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CORN
IF YOU PLANT CORN IN THE OLD OF THE MOON, IT WILL EAR OUT BETTER.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE FARMING NATURE
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE IMPLIED ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-09-1968
PLANTING CUSTOM
PLANT SWEET PEAS ON GOOD FRIDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: CA00001972
ARGICULTURE BELIEF
CORN SHOULD BE KNEE HIGH BY THE FOURTH OF JULY
Submitter comment: A BELIEF OF THE FARMS IN OHIO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 00001960S
GOOD CROP
IF THE CORN IS KNEE HIGH BY THE FOURTH OF JULY IT WILL BE A
GOOD CROP
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 04-00-1980
PLANT DURING A FULL MOON FOR A BETTER GARDEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 03-19-1980
ACTIVITY-ASTRONOMY
CORN SHOULD BE PLANTED UNDER LEO TO INSURE LARGE
EARS. MM
CORN SHOULD BE PLANTED UNDER GEMINI TO INSURE TWO
EARS PER STALK.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM AN UNCLE, JOHN FURR.
Data entry tech comment: GEMINI=TWINS
Where learned: INDIANA ; GREENFIELD
James Callow Keyword(s): LEO=LION, KING OF BEASTS. ; SYMBOLISM ; SYMBOLISM MM
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
ACTIVITY-ASTRONOMY
ANYTHING PLANTED UNDER GEMINI, WILL BE ABUNDANT. / LEARNED FROM HIS FATHER.
IN ORDER TO GET A GOOD CROP OF CUCUMBERS, PLANT THE SEED UNDER PISCES. / LEARNED FROM HIS MOTHER.
PLANT POTATOES DURING THE SIGN OF CAPRICORN FOR GOOD POTATO YIELD; BUT ONLY WHEN THE POINTS OF THE MOON POINT DOWNWARD. / LEARNED FROM HIS FATHER.
IF YOU DO NOT WANT POTATOES TO GROW TOO DEEP, PLANT THEM IN THE QUARTER OF THE MOON DURING ARIES. / LEARNED FROM HIS FATHER.
PLANT TOMATOES UNDER LIBRA AND THEY WOULD BE LARGE AND HEAVY. / LEARNED FROM HIS MOTHER.
Data entry tech comment: GEMINI=TWINS ; PISCES=FISH, WATER SIGN. ; LIBRA=SCALES--BALANCE
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOLISM
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
ACTIVITY-ASTRONOMY
PLANT POTATOES IN THE FULL OF THE MOON.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: INDIANA ; Hudson Lake
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 12-02-1967
PLANT SWEETPEAS ON MARCH 17 FOR BEAUTY.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER MOTHER.
Data entry tech comment: WE ASSUME SHE IS TALKING ABOUT FLOWERS, NOT VEGETABLES.
Where learned: INDIANA ; South Bend
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 17 Feast of St. Patrick BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
AGRICULTURAL SUPERSTITION
WHEN THE MOON IS WANING IN ITS CYCLE, YOU PLANT ROOT VEGETABLES SUCH
AS POTATOES, WHEN THE MOON IS GROWING IN ITS CYCLE YOU PLANT
VEGETABLES WHICH GROW ABOVE THE GROUND SUCH AS TOMATOES.
Submitter comment: THIS IS TAKEN VERY SERIOUSLY.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 00-00-1935
PLANTING CUSTOM
AT PLANTING TIME, YOU EXCHANGE SEEDLINGS WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR BUT
DO NOT PLANT THEM UNTIL A SIGNAL IS GIVEN BY THE RAIN PEOPLE, WHO ARE
THOSE WISE MEN WHO HAVE KNOWLEDGE OF WHEN IT WILL RAIN.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT LEARNED THIS IN NIGERIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CAMPUS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 10-00-1981
AGRICULTURAL BELIEFS
THE CORN CROP WILL BE GOOD IF IT IS KNEE HIGH BY THE FOURTH
OF JULY.
Submitter comment:
WE NEVER GREW CORN IN ROYAL OAK, BUT MY PARENTS ALWAYS
SAID THIS BECAUSE THEY GREW CORN WHERE THEY GREW UP IN OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROYAL OAK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 00001960S
NEVER START PLANTING ON A FRIDAY BECAUSE IT IS BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS ORIGINALLY LEARNED IN WATERTOWN, NEW YORK
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WATERTOWN
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
TO BE SUCCESSFUL AT FARMING YOU MUST SAY THE SAME PRAYER EACH
YEAR, ONCE FOR EVERY 10 ACRES OF LAND YOU PLAN TO PLANT. EACH
FARMER MUST HAVE HIS OWN SAYING OR PRAYER.
Where learned: MISSOURI
Date learned: 00001940S
FARMER'S PRAYER
IN ORDER FOR ME AND MY FAMILY TO LIVE, LIFE MUST START IN THE
GROUND. PLEASE BLESS ALL MY LAND ALL YEAR.
Submitter comment:
THIS SIDE OF MY FAMILY IS MADE UP OF MOSTLY FARMERS. THEY
DEPEND GREATLY ON THE WEATHER AND THEIR PREDICTIONS OF IT.
Where learned: MISSOURI
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: 00001940S
PA TAUGHT US TO PLANT THE ROWS OF OUR GARDENS SO THAT
THEY RAN NORTH AND SOUTH TO GET ALL THE GOOD SUN ON
BOTH SIDES OF THE PLANTS.
Submitter comment: LEARNED AS A CHILD AT HOME FROM HER FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F476 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 03-10-1967
WHEN OAK LEAVES ARE THE SIZE OF SQUIRREL'S EARS, IT IS
TIME TO PLANT CORN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A PLANTING SUPERSTITION
PA TOLD US HOW ALL THE PLANTS SHOULD BE PLANTED
ACCORDING TO THE TIME OF DAY; THE ONLY ONE I REMEMBER
NOW IS THAT POTATOES ARE PLANTED AT NIGHT BECAUSE THEY
GROW UNDERGROUND.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM HER FATHER, AS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F476 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 03-10-1967
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH FARMING BELIEF
POTATOES AND PEAS SHOULD BE PLANTED WHEN THE MOON'S
HORNS POINT DOWNWARD.
Submitter comment: THAT IS, WHEN THE MOON IS WANING.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MAUCH CHUNK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F476 BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 00001961 SUMMER
INDIAN RELIGION
IN ORDER TO APPEASE THE RAIN AND HARVEST DIETIES,
OFFERINGS SUCH AS BUTTER, ETC. ARE BURNED AT AN
ALTAR WHILE HYMNS ARE CHANTED BEFORE THE PLANTING OF
CROPS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F476 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 02-29-1968