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VENGEANCE TREE LEGEND AT NOTRE DAME UNIVERSITY
" THE VENGEANCE TREE IS NEAR THE SHORE OF ST. MARY'S LAKE ON THE
NOTRE DAME CAMPUS, SOUTH BEND, IND. AN INDIAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING A
WHITE MAN WAS TRIED NEAR THE SITE. HE SWORE INNOCENCE, AND SAID THAT
THE TREE WOULD STAND AS WITNESS TO HIS INNOCENCE. TODAY, THE TREE
WITH ITS FIVE BRANCHES STANDS AS PROOF OF HIS UPRAISED HAND IN
SWEARINGHIS FREEDOM FROM GUILT. IT IS A SYCAMORE TREE NEAR CORBY HAL
.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): PLACE NAMES
James Callow Keyword(s): INDIANA ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | 686 Fifths PROSE NARRATIVE -- Plant SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
COLLEGE FOLKLORE
WHEN THE CLOCK-TOWER STRIKES 10 P.M.-A LIVE STAGE SHOW CAN BE SEEN
PERFORMING IN THE WINDOWS OF THE HOLDEN HALL'S RESIDENCE FACING THE
MEN'S RESIDENCE WINDOWS AT RENO HALL.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): HUMOR COLLEGE FUN
James Callow Keyword(s): I ASKED COLLECTOR ABOUT THIS. HE SAID THE GIRLS PUT THIS ON FOR ; THE BOYS' BENEFIT.
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
SAYING
I DON'T WANT NOTHIN' OLD BUT AN OLD BANKROLL,
AND NOTHIN' BLACK BUT A CADILLAC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 16504 FENELON
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
PROVERB
IF THE GOAT WOULD NOT JUMP,
HE WOULD NOT BREAK HIS LEG. (TRANS)
Submitter comment:
ZEIBY KOZKU NIE SKAKOTO TOBY
NOSZKI NIE ZTOMALA
Where learned: HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): AMBITION DARING FOOLHARDINESS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
IF THE 24TH OF AUGUST BE BRIGHT AND CLEAR,
IF THE FIRST WEEK OF AUGUST BE UNUSUALLY WARM,
THE WINTER WILL BE WHITE, COLD, AND LONG
THEN HOPE FOR A PROSPEROUS AUTUMN THAT YEAR.
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; 20209 HANNA
James Callow Keyword(s): COLOR ; METONYMY: WHITE FOR SNOW ; TEMPERATURE
Date learned: 02-15-1968
BOOM BOOM
IF IT THUNDER IN ALL FOOLS DAY
IT BRINGS GOOD CROPS OF GRASS AND HAY.
Data entry tech comment: ITEM KEYPUNCHED AS IS
Where learned: AUDIAS PIZZARIA
Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE ; APRIL FOOL'S DAY ; BELIEF ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb C880.890 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- April 1 April Fools CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- April 1 (April Fool's Day) BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder |
Date learned: 10-03-1969
SAYING.
IF I'VE ONLY ONE LIFE TO LIVE, LET ME LIVE IT AS A BLONDE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ADVERTISING ; HAIR COLORING, BLEACHING ; HUMOR. ; TELEVISION COMMERCIAL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
WEATHER PROVERB.
JAK NA GROMNICZNEJ MROZ,
TO LADUJ CHLOPIE WOZ.
Submitter comment:
POLISH.
IF ON CANDLEMAS DAY THERE'S FROST,
MAN, START FIXING UP YOUR WAGON.
Data entry tech comment: COMMA IN SECOND LINE ADDED BY KEYPUNCHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
IF YOU'RE TOO SWEET A MAN, EVERYBODY WILL LICK YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): LOLLIPOP NAIVETE
James Callow Keyword(s): GENTLE DISPOSITIONS TEMPT PEOPLE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THEM ; OBSERVATION PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-23-1971
IF YOU'RE GOING TO DRINK AND DRIVE, DON'T FORGET YOUR CAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 20016 BEECH
Keyword(s): ALCOHOL POOR ADVICE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NO DATE RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
JEST ANECDOTE
I ONCE KNEW A MAN SO OLD HE WAS OLDER THAN HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HYPERBOLE
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
BLIND MAN WELLERISM
"I SEE", SAID THE BLIND MAN AS HE PICKED UP HIS HAMMER AND SAW.
Submitter comment:
I THINK THAT THIS WELLERISM IS PERHAPS THE MOST POPULAR. I HAVE
HEARD THIS SAID IN MANY DIFFERENT PLACES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRADICTION ; PUN ; TOOLS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
SAYING
LAND'S SO RICH THAT WHEN YOU PLANT CORN, YOU HAVE TO JUMP BACK SO IT
WON'T HIT YOU IN THE EYE.
Submitter comment:
I HEARD MY 5TH COUSIN SAY THIS ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. IT WAS IN THE
SAN JOAQUIN DELTAS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. HE WAS DESCRIBING A
MUDFLAT THAT HE HAD LEASED.
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; SAN JOAQUIN DELTA
Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE ; FERTILITY ; HYPERBOLE ; LAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-08-1968
BLISTERS ON THE LIP MEANS ONE HAS TOLD A LIE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-00-1979
THE CLADDOUGH RING
AN IRISH ENGAGEMENT RING IS CALLED A CLADDOUGH RING, A HEART HELD
IN TWO HANDS UNDER A CROWN. WHEN WORN ON THE LEFT HAND IT
SYMBOLIZES THAT THERE IS SOMEONE SPECIAL IN YOUR LIFE. WHEN WORN
ON THE RIGHT HAND WITH THE HEART FACING YOU, IT MEANS THAT THERE
IS SOMEONE THAT YOU ARE ESPECIALLY FOND OF, AND WORN ON THE
RIGHT HAND WITH THE HEART FACING OUT IT MEANS THAT YOUR HEART
IS STILL OPEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION ; SYMBOLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: CA02001980
BELIEF
SANDDOLLARS GOT THEIR DESIGN ON GOOD FRIDAY. IT IS SAID THAT THE
SANDDOLLAR WAS AFFECTED BY THE CRUCIFICTION, WHICH IS THE REASON
FOR THE FIVE HOLES IN ITS SURFACE, AND THE ETCHING OF AN EASTER
LILY AROUND THEM.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CRUCIFIXION ; SYMBOLS OF CHRIST'S WOUNDS
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday BELIEF -- Fish |
Date learned: CA00001974
OPLATEK
OPLATEK (ALSO CALLED 'ANGEL BREAD') IS A RECTANGULAR WAFER
MADE FROM THE SAME INGREDIENTS THAT HOSTS ARE. EACH FAMILY MEMBER
OR GUEST THAT IS SHARING THE CHRISTMAS EVE DINNER RECEIVES A WAFER.
AFTER BREAKING OFF A PIECE OF THEIR OWN OPLATEKS, THE INDIVIDUALS
SHARING THE MEAL PASS THEIR OPLATEKS TO THE PERSON SEATED NEXT TO
THEM. THIS CONTINUES UNTIL EACH PERSON HAS SHARED HIS WAFER OF
OPLATEK WITH EVERY OTHER PERSON PRESENT AT THE DINNER TABLE.
Submitter comment:
SHARING OPLATEK IS A SIGN OF MUTUAL LOVE, FORGIVENESS, AND BEST
WISHES.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POLISH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Oplatki CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Oplatki CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Oplatki |
Date learned: CA00001890S ; 01-13-1980
PASTERKA
FAMILY MEMBERS GO TO CHURCH AT MIDNIGHT FOR THE CHRISTMAS MASS
CALLED PASTERKA. UPON RETURNING HOME, THE FAMILY EATS A BREAKFAST
OF HAM WITH HORSERADISH ON PUMPERNICKLE BREAD.
Submitter comment:
PASTERKA MEANS THE SHERPHERDS' MASS.
THE BREAKFAST MENU IS OFTEN REVISED TO INCLUDE BACON AND EGGS OR
OTHER FOODS THE FAMILY ENJOYS.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POLISH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: CA00001890S ; 01-13-1980
SWIENCONKA
ON HOLY SATURDAY MORNING, SAMPLES OF THE FOOD WHICH WILL BE SERVED
AT BREAKFAST ON EASTER SUNDAY ARE TAKEN TO CHURCH TO BE BLESSED.
FOODS INCLUDED IN THE EASTER BASKET ARE COLORED EASTER EGGS, BREAD,
KIELBASA, HAM, SALT AND PEPPER, AND BARANEK (BUTTER SHAPED LIKE A
LAMB.) THE FOOD IS COOKED BEFORE IT IS BLESSED AND SERVED COLD ON
EASTER MORNING.
Submitter comment:
SOME FAMILIES ADD COFFEE CAKES AND SWEET ROLLS TO THE SWIENCONKA
BASKET. THE INFORMANY'S FAMILY PRACTICES THIS CUSTOM MINUS
THE SWEET ROLLS AND COFFEE CAKE.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POLISH
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: CA00001890S ; 01-13-1980
DYNGUS DAY
ON EASTER MONDAY, YOUNG BOYS TAKE THE BRANCHES OF PUSSYWILLOWS
(DYNGUS) AND SWITCH YOUNG GIRLS WITH THE BRANCHES.
Submitter comment:
SOME FAMILIES PAY THE BOYS SO THE BOYS WILL NOT SWITCH THEIR
DAUGHTERS. SOME FAMILIES PAY THE BOYS TO SWITCH THEIR
DAUGHTERS. SOME FAMILIES HAVE GIVEN UP THIS PRACTICE.
PERSONALLY, THE INFORMANT HAS GIVEN UP THIS PRACTICE. HOWEVER, AS
OF 1980, SHE KNOWS OF INDIVIDUALS WHO PERSIST IN SWITCHING
YOUNG GIRLS.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POLISH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Monday Dyngus |
Date learned: CA00001890S ; 01-13-1980