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Proverb
MAY YOUR LUCK BE AS LONG AS A RABBIT'S EARS, SORROW AS SHORT AS HIS TAIL.
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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
Proverb
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Beg ; Beggar ; HORSE ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WISH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Custom: Holiday
ON CHRISTMAS EVE EACH MEMBER OF THE FAMILY LIGHTS A BAYBERRY
CANDLE AND THEN MAKES A WISH. IF THE CANDLES ARE ALLOWED TO
BURN TO THE ENDS THEN THE WISH WILL COME TRUE.
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THIS IS A CUSTOM CARRIED OUT IN THE INFORMANT'S FAMILY FOR
SEVERAL GENERATIONS.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
Keyword(s): Bayberry ; Candle ; CUSTOM ; FAMILY ; Herb ; holiday ; PLANT ; RELIGION ; RELIGIOUS ; SYMBOL ; WISH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.2 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Lights and candles |
Proverb
If wishes were horses beggars would ride.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Beggar ; HORSE ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Ride ; VERSE ; WISH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
If wishes were horses, beggars would ride.
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Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Beggars ; HORSES ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WISHES
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Proverb
If wishes were horses all beggars would ride
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Informant heard this from his grandmother
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Beggar ; HORSE ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE ; WISH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Wedding Custom
Wedding Custom:
At Jewish weddings there is a practice of the bride and groom smashing their champagne glass againsst the floor during the ceremony to symbolize that marriage sometimes involves disorder and discontent.
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Keyword(s): CEREMONY ; Cultural ; Culture ; DISCONTENT ; Disorder ; GLASS ; Jewish ; MARRIAGE ; Practice ; RELIGION ; Smash ; SYMBOL ; Symbolic ; Symbolize ; tradition ; WEDDING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Language: Rhyme
I wish you luck
I wish you joy.
I wish you first a baby boy
And when his hair begins to curl
I wish you then a baby girl.
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Keyword(s): Album ; AUTOGRAPH ; BABY ; Boy ; Curl ; Girl ; HAIR ; Language ; poem ; RHYME ; Signature ; VERSE ; WISH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Irish Blessing
An Irish Blessing
May the road rise to meet you.
May the wind be always at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face
And Grains fall soft upon your fields
And until we meet again
May God hold you in the hollow of his hand.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BLESSING ; Culture ; God ; Grain ; Irish ; Road ; TRAVEL ; VERSE ; Well Wishes ; Wind
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Toast
Nazdravlje
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Where learned: HUNGARY
Keyword(s): DRINK ; Hungary ; Language Serbian ; TOAST ; Well Wishes
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Toast
zu woll sein
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Where learned: GERMANY
Keyword(s): DRINK ; GERMAN ; Saying ; TOAST ; Well Wishes
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
WHEN TWO PEOPLE PULL A PULLEY BONE, THE ONE GETTING THE
SHORTER END GETS HIS OR HER WISH.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Pulley ; Pulley Bone ; WISH ; WISHBONE
James Callow Keyword(s): WISHBONE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of space: distance, height, depth BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 07-06-1973
Belief
When two people pull a pulleybone, the one getting the shorter end marries first.
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Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; MARRIAGE ; Marry ; Pulley ; Pulley Bone ; Shorter ; WISHBONE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
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WHENEVER ONE FINDS AN EYELASH HE MAY PUT IT ON HIS THUMB,
MAKE A WISH, AND THEN BLOW IT OFF. IF THE EYELASH IS NOT
IN VIEW, THE WISH WILL COME TRUE.
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Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Eyelash ; SUPERSTITION ; WISH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
BUTTON BELIEF
YOU SHOULD NOT SEW A BUTTON ON YOUR OWN GARMENTS (ON YOUR BODY)
UNLESS YOU ARE CHEWING SOMETHING.
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THE REASON IS THAT YOU SEW THINGS ON DEAD PEOPLE. A JEWISH
CUSTOM.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Button ; CUSTOM ; Dead ; Deceased ; Jewish ; Mend ; Sew ; Sew ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | Custom CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 04-00-1968