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FUNERAL CUSTOMS
FUNERALS IN MEXICO TAKE PLACE IN THE HOME OF THE DECEASED, THE
CASKET IS CLOSED, AND FRIENDS OF THE DECEASED AND HIS/HER FAMILY
VISIT, STAYING AWAKE THE WHOLE NIGHT. THE PERSON IS BURIED THE
FOLLOWING MORNING.
Submitter comment:
DUE TO HEALTH LAWS, THIS PRACTICE IS DYING OUT, BEING REPLACED BY
FUNERAL PARLORS AND CUSTOMS SIMILAR TO OUR OWN.
Where learned: MEXICO ; CIUDAD VALLES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
NEW YEAR'S EVE CUSTOMS
IN MEXICO, IT IS CUSTOMARY TO INCLUDE CIDRA, OR FERMENTED CIDER
AS THE DRINK AT THE MEAL.
Where learned: MEXICO ; CIUDAD VALLES
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
IN NEW MEXICO CANDLES IN BAGS OF SAND ARE USED INSTEAD OF ELECTRIC
LIGHTS TO DECORATE AT CHRISTMAS THE OUTSIDE OF THE HOME.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER DAUGHTER WHO IS LIVING IN NEW MEXICO.
Where learned: NEW MEXICO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Lights and candles |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
IN NEW MEXICO TUMBLEWEED IS PILED IN A CONE SHAPE AND DECORATED IN
PLACE OF EVERGREENS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER DAUGHTER WHO IS LIVING IN NEW MEXICO.
Where learned: NEW MEXICO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Mistletoe and other greenery |
IF A WOMAN SITS AT THE HEAD OF THE TABLE, SHE WILL NEVER MARRY
Where learned: MEXICO
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
Date learned: CA12001977
THE PERSON IN FRONT OF WHOM THE CORK FROM A BOTTLE
OF CHAMPAGNE FALLS WILL BE THE NEXT TO MARRY.
Where learned: MEXICO
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage |
FOR ROMANTIC TROUBLES, TURN A STATUE OF ST. ANTHONY UPSIDE DOWN,
UNTIL HE SOLVES THE PROBLEM
Where learned: MEXICO
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
MEXICAN PROVERB
CLOSED MOUTH, NO FLIES ENTER, TRANSLATION OF-
BOCA CERRADA NO ENTRAN MOSCAS
Submitter comment: THIS PROVERB IS USED WHEN A PERSON HAS SPOKEN TOO SOON.
Where learned: MEXICO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
MEXICAN PROVERB
ALTHOUGH THE MONKEY IS DRESSED
IN SILK, IT IS STILL A MONKEY. TRANSLATION OF-
AUNQUE LA MONA SE VISTE DE SEDA,
MONA QUEDARA.
Submitter comment:
THIS PROVERB IS SIMILAR TO "YOU CAN'T MAKE A SILK PURSE
OUT OF A SOW'S EAR." IN OTHER WORDS YOU ARE WHAT YOU ARE.
Where learned: MEXICO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
MEXICAN PROVERB
EVEN THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WOMAN CRAPS. TRANSLATION OF-
HASTA LA MUJER MAS GUAPA ECHA SUS BOLITAS DE CACA.
Submitter comment: AN AMERICAN EQUIVALENT WOULD BE- NOBODY'S PERFECT.
Where learned: MEXICO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
EVIL EYE SYNDROME
THE ANAHUATL INDIAN MAKES A NECKLACE OF BEADS, A B1LL OF YARN, AND
A RELIGIOUS (CATHOLIC) MEDAL TO PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM THE EVIL EYE
Where learned: MEXICO ; COXCATLAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
TANGLETALK
RR CON RR CIGARRO,
RR CON RR BARRIL,
LOS CARROS QUE CORREN MAS RAPIDO,
SON LOS CARROS DEL FERRO CARRIL.
Submitter comment:
THIS RHYME IS A FAVORITE AMONG THOSE JUST LEARNING TO SPEAK SPANISH
BECAUSE OF THE DIFFICULTY IN PRONOUNCING THE "RR" SOUND.
Where learned: MEXICO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
MEXICAN WEDDING TRADITIONS.
AT A TRADITIONAL MEXICAN WEDDING, IT IS CUSTOM THAT THE FATHER
OF THE BRIDE INVITE HIS CLOSE FRIENDS TO HIS HOUSE AFTER THE WEDDING
WHERE THEY STAY AWAKE ALL NIGHT DRINKING AND TALKING.
Where learned: MEXICO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
PAPAS Y PAPAS
PAPAS Y PAPAS PARA PAPA,
LAS TOSTADITAS PARA MAMA.
Submitter comment:
A CLAPPING RHYME FOR CHILDREN, IT IS TRANSLATED AS POTATOES FOR
FATHER, THE BURNT ONES FOR MOTHER.
Where learned: MEXICO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
THERE IS A PLATEAU IN THE NEW MEXICAN ROCKY MOUNTAINS THAT IS SHAPED
LIKE A SKULL. THE STORY GOES THAT COWBOYS WOULD GO UP THERE LOOKING
FOR WILD HORSES THAT THEY HEARD RUNNING UP THERE BUT EVERY TIME THEY
GOT UP THERE THEY FOUND NO HORSES AND NO TRACKS. ONE DAY A NATIVE
COWBOY GOES UP THERE BY HIMSELF AND LATER COMES RACING DOWN, RUSHES
INTO THE ROOM WHERE THEY ARE ALL SITTING, DROPS TO HIS KNEES, AND
PRAYERS FOR HALF AN HOUR STRAIGHT. WHEN HE IS THROUGH HE REFUSES
TO TELL ANYONE WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM UP THERE.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT HEARD THIS ON A CAMPING TRIP WHILE HE WAS OUT THERE.
Where learned: NEW MEXICO
James Callow Keyword(s): OCCUPATIONS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Mammal |
Date learned: 00-00-1983 ; 11-00-1987
Home Remedy for earaches
Roll newspaper into funnel shape. Burn the small tip. Snuff
fire out. Blow smoke from the funnel into the infected ear.
Where learned: MEXICO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
CUSTOM
NAVAJO INDIANS, NEW MEXICO. WHIRLWINDS ARE BELIEVED
TO CARRY THE SPIRITS OF THE DEAD.
THEY COME AFTER BABIES SO IF ONE SHOULD BE CAUGHT
NEAR A WHIRLWIND HE IS UNDRESSED AND HIS CLOTHES WASHED.
Where learned: NEW MEXICO ; SHIPROCK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INSTEAD OF A BEST MAN AND A MAID OF HONOR SERVING AT
THE WEDDING, THE COUPLE CHOOSE TWO OLDER PEOPLE
(COULD BE PARENTS, RELATIVES, OR JUST OLDER FRIENDS).
THE GIRL HAS SIX BRIDESMAIDS WITH NO MALE PARTNERS,
EACH GIRL OR TWO GIRLS CARRY SOMETHING FOR THE BRIDE
AND GROOM. THE INFORMANT COULD NOT NAME THESE SIX
THINGS, ONE HOWEVER, IS A GARLAND WHICH IS PLACED
AROUND THE MARRIED COUPLE'S SHOULDERS BY THE TWO GIRLS
TO SYMBOLIZE THEIR ONENESS, A SECOND THING IS 12 GOLD
COINS WHICH SYMBOLIZE WEALTH IN THE FUTURE, THE PRIEST
BLESSES THESE AND GIVES THEM TO THE COUPLE. ALSO THE
BRIDESMAIDS ARE CALLED "MADRINAS," WHICH MEANS
GODMOTHERS.
Where learned: WESTERN YMCA ; MEXICO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Ceremony |
Date learned: 11-11-1971
IF A CAR GOES UNDER A RAILROAD TUNNEL, AND A TRAIN
GOES OVER IT AT THE SAME TIME, YOU WILL HAVE GOOD
LUCK. YOU CAN ALSO ASK FOR ANY THREE WISHES AND BE
SURE THEY WILL BE GRANTED.
Submitter comment: THIS IS BELIEVED IN MEXICO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MEXICO ; ANN ARBOR
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Good luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 02-04-1968
NAVAJO INDIANS: NEW MEXICO
AT THE FIRST SNOWFALL OF THE SEASON YOU MUST GO
OUT AND TAKE A SNOW BATH BEFORE YOU EAT, SO
THAT YOU WILL BE STRONG AND WISE.
Where learned: NEW MEXICO ; SHIPROCK
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN