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A COMMON JOKE FROM MEXICO.
AMONG THE SEMI-RELIGIOUS IS THAT JESUS WILL NEVER RETURN, BECAUSE
HE WAS SO BADLY MISTREATED THE FIRST TIME HE CAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ROSEVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 04-00-1980
SAINT MAGNUS - APOSTLE OF THE ALLGAU
IN FUSSEN THERE IS A WATERFALL WHICH IS SPRING-FED FROM TYROL.
THE WATER FROM THE FALL FLOWS INTO A VERY NARROW GORGE.
ONE DAY ST. MAGNUS, THE APOSTLE OF THE ALLGAU, WAS BEING CHASED
BY HIS ENEMIES. THEY CORNERED HIM ABOVE THE WATERFALL. ST. MAGNUS HAD
TWO CHOICES: JUMP AND DROWN IN THE RUSHING WATERS OR BE CAPTURED BY
HIS ENEMIES. HE JUMPED AND MADE IT ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE GORGE.
TODAY, THERE STILL EXISTS A FOOTPRINT IN THE ROCK WHERE ST.
MAGNUS LANDED. NO MATTER WHAT MAN TRIES TO STEP INTO IT OR WHAT SIZE
SHOE HE WEARS, HIS SHOE WILL FIT THE FOOTPRINT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS LEGEND ; SAINT'S LEGEND: SAINT MAGNUS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 10-10-1968
FATHER BAKER'S MIRACLE
THIS IS A TRUE STORY ABOUT FATHER BAKER'S MIRACLE. FATHER BAKER HAD A
LITTLE CHURCH IN BUFFALO NEW YORK. HE WANTED TO BUILD A NEW CHURCH,
BUT THERE WAS NO MONEY. ONE DAY AFTER CELEBRATING MASS HE TOLD THE
ALTAR BOYS TO FOLLOW THEM. STILL DRESSED IN THE GARB OF THE CHURCH
FATHER BAKER POINTED TO A PLACE IN AN EMPTY FIELD AND SAID "DRILL
HERE FOR OIL," BUT EVERYONE KNEW THERE WAS NO OIL IN THE AREA. ON HIS
INSISTANCE THEY DRILLED, FOUND OIL LESS THAN FIFTY FEET DOWN,
AND THUS FINANCED THE CHURCH.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT WAS A MEMBER OF FATHER BAKER'S PARISH WHERE THE STORY
IS TOLD.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
James Callow Keyword(s): PRIEST AS OIL WITCH ; WATER WITCH: OIL WITCH
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
IRISH LEGEND
IN IRELAND, MY GRANDMOTHER REMEMBERED THIS STORY AS TOLD TO HER
FROM THE PULPIT BY THE PARISH PRIEST. MY GRANDMOTHER USED TO TELL
SUCH STORIES TO ME AND MY BROTHERS WHEN WE WERE SMALL CHILDREN AND
WE SLEPT WITH HER. A YOUNG BOY WAS WALKING DOWN THE ROAD ON A COLD
WINTER DAY. AT A CROSSROAD HE MET ANOTHER BOY, A BIT YOUNGER, WHO
LOOKED VERY POOR, HE HAD NO COAT TO PROTECT HIM FROM THE WIND
OR RAIN. THE FIRST BOY FELT SORRY FOR THE LITTLE ONE AND GAVE HIM
HIS NICE WARM COAT. UPON RETURNING HOME THE OLDER BOY WAS SCOLDED
BY HIS MOTHER AND PUNISHED FOR GIVING AWAY HIS COAT. BESIDES
HE BECAME ILL BECAUSE HE WAS ALL WET AND COLD. YEARS LATER THE
OLDER BOY BECAME A PRIEST. HIS FAMILY AND FRIENDS WITNESSED HIS
FIRST MASS. AS HE LOOKED UP TO HEAVEN DURING THE MASS THERE WAS
A STRANGE LIGHT ABOVE THE ALTAR. THERE IN VIEW OF EVERY-BODY
APPEARED THE CHILD JESUS AND HE WAS SMILING AND WEARING THE SAME
LITTLE COAT WHICH THE PRIEST HAD GIVEN AWAY YEARS BEFORE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHARITY ; VISION OF JESUS
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 00-00-1937
CHRIST AND THE ROBINS
THE REASON ROBINS HAVE RED BREASTS ARE BECAUSE WHEN CHRIST WAS
DYING ON THE CROSS BIRDS SNUGGLED UP THEIR BREASTS TO CHRIST'S
WOUNDS, IN ORDER TO CATCH THE FLOWING BLOOD. IN RETURN FOR THEIR
GOOD DEED CHRIST GAVE THEM THEIR RED BREASTS IN RECOGNITION FOR
THEIR DEED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM A GRADE SCHOOL SISTER IN SECOND GRADE
AT HOLY NAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CRUCIFIXION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Characteristics of Animals PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Bird |
Date learned: 03-31-1967
ST. PAUL'S GROTTO
UNDER A CHURCH IN RABAT, IS A GROTTO IN WHICH ST. PAUL AND HIS
COMPANIONS ARE SAID TO HAVE LIVED WHILE IN MALTA. LOCAL LEGEND
CLAIMS THAT WHATEVER AMOUNT OF STONE IS REMOVED FROM THIS GROTTO,
THE DIMENSIONS REMAIN THE SAME.
Where learned: HOME
Date learned: 11-11-1967
LEGEND
ONE OF MY GIRLFRIENDS ONCE TOLD ME THAT A FRIEND OF HER MOTHER'S
WAS FLYING OUT EAST BUT SHE WAS AFRAID OF FLYING. WHILE IN THE PLANE
THE WOMAN SAID THAT SOMETHING TOLD HER TO TAKE A PICTURE OF THE
CLOUDS. ALTHOUGH THE WOMAN FELT STRANGE ABOUT TAKING A PICTURE OF
THE CLOUDS, SHE STILL DID IT. NOT REALLY THINKING TOO MUCH ABOUT IT
WHILE ON HER VACATION IT ALL CAME BACK TO HER WHEN SHE RECEIVED HER
DEVELOPED PICTURES. FOR THE PICTURE THAT WAS TAKEN IN THE CLOUDS
REVEALED A CHRIST-LIKE IMAGE .
Submitter comment:
THE WOMAN FELT THAT IT WAS THE LORD THAT TOLD HER TO TAKE THE
PICTURE IN THE FIRST PLACE. SHE FELT THAT THE LORD WAS TRYING TO
TELL HER THAT HE IS ALWAYS THERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GARDEN CITY
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
"THIS HAPPENED IN 1959. HORACE TURNER WAS THE PRESIDENT OF THE
JUNIOR CHOIR WHEN I ATTENDED CHURCH AND ACCORDING TO HIS WIFE,
GOD WANTED HORACE TO PREACH, BUT HORACE RESISTED. ONE THURSDAY
NIGHT, IT SEEMED AS IF HORACE HEARD THESE WORDS, 'I'M GOING TO
TAKE SOMETHING FROM YOU THAT YOU REALLY CARE ABOUT AND GIVE YOU
SOMETHING GREATER IN RETURN.' ON FRIDAY, WHILE HORACE WAS ON HIS
LUNCH HOUR, HE WAS ATTEMPTING TO CAPTURE A MOTHER PIGEON AND TAKE
IT HOME TO HIS CHILDREN WHEN ALL OF A SUDDEN, HE HEARD A
WHOOSHING SOUND AS IF SOMETHING HAD FLOWN AWAY. HE LOOKED
TOWARD THE SKY, SAW NOTHING, AND THE PIGEON WAS STILL IN THE EXACT
SPOT. SHE WAS IN BEFORE HORACE HEARD THE SOUND. THE 'WHOOSH'
CAME AT THE SAME TIME THAT HORACE'S ONLY SON, WHO WAS TEN, DIED
FROM A GUNSHOT. HIS 12-YEAR-OLD FRIEND SHOT HIM (HORACE'S SON)
WITH A 30-30 WINCHESTER. A FEW NIGHTS LATER, HORACE PREACHED HIS
FIRST SERMON AT THE DINNER TABLE WITH HIS FAMILY. HE TOLD ME ONCE
THAT HE DIDN'T WORRY ABOUT SERMONS AND THAT ALL HE DID WAS PICK UP
PAPER AND PEN AND THE WORDS FLOWED AS IF BY MAGIC. HE'S STILL
PREACHING AT THIS TIME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MUSKEGON
| Subject headings: | Observation PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: CA00001959
"DID THE LUMBERJACKS HAVE ANY RELIGION MRS. TOWNE?"
"WELL, THE LUMBERJACKS DID BELIEVE IN GOD, BUT THEY DID NOT
HAVE A CHURCH. I DO REMEMBER ONE TIME, THOUGH, WHEN A
MINISTER DID COME TO OUR LUMBERING CAMP. FOR A WHILE HE WAS
QUITE SUCCESSFUL IN CONVERTING AND BAPTISING THE LUMBERJACKS.
HIS SUCCESS ENDED, HOWEVER, WHEN THE LUMBERJACKS FOUND OUT
THAT THE WOMAN HE WAS LIVING WITH WAS NOT HIS WIFE. THEY RAN
THAT MINISTER OUT OF TOWN AND NEVER LISTENED TO ANY MORE
TRAVELING MINISTERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HOUGHTON LAKE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 00001930S
LEGEND OF SAINT (MAR) ADDAI
BEFORE JESUS DIED, JESUS RECEIVED A LETTER FROM THE KING
OF EDDESSA, A MAN CALLED ABGAR. HE WROTE JESUS A LETTER
BECAUSE HE HAD HEARD PEOPLE SAYING JESUS WAS HAVING TROUBLE
WITH THE JEWS. IN ABGAR'S LETTER HE ASKS AND INVITES JESUS
TO COME TO EDDESSA WHERE HE WOULD SHARE IN ABGAR'S KINGDOM.
EDDESSA WAS A SMALL COUNTRY AND JESUS WITH ABGAR WOULD
REIGN TOGETHER. IN THE LETTER ABGAR MENTIONS THAT HE HAS LEPROSY
AND ASKS TO BE CURED BY JESUS.
JESUS WROTE ABGAR A LETTER, THE ONLY LETTER THAT HISTORY
EVEN MENTIONS THAT JESUS WROTE.
JESUS WRITES IN THE LETTER--"I CAN'T COME NOW, BUSY
WITH MY FATHER'S BUSINESS. AFTER I RETURN TO MY FATHER
I WILL SEND SOMEONE TO YOU AND THEY WILL TAKE CARE OF YOUR
NEEDS."
JESUS DIES, BUT TO CONTINUE THE STORY, THERE ARE THREE LEGENDS
OF THE PASSING ON THE TRADITION OF THE LETTER OF JESUS.
(1) AN ARTIST SENT WITH ABGAR'S LETTER COULDN'T DRAW THE FACE
OF JESUS SO JESUS TOOK A CLOTH AND PRESSED IT TO
HIS FACE, THEN AN IMAGE OF JESUS APPEARED. (THIS WAS
BEFORE JESUS' DEATH)--IMAGE OF JESUS TAKEN TO ABGAR WHICH HEALS
HIM.
(2) VERONICA'S VEIL--IMAGE OF JESUS TAKEN TO ABGAR WHICH HEALS
HIM.
(3) THE IMAGE OF JESUS ON THE BURIAL SHROUD (NOW THE SHROUD
OF TURIN, ITALY)--WHICH WAS TAKEN AND HEALED ABGAR'S LEPROSY.
AFTER JESUS' DEATH AND RESURRECTION AND ASCENSION, THE
APOSTLES DISPERSE AND GO TO VARIOUS PARTS OF THE WORLD.
ST. THOMAS, REMEMBERING JESUS' PROMISE AND LETTER, SENT
THADDEUS (TH-ADDAI-US) TO ABGAR WITH THIS WONDERFULL IMAGE
OF CHRIST. THE PERSON WHO INTRODUCED ADDAI TO THE COURT
OF THE KING WAS A JEWISH MAKER OF VESTMENTS AND ROYAL
CROWNS WHO THEN MADE A COVER FOR THE PICTURE, AND AS THIS IMAGE
WAS CARRIED INTO THE COURT, ABGAR WAS STRUCK BY A
BRILLIANT LIGHT COMING FROM THE PORTRAIT AND WAS CURED
OF HIS LEPROSY. THE BRIGHT LIGHT CURED ABGAR'S LEPROSY
AND ABGAR WAS CONVERTED TO CHRISTIANITY, HE WAS A PAGAN
BEFORE. ALL OF HIS FAMILY OFFERED RICH REWARDS FOR MAR (SAINT)
ADDAI, BUT ADDAI REFUSED. HE WANTED THE CHANCE
TO PREACH TO THE WHOLE KINGDOM. ADDAI DID, AND THE WHOLE KING-
DOM WAS CONVERTED BY HIS ELEQUENCE. THEN ADDAI WENT TO
OTHER PARTS OF PERSIA. ABGAR'S GRANDSON, ALSO NAMED ABGAR,
REVERTED BACK TO PAGANISM AND PERSECUTED CHRISTIANS.
THE CHRISTIANS TOOK THE IMAGE OF CHRIST AND HID IT
IN A NICHE ABOVE THE CITY GATE, WITH IT WAS BURIED
A COPY 0F THE IMAGE AND A LAMP, A BURNING LAMP.
OVER THE YEARS PEOPLE FORGOT WHERE THE IMAGE WAS HIDDEN AND
THE STORY BECAME MERELY A LEGEND UNTIL THERE WAS A GREAT
FLOOD WHICH DESTROYED PART OF THE CITY WALLS, INCLUDING PART
OF THE GATE OVER WHICH THE IMAGE WAS HIDDEN. DURING
THE REPAIRS, THE IMAGE WAS REDISCOVERED WITH THE LAMP
WHICH WAS STILL BURNING. THE PEOPLE TOOK THE IMAGE AND
RESPONDED WITH GREAT JOY AND PROCESSED IT TO THEIR
TOWN INTO THE CHURCH WHERE IT WAS ENSHRINED FOR MANY HUNDREDS OF
YEARS.
Submitter comment:
THE LEGEND OF MAR ADDAI IS NOTED IN AN ANCIENT HISTORIAN'S
WRITING, THAT OF EUSEBIUS. IT HAS BEEN CARRIED ON
THROUGHOUT THE CENTURIES BY PIOUS CHURCH FOLLOWERS.
EDDESSA, TODAY IS MODERN URFA IN TURKEY.
MAR MEANS SAINT OR LORD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
LEGEND OF SAINT WILGEFORTES
SAINT WILGEFORTES WAS THE 12TH CHILD OF 13 CHILDREN ALL
BORN AT THE SAME TIME TO THE QUEEN OF PORTUGAL. WILGEFORTES
GREW UP TO BE PRETTY, INTELLIGENT, AND A GOOD CHRISTIAN.
HER FATHER HAD HER BETROTHED TO THE KING OF SARDINIA WHO
WAS A PAGAN. SHE HAD VOWED HER VIRGINITY TO CHRIST, THAT
SHE MIGHT NOT MARRY ANYONE, MUCH LESS A PAGAN. THE KING OF
SARDINIA ARRIVED IN GREAT GLORY FOR THE NUPTIALS AND THAT
NIGHT DURING THE FEAST AS WELL AS INTO THE WEE HOURS INTO
THE MORNING, WILGEFORTES PRAYED TO GOD TO PRESERVE HER
VIRGINITY. GOD HEARD HER PRAYERS AND SHE GREW A FULL BEARD.
THE KING OF SARDINIA WAS HORRIFIED AND DECIDED HE HAD
SOMETHING BETTER TO DO. HE SAILED OFF IN HIS SHIPS.
WILGEFORTES' FATHER WAS SO FURIOUS THAT HE HAD HER TIED
TO A CROSS AND CRUCIFIED HER. HER IMAGE IS THAT OF A BEARDED
LADY ON A CROSS. SAINT THOMAS MORE WROTE THAT SINCE SHE
WAS KNOWN AS A PATRONNESS OF WOMEN WHO "WERE ENCUMBERED" (SIC)
WITH TROUBLESOME HUSBANDS, HER SHRINE WAS "MUCH FREQUENTED
BY THE MATRONS OF LONDON."
Submitter comment:
THIS LEGEND IS AN ATTEMPT BY PEOPLE OF CERTAIN TIMES TO
UNDERSTAND THE OBJECTS OF DEVOTION OF AN EARLIER AGE.
THE FIRST CROSSES OF THE CHURCH WERE HEAVILY JEWELLED
AND ORNAMENTED TO FORGET THE HORROR OF THE CRUCIFIXION,
AND GRADUALLY THEY BEGAN TO PUT THE FIGURE OF CHRIST ON THE
CROSS REIGNING IN GLORY AND MIGHT. LITTLE BY LITTLE AS
STYLES OF PIETY CHANGED, PEOPLE BEGAN TO TAKE OFF THE
ROYAL VESTMENTS. THE CROWNS WERE REMOVED, PRIESTLY
ROBES TAKEN AWAY. THE PEOPLE WERE LOOKING FOR A MORE
REALISTIC VERSION UNTIL CHRISTIANS GOT TO CHRIST IN
AGONY. IN THE MIDDLE AGES, PEOPLE COULD UNDERSTAND CHRIST
AS KING OR IN AGONY, BUT THEY DIDN'T UNDERSTAND
THAT OF A BEARDED PERSON ON THE CROSS ALIVE, SO THEY
INVENTED SAINT UNCUMBER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 10-17-1983
LEGEND OF THE FIRST CHRISTIAN CHURCH
THE CHURCH OF THE CHALDEANS WAS THE FIRST TO BE ESTABLISHED.
THE MAGI WHO VISITED JESUS, GIVING HIM GIFTS RETURNED
TO THE ORIENT FROM WHICH THEY CAME. THIS WAS IN MESOPOTAMIA.
CHALDEA WAS LOCATED THERE. THE MAGI BEGAN TO SPREAD THE
NEWS OF THE CHRIST AND JESUS TO ALL PEOPLES IN THE AREA
WHERE THEN THE EASTERN RITE CHURCH WAS BORN. JESUS WAS
PREACHED TO ALL PEOPLES THAT HE WILL SAVE THE WORLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SOUTHFIELD
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Church |
Date learned: 10-17-1983
DURING THE CHILDHOOD OF JESUS SOMETHING HAPPENED THAT IS VERY
INTERESTING. ONE DAY HE WENT TO HIS FRIENDS' HOUSE TO GREET THEM
AS HE NORMALLY DID. AS HE WAS ON HIS WAY TO HIS FRIENDS' HOUSE,
THE FRIENDS WERE SEVEN IN NUMBER AND WERE OF THE SAME PARENTS.
THEIR MOTHER SAW JESUS COMING, SHE RAN IN AND INFORMED HER
CHILDREN THAT JESUS WAS COMING BUT SHE DID NOT WANT JESUS TO
SEE THEM THAT DAY, THUS, SHE TOLD THE CHILDREN TO QUICKLY
HIDE UNDER THEIR BEDS. THEY HAVE JUST FINISHED DOING THIS
THEN JESUS CAME. JESUS KNOCKED THE DOOR, AND THE MOTHER OF
THOSE CHILDREN OPENED THE DOOR. "WHERE ARE MY FRIENDS?" JESUS
INQUIRED, "THEY HAVE GONE SOMEWHERE" ANSWERED THE WOMAN.
THUS, JESUS DECIDED TO LEAVE. AS HE WAS GOING OUT HE HEARD SOME
MOVEMENT UNDER THE BEDS, AND HE INQUIRED FROM THE WOMAN WHAT
WERE MOVING, THE WOMAN SAID THAT THEY WERE PIGS. JESUS SAID "BYE"
AND HE WENT OUT. AS JESUS LEFT, THE WOMAN COMMANDED HER
CHILDREN TO COME OUT. SURPRISINGLY, PIGS WERE COMING OUT, THE PIGS
WERE SEVEN IN NUMBER. SHE COULD NOT BELIEVE HER EYES THAT HER
CHILDREN HAVE TURNED TO PIGS. SHE RAISED AN ALARM, HER HUSBAND
AND THEIR NEIGHBORS RUSHED OUT. THE PEOPLE FOUND PIGS ALL OVER
THE PLACE, AND THEY ASKED HER WHAT HAPPENED, THUS,
THE WHOLE STORY TO THEM. THEREFORE, THEY DECIDED TO GO AND LOOK
FOR JESUS. LUCKILY, THEY FOUND HIM AFTER SOME TIMES. THE MOTHER
OF THE CHILDREN AND THE OTHER PEOPLE APOLOGIZED TO JESUS FOR HAVING
BEEN TOLD LIES BY THE MOTHER OF THE CHILDREN THAT HIS FRIENDS
HAD GONE SOMEWHERE WHEN THEY DID NOT GO ANYWHERE, AND MOREOVER
THAT SHE TOLD JESUS THAT IT WERE PIGS THAT WERE UNDER THE BEDS
WHEN IT WERE REALLY HIS FRIENDS. AFTER THEY TOLD JESUS THIS,
HE COMMANDED THAT HIS FRIENDS BE CHANGED BACK TO HUMAN BEINGS.
HE TOLD THOSE PEOPLE TO GO BACK HOME THAT THEY WOULD FOUND
HUMAN BEINGS AND NOT PIGS. WHEN THE PEOPLE GOT HOME THEY FOUND
THAT THOSE PIGS HAVE CHANGED TO CHILDREN.
Submitter comment:
MY SUNDAY SCHOOL TEACHER TOLD ME THE STORY WHEN I WAS SIX YEARS
OLD. THE STORY STAYED VERY CLEAR IN MY MEMORY, THAT I CAN NEVER
FORGET IT. ANY TIME THAT I HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO GATHER WITH
CHILDREN I USE TO TELL THEM THE STORY. I BELIEVE THAT THE
MESSAGE ONE CAN GET IN THE STORY IS THAT ONE SHOULD NOT TELL LIES.
MOREOVER TELLING LIES CAN BE DANGEROUS SOMETIMES, BECAUSE IF ONE
TELLS BAD LIES ABOUT ONESELF TO SOMEONE, IT IS LIKELY FOR THAT
PARTICULAR LIES TO COME TRUE. I HAVE REALLY GAINED A LOT FROM
THIS STORY, IT HAS HELPED ME A LOT IN MY LIFE.
HOPEFULLY, I HOPE IT WILL HELP THOSE CHILREN I HAVE TOLD .
Where learned: NIGERIA ; LAGOS
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
BUDDHA'S SPECIAL DISH (A THAI STORY)
"WHILE BUDDHA WAS TRYING TO ACHIEVE NIRVANA (THE ULTIMATE STAGE
IN THE BUDDHIST'S LIFE), HE WAS UNABLE TO THINK BECAUSE OF HIS
HUNGER FROM FASTING SO LONG. A GIRL MADE A SPECIAL DISH OF FOOD
MADE FROM GREEN RICE THAT RESEMBLED A GREEN, MILKY LIQUID. SHE
GAVE THE DISH TO BUDDHA TO DRINK AND AFTER HE DRANK IT HE WAS
ABLE TO REACH NIRVANA."
Submitter comment:
THAIS BELIEVE THIS FOOD CAN HELP THE MONKS DO THE SAME AS LORD
BUDDHA.
BUDDHISTS BELIEVE THAT THEY SHOULD ONLY EAT TWO MEALS (NO DINNER)
SO THAT THEY'LL KNOW HUNGER. THE "MILK" IS DRUNK TO EASE THEIR
HUNGER.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal Food Drink -- Drink |
Date learned: 02-00-1984
JESUIT NOVITIATE CUSTOMS
THE FEAST OF ST. STANISLAUS KOSTKA IS CELEBRATED EACH YEAR
ON NOVEMBER 13TH. ST. STAN WAS A JESUIT NOVICE WHO TRAVELED
FROM HIS HOME IN POLAND TO ROME ON FOOT TO JOIN THE JESUITS
MUCH TO THE DISMAY OF HIS FATHER. ST. STAN DIED AS A YOUNG
NOVICE IN ROME, AND IS KNOWN FOR HIS STRONG DESIRE AND
HIS PERSEVERANCE. NOW IT IS A HOUSE CUSTOM THAT THE
YOUNGEST NOVICE PREACH ON HIS FEAST DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F111 |
JESUIT NOVITIATE LEGENDS
DURING THE JESUIT NOVITIATE IN THE 1960'S, A NOVICE WAS
ON HIS HANDS AND KNEES KISSING COMMUNITY MEMBERS' FEET
DURING THE EVENING MEAL AS A SIGN OF PENANCE AND HUMILITY
WHEN THE SERVERS ACCIDENTLY DUMPED THE SOUP TRAY ON TOP
OF HIM. HE WAS PERFORMING A "CULPA" WHEN THIS OCCURRED.
Submitter comment:
CULPAS WERE PUBLIC CONFESSIONS DURING DINNER PRACTICED IN
THE JESUIT NOVITIATE PRIOR TO THE SECOND VATICAN COUNCIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 09-20-1984
JESUIT NOVITIATE LEGENDS
DURING THE JESUIT NOVITIATE IN THE 1960'S, FR. ED SCHMIDT
TAUGHT LATIN CLASSES. BECAUSE THE NOVITIATE WAS SILENT
AND POPULAR MUSIC WAS BANNED, FR. SCHMIDT SECRETLY PLACED
INTERLUDES OF "BEATLES" IN THE LANGUAGE LAB TAPES. THE
TAPES BECAME POPULAR, AND AS THE SEMESTER PROGRESSED, THE
INTERLUDES OF MUSIC INCREASED AS THE LATIN DECREASED.
James Callow comment: THE BEATLES WERE A POPULAR GROUP OF MUSICIANS FROM ENGLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church |
Date learned: 09-20-1984
JESUIT NOVITIATE LEGENDS
DURING THE JESUIT NOVITIATE IN THE 1960'S, THERE WAS THE
STORY OF THE JESUIT NOVICE HAVING A NERVOUS BREAKDOWN
DURING MASS. HE BEGAN TO GROAN LOUDLY, AND WAS TAKEN
MYSTERIOUSLY FROM THE NOVITIATE NEVER TO BE SEEN AGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church |
Date learned: 09-20-1984
JESUIT NOVITIATE LEGENDS
DURING THE JESUIT NOVITIATE IN THE 1960'S, THERE WAS
THE STORY OF THE "MAD-CRAPPER". AN UNKNOWN NOVICE REPORTEDLY
WAS HAVING BOWEL MOVEMENTS THROUGHOUT THE NOVITIATE.
THEY NEVER FOUND THE CULPRIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 09-20-1984
JESUIT NOVITIATE LEGENDS
DURING THE JESUIT NOVITIATE IN THE 1960'S, THE STATUE
OF ST. JOSEPH WAS MYSTERIOUSLY BEING TURNED AROUND. ONE
DAY THE SUPERIOR FOUND ST. JOE TURNED AROUND WITH AN AXE
IN HIS BACK. THE DISTRAUGHT SUPERIOR CALLED IN A
PSYCHIATRIST WHO SUGGESTED MORE DIVERSITY IN THE LIVING
ARRANGEMENT. THE PSYCHIATRIST THOUGHT MORE DIVERSITY
WOULD LEAD TO A BETTER PSYCHOLOGICAL ATMOSPHERE. THE
SUPERIOR TOOK THE ADVICE OF THE PSYCHIATRIST, AND ADDED
NEW AND DIFFERENT COLOR INK BLOTTERS TO EACH ROOM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): HUMOR
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church |
Date learned: 09-20-1984