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POLISH PROVERB
PLECIE JAK NA MEKACH.
HE BLABBERS AS IN TORTURE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USED IN REFERENCE TO WHO IS FIBBING OR MAKING UP STORIES TO
SATISFY THE SITUATION, AS ONE WOULD WHILE IN TORTURE. THE COLLECTOR
LEARNED THIS FROM HER GRANDMOTHER IN POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): SIMILE TALKING LYING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
POLISH PROVERB
PTACZE JAK BOBR.
HE CRIES LIKE A BEAVER.
Submitter comment: MY GRANDFATHER KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): SIMILE ANIMAL EMOTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-17-1967
DRENCHED
TUYMAKTY JAK SLEDZ.
HE'S DRENCHED LIKE A HERRING.
Submitter comment:
HERRING IS A POPULAR FOOD IN POLAND, SO IT'S EASILY USED AS A
COMPARISON. BEFORE IT IS PREPARED IT IS PUT IN WATER TO SOAK.
MY MOTHER REMEMBERS THIS PROVERB USED IN POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): WET FISH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-30-1967
A POLISH PROVERB
HE MADE OUT LIKE MR. ZABTOCKI ON HIS SOAP.
IVYSZEAT JAK ZABTOCKI NA MYDLE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS USED WHEN ONE TAKES UP A PROJECT HE KNOWS LITTLE ABOUT AND
IT FALLS THROUGH. MR. ZABTOCKI HAD GONE INTO THE SOAP BUSINESS BUT KNOWING NOTHING ABOUT IT ,HE LOST OUT.
MY MOTHER KNOWS THIS PROVERB AND STORY FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): PERSONAL NAME ; POLISH PERSONAL PROVERB
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROVERB -- Blason Populaire PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
POLISH PROVERB
HE RUNS AROUND LIKE A CAT WITH A BLADDER.
LATA JAK KAT PECHERZEM.
Submitter comment: THIS EXPRESSION REFERS TO THE PRANK BY WHICH A CAT WAS HARRASED
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): AMINAL SIMILE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
A POLISH PROVERB
HE'S TALKING AS IF TO WALL.
GABA JAK DO SCIARY.
Submitter comment:
THIS SAYING IS USED WHEN A PERSON IS TALKING A GREAT DEAL BUT NOT
REALLY SAYING MUCH, AND NO ONE IS REALLY INTERESTED IN WHAT HE SAYS.
I KNOW THIS FROM HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
A POLISH SONG: THE LITTLE WIDE BRIDGE A BURDEN BEARS NOW
THE LITTLE WIDE BRIDGE BEARS NOW (REPEAT)
UNCUT IS THE GRASS WHICH IS GROWING THERE (REPEAT)
NOW IF I HAD CHARGE OF THIS TINY BRIDGE
HOW DIFFERENTLY WOULD I ARRANGE THINGS.
O RED AND WHITE ROSES I WOULD PLANT THERE
AND ANY MAID PASSING, I WOULD ESCORT
RIGHT UP TO THE TOWN I WOULD ESCORT HER.
ALAS AN ILL-OMENED PATROL MET ME.
IT MET ME, IT MET ME, AND IT TOOK ME,
TO FAR AWAY BATTLE THEY DID SEND ME.
MUSIC AND POLISH TEXT NOT KEYPUNCHED, SEE ORIGINAL 5X8 INCH CARD.
Submitter comment:
THE TRANSLATION IS OF HARRIET PAWLAWSKA AND MUSIC TRANSCRIBED BY
GRACE ENGEL. I INCLUDED THE VERSES KNOWN BY OUR FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Emotion |
Date learned: 12-00-1967
A POLISH SONG: THROUGH THE FIELDS I WANDER
GATHERING MY HARVEST
SUCH A GIRL I LOVE
THAT HAS LIGHT (FAIR) HAIR
THAT HAS LIGHT HAIR
AND BLUE EYES
I WOULD NOT TRADE HER
FOR A ROYAL SCEPTRE.
FOR A ROYAL SCEPTRE
LACKS THAT CERTAIN SWEETNESS
BUT A GIRL WILL SOMETIMES (REPEAT)
VOLUNTEER A SWEET KISS (REPEAT SECOND VERSE)
POLISHED TEXT NOT KEYPUNCHED. SEE ORIGINAL 5X8 INCH CARD.
Submitter comment:
THIS SONG I LEARNED FROM POLISH GIRL SCOUTING FROM MY LEADER MRS.
BRONISLAWA MAREZUK OF DETROIT. THE MUSIC HAS BEEN TRANSCRIBED BY
GRACE ENGEL BUT THE WORDS AND TRANSLATION ARE AS I KNOW THEM.
Data entry tech comment: MUSIC LOCATED ON THE FILE CARD ALONG WITH VERSE IN POLISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A POLISH SONG: A RED APPLE
CUT IN QUARTERS
WHY DO YOU, MY GIRL
LOOK DOWN ON ME?
GEESE ON THE OTHER BANK
DUCKS ON THE OTHER BANK
CAREFUL GIRL, OR THEY WILL BITE YOU
I WILL KISS YOU, YOU WILL KISS ME.
I WILL NEVER GIVE YOU AWAY, YOU WLL ALWAYS KEEP ME.
A RED APPLE
ROLLING ON THE TABLE
SUCH A GIRL I LOVE
THAT HAS BLACK EYES
POLISH TEXT NOT KEYPUNCHED. SEE ORIGINAL 5X8 INCH CARD.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A KUJAWIAK MELODY, FROM THE KUJAROY REGION OF POLAND. IT IS
A COURTING SONG AND VERY POPULAR. I,VE KNOWN IT SINCE CHILDHOOD.
Data entry tech comment: VERSES IN POLISH LOCATED ON FILE CARD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): BIRDS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A POLISH SONG: THE PRINCESS
ONCE A FAIR-HAIRED PRINCESS
HAD A BEAUTIFUL DREAM
THAT SHE BRAIDED WHITE ROSES
INTO HER FLAXEN HAIR
AND JOHNNY CAME TO HER.
ON HIS VIOLIN HE PLAYED
AND SAID "LET'S GO PRINCESS
TO PICK WHITE LILIES OF THE VALLEY."
(REPEAT ""LET,S GO....)
THE FAIR HAIRED ONE AWOKE
THE SPELL OF NIGHT WAS GONE
TWAS ALREADY MORNING AND ON THE SKY
THE SUN,S GOLDEN BEAMS WERE SEEN.
SHE CLOSES HER BEAUTIFUL EYES
AND WISHES TO SLEEP AGAIN
WHEN A REAL PRINCE BEFORE HER STANDS
THE SAME HANDSOME ONE.
(REPEAT "LET,S GO...)
THEY WENT TOGETHER FAR INTO THE WOODS,
WHERE THE LILIES ARE.
HE CHARMED THE WOOD FAIRIES
PLAYING ON HIS VIOLIN.
THEN SOME BUTTERFLIES APPEARED
WITH SHINY, COLORFUL WINGS.
AND THEY TOOK THEIR HANDS
AND SURROUNDED HER.
(REPEAT"LET,S GO...")
Submitter comment:
THIS SONG I LEARNED AT A SUMMER SESSION IN POLISH CULTURE AT
ALLIANCE COLLEGE IN PA. IN 1964.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): POWER OF MUSIC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A POLISH SONG: BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS, BEYOND THE WOODS.
BEYOND THE HILLS, BEYOND THE WOODS,
BEYOND THE VALLEYS,
TWO MOUNTAINEERS WERE FIGHTING
WITH THEIR ALPENSTACKS
CHORUS
HEY THERE MOUNTAIN BOYS.
DON'T FIGHT.
THE GIRL HAS TWO BRAIDS
WHICH SHE'LL DIVIDE BETWEEN YOU TWO.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A POPULAR MOUNTAINEER SONG. THESE ARE THE WORDS I REMEMBER
FROM MY CHILDHOOD, AS I LEARNED FROM MY FAMILY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN MAKING HOME MADE BUTTER IN IRELAND AND A VISITOR COMES IN WHILE
THE BUTTER IS BEING TURNED, THE VISITOR MUST ALWAYS HELP THEM
AWHILE, OTHERWISE THE BUTTER WOULD NOT COME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank Food Drink -- Animal product Butter |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
NAMING A RIVER
THE RIVRE ROUGE WAS NAMED BY THE FRENCH EXPLORER LASALLE
IN THE 17 TH CENTURY. AS HE WAS PASSING THROUGH THE AREA
LASALLE NOTICED THE NUMBER OF RED BERRY BUSHES ALONG THE
RIVERS EDGE. THE SUNS RAYS PASSED THROUGH THE BUSHES AND
ON TO THE WATER'S SURFACE. THIS CAUSED THE
WATER TO HAVE A REDDISH OR ROUGE GLOW, THUS THE RIVER RECEIVED
ITS NAME.
Submitter comment:
MR. BARRY PICKED THIS UP DURING HIS MANY YEARS AS A ROUGE PLANT
WITH FORD MOTOR.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; Barry, James
Keyword(s): 17th Century ; ETYMOLOGY ; Explorer ; FRENCH ; Lasalle ; Legend ; Origin ; River Rouge ; Rouge
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: SUMMER 1963
NAMING A RIVER
THE RIVRE ROUGE WHICH RUNS THROUGH DEARBORN GOT ITS NAME
FROM THE FRENCH EXPLORER LASALLE. HE NOTICED THAT THE RIVER
WAS A DEFINITE RED IN SOME PARTS, INQUIRING INTO THE MATTER,
HE FOUND OUT THAT THIS WAS BLOOD WHICH WAS COMING FROM UPSTREAM
AREAS WHERE THE INDIANS AND THE FRENCH WERE FIGHTING. THUS
HE NAMED THE DISCOVERY RIVRE ROUGE.
Submitter comment:
MR. BARRYS SOURCES ARE TRADITIONAL AND OCCUR
IN CONJUNCTION WITH HIS JOB AS A GUIDE THROUGH THE FORD
ROUGE PLANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Explanation of a name |
THE LAKE THAT DOESN'T GIVE UP ITS DEAD
LAKE SUPERIOR IS KNOWN AS THE LAKE THAT DOES NOT GIVE UP ITS
DEAD. THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT BECAUSE THE LAKE IS SO COLD,
THE BODIES DON'T DECOMPOSE AND RISE TO THE SURFACE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Still water Small body. |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE LEGEND OF PIAST AND RZEPICHA
IT IS SAID THAT IN PAGAN TIMES IN POLAND UNDER THE RULE OF
POPIEL II, ABOUT 840, THERE LIVED A WHEELWRIGHT AND HIS WIFE
RZEPICHA. THEY HAD A SON. AT THE AGE OF SEVEN, AS THE CUSTOM
WAS, HE WAS TO HAVE HIS HAIR CUT FOR THE FIRST TIME. A FEAST
USUALLY FOLLOWED THIS CEREMONY. SINCE THE COUPLE WAS POOR, THEY
ONLY HAD ONE PIG AND A PITCHER OF BEER TO SERVE. TO THEIR DOOR
CAME TWO PILGRIMS SEEKING REFUGE. THESE PILGRIMS HAD JUST
BEEN REFUSED AT THE CASTLE OF THE WICKED RULER, POPIEL. THE POOR
COUPLE INVITED THEM GRACIOUSLY. THE WIFE FEARED THAT THERE WASN'T
ENOUGH FOOD, BUT, IT IS SAID, THAT THE TWO MEN BLESSED THE FOOD
AND MULTIPLIED IT TO AN UNBELIEVABLE AMOUNT. THE NEWS OF THIS
HAPPENING IMMEDIATELY SPREAD IN THE VILLAGE. EVERYONE CAME TO SEE
THE TWO MEN IN AWE. PIAST GAVE THEM THE HONOR OF CUTTING HIS
SON'S HAIR. THEY NAMED THE BOY ZIEMOWIT, MEANING "ONE WHO
WILL RULE ON EARTH." THE NAME WAS QUITE APPROPRIATE BECAUSE IN
TIME THE RULER, POPIEL, DIED AND PIAST WAS UNANIMOUSLY ELECTED
RULER. HE LIVED NEARLY 120 YEARS, IT IS SAID, AND DURING THIS
TIME HE LET HIS SON TAKE OVER. ZIEMOWIT SUCCEEDED TO UNITE
MANY SLOVIC TRIBES TO FORM A LARGE POLAND. HE HELD A FRIENDLY
CONTACT WITH THE CZECHS AND THUS PERMITTED THE SPREAD OF
CHRISTIANITY INTO HIS KINGDOM. SAINTS CYRIL AND METHADIAIS
ARE SAID TO HAVE TAUGHT AND CONVERTED AT THIS TIME. ZIEMOWIT'S
SON DID MORE TO FURTHER UNITE AND ENLARGE POLAND UP TO THE BALTIC
SEA. HIS GRANDSON, MIESZKO, WAS BORN BLIND. IT IS SAID THAT
AT MIESZKO'S SEVENTH BIRTHDAY, WHEN HIS HAIR WAS CUT, HE SAW
FOR THE FIRST TIME. THE PAGAN PRIESTS INTERPRETED THIS HAPPENING
AS AN OMEN THAT POLAND WOULD SOON SEE A NEW RAY OF LIGHT. UNDER
THE REIGN OF MIESZKO, POLAND THUS DID SEE A NEW RAY OF LIGHT,
AS THE NATION ACCEPTED CHRISTIANITY OFFICIALLY AND ENTERED THE
HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION.
Submitter comment:
THIS INFORMANTION AND LEGEND I'VE KNOWN SINCE CHILDHOOD FROM
MY PARENTS AND MY POLISH HISTORY INSTRUCTOR, MRS HELEN
CHOMIELEWSKI OF DETROIT.
Data entry tech comment: JESUS' BREAD AND FISH MIRACLE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Secular hero |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
BEFORE MEAL PRAYER
RUB-A-DUB, DUB,/THANKS FOR THE GRUB,/YEH GOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): CHEER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
TALE
A FEW YEARS AGO, SOMEPLACE IN MICHIGAN, A BOY AND A GIRL WERE PARKED
OUT NEAR A DESERTED FARM HOUSE. WHILE THEY WERE LISTENING TO THE
RADIO THE NEWS FLASH ANNOUNCED THAT A DESPERATE KILLER HAD ESCAPED
FROM A NEARBY PENITENTIARY. ONE OF THE ITEMS IN HIS DESCRIPTION WAS
THAT HE HAD A HOOK FOR A RIGHT HAND. THE GIRL GOT SCARED AND THEY
LEFT FOR HOME. WHEN THE BOY WENT TO LET THE GIRL OUT AT HOME HE
FOUND THE HOOK ON THE DOOR HANDLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
OUT SOMEWHERE IN MICHIGAN IS A DESERTED FIELD, A BOY AND A GIRL
WERE PARKED. THEY BOTH HEARD A GIRL SCREAM AND THE BOY TOLD THE
GIRL TO LOCK HERSELF IN THE CAR AND HE WOULD GO AND SEE
WHAT HAPPENED.
HE LOOKED FOR A FEW MINUTES AND FOUND NOTHING, THEN HE HEARD
HIS GIRLFRIEND SCREAMING AND HE RAN BACK. HE SAW A FLASH OF A
GLOWING FORMLESS MASS DISAPPEAR INTO THE WOODS BEFORE HE COULD
GET ANYWHERE NEAR IT. HIS GIRLFRIEND WAS HYSTERICAL AND HAS NOT
AS YET SPOKEN OR BEEN COMPLETELY SANE.
Data entry tech comment: THE KEYPUNCHER HAS CORRECTED THE COLLECTOR'S SPELLING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): HARMFULL LIGHT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Supernatural Being |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
A GRANDFATHER AND HIS GRANDSON WERE PLAYING CARDS LATE ONE NIGHT
WITH TWO OLD FRIENDS. BOTH THE GRANDFATHER AND THE GRANDSON SWEAR
THE STORY IS TRUE. THE GRANDFATHER KNOW HE WASN'T SUPPOSED TO BE
OUT LATE AT NIGHT BECAUSE HIS WIFE WAS AT HOME WORRYING ABOUT HIM.
THEN THERE WAS A KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND A STRANGER TO ALL ENTERED AND
A STRANGER TO ALL ENTERED AND SPOKE TO THE OLD MAN, " YOU BETTER
GET HOME BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE" AS THE STRANGER LEFT THEY ALL
NOTICED THAT HE HAD NO SHOES AND HOOFS FOR FEET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): DEVIL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.