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IF YOU TAKE A SECOND PIECE OF BREAD, WHILE YOU STILL HAVE SOME,
IT MEANS THAT SOMEONE IS COMING HUNGRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Observation Food Drink -- Plant food BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 01-00-1970
IF YOU TAKE A PIECE OF BREAD WHEN YOU ALREADY HAVE A
PIECE, THAT MEANS SOMEONE HUNGRY IS COMING TO YOUR HOUSE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BERKELEY
James Callow Keyword(s): TABLE MANNERS
Date learned: 03-24-1970
LUCK
NEVER WASTE PEANUT SHEELS ON THE GROUND, IT CAUSES FUSS.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; New Orleans
James Callow Keyword(s): ARGUMENT QUARRELING DISCORD
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: CA11001973
LUCK
ALWAYS LAY BREAD UPRIGHT OR YOU WILL CAUSE SOMEONE TO TURN OVER IN
THEIR GRAVE.
Where learned: LOUISIANA ; New Orleans
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: CA11001973
GAME VERSE
CLAP, CLAP YOUR LITTLE HANDS. WE ARE RIDING TO GRANDMOTHER AND
FROM GRANDMOTHER TO GRANDFATHER FOR SOME RED APPLES.
Submitter comment:
CLAP THE CHILD'S HANDS WHILE SAYING THIS.
THIS IS TRANSLATED FROM POLISH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse Food Drink -- Plant food |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
FOOD
PETER WAS MAKING PANCAKES AND HANGING THEM ON THE FENCE
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS ACTUALLY DONE BY HIS MOTHER. SHE MADE HUGE PANCAKES AND
HUNG THEM OUT TO DRY IN THE SUN.
THIS WAS LEARNED IN RUSSIA.
THIS ITEM IS TRANSLATED FROM THE RUSSIAN LANGUAGE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RUSSIA ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Food Drink C855.242 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Food Drink C855.247 Food Drink -- Plant food |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
MUSHROOMS OR TOADSTOOLS RUBBED ON WARTS MAKE THEM DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
Date learned: 11-19-1972
SORE THROAT
IF YOU TIE GARLIC AROUND YOUR NECK IT WILL CURE A SORE THROAT
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-19-1972
GARLIC AND HONEY
A RUSSIAN CUSTOM FOR NEW YEAR'S EVE IS TO DIP GARLIC IN HONEY AND
EAT IT. THE GARLIC TAKES THE SINS OF THE PAST YEAR AWAY. THE
HONEY SWEETENS THE BODY FOR THE NEW YEAR
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Food Drink -- Plant food Food Drink -- Animal product BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-03-1972
HOME BELIEF
USE CORN STARCH ON A FRESH STAIN TO REMOVE THE STAIN
I HAVE SEEN CORN STARCH REMOVE A RED WINE STAIN FROM A
WHITE CARPET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage Fermented BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
BELIEF
OLIVES AND EGGS ARE PASSION FRUITS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): APHRODISIACS
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Food Drink -- Animal product Egg BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 10-01-1965
CURE
IF A CHILD, USUALLY A BABY, IS SUFFERING FROM AN ILLNESS, USUALLY A
CHILD'S ILLNESS LIKE A COLD OR FLU, YOU SHOULD CUT OFF THE EAR OF A
CAT. THEN DRIP THE BLOOD ON A PIECE OF BREAD AND FEED IT TO THE
INFANT. THIS IS SALEM WITCHCRAFT.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT THOUGHT THIS WAS A SICKENING THING TO DO, BUT HE
TALKED OF IT AS AN AUTHENTIC CURE ACCORDING TO SOME PEOPLE. AS HE
SAID, WHAT ELSE COULD THEY DO, THE DRUG STORES WERE CLOSED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-00-1975
ITALIAN-AMERICAN COOKING
ONE OF THE BIGGEST TRADITIONS IS STILL ITALIAN SASTU BREAD. IT COMES
IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES AND SOMETIMES IS ALSO MADE WITH EGGS SET INTO
THE DOUGH. IT WAS ALSO GIVEN AS A GIFT AFTER THE PEOPLE HAD HAD IT
BLESSED AT THE CHURCH ON GOOD FRIDAY OR HOLY SATURDAY.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Food Drink -- Plant food Food Drink -- Animal product Egg |
Date learned: 10-00-1976
THIS CUSTOM WAS FOLLOWED THROUGH THE GENERATIONS IN HIS FAMILY
ON ST. LUCY'S DAY WHICH FALLS ON DECEMBER 13. WHEN COOKING
ANY MEAL THAT DAY, OR IN EATING ANY MEAL THAT DAY, NOTHING CAN BE
MADE OR EATEN OUT OF FLOWER ( FLOUR ). IF MADE OR EATEN, IT IS A
SIGN THAT YOU WERE GOING TO HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F121 Food Drink -- Plant food BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
ST LUCY'S DAY - PATRON OF THE EYES
A PROMISE IS MADE BY ANYONE WHO WISHES TO SACRIFICE THEMSELVES BY
NOT EATING ANYTHING MADE WITH FLOUR - SO THE SUBSTITUTION IS MADE
BY SERVING RICE, POTATOES AND WHEAT MADE INTO FOODS WHICH WILL TAKE
THE PLACE OF BREAD.
THE SACRIFICE IS NOT FOR THEIR OWN BENEFIT, BUT FOR SOMEONE THEY
MAY KNOW WHO MAY HAVE TROUBLE WITH THEIR EYES OR EVEN FOR THE
WHOLE CLAN TO PROTECT THEIR EYES FROM ANY HARM. CUSTOMS ORIGINATE,
AS ONE KNOWS, FROM THE ANCIENT BELIEFS THAT SOMEONE WAS HELPED BY A
PERSON'S SACRIFICE AND OF COURSE THE WORD TRAVELED AROUND THE
COUNTRYSIDE AND THE CUSTOM BEGAN. AS WITH ALL CUSTOMS, THEY HAVE
BECOME ALMOST EXTINCT IN PRESENT-DAY ITALY. CELEBRATED DECEMBER 13TH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F121 Food Drink -- Plant food BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-31-1971
EYE PROTECTION
MANY ITALIAN PEOPLE DON'T EAT WHEAT PRODUCTS ON ST. LUCY'S FEAST
DAY. THEY DO THIS SO THAT THEY WILL ALWAYS HAVE PROTECTION FOR
THEIR EYES FROM ST. LUCY. THEY CAN PREVENT EYE SICKNESS. THE
DATE FALLS ON THE 13TH OF DECEMBER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F121 Food Drink -- Plant food BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-20-1968
NO BREAD
ON DEC. 13 ST. LUCY'S DAY THE PEOPLE OF ITALY DO NOT EAT ANYTHING
MADE FROM DOUGH, SUCH AS BREAD OR CAKES. THEY EAT WHOLE GRAIN.
DEC. 13 IS A HOLY DAY OF OBLIGATION IN ITALY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F121 Food Drink -- Plant food |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
TRICK OF THE TRADE
AT A & P, WE SPRINKLE WATER ON THE FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
FOR A TWOFOLD PURPOSE. THE WATER MAKES THE FRUIT AND
VEGETABLES LOOK FRESHER AS WELL AS ADDING WEIGHT TO THEM.
WHEN THE CASHIER WEIGHS THEM THE WEIGHT IS BLOATED BY THE WATER.
THE EFFECT IS AN INCREASE IN PRICE FOR THE CONSUMER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; A&P FOOD STORE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business Food Drink -- Plant food |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
FOOD GATHERING CUSTOM
TRUFFLES SHOULD BE GATHERED AT MIDNIGHT WHEN THEY WILL POP UP
OUT OF THE GROUND. IF GATHERED AT ANY OTHER TIME THEY WILL
NOT BE ANY GOOD.
Submitter comment: THIS BELIEF DOES NOT HOLD TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CLINTON TOWNSHIP
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 11-00-1982
GARI
GREENS FROM A PLANT ROOT PREPARED LIKE FARINA.
Where learned: NIGERIA
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food |
Date learned: 01-10-0198