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New Year's Eve
In the Steubenville and Toronto, Ohio areas, it is traditional
on New Year's Eve to eat a dinner of keilbassi, sauerkrault and
mashed potatoes.
Submitter comment:
I remember hearing that this is a German tradition that is
followed to ensure good luck throughout the coming year.
Keyword(s): SAUERKRAUT
James Callow Keyword(s): Kielbasa
BY HOOK OR BY CROOK
I'M THE LAST TO WRITE
IN YOUR AUTOGRAPH BOOK.
Where learned: OHIO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Announcing a signature |
Date learned: 00-00-1948
RUB GOLD STOMACH (OF GOOD LUCK CHARM) AND WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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BLUE - RARITY OF INCIDENTS - PROVERBIAL STATEMENTS
1) I'LL BE A BLUE-NOSED MONKEY!---SURPRISE AT AN EVENT OR
UNFAMILIAR OBJECT
2) ONCE IN A BLUE MOON---SELDOM
3) A BLUE APPLE---SOMETHING RARE
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: OHIO ; TROTWOOD
Keyword(s): Apple ; Blue ; COLOR ; METAPHOR ; Monkey ; MOON ; PROVERB ; Rarity ; SURPRISE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
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RIDDLE
QUESTION: IF I HAD ONE THOUSAND MEN AND YOU HAD ONE THOUSAND
MEN AND WE WERE AT WAR, WHO WOULD WIN?
LISTENER: I GIVE UP.
ANSWER: I WOULD BECAUSE YOU JUST GAVE UP.
Where learned: OHIO ; CINCINNATI
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ORDER IS HEAVEN S FIRST LAW
Submitter comment: CONVERSATION
Where learned: OHIO ; Sylvania
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
PEPERONI
WHILE ATTENDING JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY, MY ROOMMATE, GARY
PASQUALICCHIV, WOULD BRING PEPERONI BREAD FROM HOME. HE SAID HE
GOT IT FROM A SPECIAL BAKERY IN ERIE PENN. SEVERAL OF US TRIED TO GET
IT ELSEWHERE BUT TO NO AVAIL. THE EVENT WAS SPECIAL SINCE THE BREAD
WAS RARE AND HAD TO BE EATEN RIGHT AWAY OR IT WOULD SPOIL. THE BREAD
WAS CIRCULAR, SHAPED LIKE A DOUGHNUT, WITH PEPERONI SLICES BAKED
IN THE CENTER OF THE LOAF. THE EVENT WAS ENHANCED WHEN HOME-MADE
WINE WAS ADDED. THE WINE CAME FROM MY FATHER IN CANTON. WINE WAS
ILLEGAL IN THE DORMS AT THAT TIME AND ADDED TO THE OCCASION SINCE
THE DOORS HAD TO BE LOCKED TO KEEP THE FLOOR ADVISOR OUT. A SMALL
GROUP OF 4 TO 5 WOULD GATHER WHEN GARY RETURNED FROM A VISIT HOME
TO ENJOY THE FEAST.
Data entry tech comment: ALSO ON THE 5 X 8 CARD ARE A TOP AND CROSS - CUT VIEW OF THE BREAD
Where learned: OHIO ; CLEVELAND ; JOHN CARROLL UNIVERSITY
| Subject headings: | Favorites CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church Food Drink -- Plant food Cereal |
LITTLE BOY
IN MANNPISSE, IRELAND THERE IS A STATUE OF A LITTLE BOY URINATING.
THE STORY HAS IT THAT A LITTLE BOY WAS LOST AND HIS FATHER LOOKED
ALL OVER FOR HIM. THE FATHER SAID THAT IF HE FOUND THE LITTLE
BOY, HE WOULD BUILD A STATUE OF THE LITTLE BOY DOING WHATEVER THE
FATHER FOUND HIM DOING. THE LITTLE BOY WAS FOUND URINATING AND
A STATUE WAS BUILT.
Where learned: OHIO
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Monument |
VERSE WITHOUT MUSIC
GOOD NIGHT, SLEEP TIGHT,
DON'T LET THE MOSQUITOES BITE.
Where learned: OHIO ; YOUNGSTOWN
James Callow Keyword(s): VARIATION: BEDBUGS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 00001950S AND 00001960S
VERSE WITHOUT MUSIC
OH DEAR, BREAD AND BEER,
IF I WERE DEAD, I WOULDN'T BE HERE.
Where learned: OHIO ; YOUNGSTOWN
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 00001950S AND 00001960S
IF A PICTURE FALLS FROM THE WALL, THEN IT MEANS SOMEONE
IS GOING TO DIE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT HER FATHER DIED WITHIN A FEW DAYS
AFTER A PICTURE FELL FROM THEIR WALL IN OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 01-00-1971
THE FIRST THUNDER MEANT THE SNAKES WERE AWAKE. SO
YOU WATCHED FOR SNAKES AFTER THE FIRST THUNDER IN
THE SPRING.
Submitter comment:
BOTH HELD THIS IN POPULAR TRADITION IN THEIR HOMES
IN GLOUCESTER AND HOLLISTER, OHIO
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; DETROIT ; GLOUCESTER ; HOLLISTER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
BALD-HEADEDNESS IS A SIGN OF INTELLIGENCE.
Submitter comment:
TOLD ME BY MY FATHER, WHO WAS BECOMING INCREASINGLY
BALD.
Where learned: OHIO
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses No hair, baldness |
THE FIRST THUNDER MEANT THE SNAKES WERE AWAKE. SO
YOU WATCHED FOR SNAKES AFTER THE FIRST THUNDER IN
THE SPRING.
Submitter comment:
BOTH HELD THIS IN POPULAR TRADITION IN THEIR HOMES
IN GLOUCESTER AND HOLLISTER, OHIO
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; DETROIT ; GLOUCESTER ; HOLLISTER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Animal PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lightning Thunder BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 05-11-1965
PARTING
AROUND THE BEND, AROUND THE CURVE,
GOODBYE MY LOVER, GOODBYE.
Submitter comment: SHE USED TO SAY THIS WHEN WE WENT AROUND A BEND IN THE CAR.
Where learned: OHIO ; YOUNGSTOWN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse C730.347 |
Date learned: 00001950S AND 00001960S
IN ELMORE, OHIO THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A HEADLESS
MOTORCYCLE DRIVER WHO COMES AT YOU WHEN YOU BLINK
YOUR LIGHTS AND BLOW YOUR HORN THREE TIMES ON A CERTAIN
BRIDGE IN ELMORE.
Submitter comment: HEARD IT FROM FRIENDS WHO WENT OUT THERE.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Number Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN ELMORE, OHIO THERE IS SUPPOSED TO BE A HEADLESS
MOTORCYCLE DRIVER WHO COMES AT YOU WHEN YOU BLINK
YOUR LIGHTS AND BLOW YOUR HORN THREE TIMES ON A CERTAIN
BRIDGE IN ELMORE.
Submitter comment: HEARD IT FROM FRIENDS WHO WENT OUT THERE.
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Number Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN