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IF YOU LOSE SOMETHING, STOP WHAT YOU ARE DOING IMMEDIATELY;
SAY A PRAYER TO ST. ANTHONY AND YOU WILL SOON FIND WHAT
YOU HAD LOST.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Prayer |
EAT A TABLESPOON OF SUGAR TO CURE THE HICCOUGHS
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1938
ON GOOD FRIDAY, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 12:00-3:00,
YOU SHOULD SIT DOWN AND PRAY BECAUSE THESE ARE THE HOURS
THAT JESUS WAS HANGING ON THE CROSS.
CO[ EVERY GOOD FRIDAY UNTIL I REACHED THE AGE OF 10, MY
Submitter comment: EVERY GOOD FRIDAY UNTIL I REACHED THE AGE OF 10, MY
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday |
Date learned: 00-00-1920
DON'T EXPECT ANYTHING FROM YOUR CHILDREN AND YOU
WON'T BE DISAPPOINTED.
Submitter comment:
MY FATHER WOULD ALWAYS MAKE THIS COMMENT TO MY MOTHER
TO JOKINGLY SUGGEST HIS DISGUST FOR HIS CHILDREN.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1938
"YOU BECOME LIKE THOSE YOU RUN WITH."
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A COMMENT THAT MY MOTHER WOULD MAKE
TO ANY OF HER CHILDREN IF SHE DIDN'T APPROVE OF
THE CROWD THAT HE/SHE HUNG AROUND WITH. THIS
CAN BE SEEN AS A VARIATION OF "BIRDS OF A
FEATHER FLOCK TOGETHER.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
HOW TO FIND SOMETHING YOU LOST
IF YOU LOSE SOMETHING IN YOUR HOUSE, YOU SHOULD TAKE AN EMPTY
GLASS, AND IT MUST BE GLASS, AND TURN IT UPSIDE DOWN NEAR
RUNNING WATER (A SINK, ETC.). LEAVE THE GLASS THERE UNTIL YOU
FIND WHAT YOU LOST. YOU WILL FIND IT, AS LONG AS IT IS IN THE
HOUSE. THIS ALWAYS WORKS.
Submitter comment:
MR. SNIDER LEARNED THIS FROM HIS MOTHER IN OHIO WHO IS NOT THE
LEAST BIT SURPRISED WHEN SOMEBODY FINDS SOMETHING BY EMPLOYING
THIS METHOD. IT IS TAKEN FOR GRANTED THAT THIS WORKS.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Ammonia will kill paint odor.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
James Callow Keyword(s): HOUSEHOLD HINT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home |
Date learned: 00-00-1957
No black: We celebrate the dead and heaven one's life by wearing
color.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1991
Cake candles resisting "blow out" are years until wish comes
true.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
James Callow Keyword(s): COUNTING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary BELIEF -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 00-00-1991
Wedding ring inscriptions are a secret until wedding. My
husband and I were surprised to find we had ordered the same:
"Forever."
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00-00-1991
Herring is eaten for good luck.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Meat Fish and other animal life related to water BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1991
I want to buy a brassier she said flatly.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
James Callow Keyword(s): Pun on flat-chested
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Wellerism Quotation |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
Go to sleep little baby,
Go to sleep little baby,
When you wake,
We'll play patty cake
And ride a skinny little pony.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Cradle song Lullaby Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1957
When yellow-green air is present take shelter, a tornado is near
by.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00-00-1953
New Year's Day
A man should always be the first person through the door on
New Year's Day because he will bring you good luck in the coming
year.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXISM
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1931
Luck
Two things you should always eat on New Year's Day: Greens
and Black-Eye Peas. Greens for money and Black-Eye Peas for
luck.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
James Callow Keyword(s): Homeopathic Magic -- green
Date learned: 00-00-1931
GREEK CUSTOM
AT A GREEK FUNERAL, A PICTURE OF THE PERSON IS HUNG UP.
JUST BEFORE THE PERSON IS BURIED, EVERYONE GOES UP
AND KISSES THE PICTURE OF THE PERSON.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
SLOVAK MARRIAGE CUSTOM
IN SLOVAKIAN VILLAGES, THE PEOPLE ARE FARMERS. SO, WHEN
A YOUNG MAN MARRIES, HE BRINGS HOME HIS BRIDE TO HELP.
WHERE THERE ARE NO YOUNG MEN IN THE FAMILY, THE BRIDE
BRINGS HOME THE HUSBAND.
IN THE CASE WHERE THE YOUNG MAN BRINGS HOME HIS BRIDE,
THE WHOLE WEDDING PARTY GOES TO HER HOME AND LOADS HER
BELONGINGS--CHEST, FEATHERBED, PILLOWS, LINENS AND
WHATEVER HER PARENTS CAN AFFORD TO GIVE HER. THEY ALSO
HAVE A GYPSY STRING ORCHESTRA PLAYING ALL THE WAY.
THE WEDDING CELEBRATION LASTS THREE DAYS. THERE IS NO
HONEYMOON.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00001967 FALL
IN A GREEK WEDDING, THE BRIDE AND GROOM WALK AROUND
THE ALTAR WITH THEIR HANDS BOUND TOGETHER TO
SYMBOLIZE JOURNEY THROUGH LIFE BOUND TOGETHER.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Walking around altar |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
IT IS A CUSTOM IN BOTH OF THESE INFORMANTS' FAMILIES TO
EAT PORK AND SAUERKRAUT ON NEW YEAR'S DAY FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
Date learned: 10-00-1971