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Ethnic: German
Prosperity Belief:
It is an old German belief that if you eat herring and shake coins in a tin box, you will not go hungry and will always have money.
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Original BN [P740, P880] crossed out/replaced with current classifications.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Zimmeth, Barbara ; 19225 STOTTER
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; COIN ; ETHNIC ; FOOD ; fortune ; GERMAN ; Herring ; LUCK ; MONEY ; PROSPERITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Custom/Belief
Belief - Baby/Motherhood:
After delivering a baby, a woman will eat the afterbirth of an animal, so that her afterbirth delivers well.
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Original BN [F542] crossed out and replaced with current classification.
Where learned: HOME ; Sturtz, Barbara
Keyword(s): Afterbirth ; BELIEF ; BIRTH ; Child Bearing ; CHILDBIRTH ; Consumption ; CUSTOM ; FOOD ; Placenta ; PREGNANCY ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Ethnic: Russian
Wedding Custom:
When the bride is preparing for her wedding (getting dressed and ready to leave for church) a violin player and an accordian player play a special tune.
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Written on bottom left of the card: [ Ethnic? Russian Orthodox, says collector.]
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Sturtz, Barbara
Keyword(s): Accordion ; Bride ; CUSTOM ; DRESS ; Fashion ; MARRIAGE ; MUSIC ; violin ; WEDDING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Belief: Animal
Robin:
Make a wish on the first Robin you see in the spring.
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Original BN [P880] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Written on card and then crossed out: For Birds?
Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO ; Baratta, Clare
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; BIRD ; LUCK ; Robin ; SEASON ; Spring ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird |
Belief: Animal
Warding off Snake Belief:
If you see a snake, say "my back, my belly" ten times and it should go away.
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Informaer has tried it several times and it worked
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Original BN [P752] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; Barnett, Michael L
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; BELIEF ; Serpent ; Snake ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Belief: Weather
Rain:
If it rains before seven, it will be clear before eleven.
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Original BN [V800, P8] crossed out. Replaced with current classifications
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO ; Baratta, Clare
Keyword(s): NATURE ; PREDICTION ; Rain ; Sky ; TIME ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Proverb
Birds of a feather flock together
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Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects.
Where learned: Barrett, Joan
Keyword(s): BIRD ; BIRDS ; Feather ; Flock ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Time and tide wait for no man.
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Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: Barrett, Joan
Keyword(s): PATIENCE ; PROCRASTINATION ; Tide ; TIME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
Too many cooks spoil the broth
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Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: Barrett, Joan
Keyword(s): Broth ; Chef ; Cooks ; FOOD ; METAPHOR ; Stew
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
A rolling stone gathers no moss
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: Barrett, Joan
Keyword(s): Busy ; LAZY ; METAPHOR ; Moss ; Rolling ; Sedentary ; Stagnant ; STONE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
A stitch in time saves nine
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Original BN [V300] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: Barrett, Joan
Keyword(s): Forethought ; Nine ; NUMBER ; PREVENTION ; Stitch ; TIME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
You can't see the forest for the trees.
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Located in pile marked Duplicates and Other Rejects
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Masica, Barbara ; SAGINAW
Keyword(s): BLIND ; Forest ; Outlook ; Proximity ; TREES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Toast
May you be in heaven a half hour before the devil knows you have died.
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Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; Moseley, Barbara A
Keyword(s): DEATH ; DEVIL ; ETHNIC ; HEAVEN ; Irish ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
The Art of Toasting:
Toasting "healths" began hundreds of years BC when warriors offered drinks to Pagan Gods. Greeks drank at banquets to every God on Olympus. RomNS dded a pledge to Caesar - with a cup to each letter in his name. Norsemen drank to Thor, and Oden, plus cups to love, memories, absent friends. Merrymakers drank to each other's health. Pledging in these cutthroat days was very real. A man was especially vulnerable while drinking. When kinsman "pledged health," they swore to defend each other. Rowdy songs and chug-a-lugging begame part of health drinking as well as toasts to the ladies, wealth and success.
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Not ONE example.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Lake, Barry
Keyword(s): Caesar ; DRINKING ; Greek ; HISTORY ; Kinship ; Kinsman ; Norse ; Oden ; Pagan ; Protect ; Romans ; Social ; SUCCESS ; Thor ; TOAST ; Viking ; Warriors ; WEALTH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
Q: So what?
Retort: Buttons on eggs, zippers on bananas.
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Where learned: Masica, Barbara
Keyword(s): Bananas ; BUTTONS ; COMEBACK ; Eggs ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; Sew ; SEWING ; Wisecrack ; Zippers
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Retort
When someone says "Go to Hell!"
Retort: "I've been there but I got kicked out for peddling water."
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Where learned: Orabel, Barbara
Keyword(s): COMEBACK ; HELL ; INSULT ; RETORT ; SARCASM ; WATER ; Wisecrack
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Proverb
Death is nature's way of telling you to slow down.
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Original BN [V200] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: Barrett, Joan
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; DEATH ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
Absence makes the heart grow fonder.
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Where learned: Barrett, Joan
Keyword(s): Absence ; Aphorism ; Apothegm ; HEART ; LOVE ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
There's many a slip 'twixt the cup and the lip.
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Where learned: Barrett, Joan
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Cup ; Lip ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; SLIP ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |