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SIESTA
IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 12 NOON
AND 1:30 P.M., A SIESTA TAKES PLACE. DURING THIS
TIME, EVERYTHING SHUTS DOWN SO PEOPLE CAN RELAX AND
ENJOY THEMSELVES BY VISITING FRIENDS, OR EATING,
OR SLEEPING.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Sleeping |
Date learned: 10-11-1972
TO DETERMINE THE SEX OF AN UNBORN CHILD, TIE THE
PREGNANT WOMAN'S WEDDING RING ON A STRING AND HOLD
IT OVER HER. IF IT MOVES BACK AND FORTH, THE BABY
IS A BOY; IF IT MOVES IN A CIRCLE THE BABY IS A
GIRL.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 01-21-1968
TO DETERMINE THE SEX OF AN UNBORN CHILD, HOLD A RING
ON A STRING IN FRONT OF THE ABDOMEN OF THE MOTHER.
THE DIRECTION IT MOVES, WILL TELL WHICH SEX THE
BABY IS.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-00-1967
BASKETBALL PLAYER'S SUPERSTITION
DURING WARMUP SHOTS, IF THE FIRST GUY MAKES HIS
SHOT, THEN THEY'LL WIN FOR SURE. BUT IF THE FIRST
GUY DOESN'T MAKE HIS BASKET, THIS IS A VERY BAD
OMEN AND BOTHERS THE TEAM A LOT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; COLLECTED AT HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Observation BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
PUT A SILVER DOLLAR IN A BABY'S HAND TO PREVENT THE BABY
FROM GROWING UP TO BE A THIEF. --SPANISH.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-22-1972
TO NEVER LEAVE A NEWBORN BABY THAT HASN'T BEEN BAPTIZED
ALONE WITHOUT PUTTING UNDER ITS PILLOW A RELIGIOUS
ARTICLE, A BROOM (OR PIECE OF ONE), OR SCISSORS.
Submitter comment: CUSTOM
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
WHEN A BABY IS BORN INTO A LEBANESE FAMILY, THEY DRINK
CINAMMON TEA. IF THE CHILD IS A BOY, THEY PUT WALNUT
MEATS IN IT.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth Food Drink -- Brew of leaf, bark, root |
Date learned: 02-29-1972
HUNGARIAN CUSTOM
IMMEDIATELY AFTER A CHILD IS BORN, THE MOTHER SELECTS
A GODMOTHER. THE GODMOTHER IS THEN SUPPOSED TO
PROVIDE THE VERY BEST OF FOOD FOR A WEEK FOR THE
MOTHER OF THE CHILD.
Submitter comment: ATTITUDE: AMUSED.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
MELKITE BAPTISM
IN THE BAPTISMAL CEREMONY OF THE MELKITE RITE, THE
GODPARENTS ARE ASKED BY THE PRIEST TO SPIT ON THE
DEVIL. THIS THEY DO, SYMBOLICALLY BY SPITTING
ON THE FLOOR.
Submitter comment: ATTITUDE: TRUSTING.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Baptism Naming rite SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 02-29-1972
MEXICAN BAPTISM
THE PARENTS OF THE CHILD BEING BAPTIZED ARE NOT ALLOWED
TO COME TO SEE THE CEREMONY. THE GODPARENTS AND ANY
RELATIVES OR FRIENDS MAY COME, HOWEVER.
Where learned: HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Baptism Naming rite |
Date learned: 02-22-1972
IN THE LINKE FAMILY (ITALIAN RELATIVES OF MRS. MC FALL)
IT IS A CUSTOM TO BAKE COOKIES IN THE FAMILY COOKIE
PRESS AT A CHILD'S BAPTISM. THE PRESS ITSELF, CIRCA 1800,
MAKES ONE COOKIE AT A TIME. THE COOKIES ARE ABOUT TWO
INCHES IN DIAMETER AND HAVE THE FAMILY COAT OF ARMS AND
THE DATE THE PRESS WAS MADE IMPRESSED ON THEM. THE
PRESS, WHEN SET ON TOP OF A HOT STOVE OR HOT STONES,
WILL BAKE EACH COOKIE IN IT. THE PRESS WAS TRANSPORTED
FROM ITALY WITH THE GREAT-GRANDPARENTS OF THE PRESENT
LINKE FAMILY. ABOUT 200 COOKIES ARE MADE AT EACH
BAPTISM.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Baptism Naming rite |
Date learned: 01-21-1968
CHAPERONE DATE
A VERY COMMON DATING PRACTICE IN THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
IS THAT WHEN A COUPLE GOES OUT ON A DATE, A CHAPERONE
(PREFERABLY THE GIRL'S MOTHER OR RELATIVE) MUST
ACCOMPANY THEM.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 10-25-1972
"THE PRETTIEST GIRL"
EACH LINE IS REPEATED BY A SECOND SINGER
THE PRETTIEST GIRL,
I EVER SAW,
WAS SIPPIN CI-
DER THROUGH A STRAW,
THE PRETTIEST GIRL I EVER SAW, WAS SIPPIN CIDER
THROUGH A STRAW
I ASKED HER IF,
SHE'D SHOW ME HOW,
TO SIP SOME CI-
DER THROUGH A STRAW,
I ASKED HER IF SHE'D SHOW ME HOW,
TO SIP SOME CIDER THROUGH A STRAW
SO LIP TO LIP,
AND JAW TO JAW,
WE SIPPED SOME CI-
DER THROUGH A STRAW,
SO LIP TO LIP AND JAW TO JAW,
WE SIPPED SOME CIDER THROUGH A STRAW.
THE STRAW DID SLIP,
I KISSED HER LIP,
FROM SIPPIN CI-,
DER THROUGH A STRAW,
THE STRAW DID SLIP, I KISSED HER LIP,
FROM SIPPIN CIDER THROUGH A STRAW
AND NOW I'VE GOT,
A MOTHER IN LAW,
FROM SIPPIN CI-
DER THROUGH A STRAW,
AND NOW I'VE GOT A MOTHER IN LAW,
FROM SIPPIN CIDER THROUGH A STRAW
AND 49 KIDS,
ALL CALL ME PAW,
FROM SIPPIN CI-
DER THROUGH A STRAW,
AND 49 KIDS ALL CALL ME PAW,
FROM SIPPIN CIDER THROUGH A STRAW
THE MORAL OF,
THIS LITTLE TALE,
IS SIP YOUR CI-
DER THROUGH A PAIL,
THE MORAL OF THIS LITTLE TALE,
IS SIP YOUR CIDER THROUGH A PAIL.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 00001950S
AN APPLE A DAY
KEEPS THE DOCTOR AWAY.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
SEE A PIN AND PICK IT UP,
ALL DAY YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
SEE A PIN AND LET IT LIE,
YOU'LL WISH YOU NEVER PASSED IT BY.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
HAUNTED HOUSE
MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER WAS WAITING UP FOR MY GREAT GRANDFATHER
BECAUSE HE WAS WORKING NIGHTS FOR THE CANADIAN PACIFIC
RAILWAY IN NORTH BAY (?), ONTARIO (CANADA). WHILE SHE WAS
WAITING SHE HEARD A NOISE UPSTAIRS AND THOUGHT IT WAS ONE
OF THE CHILDREN SLEEPWALKING. SHE WENT UPSTAIRS, BUT
WHAT WAS MAKING GRANDMOTHER THE NOISE WAS THE GHOST OF
A 12 YEAR OLD GIRL. MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER WAS TOO TERRIFIED
TO TALK BUT COULD ONLY THINK THINGS TO THE GHOST.
MY GREAT GRANDMOTHER THOUGHT THAT THEY WERE GOING TO
MOVE TO DETROIT AND THE GIRL NODDED HER HEAD NO. GREAT
GRANDMA THOUGHT TO THE GIRL YOU DON'T WANT US TO GO TO
DETROIT; THE GIRL NODDED NO AGAIN AND THEN FADED AWAY.
THEY DID FOR A WHILE MOVE TO DETROIT BUT WENT BACK TO
NORTH BAY TO FIND THE HOUSE UNOCCUPIED. WHEN SHE ASKED
WHY, SHE WAS TOLD THAT THE COUPLE THAT BOUGHT THE HOUSE
WHEN THEY LEFT WERE PUTTING THE PRESENTS AROUND THE TREE
FOR THEIR LITTLE GIRL ON CHRISTMAS EVE WHEN THEY HEARD
A NOISE UPSTAIRS. FEARING THAT IT WAS THEIR DAUGHTER
AND THAT SHE WOULD SEE THEM, THE HUSBAND WENT UPSTAIRS
TO CHECK. MOMENTS LATER THE WIFE HEARD HER HUSBAND
SCREAM AND WHEN SHE WENT UPSTAIRS FOUND HIM LYING DEAD
OF A HEART ATTACK. NO ONE HAS SINCE MOVED INTO THE
HOUSE AND IT STILL STANDS TODAY.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 09-28-1971
LEGEND--MYSTERIOUS CREEK (MEMPHIS)
LONG AGO IN THE 20S A TRUCK FELL OVER THE SIDE OF A
BRIDGE. WE LIVED NEAR IT AND ARE WITNESSES TO
SEEING EERIE SHADOWS PORTRAY OVER IT AT DARK AND
MYSTERIOUS SOUNDS OCCUR WHENEVER THERE WAS A
FULL MOON PRESENT.
Submitter comment: FROM BROTHER
Where learned: FRIENDS HOME
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Still water Small body. Lake, pond.... |
Date learned: 10-29-1967
THE CHOCTAWS OF THE MISSISSIPPI HAVE MANY SUPERSTITIONS.
OF ALL, TWO ARE MOST IMPORTANT:
(1) BATS ALWAYS FLAP NEAR A WITCH'S HEAD. (P435, P442).
(2) BUZZARDS FORETELL DISASTER. (P444).
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bird |
THERE IS BUT ONE HOUR A DAY BETWEEN A GOOD HOUSEWIFE
AND A BAD HOUSEWIFE.
Where learned: HOME ; ALLEN PARK ; 9953 QUANDT
Keyword(s): MARRIAGE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-25-1971
WEAKNESS
THE THREE MICROBES OF WEAKNESS: REGRET, WORRY AND FEAR.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDFATHER FIRMLY BELIEVES IN NOT REGRETTING WHAT
IS ALREADY PAST.
Where learned: HOME ; MINNESOTA ; ROUTE 1 ; STURGEON LAKE ; WRITTEN IN A LETTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-05-1970