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AN OLD GAELIC BLESSING
MAY THE ROADS RISE WITH YOU,
AND THE WIND BE ALWAYS AT YOUR BACK;
AND MAY THE LORD HOLD YOU
IN THE HALLOW OF HIS HAND.
Data entry tech comment: HOLLOW?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
Keyword(s): PRAYER BLESSING INDIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
GRACE BEFORE MEALS
GOOD FOOD, GOOD MEAT,
GOOD GOD, LET'S EAT.
Where learned: MINNESOTA ; MINNEAPOLIS
Keyword(s): BLESSING
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
WHEN THE GOLDEN SUN IS SETTING
AND THE EARTH NO MORE YOU TROD;
MAY YOUR NAME IN GOLD BE WRITTEN
IN THE AUTOGRAPH OF GOD.
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS WRITTEN IN THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF
COLETTE BY A SCHOOLMATE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): BLESSING ; CHARM ; PIOUS ; PREPARATION FOR DEATH ; RHYME ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Pious reflection |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
CUSTOM FESTIVAL
ERNTENDANK FEST IS COMPARABLE TO AMERICA'S THANKSGIVING. IT IS
NOT CELEBRATED NATION WIDE ON THE SAME DAY HOWEVER. IN BAD NAUHEIM
IT IS CELEBRATED ON THE FIRST SUNDAY IN OCTOBER. VARIANTS WOULD
OCCUR IN DIFFERENT CITIES DEPENDING UPON THE HARVEST TIME.
RELIGIOUS ASPECT -- WHEAT, RYE, ETC. ARE BROUGHT TO CHURCH TO BE
BLESSED TO PRAY FOR BETTER CROPS NEXT YEAR.
FESTIVE ASPECT -- ADULTS ARE IN THE RESTAURANT DANCING AND THE
CHILDREN ARE ENJOYING A SMALL SCALE FAIR WITH A MERRY-GO-ROUND.
EATING -- THE NORMAL MEAL INCLUDES FRANKFURTERS, SAUERKRAUT, AND
APPLE TURNS ( TURN-OVERS ?).
Submitter comment: MEMORIES OF HOMELAND GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BLESSING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F100 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Autumn Fall Harvest Thanksgiving |
Date learned: NO DATE INDICATED.
VERSE WITHOUT MUSIC
MAY THE ROAD RISE TO MEET YOU,
MAY THE WIND BE ALWAYS AT YOUR BACK,
MAY THE SUN SHINE WARM UPON YOUR FACE,
AND THE RAINS FALL SOFT UPON YOUR FIELDS.
AND UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN,
MAY GOD HOLD YOU IN THE PALM OF HIS HAND.
Submitter comment: PERHAPS THE MOST WIDELY QUOTED IRISH VERSE IN THE UNITED STATES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BLESSING ; INITIAL ITERATION ; PRAYER ; RHYME: ABCDEF NO RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.322 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 09-00-1968
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
WHEN THE GOLDEN SUN IS SETTING
AND THE EARTH NO MORE YOU TROD;
MAY YOUR NAME IN GOLD BE WRITTEN
IN THE AUTOGRAPH OF GOD.
Submitter comment:
THIS ITEM WAS WRITTEN IN THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK OF
COLETTE BY A SCHOOLMATE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): BLESSING ; CHARM ; PIOUS ; PREPARATION FOR DEATH ; RHYME ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Pious reflection |
Date learned: 10-08-1967
THE BEAVER FAMILY
PAPA BEAVER WAS SAYING GRACE BEFORE SUPPER:
"GOD BLESS MAMA DAM, PAPA DAM, BROTHER DAM, SISTER DAM..."
BABY DAM INTERRUPTED HIM--
"GOD BLESS THE WHOLE DAM FAMILY!"
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; PONTIAC
Keyword(s): BLESSING ; DAMN ; HUMOR ; PRAYERS ; TALKING ANIMALS ; WORD PLAY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
IRISH TOAST
HEALTH AND LONG LIFE TO YOU
LAND WITHOUT RENT TO YOU
A CHILD EVERY YEAR TO YOU
AND MAY YOU DIE IN IRELAND.
Submitter comment: ATTITUDE: TRUSTING
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR ; TOLD AT HER HOME
Keyword(s): DRINKING BLESSING WISH
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS ; IDEAL BIRTHDAY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 01-15-1972
GOOD SILVER, GOOD MEAT,
GOOD GOD, LET'S EAT.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): PARODY HUMOR BLESSING
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION
PRAYER SUPPLICATION
WHEN SOMEONE SNEEZES REPLY:
GOD BLESS YOU.
MAY THE ANGELS KISS YOU
AND THE DEVILS MISS YOU.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS ; BLESSING ; METAPHOR ; PARALLEL STRUCTURE
James Callow Keyword(s): FINAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.646 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1963
Ethnic: Ukraine
Wedding Custom:
Before setting out for the church wedding ceremony, the Ukranian couple approach the two sets of parents and ask them for the parent's blessing. They then kneel before the parents, on a specially embroidered cloth "rushyk." The parents make the sign of the cross over them with a holyicon, then with a loaf of bread- touch each on the forehead. They wish them luck, health and many happy and prosperous years.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; Myself
Keyword(s): BLESSING ; Cloth ; CUSTOMS ; ETHNIC ; FAMILY ; MARRIAGE ; Ukraine ; WEDDING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Ethnic: Polish
Wedding Custom:
Offering bread and wine to newlyweds just before they leave the reception is a traditional way of wishing good luck for them. [sic]
Submitter comment:
This little ceremony was observed at several Polish weddings that I attended.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: Myself
Keyword(s): BLESSING ; CEREMONY ; CUSTOM ; ETHNIC ; FOOD ; LUCK ; MARRIAGE ; POLAND ; POLISH ; WEDDING ; Wine
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Toast
Gaelic Blassing:
May the road rise to meet you, and the wind be always at your back, and may the Lord hold you in the hollow of his hand.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Listed as a toast by other collectors
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; McGartland, Bernard ; 19493 Biltmore
Keyword(s): Back ; BLESSING ; DRINKING ; ETHNIC ; Gaelic ; Irish ; Lord ; Road ; Social ; TOAST ; Wind
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
Daily Life Custom:
When a person sneezes, it is customary to say "Gesundheit!"
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [F530] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): BLESSING ; COMEBACK ; RETORT ; SNEEZE ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Irish Blessing
May the road rise to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face
The rains fall soft upon your fields and
Until we meet again...
May God hold you in the palm of His hand.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Leave Taking?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Castagna, Marion
Keyword(s): Back ; BLESSING ; Culture ; ETHNIC ; Field ; God ; Irish ; Rain ; Road ; TRAVEL ; Wind
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Irish Blessing
An Irish Blessing
May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face
And Grains fall soft upon your fields
And until we meet again
May God hold you in the hollow of his hand.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs Added By TRD
James Callow comment:
Leave-Talking?
Too long, so not included.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 19479 WOODBINE ; Harrington, Mrs John ; Harrington, Nora
Keyword(s): BLESSING ; Culture ; God ; Grain ; Irish ; Road ; TRAVEL ; VERSE ; Well Wishes ; Wind
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
BELIEF
SIVIETA URSZULA PERTY ROZSUWA.
ST. URSULA DISTRIBUTES PEARLS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Dylza, Helen
Keyword(s): BLESSING ; GEMS ; Pearls ; Saint ; Saint Ursula
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FINGER LAKES BELIEF
THE IROQUOIS BELIEVED THAT THE FINGER LAKES OF UPPER NEW
YORK STATE WERE FORMED BY THE HAND OF GOD, DESCENDING IN BLESSING
UPON THE LAND.
Submitter comment:
MR. WYATT LEARNED OF THE LEGEND WHILE LIVING IN GENEVA, NEW YORK
HIS HOME. GENEVA IS ONE OF THE FINGER LAKES.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Wyatt, John
Keyword(s): AMERICAN INDIAN ; BELIEF ; BLESSING ; ETYMOLOGY ; Finger ; Finger Lakes ; Hand of God ; INDIAN ; Iroquois ; Lakes ; Lakes ; Legend ; NEW YORK ; Origin ; WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Still water Small body. |
Date learned: 10-22-1965
Superstition
If you give someone a present or a wallet or a purse put a penny in and they will never be broke.
Data entry tech comment:
Entered by TRD
Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO ; Baratta, Clare
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; BLESSING ; COIN ; CUSTOM ; GIFT ; LUCK ; MONEY ; MONEY ; Purse ; SUPERSTITION ; Wallet ; WEALTH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P553 |
A male being the first person to enter your house on New
Year's Day would mean that you and your home would be blessed
with good fortune all year.
James Callow comment:
See Hand, North Carolina, nos. 3886, 3889-3890.
Where learned: GEORGIA
Keyword(s): BLESSING ; Guest ; Home ; Host ; LUCK ; Male ; Man ; New Year ; SIGN ; SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXISM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's |