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IRISH LEPRECHAUN BELIEF
THIS ACTUALLY HAPPENED TO MY GRANDPA WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG MAN IN
IRELAND BEFORE HE CAME TO AMERICA. HE WAS RETURNING FROM THE FIELD
TO HIS BOAT. THERE WAS A LEPRECHAUN ON HIS BOAT TRYING TO MAKE OFF
WITH IT. HE PULLED ON THE ROPE TO THE BOAT BUT THE LEPRECHAUN PULLE
ON THE OTHER END. MY GRANDPA FELL INTO THE WATER. HE HAD TO WALK
ALL THE WAY AROUND THE BAY BACK TO TOWN.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A STORY TOLD TO ME BY MY GRANDFATHER IN PHILADELPHIA WHEN I
WAS A KID. THE POPULAR FAMILY EXPLANATION IS THIS STORY WAS MADE UP
TO COVER THE LOSS OF A BOAT WHEN MY GRANDFATHER WAS DRUNK, BUT I
BELIEVE IT IS THE TRUTH.
MY GRANDFATHER DIED IN 1975 ONE DAY SHORT OF HIS 100TH BIRTHDAY. MY
GRANDPA TOLD ME THIS STORY WHEN I WAS ABOUT TEN YEARS OLD. HIS
SPEECH WASN'T VERY GOOD BUT I REMEMBER THE STORY CLEARLY. WHEN HE
TOLD ME HIS STORY IT SEEMED IMPORTANT TO HIM THAT I BELIEVED IT. NO
ONE ELSE DID AND THEY TOLD ME SO AFTER THE STORY WAS FINISHED. HE
JUST LAUGHED.
Where learned: IRELAND ; COUNTY DONEGAL
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
IRISH FAIRY STORY
MY GRANDFATHER TOLD US THIS STORY ONCE ABOUT HOW WHEN HE WAS A YOUNG
MAN HE WAS CAUGHT IN A FAIRIE-RING. HE WAS IN THIS FIELD WHICH WAS
ENCLOSED BY A CIRCULAR WALL. WHEN HE WAS FINISHED WORK FOR THE DAY
HE WALKED TO THE GATE BUT THERE WAS A FAIRIE ON IT AND IT WOULDN'T
LET HIM OUT. A FAIRIE IS A LITTLE GHOST. HE RAN TO ANOTHER GATE BU
THERE WAS A FAIRIE ON THAT ONE TOO. HE WALKED AROUND THE FIELD FOR
DAYS BEFORE HE GOT OUT. YOU CALL THIS A FAIRIE-RING.
Submitter comment:
TOLD BY MY GREATGRANDFATHER TO MY MOTHER WHEN SHE WAS FIVE YEARS OLD
EVERY NIGHT HE WOULD TELL STORIES. THE 1892 DATE IS ABOUT THE TIME
GRANDFATHER O'BRIEN WAS CAUGHT IN THE FAIRIE-RING, HE TOLD THE STORY
TO MY MOTHER IN 1932. MY MOTHER LIVED IN BUNCLODY, COUNTY WEXFORD,
IRELAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BLOOMFIELD HILLS
James Callow Keyword(s): FAIRY RING
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Date learned: 00-00-1892 ; 00-00-1932
IRISH LEPRECHAUN SONG
-WHERE IS YOUR PURSE
-THE PURSE, HE SAID, IT'S IN HER HAND,
THAT LADY BY YOUR SIDE
-I TURNED TO LOOK, THE ELF WAS OFF,
AND WHAT WAS I TO DO.
I LAUGHED TO THINK OF THE FOOL I'D BEEN,
AND THE FAIRIE IS LAUGHING TOO.
Submitter comment:
THE FIRST AND THIRD VERSES ARE SUNG BY THE NARRATOR WHILE THE
SECOND VERSE IS SUNG BY THE LEPRECHAUN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): BLINKING TABU
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Song BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Date learned: 11-22-1979
BODY PART BELIEF
INFLATION HAS HIT THE TOOTH FAIRY. SHE NOW GIVES $.25, $.50, AND
EVEN $1.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Date learned: 00001970S
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WHEN A CATHOLIC DEACON IS ORDAINED INTO THE PRIESTHOOD, THERE IS A
CERTAIN LEGEND THAT GOES ALONG WITH THE CEREMONY. THE STORY GOES THAT
WHILE ON THE ALTAR WITH BACKS FACING THE CROWD, A TINY GNOME COMES
OUT FROM THE ALTAR AND PROCEEDS TO CUT OFF THE PENIS OF THE DEACON.
THUS MAKING CELIBACY A MUCH EASIER TASK TO FACE.
Submitter comment:
FR. RON WAS A DEACON WAITING TO BE ORDAINED WHEN HE TOLD ME THIS
STORY. ALL THE PRIESTS WOULD RAZZ THE DEACONS, AND THIS WAS ONE OF
THEIR FAVORITE TOPICS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ORCHARD LAKE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Church Filter - Mature Content |
Date learned: 00-00-1975 ; 00-00-1969
THE GOOD FAIRY
WHEN YOU LOSE A TOOTH, PLACE IT UNDERNEATH YOUR PILLOW
AND BY MORNING THE GOOD FAIRY WILL HAVE REPLACED IT
WITH A DIME.
Submitter comment:
I LEARNED THIS FROM MY PARENTS WHEN I WAS FIVE YEARS
OLD IN 1948 IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Home |
Date learned: 05-12-1965
IN AMERICA, CHILDREN PUT THEIR 'LOST' BABY TEETH
UNDERNEATH THEIR PILLOW FOR THE FAIRY TO COME AND
GET IT, PAYING FOR IT WITH MONEY.
Submitter comment:
THIS HAPPENED TO MATTHEW WHO TOLD ME ABOUT IT
ON THE SCHOOL PLAYGROUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 11-00-1965
THE FAIRIES
IF A CHILD LOOSES (SIC) A TOOTH, SHE SHOULD PUT IT UNDER HER PILLOW,
FOR THE FAIRIES TO COME AND LEAVE MONEY THERE.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER TOLD ME THIS WHEN I WAS ABOUT FIVE YEARS OLD. SHE IS NOT
CERTAIN WHERE SHE HAD LEARNED IT.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Date learned: 00-00-1948
THE SANDMAN
THE SANDMAN SPRINKLES SLEEPY SAND IN CHILDREN'S EYES TO MAKE THEM
SLEEP AT NIGHT.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER USED TO SAY THIS WHEN I WAS A LITTLE GIRL. SHE WAS NOT
CERTAIN WHERE SHE HEARD IT.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
LEPRECHAUN SONG
THERE LIVED IN OLD IRELAND A WEE LITTLE MAN,
WHO WAS KNOWN BY THE NAME OF A LEPRECHAUN,
A FAIRY SHOEMAKER NONE OTHER WAS HE
AND THE GIFT OF THREE WISHES HAD HE.
IF I WERE TO MEET HIM ON A BRIGHT SUNNY DAY,
TIS I WOULD STEP UP AND BOLDY SAY
BLESS THE FRIENDS THAT I LOVE AND
THE FRIENDS THAT LOVE ME AND
THE FRIENDS OF ME FRIENDS THAT WISHES
ME THREE.
Submitter comment: THIS CAN BE PLAYED ON THE GUITAR WITH CHORDS G-C-D.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
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
IF YOU PUT A TOOTH UNDER YOUR PILLOW,
A FAIRY GODMOTHER WILL PUT A DIME UNDER
THE PILLOW AND TAKE THE TOOTH.
Submitter comment:
SHE BELIEVED IT AT THE TIME, BUT SHE NO
LONGER BELIEVES IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Date learned: 00-00-1983 ; 00-00-1985
If you hear someone wailing, somebody is going to die.
Submitter comment: These are sometimes wailings from the banshees.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00001940S
When I was a small child, I believed in what was
called the tooth fairy. When my tooth fell out I
placed it under my pillow that night and the tooth
fairy would come and take the tooth and leave me a
dollar.
Submitter comment:
I stopped believing in the tooth fairy when I was
about eight years old. I caught my father taking my
tooth one night and leaving a dollar.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 00001970S
The phrase "knock on wood" originates from Ireland
in a time when people believed in fairies, trolls
and gnomes. It was believed that gnomes resided in
anything wooden and that they were cruel and
mischievous. When a person spoke of good times or good things
then they must knock on the wood to make sure that
the gnomes didn't hear them or to scare them away.
They believed that the gnomes would bring bad luck
on the optimist who spoke.
Submitter comment:
The informant heard this from her grandfather whose
father was from Ireland.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; Black Kettle
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Bad luck SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00001970S
My mother told me that when any of my teeth came out I should
put them under my pillow so that the tooth fairy would leave me
some money. My mother also said I had to be a good boy in order to
receive any money.
Submitter comment: My mother sounded very convincing.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; Louise
Keyword(s): Little magical people
James Callow Keyword(s): Fairy
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
White toed sox
A good luck charm to ward off bad gremlins, was socks with
white toes. The Irish say that these socks will keep a person from
being tripped by "little people."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): Apotropaic clothing
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 00001969S
When a baby is born to a Polish mother, you are supposed to put
a red ribbon on a safety pin so the child is always protected by
their guardian angel; a medal of a saint, angel, or the Mother of
God may be added also-- but the red ribbon is essential. This
will protect the child from ladies with evil eyes who will look at
your child, and the child may get sick, get a rash all over its
body, or could even die; this also protects the child from evil-
eyed women who may abduct the child, also.
Submitter comment:
This is yet another custom that my mother has passed on to her
children. It has worked with all my grandmother's children and
grandchildren so far.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00001920S
WHEN A YOUNG CHILD SHOULD LOSE A TOOTH, IT IS PLACED
UNDER HIS PILLOW AND THE GOOD TOOTH FAIRY WILL REPLACE
THE TOOTH WITH A SHINY, NEW COIN.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; ERIE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue |
Date learned: 00001920S
THE "TOOTH FAIRY" SUPPOSEDLY REPLACED CHILDRENS'
BABY TEETH WITH MONEY WHEN THE TEETH ARE LEFT UNDER
A CHILD'S PILLOW AT NIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue |
Date learned: 11-00-1969