISSING A SINGLE
PETAL AT A TIME AND THREW IT ON THE FLOOR. BENEDICTION FOLLOWED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern BELIEF -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 02-00-1979
PREDICTION
IF YOU BATHE IN THE FIRST RAIN OF MAY YOU WILL REMAIN YOUNG.
Where learned: PUERTO RICO
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May BELIEF -- P456 BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
LEGENDS, EVENTS AND BELIEFS ABOUT ELVES.
IT IS KNOWN THAT ELVES ARE ABLE TO BE FOUND MORE READILY IN LATE
MAY OR EARLY JUNE, THAN ANY OTHER TIME OF THE YEAR.
IT IS KNOWN THAT CERTAIN ELVES, WOOD ELVES, ARE GENERALLY FOUND
IN THE WOODS AND VALLEYS.
WOOD ELVES ARE MORE EASILY SEEN IN THE EVENING HOURS AS THE
STARS JUST BEGIN TO EMERGE IN THEIR SPLENDOR.
IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT ELVES STAY VERY HIDDEN AND ARE VIRTUALLY
SOUNDLESS IN THEIR MOVEMENTS AND SPEECH WHILE OUT OF DOORS.
IT HAS BEEN FOUND THAT ELVES WOULD PREFER TO SING BALLADS, EVENTS OR
LEGENDS RATHER THAN JUST SINGING AS A FORM OF COMMUNICATION.
IT HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN THAT ELVES ARE NOT ALL THE SAME AS A GROUP.
IN FACT SOME ELVES, SEA ELVES, PREFER TO STAY IN SAILING SHIPS
AND OTHER LARGE VESSELS WHILE PATROLLING THE SEA RATHER THAN WALK
AROUND ON LAND.
SOME ELVES WILL ONLY LIVE ON ISLANDS WHILE OTHER GROUPS WILL ONLY
DWELL IN THE MAIN LANDS.
ELVES AS A GENERAL GROUP OR CLASS OF CREATURES HAVE DIFFERENT
LEVELS OF CLASSIFICATIONS.
THERE ARE KNOWN FOR EXAMPLE TO BE HIGH ELVES AND LOW ELVES.
A UNIQUE AND KNOWN FACT ABOUT ELVES IS THAT THEY HAVE AN UNCANNY
ABILITY TO WALK VERY GENTLY AND LIGHT FOOTEDLY THROUGH THE LAND.
IN FACT SOME PEOPLE HAVE FOUND THAT ELVES HAVE WALKED IN LARGE GROUPS
RIGHT PAST THEM IN THE FALL WHEN LEAVES ARE EVERYWHERE,
WITHOUT A SOUND OF THEIR PRESENCE EVEN KNOWN.
OTHER ELVES HAVE BEEN REPORTED TO WALK ON TOP OF SNOW WITH-
OUT LEAVING A TRACE OF THIN FOOTSTEPS.
ELVES OF COURSE ALWAYS WALK BARE FOOTED.
ELVES HAVE A DEFINITE SPIRITUAL SIDE TO THEIR GENDER.
IT IS KNOWN THAT ELVES CANNOT REALLY DIE, BUT RATHER PASS ON TO
ANOTHER AND FAR GREATER LAND OF EXISTENCE.
ALONG THESE SAME LINES, ELVES HAVE THE DEFINITE ABILITY TO
PICK UP INFORMATION CONCERNING PRESENT AS WELL AS PAST EVENTS.
ELVES PICK UP THIS INFORMATION FROM SUCH OBJECTS AS TREES, SMALL
FURRY ANIMALS, ROCKS, STREAMS, THE OCEANS AND OTHER THINGS.
THE ELVES SPEAK A CERTAIN ELVIN LANGUAGE TO THESE OBJECTS, THAT
ONLY THE OBJECTS AND THE ELVES KNOW HOW TO SPEAK.
Submitter comment:
MY INFORMANT SEEMS TO BE BELIEVABLE.
HE SEEMS TO KNOW MUCH MORE THAN HE WILL TELL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 48013
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Star |
Date learned: 12-03-1982
DUNKING DAYS
CHILDREN IN PENNSYLVANIA CELEBRATE DUNKING
DAYS ON TWO CONSECUTIVE SUNDAYS IN MAY OR JUNE
AROUND WHITSUNDAY. ON THE FIRST SUNDAY, THE
BOYS ATTEMPT TO WET THE GIRLS WITH WATER. ON
THE FOLLOWING SUNDAY, THE GIRLS ATTEMPT TO WET
THE BOYS. I DON'T KNOW WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT
THIS CUSTOM, BUT MY MOTHER TOLD ME THAT SHE CELEBRATED
DUNKING DAYS IN DUQUESNE, PENNSYLVANIA AROUND 1945.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT ADVISES THAT HER MOTHER'S NAME IS
MARY MORSILLO GINGERICH, BORN OCTOBER 3, 1937,
FARRELL, PENNSYLVANIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXISM
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting After all |
Date learned: 09-00-1982
MAY RAIN
IF YOU CATCH THE FIRST RAIN IN MAY IN A BUCKET AND BOIL IT AND
WASH YOUR HAIR WITH IT, YOUR HAIR WILL GROW.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; PARENTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May BELIEF -- P 68 P 68.1 BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 02-21-1984
BLACK-AMERICAN BELIEF
IF IT THUNDERS ON A CERTAIN DAY IN
FEBRUARY, THERE WILL BE FROST ON
THAT SAME DAY IN MAY.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- FO20 BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
PRECIOUS BLOOD PROCESSION
PROCESSIONS ARE FAMOUS IN BELGIUM. THIS PROCESSION IS
HELD ON THE FIRST SUNDAY IN MAY. IN BRUGGE, BELGIUM,
THIS PROCESSION DATES BACK TO THE MIDDLE AGES--THE CRUSADES.
THERE IS A RELIC THAT IS SAID TO HAVE BEEN BROUGHT BACK
FROM THE CRUSADES BY THE CRUSADERS--A VIAL OF CHRIST'S
BLOOD. THIS RELIC IS PRESENT IN THE GRAND PROCESSION.
THE PROCESSION IS ORNATE AND ELABORATE. MY SOURCE SAYS
PROCESSIONS DID NOT LIVE IN AMERICA BECAUSE OF THE TRAFFIC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern |
Date learned: 12-05-1985
If you wash your hair in the first May rainwater, it will grow.
Where learned: Arkansas ; LITTLE ROCK
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 00-00-1920