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PRAYER
SWEETEST MARY UNDEFILED,
HELP AND GUIDE YOUR EARTHLY CHILD
PLEASE HELP ME KEEP MY CHILDREN GOOD
AND HELP ME REAR THEM AS I SHOULD
PLEASE ASK GOD TO GIVE ME GRACE,
TO KEEP MY TEMPER IN ITS PLACE.
AND GIVE ME PATIENCE WITH EACH CHILD,
AND BE LIKE THEE, O MOTHER MILD.
Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BELIEF(CUSTOM) (POLISH)
FISH MUST BE EATEN ON NEW YEARS
EVE FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
A MAGICAL PRAYER
ST. JOSEPH CUPERTINO, WHO WHILE ON EARTH
WAS GRANTED TO BE ASKED AT YOUR EXAMINATION
ONLY THE QUESTIONS THAT YOU KNEW, OBTAIN
A LIKE FAVOR FOR THE EXAMINATION IN WHICH I AM
NOW PREPARING. IN RETURN I PROMISE TO TELL OTHERS
ABOUT YOU AND YOUR WORKS.
Submitter comment:
A SINCERE PRAYER TO THIS SAINT AND A "LITTLE" BIT
OF STUDYING IS GUARANTEED TO HELP ONE OUT
ON AN EXAM. LEGEND HAS IT THAT ST. JOSEPH WAS
PREPARING TO TAKE A TEST IN ORDER TO ENTER INTO PRIESTHOOD.
BEING A SLOW LEARNER HE PRAYED THAT THE
LORD WOULD HELP HIM ON THIS EXAM. THE LORD DID.
THE QUESTIONS WERE THOSE THAT HE KNEW.
HE PASSED THE TEST.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SIGN OF THE CROSS
IN THE NAME OF THE FATHER AND THE SON
AND THE HOLY SPOOK.
Where learned: HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 02-00-1970
BELIEF(CUSTOM)
A CRUST OF BREAD AND PENNIES SHOULD BE HIDDEN IN THE
HOME ON NEW YEARS EVE SO THAT THE FAMILY WILL
HAVE A PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): FOOD MONEY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
THE SEEDS THAT A DANDELION GIVES OFF ARE CARRIED IN THE
WIND BY MEANS OF A LIGHT, AIRY, FUZZY METHOD.
IF A PERSON CATCHES SUCH A SEED, WISH ON IT,
AND LET IT GO SO THAT IT WOULD NEVER TOUCH
THE GROUND, HIS WISH WOULD COME TRUE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 11-15-1969
RAIN, RAIN GO AWAY
AND COME BACK ANOTHER DAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INDIAN PRAYER
AN INDIAN SAND PAINTING WAS A PRAYER FOR A SICK
RELATION. THEN THE PAINTING WOULD BE DESTROYED
SO THAT NO ONE WOULD SEE IT EXCEPT GOD.
Where learned: OUT WEST
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
MAGIC
EVERY NIGHT HIS FAMILY SAYS THE ROSARY, AND ALSO
WHENEVER THEY GO SOMEWHERE IN THE CAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 11-06-1967
A FISHERMAN'S PRAYER
EVERY YEAR ON CHRISTMAS DAY, THE OLD SAILORS TAKE THE NEW
SAILORS AND TEACH THEM THE PRAYER THAT WILL CUT THE
HURRICANE OR TORNADO IN TWO.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER RECALLED HEARING THIS STORY IN SICILY
WHEN SHE WAS A LITTLE GIRL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- Prayer |
PRAYER OF WEST GERMAN CHILDREN
DURING THE WAR I WAS WORKING FOR A CATHOLIC FAMILY
TAKING CARE OF THE CHILDREN WHILE THE MOTHER WORKED.
I HAD EVEN TO HELP THEM WITH THEIR PRAYERS. EVERY NIGHT
THEY WOULD SAY, "MARY, SPREAD YOUR COAT AND SHIELD
US UNTIL THE STORM WILL GO BY."
Submitter comment:
I ASKED WHAT THIS MEANT AND LEARNED THAT WHEN NAPOLEAN
WAS IN WEST GERMANY, THE SOLDIERS WOULD GO ON THE HORSES
LIKE CRAZY MEN KILLING WOMEN AND CHILDREN WITH SWORDS. ONE DAY
A LADY WITH FOUR CHILDREN SAW THEM COMING. SHE RAN TO
THE BUSHES AND SPREAD HER COAT OVER ALL OF THEM. SHE TOLD THEM
TO PRAY TO THE VIRGIN MOTHER THIS PRAYER. SHE HIDE THEM SO
GOOD THAT THE SOLDIERS NOT SEE THEM . SO, ALL THE LITTLE
CHILDREN FROM THAT TIME ON ALWAYS SAY THIS PRAYER.
TOLD TO ME IN MY HOME BY MY NEIGHBOR
WHO WAS BORN AND RAISED IN
RURAL GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Prayer |
BELIEF
WHEN AN EYELASH DROPS IT CAN BRING GOOD LUCK BY PLACING
IT ON THE BACK OF THE LEFT HAND, MAKING A WISH AND THEN
HITTING IT WITH THE BACK OF THE RIGHT HAND.
YOU GET THREE TRIES AND IF THE EYELASH HAS NOT FALLEN
OFF BY THE THIRD TRY IT MEANS YOUR WISH WILL
NOT COME TRUE.
Submitter comment: FROM MOTHER
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Number BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
PINCH OF THE DEAD
WHEN YOU FIND A BLACK AND BLUE MARK ON YOUR BODY
THAT YOU DON'T KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM
IT MEANS THAT SOMEONE WHO IS CLOSE TO YOU,
AND THAT HAS DIED, AND THAT NEEDS YOUR PRAYERS HAS COME BACK
AND WANTS TO MAKE YOU AWARE OF THIS NEED.
THEREFORE HE PINCHES YOU AND LEAVES A BLACK AND BLUE MARK
AS A SYMBOL OR SIGN OF HIS NEED.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; STUDENT UNION
Date learned: 03-31-1970
IF A PERSON HAS AN EYELASH ON THEIR CHEEK, TELL THEM TO MAKE TWO
WISHES, ONE FOR EACH SIDE.
THE SIDE THAT THE EYELASH IS ON IS THE SIDE
THE WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Submitter comment: ROMANIAN BELIEF
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): CHANCE ; WISH ; WISHING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
RELIGIOUS BELIEF
IF YOU SAY A "HAIL MARY" FOR EACH ONE OF YOUR TEETH,
THEN SAINT POLLONIA WILL PROTECT YOUR TEETH FROM HARM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; KALAMAZOO
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
BIRTHDAY CAKE
EATING THE FIRST SLICE OF YOUR BIRTHDAY CAKE WILL BRING
YOU GOOD LUCK AND MAKE YOUR WISH COME TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; LIVONIA
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 04-03-1970
IT IS AN OLD CUSTOM TO MAKE A WISH UPON VISITING A CHURCH FOR
THE FIRST TIME.
Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME
Date learned: 09-15-1969
PROPERTIES ATTRIBUTED TO FIRST (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
IF YOU GO INTO A CHURCH FOR THE FIRST TIME
AND MAKE A WISH IT WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
PROPERTIES ATTRIBUTED TO FIRST (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
IF YOU WALK INTO A CHURCH FOR THE FIRST TIME,
YOU MUST SAY THREE OUR FATHER'S, THREE HAIL MARY'S
AND THREE GLORY BE'S.
IF YOU FOLLOW THIS PROCEDURE AND SAY THESE PRAYERS
YOUR WISH WILL BE GRANTED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TOLD AT HOME ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
VISITING A CHURCH (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
ON YOUR FIRST VISIT TO A CHURCH, COUNT THE STEPS
AND MAKE A WISH ON THE LAST ONE.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 01-00-1970