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TOWER OF LONDON LEGEND
IN THE TOWER OF LONDON, ONE CAN SEE ANNE BOLYN WALK AROUND
THE TOWER PROPER ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF HER BEHEADING.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): WIFE OF HENRY VIII
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
IF THE SUN SHINES WHILE IT IS RAINING, THE DEVIL IS WHIPPING
HIS WIFE WITH A RIN PAN.
Where learned: ALABAMA, ASSUMED ; HUNTSVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): DEVIL BEATING HIS WIFE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 06-18-1972
Ethnic: Ukraine
Ukrainian Wedding:
Toward the start of the wedding recpetion the mother of the bride removes the veil from the bride and places on her head a "wife's hat."
Today, the "wife's hat" is an ordinary woman's hat but formerly it was supposed to be a hat similar to the hat worn by frontier women. The hat is very plain and relatively ugly when compared to a veil. It is supposed to signify the hard work the wife must go through to satisfy her husband.
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Where learned: Myself
Keyword(s): CUSTOM ; Fashion ; Hat ; HUSBAND ; MARRIAGE ; WEDDING ; Wife
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Proverbial Saying
To keep your wife at home: keep her barefoot or keep her pregnant.
Submitter comment:
This saying was especially popular during World War II.
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Informant and collector share the same surname and residence.
James Callow comment:
Duplicate
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; 1318 EDMUNDTON DR ; informant's home
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; MARRIAGE ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Wife
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Wellerism:
"I see" said the blind man to his deaf wife.
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Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; Kampman, Diane
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BLIND ; DEAF ; HUSBAND ; Maxim ; PLAY ON WORDS ; PROVERB ; PUN ; Saw ; See ; Sight ; VERSE ; Wellerism ; Wife
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Proverb
A whistling wife and a crowing hen never come to a good end.
Submitter comment:
Learned from youth.
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Where learned: INDIANA ; Hicks, Jeanne ; Hudson Lake
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Crowing ; FATE ; Hen ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; Whistle ; Wife
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Proverb
A daughter is a daughter for the rest of your life, but a son is only a son until he gets a wife.
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Where learned: Hickey, Thelma
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; DAUGHTER ; Inequality ; Maxim ; Parent ; PROVERB ; RHYME ; Son ; VERSE ; Wife
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Autograph Rhyme
When you get married and your husband gets cross,
Pick up the rolling pin and say "I'm Boss!"
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Where learned: St Charles, Rosalee
Keyword(s): AUTOGRAPH ; Boss ; HUSBAND ; Married ; poem ; RHYME ; Rolling Pin ; Signature ; VERSE ; Wife
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse without Music |
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN STEPS OVER HER HUSBAND DURING THE
FIRST MONTHS OF PREGNANCY, HE WILL BEAR THE LABOR PAINS.
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Updated by TRD
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI ; Griffin, Ida ; Deovelente Road
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; HUSBAND ; Labor ; PAIN ; PREGNANCY ; Step ; TRANSFERENCE ; Wife
James Callow Keyword(s): COUVADE ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 06-21-1973
PARSLEY BELIEF
A WOMAN WILL LOSE HER HUSBAND IF SHE TRANSPLANTS
PARSLEY.
Submitter comment:
HER MOTHER BELIEVED THIS, AND ATTRIBUTED THE PREMATURE
DEATHS OF SEVERAL NEIGHBORS TO THEIR WIVES TRANSPLANTING
PARSLEY.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Gordon, Richard
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; DEATH ; GARDENING ; HUSBAND ; Parsley ; SUPERSTITION ; Transplant ; Wife
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 03-10-1968
ESKIMO BELIEF
GOOD WIFELY ESKIMOS ARE KNOWN TO CHEW THEIR HUSBAND'S BOOTS
IN ORDER TO MAKE THEM SOFT FOR THE MEN TO WEAR.
THIS IS WHY THEIR TEETH ARE CHEWED DOWN TO A BARE MINIMUM.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; Handley, Pat
Keyword(s): ; Boots ; Culture ; Eskimo ; HUSBAND ; Inuit ; Leather ; Legend ; Lore ; Service ; Tanning ; TEETH ; Wife
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXISM
| Subject headings: | Custom CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress HandsFeet BELIEF -- P4387 P4387.14 |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
POLISH BELIEF
GDY CHTLOP TRAWE KOSI, LADA BABA DESZCZ UPROSI.
WHEN A MAN CUTS HIS GRASS, THE WOMAN BEGS FOR RAIN.
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Possible cross reference for spelling: Dybza, Helen
Updated by TRD
Where learned: RESIDENCE ; Dylza, Helen
Keyword(s): Grass ; HUSBAND ; Lawn ; POLISH ; PROVERB ; Rain ; RHYME ; Saying ; Wife
| Subject headings: | Custom PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED
AND YOUR HUSBAND GETS CROSS,
PICK UP THE BROOM
AND SAY I'M THE BOSS.
Submitter comment:
FROM INFORMANT'S AUTOGRAPH BOOK 1935
Data entry tech comment:
LINES DIVIDED BY KEYPUNCHER
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ADVICE ; AUTOGRAPH ; Boss ; BROOM ; HUSBAND ; MARRIAGE ; Positive ; RHYME: ABCB ; Wife
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.345 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.533 |
Date learned: 00-00-1935
IF YOU ARE TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE WHO JUST LOST THEIR
HUSBAND (DIED OR DIVORCED), YOU KNOCK ON WOOD SO
YOU WON'T LOSE YOURS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CUSTOM ; DEATH ; Divorce ; GESTURE ; HUSBAND ; Knock ; Knocking ; LUCK ; MARRIAGE ; SUPERSTITION ; Wife ; WOOD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Good luck P881.22 BELIEF -- Conversions P883.44 |
Date learned: 01-25-1968