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WEATHER PROVERB.
JAK NA GROMNICZNEJ MROZ,
TO LADUJ CHLOPIE WOZ.
Submitter comment:
POLISH.
IF ON CANDLEMAS DAY THERE'S FROST,
MAN, START FIXING UP YOUR WAGON.
Data entry tech comment: COMMA IN SECOND LINE ADDED BY KEYPUNCHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
FORECAST
IF RED THE SUN BEGINS HIS RACE,
BE SURE THAT RAIN WILL FALL APACE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): MORNING ; RHYME. ; WEATHER.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
ASURING GOOD WEATHER FOR A WEDDING
ON THE DAY OF A WEDDING IN YOUR FAMILY, TO INSURE THAT IT WILL NOT
RAIN, THE BEST THING TO DO IS TO HANG A ROSARY IN THE TREE IN THE
BACKYARD. THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT THE LORD WOULD NEVER RAIN
ON THE ROSARY AND HAPPY THE BRIDE THE SUN SHINES ON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through |
Date learned: CA02001980
SUPERSTITION
IF YOU SEE A DOG EATING GRASS IT IS GOING TO RAIN.
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; MONROVIA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: CA00001965
WEATHER BELIEF
IF YOUR BONES ACHE, IT WILL RAIN THE NEXT DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: CA00001971
WHEN THERE IS A RING AROUND THE MOON IT'S GOING TO RAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Observation of galactic or celestial bodies |
Date learned: 04-00-1980
PREDICTION OF TORNADOES
IF IT RAINS DON,T WORRY ABOUT A TORNADO
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: 04-00-1980
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NA GROMNICZNE PO LODZIE NA WELKANOC PO WODZIE. (ON FEB. 2, THE
PURIFICATION OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY AND CANDLEMAS, IF YOU WALK
ON ICE, EASTER WILL BE WET.)
Submitter comment:
LEARNED IN POLAND AS A CHILD. INFORMANT SAYS HE WATCHES THE WEATHER
AND PARTIALLY BELIEVES THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 02-07-1980 ; 00-00-1934
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NA GRZEGORZA POJDA RZEKI DO MORZA. (ON THE FEAST OF ST. GREGORY THE
GREAT, MARCH 12, ALL THE ICE ON THE RIVERS STARTS TO THAW AND FLOAT
TO THE SEA.)
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAYS THAT IN POLAND THIS IS USUALLY TRUE. HE LEARNED IT
IN GRADE SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 12 BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 02-07-1980 ; 00-00-1934
WHEN COWS ARE LYING DOWN, IT MEANS RAIN.
Submitter comment: SHE LEARNED THIS FROM HER GRANDMOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROCHESTER HILLS
Date learned: CA00001969
WHEN IT IS SNOWING, MOTHER GOOSE IS SHAKING HER FEATHER BED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TROY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: CA00001955
WEATHER SUPERSTITION
IF YOU CAN SEE THE STARS AT NIGHT, IT WILL BE A SUNNY DAY TOMORROW.
BUT, IF YOU CANNOT SEE THE STARS, IT WILL RAIN THE FOLLOWING DAY.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT FIRST HEARD THIS WEATHER PREDICTOR IN POLAND AROUND
1910. TO THE COLLECTOR, IT SEEMS COMMON SENSE, SINCE IF YOU CAN
SEE THE STARS, THEN THERE ARE NO CLOUDS. IF THERE ARE NO CLOUDS
NO RAIN CAN BE PRODUCED. HOWEVER, THE INFORMANT HAD A VERY
STRONG CONVICTION THAT THIS THEORY WAS INFALLIBLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sun BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 10-00-1980 ; CA00001910
LEGEND OF ACOMA WOMEN
THERE IS A MOUNTAIN BY ACOMA VILLAGE, AN INDIAN VILLAGE. WOMEN
WALKED UP THIS MOUNTAIN EACH DAY TO GATHER BERRIES AND TWIGS, WHILE
THE MEN HUNTED. ONE DAY THERE WAS A RAIN STORM AND THE RAIN
WASHED AWAY THE TRAILS LEADING BACK DOWN TO THE VILLAGE, TRAPPING
THE INDIAN WOMEN ON THE MOUNTAIN. TO THIS DAY, IT IS BELIEVED
THAT IF YOU GO BY THE MOUNTAIN, YOU CAN HEAR THE WOMEN WAILING.
YOU CAN ALSO PURCHASE BRACELETS MADE OUT OF THE TEARS THAT THE
WOMEN SHED.
Submitter comment: MY INFORMANT LEARNED OF THIS STORY WHILE ON VACATION OUT WEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Sterling Heights
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formation BELIEF -- Human Being BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 00-00-1975
SUPERSTITOON
ROOSTER CROWING BEFORE MIDNIGHT MEANS RAIN.
Submitter comment:
IN POLAND, WHERE MY GRANDMOTHER GREW UP, LOCAL TTADITIONS WERE
ACCEPTED AS FACT, AND WERE NOT QUESTIONED.
Where learned: POLAND ; WARSAW ; MIELIEC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
IF YOU CAN SEE THE UNDERSIDE OF THE LEAVES ON A TREE- IT WILL RAIN.
Submitter comment:
THIS WEATHER BELIEF IS PROBABLY QUITE ACCURATE, WINDY WEATHER IS A
SIGN THAT RAIN IS COMING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00-00-1980 ; 00-00-1950
IF THE RAIN STARTS BEFORE SEVEN, IT WILL END BEFORE
ELEVEN.
Submitter comment: MRS. DEVEREUX LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER AS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 11-22-1963
IF YOU STEP ON A SPIDER, IT WILL RAIN.
Submitter comment: MRS. DEVEREUX LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 11-22-1963
WEATHER BELIEF
IF A RAINBOW APPEARS AT THE BEGINNING OF A STORM, THE RAINBOW
SIGNIFIES THAT AN IMPORTANT PERSON OR LARGE ANIMAL IS BEING BORN.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN NIGERIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
WEATHER BELIEF
A BLACK BELIEF IS THAT BLACKS HAVE A GREATER SUSCEPTIBILITY TO
PNEUMONIA WHEN IT RAINS AND ARE BEST PROTECTED FROM THIS BY
WEARING A HAT.
Submitter comment: BLACK CUSTOM
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): AFRO-AMERICAN
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress Head BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00001940S
WEATHER PREDICTION
IF THERE IS ENOUGH BLUE IN THE SKY TO MAKE AN OLD MAN A SHIRT, IT
WON'T RAIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND LEDGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1930