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NOT GIVEN
IF TWO PEOPLE REACH FOR THE BREAD PLATE AT THE SAME TIME,
THEY'RE GOING TO GET MARRIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 10-29-1967
NOT GIVEN
IF YOU TAKE THE LAST THING ON A PLATE YOU'LL BE AN OLD MAID.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 10-29-1967
NOT GIVEN
GIVE A PENNY TO ONE WHO GIVES YOU ANY SHARP OBJECT SUCH AS A
KNIFE OR A SCISSORS AS A GIFT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
POSH PLACE
POSH PLACE COMES FROM PORT OUT OF STARBOARD HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): B478 EXPLANATION OF A NAME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 10-14-1967
RACING, CHASING GAME
DUM, DUM DODO, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN,
I CAN RUN FASTER THAN (INSERT A NAME) (CAN)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; LIBRARY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse |
CUSTOM FESTIVAL
ERNTENDANK FEST IS COMPARABLE TO AMERICA'S THANKSGIVING. IT IS
NOT CELEBRATED NATION WIDE ON THE SAME DAY HOWEVER. IN BAD NAUHEIM
IT IS CELEBRATED ON THE FIRST SUNDAY IN OCTOBER. VARIANTS WOULD
OCCUR IN DIFFERENT CITIES DEPENDING UPON THE HARVEST TIME.
RELIGIOUS ASPECT -- WHEAT, RYE, ETC. ARE BROUGHT TO CHURCH TO BE
BLESSED TO PRAY FOR BETTER CROPS NEXT YEAR.
FESTIVE ASPECT -- ADULTS ARE IN THE RESTAURANT DANCING AND THE
CHILDREN ARE ENJOYING A SMALL SCALE FAIR WITH A MERRY-GO-ROUND.
EATING -- THE NORMAL MEAL INCLUDES FRANKFURTERS, SAUERKRAUT, AND
APPLE TURNS ( TURN-OVERS ?).
Submitter comment: MEMORIES OF HOMELAND GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BLESSING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F100 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Typical Elements of a Festive Pattern CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Autumn Fall Harvest Thanksgiving |
Date learned: NO DATE INDICATED.
NOT GIVEN
IF YOU DROP A FORK A WOMAN WILL COME TO VISIT. DROP A KNIFE AND
A MAN WILL COME INSTEAD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 09-30-1967
BLOODY MURDER
ONE PLAYER WAS "IT". HE WOULD LEAN AGAINST A TREE, AND
COUNT TO 500 BY 5'S.
EVERYONE ELSE WOULD HIDE. WHEN THE COUNTING WAS DONE "IT" WOULD
SHOUT "READY OR NOT HERE I COME" AND WANDER AWAY FROM THE
TREE (WHICH WAS GOAL- THE SAFETY ZONE)
THE HIDING PLAYERS WOULD WAIT FOR A GOOD CHANCE TO RUN TO GOAL
WITHOUT BEING TAGGED BY "IT".
WHEN A PLAYER RAN FOR THE TREE OR "IT" SPOTTED SOMEONE HIDING,
THEY WOULD YELL "BLOODY MURDER", AND EVERYONE WOULD RUN FOR GOAL.
"IT" TAGGED SOMEONE ELSE WHO BECAME "IT" FOR THE NEXT ROUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; AUDUBON AVENUE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Hiding Searching |
Date learned: 00001960S
IN ANCIENT CELTIC LORE THEY HAD GREAT RESPECT FOR SPIRITS.
CLEAN WATER WOULD BE LEFT AT NIGHT FOR THE FAIRIES TO WASH.
IF A WOMAN OF THE HOUSE WAS THROWING OUT DIRTY WATER, SHE
WOULD SAY, "FAG A BEALAC, UESGE SALAC," WHICH MEANT--"LEAVE
THE WAY, DIRTY WATER!" AS A WARNING TO THE SPIRITS NOT TO GET
HIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BISHOP BORGESS HIGH SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
IT IS A CUSTOM OF MY FAMILY TO GO TO CHURCH TOGETHER ON
THANKSGIVING DAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Autumn Fall Harvest Thanksgiving |
Date learned: 01-25-1971
HARVEST FESTIVAL
DURING THE HARVEST, IN LATE AUGUST, THERE IS A FESTIVAL CALLED
DOZYNKI IN WHICH THERE IS A PARADE WITH GIRLS CARRYING WREATHES AND
FRUITS OF THE HARVEST. AFTER THE PARADE THEY EAT A BIG MEAL AND
THERE IS SINGING AND DANCING. ( THIS HAPPENS ) BACK IN POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Autumn Fall Harvest Thanksgiving |
BELIEF (LEGEND)
TO KILL A WITCH- CLOSE THE BOOK, RING THE BELL, AND BLOW
OUT THE CANDLE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; collector's home
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
WITCH OF TRAVERSE
ABOUT 9 YEARS AGO, A CLASSMATE OF MINE NAMED JOHN PUTRASS TOLD
ME ABOUT A WITCH THAT LIVED ON HIS STREET. SHE LIVED IN AN
OLD HOUSE ON TRAVERSE NEAR ST. CYRIL AND VAN DYKE. THE HOUSE
WAS UNPAINTED AND SEVERAL DEAD TREES GREW AROUND IT. WHEN I WENT
TO SEE IT, SHE WAS STANDING ON THE PORCH WITH LONG STRINGY
WHITE HAIR AND A LONG GREEN DRESS. AS WE DROVE BY HER HOUSE
ON OUR BIKES, SHE STARED AT US COLDLY. THE LEGEND ON THE STREET WAS
THAT SHE BURIED HER HUSBAND, WHO HAD BEEN MISSING FOR YEARS, IN THE CELLAR.
I WENT TO SEE THE HOUSE ABOUT FIVE YEARS AGO, AND IT WAS
CONDEMNED BY THE CITY. AT PRESENT IT NO LONGER STANDS, BUT WHEN
I WENT TO ST. THOMAS SCHOOL, IT STRUCK FEAR INTO ANYONE THAT SAW IT.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector are the same person.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PATTY THE BAG
APPARENTLY IN IRELAND PATTY THE BAG IS A WITCH CREATURE WITH
WHICH CHILDREN ARE THREATENED IF THEY MISBEHAVE.
E.G., IF YOU
DO NOT WATCH OUT, PATTY THE BAG WILL GET YOU.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD IN HER NATIVE IRELAND.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): THREAT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Witch Shaman BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB
EARLY TO BED, EARLY TO RISE
MAKES A MAN HEALTHY, WEALTHY, AND WISE.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; OBSERVATION ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 10-01-1967
PROVERB
EAST IS LEAST;
WEST IS BEST.
Submitter comment:
WHEN A PILOT HEARS THIS, HE KNOWS THAT HE MUST FOLLOW THE LAWS OF
THE SKY AND WHEN FLYING TO THE EAST, FLY AT AN ODD THOUSAND PLUS 500
FEET - TO THE WEST TAKE THE EVEN THOUSAND PLUS 500 FEET.
ALTITUDE RULE. ODD IS LEAST BECAUSE THE RULE APPLIES AT AND ABOVE
3000 FEET. 3000 FEET IS THE LEAST OF ALL THE OTHER ALTITUDES WHERE
THIS RULE APPLIES.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): FUNCTION
James Callow Keyword(s): AVIATION AIRPLANE ; DIRECTION ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-00-1971
PROVERB
EAT, DRINK, AND BE MERRY, FOR TOMORROW YOU MAY DIE.
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; CARPE DIEM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
CUSTOM
EAT PORK AND LIVE OFF THE FAT OF THE LAND--EAT CHICKEN AND SCRATCH
THE REST OF THE YEAR.
Submitter comment: IN IRELAND NEW YEARS SAYING.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD ; SUPERSTITION
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; HOMEOPATHIC ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-30-1972
TO LIVE
EAT TO LIVE BUT DON'T LIVE TO EAT.
(SPANISH) COMER PARA VIVIR, Y NO VIVIR PARA COMER.
Submitter comment: LEARNED THROUGH HIS STUDY OF SPANISH.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHIASMUS
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: NEGATIVE ; ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FOOD ; TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-05-1967
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
AN EMPTY BARREL MAKES THE MOST NOISE.
Submitter comment: FROM HER SOUTHERN GRANDMOTHER FOR SOMEONE WHO TALKS TOO MUCH.
Data entry tech comment: VARIANT
Where learned: DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): BOASTING ; OBSERVATION ; SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN