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RISE WITH THE LARK,
STAY UP WITH THE OWL
AND YOUR TEMPER AND OUTLOOK
BOTH WILL BE FOWL.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire |
NOT GIVEN
ON HALLOWE'EN NIGHT BETWEEN ELEVEN AND MIDNIGHT IF A GIRL SITS
BEFORE A MIRROR WITH A CANDLE, EATING AN APPLE AND COMBING HER
HAIR, SHE WILL SEE THE MAN SHE WILL MARRY IN THE MIRROR. BUT
IF SHE TURNS AROUND TO LOOK, HE WILL DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: OHIO ; COLUMBUS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire |
WHEN YOU SEE THE NORTHERN LIGHTS THIS FAR SOUTH, IT MEANS
THERE IS GOING TO BE A WAR.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT BELIEVES IN THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire |
Date learned: 10-10-1968
BELIEFS
A GREEN DECEMBER MAKES A FULL CEMETERY.
Submitter comment:
(IF THE COLD ISN'T THERE TO KILL THE GERMS THEN MANY PEOPLE
WILL DIE OF VARIOUS DISEASES.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LINCOLN PARK
Date learned: 10-03-1972
WEATHER PROVERB
AFTER THE FEAST OF ST. DOROTHY THE SHIRT WILL DRY ON THE FENCE.
PO SWIETEJ DOROCIE, WYSECHNIE KOSZULA NA PLOCIE. (POLISH)
Submitter comment:
THIS MEANS THAT WARMER WEATHER AND SPRING WILL SOON BE HERE. THE
FEAST OF ST. DOROTHY IS FEBRUARY FOURTH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- February 4 BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
AFTER THE FEAST OF ST. MATTHEW YOU NEED AN OVERCOAT FOR A FRIEND.
NA SWIENTEGO MACIEJA TRZEBA KORZUCZKA DOBRODRZIEJA. (POLISH)
Data entry tech comment:
FOR A FRIEND EQUALS AS A FRIEND.
TRANSLATION BY MRS. K.J. UNIECHOWSKI
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): COLD WEATHER ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- September 21 BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-00-1965
WEATHER PROVERB
ALL SIGNS FAIL IN DRY WEATHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire BELIEF -- Weather sign or control PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
COLDER THAN A WELL-DIGGERS ASS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT TOLD THIS STORY: BEFORE THE AGE OF MACHINERY WHEN PEOPLE
DUG THEIR OWN WELLS THEIR BACKSIDES WERE CLOSE TO THE SIDE OF THE
WELL WALL BECAUSE THE HOLE WAS SO NARROW. BECAUSE OF THE DAMP GROUND
THE WELL-DIGGER'S BACKSIDE OFTEN GOT VERY COLD.
Data entry tech comment: GOOD GRIEF
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CLIMATE
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM: BACKSIDES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire SPEECH -- Folk etymology PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
COLDER THAN A WELL-DIGGER'S CROTCH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-19-1970
COLD
COLDER THAN A WELL-DIGGERS REAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CLIMATE
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WEATHER COLDNESS
COLDER THAN A WHORE'S HEART.
Submitter comment:
REFERRING TO THE WEATHER. USED BY MAUREEN'S FATHER EDWARD. HE IS 53
YEARS OLD AND OF FRENCH AND IRISH DESCENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION
James Callow Keyword(s): PROSTITUTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-08-1972
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
COLDER THAN A WITCH'S TIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): SUPERNATURAL
James Callow Keyword(s): MAMMARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-19-1970
SPIRITUAL BELIEF
THE PRESENCE OF A GHOST IN A ROOM IS INDICATED BY A CHANGE IN
ROOM TEMPERATURE, USUALLY COLDER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
ROOSTER BELIEF
EARLY IN THE MORNING, BEFORE TWILIGHT, YOU MAY SMELL SOMETHING
PECULIAR IN THE AIR-THIS IS THE SMELL OF JUDAS WHEN HE DIED.
HE BETRAYED CHRIST WITH THE KISS IN EARLY MORNING.
Where learned: KALAMAZOO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire SPEECH -- Extra Corporal Means of Communication |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
SIGNS OF GHOSTS
IF YOU ARE WALKING ON A ROAD AT NIGHT AND STEP INTO A CURRENT
OF HOT AIR YOU HAVE JUST WALKED INTO A GHOST.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Uffner, Judy ; 11321 Wormer
Keyword(s): GHOST ; Portent ; SIGN ; SUPERNATURAL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire |
Date learned: 09-25-1969
WEATHER BELIEFS
WHEN RAINDROPS CREATE BUBBLES ON THE SURFACE OF THE PUDDLES
THIS IS A SIGNAL OF RAIN FOR THREE DAYS.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P460 BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
BELIEFS
TALKING TO A PERSON ON THE TELEPHONE DURING A STORM WILL CAUSE
AN ELECTRIC SHOCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: CA00001935
FLORIDA WEATHER BELIEF
"DADDY USED TO TELL US THAT THE SUNSHINE IN FLORIDA WAS SO HEALTHY,
NO ONE EVER DIED, AND THAT'S WHY THE POOREST MEN
IN FLORIDA WERE THOSE WHO SELL CEMETERY PLOTS".
Where learned: OHIO ; FLORIDA ; ALLIANCE ; EUSTIS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 11-13-1980 ; 00001920S
THE WEATHER REFLECTS THE ENVIRONMENT. IN THE OLD DAYS
THE WEATHER WAS BETTER BECAUSE PEOPLE WERE NOT SO
EVIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire |
IT WAS TRADITION AT MY HOUSE THAT WHEN THE SKY WAS
PINK IN THE MORNING OR EVENING THAT MRS. SANTA CLAUS
WAS BAKING COOKIES. I THOUGHT SO BECAUSE HER OVEN
WOULD LIGHT UP THE SKY.
Submitter comment:
MY INFORMANT GOT VERY EXCITED ABOUT THE UPCOMING
HOLIDAY SEASON WHEN THIS SUBJECT CAME OUT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire |
Date learned: 00001940S