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PRE-EASTER CUSTOM
SWIECONKA--ON THE SATURDAY BEFORE EASTER, A POLISH PERSON WILL TAKE
HIS EASTER BASKET TO CHURCH AND HAVE THE PRIEST BLESS IT TO INSURE
GOOD FORTUNE ON HIMSELF.
Data entry tech comment:
ANOTHER SPELLING FOR THIS CUSTOM, WHICH EXTENDS TO ALL SLAVIC
PEOPLES, IS SWIECZONKA. BOTH SPELLINGS APPEAR TO BE ACCEPTABLE.
Where learned: TELEPHONE ; TOLD BY
Keyword(s): SWIECZONKA
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 11-02-1971
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 |
BAD LUCK IN THREES
BAD LUCK, ESPECIALLY DEATHS, COMES IN THREES.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; Grandmother ; TOLD BY
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
EASTER CUSTOM
EVERY EASTER, MY MOTHER MAKES ABOUT 20 LAMB CAKES AND BUNNY CAKES,
AND GIVES THEM TO FRIENDS, THE PRIESTS, THE NUNS, AND RELATIVES.
Submitter comment:
FAMILY CUSTOM.
Where learned: TOLD BY ; QUESTIONNAIRE
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; GIFTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Bunny CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 03-26-1971
SPIRITUAL
I'M GONNA TELL GOD ALL MY TROUBLES
WHEN I GET HOME...
I'M GONNA TELL HIM THE ROAD WAS ROCKY
WHEN I GET HOME...
I'M GONNA TELL HIM I HAD HARD TRAILS
WHEN I GET HOME...
I'M GONNA TELL GOD HOW YOU'RE DOING
WHEN I GET HOME...
Where learned: DETROIT, ASSUMED ; Grandmother ; TOLD BY
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Death Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Religious |
GOOD LUCK OMEN (NEGRO)
WHEN MOVING, MOVE IN A BROOM FIRST.
Where learned: Grandmother ; Arkansas ; TOLD BY
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. |
Date learned: 10-00-1969
LUCK BELIEF
IF YOU SEE THE FIRST STAR OUT AT NIGHT, YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment: MY FATHER WAS TOLD THIS BY HIS MOTHER WHEN HE WAS A BOY.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD BY ; FATHER
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 02-18-1970
WITCH IN THE WELL - CHILDREN'S GAME
FIRST PICK THE MOTHER AND WITCH. THEN THE REST ARE
CHILDREN. THE CHILDREN LINE UP. THE MOTHER SAYS,
"I'M GOING OUT TO SMOKE MY PIPE. I WON'T BE BACK
TILL SATURDAY NIGHT. SO DON'T GET IN THE GOODIES!"
SO CHILDREN GET IN GOODIES. ONE CHILD SEES THE
MOTHER COMING BACK AND SAYS, "MOTHER IS COMING."
THE CHILDREN PUT THEIR HANDS BEHIND THEIR BACKS.
THE MOTHER SAYS, "LET ME SEE YOUR HANDS." (THREE
DIFFERNT TIMES) THE CHILDREN SAY NO. ON THE FOURTH
TIME, THE CHILDREN PUT THEIR HANDS OUT. THE MOTHER
SAYS, DIRTY. DIRTY. GO DOWN TO THE WELL AND WASH
YOUR HANDS. THE CHILDREN GO TO THE WELL. THE WITCH
SCARES THEM. THEY COME BACK. THEY TELL THE MOTHER,
"THERE'S A WITCH IN THE WELL." THE MOTHER SAYS,
"NONSENSE!" THE CHILDREN GO TO THE WELL AGAIN AND
AGAIN. THE FOURTH TIME THE MOTHER COMES WITH THE
CHILDREN. THE MOTHER SEES THE WITCH AND SAYS
"OH, YOU CHILDREN ARE NOT LYING." THE MOTHER SAYS
TO THE WITCH, "WHY ARE YOU IN MY WELL?" THE WITCH
SAYS, "TO SMOKE MY PIPE." "WHY DO YOU WANT TO SMOKE
YOUR PIPE?" THE WITCH SAYS, "TO MAKE ASHES." "WHY?"
SAYS THE MOTHER. THE WITCH SAYS, "TO SHARPEN MY
KNIFE." "WHY?" SAYS THE MOTHER. THE WITCH SAYS,
"TO KILL YOU." THEN THE MOTHER AND CHILDREN RUN .
WHOEVER THE WITCH GETS (CATCHES) IS THE WITCH.
Where learned: UNCLE ; TOLD BY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dramatic |
Date learned: 02-12-1972
APOTHEGM
HONOR THY FATHER AND THY MOTHER THAT THY DAYS MAY BE LONG UPON THE
LAND WHICH THE LORD THY GOD GIVEHT THEE.
Where learned: LETTER ; TOLD BY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-19-1972
TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE EVEN THOUGH ONE'S A SHEEPSHEAD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID IT WAS A POPULAR EXPRESSION IN PA. DURING HER
EARLY YEARS.
Where learned: TELEPHONE ; TOLD BY
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-04-1970
EASTER
IF THE FIRST PERSON WHO WALKS IN THE DOOR ON EASTER IS A MAN, IT'S
BAD LUCK; IF IT'S A WOMAN, IT'S GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: TELEPHONE ; TOLD BY
Keyword(s): FIRST FOOTING ; LUCK
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 03-07-1970
BELIEF
IF YOU HAVE A LARGE "V" SHAPED LINE IN THE PALM OF YOUR HAND,
IT IS CALLED YPUR LIFE LINE
AND YOU WILL LIVE TO AN OLD AGE.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER IS ALWAYS LOOKING AT OUR PALMS
THIS IS SOMETHING SHE HAS HEARD OF
AND BELIEVED IN SINCE SHE WAS A CHILD IN ENGLAND.
Where learned: HOME ; Grandmother ; TOLD BY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 02-24-1970
PROVERB
DO UNTO OTHERS AND THEN CUT OUT BEFORE THEY DO UNTO YOU.
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; IRONY ; PARODY ; VARIANT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-20-1970
BIRD IN THE HOUSE SUPERSTITION
IF A BIRD FLIES INTO YOUR HOUSE, SOMEONE WILL DIE IN THE NEAR FUTURE
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER WAS BORN IN ENGLAND, AND THIS SUPERSTITION WAS REALLY
BELIEVED WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD.
Where learned: HOME ; Grandmother ; TOLD BY ; 29501 GRAND RIVER
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-26-1970
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
DO THE BEST YOU CAN TODAY AND TOMORROW YOU CAN DO BETTER.
Where learned: LETTER ; TOLD BY
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; PERSISTENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-19-1972
RHETORICAL QUESTION
DOES A CHICKEN HAVE LIPS ?
DOES A CAT HAVE AN ASS ?
IS A PIG'S ASS PORK ?
Submitter comment: USED WHEN AN OBVIOUS ANSWER IS YES OR NO.
Where learned: TOLD BY INFORMER AFTER HE WAS DISCHARDED FROM USAF
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
TWO HEADS ARE BETTER THAN ONE EVEN THOUGH ONE'S A SHEEPSHEAD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID IT WAS A POPULAR EXPRESSION IN PA. DURING HER
EARLY YEARS.
Where learned: TELEPHONE ; TOLD BY
Keyword(s): ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-04-1970
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A Joke
Informant told me that it is a standing joke among the Jewish people he knows that no two Jews can agree on anything except on what the third Jew should give.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
The word Jewish is written in the upper left hand corner of the submission.
The original BN's [A566, B660] have the lightest ink mark running through them. It may be that they were crossed out, or it may simply be a very light, very faint pen mark.
Submission card located in a pile marked To Be Classified.
Where learned: TELEPHONE ; Stewart, Patrick A ; TOLD BY
Keyword(s): ETHNIC JOKE ; HUMOR ; Jewish ; JOKE ; Stereotype
James Callow Keyword(s): Jewish
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
RUBBING A GOLD WEDDING BAND ON A STY WILL MAKE IT GO AWAY.
Data entry tech comment: THERE ARE 14 OTHER REFERENCES IN THIS SECTION OF THE ARCHIVE.
Keyword(s): JEWELRY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 02-20-1970
NEW ENGLAND FOOD
A TRADITIONAL SATURDAY DINNER IS BAKED BEANS AND HOT DOGS.
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. |
Date learned: 02-20-1970