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THE FOX AND THE GRAPES
ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WAS A FOX WHO SAW SOME GRAPES ON A VINE
ABOVE HIS HEAD. HE JUMPED, TRYING TO GET THEM, BUT FELL SHORT.
AFTER REPEATED UNSUCCESSFUL EFFORTS, HE SULKED OFF SAYING, "THEY
WERE PROBABLY SOUR ANYWAY." THIS IS THE ORIGIN OF THE EXPRESSION
"SOUR GRAPES," APPLIED TO SOMEONE WHO DEGRADES SOMETHING HE WANTS
BECAUSE HE CAN'T GET IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
REMEDY
FOR CHANGE OF LIFE (THROUGH THE YEARS)- TOMARINDO, CINNAMON STICKS,
FRESH NUTMEG-CHIPPED, ANISE, CLOVES, PEPPERMINT LEAVES, AND ROSEMARY
LEAVES, THEN THEY BOIL IT. AND FOR EVERY QUART, THEY ADD THE JUICE
OF 3 LEMONS, PUT IN THE SKINS AND FERMENT IT IN A JAR FOR 3 DAYS .
THEN STRAIN IT WITH A CHEESECLOTH. THEN THEY ADD 3 JIGGERS OF
ANNISETTE LIQUEUR. THEN THEY ADD 7 OUNCES OF HONEY. THEY DON'T
BELIEVE IN HORMONE SHOTS FOR CHANGE OF LIFE.
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS LEARNED BY THE INFORMANT WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL IN
TEXAS. SHE WAS TAUGHT THIS BY HER MOTHER OR GRANDPARENTS, PRIMARILY
HER GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL BEE ; PLANTS
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit Food Drink -- Brew of leaf, bark, root Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 01-10-1973
REMEDY
POOR PEOPLE WITH TUBERCULOSIS USE THIS- RICE WATER TEA WITH HONEY
DAILY AT EVERY OPPURTUNITY BY ITSELF OR MIXED WITH JUICES OF THE
TROPICAL FRUITS THEY GROW THERE (IN TEXAS) SUCH AS PAPAYA JUICE,
MANGOS, CACTUS JUICE, AND COCONUT MILK, ALMOST LIKE A FULL MEAL TO
THE WEAK PERSON. ALL THE FRUITS ARE STRAINED AND THE RICE WATER
TEA IS MADE WITH RICE WATER AND PEPPERMINT LEAVES OR ANY OTHER TEA
LEAVES.
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS LEARNED BY THE INFORMANT WHEN SHE WAS A YOUNG GIRL
IN TEXAS. SHE WAS TAUGHT THIS INFORMATION BY HER MOTHER OR
GRANDPARENTS, PRIMARILY HER GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL BEE ; PLANT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit Food Drink -- Animal product Food Drink -- Brew of leaf, bark, root BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 01-10-1973
MEANS OF CAUSING ILLNESS
OH IT'S CHERRY JUICE AND LEAVES,
THAT GIVE YOU THE DRY HEAVES,
IN THE HALLS, IN THE HALLS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit |
Date learned: 11-00-1973
AN APPLE
AN APPLE A DAY KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A SAYING THAT SHE ALWAYS SAYS. SHE HEARD IT WHEN SHE WAS
YOUNG FROM HER PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
PARODY OF A PROVERB
AN APPLE A DAY IS A PENNY SAVED.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR? ; NONSEQUITUR? ; PARODY
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
TREE BELIEF
IF A TREE DOES NOT BEAR FRUIT, FOLLOW THIS PROCEDURE:
GO OUT IN YOUR GARDEN ONE NIGHT, PREFERABLY IN A FULL MOON
AND CARRY A SHARP KNIFE WITH YOU. TAKE THE KNIFE
AND STRIKE THE
TREE THREE TIMES. AFTER EACH CHOP, REPEAT THE WORDS, TREE
BEAR FRUIT, WITH A STERN VOICE. THE NEXT YEAR ON THAT SAME DAY,
THE TREE WILL BEGIN TO BEAR FRUIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): THREAT?
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-20-1969
TOMATO BELIEF
TOMATOS ONLY RIPEN IN THE FULL MOONLIGHT
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT CLAIMS HE WAS TOLD THIS BY HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant |
TOMATO BELIEF
IF YOU EAT MANY TOMATOS, YOUR SKIN WILL TURN RED.
Where learned: OHIO ; NORTH OLMSTED
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR ; HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
TREE BELIEF
TREES WHICH BEAR FRUIT WILL BEAR BETTER FRUIT IF ONE DRIVES A NAIL
INTO THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): IRON?
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-20-1970
FOOD BELIEF
IT IS A CUSTOM IN SOUTHERN FRANCE TO PEAL THE SKIN OFF PEACHES SO
THAT THEY DO NOT STICK TO THE INSIDE OF YOUR STOMACH IF YOU EAT
IT.
Where learned: SOUTHERN FRANCE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PREGNANCY BELIEF
IN INDIA WHEN A WOMAN IS PREGNANT SHE CAN NOT EAT PAPYA
BECAUSE IT IS A HEATY FRUIT.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
BLACK TABOO
IF YOU EAT BLACK GRAPES OR BLACK FIGS THEN SOME SORT OF BAD LUCK
WILL COME TO YOU, SUCH AS BAD NEWS, OR YOU WILL DO SOMETHING
THAT YOU WILL REGRET LATER. HOWEVER RED, WHITE , GREEN, AND BLUE
GRAPES AND FIGS ARE FINE TO EAT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; KALAMAZOO
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
PLANT LEGEND
THERE IS A TYPE OF TREE THAT LOOKS LIKE AN ORDINARY TREE IN
THE DAYTIME, BUT AT NIGHT IT GROWS MANY DIFFERENT TYPES OF FRUIT.
IF YOU PICKED SOME OF THIS FRUIT, THE ROOTS OF THE TREE WOULD
COME OUT OF THE GROUND AND DEVOUR YOU.
THESE TREES COULD BE IN GROUPS
THE TREE CAN ALSO MOVE IN THE NIGHT BY WALKING ON ITS ROOTS.
BUT IT HAS TO RETURN TO ITS: ORIGINAL POSITION BY DAWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FRUIT BELIEF
IF YOU SWALLOW A GRAPEFRUIT OR ORANGE SEEDS, IT WILL GROW IN YOUR
STOMACH.
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
HOME BELIEF
A LEMON CUT OPEN IN AN ICEBOX IS SUPPOSED TO KEEP IT SMELLING
FRESH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 04-00-1971
PREGNANCY BELIEF
A PREGNANT WOMAN IS PROHIBITED FROM PICKING FRUIT FROM A TREE OR
THE TREE WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FOOD BELIEF
WHILE LIVING IN JAPAN, MY MOTHER OBSERVED THE JAPANESE
CUSTOM OF PUTTING FRUIT AROUND TOMBSTONES IN THE CEMETERIES.
THE JAPANESE DO THIS BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THAT THE SPIRIT OF THE
DECEASED COMES OUT AT NIGHT AND EATS THE FRUIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 03-30-1968
APPLE STEM AND LEAVES
WHEN AN APPLE STEM AND LEAVES REMAIN ON THE APPLE AND THE APPLE IS
PUT IN THE ICE BOX THE APPLE WILL ROT SOONER THAN IF THE LEAVES AND
STEMS HAD NOT BEEN ON THE APPLE.
Submitter comment: I HAD NEVER HEARD OF THIS "JESTURE" BEFORE TALKING WITH FRED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
THE CHRISTMAS TREE
ALL THE CHRISTMAS TREES IN POLAND ARE DECORATED WITH ORNAMENTS
MADE BY THE PEOPLE OF THE HOUSE. THESE ARE USED FROM
YEAR TO YEAR. SOMETIMES NUTS AND CRANBERRIES ARE
STRUNG TOGETHER AND THE GARLAND HUNG ON THE BRANCHES OF THE TREE.
THE LIGHTS ARE USUALLY SMALL CANDLES LIT CAREFULLY BY THE LADY
OF THE HOUSE. THE TREE IS ALWAYS DECORATED ON CHRISTMAS EVE,
LONG AFTER THE LITTLE ONES HAVE GONE TO BED.
Submitter comment: RECEIVED BY LETTER FROM POLAND SEVERAL YEARS AGO
Where learned: POLAND ; KRAKOW
James Callow Keyword(s): PLANTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit Food Drink -- Plant food Nut |
Date learned: 12-01-1975