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TO LIVE
EAT TO LIVE BUT DON'T LIVE TO EAT.
(SPANISH) COMER PARA VIVIR, Y NO VIVIR PARA COMER.
Submitter comment: LEARNED THROUGH HIS STUDY OF SPANISH.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHIASMUS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FOOD ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
PROVERB
EVEN THE BREAD CRIES WHEN IT'S EATEN BY A LAZY MAN.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): PERSONIFICATION ; SYMBOL ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
PROVERB
EVERY BEAN HAS ITS BLACK.
Submitter comment: FROM HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; COLOR ; FOOD
James Callow Keyword(s): FAULTS ; OBSERVATION ; PESSIMISM ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-26-1967
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
NOTHING BUT MONEY IS SWEETER THAN HONEY
James Callow Keyword(s): ECONOMY ; FOOD ; VALUE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
PROVERB
A PER'SON WHO WANTS TO DO ANOTHERS TRADE IS LIKE SOMEONE
WHO PUTS SOUP INTO A BASKET.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAYS THIS IN ITALIAN. SHE LEARNED IT FROM A FRIEND
IN ITALY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FOOD ; STICK TO WHAT YOU KNOW ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
AMISH PROVERB (HEX SIGN) (?)
THE PIE IS ALL BUT THE CAKE IS YET.
Submitter comment:
THIS PROVERB WAS LEARNED ON A RECENT
TRIP THROUGH THE AMISH COUNTRY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
A PIG STINKS ON THE FARM, BUT NOT ON THE TABLE.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; CONTRAST ; FOOD ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-03-1971
PROVERB FROM A BLACK AMERICAN
PROOF OF THE PUDDING IS IN THE EATING.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FOOD ; FUNCTION ; OBSERVATION ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERB
PUT ONE GRAIN NEXT TO ANOTHER AND SOON YOU'LL HAVE A PILE.
Submitter comment: TRANSLATED FROM LITHUANIAN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): FOOD? ; MANY A LITTLE MAKES A ; OBSERVATION ; PERSISTENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 02-17-1971
ITALIAN PROVERB
PUT THE BREAD TO YOUR MOUTH
AND YOU WILL FIND AN APPETITE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; MILFORD
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FOOD ; YOU CAN DO WITH WHAT YOU HAVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 09-22-1968
LENT
RED WINE IS TAKEN AT DINNER ON EVERY SUNDAY OF LENT EXCEPT THE THIRD.
WHITE WINE IS THEN TAKEN.
(MY UNCLE'S FRIEND WAS THE SOURCE OF THIS)
Submitter comment: ( THIS IS ) NOT NECESSARILY ( A GERMAN CUSTOM ).
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent BELIEF -- Sign Color BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 00001960S
LENT
HOT CROSS BUNS ARE A BIG PART OF LENT AND ARE EATEN ALOT AT THIS
TIME.
Submitter comment:
HIS MOTHER TOLD HIM THIS.
( THIS IS NOT ONLY OBSERVED AMONG SCOTCH-AMERICANS. )
Data entry tech comment:
THESE BUNS CAME FROM THE CUSTOM OF MAKING THE SIGN OF THE CROSS OVER
BREAD BEFORE EATING IT. IN THEIR NEXT STAGE, BUNS WERE MADE WITH
A CROSS IMPRINTED ON THEM. AND FINALLY, THEY EVOLVED INTO THE HOT
CROSS BUNS OF TODAY--SPICED DOUGH, SOMETIMES WITH RAISINS, AND WITH
CROSSES OF FROSTING ON TOP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; DORM ROOM
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
LENTEN CUSTOM
DURING LENT, THE BYZNATINE ( BYZANTINE ) FAITHFUL ABSTAINED FROM
CUSTOMARY FOOD, IN THE OLD WORLD. MEAT WAS FOR SURVIVAL, AND FASTING
WAS KEPT VERY STRICT.
Submitter comment: THIS CUSTOM IS NO LONGER KEPT IN THE INFORMANT'S FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; SELF-SACRIFICE
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent |
Date learned: 03-17-1970
LENTEN FAST--RUSSIAN
DURING THE FORTY DAYS BEFORE EASTER, THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE WERE NOT
ALOWED TO EAT MEAT, FISH, MILK OR CREAM. THEY WERE ONLY
ALLOWED TO EAT VEGETABLES SUCH AS POTATOES, SAURKRAUT ( SAUERKRAUT ),
ETC.
NOTE: TOLD TO MY MOTHER BY HER NEIGHBOR MRS. MARY YASHIN
WHO GREW UP IN SARATOV, RUSSIA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; SELF-SACRIFICE
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent |
Date learned: 10-10-1968
LENT
MOST FAMILIES HAVE A LOT OF SOUP DURING LENT IN PLACE OF MEATS.
ACQUIRED THIS EVERY LENT.
Where learned: OSGOOD ROAD, ASSUMED ; MILFORD ; NEW HAMPSHIRE, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): ABSTINENCE ; FOOD CUSTOM ; SELF-SACRIFICE
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent |
Date learned: 08-00-1967
LENT
ON MONDAY, WEDNESDAY, AND FRIDAY OF LENT THE INFORMANT'S FATHER
ATE ONLY HERRING, POTATOES, AND CABBAGE, ALL WITHOUT THE BENEFIT OF
WATER.
Where learned: DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; SELF-SACRIFICE
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent |
Date learned: 09-00-1971
Ethnic: Italian
IT IS AN OLD ITALIAN CUSTOM THAT DURING LENT NOTHING MADE FROM EGGS
ARE ( IS ) EATEN UNTIL HOLY SATURDAY AFTERNOON.
Submitter comment:
THIS CUSTOM WAS PASSED TO THE INFORMANT FROM HER MOTHER AND
ORIGINALLY CAME FROM SOUTHERN ITALY.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated / 02-24-2011 / TRD
Where learned: NEW YORK ; PORT CHESTER
Keyword(s): ABSTINENCE ; CUSTOM ; Eggs ; ETHNIC ; FOOD ; holiday ; Italian ; Lent ; RELIGIOUS ; SELF-SACRIFICE
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Christian Chronology |
Date learned: 11-28-1970
PRETZEL SUNDAY
A FOLK CUSTOM IS STILL WIDELY OBSERVED ON THE FOURTH SUNDAY IN LENT
IN LUXEMBOURG. YOUNG MEN PRESENT CAKES, BRIGHTLY DECORATED AND BAKED
IN THE FORM OF PRETZELS TO THE YPUNG WOMEN. IF THE GIRL WISHES
TO ENCOURAGE THE YOUNG MAN, SHE GIVES HIM A DECORATED EGG ON EASTER
SUNDAY. IN LEAP YEAR, THE PLAN IS REVERSED: THE GIRL PRESENTS THE
CAKE AND THE BOY RECIPROCATES WITH AN EGG.
Data entry tech comment:
PRETZELS HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH LENT SINCE THE BEGINNINGS OF
CHRISTIANITY. THE SHAPE IS SUPPOSED TO SUGGEST TWO
ARMS IN PRAYER.
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting F663.12 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 03-18-1968
POLISH FESTIVAL--EASTER VIGIL
"THE VIGILIA" - A THIRTEEN COURSE MEATLESS MEAL WITH DAIRY PRODUCTS
TO CELEBRATE END OF LENT AND THE COMING OF EASTER - MOSTLY COMPOSED
OF SOUPS AND SALADS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting F663.30 |
Date learned: 01-29-1968
EASTER:
PREPARATIONS FOR EASTER USUALLY BEGAN ON HOLY THURSDAY AND LASTED UP
TILL EASTER SUNDAY MORNING. THERE WAS CLEANING TO DO, BAKING,
COOKING, AND EGGS TO COLOR.
PEOPLE WERE REQUIRED TO GO TO MASS ON THURSDAY,
FRIDAY AND SATURDAY MORNINGS. ON SATURDAY AT MIDNIGHT THEY WERE ALSO
REQUIRED TO COME.
THE BAKING & COOKING STARTED OFF WITH "BABKA" - A POLISH KIND OF
BREAD; SWEET, WITH RAISINS. THIS WAS USUALLY EATEN WITH HONEY.
THERE WAS GOOSE, FISH, VEGETABLES - ALL KINDS OF FOOD IN HUGE
AMOUNTS. BUT WHAT EVERYONE ENJOYED MOST, WAS THE COLORING OF THE
EGGS.
BECAUSE LITHUANIANS ARE SO ARTISTIC, THEIR ART COMES OUT IN A SMALL
WAY ON THESE EGGS. THE PROCESS IS VERY SIMPLE: YOU TAKE A WAX
CANDLE, A PIN WITH A HEAD, AND A CLEAN, DRY, HARD-BOILED EGG. YOU
DIP THE PIN HEAD INTO THE MELTING WAX AND QUICKLY STROKE IT ONTO THE
EGG. WHEREVER THE WAX TOUCHES THE EGG, THE COLOR WILL NOT COVER IT
THERE. THERE ARE MANY MANY VARIOUS DESIGNS THAT YOU CAN CREATE
WITH THIS TYPE OF COLORING. AFTER THE WAX ON THE EGG IS DRY, YOU
DROP IT INTO COLD COLORS.
FOR A TWO COLOR, DUO-DESIGN EGG, IT IS JUST AS SIMPLE. THE EGG IS
WHITE FROM THE BEGINNING. YOU DRAW A DESIGN ON IT & DROP IT INTO
GREEN. YOU TAKE IT, PAT IT DRY VERY GENTLY AND THEN PROCEED WITH
ANOTHER DESIGN. YOU SIMPLY STROKE THE WAX ONTO THE GREEN PART OF THE
EGG & DROP IT INTO BLUE. LET'S SAY YOU KEEP IT IN FOR ONLY A FEW
MINUTES AND WHEN YOU TAKE IT: YOU HAVE A WHITE, GREEN & AQUA EGG.
THERE IS ANOTHER WAY OF COLORING EGGS, BUT MORE DIFFICULT. IT IS
HARDLY USED AT ALL TODAY, MY PARENTS NEVER USED IT, SO IT'S RATHER
HARD TO EXPLAIN. THE METHOD IS CARVING THE DESIGN RIGHT OUT ONTO THE
EGG. BUT SINCE I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND A MOST INFORMATIVE SOURCE
FOR THIS METHOD, THIS IS ALL I CAN SAY 'BOUT ( ABOUT ) IT.
EASTER MORNING, OR SATURDAY AT MIDNIGHT, THE CHURCH IS DARK, WITH
ONLY ONE DIM LIGHT IN THE BACK OF THE CHURCH. AT MIDNIGHT, THE
CANDLES ARE LIT, THE PEOPLE BEGIN TO SING AS THE PRIEST TAKES THE
MONSTRANCE AROUND THE CHURCH SEVERAL TIMES IN A PROCESSION. IN FRONT
OF THE PRIEST, THERE ARE SEVERAL GIRLS THROWING ROSE PETALS AT HIS
FEET. AFTER THE PROCESSION IS FINISHED, HE SAYS A SHORT PRAYER FOR
EVERYONE, BLESSES THE PEOPLE WITH HOLY WATER AND MASS BEGINS.
ON EASTER IN THE AFTERNOON, THE CHILDREN GET TOGETHER AND CHALLENGE
EACH OTHER TO AN "EGG-CONTEST". THIS REALLY CONSISTS OF TWO PARTS,
BUT THE OBJECTIVE IS THE SAME: TRYING TO CRACK THE OTHER EGG. THE
FIRST PART WOULD BE WHERE THE CHALLENGED EGG WAS BEING HELD WITH THE
POINTED NOSE UP, AND THE CHALLENGER WOULD ATTEMPT TO CRACK IT. IF
THE CHALLENGER'S EGG CRACKED, HE WAS THE LOSER. BUT IF THE
CHALLENGED EGG WON, HE COULD HAVE A SECOND TRY TO SEE HOW FAR HIS EGG
WOULD ROLL & IF HE CAN CRACK HIS OPPONENT'S EGG THIS WAY. THE
ROLLING WAS USUALLY HELD ON A GRASSY PIECE OF LAND. THERE WOULD BE A
SLANTED BOARD, SIMILAR TO A SLIDE AND THE EGGS WOULD BE ROLLED FROM
THIS. IF THE CHALLENGER'S EGG DEVELOPED A SECOND CRACK FROM HIS
OPPONENT, HE WAS OUT.
THE KIDS IN LITHUANIA DIDN'T RECEIVE EASTER BASKETS. THEY RECEIVED
EGGS, BUT HAD TO HUNT ALL OVER THE FARM FOR THEM. AND TO SOME LUCKY
ONES, IT BROUGHT THEM THE SATISFACTION OF HAVING THE STRONGEST EGG IN
THE VILLAGE.
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; GAME ; MUSIC ; WATER
Date learned: 03-26-1972