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CROAGH PATRICK
IT IS BELIEVED THAT ST. PATRICK IS BURIED AT THE TOP OF
CROAGH PATRICK MOUNTAIN. PEOPLE FOR PENANCE GO ON THEIR KNEES
UP THE MOUNTAIN AND CELEBRATE MASS.
Data entry tech comment:
SPELLING CORRECTED BY KEY PUNCHER
Updated by TRD
Where learned: OHIO
Keyword(s): BURIAL ; Legend ; MOUNTAIN ; Saint ; Saint Patrick
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 12-01-1969
CHRISTMAS EVE BELIEF
AT THE CHRISTMAS EVE MEAL SET THE TABLE WITH THE EXACT NUMBER OF
UTENSILS. IF THERE ARE MORE THAN SUPPOSED TO BE THERE WILL BE
AN INCREASE IN THE FAMILY. IF THERE AREN'T ENOUGH, THERE WILL
BE A DEATH.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS BELIEVED BY THE INFORMANT'S FATHER STRICTLY.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Holiday: Christmas ; Lore ; SUPERSTITION ; Table Setting
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.2 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Christmas BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 02-11-1972
WEATHER PROVERB
WHEN IT THUNDERS THE ANGELS ARE BOWLING.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: OHIO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Angel BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
WEATHER PROVERB
WHEN IT SNOWS THE ANGELS ARE SHAKING OUT THEIR FEATHER PILLOWS.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: OHIO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Angel BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Weather sign or control P890.7 |
Date learned: DATE UNKNOWN
CUSTOM
THE JEWISH FAMILY WITH WHICH THE INFORMANT WAS LIVING WOULD NOT
PERMIT HIM TO USE THE SAME PLATES AS THEY, LEST HE DEFILE THEM,
BEING A CHRISTIAN.
Submitter comment:
THIS HAPPENED TO INFORMANT WHILE STAYING WITH A JEWISH FAMILY WHILE
A STUDENT AT THE UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT.
Where learned: OHIO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
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ON CHRISTMAS EVE THE BRIGHT STAR TO THE NORTH IS SHINING OVER THE
STABLE AT BETHLEHEM.
Where learned: OHIO ; NORTH OLMSTED, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.4 |
Date learned: NOT RECORDED BY THE COLLECTOR
Belief: Animal
Robin:
Make a wish on the first Robin you see in the spring.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [P880] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Written on card and then crossed out: For Birds?
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; BIRD ; LUCK ; Robin ; SEASON ; Spring ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bird |
SCREAMING MEEMIE
ACCORDING TO KAREN, SCREAMING MEEMIE IS REALLY AND
TRULY A GHOST WHO HAUNTS A SMALL BRIDGE OUTSIDE OF
TIFFIN, OHIO. EVERY NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT, KIDS PARKED
IN THE LOVERS' LANE NEAR THE BRIDGE CAN HEAR HER.
IT SEEMS THAT HER LOVER WENT BERSERK AND MURDERED MISS
MEEMIE (?) THERE ONE NIGHT. SUPPOSEDLY SHE'S TRYING
TO WARN OTHER GIRLS AWAY BECAUSE THE GUY STILL LURKS
AROUND THERE. WE VISITED THE SCENE TO GLEAN EVIDENCE;
FOUND A VERY SPOOKY LITTLE BRIDGE, BUT NOTHING ELSE
PARTICULARLY.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 08-12-1969
SCREAMING MEEMIE
ACCORDING TO KAREN, SCREAMING MEEMIE IS REALLY AND
TRULY A GHOST WHO HAUNTS A SMALL BRIDGE OUTSIDE OF
TIFFIN, OHIO. EVERY NIGHT AT MIDNIGHT, KIDS PARKED
IN THE LOVERS' LANE NEAR THE BRIDGE CAN HEAR HER.
IT SEEMS THAT HER LOVER WENT BERSERK AND MURDERED MISS
MEEMIE (?) THERE ONE NIGHT. SUPPOSEDLY SHE'S TRYING
TO WARN OTHER GIRLS AWAY BECAUSE THE GUY STILL LURKS
AROUND THERE. WE VISITED THE SCENE TO GLEAN EVIDENCE;
FOUND A VERY SPOOKY LITTLE BRIDGE, BUT NOTHING ELSE
PARTICULARLY.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
A RELAY GAME
AT MY MOTHER'S SCHOOL IN TIFFIN, OHIO, THE GIRLS WOULD
DIVIDE INTO LARGE TEAMS AND PLAY A RELAY GAME.
IT WAS SET UP AS FOLLOWS:
THERE COULD BE AS MANY AS 14 GIRLS ON EACH TEAM; THE
REFEREE WOULD LAY A STICK IN THE CENTER GOAL WITH
THE TWO TEAMS FACING EACH OTHER. THE REFEREE WOULD
THEN SAY "READY-SET-GO!" AND ONE GIRL FROM EACH TEAM
WOULD RUN TO THE CENTER GOAL AND FIGHT OVER THE
STICK. THE QUICKER GIRL WOULD THEN RUN BACK TO HER
TEAM AND GET BACK TO THE SECOND GIRL ON HER OWN
TEAM WITH THE STICK AND NOT BE TAGGED BY THE
OPPONENT. IF THE GIRL WAS TAGGED BEFORE SHE REACHED
THE GOAL THEN SHE WOULD HAVE TO JOIN THE OPPOSITE
SIDE. SO THE TEAM WITH THE MOST GIRLS ON IT AT
THE END OF THE GAME WAS DECLARED THE WINNER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; DETROIT ; TIFFIN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Racing Chasing Fighting Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: VARIOUS
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IN WALKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK, IF YOU STEP ON A
CRACK, YOU WILL BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
Submitter comment: PLAYED AS A CHILD.
Where learned: OHIO
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1948
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