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MEANING OF NAME -- UKRAINIAN
LUBOMYRA (F), LUBOMYR (M)
PRONOUNCED -- LJUBOMYRA
MEANING: LOVER (LUBO) OF PEACE (MYRA)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
MEANING OF NAME -- UKRAINIAN
MYROSLAVA (F), MYROSLAV (M)
MEANING: ONE WHO PRAISES PEACE
PRAISER (SLAVA), PEACE (MYR)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
YOU CAN LEAD A HORSE TO WATER BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE HIM DRINK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL PHRASE
WHILE THERE'S LIFE, THERE'S HOPE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
WHAT'S DONE IS DONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
SHE IS HARD AS NAILS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-03-1968
SEARCH FOR TRUTH AND YOU WILL HAVE AN ABUNDANCE OF
TEACHERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-07-1970
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
LOVE IS BLIND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A RINY FRIDAY, A RAINY SUNDAY,
A CLEAR FRIDAY, A CLEAR SUNDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- V890 |
Date learned: 00001940S
IF YOU WANT TO HIT A DOG, YOU WILL ALWAYS FIND A STICK.
Submitter comment: {THIS IS FROM} MY FATHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-00-1970
UNFINISHED STORY
THERE WAS ONCE A GIRL WHO WANTED A GOLD BALL FOR
CHRISTMAS AND EVERY BIRTHDAY. EVERYONE WOULD ALWAYS
ASK HER WHY SHE WANTED A GOLD BALL AND SHE WOULD SAY
SHE WOULD TELL THEM LATER. FINALLY SHE DECIDED TO
TELL THEM WHY SHE WANTED A GOLD BALL. SHE SAID
"I'VE ALWAYS WANTED A GOLD BALL BECAUSE. . ."
AND THEN SHE DIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
(THE GIRL WITH THE RIBBON AROUND HER NECK)
THERE ONCE WAS A GIRL WHO ALWAYS WORE A RIBBON AROUND HER
NECK. EVERYONE WOULD ALWAYS ASK HER WHY SHE WORE IT.
BUT SHE WOULD NEVER TELL. SO WHEN SHE DIED SOMEONE
REMOVED THE RIBBON AND HER HEAD FELL OFF.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | 6677 Formula Tale |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE FATE OF THE FULL MOON
THIS IS THE STORY OF TWO FARMERS IN THE OLD COUNTRY
(POLAND). THIS INCIDENT HAPPENED MANY YEARS AGO, AND IT
IS SUPPOSED TO BE A TRUE STORY. IT WAS TOLD TO MY
FATHER BY MY GRANDFATHER.
ONCE THERE WERE TWO NEIGHBOR FARMERS. ONE WAS MORE
SUCCESSFUL THAN THE OTHER. THE LESS SUCCESSFUL FARMER
WAS JEALOUS OF THE OTHER ONE AND KNEW THAT HE COULD BE
THE TOP FARMER IF THE OTHER ONE WAS OUT OF THE WAY.
ONE DAY THE JEALOUS FARMER HAD A PLAN AND AT NIGHT HE
MET THE OTHER FARMER COMING HOME FROM MARKET. IT WAS
DARK AND THEY WERE ALONE AND HE PLANNED TO KILL THE OTHER
FARMER. WHEN THE SUCCESSFUL FARMER REALIZED WHAT WAS
HAPPENING HE SAID, "WHY ARE YOU GOING TO KILL ME? I'VE
ALWAYS HELPED AND AIDED YOU WHEN YOUR CROPS WERE BAD. I'VE
ALWAYS TRIED TO HELP YOU OUT OF DIFFICULTIES AND THIS IS
WHAT I GET IN RETURN?"
BUT THE OTHER FARMER REPLIED, "I COULD BE THE RICHEST
FARMER IN THIS AREA IF IT WASN'T FOR YOU, AND I'M GOING
TO KILL YOU."
THE OTHER REPLIED, "THERE'S NO ONE AROUND NOW AND NOBODY
KNOWS YOU KILLED ME, BUT MARK MY WORDS--THE FULL MOON
THAT'S SHINING ABOVE WILL GIVE YOU AWAY."
THE OTHER FARMER LAUGHED AT THE THOUGHT OF A FULL MOON
GIVING HIM AWAY, AND HE KILLED THE FARMER.
AFTER THE BODY WAS FOUND AND BURIED, THERE WAS NO
EVIDENCE TO PROVE A MURDER. THUS THE FARMER BECAME
VERY SUCCESSFUL AND HE LIVED MANY PROSPEROUS YEARS WITH
HIS FAMILY. EVERYTIME HE SAW A FULL MOON, HE LAUGHED
AT THE RIDICULOUS IDEA OF IT GIVING HIM AWAY. HE OFTEN
WONDERED WHAT THE FARMER MEANT, AND THE MOON WAS ALWAYS
ON HIS CONSCIENCE.
ONE NIGHT AFTER THE DAY'S WORK, HE WAS SITING ON THE
PORCH WITH HIS WIFE RELAXING. THERE WAS A FULL MOON OUT
THAT NIGHT AND HIS THOUGHTS WENT BACK TO THE NIGHT OF THE
MURDER. ON IMPULSE HE SAID ALOUD, "I WONDER WHAT MR.----
MEANT WHEN HE SAID THE FULL MOON WOULD GIVE ME AWAY?"
HIS WIFE, NOT KNOWING HER HUSBAND WAS A MURDERER, ASKED
WHAT HE MEANT AND SO HE TOLD HER ABOUT WHAT HE HAD DONE.
SHE WAS DUMBFOUNDED AT WHAT SHE HEARD AND FROM THEN ON
THEIR LIFE TOGETHER WAS MISERY. FINALLY, SHE COULDN'T
KEEP THIS TO HERSELF AND IN ORDER TO HAVE JUSTICE DONE
SHE WENT TO TOWN AND TOLD THE SHERIFF. THE FARMER WAS
ARRESTED FOR THE CRIME AND IN JAIL HE REALIZED HOW THE
FULL MOON GAVE HIM AWAY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS FATHER.
HOW THE FULL MOON REVEALS THE MURDERER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Romantic Realistic |
Date learned: 08-00-1964
HAUNTED STREET
ON TUMBLEWOOD ROAD IN DETROIT, IF YOU DRIVE DOWN IT, YOU WILL
HEAR SOMEONE KNOCKING ON YOUR CAR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): KNOCK-KNOCK STREET
Date learned: 01-00-1968
THE LITTLE PEOPLE
IN IRELAND, THE LITTLE PEOPLE LIVE IN THE "BRAMBLE BUSH." NO
IRISH PERSON WOULD DARE CUT DOWN ONE OF THESE BUSHES FOR FEAR
OF OFFENDING THE "LITTLE PEOPLE." IF THE "LITTLE PEOPLE"
BECAME EVEN A LITTLE BIT UNHAPPY OVER SOMEONE CUTTING DOWN
THEIR BUSH, THEY WOULD PLAY MEAN TRICKS ON THE IRISH FOLKS.
THE FAVORITE TRICKS PLAYED ON FARMERS WERE MAKING THEIR
MILK TURN SOUR AND NOT ALLOWING THEIR BUTTER TO CHURN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
Keyword(s): ELVES IMPS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Date learned: 11-03-1969
ELECTROCUTED BUT DIDN'T DIE
A MAN WAS EXECUTED IN THE ELECTRIC CHAIR, BUT HE DIDN'T
DIE. HE WAS BADLY DEFORMED AND NOW HE LIVES IN THE
WILDERNESS NEAR A LOVERS' LANE IN PENNSYLVANIA. HE
COMES OUT AND TALKS TO THE PEOPLE WHEN THEY COME TO
PARK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
GHOST RAIDERS
IN GERMANY WHEN THE WIND HOWLS THROUGH THE WHITE
MOUNTAINS, IT IS THE GHOST RAIDERS RIDING THROUGH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
GHOST OF BELLE ISLE {DETROIT, MICHIGAN}
A GIRL WAS RAPED AND KILLED ON BELLE ISLE AND NOW
HER MOTHER HAUNTS BELLE ISLE TO PROTECT THE LOVERS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
GERMAN GRAVEYARD
IN A GRAVEYARD IN GERMANY, THERE WERE STRANGE
LIGHTS SHINING. THE PEOPLE SAID IT WAS THE
PEOPLE BURIED THERE WALKING AROUND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GERMANY ; WARREN
Keyword(s): GHOSTLY LIGHTS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 01-00-1968
UNFINISHED STORY
THERE WAS ONCE A GIRL WHO WANTED A GOLD BALL FOR
CHRISTMAS AND EVERY BIRTHDAY. EVERYONE WOULD ALWAYS
ASK HER WHY SHE WANTED A GOLD BALL AND SHE WOULD SAY
SHE WOULD TELL THEM LATER. FINALLY SHE DECIDED TO
TELL THEM WHY SHE WANTED A GOLD BALL. SHE SAID
"I'VE ALWAYS WANTED A GOLD BALL BECAUSE. . ."
AND THEN SHE DIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Formula tale |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN