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POLISH PROVERB
WHEN THEY'RE CATCHING THE BIRD,
THEY SING TO HIM.
BUT WHEN THEY CATCH HIM,
THEN THEY PLUCK HIM.
JAK PTASZKA LAPAJA,
TO MU SPIEWAJA.
A JAK GO ZLAPAJA,
TO GO SKUBAJA.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT USED TO SAY THIS PROVERB TO HER DAUGHTERS WHEN THEY WERE
BEING COURTED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5678 TARNOW ST ; 48210
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
THE GAME OF JACKS
PARTS: 10 OR MORE JACKS AND A SMALL RUBBER BALL.
NUMBER OF PLAYERS: TWO OR MORE, BUT NOT MORE THAN 12.
OBJECT OF GAME: TO BE THE ONLY PLAYER TO FINISH THE GAME OF JACKS.
RULES: THIS GAME CAN BE PLAYED ON ANY FLAT SURFACE.
TWO OR MORE CHILDREN CAN PLAY THE GAME.
HOWEVER, THE GAME IS RATHER COMPLEX IF MORE THAN 12 PLAYERS PLAY.
THE FIRST STEP IN JACKS IS TO DECIDE WHO GOES FIRST.
ACCORDING TO AGE, THE YOUNGEST PLAYER GOES FIRST
AND THE ELDEST PLAYER GOES LAST.
THE FIRST PLAYER PUTS HIS HANDS TOGETHER,
AND LEVEL WITH THE PLAYING SURFACE, BUT AT LEAST
A FOOT OR SO OFF THE GROUND.
THE BACKS OF HIS HANDS ARE FACING HIM.
THE SECOND PLAYER PILES THE JACKS ON THE BACKS OF THE FIRST
PLAYER,S HAND
THE FIRST PLAYER THEN DROPS HIS HANDS AND THE JACKS FALL.
NOW THE OPPONENTS HAVE A CHANCE TO SPY A LOSS OF TURN FOR THE
FIRST PLAYER.
IF ANY JACKS ARE STACKED ON TOP OF ONE ANOTHER, THE OPPONENTS
YELL OUT, "STACKS."
THE FIRST PLAYER WOULD LOSE HIS TURN TO PLAY.
IF ANY OF THE JACKS ARE TOUCHING ONE ANOTHER, THE
OPPONENTS WOULD YELL OUT, "TOUCHIES."
MEANING THAT THE FIST PLAYER LOSES HIS TURN.
IF NO RULES ARE BROKEN, THE FIRST PLAYER TAKES A SMALL
RUBBER BALL AND BOUNCES IT.
BEFORE HE CATCHES THE BALL, HE MUST GRASP OR SWIPE ONE JACK
AND SAY, "ONEZIES."
THEN, BEFORE THE BALL REACHES THE PLAYING SURFACE, HE
MUST CATCH THE BALL OR HE LOSES THAT TURN.
IF THIS IS DONE CORRECTLY BY PLAYER NUMBER ONE, THE PLAYER HAS
NOT LOST HIS TURN AND MAY PLAY AGAIN.
THIS TIME HE MUST GRASP TWO JACKS AND YELL OUT, "TWOZIES."
THE FIRST PLAYER MUST PLAY IN THIS FASHION UNTIL HE EITHER
HAS LOST HIS TURN OR GAINED THE ABILITY TO GRASP 10 JACKS.
UPON GRASPING 10 JACKS AND YELLING "TENZIES," THE PLAYER NOW
MUST GRASP 9 JACKS, THEN 8 JACKS, UNTIL HE HAS
GRASPED ONE JACK CORRECTLY. UPON DOING SO HE HAS WON THE GAME.
BECAUSE IT IS SO EASY TO LOSE A TURN IN THIS GAME, IT IS
A VERY RARE THING FOR A PLAYER TO WIN THE GAME
WITHOUT THE OTHER PLAYERS GETTING A CHANCE TO PLAY.
SO IN SUMMARY IF THE FIRST PLAYER LOSES HIS TURN, THE SECOND
PLAYER MUST TRY TO GRASP AS MANY JACKS WITHOUT ERROR AS HE
CAN. IF HE FAILS SOMEWHERE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS GAME, THEN IT IS
THE THIRD PLAYER,S CHANCE AND SO ON.
Submitter comment:
I FOUND OUT THAT THIS GAME IS PLAYED ON THE PORCHES OF HOMES
IN THE DETROIT AREA MOST OF THE SUMMER TIME.
THE GAME IS USUALLY PLAYED BY YOUNG GIRLS, BUT THIS DOES
NOT MEAN THAT YOUNG BOYS CAN NOT PLAY THE GAME.
I HAVE ALSO FOUND OUT FROM THIS INFORMANT THAT MORE RULES ARE
ADDED IF THE GAME IS PLAYED SEVERAL TIMES IN ONE SITTING.
ALTHOUGH OTHERS MAY KNOW DIFFERENT RULES TO THIS GAME, THE RULES
MUST BE STATED BEFORE THE GAME IS TO BEGIN.
ALSO THE PARTS FOR THE GAME, THE JACKS AND THE BALL,
MAY BE PURCHASED AT ANY DRUG STORE OR GAME STORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 48210
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse SPEECH -- Formula |
TOMMY, FREEDOM IS IN YOUR HOME.
Submitter comment:
POLISH: WOLNOSC TOMKU
W SWOJEM DOMKU.
THE NAME TOMMY IS USED IN THIS PROVERB BECAUSE IT RHYMES
WITH HOME. TOMMY REPRESENTS ANYONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5678 TARNOW ST ; 48210
Keyword(s): POLISH EQUIVALENT OF "A MAN'S HOME IS HIS CASTLE." ; THIS IS SIMILAR TO THE PREVIOUS PROVERB, WHICH IS THE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
EASTER CUSTOM
ON EASTER SUNDAY, POLISH VILLAGERS WOULD SPRINKLE EVERY ROOM IN THEIR
HOUSE WITH HOLY WATER--INCLUDING THE STABLE AND BARN--AS PROTECTION
FROM FIRE, LIGHTENING, OR OTHER MISFORTUNE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT STILL PRACTICES THIS CUSTOM IN HER HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5678 TARNOW ST ; 48210
Keyword(s): WATER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Fire |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
BURIAL CUSTOM
IN THE EVENT OF DEATH, THE POLISH VILLAGERS PLACE DRIED HERBS
(BLESSED ON ASCENSION THURSDAY) UNDERNEATH THE LINEN LINING OF THE
CASKET. THIS SERVES AS A PILLOW UNDER THE DECEASED PERSON'S HEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5678 TARNOW ST ; 48210
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Ascension Day CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Pentecost |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
ASCENSION THURSDAY CUSTOM
ON ASCENSION THURSDAY, POLISH PEASANTS TAKE BOUQUETS MADE UP OF
WHEAT, OATS, RYE, APPLES AND PEARS ON A STICK, HERBS AND FLOWERS TO
CHURCH FOR BLESSING TO ASSURE FUTURE FERTILITY OF CROPS. CITY
DWELLERS, HOWEVER, TAKE BOUQUETS OF FLOWERS FROM THEIR GARDEN.
POLES DO NOT REFER TO THIS HOLY DAY AS ASCENSION THURSDAY
BUT AS THE DAY OF "OUR LADY OF HERBS" OR "MATKI BOSKI ZIELNEJ."
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT RELIGIOUSLY OBSERVES THIS CUSTOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5678 TARNOW ST ; 48210
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Ascension Day |
Date learned: 02-07-1971
BELIEF
IF YOUR LEFT HAND ITCHES, RUB IT ON WOOD
AND YOU WILL RECEIVE MONEY SOON;
IF YOUR RIGHT HAND ITCHES,
YOU ARE TO SHAKE HANDS WITH A STRANGER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5444 MARTIN ; 48210
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
LEGEND
IN THE BLUE RIDGE MOUNTAINS OF VIRGINIA, THERE IS A PLACE CALLED
DEVIL'S DEN. LEGEND HAS IT THAT WHEN LUCIFER WAS CAST OUT OF
HEAVEN THAT IS THE PLACE HE WAS THROWN INTO. THE PIT IS BOTTOMLESS,
SO IT'S SAID. YOU CAN DROP A STONE INTO THE PIT AND NEVER HEAR IT
HIT BOTTOM. THEY'VE CALLED IT DEVIL'S DEN AS LONG AS ANYONE
REMEMBERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5444 MARTIN ; 48210
Keyword(s): BOTTOMLESS PIT.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Formation |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
WEATHER PROVERB
POLISH: JAK NA BOZE NARODZENIE PO WODZIE, TO NA WIELKANOC PO LODZIE.
TRANSLATION: IF AT CHRISTMAS YOU'RE GOING OVER WATER, THEN ON EASTER
IT WILL BE OVER ICE.
(IF IT'S A WARM WINTER, PLAN ON A COLD SPRING.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5678 TARNOW ST ; 48210
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Predictions |
DUMMY DUMMY DO DO / DUMMY DUMMY DEE/ I CHOOSE ---- TO CHASE AFTER ME.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT DOES PRATICE IT NOW AT HULL ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
IN LIVONIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; 5678 TARNOW ST ; 48210 ; TOLD AT GRANDMOTHERS HOME
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-07-1971