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The James T. Callow Folklore Archive
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YOU ALWAYS REMEMBER THE BIRTH OF YOUR
FIRST CHILD FIRST BECAUSE IT WAS THE
FIRST TIME YOU EVER HAVE EXPERIENCED
A THING LIKE THAT. THERE IS A CLOSER
BOND BETWEEN MOTHER AND FIRST CHILD
THAN BETWEEN THE OTHER CHILDREN.
Submitter comment:
YOU CAN IMAGINE HOW I MUST HAVE FELT
BECAUSE I WAS THE 4TH CHILD.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00001980S
THE FIRST BORN SON TAKES THE FATHER'S NAME AS HIS MIDDLE NAME.
Submitter comment: THIS TRADITION DATES BACK TO THE EARLY 1700'S
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GRAND RAPIDS
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
IF YOU PUT A DOLLAR BILL OVER THE ENTRANCE OF YOUR HOUSE, IT WILL
BRING MORE MONEY IN YOUR HOUSE.
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth BELIEF -- Good luck |
Cold Tonic (Recipe)
Her grandmother used to give this tea for medicinal purposes.
Boil pine top needles about 30 minutes until it turned brown.
Drink a full cup before going to bed and it will cure your
cold.
Where learned: GEORGIA ; Greenville
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. |
Date learned: 00-00-1916
It is bad luck to let a female inside of your home first thing
on New Year's Day.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 00-00-1951
Every time you enter a new church, you should make a wish.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00001940S
IF YOU ARE AT A BAR AND A GIRL WALKS IN WEARING
WHITE BOOTS AND YOU ARE THE FIRST MAN TO TALK TO HER,
SHE WILL GO HOME WITH YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAGINAW
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Color |
Balinese custom
If a set of twins are born, a boy and a girl, one of the
babies must be given away or left out on the street for three
days until someone else takes it.
Where learned: Bali ; Indonesia
Date learned: 00-00-1955
Chinese custom
When a close family member dies, the first day of the funeral
one of the children must place one pearl and two coins in the
mouth of the deceased for burial.
Where learned: CHINA
Keyword(s): Gem or Money
Date learned: 00-00-1955
Before you move into a new house you should have it
blessed. It is supposed to bring bad luck if you don't.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Good luck BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
It is customary in my family when someone gets married to give
the bride the following: something old, something new,
something borrowed, something blue.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 01-00-1980
When you see the first few robins in
the spring you lick your thumb on your right hand,
put it on the palm of your left hand for a second,
and then stamp your palm where your thumb was with
your left fist. This is supposed to bring you
good luck for the rest of the year.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; Allegan
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Good luck SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 00001970S
On Christmas Eve day, it is good luck if the
first person to enter your house is a man and
bad luck if it is a woman.
Where learned: KANSAS ; Manhattan
James Callow Keyword(s): FIRST FOOTING ; SEXISM
Date learned: 00001920S
Prediction
My mother was taught that, six weeks after the first
grasshopper chirped, there would be snow.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 00001950CA
Custom
In a Sicilian family, it is customary to name the first
son after the paternal grandfather. The second son is
named after the maternal grandfather.
Date learned: 00001977CA
Christening Outfit
Paternal grandfather gives first born grandchild
a christening outfit. All grandchildren wear this
outfit, but the eldest gets to keep it to give to
their children.
Date learned: 00001972CA
Mafia Tradition
Oldest child has the responsibility to take care of
mother both financially and emotionally when the father
dies.
Date learned: 00001972CA
Italian Food Custom
The men always eat first and the women last during a holiday
meal.
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXISM
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Only Child
At dinner times a person can tell who an only
child is because they eat the slowest. I am an
only child and always the last to leave the table.
This was told to me by another only child.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UTICA
Date learned: 11-16-1990
FAMILY FIRST
MY GRANDFATHER ON MY MOTHER'S SIDE (SOLOMAN MCDONALD)
WAS ONE OF THE FIRST BLACK MEN TO WORK FOR THE W.P.A.
BACK DURING THE ROOSEVELT ADMINISTRATION.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; MARTIN
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- P443 |
Date learned: 00001947CA