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SPORTS BELIEF
STACKING BATS DURING A GAME WILL BRING BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
BASEBALL PLAYERS ARE THE MOST SUPERSTITIOUS ATHLETES I HAVE
EVER COME IN CONTACT WITH. THEY HAVE MANY METHODS TO AFFECT
THEIR LUCK, OF WHICH THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
SPORTS BELIEF
IF THE HANDLES OF THE BATS LYING IN THE DUGOUT CROSS BAD LUCK
WILL RESULT.
Submitter comment:
BASEBALL PLAYERS ARE THE MOST SUPERSTITIOUS ATHLETES I HAVE
EVER COME IN CONTACT WITH. THEY HAVE MANY METHODS TO AFFECT
THEIR LUCK, OF WHICH THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
SPORTS BELIEF
BATTING WITH THE TRADEMARK UP BRINGS GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
BASEBALL PLAYERS ARE THE MOST SUPERSTITIOUS ATHLETES I HAVE
EVER COME IN CONTACT WITH. THEY HAVE MANY METHODS TO AFFECT
THEIR LUCK, OF WHICH THIS IS JUST A SAMPLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
BELIEF
EATING A LARGE MEAL BEFORE BED CAUSES NIGHTMARES.
Submitter comment:
THERE MANY OTHER EXAMPLES OF HOW FOOD IS SUPPOSED TO AFFECT YOUR
SLEEP LIFE. THESE WOULD DWELL MORE ON SPECIFIC FOODS HOWEVER.
I SUSPECT THEY WERE PROBABLY STARTED BY SOMEBODY'S PARENTS.
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Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
Keyword(s): BODY ; DREAMS ; FOOD ; FUNCTION ; Nightmares ; SLEEP
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
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POPE JOHN PAUL JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE POPE'S FIRST MIRACLE? HE MADE A BLIND MAN DEAF
Submitter comment:
SINCE THE POLISH POPE WAS ELECTED IN 1978, A PLETHORA OF HYBRID
POLISH-RELIGIOUS JOKES HAVE BEEN CIRCULATING. THESE ARE EXAMPLES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 00-00-1978
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POPE JOHN PAUL JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE NEW VESTMENTS REQUIRED AT THE VATICAN?
THEY HAVE TO WEAR BOWLING SHIRTS AND TENNIS SHOES.
Submitter comment:
SINCE THE POLISH POPE WAS ELECTED IN 1978, A PLETHORA OF HYBRID
POLISH-RELIGIOUS JOKES HAVE BEEN CIRCULATING. THESE ARE EXAMPLES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 00-00-1978
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POPE JOHN PAUL JOKE
Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
ALL THE URINALS AT THE VATICAN WERE RAISED. THE POPE WANTED
TO KEEP THE CARDINALS ON THEIR TOES.
Submitter comment:
SINCE THE POLISH POPE WAS ELECTED IN 1978, A PLETHORA OF HYBRID
POLISH-RELIGIOUS JOKES HAVE BEEN CIRCULATING. THESE ARE EXAMPLES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 00-00-1978
ITALIAN PROVERB
SO NO CALDO,
SE NO SONO COTE.
FIGURATIVELY TRANSLATED;
A RUSHED MEAL IS NOT ONLY HOT,
BUT ALSO UNCOOKED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-22-1968
ITALIAN PROVERB
SCREZZO DE MANE,
SCREZZO DE VELONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-22-1968
WEATHER PROVERB
WHEN THE ASS BEGINS TO BRAY, WE'LL SURELY HAVE RAIN THAT DAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT CITES "NEW ENGLAND FOLKLORE" BY B.A. BUTKINS, CROWN
PUBLISHERS OF NEW YORK, AS A SOURCE OF THIS PROVERB.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
RIDDLE
QUESTION: WHAT'S BLACK AND WHITE AND (READ-RED) ALL OVER?
ANSWER: A NEWSPAPER.
ALTERNATES: AN EMBARRASSED ZEBRA
A SUNBURNED NUN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 02-00-1970
IF ST. ELMO'S FIRE APPEARS AROUND A SHIP IT IS A
SURE SIGN OF BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: I SAW THIS ON TELEVISION IN "MOBY DICK."
Where learned: NEW HAMPSHIRE ; MILFORD
James Callow Keyword(s): MARITIME ; ST. ELMO, PATRON OF SAILORS.
Date learned: 09-00-1967
IF IT RAINS ON WEDDING DAY, IT IS CONSIDERED
BAD LUCK AND THE MARRIAGE WILL FAIL.
Submitter comment: ACQUIRED BELIEF
Where learned: NEW HAMPSHIRE ; MILFORD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Superstition about good weather BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
IF A BASKETBALL COACH IS ON A WINNING STREAK, HE
WILL WEAR THE SAME SUIT THROUGHOUT THE STREAK TO
PRESERVE HIS LUCK.
Submitter comment: PICKED THIS UP IN HIGH SCHOOL.
Where learned: NEW HAMPSHIRE ; MILFORD
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Athletic sport and exercise Gymnastics BELIEF -- Conversions Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
OAK ISLAND, NOVA SCOTIA
ON THIS ISLAND, THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE IMMENSE TREASURE. MANY
PROSPECTORS HAVE TRIED TO FIND IT BY BUILDING MINING SHAFTS. AT
ONE TIME, THE PROSPECTORS HIT A SLAB OF WOOD AND FOUND SOME GOLD.
BUT SINCE THEN, THE PROSPECTORS HAVE HAD BAD LUCK, THEIR SHAFTS
HAVE MYSTERIOUSLY FLOODED AND NO GOLD HAS TURNED UP. IN ADDITION,
THERE HAVE BEEN INCIDENTS OF CRIME ON THE ISLAND, (AND) A FEW
PROSPECTORS HAVE EVEN BEEN KILLED.
Submitter comment: I READ THIS IN "TRUE" MAGAZINE A FEW YEARS BACK.
Where learned: NEW HAMPSHIRE ; MILFORD
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Metal Stone Bone Gold Silver Copper BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-13-1967
NEW HAMPSHIRE'S WHITE MOUNTAINS
NEW HAMPSHIRE'S WHITE MOUNTAINS GOT THE NAME OF WHITE MOUNTAINS
BECAUSE OF THE CRYSTALS FOUND NEAR THE MOUNTAINS AND THE
BRILLIANCE OF THE CRYSTALS GAVE THE IMPRESSION OF WHITENESS.
Submitter comment:
I PICKED THIS UP IN A BARBER SHOP NEAR THE WHITE MOUNTAINS ONE
SUMMER.
Where learned: NEW HAMPSHIRE ; MILFORD
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 11-08-1967
SAUHEGAN RIVER, MILFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
THIS RIVER THAT RUNS THROUGH MILFORD HAS A LEGEND THAT GOES LIKE
THIS: AN INDIAN WHO WAS HUNTING FOR HIS PIGS BY A RIVER SLIPPED
AND SCARED THEM AWAY. FROM THIS ACTION HE EXCLAIMED, "SCAW-HE-
GONE." (NOW KNOWN AS SOUHEGAN.)
Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD KIDS WITH WHOM I GREW UP.
Where learned: NEW HAMPSHIRE ; MILFORD
Keyword(s): SOW?
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name |
Date learned: 09-17-1967
PURGATORY FALLS, MILFORD, NEW HAMPSHIRE
AN AREA NEAR NORTH RIVER ROAD IN THE OLD QUARRY DISTRICT OF
MILFORD HAS A SET OF FOOTPRINTS AT THE BOTTOM OF A SMALL WATER-
FALL. THESE FOOTPRINTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BELONG TO THE DEVIL AND
ALL THE CHILDREN CALL THIS AREA PURGATORY FALLS.
Submitter comment: I LEARNED THIS WHILE IN HIGH SCHOOL.
Where learned: NEW HAMPSHIRE ; MILFORD
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name BELIEF -- Body part Senses Feet, toes, toenails |
Date learned: 11-04-1967
WHALING LEGEND
NEW ENGLAND WHALERS POPULARIZED THE TERM, "NANTUCKET SLEIGH RIDE."
THIS PERTAINS TO A WHALE WHICH, ONCE SPEARED, WILL TAKE OFF AND
LEAD THE WHALE BOAT FOR A "NANTUCKET SLEIGH RIDE."
Submitter comment: LEARNED THIS IN SCHOOL AND FROM THE MOVIE "MOBY DICK."
Where learned: NEW HAMPSHIRE ; MILFORD
Date learned: 11-12-1967
THE HOOK
THIS LEGEND IS POPULAR AMONG TEENAGERS AND I'D LIKE TO RECITE ONE
VERSION THAT I HAVE HEARD. ONE NIGHT, A TEENAGE COUPLE WENT TO A
LOCAL LOVERS' LANE FOR THE OPOPORTUNITY TO BE ALONE. ON THIS SAME
NIGHT, THE GIRL HAD HEARD ON THE RADIO THAT AN INMATE OF A NEARBY
ASYLUM HAD ESCAPED AND THAT HE WAS A HOMICIDAL MANIAC, AND THAT HE
HAD ONLY ONE HAND AND ON THE OTHER HAND THERE WAS A HOOK.
THE COUPLE HAD BEEN PARKED FOR A WHILE, LISTENING TO THE RADIO
AND DRINKING BEER. THE GIRL, ALL OF A SUDDEN, HAD A STRANGE
INTUITION THAT THERE WAS DANGER AROUND AND THAT THEY SHOULD LEAVE.
NATURALLY, THE BOY REASSURED HER THAT THERE WAS NOTHING TO WORRY
ABOUT, BUT SHE PERSISTED AND PERSISTED, UNTIL THE BOY LOST HIS
PATIENCE, PULLED THE GEAR SHIFT INTO FIRST AND LEFT THE LANE.
HE TOOK THE GIRL HOME AND CONTINUOUSLY REMINDED THE GIRL THAT SHE
WAS CRAZY TO THINK THAT THE FIEND WAS ANYWHERE AROUND THE LANE.
WHEN THEY REACHED HER HOUSE, HE GOT OUT TO LET HER OUT AND ON THE
REAR DOOR HANDLE THERE WAS A STRANGE OBJECT HANGING THERE--A HOOK.
Where learned: NEW HAMPSHIRE ; MILFORD
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 11-05-1967