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IN WINTER YOUR HAIR GROWS FASTER.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; E 313
Keyword(s): WINTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Measure of time Winter |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
MY FATHER USED TO TELL US KIDS THAT WHEN IT WAS SNOWING
OUTSIDE WE SHOULD SAY A PRAYER TO THANK GOD. HE
SAID THIS BECAUSE HE TOLD US THE ANGELS WERE HAVING A
PILLOW FIGHT. AS THE PILLOWS BROKE, FEATHERS OR SNOW,
FELL DOWN FROM THE HEAVENS.
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MY MOTHER TOLD ME A SIMILAR STORY, EXCEPT THE ANGELS WERE
THROWING RICE AT A HEAVENLY WEDDING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
Keyword(s): WINTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Angel BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00001940S
RUSSIAN PROVERB
THOSE WHO LIKE TO GO SLEDDING MUST ALSO
LEARN TO LIKE TO PULL SLEDS UP HILL.
Where learned: RUSSIA ; MOSCOW
Keyword(s): WINTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V280 |
Date learned: 00001905-
A DEVONSHIRE RHYME
WALK FAST IN SNOW
IN FROST WALK SLOW
AND STILL AS YOU GO
TREAD ON YOUR TOE
WHEN FROST AND SNOW ARE BOTH TOGETHER
SIT BY THE FIRE AD SPARE SHOE LEATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WINTER TRAVEL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
Custom: Holiday
On February 2nd, the groundhog is said to come out of his place of hibernation to see if winter is over. If it is over, he will see his shadow, and if he does not see it, the groundhog returns for another six full weeks of winter.
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Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; CUSTOM ; Groundhog ; holiday ; SEASONS ; Shadow ; Spring ; WINTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |
Belief: Animal
Agricultural Belief:
A Bull Frog croaks and freezes 3 times before winter.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS ; Kelly, James
Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE ; AMPHIBIAN ; ANIMAL ; BELIEF ; DEATH ; Fall ; Freeze ; FROG ; Frozen ; Rebirth ; SEASONS ; SUPERSTITION ; WINTER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
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In the summer of 1816 there were frosts during each of the summer months in Hyde Park Vt. and much of the surrounding area. These frosts during the summer months discouraged many of the local farmers who abandoned their farms and moved westward. During the summer of 1816 a poem was written which is often recalled by Vermonters and printed in Vermont newspapers when the summers are unusually cool. The poem discourages people from leaving the area. the poem says:
"Moses saud we are to inhabit all the world, warmer climates lead to more vices, one doesn't change wives because of a wrinkle or farms because of a cold summer.
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Where learned: New York Folklore Quarterly ; Bassett, Seymore ; Fitch Against Immigration
Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE ; Chill ; FARMING ; Frost ; HARVEST ; Hyde Park ; Language ; Moses ; poem ; Region ; SEASON ; Summer ; Summer ; Vermont ; WINTER ; Wives ; Wrinkle
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time |
Rain-Prose
If the rain drops hang from the tree limbs - cold weather is coming.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; Brown, Les
Keyword(s): Cold ; Narrative ; PREDICTION ; Prose ; Rain ; Tree ; WEATHER ; WINTER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
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WHITE RACE BELIEF
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
GWENS MOTHER BELIEVES THAT THE REASON THAT WHITE PEOPLE DO
NOT GET AS COLD AS NEGROES IS BECAUSE WHITE MOTHERS
PUT THEIR CHILDREN OUTSIDE IN WINTERTIME WITH ONLY A JACKET
PERHAPS, NEGROES HAVE COLD BLOOD BECAUSE THEIR MOTHERS KEEP
THEIR CHILDREN INSIDE DURING REALLY COLD WEATHER.
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Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; Moore, Gwen
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Black ; BLOOD ; CLOTHING ; Cold ; NEGRO ; RACISM ; TEMPERATURE ; Warm ; WEATHER ; White ; WINTER
James Callow Keyword(s): CLOTHING ; COLOR
| Subject headings: | 53O |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
Long Johns (long underwear)
Long underwear is worn the winter months under your clothes
to protect you from the cold.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CLOTHING ; Cold ; Fashion ; Layers ; Warmth ; WINTER
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Lower body and legs |