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ON ALL SAINTS' DAY, EXTRA PLATES ARE SET AT THE TABLE FOR DECEASED
MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- November 1 All Saints CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: NO DATE INDICATED.
CUSTOM
A BRANCH FROM A CHERRY TREE WILL BLOOM, THAT IS, BLOSSOM ON CHRISTMAS
IF IT IS PICKED ON ST. BARBARA'S FEAST DAY, DECEMBER 4, AND
PLACED IN WATER.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F120 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NO DATE INDICATED.
THRASHING TIME
FARMERS WOULD JOIN IN A GROUP WHERE ONE OWNED A THRASHING MACHINE.
THEY WOULD GO FROM FARMER TO FARMER TO THRASH HIS GRAIN.
THIS WOULD TAKE TWO TO THREE WEEKS.
AT WHATEVER FARMER'S HOME THEY WERE WORKING AT MEAL TIME THEY WERE
FED. ON BENCHES OUTDOORS WERE PLACED BASINS, CLEAN TOWELS, SOAP
AND PAILS OF CLEAN WATER. THE MEN CAME IN FROM THE FIELD, WASHED
AND CAME IN TO EAT. THE TABLE WAS SET FOR ABOUT TWELVE AND WAS
LOADED WITH FOOD. THE TABLE WAS CLEARED AND SET AGAIN. THERE WERE
ABOUT 21 TO 25 MEN TO FEED.
Keyword(s): THRASHING FARMING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
IF BUTTER WILL NOT CHURN IT IS BEWITCHED; TO CURE
BEWITCHED MILK, THRUST A RED HOT IRON INTO IT.
Submitter comment:
HER MOTHER FERVENTLY BELIEVED THIS BUT SHE CAN'T REMEMBER
ANY TIME WHEN SHE RESORTED TO THE RED HOT IRON.
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
FOR IMPURITY OF THE BLOOD OR ANEMIA, EAT RED BEETS.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS TOLD ME THIS, ESPECIALLY WHEN I HAD
ANEMIA (SHE ALSO MADE ME EAT THE RED BEETS.).
Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC-IMITATIVE MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
SPRING TONIC
EVERY SPRING MOTHER GAVE THE FAMILY SULPHUR AND MOLASSES
BECAUSE THE BLOOD NEEDED THINNING AND PURIFYING.
Data entry tech comment: THERE ARE 5 OTHER SIMILAR REFERENCES IN ARCHIVE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
IT IS A BAD SIGN IF YOUR FINGERNAILS CURVE
OVER THE ENDS OF YOUR FINGERS.
YOU WILL DIE OF CONSUMPTION.
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
HAIR
IF YOU PLUCK ONE GREY HAIR, SEVEN WILL GROW IN ITS PLACE.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
PIEROGI
PIEROGI-A NEEDLE DOUGH IN THE FORM OF A FILLED DUMPLING. THE
VARIOUS FILLINGS ARE COTTAGE CHEESE, SAUERKRAUT, SWEET-SOUR CABBAGE,
MASHED POTATOES OR PLUMS.
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Kind of Food and Its Preparation |
Date learned: 10-27-1968
CZARNINA
POLISH DISH OF DUCK SOUP. MADE WITH THE BLOOD OF THE DUCK, PRUNES
RAISINS, APPLE OR PEAR, AND SEASONINGS - MAINLY MARJORAM. A POTATO
NOODLE, MORE LIKE DUMPLINGS, ARE TO BE EATEN WITH IT. THIS SOUP IS
A SWEET-SOUR SOUP, SINCE THE BLOOD IS MIXED WITH VINEGAR, AS IT IS
DRAINED FROM THE DUCK.
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food Food Drink -- Mixed preparation in liquid |
Date learned: 09-30-1968
CLUMPS OF THREE
SUPERSTITION HAS IT THAT BAD LUCK OR GOOD FORTUNE, GOOD NEWS OR BAD
NEWS COMES IN SETS OF THREE. WHEN ONE HEARS OF TWO
CONSECUTIVE SITUATIONS A THIRD WILL MOST CERTAINLY APPEAR.
Submitter comment: NON-ETHNIC
Keyword(s): THREE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Good luck BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 09-30-1968
DEATH
DEATH COMES IN THREES.
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
IF THIRTEEN ARE AT THE TABLE, ONE WILL DIE BEFORE THE YEAR HAS
ENDED
I HAD ALWAYS HEARD THIS AS A CHILD, AND READ IN AN ETIQUETTE BOOK
JUST RECENTLY THAT ANY CONSIDERATE HOSTESS WOULD AVOID HAVING 13 AT
THE TABLE TO ELIMINATE ANY UNEASINESS AMONGST HER GUESTS.
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
LEGEND OF SEAWEED SALLY AT CAMP BIG SILVER
BOY'S CLUB SUMMER CAMP AT PINCKNEY, MICHIGAN
HAD IT THAT ACROSS THE LAKE
LIVED SEAWEED SALLY, A GHOST. THE BOYS WERE WARNED TO WATCH FOR
HER BECAUSE SHE WANTED TO KIDNAP LITTLE BOYS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Keyword(s): camp ; GHOST ; Haunt ; Legend ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
GIRL WHISTLING
IN GRANDMOTHER'S TIME THE GIRLS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO WHISTLE. SHE
SAID IT MADE THE BLESSED VIRGIN CRY.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO ; Baratta, Clare
Keyword(s): BLESSED VIRGIN ; Cry ; Female ; Feminine ; Girls ; Ladylike ; Whistle ; Whistling
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
LEGEND OF THE MAD MAN.
IN MY CHILDHOOD, I SPENT TWO WEEKS AT THE BOYS' CLUB CAMP
FOR FOUR CONSECUTIVE YEARS. EVERY STAY WAS OCCASIONED BY THE
RUMOR THAT IT WAS NOT SAFE TO WALK IN CAMP ALONE AT NIGHT
BECAUSE A MAN HAD ESCAPED FROM A NEARBY MENTAL
INSTITUTION OR JAIL (IT VARIED) AND
THE CONVICT DID NOT LIKE LITTLE BOYS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Keyword(s): Escaped ; Institution ; JAIL ; Legend ; Mad Man ; Mental Institution ; Urban Legend
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NEW WALLET
IF YOU GIVE A PURSE OR WALLET TO SOMEONE, PUT A PENNY
IN IT TO ASSURE THE RECEIVER NEVER GOES BROKE.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
FIRST STAR
MAKE A WISH ON THE FIRST STAR THAT YOU SEE AT NIGHT.
STAR BRIGHT, STAR LIGHT, THE FIRST STAR I SEE TONIGHT
I WISH IT MAY, I WISH IT MIGHT, I WISH MY WISH COMES TRUE TONIGHT.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Use of Object P860.642 |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
COUGH
COUGH REMEDY: BAKE A LEMON UNTIL SOFT AND BEFORE IT BURSTS MIX PULP
WITH HONEY.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
WORMS
IF YOU EAT TOO MUCH SUGAR YOU WILL GET WORMS.
Keyword(s): CAUSE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-00-1968