Offensive content Filter is ON
Your search for NIAGARA returned 16 results.
BAD LUCK COMES IN THREES.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NIAGARA
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 00001950S
FOR GOOD LUCK THE GROOM MUST CARRY THE BRIDE OVER THE
THRESHOLD.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NIAGARA
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Carrying bride over threshold |
Date learned: 00001950S
FIRST STAR
YOU SHOULD WISH ON THE FIRST STAR.
Submitter comment:
Learned in the 1950s.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NIAGARA
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00001950S
IF YOUR PALM ITCHES, IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO GET
SOME MONEY.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NIAGARA
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: 00001950S
A BURNING IN YOUR EAR MEANS SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NIAGARA
| Subject headings: | 842 Ringing ears / buzzing / hot, burning Observation |
Date learned: 00001950S
IF YOU DROP A FORK YOU WILL HAVE COMPANY.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NIAGARA
| Subject headings: | Observation Food Drink -- Service Table furnishing and decoration Implement to handle food BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00001950S
PUT A PENNY IN YOUR LOAFER (SHOE) FOR GOOD LUCK
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NIAGARA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Money BELIEF -- Good luck Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 00001950S
STAR BELIEF
YOU SHOULD WISH ON THE FIRST STAR.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NIAGARA FALLS
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00001950S
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 |
SEASONAL CUSTOM -- SUMMER
ON THE FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST, WHICH IS ON THE FIRST DAY OF
SUMMER, SINGLE GIRLS IN POLAND MAKE WREATHES OF THE FIRST SUMMER
FLOWERS AND THROW THEM ON THE LAKE OR POND. IF THE WREATHES FLOAT,
SHE WILL BE MARRIED THAT YEAR, IF IT SINKS, SHE WILL NOT.
Data entry tech comment: FEAST OF ST. JOHN THE BAPTIST: JUNE 24
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NIAGARA FALLS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June 24 St. John's Day / Midsummer Day CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Summer BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Number BELIEF -- Use of Object |
LEAP YEAR
A GIRL CAN ASK A GUY TO MARRY HER IF IT IS LEAP YEAR.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NIAGARA FALLS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage During leap year |
Date learned: 00001950S
BLUE, BLUE, GOD LOVES YOU.
YELLOW, YELLOW, KISS A FELLOW.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NIAGARA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 00001950S
WHEN TWO KIDS SAY THE SAME THING AT THE SAME TIME,
WHOEVER SLAPS THE OTHER FIRST GETS A FREE COKE.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NIAGARA
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00001950S
RINGING IN THE EAR
A RINGING IN YOUR RIGHT EAR MEANS YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR SOMETHING
GOOD. A RINGING IN YOUR LEFT EAR MEANS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO HEAR
SOMETHING BAD.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NIAGARA
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1950
IN MEMORY OF THOSE WHO DIED WAITING IN LINE--LIKE ME.
Submitter comment: FOUND 125 FEET UP IN THIS MONUMENT.
Where learned: CANADA ; NIAGARA FALLS ; QUEENSTON HEIGHTS PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 09-22-1968
Belief: Weather
Sailor's Weather:
Red sky in the morning, sailor's atake warning.
Red sky at night sailor's delight.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Dup. of WPP
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Supinski, Chris ; NIAGARA
Keyword(s): COLOR ; NATURE ; Nautical ; Ocean ; Predicting ; Predicting ; RHYME ; Sailor ; Sky ; WARNING ; WEATHER
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |