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Herring is eaten for good luck.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Meat Fish and other animal life related to water BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1991
Fish And Milk
Before having a catfish dinner, I asked my mother if I could
have some milk to go with it. But my father interrupted and said
that if you've never had milk with fish before then it will kill
you.
Submitter comment:
My father had a very serious look on his face. I knew he was
wrong because they had served milk along with our lunches which
sometimes include fish as a main course.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; Louise
Keyword(s): FOOD POISONING
Date learned: 00-00-1970
Don't drink - Milk with Fish - It was an old saying that fish
would poison milk so when people ate fish they didn't drink
milk.
James Callow comment:
See Puckett, Ohio, nos. 6674, 9630, 10210, 15863-15864,
27492.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- MenuService Food Drink -- Meat Fish and other animal life related to water Food Drink -- Drink from animal product Milk |
Date learned: 01001954 CA
OYSTERS WERE NEVER EATEN IN THE MONTHS THAT HAD NO
"R" IN THEM.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Consumption ; CUSTOM ; FOOD ; Letter ; Oysters ; RITUAL ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Custom CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Month Food Drink -- Meat Fish and other animal life related to water |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
OYSTERS ARE SUPPOSED TO INCREASE THE SEXUAL PROWESS
OF MEN, WHEN THEY ARE EATEN.
Where learned: SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Meat Fish and other animal life related to water |
Date learned: 03-05-1968
FISH IS BRAIN FOOD; IT MAKES YOU SMART.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Meat Fish and other animal life related to water |
Date learned: 00001967 FALL
THIS CUSTOM WAS PRACTICED BY MY DAD AND HIS FAMILY
IN GOERGIA.
AFTER EATING FISH, NEVER DRINK MILK OR EAT ICE
CREAM BECAUSE IT MIGHT POISON YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 09-00-1969
HERRING PUTS HAIR ON YOUR CHEST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; PEABODY COLLEGE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Meat Fish and other animal life related to water BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Fish |
ONE SHOULD NEVER EAT FISH AND DRINK MILK TOGETHER, AS IT WILL
CAUSE ONE TO BE SICK AT HIS STOMACH.
Where learned: NASHVILLE ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Meat Fish and other animal life related to water Food Drink -- Drink from animal product Milk BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 03-29-1969
DON'T DRINK MILK AND EAT FISH AT THE SAME TIME, THE
REACTION IS DEADLY.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE ; PEABODY COLLEGE LIBRARY
IF A WOMAN EATS CATFISH BEFORE HER BABY IS TWO MONTHS
OLD SHE WILL DIE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI
Keyword(s): AGE ; BABY ; BELIEF ; Catfish ; Consume ; DEATH ; Die ; Eat ; FISH ; FOOD ; infant ; Kill ; Mom ; MONTHS ; MOTHER ; PREGNANCY ; Two
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two Food Drink -- Meat Fish and other animal life related to water BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 04-15-1973
IF A NEW MOTHER EATS FISH BEFORE THE BABY IS AT LEAST
THREE MONTHS OLD SHE WILL DIE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; BELZONI ; Deovelente Road
Keyword(s): BABY ; BELIEF ; Consume ; DEATH ; Die ; Eat ; FISH ; FOOD ; infant ; Kill ; Mom ; MOTHER ; PREGNANCY
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE
IF YOU DRINK MILK WITH FISH YOU'LL GET SICK.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; FRANKLIN
James Callow Keyword(s): FOOD AND DRINK
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Meat Fish and other animal life related to water Food Drink -- Drink from animal product Milk BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 06-17-1973
THE WIGGLING TURTLE MEAT
BACK WHEN THE INFORMANT WAS A LITTLE GIRL (SOME 60-ODD
YEARS AGO), SHE WAS WALKING WITH HER BROTHERS BY THEIR
HOME IN KENTUCKY WHEN THEY SPOTTED A HUGE TURTLE.
WHERE SHE LIVED, TURTLE MEAT WAS A GREAT DELICACY, SO
SHE GOT A NEIGHBORING FARMER WHO RAN OUT OF HIS HOUSE
CARRYING AN AX. HE KNOCKED THE TURTLE ON THE SHELL AND
AS IT STUCK ITS HEAD OUT, HE CHOPPED IT OFF WITH THE AX.
THEN HE TURNED IT OVER AND SLICED THE UNDERBELLY AROUND
FROM END TO END. HE FOUND THAT THE TURTLE'S INSIDES
CONTAINED 40 EGGS. WHEN THE FARMER CUT OFF THE TURTLE'S
HEAD, THE REST OF THE BODY BEGAN TO WIGGLE. WHEN THE
INFORMANT'S GRANDMOTHER PREPARED THE MEAT IN THE PAN
IT STILL WIGGLED, AND IT DIDN'T STOP WIGGLING UNTIL SHE
TOOK IT OUT OF THE PAN. THAT WASN'T THE END OF THE
TURTLE, HOWEVER, FOR THE INFORMANT'S FAMILY USED TO EAT
POPCORN OUT OF THAT TURTLE'S SHELL FOR MANY YEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; KENTUCKY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Fish Food Drink -- Kind of Food and Its Preparation Food Drink -- Meat Fish and other animal life related to water |
Date learned: 11-29-1971 ; 00-00-1911
THE WIGGLING TURTLE MEAT
BACK WHEN THE INFORMANT WAS A LITTLE GIRL (SOME 60-ODD
YEARS AGO), SHE WAS WALKING WITH HER BROTHERS BY THEIR
HOME IN KENTUCKY WHEN THEY SPOTTED A HUGE TURTLE.
WHERE SHE LIVED, TURTLE MEAT WAS A GREAT DELICACY, SO
SHE GOT A NEIGHBORING FARMER WHO RAN OUT OF HIS HOUSE
CARRYING AN AX. HE KNOCKED THE TURTLE ON THE SHELL AND
AS IT STUCK ITS HEAD OUT, HE CHOPPED IT OFF WITH THE AX.
THEN HE TURNED IT OVER AND SLICED THE UNDERBELLY AROUND
FROM END TO END. HE FOUND THAT THE TURTLE'S INSIDES
CONTAINED 40 EGGS. WHEN THE FARMER CUT OFF THE TURTLE'S
HEAD, THE REST OF THE BODY BEGAN TO WIGGLE. WHEN THE
INFORMANT'S GRANDMOTHER PREPARED THE MEAT IN THE PAN
IT STILL WIGGLED, AND IT DIDN'T STOP WIGGLING UNTIL SHE
TOOK IT OUT OF THE PAN. THAT WASN'T THE END OF THE
TURTLE, HOWEVER, FOR THE INFORMANT'S FAMILY USED TO EAT
POPCORN OUT OF THAT TURTLE'S SHELL FOR MANY YEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; KENTUCKY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Fish Food Drink -- Kind of Food and Its Preparation Food Drink -- Meat Fish and other animal life related to water |
Date learned: 11-29-1971 ; 00-00-1911