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CHINESE MARRIAGE PREDICTIONS
IT IS CONSIDERED TO BE A BAD MATCH WHEN A PERSON FROM
THE YEAR OF THE SNAKE MARRIES ONE FROM THE YEAR OF THE
RAT. IN FACT, THIS IS THE WORST POSSIBLE MATCH.
BEST MARRIAGE POSSIBILITIES ARE WHEN A PERSON FROM THE
YEAR OF THE DRAGON MARRIES ONE FROM THE YEAR OF THE
CHICKEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 10-15-1968
MARRY A UGLY WOMAN AND YOU WILL BE HAPPY FOR THE REST
OF YOUR LIFE.
Submitter comment: FROM FAMILY
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): NO NEED FOR JEALOUSY?
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 11-07-1967
SLOVENE MARRIAGE CUSTOM
ENGAGED COUPLES WOULD CARRY MERCURY IN THEIR POCKETS TO WARD
OFF EVIL SPIRITS, WHILE OTHERS WOULD WEAR FUNNY CLOTHES SO THAT
THE EVIL SPIRITS WOULD NOT RECOGNIZE THEM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage After engagement: fun with friends, etc. |
Date learned: 11-22-1968
PRAYER BELIEF
BEFORE WE GO ON A TRIP WE ALWAYS SIT DOWN TOGETHER, THINK A SILENT
PRAYER FOR A SAFE RETURN AND THEN START ON OUR TRIP. WE DO IT FOR
JUST A MOMENT OR TWO.
Submitter comment: ITEM WAS LEARNED IN THE CITY OF DETROIT ALTHOUGH COLLECTED IN SUBURB
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; BOTSFORD GRADE SCHOOL ; CLARENCEVILLE DISTRICT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 11-00-1982
WEDDING
THE TWO FRIENDS ACCOMPANYING HUSBAND-TO-BE TO HIS ENGAGEMENT
ALWAYS BROUGHT BREAD AND CANES ALONG TO SHOW THEIR HONOR AND
DIGNITY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM RELATIVES IN UKRAINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Engagement |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
UKRAINIAN WEDDING ENGAGEMENT
WHEN A MAN WANTS TO MARRY A CERTAIN GIRL, HE SENDS TWO WITNESSES
OR INTERMEDIARIES CALLED 'STAROSTY', TO THE PARENTS OF THE
GIRL. THEY ASK FOR THE GIRL'S HAND IN MARRIAGE FOR THEIR FRIEND,
AND THE FATHER TALKS OVER THE GIRL'S DOWRY WITH THEM--HOW MUCH
LAND AND ANIMALS SHE WILL GET. AFTER THE DECISION IS MADE, THE
GIRL BRINGS OUT TWO LONG PIECES OF EMBROIDERED CLOTH, AND PUTS
THEM ON THE TWO"STAROSTY", AROUND THEIR NECKS, CROSSED IN FRONT,
AROUND THE WAIST, AND TIED IN FRONT. THESE SYMBOLIZE A FORMAL
ENGAGEMENT AND TO BREAK THE ENGAGEMENT IS FORBIDDEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Asking permission to marry |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
WEDDING
IN UKRAINE, HUSBAND-TO-BE MUST ALWAYS BE ACCOMPANIED BY TWO OLDER
FRIENDS WHEN HE ANNOUNCES HIS INTENTION OF MARRIAGE TO THE GIRL'S
PARENTS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM PARENTS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Asking permission to marry |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
CUSTOM
IF A GIRL PROPOSES TO A GUY DURING LEAP YEAR AND HE REFUSES, HE
MUST GIVE THE GIRL A KISS AND A SILK GOWN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage During leap year |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
AUTOGRAPH BOOK VERSE.
MARY HAD A LITTLE LAMB,
HIS FOOT WAS BLACK WITH SOOT,
AND EVERYWHERE THE LAMB WOULD GO,
HIS SOOTY FOOTIE PUT.
Submitter comment:
THIS WAS WRITTEN IN MY AUTOGRAPH BOOK BY MY NEXT DOOR NEIGHBOR,
ON 12241954.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): BABY TALK. ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Wisecracks, gags, silly stories, insults |
Date learned: 12-24-1954
WEDDING CUSTOM
IN THE UKRAINE, IT IS CUSTOMARY FOR THE GIRL FRIEND TO GIVE THE BOY
FRIEND A WATERMELON IF SHE REJECTS HIS PROPOSAL FOR MARRIAGE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM RELATIVES IN THE UKRAINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Proposal |
Date learned: 12-03-1967
WEDDING CUSTOM
IN THE UKRAINE, IF A GIRL ACCEPTED A BOY'S PROPOSAL, SHE PUT A
HANKERCHIEF INSIDE OF HIS BELT, AND TIED EMBROIDERED TOWELS AROUND
THE ARMS OF THE TWO FRIENDS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM RELATIVES IN THE UKRAINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): HANDKERCHIEF
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Proposal |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
TO GET RID OF WARTS: GET A STRING AND TIE AS MANY KNOTS ON
THE STRING AS YOU HAVE WARTS. THEN TAKE THIS STRING
OUTSIDE, PLACING IT UNDER A ROCK WHICH IS PLACED AT
THE END OF A DRAIN PIPE. WHEN THE STRING HAS ROTTED
AWAY, YOUR WARTS WILL BE GONE.
Submitter comment: TOLD BY GRANDMOTHER TO MOTHER TO MONICA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING MEASURING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 09-00-1967
DATING
EGYPTIANS DON'T DATE. IF A GUY SEES A GIRL HE LIKES HE GOES TO MEET
HER PARENTS, THEN THEY INVESTIGATE HIS BACKGROUND (AND HE HERS) TO
SEE IF THEY WOULD BE A GOOD MATCH SOCIOLOGICALLY. THEN THEY GET
ENGAGED. EVEN THEN, THEY CANNOT GO OUT ALONE. THE GUY HAS TO PAY
FOR HER SISTER OR FRIEND (THEIR CHAPERONE). THEY DON'T KISS UNTIL
AFTER THEY'RE MARRIED. SOME BRIDES DON'T EVEN SEE THE GROOM UNTIL
AFTER THE WEDDING CEREMONY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Individuals CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage F545.0121 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage F545.0121 |
Date learned: 02-00-1972
DATING IN THE PHILIPPINES
DATING IN THE PHILIPPINES IS DONE IN GROUPS RATHER THAN INDIVIDUAL.
WHEN A MAN WANTS TO COURT SOMEONE HE WILL HIRE A SINGER WITH A
GUITAR OR ELSE HE WILL SING. HE GOES TO THE GIRL'S HOUSE AND
SERANADES HER. IF THE GIRL WANTS HIM SHE WILL OPEN THE WINDOW AND
LET HIM IN, OTHERWISE SHE WILL GO TO THE DOOR AND INVITE HIM IN.
THIS IS CALLED HAVANA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Dating, courtship mechanics |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
BELIEF IN GODS
NEVER SAY ANYTHING GOOD ABOUT THE THINGS
THAT YOU OWN AS THIS WILL INCUR THE
WRATH OF THE GODS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 02-05-1970
CUSTOM
IF A GIRL SLEEPS WITH A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE UNDER HER PILLOW,
SHE WILL DREAM ABOUT HER FUTURE HUSBAND.
Submitter comment: LEARNED FROM GRANDMOTHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD ; PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Dream about future husband |
Date learned: 12-06-1967
CUSTOM
AFTER A WEDDING, A GIRL TAKES A PIECE OF THE WEDDING CAKE AND PLACES
IT UNDER HER PILLOW. THE MAN SHE DREAMS ABOUT, WILL BE HER FUTURE
HUSBAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): FOOD ; PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Dream about future husband |
Date learned: 10-02-1967
WEDDING CUSTOM
IN THE UKRAINE, UNWED GIRLS WEAR WREATHS, RIBBONS, OR FLOWERS IN
THEIR HAIR TO SIGNIFY AVAILABILITY, AND MARRIED GIRLS WEAR SCARFS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT RECEIVED INFORMATION FROM RELATIVES.
Data entry tech comment: SCARVES
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Signs of availability |
Date learned: 11-23-1967
MARRIAGE CUSTOMS:
WHEN IT COMES TO MARRIAGE THE GREEKS FEEL THE OLDEST GIRL SHOULD BE
MARRIED FIRST AND THE REST FOLLOW IN SUCCESSION.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): CHRONOLOGY OF MARRIAGE WITHIN FAMILY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Signs of availability |
Date learned: 11-14-1969
ELIGIBLE GIRLS
THE AMISH PAINT THEIR DOOR BLUE IF THERE IS AN ELIGIBLE GIRL LIVING
THERE. ANY BACHELOR CAN GO AND VISIT THERE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): COLOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Signs of availability |
Date learned: 03-00-1970