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CHICKEN
IF A CHICKEN CROWS AFTER DARK, THAT IS A SIGN OF DEATH.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT ACTUALLY BEIEVES THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BIRD ROOSTER
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 01-26-1971
IF YOU HEAR A HEN CROW LIKE A ROOSTER, BE SURE TO KILL HER THE
SAME DAY.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
Keyword(s): HEN ROOSTER CROWING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Animal Husbandry Farming Ranching |
Date learned: 03-11-1972
WHEN A HEN CROWS, A CHILD WILL DIE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): AS OPPOSED TO A ROOSTER--UNNATURAL BEHAVIOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 07-00-1972
Proverb
Bad deeds, like chickens come home to roost.
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Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Bad ; Chicken ; Deed ; Home ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; Roost ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Retort
If a person is called a big mouth by another big mouth he says "the donkey said that the rooster had a big head."
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): Annoying ; Big ; DONKEY ; HEAD ; Hypocrite ; INSULT ; Loud ; Mouth ; RETORT ; Rooster ; Saying
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
ROOSTER BELIEF
EARLY IN THE MORNING, BEFORE DAYLIGHT, YOU MAY SMELL SOMETHING
PECULIAR IN THE AIR. THIS IS THE SMELL OF JUDAS WHEN HE DIED BECAUSE
HE BETRAYED CHRIST WITH THE KISS IN EARLY MORNING.
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; KALAMAZOO
Keyword(s): Daylight ; JUDAS ; MORNING ; RELIGION ; Rooster ; Smell ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero |
Date learned: 02-18-1971