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Custom
Fellowship Supper is a custom that Methodists have of a covered dish supper.
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Where learned: Harwell, H Q
Keyword(s): Community ; Covered ; CUSTOM ; Dish ; Fellowship ; FOOD ; Gathering ; Methodist ; Potluck ; RELIGION ; RITUAL ; Supper
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church |
IT'S TIME FOR ME TO PREACH WHAT I'VE BEEN PRACTICING.
Where learned: DETROIT ; EASTOWN THEATER
Keyword(s): RELIGION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-07-1970
RELIGIOUS GESTURE
WHEN STARTING ON A TRIP SAY "GO IN THE NAME OF GOD" AND MAKE
THE SIGN OF THE CROSS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
Keyword(s): RELIGION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 04-06-1971
HAVE YOU EVER READ THE BIBLE ALL THE WAY THROUGH? NO? DON'T
BOTHER; THE HERO DIES IN THE MIDDLE.
Where learned: UNKNOWN
Keyword(s): RELIGION
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
THE FIRST WISE MAN KNELT AND PUT HIS GIFT OF GOLD NEXT TO THE
CHRIST CHILD. THE SECOND KNELT AND PRESENTED HIS FRANKENCENSE.
THE THIRD KNELT AND PRESENTED HIS GIFT OF MYRRH. WHEN HE AROSE HE
SMACKED HIS HEAD ON A LOW TIMBER OF THE STABLE. IN ANGUISH, HE
SCREAMED OUT "JESUS CHRIST", AT WHICH MARY TURNED TO JOSEPH AND
SAID, "YOU KNOW JOE, THAT HAS A HELLUVA LOT BETTER RING TO IT
THAN IRVING."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGION
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
RIDDLE QUESTION
WHAT ARE THE ONLY FIVE MAN-MADE THINGS IN HEAVEN?
-- THE FIVE WOUNDS OF JESUS CHRIST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): RELIGION
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
RIDDLE
WHAT DO YOU CALL A MAN WHO LOVES OTHER MEN?
-- A CHRISTIAN
Keyword(s): RELIGION
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-04-1970
RIDDLE
WHAT DO YOU CALL A MAN WHO MARRIES ANOTHER MAN?
-- A MINISTER
Keyword(s): RELIGION
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-04-1970
Custom
The family of the deceased attends mass for six consecutive weeks. Each week the family brings fruit, candy, or fruit for the entire parish. At the end of the six week period an entire mass is said in memory of the deceased . The family brings wine, three large raisin breads, fruit, and boiled wheat for the parish. This is done to celebrate the first stage of the deceased's ascention into Heaven. The ritual is repeated at six months to celebrate the second stage. After a person has been dead for a period of one year, the ritual is repeated for the last time. This stage signifies that the deceased has ascended into Heaven.
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Despite revisions in the Orthodox mass, this custom has been preserved. It is considered an important and beautiful ritual. This custom is so old that no one knows how it exactly originated.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Self ; 20295 Westbrook
Keyword(s): BURIAL ; CUSTOM ; DEATH ; FOOD ; Funeral ; RELIGION ; SYMBOLISM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
After a funeral the best friend of the deceased is given a bowl of boiled wheat, a glass, and silverware. This little ceremony transfers the worldly goods of the deceased to the living.
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Informant noted that this custom is not as popular as it used to be but it is still practiced.
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Where learned: HOME ; 10438 BONITA ; Zurawski, Anna
Keyword(s): DEATH ; Deceased ; FRIENDSHIP ; GLASS ; RELIGION ; RELIGIOUS ; RITUAL ; Silverware ; SYMBOL ; Symbolic ; SYMBOLISM ; UTENSILS ; Wheat
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
The Nun in the Bar
A guy picked up a nun in the street and invited her into a bar to have a drink with him. "I really shouldn't," said the nun. But the man finally convinced her. when they got into the bar she told him she'd have a double martini, but to bring it in a coffee cup so that other people wouldn't knwo she was drinking. "Hey bartender," the man yelled out. "Give me a double martini in a coffee cup!" "oh," replied the bartender, "That nun's back again."
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Where learned: Wall, Steve
Keyword(s): BAR ; Bartender ; Bartender Jokes ; Comic dialogue ; DIALOGUE ; DRINKING HUMOR ; HUMOR ; JOKES ; Pub ; RELIGION ; RELIGIOUS ; Religious Jokes
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious |
A woman was in church praying to the Blessed Mother. Suddenly she heard a voice say, "My name is Jesus." The woman did not answer, but only prayed harder. Again the voice sounded. The woman turned around, looked, and continued praying. Again in happened. The woman was then very angry and said "Keep Quiet! Can't you see I am talking to your mother?"
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Where learned: SCHOOL ; Myself
Keyword(s): Catholic ; CATHOLICISM ; Family Relationships ; HUMOR ; MOTHER ; RELIGION ; RELIGIOUS ; Religious Humor ; Respect for Elders ; VIRGIN MARY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious |
THERE IS A LEGEND THAT SAYS THAT ONE OF THE MOUNTAINS IN
COUNTY SLIGO, IRELAND HAS A LUMP IN THE MIDDLE AND THE PEOPLE
SAY THAT ONE DAY THE DEVIL TOOK A BITE OF THE MOUNTAIN AND SPIT
IT AT CASHEL.
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KATHY HEARD THIS FROM AN IRISHMAN WHILE HITCH-HIKING FROM CORK
TO LIMERICK IN IRELAND. CASHEL IS A ROCK ABOUT THREE HUNDRED FEET
HIGH WITH A RUIN OF A CASTLE AND CATHEDRAL ON IT. I BELIEVE IT WAS
ONCE THE SEAT OF RELIGIOUS LEADERS BUT AM NOT SURE. I DO NOT KNOW
IF THE MAN WHO TOLD KATHY BELIEVED IT BUT KATHY DOESN'T.
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[Please make a copy. Label it B472] - handwritten at the bottom of the card.
The original Boggs Number [P400] is crossed out and B425 and B472 are written next to it.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; PARTY ; Bieke, Kathy
Keyword(s): Castle ; Cathedral ; DEVIL ; GEOLOGY ; IRELAND ; IRISH BELIEF ; MOUNTAIN ; NATURE ; Pagan ; RELIGION ; RELIGIOUS LEGEND ; Rock ; Rock Formation
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formation |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
A woman was in church praying to the Blessed Mother. Suddenly she heard a voice say, "My name is Jesus." The woman did not answer, but only prayed harder. Again the voice sounded. The woman turned around, looked, and continued praying. Again in happened. The woman was then very angry and said "Keep Quiet! Can't you see I am talking to your mother?"
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Where learned: SCHOOL ; Myself
Keyword(s): Catholic ; Catholocism ; Family Relationships ; HUMOR ; MOTHER ; RELIGION ; RELIGIOUS ; Religious Humor ; Respect for Elders ; VIRGIN MARY
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Caught
Three men: a Catholic, Jew and Protestant; were digging a ditch in front of a house of inequity. They looked up and saw the Rabbi coming down the street. The Rabbi stopped in front of the house, looked both ways and ran up the steps. When this happened the Catholic and Protestant really gave it to the Jew. A little later, the Protestant minister came down the street, stopped in front of the house, looked both ways and ran up the steps. Well now it was the Protestant's turn to be razzed. A little later the three saw a Catholic priest walk up to the front of the house, look both ways and run up the steps. The Catholic man yelled "There must be somebody sick in there!"
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Watson, Hugh
Keyword(s): ALLUSION TO PROSTITUTION ; Catholic ; HUMOR ; Jewish ; JOKE ; PROSTITUTION ; Protestant ; RELIGION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
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A number of GI's in England during the war decided to hold a horse race to keep up the morale of the base. For some reason they were short of active animals for the event. Now it happened that the local parish priest had a donkey and they obtained his permission to use it to make up the field. The donkey to the surprise of everyone came in third in the first race. Where upon the camp newspaper came out with the headline "Padre's Ass Shows."
This naturally caused no small scandal among the people of the parish and eventually reached the bishop. However, when called to ask about it by the bishop the padre managed to mollify the good man by explaining it was only an American slang expression. The next day a race was held and the donkey came in first. The paper then announced "Padre's Ass Out in Front."
This called for further episcopal disapproval, but again the padre succeeded in mollifying the bishop. The third day's race the donkey finished second and the paper reported "Padre's Ass back in Place." This was the last straw for the bishop and he ordered the priest to withdraw the animal from the race. The camp then came forth with the sad news: "Bishop Scratches Padre's Ass."
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Original BN [ B667 ] modified: the number zero is written over the seven. Additionally, the entire BN is crossed out and replaced with B660.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Cieslak, John
Keyword(s): AMERICAN ; Anecdote ; Culture Clash ; DONKEY ; European ; GAMBLING ; HORSE ; Jest ; Language ; MILITARY ; NEWSPAPER ; PUN ; RACING ; RELIGION ; SLANG
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote Filter - Mature Content |
Custom
Buddhists wear miniature images of buddha around their necks. When displaying the image of the Lord Buddha in the homes or elsewhere, the Thai are careful to place the image high enough so that no human can be at a higher level or walk above the image.
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Original BN [F538] crossed out. Not replaced with anything.
Submission card was located in pile labeled To Be Classified
Where learned: WHILE STATIONED IN THAILAND ; Helferty, Dennis
Keyword(s): BUDDHA ; Buddhism ; CUSTOM ; ETHNIC ; RELIGION ; RELIGIOUS ; RELIGIOUS CUSTOM ; SYMBOL ; THAILAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom BELIEF -- Use of Object Religious objects |
Belief: Children's Song
STEP ON A CRACK, BREAK THE DEVIL'S BACK.
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Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): AA ; Back ; BELIEF ; CHILDHOOD ; CHILDREN ; Crack ; DEVIL ; GAME ; MOTHER ; RELIGION ; RHYME ; SONG ; Spine ; SUPERSTITION ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Devil Demon |
Date learned: 11-19-1969
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Ethnic Joke: Newfoundland
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
A minister is walking down the street of a small community in Newfoundland and runs into a drunk.
Minister: You shouldn't drink so much - you'll never get to heaven that way.
Drunk: I bet I'll get to heaven faster than you will.With that the drunk drops dead in the street and a few days later the minister passes on. The minister finds himself in Hell and asks the Devil for a reconsideration. The Devil lets him make a phone call to heaven to ask why he is in Hell.
Minister: Hello, is this Heaven?
Voice: Yes, this is Mary.
Minister: The Blessed Virgin Mary?
Mary: No - not since that Newfie came up here.
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Submission card located in pile marked [?]
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Bennett, Al
Keyword(s): DEATH ; DEROGATORY ; DRUNKENNESS ; ETHNIC ; Icons ; Innuendo ; Minister ; Newfoundland ; RELIGION ; SEX ; VIRGIN MARY
James Callow Keyword(s): Newfoundland
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ill humor Ridicule Mockery Filter - Mature Content |
Ethnic: Native American
To Pray With the Pipe:
The prayer to use with the Pipe is a pattern of free prayer from the heart. Set and written formulas are not used. I had several old Indians tell me that in the eatrly days the Indian people could not understand why the priest was always reading from a book for in their minds this was insincere and ineffectual. It is quite possible that there was a real cultural conflict that the early missionaries entirely missed. One frequently hears that the Pipe was their Bible and those leading double religious lives say that they live by the Pipe and the Bible. At the end of the Prayer, the Pipe is pointed skyward and earthward as a sign of conclusion. Sometimes the person touches the ground with the Pipe.
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Where learned: CANADA ; Tekakwitha Conference ; Steinmetz SJ, Paul B ; WINNIPEG
Keyword(s): AMERICAN INDIAN ; BIBLE ; CUSTOM ; ETHNIC ; Native American ; Pipe ; PRAYER ; RELIGION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |