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LAUGH BEFORE BREAKFAST AND YOU WILL CRY BEFORE SUPPER
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT REMEMBERS HER MOTHER TELLING HER THIS IN DETROIT DURING THE
EARLY 1930S
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ; INEVITABILITY OF CHANGE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 09-19-1972
IF YOU DIP A PIECE OF AN OLD WEDDING GOWN INTO A CUP OF HOT WATER AND
DRINK THE WATER YOU WILL BE CURED OF MANY ILLNESSES
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT WAS TOLD OF THIS CURE BY HIS PATERNAL GRANDFATHER WHO LIVED
MUCH OF HIS LIFE IN SWEDEN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): CUREALL
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-23-1972
A HOOT AND A HOLLER AND AROUND THE BEND
Submitter comment: AN EXPRESSION USED BY THE INFORMANT'S FATHER IN 1928
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): DISTANCE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-05-1972
HAIR TODAY---BALD TOMORROW
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS YEARS BACK PROBABLY AROUND 1928
James Callow comment:
PARODY OF HERE TODAY, GONE TOMORROW
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-05-1972
DREAM OF THE DEAD AND YOU'LL HEAR FROM THE LIVING
Submitter comment: INFORMANT'S MOTHER TOLD HER OF THIS PROBABLY IN THE YEAR 1928
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | 841 Dreams about the dead and sick BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams Dreams about the dead and sick |
Date learned: 10-16-1972
TO BELIEVE IS ONE THING, TO ACT IS ANOTHER
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS TOLD THIS BY HER FATHER WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-26-1972
EASY COME, EASY GO
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS REMARK IN THE U. S. ARMY IN 1946
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS BREVITY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-04-1972
THE HAND IS QUICKER THAN THE EYE
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS EXPRESSION USED AT A CARNIVAL IN 1928
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN ; TOLD IN
James Callow Keyword(s): METONYMY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-27-72
IF A PERSON GETS A PIECE OF A PERSON'S HAIR & COOKS IT IN THEIR
FOOD; THEY'LL BE UNDER YOUR POWER.
Submitter comment:
THIS FRIEND OF MINE SAID, THIS IS WHY HER HUSBAND IS SO IN LOVE WITH
HER.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTAGIOUS MAGIC
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 12-00-1972
A GIRL THAT WHISTLES IN THE HOUSE WILL COME TO A BAD END.
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.2 |
IF YOU STUMP YOUR LEFT TOE; ITS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DIRECTION POSITION LEFT ; STUB YOUR TOE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.2 |
Date learned: 12-00-1972
IF YOU HAVE A RABBIT'S FOOT, THAT MEANS YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY A VERY GOOD FRIEND.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): AMULET
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.3 |
Date learned: 10-11-1972
WEARING A RING ON THE WEDDING FINGER IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Dreams Foretelling about birth and life BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.1 |
Date learned: 12-00-1972
THE FIRST PERSON TO ENTER A PERSON'S HOUSE ON MONDAY MORNING,
SHOULD BE A MALE OR OTHERWISE YOU'LL HAVE BAD LUCK THE REST OF THE
WEEK.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FIRST FOOTING ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 12-00-1972
IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES YOUR PATH TO THE RIGHT, THAT IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): DIRECTION POSITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.3 |
Date learned: 12-00-1972
Proverb
A WATCHED POT NEVER BOILS.
Submitter comment:
USED BY INFORMANT WHEN CHILDREN WAITED IMPATIENTLY FOR THINGS.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001960S
YOU CAN DRESS A PERSON UP BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE HIM OUT.
Submitter comment:
USED BY INFORMANT'S GIRLFRIEND AT SENIOR PROM WHEN INFORMANT STARTED
THROWING CHUNKS OF FRUIT SALAD INTO AIR AND CATCHING THEM IN HIS
MOUTH.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
BLACK FAST
BEFORE EASTER , EASTERN ORTHODOX CATHOLICS REFRAIN FROM EATING MEAT
OR MEAT PRODUCTS INCLUDING EGGS, MILK AND FISH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): LENTEN ABSTINENCE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Season CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Elements |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
Polish Christmas Eve
ALL MEMBERS OF A FAMILY GATHER AT GRANDPARENTS'
HOUSE FOR A POLISH SUPPER FOLLOWED BY RECEPTION OF A PIECE OF OPLATKI, A LARGE COMMUNTION WAFER, RECEIVED FROM THE PARISH PRIEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): OPLATKI?
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F122 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
THE STATUE OF THE MINUTEMAN AT RUSSELL SAGE COLLEGE FIRES HIS
MUSKET WHENEVER A VIRGIN GRADUATES. THE MUSKET HAS NEVER BEEN HEARD.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; TROY
James Callow Keyword(s): PESSIMISM INDIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1968