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"WE USED TO HAVE LONG TALKS AFTER WE WERE THROUGH WITH DINNER.
SOMETIMES WE WOULD TALK FOR 2 HOURS, AND THE DISHES WOULD WAIT."
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 11-05-1972
GRANDPA REMEMBERS WHEN HIS MOTHER DIDN'T HAVE SUPPER ON TIME
USUALLY THE EXCUSE WAS THE BUTCHER GAVE HER A TOUGH PIECE OF
MEAT. OF COURSE, THE OVER THE FENCE GOSSIPING WITH NEIGHBORS
ALL AFTERNOON HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SATIRE OF WOMEN SEXISM
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
BELIEF
IN A JEWISH HOME IF A GENTILE EATS FROM ONE OF THEIR PLATES THE
PLATES ARE BURIED TO PURIFY THEM AGAIN
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WITNESSED THIS 20 YEARS AGO
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MONROE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration Food container |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
HEAD OF FAMILY
SERVE THE HEAD OF THE FAMILY FIRST OR THE FAMILY WILL NO LONGER
HAVE A PROVIDER.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: CA1963-1975
JEWISH BELIEF
JEWS CANNOT EAT PORK BECAUSE IT IS UNCLEAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ANN ARBOR
James Callow Keyword(s): SEMITISM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- P439 |
Date learned: 02-28-1971
SUPERSTITION PERTAINING TO WOMEN AND CHICKEN
A WOMAN MUST NOT EAT CHICKEN LEST HER CHILDREN BECOME
FLIGHTY HEADED LIKE THE BIRDS. THIS ABSTINENCE IS REQUIRED
THROUGHOUT HER ENTIRE LIFE NOT JUST DURING PREGNANCY.
Submitter comment:
THE SUPERSTITION IS PROPER TO THE BATOORO TRIBE OF ABOUT
100,000 PEOPLE IN UGANDA. THE SUPERSTITION IS DYING OUT
WITH INCREASED RECOGNITION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): AFRICA ; ANIMAL ; HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. Food Drink -- Meat Bird Poultry |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PREGNANCY BELIEF
DURING HER PREGNANCY HER MOTHER-IN-LAW MADE HER EAT A LITTLE OF
EVERYTHING ON THE DINNER TABLE, BECAUSE SHE BELIEVED THAT IF A
PREGNANT WOMAN SAW FOOD AND DID NOT EAT IT, HER CHILD WOULD BE
MARKED OR DEFORMED AT BIRTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PREGNANCY BELIEF
A PREGNANT WOMAN SHOULD NOT EAT APPLES, IT WILL CAUSE HARM TO
THE CHILD.
Submitter comment:
HER MOTHER TOLD HER, OLD CROAATION BELIEF
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): APPLE AS ORIGINAL SIN SYMBOL ; HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-07-1970
CUSTOM
EATING THE DESSERT FIRST AT ANY MEAL IS GOOD FOR YOUR HEALTH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANTS FATHER USED TO PRACTICE THIS CUSTOM. HE BROUGHT IT WITH
HIM FROM A GERMAN SETTLEMENT AROUND PITTSBURGH.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
Date learned: 10-00-1976
INDEX OF TAPE 750002, SIDE A
PRONUNCIATION OF NAME
WHERE I LIVE IN THAILAND
GAMES
COUNTING OUT
HIDE AND SEEK
CAN'T PLAY AT NIGHT (TABU)
MEASURING AND COUNTING TIME
ONOMATOPEIA
FEEDING MONKS
MORE ABOUT TIME
GAMES AGAIN
COPS AND ROBBERS
GOALS
HIDING OBJECTS
KITE' FLYING AND KITE FIGHTS
HIDING THE DOLL LIKE A TISKET-A-TRASKET
Where learned: THAILAND
Date learned: 00001960S
TAPE OF MISCELLANOUS INFORMATION
INVENTORY OF TAPE;NIGERIAN FUNERALS,NAMING CEREMONY, WEDDINGS,
CARE OF TEETH, PARTIES FOR I6-AND 2!-YEAR-OLDS,CONFIRMATION
EATING CUSTOMS, BEHAVIOR AND ATTITUDES OF NIGERIANS BACK FROM ABROAD,
CELEBRATION OF APRIL FOOLS BEFORE NOON
Where learned: NIGERIA ; POSSIBLY SOMETHING ABOUT IRELAND
DINNER COMPLIMENT (SYRIA)
THE HOSTESS IS PAID A COMPLIMENT BY HER GUESTS IF THEY "BELCH"
AFTER HAVING A DINNER. THIS "BELCH" SHOWS THE HOSTESS THAT THE
MEAL WAS VERY GOOD AND VERY SATISFYING.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): BELCHING POLITENESS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 03-25-1968
BURPING
IN INDIA THE PLEASING MANNER OF EXPRESSING A GOOD MEAL IS TO BURP
IN YOUR HOSTESS'S PRESENCE.
THIS IS REMEMBERED AS A COMMENT AFTER A VERY GOOD MEAL AT A FINE
RESTAURANT IN ATHENS, GREECE.
Where learned: GREECE ; ATHENS
Keyword(s): POLITENESS BURPING
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 08-00-1969
DINNER CUSTOM
AN OLD GERMAN CUSTOM WAS FOLLOWED VERY CLOSELY AT MY GRANDMOTHER'S
HOUSE. THE CHILDREN WOULD STAND BEHIND THEIR CHAIRS AT THE DINING
TABLE UNTIL AFTER THEIR FATHER SAID PRAYERS AND SAT DOWN FIRST.
HE WAS VERY STRICT ABOUT THIS AND OBLIGED HIS CHILDREN TO DO THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 03-31-1971
IN BELGIUM AT MEALTIME THE CHILDREN WERE NEVER ALLOWED TO SPEAK AT
THE DINNER TABLE. HIS FATHER NEVER ALLOWED HIM TO SPEAK ONE WORD
DURING ALL THE MEAL. MR. VALKEN DID NOT THINK THAT THIS WAS RIGHT
BUT HIS FATHER WOULD HIT THEM IF ONE OF THE CHILDREN TALKED DURING
A MEAL.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 10-20-1971
CUSTOM
MAKING THE SIGN OF THE CROSS WITH A KNIFE, OVER FOOD
ABOUT TO BE CUT, SIGNIFIES A BLESSING OF THE FOOD
BEFORE IT IS EATEN.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: CA00001960S
PRODUCT OR ACTIVITY OF MAN
AT A GREEK MEAL IT IS AN INSULT IF YOU TURN YOUR GLASS UPSIDEDOWN,
THIS MEANS THAT YOU DO NOT LIKE THE MEAL.
Submitter comment:
I FIND THIS VERY STRANGE, BUT I BELIEVE THAT IT IS TRUE. WHY WOULD
ANYONE WANT TO TURN THEIR GLASS UPSIDEDOWN ANYWAY ?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHGATE
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION, DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
OMEN
IF YOU DO NOT EAT YOUR DINNER YOU WILL HAVE TO EAT IT FOR BREAKFAST.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER TOLD ME THIS TO TRY AND MAKE ME EAT EVERYTHING ON MY PLATE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: CA00001965
SUPERSTITION
ALWAYS CLEAR YOUR PLATE OR IT WILL RAIN TOMMORROW.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
CABBAGE IS COOKED ON NEW YEAR'S DAY FOR GOOD LUCK. THE LEAVES
ON THE CABBAGE REPRESENT MONEY THAT PEOPLE BELIEVE WILL COME TO
THOSE EATING IT.
Submitter comment: SYMBOL
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
Date learned: 02-00-1979