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IRISH PROVERB
THE DAY OF THE WIND IS NOT THE DAY OF THE SCALLOP.
Submitter comment: SCALLOP REFERS TO TIGHTENING THE THATCH ON A ROOFTOP.
Where learned: GRAND RAPIDS
Keyword(s): FISH?
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
CUSTOM
SATAN AND HIS FOLLOWERS CELEBRATE THEIR SABBATH IN THE FOUR
DIFFERENT SECTIONS OR COVENS OF THE WORLD AROUND THE SAME TIME
AS THE CATHOLIC CHURCH CELEBRATES THE SEASONAL CHANGES. WE ALSO
HAVE A CEREMONY AT THE TIME OF THE BLOODY SABBATH OF SATAN.
ON THIS DAY ALL FOUR COVENS GET TOGETHER FOR A GOOD TIME OF
SACRIFICE, (A YOUNG PERSON)
ALL WHO HAVE BEEN DISOBEDIENT TO SATAN AND THE INSTALLMENT OF
NEW WITCHES.
James Callow comment: INCOMPLETE ITEM
Where learned: GRAND RAPIDS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Sacrificial rite for special occasion BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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 |
SUPERSTITION
HAIRS, WHEN LEFT IN WATER, TURN TO WORMS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
INVOCATION FOR ST. VALENTINE DAY
GOOD VALENTINE, BE KIND TO ME,
IN A DREAM LET ME MY TRUE LOVE SEE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.0214 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- February 14 Valentine's Day BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
AGRICULTURAL PROVERB
MAKE HAY WHILE THE SUN SHINES.
MAKE LOVE WHILE THE MOON SHINES.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS ; 2670 PANES RD
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE ; INCREMENTAL REPITITION ; ITERATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-09-1971
PROVERB
AS UNPLANNED AS A HICCUP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
Keyword(s): ONOMATOPEIA
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON ; INVOLUNTARY ; SPONTANEOUS REACTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
HOLY WATER
WHENEVER YOU DIP YOUR HAND INTO THE HOLY WATER DISH, YOU SHOULD
SHAKE THE EXCESS DROPS OFF BEFORE YOU MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS.
EACH DROP THAT YOU SHAKE OFF QUENCHES THE THIRST OF ONE SOUL IN
PURGATORY. THAT SOUL THEN GOES TO HEAVEN.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS TOLD TO ME AS A BELIEF.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person. She learned this in childhood.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Church |
Date learned: 00001956 CHILDHOOD
PROVERB
HE WHO CONQUERS HIMSELF, CONQUERS HIS ENEMY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS ; 1069 LOCKRIDGE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
COUNTING OUT
IBBITY, BIBBITY, SIBBITY, SAB, IBBITY, BIBBITY, CANOBA.
ON THE "CANOBA," THE PERSON'S HAND WHO IS TOUCHED ON THAT
SYLLABLE IS TAKEN OUT, AND THE RHYME IS CONTINUED WITH THE
REMAINING HANDS UNTIL THERE ARE NO HANDS LEFT. THE
PERSON WHOSE HAND IS THE LAST TO REMAIN IS IT FOR WHATEVER
GAME YOU ARE PLAYING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
BRETON FISHERMEN'S PRAYER
DEAR GOD BE GOOD TO ME;
THE SEA IS SO WIDE,
AND MY BOAT IS SO SMALL.
Where learned: GRAND RAPIDS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN ITALIANS WANT TO MOTION YOU TO COME HERE--
THEY WAVE THEIR HAND IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION
AS AMERICANS (FROM BODY OUTWARDS).
Where learned: GRAND RAPIDS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Derision Scorn SPEECH -- Instructions Directions |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE DANDELION
O DANDELION, YELLOW AS GOLD,
WHAT DO YOU DO ALL DAY?
I JUST WAIT HERE
IN THE TALL, GREEN GRASS,
TIL THE CHILDREN COME TO PLAY.
O DANDELION, YELLOW AS GOLD,
WHAT DO YOU DO ALL NIGHT?
I WAIT AND WAIT
TIL THE COOL DEW FALLS,
AND MY HAIR GROWS LONG AND WHITE.
AND WHAT DO YOU DO
WHEN YOUR HAIR IS WHITE
AND THE CHILDREN COME TO PLAY?
THEY TAKE ME UP
IN THEIR DIMPLED HANDS,
AND BLOW MY HAIR AWAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
CHEER
OUR TEAM IS SO BIG,
YOUR TEAM IS SO SMALL,
(THEN EVERYONE STARTED STOMPING THEIR FEET.)
Submitter comment: CATHOLIC CENTRAL IN GRAND RAPIDS, MICHIGAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; GRAND RAPIDS ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Pastime Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival Custom Festival |
AN OLD GAELIC BLESSING
MAY THE ROADS RISE WITH YOU,
AND THE WIND BE ALWAYS AT YOUR BACK;
AND MAY THE LORD HOLD YOU
IN THE HALLOW OF HIS HAND.
Data entry tech comment: HOLLOW?
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
Keyword(s): PRAYER BLESSING INDIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse |
AMERICANS WILL SAY "I SHAKE HANDS;" GERMANS WILL SAY
"ICH GEBE DIE HAND" WHICH MEANS "I GIVE THE HAND."
Where learned: GRAND RAPIDS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Formula SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ITALIAN GESTURE
WHEN ITALIANS MEET AND GREET EACH OTHER, THEY KISS EACH
OTHER ON BOTH CHEEKS.
Where learned: GRAND RAPIDS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): COMMON EUROPEAN GESTURE.
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.1 SPEECH -- Greetings Salutations |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
ITALIAN GESTURE
WHEN ITALIANS PLACE THEIR POINTER FINGER IN THE MIDDLE
OF THE CHEEK, IT MEANS SOMETHING IS VERY 'CHIC.'
A SIGN OF APPROVAL.
Where learned: GRAND RAPIDS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- S601 SPEECH -- Body parts involved S602.1 SPEECH -- Congratulations Appreciation |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RUSSIAN FOOD
RUSSIANS LOVE ICE CREAM AND ALL OVER RUSSIA THEY HAVE LITTLE
CARTS WITH READY MADE CONES.
Where learned: GRAND RAPIDS ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Pastry Sweet Dessert |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
HAWAIIAN FOOD
THE HAWAIIANS EAT RAW SQUID. THEY CUT THE "INK BAG" OUT
OF THE SQUID AND POUND ITS HEAD UNTIL ITS TENACLES
CURL. THEY THEN USE THE INK TO COLOR THE SQUID.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS ; 4431 ELMWOOD
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Mixed preparation in liquid |
Date learned: 04-08-1971