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Ethnic:Polish Superstition
Superstitions:
A Polish pregnant woman must not eat twin pears, apples, or other fruits for fear of bearing attached twins.
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The card has been stamped as KEYPUNCHED, but the word has been crossed out.
Where learned: HOME ; Kaminski, Anna
Keyword(s): BABY ; BELIEF ; Conjoined ; CURSE ; Eat ; ETHNIC ; FOOD ; FRUIT ; Newborn ; POLAND ; POLISH ; PREGNANCY ; SUPERSTITION ; TABU ; TWINS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Proverb
Pennsylvania Dutch Proverb:
Girls with fat cheeks have hearts like flint.
Submitter comment:
Heard in Steelton, PA. about 1920.
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Comparison?
Original BN [V200 : 700] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Moore, Mrs Julie
Keyword(s): Cheeks ; DUTCH ; Emotions ; ETHNIC ; Fat ; Female ; FLINT ; Girl ; HEART ; LOVE ; PENNSYLVANIA ; Region
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Proverb
Pennsylvania Dutch Saying:
The hurrier I go, the behinder I get.
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Located in a pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; Schwartz, Valentine M ; MAUCH CHUNK
Keyword(s): Behind ; DUTCH ; ETHNIC ; Fast ; Hurry ; Maxim ; PENNSYLVANIA ; PROVERB ; Slow ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Ill Wind:
It is an ill wind that blows no good.
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Various grammatical corrections.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Plotts, Eleanor
Keyword(s): ETHNIC ; EVIL ; FATE ; Gaelic ; Good ; Ill ; Irish ; LUCK ; OMEN ; Wind
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Polish Proverb:
Narva miotta dobrze zamiata
Translation: A new broom sweeps clean
Submitter comment:
I know this from my parents.
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Keyword(s): BROOM ; ETHNIC ; JOB ; METAPHOR ; New ; POLISH ; Task ; YOUTH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Play on Words
A specimen is an Italian astronaut.
Submitter comment:
I heard this while I was at Sacred Heart Seminary
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James Callow comment:
Submission card located in pile marked These don't sound traditional. Do not file yet.
Keyword(s): ETHNIC ; Italian ; Language ; PUN ; Spaceman ; Specimen ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Toast
Na zdrowia (Polish Toast)
Translated = "To your health"
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James Callow comment:
The word [Toast] is written across the top of the card. Also written on the bottom, right hand corner of the card: [Your name and address go here on ALL cards.]
Where learned: HOME ; Wesolowski, Mrs Estelle
Keyword(s): ETHNIC ; GOOD FORTUNE ; HEALTH ; POLISH ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toasts
May your eyeballs never cease to stop rolling (Irish).
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Where learned: HOME ; Carson, Lawrence
Keyword(s): DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; Eyeballs ; Irish ; SARCASM ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
May the sun never set on your anger. (Irish)
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Where learned: HOME ; Carson, Lawrence
Keyword(s): ANGER ; ETHNIC ; Grudge ; Irish ; Social ; Sun ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
Irish Drinking Toast:
May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows that you are dead.
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Where learned: Ward, Kathy
Keyword(s): DEVIL ; DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; HEAVEN ; HELL ; Irish ; Jest ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
May you be in Heaven a half an hour before the Devil knows your dead.
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Well Wish
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James Callow comment:
Called a Toast by others.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; Gibbons, Mary Clare
Keyword(s): DEATH ; DEVIL ; DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; HEAVEN ; Irish ; Social ; TIME ; TOAST ; Well Wish
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
Irish Toast:
Usually at weddings - "May you be in Heaven half an hour before the Devil knows your dead."
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Mooney, Paula
Keyword(s): Dead ; DEVIL ; DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; HEAVEN ; Irish ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
An Irish Toast:
may you be in Heaven a half hour b'fore th' Divil knows you're dead.
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Where learned: ILLINOIS ; Conroy, Mr M E ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): Dead ; DEVIL ; ETHNIC ; HEAVEN ; Irish ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
May you be in heaven 1/2 an hour before the Devil discovers you've been dead and buried.
Submitter comment:
Her mother told her. Popular in Ireland.
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Where learned: HOME ; Frost, Mrs
Keyword(s): Buried ; Dead ; DEVIL ; DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; HEAVEN ; Irish ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
May you get to heaven a half-hour before the devil knows you're dead.
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Original BN [W200] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: OHIO ; Brennan, Mike
Keyword(s): Dead ; DEVIL ; DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; HEAVEN ; Irish ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
An Old Irish Toast:
May your joys be as deep as the ocean, and your sorrows as light as its foam.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM ; Sandon, Eleanor M
Keyword(s): DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; Foam ; Irish ; Ocean ; Salute ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows you have died.
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Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; Moseley, Barbara A
Keyword(s): DEATH ; DEVIL ; ETHNIC ; HEAVEN ; Irish ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
An Irish Toast:
May you be in heaven half an hour before the Devil knows your dead.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; McGartland, Bernard ; 19493 Biltmore
Keyword(s): DEATH ; DEVIL ; DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; HEAVEN ; HELL ; Irish ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
may your children have rich parents.
Submitter comment:
She heard this from a Polish disk jockey who was from Chicago.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Szczerbinski, Chris
Keyword(s): CHILDREN ; DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; fortune ; PARENTS ; POLISH ; Riches ; Social ; TOAST ; WEALTH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
May you live till you die.
Submitter comment:
Heard it from a Polish disk jockey who was from Chicago.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Szczerbinski, Chris
Keyword(s): DEATH ; Die ; DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; Live ; POLISH ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |