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EASTER DAY
WE CELEBRATED JESUS' RISING BY HAVING A MEAL OF SMOKED HAM, HOME-
MADE SAUSAGE, AND HARD-BOILED EGGS. WE ALSO HAD SALT BREAD WITH
BUTTER, SMALL CHEESE CAKES AND A LAMB WHICH WAS CARVED OUT OF
BUTTER. WHEN OUR FRIENDS CAME OVER, WE GAVE THEM A QUARTER PIECE OF
EGG, AND THEN MY FATHER EXPRESSED GOOD WISHES TO THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment:
THE BLESSED FOODS OF HOMEMADE SAUSAGE AND HAM WERE ESPECIALLY
DELICIOUS ON EASTER.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. Special or festive meals |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
BRIDAL DANCE
A TABLE WAS PUT IN THE CENTER OF THE HALL AND THE BRIDE SAT ALONG-
SIDE IT. ONE AT A TIME FAMILY AND FRIENDS WOULD COME UP TO HER AND
SHE WOULD DANCE WITH EACH GUEST ABOUT ONE CIRCULAR TURN. THEY WERE
OFFERED A DRINK OR A CIGAR BY THE BRIDE'S FATHER AND WOULD DROP SOME
MONEY ON THE TABLE FOR THE NEWLYWEDS.
Submitter comment:
IN POLISH WEDDINGS TODAY, RELATIVES AND FRIENDS ARE MANY FOR THE
BRIDE TO DANCE WITH EVERYONE. BUT THE COUPLE IS CONGRATULATED AT
THE HALL AND RECEIVE SOME GIFT.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dance CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
SKY BLUE
THIS GAME I OFTEN PLAUED AFTER SCHOOL AND ON THE WEEKENDS WITH MY
FRIENDS. IT IS RELATED TO THE GAME HOPSCOTCH THAT IS PLAYED NOW.
IN IT PLAYERS THREW A ROCK INTO A SQUARE MARKED WITH A NUMBER, AND
PLAYERS HAD TO HOP THAT MANY TIMES. IF A LINE OF A SQUARE WAS
TOUCHED, THE PERSON WAS OUT OF THE GAME.
Submitter comment:
THIS GAME ORIGINATED IN CHICAGO, AND IT WAS PLAYED QUITE OFTEN AS A
PASTIME BY MY AUNT.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
WEDDING BELIEF
IF A PIECE OF WEDDING CAKE IS PLACED UNDER A GIRL'S PILLOW, SHE WILL
DREAM OF HER FUTURE SPOUSE.
Submitter comment:
REGARDLESS OF WHAT MY GRANDMOTHER HEARD ABOUT PUTTING CAKE UNDER
A PILLOW IN CHICAGO, SHE THOUGHT IT BETTER FOR THE CAKE TO BE IN
THE FRIDGE THAN CRUMBS TO BE IN THE BED.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
James Callow Keyword(s): REFRIGERATOR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
SUPERSTITION
IF A PAINTING FALLS IN SOMEONE'S HOME, A DEATH WILL OCCUR.
Submitter comment:
IT WAS WHEN A COUSIN OF MY GRANDMOTHER HAD DIED THAT A SMALL PICTURE
IN MY GRANDPARENTS' HOME FELL.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1940
A PUNISHMENT
ONCE UPON A TIME, THERE WAS A LITTLE BOY WHO ALWAYS TOOK
THE BIGGEST PIECE OF CAKE. HIS PARENTS WERE QUITE
ANNOYED OVER THIS, AND WANTED TO TEACH HIM A LESSON
HE WOULD NEVER FORGET. SO THEY FILLED THE LARGEST
PIECE OF DESSERT WITH EVERY VARIETY OF HOT PEPPERS.
WHEN THE BOY DEMANDED IT, AFTER THEY HAD FINISHED
THEIR MEAL, THEY GAVE IT TO HIM; AND, AFTER BITING
INTO IT, HE NEVER ASKED FOR THE BIGGEST AGAIN.
Submitter comment:
MY SISTER HAD HEARD THIS LITTLE STORY FROM MY MOTHER,
ABOUT FIVE YEARS BEFORE SHE TOLD IT TO ME.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
Date learned: 00-00-1953
PROVERB OR PREDICTION TOLD A SMALL CHILD WHO WILL NOT
STOP PICKING HIS NOSE: "IF YOU CONTINUE TO DO THAT
MUCH LONGER, YOUR NOSE WILL FALL OFF."
Submitter comment: HEARD FROM OTHERS, ALSO.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
GOOD LUCK
IN CONVERSATION, WHEN AN UNPLEASANT OCCURRENCE
HAS BEEN MENTIONED, ONE SAYS "KNOCK ON WOOD" AND AT THE
SAME TIME DOES JUST THAT IN ORDER TO KEEP THIS
UNPLEASANT OCCURRENCE FROM HAPPENING.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
A CUSTOM OF CHICAGO HIGH IRON WORKERS: THESE MEN
ALWAYS EAT THE DESSERT FROM THEIR LUNCH BEFORE THEY
START WORK IN THE MORNING, BECAUSE IF SOMETHING
HAPPENED DURING THE MORNING'S WORK, AND THEY NEVER
MADE IT TO LUNCH, THEY'VE HAD THE BEST PART OF THEIR
LUNCH. BY THIS ACTION THEY BELIEVE THAT THEY HAVE
ONE STEP UP ON ANY BAD LUCK OR MISFORTUNE WHICH LOOMS
ON THE HIGH IRON.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Working |
Date learned: 00001930S
RAIN, RAIN, GO AWAY.
COME BACK SOME OTHER DAY.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 00-00-1955
CHARM FOR NOVEMBER-BORN CHILD
WHO FIRST COMES TO THIS WORLD BELOW,
WITH DREAR NOVEMBER FOG AND SNOW,
SHOULD PRIZE THE TOPAZ AMBER HUE,
EMBLEM OF FRIENDS AND LOVERS TRUE.
Submitter comment:
THIS LITTLE VERSE SERVES AS BOTH A LUCK CHARM AND A
GENTLE REMINDER OF THE BIRTHSTONE FOR ANY CHILD BORN
IN NOVEMBER.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief C860.646 |
Date learned: 06-00-1971
KODER (TOM CAT)
WHEN THE TOM CAT GOES OUT COURTING HIS LADY FRIEND, YOU CAN
HEAR HIM OUT IN THE ALLEY. HE COMES UP TO HER BACK DOOR
AND SAYS, "MEOOW, MEOW?" WHAT HE IS REALLY ASKING HER IS,
"CAN YOU COME OOOUT NOOOW?" THE LADY CAT THEN ANSWERS,
"MEOOW, MEOOW," WHICH MEANS, "NOT NOOOW, AFTER WHIIILE."
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS MY GRANDMOTHER. WHEN SHE TOLD THIS STORY, SHE
EMPHASIZED THE WORDS TO MAKE THEM SOUND LIKE A CAT'S MEOW.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
James Callow Keyword(s): ONOMATOPOIEA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal SPEECH -- Onomatopoeia |
SVE PTICHICE IZ GORE (ALL THE BIRDIES FROM THE HILL)
SVE PTICHICE IZ GORE (ALL THE BIRDIES FROM THE HILL)
SVE PTICHICE IZ GORE (FLEW DOWN TO THE SEA)
SVE PTICHICE IZ GORE
SPUSTILE SE NA MORE
SAMO JEDNA OSTALA (ONLY ONE REMAINED BEHIND
SAMO JEDNA OSTALA IT'S THE ONE THAT SANG TO ME)
SAMO JEDNA OSTALA
KOJA MI JE PJEVALA
KOJA MI JE PJEVALA (IT'S THE ONE THAT SANG TO ME
KOJA MI JE PJEVALA OF ENCHANTING, HAPPY LOVE)
KOJA MI JE PJEVALA
O PRESRITNOJ LJUBAVI
ZBOGOM OSTAJ TI MOJA (FAREWELL TO YOU, MY ONLY LOVE
ZBOGOM OSTAJ TI MOJA MY LOVE I LEFT BEHIND(
ZBOGOM OSTAJ TI MOJA
MOJA MILA LJUBAVI
NOSIT CHU TE U SRCU (IN MY HEART I'LL CARRY YOU
NOSIT CHU TE U SRCU MY BLOSSOM PRETTY, SWEET)
NOSIT CHU TE U SRCU
MILI CVITE UBAVI
Submitter comment: THE LANGUAGE IS SERBO-CROATIAN, A BRANCH OF SOUTH SLAVIC
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): CROATIA ; TAMBURITZA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
TAMBURITZA IS THE FOLK MUSIC OF THE AREA NOW KNOWN AS
YUGOSLAVIA. THE TAMBURITZA ORCHESTRA IS COMPOSED OF FIVE
STRING INSTRUMENTS CALLED THE PRIMA, BRACH, CHELO,
BUGARIJA, AND BASS. THE PRIMA IS EQUIVALENT TO THE SOPRANO AND
ALTO VOICES OF A CHOIR. ALONG WITH THE PRIMA, THE BRACH
PLAYS MELODY AND HARMONY, BUT IT HAS A DEEPER SOUND EQUIVALENT
TO THE TENOR AND BASS VOICES. THE CHELO PLAYS A COUNTER-
MELODY, AND THE BUGARIA AND BASS COMPRISE THE RHYTHM SECTION.
IN THE UNITED STATES AND CANADA, SEVERAL ORCHESTRAS HAVE
BEEN ORGANIZED, ESPECIALLY AMONG THE YOUTH. MOST OF THE
CHILDREN'S GROUPS BELONG TO THE CROATIAN FRATERNAL UNION
JUNIOR CULTURAL FEDERATION. THE FEDERATION HOLDS YEARLY
FESTIVALS IN WHICH ALL OF THE ORCHESTRAS MEET AND PERFORM
TOGETHER. ADULT GROUPS HOLD YEARLY EXTRAVAGANZAS FOR THE
SAME PURPOSE.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Musical instrument |
Date learned: 00001977CA
KAFU MI, DRAGA, ISPECI (MAKE ME SOME COFFEE, LOVE)
KAFU MI, DRAGA, ISPECI (MAKE ME SOME COFFEE, LOVE
BASH KAO DA JE, DRAGA DUSHO, ZA TEBE JUST AS IF IT WERE FOR YOURSELF
HAJ, JA CHU DOCHI OKO POLA NOCHI I WILL COME AROUND MIDNIGHT
DA SJEDNEM KRAJ TEBE TO VISIT WITH YOU)
Submitter comment: THE LANGUAGE IS SERBO-CROATIAN, A BRANCH OF SOUTH SLAVIC
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): CROATIA ; TAMBURITZA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love |
Date learned: 00001982CA
TI NEZNASH SHTO JE LJUBAV (YOU KNOW NOT OF LOVE)
TI NEZNASH SHTO JE LJUBAV (YOU KNOW NOT OF LOVE.
TI NEZNASH SHTO JE JAD. YOU KNOW NOT OF SORROW.
TI NEZNASH, ZLATO MOJE, MY DARLING, YOU KNOW NOT
DA TEBE LJUBIM JA. THAT I DO LOVE YOU.)
Submitter comment: THE LANGUAGE IS SERBO-CROATIAN, A BRANCH OF SOUTH SLAVIC
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): CROATIA ; TAMBURITZA
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love |
SAMO NEMOJ TI (DON'T TELL ON ME)
SAMO NEMOJ TI, MAJCI KAZATI, (PLEASE DON'T TELL YOUR MOTHER
DA TE LJUBIM JA, OJ MILENA MOJA THAT I LOVE ONLY YOU.
I ONA SAMA ALONE, ALL ALONE
DA NEZNA MAMA SO MA DOESN'T KNOW
RUZHICE BRALA SHE PICKED SWEET ROSES
DRAGOME DALA. AND GAVE THEM TO HER BEAU.)
Submitter comment: THE LANGUAGE IS SERBO-CROATIAN, A BRANCH OF SOUTH SLAVIC
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): CROATIA ; TAMBURITZA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love |
Date learned: 00001977CA
LIJEPA NASHA DOMOVINO (OUR BEAUTIFUL HOMELAND)
LIJEPA NASHA DOMOVINO (OUR BEAUTIFUL HOMELAND
OJ JUNACKA ZEMLJO MILA. OH, LAND OF HEROES!
STARE SLAVE DJEDOVINO FATHERLAND OF OLD, DEAR TRADITIONS
DA BI VAZDA SRETNA BILA! FOREVER FORTUNATE MAY YOU BE!
MILA KANO SI NAM SLAVNA DEAR TO US ARE YOUR CELEBRATED
MILA SI NAM TI JEDINA REGIONS. YOU'RE THE ONLY ONE DEAR
MILA KUDA SI NAM RAVNA TO US. ALSO DEAR ARE YOUR WONDROUS
MILA KUDA SI PLANINA. PLAINS. DEARER STILL YOUR FORESTS
AND MOUNTAINS.
Submitter comment:
THE LANGUAGE IS SERBO-CROATIAN, A BRANCH OF SOUTH SLAVIC
THIS IS THE NATIONAL ANTHEM OF CROATIA.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): TAMBURITZA
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; PATRIOTISM
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Admiration Praise Adulation |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
BOLUJEM JA (MY ACHING HEART)
BOLUJEM JA, BOLUJESH TI (MY ACHING HEART, YOUR ACHING HEART
BOLUJEMO ZBOG LJUBAVI OUR ACHING HEARTS -- FROM LOVE
JER NIKOGA NE LJUBIM JA, BECAUSE I LOVE NO ONE BUT YOU
SAMO TEBE, DUSHO MOJA. OH, DARLING.
Submitter comment: THE LANGUAGE IS SERBO-CROATIAN, A BRANCH OF SOUTH SLAVIC
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): CROATIA CK[ INITIAL ITERATION ; TAMBURITZA
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION ; TAMBURITZA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love |
Date learned: 00-00-1978
NA TE MISLIM (MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU)
NA TE MISLIM KADA ZORA SVICHE (MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU AT THE
BREAK OF DAY.
NA TE MISLIM KAD SE SVRSHE DAN. MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU WHEN
DAY IS DONE.
NA TE MISLIM KAD SE SVAKO BICHE MY THOUGHTS ARE WITH YOU WHEN
EVERY BEING
SPREMA TIHO, DA PRESPAVA SAN. GENTLY GETS READY TO SLEEP.)
Submitter comment: THE LANGUAGE IS SERBO-CROATIAN, A BRANCH OF SOUTH SLAVIC
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): CROATIA ; TAMBURITZA
James Callow Keyword(s): INITIAL ITERATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love |
Date learned: 00-00-1983