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POLISH PROVERB
HOW JIM ACTS TOWARDS GOD, SO GOD RETALIATES.
Data entry tech comment: FOR THE POLISH TEXT SEE THE ORGINAL 5 X 8 CARD
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): DIVINE JUSTICE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-25-1967
POLISH PROVERB
HOW YOU MAKE YOUR BED, SO SHALL YOU SLEEP.
Data entry tech comment: FOR THE POLISH TEXT SEE ORGINAL 5 X 8 CARD
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-25-1967
INDIAN REMEDY
SKUNK OIL IS GOOD FOR STILL JOINTS AND RHEUMATISM AND ARTHRITIS.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): ANIMAL CURE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
TO HELP ARTHRITIS, PLACE 10 NEEDLES IN A JAR OF VINEGAR.
TEN DAYS LATER THE NEEDLES WILL DISSOLVE AND THEN THIS LIQUID
CAN BE USED AS A MEDICINE. TO BE APPLIED EXTERNALLY.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): METAL
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-15-1970
OMEN
IF YOUR LEFT EYE ITCHES YOU'RE GOING TO CRY.
Where learned: HOME ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-12-1969
A HAIRY CURE
WHEN COMBING HAIR, DON'T USE HOT WATER BECAUSE IT WILL
CAUSE YOU TO BALD. ONLY USE COLD WATER.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): BALDNESS ; PREVENTATIVE MEDICINE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 09-18-1969
OLD TIME HEALER
OLD BELIEF OF PUTTING COBWEBS ON A CUT
TO HEAL IT.
Submitter comment: HER FATHER.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
FOLK CURE
THE BLACK ROOT PLANT WHEN USED AS A POULTICE
WILL HEAL OR CURE BROKEN OR BRUISED BONES.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 11-04-1969
METHOD OF CURING
TO GET RID OF HICCOUGHS, THE BLADE OF A KNIFE SHOULD BE PLACED
ON THE TONGUE BY ANOTHER PERSON AND THE TONGUE SHOULD
BE KEPT EXTENDED WITH THE KNIFE ON IT.
Submitter comment: FROM MOTHER
Data entry tech comment:
OTHER METHODS RECOMMENDED IN OTHER REFERENCES IN ARCHIVE:
STANDING ON YOUR HEAD
HOLDING YOUR BREATH
BREATHING INTO A PAPER BAG
PUTTING YOUR HEAD BETWEEN YOUR LEGS
BLOWING UP A BALLOON.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): TRANSFERENCE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-05-1967
FOLK CURE
IF AN OINTMENT OF BLACK PEPPER AND OLIVE OIL
IS APPLIED TO AN ITCHING RASH, THE RASH WILL BE CURED.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
PLANTING CORN
ALWAYS PLANT CORN ON MARCH 17 TH, BECAUSE THAT IS WHEN THE MOON
IS RIGHT DOWN SOUTH.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND'S MOTHER, AND HER FATHER USED TO DO
THIS ON THEIR FARM IN ALABAMA.
ST. PATRICK'S DAY
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 17 Feast of St. Patrick BELIEF -- Moon BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: 00001971 SPRING
REPRIMAND
"YOU'LL ALL AGREE TOGETHER YET IN FAR LESS ROOM." MOTHER USED TO SAY
THIS TO MY BROTHERS AND ME WHEN WE WERE FIGHTING. IT MEANT THAT WHEN
WE WERE ALL EVENTUALLY IN A CEMETERY WE'D HAVE LESS ROOM TO FIGHT, SO
WE'D BETTER START GETTING ALONG NOW.
Where learned: HOME ; OHIO ; TOLEDO
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-00-1979
AN ITALIAN FOOD
UNRAISED BREAD MADE WITH CORN MEAL, RAISENS, AND THE CRACKLINGS
LEFT OVER WHEN YOU RENDER LARD.
Submitter comment:
WHEN IT GETS OLD YOU CAN KNOCK OUT THE SIDE OF A BARN WITH IT,
ACCORDING TO MRS. GARAZZO.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Pastry Sweet Dessert |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
BELIEF: CAUSING ILLNESS
EATING "ONIONS" AT NIGHT CAN CAUSE INSOMNIA.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
A CRUSTY HELP
IF YOU EAT THE CRUST OF YOUR BREAD IT WILL MAKE YOUR HAIR CURLY.
Submitter comment:
LINDA SAID THIS TO HER 5 YEAR OLD SISTER
WHO WOULD NOT FINISH HER BREAD.
SHE USED THIS TO TRY TO CONVINCE HER TO EAT IT.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: 10-27-1969
BLONDE
BORN BLONDE, DIE BALD
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): BALDNESS ; CONTRAST ; ELLIPSIS ; HAIR COLOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Birth PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-23-1968
EYE COLOR
"BLUE" EYES- SIGN OF SINCERITY AND INTELLIGENCE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
IF A PERSON HAS AN EYELASH ON THEIR CHEEK, TELL THEM TO MAKE TWO
WISHES, ONE FOR EACH SIDE.
THE SIDE THAT THE EYELASH IS ON IS THE SIDE
THE WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Submitter comment: ROMANIAN BELIEF
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): CHANCE ; WISH ; WISHING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 09-15-1969
SURPRISE
IFYOUR NOSE ITCHES, YOU WILL HAVE A PLEASANT SURPRISE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Nose |
Date learned: 10-01-1968
SUPERSTITION
WHEN YOUR NOSE ITCHES SOMEONE'S TALKING ABOUT YOU.
Data entry tech comment: THERE ARE OTHER SIMILAR REFERENCES IN THIS SECTION OF ARCHIVE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses Nose |
Date learned: 09-16-1969