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PROVERB
ONE BIRD IN HAND IS WORTH TWO IN THE BUSH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): NUMBERS
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; MAKE THE MOST OF WHAT YOU HAVE ; VEGETATION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-15-1967
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PROVERB
ONE MAN, TWO WOMEN, ONE ROOF EQUAL TROUBLE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NUMBERS ; PROPHESIES
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; DOMESTIC RELATIONS ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-12-1965
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ONE TODAY IS WORTH TWO TOMORROWS
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
Keyword(s): ADVICE ; BELIEF ; Maxim ; NUMBERS ; NUMBERS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE ; CARPE DIEM ; Positive
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-21-1968
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ONLY THE FINGERS OF A BABY CAN TIE A UNITING KNOT THAT WILL PULL
TWO FAMILIES TOGETHER.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LIVES IN ASHIYA, JAPAN
Data entry tech comment:
THE ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD INDICATES THAT THE INFORMATION WAS
RECEIVED IN A LETTER
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION ; NUMBER
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 07-28-1964
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
POLISH:
A PAIR OF LEGS IN YOUTH ARE BETTER THAN THREE IN OLD AGE
LEPSZE DWIE NOGI W MTODOSCI ANIZELI TRZY W STAROSCI
Submitter comment: MY FATHER KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND
Data entry tech comment: ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS POLISH TEXT
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): NUMBERS ; THIRD LEG=CANE ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Body part Senses Lower body, legs PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
A PEDESTRIAN IS A MAN WHO DIDN'T THINK THE FAMILY NEEDED TWO CARS
Submitter comment: THIS WAS MENTIONED IN A CONVERSATION
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DEFINITION
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 12-00-1965
NUMBER BELIEF
IF TWO THINGS OF THE SAME THING HAPPEN ON THE SAME DAY,
THEN A THIRD THING WILL HAPPEN. FOR EXAMPLE IF YOU
SEE TWO SETS OF TWINS ON THE SAME DAY THEN YOU WILL
ALSO SEE ANOTHER SET OF TWINS ON THE SAME DAY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER CHILDHOOD YEARS.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple Observation |
Date learned: 02-11-1971
DON'T CARRY OR ACCEPT A TWO-DOLLAR BILL - IT BRINGS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: (MRS. DEVEREUX LEARNED THIS FROM HER COUSIN AS A CHILD.)
Where learned: HOME ; LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR ; TOLD AT
Keyword(s): PARADOX
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two |
CLUMPS OF THREE
SUPERSTITION HAS IT THAT BAD LUCK OR GOOD FORTUNE, GOOD NEWS OR BAD
NEWS COMES IN SETS OF THREE. WHEN ONE HEARS OF TWO
CONSECUTIVE SITUATIONS A THIRD WILL MOST CERTAINLY APPEAR.
Submitter comment: NON-ETHNIC
Keyword(s): THREE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Good luck BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 09-30-1968
DROWNING
IF A SINGLE PAIR OF SHOES IS LEFT ON THE BEACH OR DOCK BY A SWIMMER,
THE PERSON WILL DROWN OR GET INTO SOME KIND OF TROUBLE SWIMMING.
Data entry tech comment: PERHAPS THE INFORMANT MEANS ONE SHOE, NOT TWO.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CAUSE
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-27-1970
HICCUP
HICCUP CURES I'VE LEARNED WHICH MOSTLY DON'T WORK (EXCEPT THE FIRST)
HOLD YOUR BREATH FOR 2 MINUTES.
BREATHE INTO A BAG.
BLOW UP A BALLOON.
DRINK WATER CONTINUOUSLY FOR TWENTY SECONDS.
PUT YOUR HEAD BETWEEN YOUR LEGS.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Number P686.1.20 BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 12-00-1971
CHRISTMAS
AT SUPPER ON CHRISTMAS EVE, THE MOTHER PUTS TWO LOAVES OF BREAD
ON BOTH SIDES OF THE TABLE WITH A CANDLE STUCK IN EACH LOAF.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM PARENTS.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; holiday ; Table Setting ; tradition
| Subject headings: | 122 Christmas 686 Seconds / Twice / Two CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Lights and candles |
Date learned: 11-19-1967
FOOL ME ONCE SHAME ON YOU, FOOL ME TWICE SHAME ON ME.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS WHEN SHE WAS YOUNG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; TRICKSTER
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. 686 Seconds / Twice / Two PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 01-00-1979
SUPERSTITION
WALKING WITH ONE SHOE ON AND ONE OFF RESULTS IN BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT SEES THIS BELIEF AS VALID. SHE REASONS THAT HAVING ONE
ARCH SUPPORTED AND THE OTHER UNSUPPORTED RESULTS IN BAD FEET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DEPARTMENT STORE
Date learned: 02-20-1979
PROVERB
THE SMART CALF SUCKLES TWO COWS.
Submitter comment: THE MEANING OF THIS IS THAT YOU SHOULD GET EVERYTHING YOU CAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HUNTINGTON WOODS
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-11-1979
SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST'S NIGHT.
ON THE EVE OF SAINT JOHN THE BAPTIST'S DAY EVERYBODY GOES TO THE
BEACHES TO SPEND THE NIGHT THERE. THERE ARE CERTAIN RITUALS DONE ON
THAT NIGHT THAT ARE SUPPOSED TO BRING GOOD LUCK THE FOLLOWING YEAR.
FOR EXAMPLE: AT MIDNIGHT YOU ARE SUPPOSED TO THROW YOURSELF THREE
TIMES BACKWARDS IN THE SEA FOR GOOD HEALTH. A YOUNG GIRL SHOULD PUT
TWO NEEDLES IN A GLASS OF WATER,SYMBOLIZING HERSELF AND HER BOYFRIEND
IF THE NEXT DAY THE NEEDLES ARE TOGETHER SHE WILL MARRY THAT MAN.
ALSO SHE SHOULD PUT THREE BEANS UNDER HER PILLOW THAT NIGHT. ONE
SHOULD HAVE THE SKIN ON WHICH MEANS SHE WILL MARRY A RICH MAN. THE
SECOND ONE SHOULD BE HALF PEELED SIMBOLIZING MIDDLE CLASS WEALTH AND
THE THIRD ONE SHOULD BE COMPLETELY PEELED MEANING POVERTY. IN THE
MORNING SHE SHOULD PUT HER HAND UNDER THE PILLOW WITHOUT LOOKING,
AND TAKE ONE BEAN. THIS WILL DETERMINE HER ECONOMICAL STATUS IN HER
MARRIAGE. PUT A GLASS OF WATER UNDER YOUR BED TO KEEP THE EVIL SPIRIT
AWAY THE REST OF THE YEAR.
Where learned: PUERTO RICO
Date learned: 00-00-1979
POSTCARD FOR LUCK
GOOD LUCK
I PATIENTLY TUMBLED OVER
THE POSTCARDS OLD AND NEW,
TO FIND THIS FOUR LEAF CLOVER
TO SEND FOR LUCK TO YOU.
THE FIRST LEAF STANDS FOR PATIENCE
THE SECOND FOR PLUCK
THE THIRD FOR PERSEVERANCE
THAT'S WHY THE FOURTH BRINGS LUCK.
Submitter comment:
THE VERSE IS PRINTED ON THE FRONT CARD, WITH A PICTURE OF A
CLOVER.
Where learned: OHIO ; VERSE ON POSTCARD ; PAINESVILLE
Keyword(s): CHARM ; RHYME: ABABCDED
James Callow Keyword(s): AMULET ; SYMBOL
SUPERSTITION
MY GRANDFATHER BELIEVED THAT FOR EVERY
ROSARY A PERSON SAID, TWO SOULS
WERE GO TO HEAVEN IMMEDIATELY. THEREFORE, MY GRANDFATHER URGED THAT
EVERYONE HE KNEW RECITE THE ROSARY AT LEAST TWICE DAILY, THEREBY
BRINGING FOUR SOULS FROM PURGATORY TO HEAVEN. MY GRANDFATHER CLAIMS
THAT HIS OWN MOTHER AND IN TURN, HER MOTHER, HAD TAUGHT HIM THAT
BELIEF AS DOCTRINE OR DOGMA. OF COURSE, MY GRANDFATHER ALSO INSISTED
THAT A ROSARY BE HUNG ON THE WALL OF EVERY
BEDROOM TO REMIND THE VIRGIN
MARY THAT SHE HAD TO TAKE FOUR SOULS TO
HEAVEN ON THAT DAY SIMPLY BECAUSE
HE HAD PRAYED THE ROSARY IN THE
MORNING AND IN THE EVENING.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- P 54 BELIEF -- Church BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
BED CHARM
MATTHEW, MARK, LUKE, AND JOHN
BLESS THE BED THAT I LIE ON
FOUR CORNERS TO MY BED
FOUR ANGELS ROUND MY HEAD
ONE AT HEAD AND ONE AT FEET
AND TWO TO GUARD MY SOUL ASLEEP.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): RHYME: AABBCC PRAYER
James Callow Keyword(s): FOUR EVANGELISTS
Date learned: 00-00-1965