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POLISH PROVERB
WHO GETS UP EARLY, GOD GIVES TO HIM.
Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER HAS USED THIS PROVERB ALL HER LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-28-1967
POLISH PROVERB
WHO NEVER TASTED BITTERNESS, HE WILL NOT KNOW SWEETNESS IN HEAVEN.
KTO NIE DOZNAT GORYCZY NIRAZIC, TENNIE DOZNA STODYCZY WNIEHIE.
Submitter comment: MY GRANDMOTHER KNOWS THIS OLD PROVERB FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-12-1967
POLISH PROVERB
WHO SLEEPS, DOESN'T SIN.
KTO SPI, NIE GRZESZY.
Submitter comment:
THERE IS A LONGER FORM OF THIS SAYING, INDICATING SOMETHING
DIFFERENT. HE WHO DRINKS SLEEPS; HE WHO SLEEPS DOESN'T SIN; HE WHO DOESN'T SIN IS HOLY. THEREFORE, HE WHO DRINKS IS HOLY. KTO PIJE, TEN SPI; KTO SPI, TEN NIE GRZEAZY; KTO NIE GRZESZY, SWIETY JIST. A ZATEM: KTO PIJE, SWIETY JIST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
PROVERB
WIN SOME, LOSE 'EM ALL.
Submitter comment: THIS IS A CORRUPTION OF THE FAMILIAR "WIN SOME, LOSE SOME."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-00-1968
POLISH PROVERB
A WISE MAN WILL LET A STUPID ONE THR0UGH.
MADRY GTUPIEINU USTAPI.
Submitter comment:
THIS SAYING IMPLIES THAT A WISE MAN WILL BE TOLERANT OF OTHERS.
MY MOTHER KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
POLISH PROVERB
WITH BREAD AND SALT WE GREET YOU.
CHEBEM I SOLA WITAMY.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS NOT ONLY A HEBREW SAYING, BUT ALSO AN OLD POLISH CUSTOM,
PARTICULARLY WHEN GREETING A NEWLY MARRIED COUPLE. MY GRANDMOTHER
KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
POLISH PROVERB
WORK WITH ENTHUSIASM CHANGES STRAW INTO GOLD.
PRACA Z OCHOTA, PRZERABIA STOME, U ZTOTA.
Submitter comment: MY FATHER KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
PROVERB
YOU CAN'T SHAKE HANDS WITH A CLENCHED FIST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; 7733 CALHOUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-06-1971
NICKNAME
"CHOCOLATE" MEN - REFERRING TO ALL BLACK MEN THAT LIVED BY
GRANDPARENT'S STORE IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- FamilyGroup |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
PLACE
ALBA - SCOTLAND USED TO BE CALLED ALBA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Place |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
NICKNAME
PLEASANTLY PLUMP
Submitter comment: REFERRING TO THE FAT GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN THE STREET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
NICKNAME
ONE WHEEL
Submitter comment: REFERRING TO A GOOD FRIEND WITH ONLY ONE LEG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
NAMES
MARCH HARE
Submitter comment:
IN THE PART OF SCOTLAND WHERE THE INFORMANT CAME FROM, THEY
CALLED THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN BORN IN MARCH A "MARCH HARE".
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
A KNIFE AND A FORK AND A BOTTLE AND A CORK
THAT'S THE WAY YOU SPELL NEW YORK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
A CHICKEN AND A CAR AND THE CAR WON'T GO
THAT'S HOW YOU SPELL CHICAGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
GOODBYE GESTURES
WHILE WORKING AS A TOURIST GUIDE FOR THE FORD MOTOR
COMPANY, I WAS ASSIGNED A GROUP OF ENGLISHMEN TO
ESCORT THROUGH THE ROUGE PLANT. WHEN LUNCH WAS
COMPLETED, I STOOD UP TO LEAVE THE TABLE AND SAY
GOODBYE. WHILE LEAVING, A NUMBER OF THE ENGLISHMEN
GESTURED BY CLENCHING THEIR FINGERS LIKE A FIST,
THUMB STRAIGHT UP. WITH THE HAND IN SUCH A FORM,
THEY WOULD MOVE THE ARM UP AND DOWN ABOUT 5 TO 6
INCHES IN ALL. ONE OF THEM TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS
A GOODBYE AND GOOD LUCK SIGN ALL IN ONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): LEAVETAKING
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Goodbyes Leavetakings SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions |
Date learned: 00001963 SUMMER
IF THERE IS A MINIMUM OF FOUR PEOPLE AND THEY ARE SAYING
GOODBYE TO EACH OTHER, THE GUYS WHO ARE SHAKING HANDS
CANNOT CROSS OVER ONE ANOTHER, BECAUSE THIS IS A
SIGN OF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.22 SPEECH -- Magical Luck |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
A POLISH TRADITION ON THE CHRISTMAS VIGIL IS THE BREAKING OF WAFERS
AND WISHING GOOD LUCK ON EVERYBODY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F122 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- Good luck SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-15-1972
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Historical record from James Callow Folklore Archive.
THERE WAS A BIG FOOTBALL GAME BETWEEN A TEAM OF POLAKS AND A TEAM OF
WAPS, AND WELL INTO THE FOURTH QUARTER, THE SCORE WAS 0 TO 0. A
NEARBY FACTORY THEN BLEW ITS WHISTLE WHEREUPON THE POLAKS LEFT
THE FIELD THINKING IT TO BE THE END OF THE GAME. SIX PLAYS LATER,
THE WAPS SCORED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | ITAL BELIEF -- Poli |
Date learned: 10-17-1972
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