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PUNCHKIE DAY (PACZKI)
THE DAY BEFORE LENT, THAT TUESDAY IS CONSIDERED PUNCHKIE DAY.
A PUNCKKIE IS A JELLY FILLED DOUGHNUT. THIS TUESDAY IS
CALLED SO BECAUSE IT IS THE LAST DAY BEFORE FASTING BEGINS. SO WHEN
PUNCHKIES ARE MADE ON THIS TUESDAY THEY ARE NORMALLY ALL EATEN
TOO. OF CURSE, PUNCHKIES CAN BE MADE ANY OTHER TIME OF THE YEAR,
BUT THIS IS THE DAY WHEN THEIR POPULARITY IS THE GREATEST
Data entry tech comment:
(THE COLLECTOR HAS CHOSEN TO SPELL "PUNCHKIE" AS IT IS PRONOUNCED
(IN THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. BECAUSE IT IS A WORD OF POLISH
(ORIGIN, THE ENGLISH ALPHABET DOES NOT ACCOMODATE ITS PROPER
(SPELLING. IN ENGLISH, THE CLOSEST WE CAN COME TO THE CORRECT
(SPELLING IS "PACZKI.")
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Season CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Pre Lent |
Date learned: 02-01-1972
TONGUE TWISTER
"ROLLER BUGGY BABY BUMPERS."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; TOLD IN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 02-02-1972
AUTOGRAPH VERSE
SOME LOVE ONE
SOME LOVE TWENTY
I LOVE YOU
AND THAT'S A PLENTY.
Submitter comment: 1939, BIRCH TREE, MONTANA
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; TOLD IN
Keyword(s): DECLARATION OF LOVE ; RHYME: ABCB
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: 03-01-1972
ROPE JUMPING RHYME
WHEN YOU GET MARRIED AND YOUR HUSBAND GETS CROSS,
JUST PICK UP A STICK AND SHOW HIM WHO'S BOSS.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE ; TOLD AT
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE POSITIVE ; PETTICOAT GOVERNMENT ; SEXISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 02-22-1971
PLANTING CUSTOM
IT IS A CUSTOM IN ITALY FOR GARDENERS WANTING TALL, LEAFY VEGETABLES
TO PLANT THEM AT NIGHT WHEN THE MOON IS FULL. IF WISHING ROOTED
VEGETABLES, YOU PLANT THEM AT HALF MOON.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM AN ITALIAN FRIEND WHO STILL CARRIES ON
THIS CUSTOM TODAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F476 BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 09-25-1972
HOLY SATURDAY CUSTOM
IT IS A TRADITIONAL EUROPEAN CUSTON ON HOLY SATURDAY TO TAKE A BASKET
OF EASTER BREAD, BUTTER IN THE SHAPE OF A LAMB, AND EGGS TO BE
BLESSED BY THE PRIEST IN A CEREMONY IN WHICH ALL THE PEOPLE PARTICI-
PATE.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER GIRL FRIEND MANY YEARS AGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 09-25-1972
DETERMINING SEX
WHEN A WOMAN IS PREGNANT YOU HAVE HER SIT ON THE FLOOR AND WHATEVER
HAND SHE LEANS ON WILL DETERMINE THE SEX OF THE CHILD. RIGHT HAND IS
A BOY AND LEFT HAND IS A GIRL.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER AND INFORMANT DOES NOT HOLD
IT TO BE TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): RIGHT-HANDEDNESS SEXISM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Use of Object |
Date learned: 09-25-1972
PROVERB
THAT'S ABOUT AS FUNNY AS A SCREEN DOOR ON A SUBMARINE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 09-18-1972
OMEN
WHEN YOU FIND A SAFETY PIN ON THE STREET IT MEANS HAPPINESS.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER AND SHE HOLDS IT TO BE TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 09-25-1972
BELIEF
IF YOUR EARS BURN SOMEONE IS TALKING ABOUT YOU. IF YOUR EARS ITCH
YOU'LL HEAR GOOD NEWS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 09-20-1972
BURIAL CUSTOM
TI WAS A TRADITIONAL BURIAL CUSTOM THAT AS THE CASKET WAS BEING
LOWERED, PETALS OF FLOWERS WERE THROWN ON TOP OF THE CASKET.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT EXPERIENCED THIS WHEN HER GRANDMOTHER WAS BURIED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 09-25-1972
COURTSHIP CUSTOM
IN ITALY IT WAS A CUSTOM FOR MEN WHO WERE ENGAGED TO A GIRL TO SING
MANY SERENADES AND MAKE UP THEIR OWN STORIES ABOUT HER.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM AN ITALIAN FRIEND WHO SAID THIS HAD
HAPPENED TO HER GRANDMOTHER MANY YEARS AGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 09-25-1972
PROVERB
EARLY TO BED, EARLY TO RISE. WORK LIKE HELL AND ADVERTISE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): BUSINESS WORK ETHIC
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 09-20-1972
TONGUETWISTER
OILY OLLIE OILS OILY AUTOS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 09-18-1972
BIRTH
WHEN AN EXPECTANT MOTHER IS EXTREMELY FRIGHTENED BY SOMEONE DRESSED
IN A FRIGHTENING COSTUME, THE BABY WOULD BE BORN IN RESEMBLANCE OF
THE COSTUME.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER AND DOES NOT HOLD IT TO BE
TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 09-25-1972
BELIEF
YOU GO OUT IN THE SPRING MORNING DEW TO WASH YOUR FACE TO REMOVE ALL
ACNE PIMPLES.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER MOTHER 30 YEARS AGO. SHE DOES NOT
BELIEVE IT TO BE TRUE BUT HER MOTHER DID.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00-00-1942
BELIEF
AN OLD POLISH BELIEF IS TO PUT ON A TOPAZ NECKLACE TO DRAW OUT }
INFECTION FROM THE HUMAN BODY AND AS THE NECKLACE DISCOLORS
IT SHOWS IT IS WORKING.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER FIRMLY BELIEVED THIS AND INFORMANT
SAID THE BEADS
ACTUALLY DID DISCOLOR BUT SHE HERSELF DIDN'T HOLD IT TO BE TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-18-1972
BELIEF
NEVER GET MARRIED IN THE WINTER BECAUSE YOU DON'T KNOW IF SHE LOVES
YOU OR IF SHE IS JUST COLD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS AS A CHILD FROM HER GRANDFATHER AND DOES NOT
HOLD IT TO BE TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
BELIEF
IF YOU WEAR A RAG SATURATED WITH HUMAN SWEAT IT WILL CURE ACNE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT LEARNED THIS FROM HER GIRL FRIENDS AT SCHOOL AND DOES NOT
HOLD IT TO BE TRUE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
James Callow Keyword(s): PERSPIRATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 09-18-1972
BELIEF
IF YOUR LEFT HAND ITCHES YOU'LL GIVE AWAY MONEY. IF YOUR RIGHT HAND
ITCHES YOU'LL RECEIVE MONEY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GROSSE POINTE
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 09-20-1972