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WEATHER
SIGN OF BAD WINTER: IF A CATERPILLAR HAS A WIDE
STRIPE ON HIS BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL INSECT LARVA
Date learned: 01-30-1970
WEATHER PROVERB
ALL SIGNS FAIL IN DRY WEATHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Air Weather Fire BELIEF -- Weather sign or control PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-19-1968
PROVERB
A DRY MARCH BRINGS A WET APRIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): WEATHER SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; OBSERVATION
Date learned: 10-07-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ONE WILL ALWAYS HAVE SQUAW WINTER, A COLD SPELL, BEFORE
HAVING INDIAN SUMMER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-01-1969
HOLY SATURDAY
IS TO HAVE THORNS BLESSED WHICH ARE PUT ON THEIR CHIMNEYS IN ORDER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; RENO HALL ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; SWIECZONKA
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday Favorites BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-03-1968
WEATHER SUPERSTITION
IF IT RAINS ON EASTER, IT WILL RAIN FOR 7 SUNDAYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 04-09-1971
WEATHER PREDICTION
IF THERE IS NO DEW ON THE GROUND, THEN IT MEANS THAT YOU'LL PROBABLY
HAVE RAIN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S FAMILY'S BELIEF
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
FISHING AND WEATHER
IF THE WIND IS OUT OF THE NORTH, THEN THE FISHING WILL NOT BE ANY
GOOD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT USED TO FISH WITH A VERY EXPERIENCED FISHERMAN WHO WAS WELL
VERSED IN THESE THINGS. PERSONAL EXPERIENCE HAS PROVED HIM CORRECT.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Wind Whirlwind Hurricane Cyclone Tornado |
Date learned: 10-00-1976
APRIL 30, FEAST OF ST. PETER
GDY NA SIV. PIOTRA JEST PODODA ALBO STOTA, TO NA SIV NIKODEMA JEST
DESZCZ ALBO GO NIE MA.
WHEN ON THE FEAST OF ST. PETER (APRIL 30) THE WEATHER IS
PLEASANT THAN ON THE FEAST OF ST. NICODEMUS THERE WILL BE RAIN
OR NOT.
Data entry tech comment: ENGLISH TRANSLATION AS PER INFORMANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- April 30 BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: NO DATE INDICATED.
HALLOWEEN BELIEF
HALLOWEEN IS COMING WHEN SWITCHES BEGIN TO FALL. A SWITCH IS A
BRANCH WITHOUT LEAVES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- October 31 Halloween BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NO DATE INDICATED.
IT USUALLY RAINS ON EVERY NOVEMBER 1 OR 2 OF EVERY YEAR.
Where learned: NO LOCATION INDICATED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- November 1 All Saints CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- November 2 All SoulsDay of the Dead BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew |
Date learned: 11-15-1969
SAYING
A GREEN CHRISTMAS MAKES A FULL GRAVEYARD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS MOTHER WHO SAID THE SAYING WAS USED IN
DUNDEE, SCOTLAND WHERE SHE LIVED UNTIL SHE WAS AROUND 30 YEARS OLD.
INFORMANT'S MOTHER CAME TO AMERICA IN 1912, THREE YEARS AFTER
INFORMANT WAS BORN.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
WEATHER BELIEF
IF YOU HAVE AN ACHE IN EITHER ELBOW THAT MEANS THAT
IT WILL RAIN TOMORROW.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT GOT THIS FROM HER MOTHER WHEN SHE WAS 12 YEARS OLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; HER HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Upper body, arms, neck BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
WEATHER BELIEF (COLLECTOR'S TITLE)
THE WEATHER ON THE LAST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH WILL DECIDE
THE WEATHER FOR THE APPROACHING MONTH.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; LIVONIA ; ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Measure of time Month BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Number Last events: the last person to the table... |
Date learned: 04-03-1970
MAGIC
TELLING THE TEMPERTATURE BY COUNTING CRICKET CHIRPS. IF YOU COUNT
THE CHIRPS FOR A MINUTE, MULTIPLY BY THE SQUARE ROOT OF A COW'S HORN,
SUBTRACT YOUR AGE AND TOSS IN THE PRICE OF A HAM SANDWICH,
YOU COME UP WITH THE TEMPERATURE IN DEGREES OF FARENHEIT.
Submitter comment: HUMOR
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE ; NEWSPAPER ; THE DETROIT NEWS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
IF YOU STEP ON A SPIDER IT WILL RAIN.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT DORMS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00-00-1978
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
ONE WILL ALWAYS HAVE SQUAW WINTER, A COLD SPELL, BEFORE
HAVING INDIAN SUMMER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-01-1969
"OD DESKI DO DESKI"
TRANSLATION: FROM BOARD TO BOARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb BELIEF -- Weather sign or control PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-19-1967
SAYING
A GREEN CHRISTMAS MAKES A FULL GRAVEYARD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS MOTHER WHO SAID THE SAYING WAS USED
IN DUNDEE, SCOTLAND, WHERE SHE LIVED UNTIL SHE WAS AROUND THIRTY YEA
OLD. INFORMANT,S MOTHER CAME TO AMERICA IN 1912, THREE YEARS AFTER
THE INFORMANT WAS BORN.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PITTSBURGH
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
PROVERB
GREEN MARCH, POOR HARVEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Measure of time Month PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-18-1968