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WHEN AN UNFAMILIAR GUEST ENTERS YOUR HOME, YOU
MUST HAVE FRESH FLOWERS IN THE HOUSE. THIS CUSTOM
ENSURED A HAPPY VISIT FOR BOTH PARTIES.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: CANADA ; COLLECTED BY MAIL ; MONTREAL
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; CUSTOM ; FLOWERS ; Guest ; HOSPITALITY ; SUPERSTITION ; tradition
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
IF YOU SEE A FUNERAL PROCESSION,
YOU MUST HOLD ONTO A BUTTON BECAUSE IT IS BAD LUCK
NOT TO DO SO.
Where learned: COLLECTED BY MAIL ; COOKHAM RISE ; BERKSHIRE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck Crucial moment of life BELIEF -- Conversions Crucial moment of life |
Date learned: 00-00-1980
IT IS NECESSARY TO BOIL A POTATOE ON THE FIRST
DAY OF SCHOOL TO GUARANTEE GOOD LUCK FOR THE
STUDENT FOR THE REST OF THE SCHOOL YEAR.
Where learned: COLLECTED BY MAIL ; COOKHAM RISE ; BERKSHIRE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- School BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
WHEN A FULL MOON OCCURS IN JULY, ALL THE WINDOWS
MUST BE KEPT OPEN TO FREE THE RESTLESS SPIRITS.
IF NOT THE SPIRITS WOULD REMAIN FOR THE REMAINDER OF
THE YEAR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S GRANDMOTHER WAS TOLD THIS BY HER MOTHER
AND CONTINUED TO PRACTICE THE BELIEF, PASSING
IT ON TO HER CHILDREN AND GRANDCHILDREN.
Where learned: ENGLAND ; COOKHAM RISE ; BERKSHIRE ; RECEIVED IN MAIL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Conversions |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
EASTER
GREEKS DYE THEIR EASTER EGGS ONLY A DEEP BLOOD RED WHICH
SIGNIFIES THE BLOOD OF CHRIST.
Submitter comment:
FROM FAMILY TIES.
Where learned: MAIL
Keyword(s): COLOR SYMBOLISM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
HE CABBAGED ONTO HER BOOKS.
Data entry tech comment: HE ACTUALLY HAD A TIGHT GRIP ON HER BOOKS.
Where learned: THROUGH THE MAIL
Keyword(s): METAPHOR CLUTCH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
BEANS
HE DOESN'T KNOW BEANS WHEN THE BAG IS OPEN.
Where learned: THROUGH THE MAIL
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; IGNORANCE ; METAPHOR VEGETABLE RECOGNITION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
HE PUT ON THE SCREWS.
Where learned: THROUGH THE MAIL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
HE WAS BEAT UP WITH A BRUSH.
Where learned: THROUGH THE MAIL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
NEW YEAR'S CUSTOM (EUROPEAN)
IN ORDER TO ENSURE ONESELF FOR A GOOD YEAR, IT IS COMMON CUSTOM
IN EUROPE FOR THE HEAD OF A FAMILY TO APPOINT AN OUTSIDER (CLOSE
FRIEND) TO BE THE FIRST ONE TO PUT HIS FOOT IN THE HOUSE. IF
SOMEONE UN-APPOINTED CAME INTO THE HOUSE, THE NEW YEAR WOULD NOT
BE A GOOD ONE.
Where learned: MAILED FROM ENGLAND
Keyword(s): FIRST FOOTING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Fixed DateFor specific dates, use the following system: F640.0101 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 |
Date learned: 03-25-1968
DARK HORSE.
.... GETTING READY TO PUSH A DARK HORSE IN THE NEXT CAMPAIGN.
Where learned: THROUGH THE MAIL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-16-1969
HAUNTED HOUSE.
I WAS HOME WITH THE BABY. THE BABY WAS ASLEEP AND I HEARD THIS
CHILD RUNNING AND IT SOUNDED LIKE THE CHILD BUMPED INTO THE WALL.
SO WHEN I CHECKED ON THE BABY HE WAS STILL ASLEEP.
Where learned: COLLECTED BY MAIL
Keyword(s): GHOST- CHILD.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-30-1971
HAUNTED HOUSE.
IT HAPPENED IN CHICAGO DURING THE 1960'S. AT ONE TIME I HEARD SOMEON
WALKING IN MY HALLWAY AND IT CONTINUED PASS MY LIVING ROOM WHERE
A FRIEND AND I WERE SITTING. WE SEARCHED THE HOUSE AND COULDN'T FIND
ANYONE. AT ANOTHER TIMES I HAVE HEARD MOVING SOUNDS AND I KNEW
NO-ONE ELSE WAS HOME BUT ME.
Data entry tech comment:
THE WORD " PASS " I FEEL IS PAST. " AT ANOTHER TIMES " I FEEL MEANS
AT OTHER TIMES.
Where learned: COLLECTED BY MAIL
Keyword(s): NOISY GHOST.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-30-1971
IF A CLOSE RELATIVE DIES, FRENCH-AMERICANS MOURN
FOR A WHOLE YEAR AND DURING THIS MOURNING, THERE IS
A COMPLETE ABSTENTION FROM SOCIAL LIFE.
Submitter comment: MY MOTHER TOLD ME THIS.
Where learned: MAIL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
TO DETERMINE SEX OF BABY IN GREEK-AMERICAN HOUSEHOLDS, SALT
IS SPRINKLED ON THE HEAD OF EXPECTANT MOTHERS. IF MOTHER
RAISES HANDS TO HEAD THE CHILD WILL BE A GIRL. IF HANDS
GO TO LOWER PART OF BODY, THE BABY WILL BE A BOY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MAIL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
A GREEK-AMERICAN BABY WHEN BORN HAS A PIECE OF GOLD PLACED
ON IT, BECAUSE ON THE FIRST THREE DAYS OF BIRTH, THE
FAIRIES COME TO DECIDE THE BABY'S FATE. IF THERE IS
GOLD, THEN ALL WILL GO WELL.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MAIL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
THE BEST MAN AND MAID OF HONOR AT A GREEK WEDDING WILL
ALWAYS BE THE GODPARENTS OF THE FIRST BORN CHILD.
Submitter comment: LEARNED THROUGH CHILDHOOD.
Where learned: MAIL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Baptism Naming rite |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
WHEN SPRING CLEANING THE RUGS AND PAINTINGS MUST BE METICULOUSLY
CLEANED FOR GOOD LUCK IN THE SPRING.
Where learned: CANADA ; COLLECTED BY MAIL ; MONTREAL
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Spring BELIEF -- Custom BELIEF -- Good luck Activities BELIEF -- Good luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
ON NEW YEAR'S EVE IN SPAIN, SWALLOWING ONE GRAPE ON EACH
OF THE TWELVE STROKES OF MIDNIGHT WILL BRING GOOD LUCK,
FAILING TO SWALLOW A GRAPE OR DROPPING ONE WILL BE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
LEARNED ITEM FROM FATHER WHO FREQUENTLY TRAVELS
TO EUROPE.
Where learned: CANADA ; MONTREAL ; RECEIVED IN MAIL
Date learned: 00-00-1970
IF A PERSON IS ILL IN A HOUSE, ONE CAN DETERMINE
DEATH IS NEAR IF A CAT WILL NOT REMAIN IN THE HOUSE.
IT IS BELIEVED CATS COULD SMELL DEATH NEARBY.
Where learned: CANADA ; COLLECTED BY MAIL ; MONTREAL
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1970