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ANCHICE (ANNIE)
ANCHICE, DUSHICE MOJA (ANNIE, MY SWEETEST DARLING,
STIZHE ME TUZHAN GLAS I HEAR THE SAD NEWS
DA TI DRUGOGA LJUBISH THAT YOU LOVE ANOTHER
U MOJ NESRETNI CHAS AT THIS UNFORTUNATE TIME.
SJECHAJ SE ONIH DANA, AH DO REMEMBER THE TIME
KAD SI SE ZAKLELA, WHEN YOU MADE THE VOW
DA CHES MI BITI TO BE FAITHFUL TO ME
VJERNA CJELOGA ZHIVOTA YOUR WHOLE LIFE THROUGH.)
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 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Sorrow Unhappiness |
Date learned: 00-00-1978
MAKEDONSKO KOLO (MACEDONIAN DANCE SONG)
OJ TI DJEVOJKO, TI MAKEDONKO (HEY THERE, MACEDONIAN LASS,
LIJEPA SI MENI TI YOU ARE APPEALING TO ME.
(REPEAT)
ZA TVOJE OCHI CHARNE FOR YOUR CAPTIVATING EYES
DAO BI ZHIVOT I WOULD GIVE MY LIFE
OJ, MAKEDONKO TI OH, MACEDONIAN LASS.)
Submitter comment: THE LANGUAGE IS SERBO-CROATIAN, A BRANCH OF SOUTH SLAVIC
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): TAMBURITZA
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Admiration Praise Adulation |
Date learned: 00001981CA
IF A WHITE SPOT APPEARS ON SOMEONE'S FINGERNAIL, IT MEANS THAT HE HAS
LIED.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
IF THE CLASP ON SOMEONE'S NECKLACE FALLS FORWARD, SHE SHOULD MAKE
A WISH AS SHE RETURNS THE CLASP TO THE BACK BECAUSE HER WISH
WILL COME TRUE.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00001980CA
WHATEVER ONE DOES ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, HE WILL DO ALL YEAR.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
IT IS BAD LUCK FOR A PLAY IF SOMEONE WHISTLES BACKSTAGE ON
OPENING NIGHT.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: 00001983CA
EATING CARROTS MAKES ONE'S HAIR GROW FASTER.
Submitter comment:
MY GREATGRANDMOTHER USED TO TELL ME THIS SO I WOULD EAT MY
CARROTS.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
JOKE
"WHAT SUPERB GRAPEFRUIT!" EXCLAIMED A VISITOR TO TEXAS AS
HE PASSED A CITRUS GROVE. "OH, OUR LEMONS ARE A LITTLE
SMALL NOW," SAID THE TEXAN NONCHALANTLY. "WE'VE HAD A
BAD SEASON, YOU KNOW." A LITTLE FARTHER DOWN THE ROAD
THE VISITOR REMARKED ON THE SIZE AND COLOR OF SOME
FLOWERS. "JUST SOME LITTLE OL' WEEDS, " THE TEXAN SAID
MODESTLY. FINALLY THEY CAME TO THE RIO GRANDE. "HMM-M"
MURMURED THE VISITOR, "SOMEONE'S RADIATOR MUST BE
LEAKING!"
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
James Callow Keyword(s): SIZE
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Tale PROSE NARRATIVE -- Lie Tall tale |
Date learned: 04-00-1990
PROVERB
NEVER HAVE MORE FRIENDS THAN FINGERS ON YOUR HANDS. THIS
Submitter comment:
WAS A WAY OF SAYING NEVER HAVE TOO MANY FRIENDS OR YOU
WILL FIND THAT THEY WILL BE HARD TO MANAGE. JUST LIKE
HAVING TOO MANY FINGERS ON YOUR HANDS.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
PROVERBS
BOOKS BEFORE BOYS BECAUSE BOYS BRING BABIES.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A POPULAR SAYING TODAY AMONG A LOT OF GIRLS, DUE
TO THE RASH OF TEEN PREGNANCIES TODAY.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; ELLIPSIS ; WARNING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 05-00-1990
When we were little we would play this
game called "chin people." In it
we would draw faces on our chins, but
these faces were upside down. Then we would
lay on a couch with our feet over the back
and our heads on the floor. It was hilarious to
see our mouths talking and pretending to smoke
cigarettes. The whole family would laugh.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 00001970S
It is considered unlucky to let a candle burn
to the end.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00001970S
If you leave a hat rack empty then you
will never have visitors again. You may
lose all your friends.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
James Callow Keyword(s): hat rack
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Number Emptiness, nothingness, zero |
Date learned: 00001982CA
Superstition
It is bad luck to breathe while passing a cemetery, so to avoid
the bad luck, hold your breath.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00001987ca
Bath Game
When it was time to take a bath, the three brothers were "rounded
up" by the father, and placed in the tub. The boys pretended they
were Indians, and had "feathers" created in their hair with shampoo.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Water Ice Snow |
Date learned: 00001973CA
Parade
In the Luzwick family, after each child was potty trained, the
members of the family had a parade to celebrate the child's
accomplishment. They used toy instruments, and traveled the house
cheering for the successful child.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Date learned: 00001971ca
Car Dancing
When in the car, and a good song comes on the radio, a car dance
is called. It consists of a series of motions, dictated by the
driver.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
Keyword(s): DANCE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dance CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00001986ca
IF YOU CROSS OVER A BRIDGE, WITH WATER UNDER IT,
IT WILL BRING YOU GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Water BELIEF -- Good luck |
Good Luck
If cats are always hanging around your house, that is a sign
of good luck.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
ITALIAN BURIAL CUSTOM
A LAST GESTURE MADE BY THE CHILDREN OF THE PARENT, JUST
BEFORE THE COFFIN IS LOWERED INTO THE GRAVE: EACH CHILD
PLACES A SINGLE RED ROSE ON THE COFFIN OVER THE
DECEASED'S TORSO. THIS USUALLY BRINGS EMOTIONS TO A
CLIMAX--ON THE ITALIAN SIDE OF OUR FAMILY, FUNERALS
ARE VERY EMOTIONAL IN THE FIRST PLACE (USE THAT AS A
BASIS FOR WHAT WAS FIRST SAID).
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; CHICAGO
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1952