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PRAY FOR RAIN
EVERYBODY IN THE VILLAGE GATHERS UNDER A BIG TREE. EVERYBODY
PUTS THEIR HAND ON A PIECE OF BREAD AND PRAYS. THEN WE BREAK
UP THE BREAD AND GIVE A PIECE TO EVERYONE. GOD WILL GRANT
YOU RAIN BECAUSE OF THE INNOCENT ONES WHO HAVE EATEN THE BREAD.
IN THE CROWD.
Submitter comment:
(WHEN THERE IS A NEED FOR RAIN, THE ABOVE PROCEDURE IS
PERFORMED. THE INNOCENT ONES ARE THE GOOD PURE ONES.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 09-00-1972
CUSTOMS
DURING THE FIRST SEVEN WEEKS IN LENT, YOU HANG A STRING FROM
THE CEILING. YOU TIE SEVEN CHICKEN FEATHERS ON THE END OF
THE STRING. IF YOU ARE GOOD FOR THE FIRST WEEK AND HAVE KEPT
THE FAST, A FEATHER IS TAKEN OUT AND THROWN AWAY. THIS IS
DONE FOR ALL SEVEN WEEKS. IF YOU ARE BAD AND THE FEATHER
ISN'T REMOVED, IT WILL COME AND STICK IN YOUR EYE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): FASTING
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several |
Date learned: 09-00-1972
CUSTOMS
ON HALLOWEEN IN GREECE, THE KIDS GO FROM DOOR TO DOOR
KISSING THE HANDS OF THE GROWN-UPS. THEY THEN RECEIVE A
FEW PENNIES IN RETURN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): GIFT-GIVING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F103 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- September 23 equinox to December 20 Also used for Advent. SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-02-1972
BAD LUCK
EVEN NUMBERS AND WEDNESDAYS ARE BAD LUCK IN GREECE. IF YOU
PLANT ANY CROPS ON WEDNESDAY THEY WILL NOT GROW PROPERLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Number Even number (not specific) BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.4 BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.5 |
Date learned: 09-00-1972
GAMES
MY INFORMANT TELLS ME OF A GAME WHERE YOU PICK TEN MEN FOR
EACH SIDE. YOU THEN DRAW A CIRCLE ON THE GROUND OF ABOUT
THIRTY FEET IN DIAMETER. THE OPPOSING TEAM STANDS WAY OUTSIDE
THE CIRCLE PLAYING THE FIELD. THE OTHER TEAM STANDS
JUST OUTSIDE THE CIRCLE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE AND ONE OF ITS
MEN PLACES HIMSELF DIRECTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CIRCLE.
THIS MAN HOLDS A BIG THICK STICK AND HAS TO HIT ANOTHER STICK
ABOUT SIX INCHES LONG. THIS SMALLER STICK IS PITCHED BY ONE
OF THE OPPOSING TEAM'S MEN IN THE FIELD. THE OBJECT OF THE
GAME IS TO HIT THE STICK AS FAR AS YOU CAN. IF THE HIT STICK
DOESN'T GET OUT OF THE CIRCLE OR IS CAUGHT BY A MAN IN THE
FIELD, THEN THE MAN IN THE CIRCLE IS OUT. ANOTHER MAN FROM THE
SAME TEAM TAKES HIS PLACE IN THE CIRCLE. PLAY CONTINUES UNTIL
ALL TEN MEN ON ONE TEAM ARE OUT AND THEN THE MEN FROM THE FIELD
COME IN TO HIT. NO POINTS ARE SCORED AND THE GAME IS CALLED
STICKBALL.
Submitter comment: (TCHELIKE IN GREEK)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 09-00-1972
BELIEFS
TURKS AFTER THEY DIE RETURN TO HAUNT CHRISTIANS.
THERE WAS NOISE UNDER OUR HOUSE WHERE WE KEPT THE HORSES.
MY MOTHER WENT DOWN TO LOOK BUT SHE SAW NO ONE AND SHE LOCKED
THE DOOR. WHEN SHE WENT TO SEE THE HORSES IN THE MORNING,
SHE FOUND A DEAD TURK'S BODY. THEY ONLY LIVE AT NIGHT TO
HAUNT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-00-1972
EVIL EYE
IF A LADY HAS AN EVIL EYE AND IS JEALOUS OF A MAN, SHE CAN
MAKE THAT MAN'S MULE FALL DOWN AND DIE. IF SHE LIKES THE MAN,
THE MULE WILL RUN AND BE HEALTHY.
Submitter comment:
(THE EVIL EYE HAS POWER OVER THE MULE BECAUSE IT IS LIKE A MAN
STRONG AND STUBBORN.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 09-00-1972
OMENS
IN GREECE DOGS AND HORSES ARE OMENS TO MEN. WHEN A HORSE WILL
NOT GO OUT INTO THE FIELD TO WORK, THEN YOU KNOW SOMETHING BAD
IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 09-00-1972
PROVERB
YOUR FRIEND LOOKS AT YOUR FACE.
YOUR ENEMY LOOKS AT YOUR FEET.
Submitter comment:
(HE IS YOUR ENEMY BECAUSE HE IS LOOKING AT THE DIRTIEST PART
OF YOUR LIFE.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ALLITERATION PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1972
PROVERB
IT IS BETTER THAT MY EYE SHOULD COME OUT THAN MY NAME.
Submitter comment:
(IF A PERSON HAS DONE A DISGRACEFUL ACT, IT IS BETTER THAT HE
LOSE AN EYE THAN HAVE HIS NAME SPOKEN IN CONNECTION WITH HIS
MISDEED.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): REPUTATION HONOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1972
WHEN YOU DREAM OF A WEDDING, SOMETHING BAD WILL
HAPPEN TO YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Dreams Bad luck |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
IF A CROW FLIES OVER YOUR HOUSE, CROWING, IT IS
A BAD OMEN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS UNCLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 09-25-1967
IF YOU HEAR A ROOSTER CROWING AT THE DOOR, IT BRINGS
SICKNESS TO THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD FROM HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): FOWL
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 09-28-1967
AN OLD POLISH FARMER'S BELIEF IS THAT WHEN A STORK
THROWS AWAY ONE OF THE TWO EGGS IT LAYS, THE YEAR
WILL BE DRY (BECAUSE A STORK'S MAIN FOOD IS FROGS
AND FROGS THRIVE IN WET WEATHER).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
Date learned: 07-00-1964
IF YOU HEAR A HOUNG BAYING AT NIGHT, THERE WILL BE A DEATH
IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD FROM HIS FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 09-28-1967
IF YOU SLEEP IN THE LIGHT OF THE MOON, YOU WILL LOSE YOUR
MIND OR BECOME A LUNATIC.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD FROM HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 09-28-1967
IF YOU FIND A HORSESHOE AND THROW IT OVER YOUR
SHOULDER, YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK ALL DAY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED ON THE FARM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: 10-29-1967
Proverb
Blason Populaire:
Tell a woman she is beautiful and the devil will repeat it to her ten times.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V400] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK ; 9953 QUANDT ; Chimientie, Sandra
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; BEAUTY ; DEVIL ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VANITY ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK ; ; Hartman, Peter
Keyword(s): Ail ; CURE ; Ill ; MEDICINE ; PREVENTION ; Remedies ; REMEDY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Belief: Weather
Weather:
Red sky at night, sailors delight \
Red sky in morning, sailor take warning.
Submitter comment:
Informant heard in the Navy
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK ; English, James B
Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; Nautical ; Ocean ; Predicting ; PREDICTING WEATHER ; RHYME ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |