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LEGEND OF HOW BATTLE CREEK GOT ITS NAME
THERE WAS TWO SURVEYORS FROM DETROIT IN THE EARLY 1800'S WHO WERE
DOING THEIR WORK NEAR WHAT IS NOW THE BATTLE CREEK AND KALAMAZOO
RIVERS. AN INDIAN CAME UP TO THEIR CAMP AND ASKED FOR FOOD. SUB-
SEQUENTLY SOMEHOW A FIGHT WAS STARTED BETWEEN THESE MEN. AND
THUS, BATTLE CREEK GOT ITS NAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name Food Drink -- Food |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
OWL MYTH
THE OWLS OF CANADA LAY UP A STORE OF LIVE MICE FOR THE WINTER,
THE LEGS OF WHICH THEY FIRST BREAK, TO PREVENT THEM FROM RUNNING
AWAY, AND THEN FEED THEM CAREFULLY, AND FATTEN THEM, TILL WANTED
FOR USE.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY FRENCH TRAVELLER, PIERRE CHARLEVOIX.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Bird Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching |
CHICKEN BONE REEF
OLD TIMERS ABOUT THE GREAT LAKES ALL TALKED ABOUT "CHICKEN BONE
REEF," BUT NO ONE HAD EVER SEEN IT, AND NO CHART SHOWED IT; BUT
ANY SAILOR WOULD TELL YOU THAT IT WAS IN THE DETROIT RIVER JUST
OFF WOODWARD AVENUE. IT WAS HERE THAT THE GOVERNMENT REVENUE
CUTTER "FESSENDON" AND THE NAVY GUNBOAT "MICHIGAN" AND OTHERS
USED TO ANCHOR FOR LONG TIMES. ORDINARY MERCHANT SAILORS CLAIMED
THAT "CHICKEN BONE REEF" WAS BUILT UP FROM THE RIVER BOTTOM BY
ALL THE CHICKEN BONES THAT WERE THROWN OVERBOARD FROM THE TABLES
OF THE SHIPS ANCHORED THERE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU GET A PIECE OF BREAD WITH A HOLE IN IT, YOU'LL
GET A RING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ENGAGEMENT? ; HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Use of Object Dress, buttons, jewelry |
Date learned: 01-00-1970
IF YOU KICK THE TABLE WHEN SITTING DOWN, IT MEANS YOU'RE
HUNGRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
ON THE DAY BEFORE EASTER, POLISH FAMILIES BLESS BASKETS OF FOOD FOR
GOOD LUCK AND GOOD HEALTH FOR THE YEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Good luck P881.4 |
Date learned: 11-00-1972
A CUSTOM FOR THE CHILDREN AT CHRISTMAS IS TO PUT MONEY IN PIEROGI
(POLISH FOOD).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Christmas Season See F645.2 for Advent Season. Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 11-00-1972
A TRADITION ON CHRISTMAS EVE IN A POLISH FAMILY IS TO HAVE NINE
FOODS AT THE SUPPER TABLE AND THE TABLE WASN'T TO BE CLEARED UNLESS
A LITTLE OF EACH FOOD REMAINED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 11-00-1972
A TRADITION IN THE OLD COUNTRY WAS AFTER CHRISTMAS DINNER THEY
BROUGHT THE FOOD LEFT ON THE TABLE INTO THE BARNS FOR THE COWS TO EAT.
THE COWS WOULD NOT TOUCH THE FOOD UNTIL 12:00 O'CLOCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMALS
Date learned: 11-00-1972
GRANDMA'S DAYS, WAYBACK
SHE USED TO SEND THE SON TO THE BUTCHER SHOP AND TELL HIM TO BE
SURE AND GET A DOG BONE. THIS WAS USUALLY FOR FREE AND BEFORE THE
DAYS WHEN SAUSAGE WAS $2.00 A POUND. SO GRANDMA USED THE DOG BONE
TO FEED THE FAMILY FIRST WITH A GOOD SOUP OR STEW AND THE DOG
STILL HAD ENOUGH TO EAT AFTER TWO MEALS.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): RISE IN PRICES
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
MOON BELIEF
IF THE MOON IS FULL THE CROPS GROW TALL.
THIS WAS NOT GOOD FOR POTATOES BECAUSE THEY WERE ON THE GROUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANTING BELIEF
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 02-07-1972
DIET
FIVE POUNDS CAN BE LOST IN THREE DAYS BY EATING HARD
BOILED EGGS AND DRINKING WATER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT FOUND THIS ABSURD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): DISBELIEF
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Food Drink -- Food |
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
BIRTH BELIEF
IF AN EXPECTANT MOTHER GOES TO A FUNERAL, AND LOOKS IN THE
COFFIN THE CHILD WILL NEVER HAVE ENOUGH TO EAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
FOOD SUPERSTITIONS REGARDING PREGNANCY
IF WHILE A WOMAN IS PREGNANT, AND SHE HAS A CRAVING FOR A
CERTAIN FOOD AND SHE THEN TOUCHES HERSELF, THE BABY WILL HAVE
A BIRTHMARK ON THAT SPOT THE WOMAN TOUCHED.
Submitter comment:
KEYPUNCHERS COMMENT, THERE ARE SEVERAL OTHERS LIKE THIS IN THE
ARCHIVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC?
Date learned: 03-07-1971
AVOID THE MAIN DISH
IF ONE'S FORK IS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF THE PLACE-SETTING AT A DINING
TABLE THAT PERSON IS GOING TO GET SICK FROM THE COOK'S FOOD; THEY
SHOULD AVOID EATING THE MAIN DISH.
Submitter comment:
I RECENTLY ASKED MY MOTHER ABOUT THIS SAYING SEEING THAT SHE WORKS
WITH A CATERING SERVICE. I THOUGHT SHE MAY HAVE HAD SOME KNOWLEDGE OF
THIS MATTER;, HOWEVER SHE HAS "NEVER HEARD OF SUCH A THING."
Where learned: WASHINGTON DC
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration Implement to handle food BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
GRANDMA'S FOOT
WHEN FOOD THAT HAS BEEN COOKED TASTES GOOD, IT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO BE
SAID "GRANDMA MUSTA' PUT HER FOOT IN THIS..."
Submitter comment:
I HAVE HEARD THE HOUSE-KEEPER AT THE BOYS' HOME WHERE I WORK SAY THIS
TO THE HOME'S COOK ABOUT SOME GREENS SHE HAD COOKED - THEY WERE GOOD:
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food Food Drink -- Manner of preparation Kind of heatCooking equipment SPEECH -- Formula |
DROPPING CANDY
WHEN A KID DROPS SOME CANDY OR FOOD ON THE FLOOR OR GROUND, BY
STUMPING HIS LEFT FOOT AND SAYING ALOUD, "GOD KISS IT,"
THE CANDY OR FOOD CAN BE EATEN WITHOUT FEAR OF DIRT OR GERMS MAKING
THEM ILL.
Submitter comment:
I HAVE HEARD THE SAME BELIEF IN BIRMINGHAM, ALABAMA (EXCLUDING THE
PART ABOUT STAMPING ONE'S FOOT); I HAVE ALSO RECENTLY HEARD
THIS BELIEF IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI
James Callow Keyword(s): DISINFECT
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
BELIEF ABOUT LITTLE PEOPLE
ALWAYS LEAVE SOME FOOD ON YOUR DOOR STEP FOR THE LITTLE PEOPLE. THIS
KEEPS YOU FROM THEIR MISCHIEF.
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS GIVEN TO MRS. CHESNEY BY MATILDA MELLON, HER MOTHER,
WHO WAS AN IRISH IMMIGRANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Routine activity Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Date learned: 09-16-1975
A CUSTOM AT POLISH WEDDING RECEPTIONS IS FOR THE DINNER GUESTS TO BANG
ON THEIR PLATES WITH THEIR EATING UTENSILS IN ORDER TO PRODUCE RACKET LIKE SOUNDS.
THIS IS DONE AS A NON SERIOUS COMPLAINT THAT THE FOOD IS SOUR. THE NOISE MAKING
OCCURS MANY TIMES THROUGHOUT THE EATING PERIOD AND CONTINUES UNTIL THE BRIDE AND GROOM
EMBRACE AND KISS. UPON THIS TAKING PLACE THE GUESTS DISCONTINUE THEIR DISTURBANCE AND
SAY THE WORD "SMACZNE" (MEANING DELICIOUS). THE SHOW OF AFFECTION BETWEEN THE NEWLYWEDS
IS SUPPOSE TO SWEETEN THE FOOD AND ACCORDINGLY PLACATE THE GUESTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Glassware tapping Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group |
Date learned: 10-00-1975