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NEVER TELL A BAD DREAM BEFORE YOUR MORNING MEAL, OR IT WILL
COME TRUE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
YOU ARE NOT TO TELL YOUR DREAMS BEFORE BREAKFAST.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 06-29-1970
SEVERAL PEOPLE EATING A MEAL TOGETHER AND NO ONE SAYS A WORD,
THEN SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN.
Data entry tech comment: INITIALS "KZ" APPEAR UNDER D. B. GONYER'S NAME ON 5X8 CARD.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance BELIEF -- Bad luck Food and drink |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF (YOU) SEE DEAD ANIMAL, THROW SALT ON TELEGRAM POLE OR
ANIMAL WILL BE ON MOTHER'S TABLE WHEN ARRIVING HOME.
Where learned: KENTUCKY ; LOUISVILLE
Keyword(s): DINNER SUPPER MEAL
James Callow Keyword(s): PUCKETT OHIO 29885
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Animal BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 03-00-1969
ANYONE WHO TAKES THE LAST PIECE OF FOOD FROM A PLATE WILL NOT
MARRY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Number Last events: the last person to the table... |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
IF YOU SING BEFORE BREAKFAST, THE DAY WILL BRING BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; HOLLY SPRINGS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C350 Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Good luck Time (year, season, week, hour, etc.) Occasion Event |
Date learned: 08-11-1968
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN DOESN'T EAT A PIECE OF CHALK, HER BABIES
TEETH WILL COME IN ROTTEN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Body part Senses Mouth, teeth, lips, tongue BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF YOU EAT OFF TWO PLATES, YOU WILL BE AN OLD MAID.
Submitter comment: AT R-M, IF NOT ALL THE PLACES ARE FILLED AT THE TABLE, WHOEVER
Where learned: VIRGINIA ; R-MWC ; LYNCHBURG
Date learned: 00001967-1968
IF YOU TAKE THE LAST BITE ON THE PLATE (THE LAST ROLL OR
SANDWICH OR SOMETHING), YOU WILL BE AN OLD MAID.
Submitter comment: I HAVE TAKEN THE "LAST BITE" SEVERAL TIMES, AND AM STILL
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Number Last events: the last person to the table... |
Date learned: 00001960'S
"FAH"
THIS IS THE TERM DONNA'S GRANDFATHER APPLIES TO ANYTHING
(FOOD) THAT HAS NO SUBSTANCE OR TASTE; IT'S LIKE HAVING A
MOUTHFUL OF NOTHING (WHIPPED CREAM, EGG WHITES AFTER
HAVING BEEN BEATEN, ETC.).
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
BELIEF
CURLY HAIR COMES FROM EATING BREAD CRUSTS.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LEGEND OF HOW BATTLE CREEK GOT ITS NAME
THERE WAS TWO SURVEYORS FROM DETROIT IN THE EARLY 1800'S WHO WERE
DOING THEIR WORK NEAR WHAT IS NOW THE BATTLE CREEK AND KALAMAZOO
RIVERS. AN INDIAN CAME UP TO THEIR CAMP AND ASKED FOR FOOD. SUB-
SEQUENTLY SOMEHOW A FIGHT WAS STARTED BETWEEN THESE MEN. AND
THUS, BATTLE CREEK GOT ITS NAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name Food Drink -- Food |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
OWL MYTH
THE OWLS OF CANADA LAY UP A STORE OF LIVE MICE FOR THE WINTER,
THE LEGS OF WHICH THEY FIRST BREAK, TO PREVENT THEM FROM RUNNING
AWAY, AND THEN FEED THEM CAREFULLY, AND FATTEN THEM, TILL WANTED
FOR USE.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY FRENCH TRAVELLER, PIERRE CHARLEVOIX.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Bird Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching |
Date learned: 03-18-1968
CHICKEN BONE REEF
OLD TIMERS ABOUT THE GREAT LAKES ALL TALKED ABOUT "CHICKEN BONE
REEF," BUT NO ONE HAD EVER SEEN IT, AND NO CHART SHOWED IT; BUT
ANY SAILOR WOULD TELL YOU THAT IT WAS IN THE DETROIT RIVER JUST
OFF WOODWARD AVENUE. IT WAS HERE THAT THE GOVERNMENT REVENUE
CUTTER "FESSENDON" AND THE NAVY GUNBOAT "MICHIGAN" AND OTHERS
USED TO ANCHOR FOR LONG TIMES. ORDINARY MERCHANT SAILORS CLAIMED
THAT "CHICKEN BONE REEF" WAS BUILT UP FROM THE RIVER BOTTOM BY
ALL THE CHICKEN BONES THAT WERE THROWN OVERBOARD FROM THE TABLES
OF THE SHIPS ANCHORED THERE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INFORMANT TOLD ME OF HOW IN HER KENTUCKY CHILDHOOD, HER PARENTS
WOULD HAVE THE MINISTER FROM THEIR CHURCH THEY ATTENDED COME
OVER FOR A CHICKEN DINNER ON SUNDAY AFTRNOON. ON ONE PARTICU-
LAR SUNDAY, SHE AND HER BROTHER THOUGHT OF A WAY TO MAKE THE
MINISTER (WHOM THEY BOTH FOUND INSUFFERABLE) LEAVE EARLY.
THAT MORNING, BEFORE CHURCH, THE INFORMANT'S BROTHER STUCK
A PAIR OF HUGE SCISSORS UNDER THE THIN CUSHION THAT WAS ON THE
MINISTER'S FAVORITE CHAIR HE ALWAYS CHOSE TO SIT ON WHENEVER
HE VISITED THEIR HOME. LATER THAT AFTERNOON, AFTER DINNER,
THE FAMILY RETIRED TO THE PARLOR. THE MINISTER WAS NOTICE-
ABLY UNCOMFORTABLE, AND EVENTUALLY GOT UP TO LEAVE. AFTER
TH MINISTER LEFT, THEY ADMITTED TO THEIR GRANDMOTHER WHAT
THEY HAD DONE AFTER SHE FOUND THE SCISSORS, AND THEY RECEIVED
THEIR DUE PUNISHMENT. HOWEVER, THE GRANDMOTHER SAID, "I HOPE
HE WASN'T TOO UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT I NEVER LIKED HIM TOO MUCH
ANYWAY."
Submitter comment:
THIS STORY IS COMPARABLE TO "THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA" IN
CONTENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; KENTUCKY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Occupation Food Drink -- Food |
Date learned: 11-29-1971
LEGEND OF HOW BATTLE CREEK GOT ITS NAME
THERE WAS TWO SURVEYORS FROM DETROIT IN THE EARLY 1800'S WHO WERE
DOING THEIR WORK NEAR WHAT IS NOW THE BATTLE CREEK AND KALAMAZOO
RIVERS. AN INDIAN CAME UP TO THEIR CAMP AND ASKED FOR FOOD. SUB-
SEQUENTLY SOMEHOW A FIGHT WAS STARTED BETWEEN THESE MEN. AND
THUS, BATTLE CREEK GOT ITS NAME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BATTLE CREEK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Explanation of a name Food Drink -- Food |
Date learned: 00-00-1954
OWL MYTH
THE OWLS OF CANADA LAY UP A STORE OF LIVE MICE FOR THE WINTER,
THE LEGS OF WHICH THEY FIRST BREAK, TO PREVENT THEM FROM RUNNING
AWAY, AND THEN FEED THEM CAREFULLY, AND FATTEN THEM, TILL WANTED
FOR USE.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY FRENCH TRAVELLER, PIERRE CHARLEVOIX.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Bird Food Drink -- Food BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching |
Date learned: 03-18-1968
CHICKEN BONE REEF
OLD TIMERS ABOUT THE GREAT LAKES ALL TALKED ABOUT "CHICKEN BONE
REEF," BUT NO ONE HAD EVER SEEN IT, AND NO CHART SHOWED IT; BUT
ANY SAILOR WOULD TELL YOU THAT IT WAS IN THE DETROIT RIVER JUST
OFF WOODWARD AVENUE. IT WAS HERE THAT THE GOVERNMENT REVENUE
CUTTER "FESSENDON" AND THE NAVY GUNBOAT "MICHIGAN" AND OTHERS
USED TO ANCHOR FOR LONG TIMES. ORDINARY MERCHANT SAILORS CLAIMED
THAT "CHICKEN BONE REEF" WAS BUILT UP FROM THE RIVER BOTTOM BY
ALL THE CHICKEN BONES THAT WERE THROWN OVERBOARD FROM THE TABLES
OF THE SHIPS ANCHORED THERE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
INFORMANT TOLD ME OF HOW IN HER KENTUCKY CHILDHOOD, HER PARENTS
WOULD HAVE THE MINISTER FROM THEIR CHURCH THEY ATTENDED COME
OVER FOR A CHICKEN DINNER ON SUNDAY AFTRNOON. ON ONE PARTICU-
LAR SUNDAY, SHE AND HER BROTHER THOUGHT OF A WAY TO MAKE THE
MINISTER (WHOM THEY BOTH FOUND INSUFFERABLE) LEAVE EARLY.
THAT MORNING, BEFORE CHURCH, THE INFORMANT'S BROTHER STUCK
A PAIR OF HUGE SCISSORS UNDER THE THIN CUSHION THAT WAS ON THE
MINISTER'S FAVORITE CHAIR HE ALWAYS CHOSE TO SIT ON WHENEVER
HE VISITED THEIR HOME. LATER THAT AFTERNOON, AFTER DINNER,
THE FAMILY RETIRED TO THE PARLOR. THE MINISTER WAS NOTICE-
ABLY UNCOMFORTABLE, AND EVENTUALLY GOT UP TO LEAVE. AFTER
TH MINISTER LEFT, THEY ADMITTED TO THEIR GRANDMOTHER WHAT
THEY HAD DONE AFTER SHE FOUND THE SCISSORS, AND THEY RECEIVED
THEIR DUE PUNISHMENT. HOWEVER, THE GRANDMOTHER SAID, "I HOPE
HE WASN'T TOO UNCOMFORTABLE, BUT I NEVER LIKED HIM TOO MUCH
ANYWAY."
Submitter comment:
THIS STORY IS COMPARABLE TO "THE PRINCESS AND THE PEA" IN
CONTENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; KENTUCKY
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Home CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Occupation Food Drink -- Food |
Date learned: 11-29-1971
YOU TWIST YOUR INDEX FINGER AGAINST THE SIDE OF YOUR JAW.
MEANING: THIS FOOD IS GOOD.
Submitter comment: I'VE SEEN THE INFORMANT DOING THIS AT HIS HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; EAST DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Food SPEECH -- Body parts involved SPEECH -- Eating |
Date learned: 02-06-1971