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Ethnic: Belgium

Funeral Custom:

When a dead person is laid out, a photographer takes a picture of the corpse. The family keeps this picture.

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Where learned: BELGIUM ; Colruyt, Mrs. Rina

Keyword(s): CUSTOM ; DEATH ; FAMILY ; Funeral ; Photograph ; Picture ; Soul

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial

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Proverb

One picture is worth a thousand words.

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From - Uncertain

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; Whittlesey, Mary Ann

Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Maxim ; Picture ; PROVERB ; SPEECH ; VERSE ; WORDS

Subject headings: PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim

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Language: Rhyme

Ridicule Rhyme:

Tattle Tale, Tattle Tale
Hang your britches on a nail,
Hang them high, hang them low,
Hang them in a picture show.
Hang them 'till your fanny shows.

Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE

Keyword(s): BRITCHES ; Entertainment ; Fanny ; Hang ; High ; Language ; Low ; Nail ; Picture Show ; rat ; RHYME ; RIDICULE ; Tattle Tale

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse

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FIRE PREVENTION- ALLGAU, BAVARIA, GERMANY

IN ORDER TO PREVENT HOUSE FIRES, ALWAYS KEEP A PICTURE
OF ST. FLORIAN IN THE HOME.

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; Eberspacher, Alois

Keyword(s): Bavaria ; FIRE ; GERMAN ; Germany ; Patron ; Picture ; PRAYER ; PREVENTION ; Saint ; Saint Florian

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Religious hero
BELIEF -- Fire

Date learned: 11-17-1968

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MOTHER AND CHILD

THE CHURCH OF ST. LUKE IN BOLOGNA, ITALY HOUSES THE FAMOUS
JEWEL STUDDED PICTURE OF THE MADONNA AND CHILD WHICH IS
BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN PAINTED BY ST. LUKE. A GREAT MANY MIRACLES
ARE ATTRIBUTED TO IT.

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT ; McKenna, Celeste

Keyword(s): BALOGNA ; Jewel ; Madonna ; PAINTING ; Patron ; Picture ; Saint ; Saint Luke

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Religious hero

Date learned: 00001968 (FALL)

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