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VALENTINE'S DAY
IN THE GIRLS' BOARDING SCHOOL I WENT TO, EVERY VALENTINES DAY IS
CELEBRATED BY A PARTY WHERE A SKIT, WRITTEN AND PRODUCED BY THE
JUNIOR CLASS IS GIVEN.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; SUN PRAIRIE
| Subject headings: | DRAMA -- Secular CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- February 14 Valentine's Day CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: NO DATE INDICATED.
POLISH EASTER CUSTOM
TRADITIONALLY POLISH AMERICANS OF MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN BRING A
BASKET OF FRUIT TO THE CHURCH EASTER SUNDAY TO BE BLESSED. THE
PURPOSE IS TO INSURE GOOD CROPS FOR THE YEAR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S GRANDPARENTS ARE POLISH-AMERICAN AND ANUALLY TAKE
PART IN THE CUSTOM IN MILWAUKEE.
Data entry tech comment: COLLECTOR'S PUNCTUATION HAS BEEN CORRECTED BY THE KEYPUNCHER.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; OSHKOSH
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
STORY ABOUT JEWISH PEDDLAR
THERE USED TO BE A FEW JEWS THAT MADE THE COUNTRY ROADS AND
SOLD HOUSE BROOMS AND CLOTHING, SOME EVEN HAD APPLES, POTATOES AND
FISH. THEY WOULD ALSO BUY OLD COINS AND RAGS. THEY CAME IN REAL
COMMON CLOTHES, BUT BACK HOME THEY OWNED A BIG NEW HOME AND A
LARGE AUTOMOBILE.
James Callow comment: SPELLING OF CLOTHES AND OWNED CORRECTED.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; HILBERT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Human Being |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
WHEN IT RAINS ON A MARRIED COUPLE, AS THEY COME OUT OF CHURCH,
THEY WILL BE BLESSED WITH RICHES.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; HILBERT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Marriage Superstition about good weather BELIEF -- Measure of quality Monetary systemMoneyWealth |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
EVERY DAY AFTER JANUARY FIRST GETS THE LENGTH OF
A ROOSTER GROW LONGER.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; HILBERT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
MY DEAREST MABELLA,
NELLE IS MY NAME
SAVANNA IS MY STATION.
ST. MARY'S IS THE PLACE WHERE I RECEIVED MY EDUCATION.
REMEMBER EARLY,
REMEBER LATE,
REMEMBER ME AR THE GOLDEN GATE.
YOUR FRIEND,
NELLE NOLAN
SAVANNA, ILLINOIS
FROM THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK KEPT BY MABELLE FREUND AROUND 1910-11
IN ADELL AND MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. GIVEN TO THE ARCHIVE BY HER
DAUGHTER, MRS. MARY ANDRECOVICH.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; MILWAUKEE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 01-29-1911
DEAR MABELLE,
DRINK YOUR COFFEE,
DRINK YOUR TEA,
DRINK IT HOT
AND FOR-GET-ME-NOT.
FROM YOUR FRIEND,
MARY WATRY
STA. DRIVE R#1
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
FROM THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK KEPT BY MABELLE FREUND AROUND 1910-11
IN ADELL AND MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. GIVEN TO THE ARCHIVE BY HER
DAUGHTER, MRS. MARY ANDRECOVICH.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; MILWAUKEE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
MY DEAR MABELLA,
ROSES SMELL SWEET,
VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
SUGAR IS SWEET
AND SO ARE YOU..
FROM YOUR LOVING CLASSMAID,
CATHERINE SUBOTH
293 11th STREET
MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN
FROM THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK KEPT BY MABELLE FREUND AROUND 1910-11
IN ADELL AND MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. GIVEN TO THE ARCHIVE BY HER
DAUGHTER, MRS. MARY ANDRECOVICH.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; MILWAUKEE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 12-18-1910
DEAR MABBLE,
WHEN YOU ARE STANDING AT THE TUB
THINK OF ME BEFORE YOU RUB.
IF THE WATER IS TOO HOT,
COOL IT WITH FOR-GET-ME-NOT.
YOUR FRIEND,
VERA
FROM THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK KEPT BY MABELLE FREUND AROUND 1910-11
IN ADELL AND MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. GIVEN TO THE ARCHIVE BY HER
DAUGHTER, MRS. MARY ANDRECOVICH.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; MILWAUKEE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
Date learned: 01-29-1911
DEAR MABELLE,
DOWN IN THE FOREST IS A TREE
AND ON IT WAS WRITTEN, "MABELLE, REMEMEBER ME."
YOUR FRIEND,
MARGUERITE KITTENBOFOR
WRIGHTSTOWN, WISCONSIN
FROM THE AUTOGRAPH BOOK KEPT BY MABELLE FREUND AROUND 1910-11
IN ADELL AND MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN. GIVEN TO THE ARCHIVE BY HER
DAUGHTER, MRS. MARY ANDRECOVICH.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; MILWAUKEE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse |
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLUE,
SUGAR IS HARD TO GET AND SO ARE YOU.
YOURS
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; CEDAR GROVE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Roses are red and other such associations |
THE CADET GHOST OF ST. JOHN'S
ABOUT SEVEN YEARS THERE WAS A CADET AT ST. JOHN'S WHO
WAS VERY UNHAPPY. THE PRESSURES OF SCHOOL WERE REALLY
GETTING TO HIM AND TO TOP IT OFF, HE WAS NOT GOING
TO BE ABLE TO GO HOME FOR THANKSGIVING.
ONE NIGHT, AFTER QUIET HOURS HAD BEGUN, HE PLAYED
A BEATLES RECORD VERY LOUD. EVEYONE THOUGHT THAT
THIS WAS STRANGE BECAUSE HE KNEW THAT IT WAS QUIET HOURS
AND THERE WAS TO BE NO NOISE. AFTER A WHILE SOMEONE HEARD
A SCREAM. EVERYONE WENT DOWN TO HIS ROOM TO SEE WHAT
WAS THE MATTER. THE CADETS FOUND THEIR FRIEND HANGING
FROM A ROPE. HE HAD COMMITTED SUICIDE.
NO ONE EVER LIVED IN THAT ROOM AGAIN.
EVERY YEAR ON THE NIGHT OF HIS DEATH THE CADETS CAN
HEAR BEATLES MUSIC COMING FROM HIS ROOM, THOUGH NO ONE
IS LIVING THERE. THEN, A WHILE LATER A SCREAM IS
HEARD THROUGHOUT THE BUILDING.
NO ONE CAN EXPLAIN THE MUSIC OR THE SCREAM.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS MY BROTHER.
HE TOLD ME THAT THE CADETS JUST SIT IN THE HALL ON THAT
NIGHT AND WAIT FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; SAINT JOHNS MILITARY ACADEMY ; DELAFIELD
Keyword(s): ST. JOHN'S
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1982
SUPERSTITION - WEATHER
WHEN A DOG CHEWS GRASS, IT WILL RAIN.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; HILBERT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-28-1968
JODY MARCHING CADENCE
JODY, JODY, WHERE YOU BEEN.
AROUND THE WORLD AN' GOING AGAIN.
THERE AIN'T NO USE IN LOOKING BACK,
JODY HAS MY CADILLAC.
LOOK TO THE (RIGHT OR LEFT) AND BOW YOUR HEAD.
WE ARE PASSING BY THE DEAD.
I KNOW A GIRL FROM NEW ORLEANS,
SHE CAN'T COOK A CAN OF BEANS.
AIN'T NO USE IN LOOKING DOWN,
AIN'T NO DISCHARGE ON THE GROUND.
THE DRILL SERRGEANT SAYS EVERY LINE, WITH THE TROOPS
REPEATING THE SAME LINE RIGHT AFTER HIM. AFTER
A QUESTION AND ANSWER THE SERGEANT SAYS: "AM
I RIGHT OR WRONG?"THE TROOPS ANSWER:
YOU'RE RIGHT--CORRESPONDS WITH RIGHT FOOT.
SERGEANT SAYS: "AM I WRONG?"
TROOPS ANSWER--YOU'RE RIGHT--CORRESPONDS
WITH RIGHT FOOT.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; CAMP MC COY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Verse in Other Group of Folklore C800.535 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F535 |
KRAKOWIAK (POLISH DANCE)
LIKE THE AMERICAN SQUARE DANCE.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; NOT GIVEN ; HOME ; PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; LETTER ; OHIO ; NEW JERSEY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; GROSSE POINTE ; HARPER WOODS ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; WARREN ; JAPAN ; RUSSIA ; GRAND RAPIDS ; SHIPLE HALL ; GARDEN CITY ; ROYAL OAK ; TOLEDO ; TRENTON ; FARMINGTON ; KALAMAZOO ; CANADA ; ONTARIO ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT ; MAIL ; INDIANA ; DETROIT, ASSUMED ; TOLD AT HOME ; FERNDALE ; SOUTHFIELD ; TENNESSEE ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL ; HAMTRAMCK ; DEARBORN ; MINNESOTA ; ILLINOIS ; NEW YORK ; FLORIDA ; KOREA ; WISCONSIN ; NEW HAMPSHIRE ; STUDENT UNION ; READING ; AUSTRALIA ; Sylvania ; Sterling Heights ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; GROSSE POINTE PARK ; OAK PARK ; SOUTHGATE ; STURGEON LAKE ; REDFORD ; TOORAK ; VICTORIA ; ROSEVILLE ; LINCOLN PARK ; TRAVERSE CITY ; HUNTINGTON WOODS ; PONTIAC ; TROY ; PORT CHESTER ; SOUTH AMERICA ; BROOKVILLE ; MONTREAL ; SEOUL ; NORTH OLMSTED ; EASTOWN THEATER ; ERIE ; University of Notre Dame ; FRANKLINVILLE ; TORONTO ; TOLD AT ; TOLD BY ; TOLD IN ; SCRANTON ; MONROE ; GLENVIEW ; MOSCOW ; GULLEY ; FINLAND ; HARBOR BEACH ; HOUGHTON LAKE ; Hudson Lake ; INDIANAPOLIS ; JONESBORO ; KANSASVILLE ; LEXINGTON ; MASSILLON ; MAUCH CHUNK ; MELVINDALE ; MILFORD ; NEW ROCHELLE ; NIAGARA FALLS ; PANAMA CITY ; PATAGONIA ; ARGENTINA ; RESIDENCE HALL ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES ; TOLD AT HONORS HOUSE ; AMERICAN HISTORY CLASS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dance |
PROVERB: PICKING A WIFE
WHEN YOU PICK A WIFE, REMEMBER TO GET 'EM YOUNG, TREAT 'EM ROUGH,
AND DON'T TELL 'EM ANYTHING.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS MY GRANDFATHER, AND THIS WAS HIS REPLY WHEN ASKED
ON HIS FIFTIETH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY WHAT HE ATTRIBUTED HIS
SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGE TO.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; KANSASVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
IF YOU PLACE A GLASS OF WATER WITH A SLIVER OF WOOD FLOATING
ON THE SURFACE UNDER YOUR BED AND FALL ASLEEP CHANTING, "LET
ME DREAM OF MY LOVE TONIGHT" YOU WILL DREAM OF THE BOY
YOU'LL MARRY. HE WILL RESCUE YOU FROM DROWNING IN YOUR
DREAM.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; HILBERT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
UNIVERSITY SUPERSTITION
IF A VIRGIN WALKS IN FRONT OF THE SEATED STATUE OF LINCOLN
ON THE UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN CAMPUS, HE IMMEDIATELY RISES
AND BOWS.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; HILBERT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-22-1968
SUPERSTITION - WEATHER
WHEN THE SUN SETS IN A CLOUD IT MEANS RAINY WEATHER.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; HILBERT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 07-28-1968