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PENTECOST SUNDAY
ON PENTECOST SUNDAY, "ZELENYJ SVIATA" (GREEN HOLIDAY), THE
UKRANIANS DECORATE THEIR HOUSES WITH GREEN TREE BRANCHES TO
SYMBOLIZE REBIRTH: OF NATURE (SPRING) AND SPIRITUAL THROUGH THE
HOLY GHOST.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): FERTILITY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Pentecost |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
SAYING
LAND'S SO RICH THAT WHEN YOU PLANT CORN, YOU HAVE TO JUMP BACK SO IT
WON'T HIT YOU IN THE EYE.
Submitter comment:
I HEARD MY 5TH COUSIN SAY THIS ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO. IT WAS IN THE
SAN JOAQUIN DELTAS OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. HE WAS DESCRIBING A
MUDFLAT THAT HE HAD LEASED.
Where learned: CALIFORNIA ; SAN JOAQUIN DELTA
Keyword(s): AGRICULTURE ; FERTILITY ; HYPERBOLE ; LAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-08-1968
IF A GIRL CLIMBS A FRUIT BEARING TREE, THE TREE WILL NEVER
BEAR FRUITS AGAIN.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
Keyword(s): Female ; FERTILITY ; FRUIT ; INFERTILITY ; NATURE ; SEXISM ; SUPERSTITION ; Tree
James Callow Keyword(s): SEXISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN PLANTS A GARDEN, IT WILL PROSPER.
Where learned: SOUTH CAROLINA ; GEORGETOWN
Keyword(s): FERTILITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
I'VE ALWAYS HEARD, SOME INDIANS BELIEVE THAT A NAKED SQUAW
WALKING IN THE MOONLIGHT, DRAGGING HER CLOTHES BEHIND HER,
WILL KEEP CUTWORMS FROM DESTROYING THE GARDEN VEGETABLES.
Where learned: MISSISSIPPI ; HOLLY SPRINGS
James Callow Keyword(s): FERTILITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 08-11-1968
IN INDIA, THEY WON'T PLANT CROPS EARLY IN THE SPRING OR
EVEN GO OUT MUCH OR WALK, BECAUSE THEY DON'T WANT TO HURT
MOTHER EARTH WHEN SHE IS PREGNANT.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
Keyword(s): FECUNDITY FERTILITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
IT MEANS BAD LUCK FOR GERMAN HUNTERS TO GO OUT HUNTING IN THE
MORNING AND TO SEE AN OLD WOMAN.
Where learned: TENNESSEE ; NASHVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): INFERTILITY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.8 |
Date learned: 08-01-1968
Belief: Animal
Belief About Snakes:
In many parts of Mexico and South America the snake serves as a symbol of fertility.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [B400] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; ETHNIC ; FERTILITY ; Mexican ; MEXICO ; REGIONAL ; Serpent ; SIGN ; Snake ; SOUTH AMERICA ; South American ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal |