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KRAKOWIAK (POLISH DANCE)
LIKE THE AMERICAN SQUARE DANCE.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; NOT GIVEN ; HOME ; PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; LETTER ; OHIO ; NEW JERSEY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; GROSSE POINTE ; HARPER WOODS ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; WARREN ; JAPAN ; RUSSIA ; GRAND RAPIDS ; SHIPLE HALL ; GARDEN CITY ; ROYAL OAK ; TOLEDO ; TRENTON ; FARMINGTON ; KALAMAZOO ; CANADA ; ONTARIO ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT ; MAIL ; INDIANA ; DETROIT, ASSUMED ; TOLD AT HOME ; FERNDALE ; SOUTHFIELD ; TENNESSEE ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL ; HAMTRAMCK ; DEARBORN ; MINNESOTA ; ILLINOIS ; NEW YORK ; FLORIDA ; KOREA ; WISCONSIN ; NEW HAMPSHIRE ; STUDENT UNION ; READING ; AUSTRALIA ; Sylvania ; Sterling Heights ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; GROSSE POINTE PARK ; OAK PARK ; SOUTHGATE ; STURGEON LAKE ; REDFORD ; TOORAK ; VICTORIA ; ROSEVILLE ; LINCOLN PARK ; TRAVERSE CITY ; HUNTINGTON WOODS ; PONTIAC ; TROY ; PORT CHESTER ; SOUTH AMERICA ; BROOKVILLE ; MONTREAL ; SEOUL ; NORTH OLMSTED ; EASTOWN THEATER ; ERIE ; University of Notre Dame ; FRANKLINVILLE ; TORONTO ; TOLD AT ; TOLD BY ; TOLD IN ; SCRANTON ; MONROE ; GLENVIEW ; MOSCOW ; GULLEY ; FINLAND ; HARBOR BEACH ; HOUGHTON LAKE ; Hudson Lake ; 1962 ; INDIANAPOLIS ; JONESBORO ; KANSASVILLE ; LEXINGTON ; MASSILLON ; MAUCH CHUNK ; MELVINDALE ; MILFORD ; NEW ROCHELLE ; NIAGARA FALLS ; PANAMA CITY ; PATAGONIA ; ARGENTINA ; RESIDENCE HALL ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES ; TOLD AT HONORS HOUSE ; AMERICAN HISTORY CLASS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dance |
EXPLANATION OF NAME, "MURDER HILL"
THERE IS A STRETCH OF NARROW, WINDING ROAD ON THE SIDE OF A HILL
JUST OUTSIDE OF LITTLE VALLEY, NEW YORK. SIGNS AT EACH END OF THIS
LONG ROAD CALL IT "MURDER HILL."
ONE EXPLANATION OF THE NAME IS THE FACT THAT A FATAL ACCIDENT
COULD EASILY HAPPEN THERE.
ANOTHER EXPLANATION IS A LEGEND THAT A MAN KILLED HIS WIFE AND
THEN HIMSELF IN A HOUSE NOT FAR FROM THE ROAD.
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Where learned: NEW YORK ; FRANKLINVILLE
Keyword(s): ETYMOLOGY ; Murder Hill ; Origin ; Urban Legend
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial SPEECH -- S478 |
Date learned: 06-00-1968
EXPLANATION OF NAME, "MURDER HILL"
THERE IS A STRETCH OF NARROW, WINDING ROAD ON THE SIDE OF A HILL
JUST OUTSIDE OF LITTLE VALLEY, NEW YORK. SIGNS AT EACH END OF THIS
LONG ROAD CALL IT "MURDER HILL."
ONE EXPLANATION OF THE NAME IS THE FACT THAT A FATAL ACCIDENT
COULD EASILY HAPPEN THERE.
ANOTHER EXPLANATION IS A LEGEND THAT A MAN KILLED HIS WIFE AND
THEN HIMSELF IN A HOUSE NOT FAR FROM THE ROAD.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: NEW YORK ; FRANKLINVILLE
Keyword(s): ETYMOLOGY ; Murder Hill ; Origin ; Urban Legend
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial SPEECH -- S478 |
Date learned: 06-00-1968
BEFORE PLAYING A REGULATION VARSITY BASKETBALL
GAME, I WOULD NOT TAKE OFF ANY WARM UP CLOTHES
UNTIL THE LAST POSSIBLE MOMENT, OR IT WOULD BRING
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; FRANKLINVILLE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Bad luck Games Pastimes Sports |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LUCK IN A BASKETBALL GAME
WHEN TAKING A FOUL SHOT DURING A GAME, I WOULD
DRIBBLE THE BALL EXACTLY FIVE TIMES BEFORE SHOOTING
FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; FRANKLINVILLE
| Subject headings: | 881 Games / Pastimes / Sports |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IF YOU HAPPEN TO PUT ON ANY GARMENT WRONG SIDE OUT, WEAR IT THAT
WAY ALL DAY, OTHERWISE YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IT IS BAD LUCK TO PLANT A CEDAR TREE; YOU WILL DIE WHEN IT'S BIG
ENOUGH TO SHADE YOUR GRAVE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IF YOU TELL A DREAM BEFORE BREAKFAST, IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF ABOUT WEATHER
IF IT RAINS THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH, IT WILL RAIN FOR FIFTEEN
DAYS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF ABOUT WEATHER
IF MARCH COMES IN LIKE A LAMB, IT WILL GO OUT LIKE A LION. IF IT
COMES IN LIKE A LION, IT WILL GO OUT LIKE A LAMB.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF ABOUT WEATHER
COUNT THE FOGS IN AUGUST AND YOU WILL KNOW HOW MANY SNOWS THERE
WILL BE THE NEXT WINTER.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
WHEN YOU HEAR A RAIN CROW, IT WILL RAIN WITHIN TWENTY-FOUR HOURS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IF YOUR FOOT ITCHES, IT'S A SIGN YOU'LL WALK ON STRANGE GROUND.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CURE FOR ITCH
MIX SULPHUR AND GREASE (LARD) AND APPLY IT EVERY NIGHT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 06-17-1972
CURE FOR BURN
WET THE BURNED PLACE AND APPLY BAKING SODA.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF
IF A GIRL CAN KISS HER ELBOW, SHE CAN TURN INTO A BOY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU DRINK BEER WITH WATERMELON IT WILL TURN TO STONE IN
YOUR STOMACH.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage Fermented BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 06-17-1973
IF YOU DRINK MILK WITH FISH YOU'LL GET SICK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
James Callow Keyword(s): FOOD AND DRINK
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Meat Fish and other animal life related to water Food Drink -- Drink from animal product Milk BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 06-17-1973
ON MAY THE 1ST CHANGE TO SUMMER UNDERWEAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 1 May Day BELIEF -- Measure of time Summer |
Date learned: 06-17-1973
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY EAT BLACK-EYED PEAS FOR GOOD LUCK THE REST
OF THE YEAR.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
Date learned: 06-17-1973