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HOSPITALITY CUSTOM
AMONG THE UKRANIANS, IT IS A CUSTOM, WHEN INVITED TO EAT AT
SOMEONE'S HOUSE, TO TURN DOWN THE INVITATION THREE TIMES. IF ASKED
A FOURTH TIME, IT WOULD BE POLITE TO ACCEPT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HOST GUEST NUMBER ; HOST GUEST THREE
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
NEW NEIGHBORS
ONE SHOULD ASK NEW NEIGHBORS, ON THE DAY THEY ARE MOVING INTO THEIR
HOUSE OVER FOR DINNER WHETHER ONE HAS EVER MET THEM BEFORE OR NOT.
IT IS ALSO CUSTOMARY THAT ALL PEOPLE ON THE SAME STREET VISIT THEM
AFTER THEY HAVE HAD TIME TO GET SETTLED.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: NOT INCLUDED
WHEN A NEW NEIGHBOR MOVES INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, PAY A VISIT AND GIVE
THEM A LOAF OF BREAD AND A BOX OF SALT. SUPPOSED MEANING: MAY THERE
ALWAYS BE FOOD IN THE HOUSE AND WELCOME TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS DONE IN INFORMANTS NEIGHBORHOOD IN SUBURBS IN WINSTON_SALEM.
Where learned: HOME ; WINSTON SALEM ; NORTH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Number |
CUSTOM SOCIAL RELATIONS
WHEN A NEW NEIGHBOR CAME INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THE PEOPLE IN
IN THE SOUTH WOULD COME TO THEIR HOUSE AND WELCOME THE NEW FAMILY
WITHIN THE FIRST TWO WEEKS.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 10-12-1970
CUSTOM
PLACES OF BUSINESS USUALLY SAVE THE FIRST DOLLAR THEY HAVE MADE AS A
BUSINESS. THIS IS FOR GOOD LUCK. THIS PRACTICE IS DONE IN
MANY STORES
Where learned: NOT INCLUDED
Keyword(s): BUSINESS MONEY GOOD LUCK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business BELIEF -- Sign Color BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: NOT INCLUDED
CUSTOM
THIS IS A SCOTCH HARVEST CUSTOM KNOWN AS THE "OLD WOMAN." THE
FIRST FARMER WHO COMPLETES HIS HARVESTING MAKES AN "OLD WOMAN" OUT
OF THE LOOSE CORN CUT. THIS FIGURE IS PASSED TO EACH FARMER. THE
LAST FARMER TO COMPLETE HIS HARVESTING MUST KEEP THE FIGURE TILL
THE FOLLOWING YEAR. THE FIGURE IS CARRIED ON A CART BY THE FARMERS.
Where learned: RESIDENCE
Keyword(s): EFFIGY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Autumn Fall Harvest Thanksgiving BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: DATE NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
CUSTOMS
CIGARS: IF YOU ARE EITHER NEWLY PROMOTED OR A NEW FATHER, YOU
DISTRIBUTE CIGARS TO ALL OFFICERS.
Where learned: NOT INCLUDED
Keyword(s): MILITARY ; PROMOTION, NEW FATHER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Number |
IN BUSINESS, WHEN OPENING A NEW STORE, YOU MUST SAVE THE FIRST
DOLLAR BILL AND FRAME IT. THIS IS A SIGN OF GOOD LUCK AND
YOUR DOLLARS WILL MULTIPLY.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business BELIEF -- Number BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
NAVY CUSTOM
THE DAY BEFORE THE GUY LEFT FOR HOME, HE WAS SPRAYED WITH SHAVING
CREAM, MUSTARD AND KETCHUP AND MADE TO ROLL IN THE DUST OR DIRT.
THIS IS A NAVY CUSTOM, I DO NOT KNOW IF ANYONE ELSE DOES IT.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): SEVERANCE RITUAL
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F535 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Initiation rite Hazing BELIEF -- Number |
ACCIDENTS
IF YOU HAVE AN ACCIDENT YOU ARE SURE TO HAVE TWO MORE
BEFORE LONG BECAUSE ACCIDENTS HAPPEN IN SERIES OF THREES
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM HER MOTHER WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 01-04-1964
WISHING DITTY
STAR LIGHT, STAR BRIGHT,
FIRST STAR I SEE TONIGHT;
I WISH I MAY, I WISH I MIGHT
HAVE THE WISH I WISH TONIGHT.
Submitter comment: MUST BE RECITED TO FIRST STAR SEEN FOR WISH TO COME TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 04-05-1967
BELIEF
WHEN AN EYELASH DROPS IT CAN BRING GOOD LUCK BY PLACING
IT ON THE BACK OF THE LEFT HAND, MAKING A WISH AND THEN
HITTING IT WITH THE BACK OF THE RIGHT HAND.
YOU GET THREE TRIES AND IF THE EYELASH HAS NOT FALLEN
OFF BY THE THIRD TRY IT MEANS YOUR WISH WILL
NOT COME TRUE.
Submitter comment: FROM MOTHER
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Number BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
SLEEP
AN HOUR'S SLEEP BEFORE MIDNIGHT IS WORTH THREE AFTER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Number PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
FEVER BLISTERS
WHEN YOU FEEL A FEVER BLISTER COMING,
RUB BEHIND YOUR EAR (EITHER ONE) THREE TIMES AND IT WILL NEVER
COME TO A HEAD.
Submitter comment: LEARNED WHEN SHE WAS A GIRL IN GLOUCESTER, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): POWER OF NUMBERS ; PREVENTITIVE TREATMENT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Number BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
SUPERSTITION
IF HAIR IS CUT ON THE FIRST FRIDAY OF THE MONTH IT WILL GET THICKER.
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 10-22-1968
HAIR
IF YOU PLUCK ONE GREY HAIR, SEVEN WILL GROW IN ITS PLACE.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
TO MEET A CROSSED EYED WOMAN (ESPECIALLY FIRST THING IN MORNING)
IS BAD LUCK. SHE MAY CAST THE EVIL EYE ON YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; RIVER ROUGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Number BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 02-10-1968
IF A CHILD'S FIRST TOOTH APPEARS IN THE UPPER JAW HE WILL BE WISE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 10-02-1968
NUMBER BELIEF
PEOPLE DIE IN THREES, WHEN YOU HEAR OF ONE DEATH YOU WILL SOON
HEAR OF TWO MORE.
Where learned: TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 10-28-1970