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A CHILD'S BLESSING
GOD BLESS THE FATHER OF THIS HOUSE AND ITS MOTHER TOO/
AND ALL THE LITTLE CHILDREN THAT ROUND THE TABLE GO/ AND ALL YOUR
RELATIVES THAT LIVE FAR AND NEAR/ WISH THEM A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A
HAPPY NEW YEAR.
Where learned: MARYLAND ; TOLD IN ; TURNERS STATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Custom Festival C840.642 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Greetings, wishes, prayers, cards BELIEF -- Prayer |
HOLY SATURDAY CUSTOM
IT IS A TRADITIONAL EUROPEAN CUSTON ON HOLY SATURDAY TO TAKE A BASKET
OF EASTER BREAD, BUTTER IN THE SHAPE OF A LAMB, AND EGGS TO BE
BLESSED BY THE PRIEST IN A CEREMONY IN WHICH ALL THE PEOPLE PARTICI-
PATE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER GIRL FRIEND MANY YEARS AGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 09-25-1972
Proverb
MAY YOUR LUCK BE AS LONG AS A RABBIT'S EARS, SORROW AS SHORT AS HIS TAIL.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated on 02-22-2011 by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Ear ; EARS ; LUCK ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Rabbit ; SORROW ; Tail ; VERSE
James Callow Keyword(s): WISH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance P880.3 |
Date learned: 06-09-1944
WHEN YOU GO INTO A NEW CHURCH, ONE THAT YOU HAVE NEVER BEEN IN
BEFORE, YOU SHOULD MAKE A WISH AND SAY A HAIL MARY, AN OUR FATHER
AND A GLORY BE. YOUR WISH WILL BE GRANTED
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 09-10-1972
LITTLE SISTERS OF THE POOR
WHEN THE SACRED HEART HOME FOR THE AGED WAS TO BE RELOCATED TO A NEW
SITE AND BUILDING THREE YEARS AGO IN TOLEDO, OHIO, THE SISTERS WENT
TO LOOK AT THE LAND THAT THEY WOULD LIKE TO HAVE FOR THE NEW
BUILDING.
THEY FOUND THE LAND OUT IN THE COUNTRY, MADE SOME INQUIRIES AS TO
WHO OWNED THE LAND AND WOULD HE BE WILLING TO SELL AND FOR HOW MUCH
MONEY. THEY FOUND THAT IT WOULD BE NEXT TO IMPOSSIBLE TO GET THE
LAND, AT LEAST FROM OTHER PERSONS' OBSERVATIONS. THE DAY BEFORE
THEY WERE TO SEE THE OWNER ABOUT THE LAND, TWO OF THE SISTERS WENT
OUT AND SECRETLY BURIED A STATUE OF ST. JOSEPH ON THE FIELD THAT
THEY WANTED AND THEN THE WHOLE COMMUNITY OF SISTERS LAID SIEGE TO
ST. JOSEPH WITH PRAYERS. WHEN THEY SAW THE OWNER OF THE PROPERTY
THE NEXT DAY, HE WAS MOST GENEROUS WITH THEM AND THEY RECEIVED THE
LAND, THOUGH HE WAS NOT EVEN A CATHOLIC.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS STORY BY ONE OF THE SISTERS WHO DID THE
BURYING OF THE STATUE.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: OHIO ; TOLEDO ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- B439 BELIEF -- Magic of Speech, Sign, Color BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 09-20-1972
PRAY TO SAINT ANTHONY TO FIND SOMETHING YOU HAVE LOST.
Submitter comment:
COLLECTOR'S MOTHER IS ALWAYS PRAYING TO SAINT ANTHONY FOR SOMETHING
SHE LOST.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00001960S
AFTER FINISHING A TURKEY DINNER, BREAK THE WISHBONE WITH ANOTHER
PERSON AND EACH MAKE A WISH, THE ONE WHO GETS THE LARGER PART WILL
GET HIS WISH.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00001950S
PRAY TO SAINT JUDE WHEN THINGS LOOK HOPELESS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT PRAYED TO SAINT JUDE FOR A GIRL PROMISING TO NAME HER
{BABY} AFTER HIM. COLLECTOR NOW HAS A SISTER NAMED JUDY.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00001950S
ON FEAST OF SAINT BLAIZE, CANDLEMAS, HAVE YOUR THROAT BLESSED BY A
PRIEST USING CROSSED CANDLES TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM SORE THROATS.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- February 3 BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00001950S
SAINT CHRISTOPHER PROTECTS TRAVELERS. PRAY TO HIM BEFORE A JOURNEY.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00001960S
GRANDPARENTS'
POLISH HOLY SATURDAY- SAMPLES OF THE EASTER BREAKFAST ARE TAKEN TO
THE CHURCH TO BE BLESSED AND ARE THEN MIXED WITH THE REST OF THE
BREAKFAST ON EASTER MORNING
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 00-00-1972
RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
AS SOON AS I WAS OLD ENOUGH TO SAY THE HAIL MARY, MY MOTHER
TOLD ME I SHOULD ALWAYS SAY IT WHEN I HEARD A SIREN FOR A FIRE
ENGINE, AMBULANCE, OR POLICE CAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Prayer |
ON THREE KINGS' DAY, JANUARY 6, OUR FAMILY BURNED INCENSE AND WROTE
WITH BLESSED CHALK ABOVE THE ENTRANCE TO THE HOME THE INITIALS OF THE THREE KINGS. THIS WAS THE DAY THAT WE TOOK OUR CHRISTMAS TREE DOWN.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 6 Twelfth Day Epiphany BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
ON EASTER SATURDAY, THE DAY BEFORE EASTER, WE TAKE FOOD TO CHURCH
TO BE BLESSED. EVERYONE SHARED THIS FOOD THE NEXT MORNING FOR
BREAKFAST, HARD BOILED EGGS, HAM, BREAD, BUTTER, SALT, ETC.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 10-07-1972
ON CHRISTMAS MORNING, AFTER MIDNIGHT MASS, OUR FAMILY ATE WHAT WE CALLED
ANGEL BREAD. (IT WAS A KIND OF UNLEAVENED BREAD THAT HAD BEEN BLESSED.)
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Date learned: 10-07-1972
WISHING
IF YOU MAKE A WISH AS SOON AS YOU SEE A ROBIN , THEN IT WILL COME
TRUE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FARMINGTON ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 09-26-1972
BELIEF WISHES
IF YOU THROW PENNIES IN A FOUNTAIN AND WISH FOR SOMETHING,
YOUR WISH
WILL COME TRUE
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 06-00-1972
EASTER CUSTOM
A FEW DAYS BEFORE EASTER MY MOTHER WOULD TAKE A BASKET OF FOOD TO THE
PRIEST TO BE BLESSED. THIS WAS FOR GOOD HEALTH IN THE COMING YEAR.
Submitter comment: THE BASKET OF FOOD CONSISTED OF THE MAIN FOODS THE FAMILY ATE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MONROE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-07-1972
CHURCH CUSTOM
WHEN YOU PASS A CHURCH, EITHER ON FOOT OR IN A CAR, YOU BOW YOUR
HEAD AND WHISPER, "JESUS, MARY, AND JOSEPH."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 09-26-1972
WARTS
SAY YOUR PRAYERS OVER A WART AND IT WILL DISAPPEAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HARPER WOODS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-26-1972