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HICCUPS
WHEN MY GRANDFATHER HAD THE HICCUPS,
HE WOULD PUT A BAG OVER HIS HEAD AND
SAY THE "OUR FATHER".
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGION
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-23-1970
AUTOGRAPH BOOK MATERIAL (COLLECTOR'S TITLE) ; PIOUS REFLECTION (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
WHEN THE GOLDEN SUN IS SETTING,/ AND ON EARTH NO MORE YOU TROD,
MAY YOUR NAME IN GOLD BE WRITTEN,/ IN THE ANNALS OF GOD.
Where learned: AUTOGRAPH BOOK
Keyword(s): DEATH HEAVEN ; METONYMY: NAME ; RELIGION QUATRAIN ; RHYME ABCB ; SALVATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Pious reflection |
Date learned: 00-00-1943
PIOUS REFLECTION (CLASSIFIER'S TITLE)
IF YOU GET TO HEAVEN BEFORE I DO,/ DRILL A HOLE AND PULL ME THROUGH.
Where learned: SAINT HYACINTH GRADE SCHOOL
Keyword(s): INSTRUCTION ; RELIGION COUPLET ; RHYME: AA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Pious reflection |
Date learned: 10-10-1967
A CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
AT CHRISTMAS TIME, THE FAMILY OBTAINS AN UNCONSECRATED HOST. THE
OLDEST MEMBER TAKES A BITE OF THE HOST AND WISHES A HAPPY NEW
YEAR. HE OR SHE KISSES THE NEXT OLDEST, AND THIS IS PASSED DOWN
THE LINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; RELIGION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Oplatki |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
A POLISH CHRISTMAS
AT CHRISTMAS TIME EACH PERSON HAS AN UNCONSECRATED HOST WHICH IS
BROKEN IN HALF BY ANOTHER. AS THE PERSON BREAKS THE HOST,
THE ORIGINAL HOLDER OF THE HOST MAKES A WISH FOR THE ONE WHO
IS DOING THE BREAKING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; HOLDEN HALL ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; RELIGION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Oplatki |
Date learned: 10-00-1967
START OF CHRISTMAS FEAST
THE POLISH PEOPLE DID NOT START TO EAT THEIR CHRISTMAS MEAL UNTIL
THE FIRST STAR SHONE AS A SIGN THAT CHRIST WAS HERE OR COMING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD ; METEOROLOGICAL ; RELIGION
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Christmas |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
CHRISTMAS FAMILY CUSTOM
ON CHRISTMAS MORNING THE MOTHER COMES TO WAKE HER CHILDREN AND
BRINGS THEM "COMMUNION." THIS IS A LARGE WAFER OF UNLEAVENED BREAD
WHICH THE PRIEST GAVE HER AND SHE BREAKS OFF A PIECE FOR
EACH CHILD.
Submitter comment:
PRACTICED IN PITTSBURG, PA. ABOUT 1910
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; Communion ; CUSTOM ; FOOD ; RELIGION ; tradition
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.82 |
Date learned: 01-13-1964
CAT BURIAL JOKE
A WOMAN BROUGHT HER DEAD CAT TO THE LOCAL CATHOLIC CHURCH AND
ASKED THE PRIEST TO HAVE A BURIAL SERVICE FOR HIM. THE PRIEST
SAID, "WE DO NOT BURY CATS. YOU WILL HAVE TO TAKE HIM TO ANOTHER
CHURCH." SHE SAID, "I WAS GOING TO SPEND $35,000 ON THE
FUNERAL." THE PRIEST SAID, "WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME YOUR CAT WAS
CATHOLIC."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HAMTRAMCK
Keyword(s): CAT ; CATHOLIC CHURCH ; FUNERAL PREPARATION ; HUMOR ; PRIEST ; RELIGION ; SURPRISE ENDING
James Callow Keyword(s): SATIRE OF MERCENARY CATHOLIC PRIESTS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 10-09-1971
SUPERSTITION
WHEN JEWISH WOMEN ARE PREGNANT THEY DO NOT BUY A LAYETTE FOR FEAR IF
THEY DO, THEY WILL LOSE THE CHILD OR ELSE THE CHILD WILL BE BORN DEA
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Birth BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 03-09-1971
PRAYER
GOD BE IN MY HEAD AND IN MY UNDERSTANDING,
GOD BE IN MY EYES AND IN MY LOOKING,
GOD BE IN MY MOUTH AND IN MY SPEAKING,
GOD BE IN MY HEART AND IN MY THINKING,
GOD BE IN MY END AND IN MY DEPARTING.
Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION MEDIAL ITERATION RELIGION
James Callow Keyword(s): FEMININE RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 03-07-1970
LYRICAL PRAYER
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP.
PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO KEEP.
IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE,
I PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO TAKE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED FROM HIS MOTHER.
Data entry tech comment: THIS PRAYER IS COMMONLY TAUGHT TO CHILDREN.
Where learned: OHIO ; WASHINGTON COURT HOUSE
Keyword(s): RELIGION
Date learned: 12-04-1967
NIGHT BLESSING
GOOD NIGHT
SLEEP TIGHT
WAKE UP BRIGHT
IN THE MORNING LIGHT
TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT
WITH ALL YOUR MIGHT.
James Callow comment: BEGINS AS MONOMETER, SHIFTS TO DIMETER
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): RELIGION PRAYER RHYME
James Callow Keyword(s): COMMANDS INSTRUCTIONS
Date learned: 00-00-1964
NOW I LAY ME DOWN
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP
I PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO KEEP
THY LOVE GO WITH ME ALL THE NIGHT
AND WAKE ME WITH THE MORNING LIGHT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): RELIGION PRAYER RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
GRAFFITI
IF GOD IS DEAD THEN HE MUST BE IN HEAVEN.
Where learned: MENS LAVATORY
Keyword(s): RETORT RELIGION
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
GRAFFITI
GOD ISN'T DEAD, HE IS JUST ON VACATION IN MIAMI BEACH.
Where learned: DETROIT ; PLUM ST
Keyword(s): FLORIDA PARODY RELIGION
James Callow Keyword(s): ANTHROPOMORPHISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 10-31-1967
POPE PAUL'S GOT RHYTHM.
Data entry tech comment:
THIS VERSE COULD REFER TO A POPULAR SONG OR IT COULD
DEAL WITH THE METHOD OF BIRTH CONTROL UNDER THE LAWS OF THE CHURCH.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): RELIGION PUN
James Callow Keyword(s): CATHOLICISM ; I'VE GOT RHYTHM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 11-20-1968
GRAFFITI
GOD SEES ALL
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): RELIGION NUTSHELL NARRATIVE
James Callow Keyword(s): GOD AS OMNISCENT, ALL-SEEING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 11-18-1968
LEGEND OF ST. LAWRENCE
IT IS BELIEVED THAT WHILE ST. LAWRENCE WAS LITERALLY BEING BURNED ON
A RED HOT GRILL FOR HIS CHRISTIAN FAITH, HE SAID TO ONE OF THE
SOLDIERS, WHO WAS WATCHING HIM ROAST, "PLEASE, TURN ME OVER FOR I'M
DONE ON THIS SIDE."
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
James Callow Keyword(s): BRAVERY ; ENDURANCE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
OUR LADY OF CHASTOHOVA
ONCE UPON A TIME A HEATHEN SOLDIER SLASHED A PICTURE OF MARY IN
IRREVERENCE. THE PICTURE IMMEDIATELY BEGAN TO BLEED. THE POLISH HAVE
SINCE VENERETED HER AS OUR LADY OF CHASTOHOVA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NATIONALITY ; RELIGION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
LEGEND
"LEGEND HAS IT THAT ON ONE OCCASION, WHEN FATHER SORIN WAS RECALLED
TO EUROPE, POSSIBLY TO BE REPLACED HERE AT NOTRE DAME BECAUSE OF SOM
DECISIONS HE HAD MADE WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF AUTHORITIES IN EUROPE,
HE HAD HIMSELF ARRESTED--AND FORBIDDEN TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): RELIGION
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 01-22-1968