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ACTIVITY-ASTRONOMY
CORN SHOULD BE PLANTED UNDER LEO TO INSURE LARGE
EARS. MM
CORN SHOULD BE PLANTED UNDER GEMINI TO INSURE TWO
EARS PER STALK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM AN UNCLE, JOHN FURR.
Data entry tech comment: GEMINI=TWINS
Where learned: INDIANA ; GREENFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): LEO=LION, KING OF BEASTS. ; SYMBOLISM ; SYMBOLISM MM
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
ANIMAL REMEDY
TO REDUCE INFLAMMATION, MAKE A POULTICE OF WARM COW DUNG.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HOME.
Where learned: INDIANA ; GREENFIELD
Keyword(s): INFECTION ; POULTICE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
BLASON POPULAIRE
THE PERSON WHO THINKS TOO LITTLE USUALLY TALKS TOO MUCH.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FATHER
Where learned: INDIANA ; GREENFIELD
Keyword(s): ANTITHESIS ; CONTRAST
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; GARULOUSNESS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
METAPHORICAL PROVERB
LIKE A BULL IN A CHINA SHOP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; 6122 GREENFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FESTIVAL
MANY HOUSEHOLDS, INCLUDING OURS, KEEP FRUIT CAKE ON HAND FOR THE
XMAS (CHRISTMAS) SEASON.
Submitter comment:
CHILDHOOD
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; 6122 GREENFIELD
Keyword(s): Cake ; CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; FESTIVAL ; FOOD ; FRUIT ; Fruitcake ; holiday ; tradition
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Pastry |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
BLASON POPULAIRE
A WIFE THAT DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO KEEP HOUSE THROWS MORE OUT WITH A
TEASPOON THAN A MAN CAN BRING IN WITH A SHOVEL.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN HER YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; GREENFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
BLASON POPULAIRE
A MAN'S BEST FORTUNE, OR HIS WORSE, IS HIS WIFE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED FROM HER FATHER
Where learned: INDIANA ; GREENFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
THE CLOCK SHOULD BE STOPPED IN THE HOME OF THE DECEASED
TO SHOW THAT THE TIME IS OVER.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; GREENFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
HEADACHE
A BUCKWHEAT CAKE PLACED UPON THE HEAD WILL REMOVE THE
PAIN OF A HEADACHE.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; GREENFIELD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
COUGH
TO CURE A COUGH YOU ROAST AN ONION AND RUB THE SOLES OF THE PATIENT'S
FEET WITH IT.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; GREENFIELD
Keyword(s): HIDDEN CONNECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
COUGH
TO CURE A COUGH, DIP THE END OF A SOFT CLOTH IN BRANDY AND RUB THE
SOLES OF THE PATIENT WITH IT.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; GREENFIELD
Keyword(s): HIDDEN CONNECTION
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
FESTIVAL
EGG NOG IS THE USUAL XMAS (CHRISTMAS) DRINK KEPT ON HAND FOR GUESTS.
Submitter comment:
CHILDHOOD
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; DEARBORN, ASSUMED ; 6122 GREENFIELD
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; DRINK ; holiday
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Single dishes |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED
REMEDY- PLANT
TO HEAL BURNS, YOU POUND OR PRESS THE JUICE OF A MALE FERN
AND SPREAD THIS ON A BURN.
Submitter comment: LEARNED THIS FROM YOUTH.
Where learned: INDIANA ; GREENFIELD
Keyword(s): FERN, HEALING PROPERTIES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-23-1967