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HOCUS POCUS
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Expression of Fixed Form |
Date learned: 11-10-1969
SWIMMING
YOU SHOULD NOT GO SWIMMING BEFORE
TRINITY SUNDAY. THERE IS LIKLY TO BE AN
ACCIDENT ,DROWNING,ETC, BEFORE THEN.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; ERIE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Expression of Fixed Form |
Date learned: 10-15-1968
A PUCKER SOUND IS MADE WHEN MAKING SOUP
SO THAT THE EGG IN IT WILL NOT CURDLE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Expression of Fixed Form |
Date learned: 11-14-1969
BREAD AND BUTTER
IF TWO PEOPLE ARE WALKING ALONG TOGETHER
AND SOMETHING SEPARATES THEM, THEY MUST
SAY BREAD AND BUTTER OR THEY WILL HAVE A FIGHT.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY FATHER.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Expression of Fixed Form |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
LEAP YEAR IS THE YEAR THAT THE
GIRLS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE AGGRESSORS.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Expression of Fixed Form |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
BELIEF
SWEEPING UNDER THE FEET OF A
MAIDEN WILL INSURE HER OF
BEING AN OLD MAID.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Expression of Fixed Form |
Date learned: 10-14-1968
SUPERSTITION
OLD WOMEN WHO ARE WIVES OF SAILORS
WOULD RECITE A RHYME. THE RHYME WOULD
CALL UP GOOD WINDS. WHILE RECITING THE RHYME
THE WOMEN WOULD DIP A RAG IN WATER AND
BEAT IT THREE TIMES ON A STONE.
THE RHYME ITSELF IS BEYOND RECALL.
Where learned: RESIDENCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Expression of Fixed Form |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AN OLD IRISH BLESSING
GOD GRANT YOU THE SERENITY TO ACCEPT WHAT YOU
CAN NOT CHANGE, THE COURAGE TO CHANGE WHAT YOU CAN,
AND THE WISDOM TO KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 18011 COYLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Expression of Fixed Form |
PA. DUTCH BELIEF
A MAMMY IS CALLED IN FOR SICKNESS-- ESPECIALLY BLEEDING OF
ANY SORT.
FOR AN ADULT: THE "POW-WOWER" OR MAMMY RECITES BIBLE
PHRASES TO HERSELF WHILE HOLDING THE SICK PERSON, AND IT CURES HIM.
FOR A CHILD: THE "POW-WOWER" PASSES THE CHILD AROUND A TABLE LEG
WHILE RECITING BIBLE PHRASES, AND THE CHILD WILL BE CURED.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS CALLED "POW-WOWING" AND IT AFFECTS THE WHOLE PA. DUTCH
AREA. IT IS NECESSARY TO BELIEVE IN IT TO HAVE IT WORK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH (GERMAN) ; POWWOWING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Expression of Fixed Form BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-24-1968
BELIEF
SAYING "KNOCK ON WOOD", KNOCKING ON WOOD, OR DOING BOTH AT THE
SAME TIME IS A TYPICAL ACTION OF MANY PEOPLE. THIS OCCURS AFTER
A PERSON MAKES A STATEMENT IN FEAR OF THE OPPOSITE MEANING OF HIS
STATEMENT OCCURRING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Expression of Fixed Form SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
MR. TWADOWSKI, THE MAN IN THE MOON
THERE WAS A MAN NAMED TWADOWSKI WHO WANTED SOMETHING VERY BAD.
HE WANTED IT SO BAD THAT HE MADE A DEAL WITH THE DEVIL TO SELL
HIS SOUL. WHEN THE DEVIL AND HIS HELPERS CAME TO COLLECT
TWADOWSKI, HE RAN FOR A CHURCH SO THAT HE WOULD BE SAVED. THE
CHURCH WAS LOCKED. TWADOWSKI WAS CLINGING TO THE DOOR KNOB WHEN
THE DEVIL'S HELPERS CAUGHT HIM. HE WAS CLINGING SO HARD THAT THEY
HAD TO PULL THE DOOR OFF THE CHURCH TO CARRY HIM AWAY. AS THEY
WERE CARRYING HIM, HE KEPT SAYING THE HAIL MARY. WITH EACH HAIL
MARY, THE DOOR AND TWADOWSKI BECAME HEAVIER. FINALLY THE DEVIL
AND HIS HELPERS COULD NO LONGER CARRY TWADOWSKI. SO THEY DROPPED
HIM OFF ON THE MOON. AND TO THIS DAY YOU CAN STILL SEE HIS
SMILING FACE IN THE MOON.
Submitter comment: THIS STORY CAME OVER FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAMTRAMCK
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Expression of Fixed Form |
Date learned: 00-00-1913
THE GREEKS HAVE A VERY STRONG BELIEF IN THE EVIL
EYE, WHICH THEY CALL TO MATI. IF A GREEK PERSON
THINKS YOU ARE PUTTING THE EYE ON THEM, THEY WILL
SAY "SKORTHA STA MATIA SU" MEANING "GARLIC
IN YOUR EYES."
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Expression of Fixed Form BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-24-1969
WHEN YOU SEE A FLOCK OF BLACKBIRDS FLYING SOUTH YELL,
"MONEY" FOR EACH BIRD THAT YOU SEE. THIS IS SUPPOSE (D)
TO BRING WEALTH IN A SHORT TIME.
Where learned: TENNESSEE, ASSUMED ; MADISON
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Measure of time BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth BELIEF -- Expression of Fixed Form |
Date learned: 06-14-1973
WHEN TWO PEOPLE ARE WALKING AND ONE GOES ON ONE SIDE AND
ONE GOES ON ANOTHER SIDE OF A TREE OR POST, YOU SAY "BREAD
AND BUTTER COME TO SUPPER."
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): SPLITTING A POLE (POST)
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Expression of Fixed Form SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 09-17-1973
METHOD TO PREVENT TWO PEOPLE FROM QUARRELING
WHEN TWO PEOPLE WALKING TOGETHER AND EACH WALKS ON EITHER
SIDE OF A POLE AT THE SAME TIME, THEY MUST SAY, "BREAD AND
BUTTER" OR THEY WILL HAVE A QUARREL.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Expression of Fixed Form |
Date learned: 07-03-1973
BELIEF FOR GOOD LUCK FOR THE NEW YEAR
EAT BLACK-EYED PEAS, PUT A DIME UNDER YOUR PLATE, WEAR RED GARTERS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Expression of Fixed Form |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
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To someone who is wishing for something:
Wish in one hand and s____ in the other one, and see which one gets full first.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: NEW YORK CITY ; NEW YORK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Expression of Fixed Form SPEECH -- Formula |