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PROVERB
IF YOU CAN'T BEAT THEM, JOIN THEM.
Data entry tech comment: IF YOU CAN'T BE A WINNER, THEN JOIN THE GROUP.
Where learned: DETROIT
Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1956
Dreams
Hold fast to dreams
For if dreams die,
Life is a broken winged bird
That cannot fly.
Hold fast to dreams
For when dreams go,
Life is a barren field
Frozen with snow.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; Biddle School
James Callow Keyword(s): dreaming
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Ballad Epic BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
KISSING IN A TREE
( NAME ) AND ( NAME ) SITTING IN A TREE. K-I-S-S-I-N-G
FIRST COMES LOVE
AND THEN COMES MARRIAGE
AND THEN COMES A BABY IN A
BABY CARRIAGE.
Submitter comment: LEARN IN CHILDHOOD IN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Love Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Crucial Moment of Life Life Cycle Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 00-00-1958
FUNERAL CUSTOMS
IN OLD TIMES, THE IRISH FUNERAL-WAKE TRADITION WAS TO PROVIDE
100 CLAY PIPES, 100 POUNDS OF TOBACCO, AND 100 BOTTLES OF WHISKEY
FOR THOSE IN ATTENDANCE
Submitter comment: THIS PRACTICE WAS SPOKEN OF BY HIS FATHER, WHO WAS BORN IN IRELAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
James Callow Keyword(s): GIFTS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Number P686.1.100 |
Date learned: 03-00-1980
NO MONEY PROVERB.
"LACK OF MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL."
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT
Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; PARODY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
SUPERSTITION
KNOCKING ON WOOD RESULTS IN GOOD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
WOOD IS THOUGHT TO BE A GOD. AND TO KNOCK ON THE GOD IS TO RENDER HIS
FAVOR.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CLASSROOM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Gods BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Good luck |
CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE?
Submitter comment: USED WHEN SOMEONE IS TOO QUIET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; WEST QUAD
Keyword(s): COMEBACK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-01-1971
NOVA SCOTIANS BELIEVE THAT IF YOUR TAKE A PIECE OF PORK AND RUT IT
ON A WART THEN HIDE IT, WHEN THE PORK ROTS THE WART WILL BE GONE.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: 00-00-1978
BELIEF
NOVA SCOTIANS BELIEVE THAT IF YOU TAKE A PIECE OF PORK AND RUB IT ON
WART THEN HIDE IT, WHEN THE PORK ROTS THE WART WILL BE GONE.
Submitter comment: THIS INFORMATION WAS COLLECTED IN INVERSNESS, NOVA SCOTIA
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: 00-00-1978
PREDICTION
SOME NOVA SCOTIANS BELIEVE THAT IF YOU LET A CHILD LOOK IN THE MIRRO
BEFORE HE IS A YEAR OLD, HE WILL DIE.
Submitter comment: THIS INFORMATION COLLECTED IN INVERNESS, NOVA SCOTIA.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: 00-00-1978
CUSTOM
SOME BOHEMIANS BELIEVE THAT A YOUNGER DAUGHTER CANNOT GET MARRIED
BEFORE HER ELDER SISTER IS WED.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
PREDICTION
AN OLD BOHEMIAN BELIEF IS WHEN A PAIR OF SHOES ARE UNDER A CHAIR
GOING IN OPPOSITE DIRECTIONS, THE OWNER OF THE SHOES WILL TRAVEL.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
TRADITION
AT A POLISH WEDDING RECEPTION THERE IS A BRIDAL DANCE. ALL OF THE
MEN EXCEPT THE GROOM ARE EXPECTED TO PAY TO DANCE WITH THE BRIDE.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
PREDICTION
THE FRENCH BELIEVE THAT WHEN YOU DROP A DISH TOWEL YOU WILL RECEIVE
COMPANY.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | -- |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
IT IS BAD LUCK TO READ COFFEE CUPS ON SATURDAY NIGHT.
Submitter comment: ARMENIANS READ COFFEE GROUNDS AS OTHERS READ TEA CUPS.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Week Day Hour BELIEF -- Use of Object BELIEF -- Bad luck |
ANGER ON NEW YEAR'S DAY WILL STAY THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: 03-00-1980
IT IS BAD LUCK TO SHAKE OUT A TABLECLOTH AFTER SUNDOWN
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Measure of time Working BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 03-00-1980
NEW YEAR TRADITIONS
THE IRANIAN NEW YEAR IS CELEBRATED ON THE FIRST DAY OF SPRING,
MARCH 20. ON THIS DAY IT IS CUSTOMARY TO VISIT FRIENDS AND EXCHANGE
GIFTS. PARENTS GIVE GIFTS OF MONEY TO THEIR CHILDREN. TYPICAL FOODS
ARE TOASTED MELON SEEDS, SWEETBREADS AND OTHER SWEETS.
Submitter comment:
THESE CUSTOMS WERE PRACTICED IN THE INFORMANT'S HOME
TOWN OF SHIRAZ, IRAN.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 20 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Spring |
Date learned: 03-00-1980
IRANIAN LABOR DAY
LABOR DAY IN IRAN FALLS AROUND MARCH 9. ON THIS DAY NO ONE GOES TO
WORK, AND THERE ARE PARADES IN THE STREETS CONSISTING MAINLY OF
INDUSTRIAL AND AGRICULTURAL EQUIPMENT.
Submitter comment:
THESE CUSTOMS WERE PRACTICED IN THE INFORMANT'S HOME
TOWN OF SHIRAZ, IRAN.
Where learned: DETROIT
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 9 |
Date learned: 03-00-1980