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BELIEF
HEALTHY WOMEN ONLY GIVE BIRTH TO BOYS.
Submitter comment: SHE SAID THAT SHE GREW UP WITH THIS BELIEF.
Where learned: OHIO ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; CINCINNATI
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 11-25-1968
BELIEF
HEALTHY WOMEN ONLY GIVE BIRTH TO BOYS.
Submitter comment: SHE SAID THAT SHE GREW UP WITH THIS BELIEF.
Where learned: OHIO ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; CINCINNATI
James Callow Keyword(s): SEX DETERMINATION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth |
ROUND UP
THIS GAME IS PLAYED BY THREE OR MORE PERSONS. ONE
PERSON IS "IT" AND COUNTS TO A CERTAIN NUMBER WHILE
THE OTHERS RUN AND HIDE. WHEN THROUGH COUNTING, THE
COUNTER RUNS AFTER THE OTHERS AND CATCHES THEM BY
TOUCHING THEM WITH TWO HANDS. WHEN A PERSON IS CAUGHT
HE THEN HELPS CATCH THE OTHERS. EVERYONE THAT GETS
CAUGHT HELPS CATCH THE OTHERS UNTIL EVERYONE IS CAUGHT.
USUALLY THE FIRST ONE CAUGHT IS "IT" FOR THE NEXT
GAME, BUT SOMETIMES THE LAST ONE CAUGHT IS "IT."
Submitter comment: LEARNED THIS IN GRADE SCHOOL PLAYGROUND.
Where learned: OHIO ; CANTON ; SAINT PETERS SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity Song: Game, Pastime, Sport |
Date learned: 11-30-1967
INDIAN BALL
ONE PLAYER HITS A BALL WITH A BAT WHILE THE OTHER
PLAYERS STAND OUT IN THE PLAYING FIELD AND CATCH THE
BALL. IF A PLAYER CATCHES THE BALL ON THE "FLY"
(DOESN'T LET IT TOUCH THE GROUND) HE AUTOMATICALLY
GETS A TURN AT BAT. IF HE CATCHES THE BALL AFTER IT
TOUCHES THE GROUND, THE BATTER LAYS THE BAT ON THE
GROUND AND THE CATCHER TRIES TO HIT THE BAT BY ROLLING
IT ALONG THE GROUND. IF THE BALL HITS THE BAT, IT
WILL BOUNCE UP INTO THE AIR AND THE BATTER MUST, THEN,
CATCH IT. IF THE BATTER FAILS TO CATCH IT, THE ROLLER
OF THE BALL THEN GETS A TURN TO BAT. THE BATTER THEN
TAKES TO THE FIELD.
Submitter comment: LEARNED THIS GAME IN PLAYGROUND
Where learned: OHIO ; CANTON ; SAINT PETERS SCHOOL
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 11-30-1967
PROVERB
WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH,
THE TOUGH GET GOING.
Where learned: OHIO ; BATAVIAN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 04-18-1971
LENTEN RESOLUTIONS
IT IS CUSTOMARY DURING LENT FOR MANY CATHOLICS TO MAKE RESOLUTIONS.
THESE RESOLUTIONS ARE USUALLY DENIALS SELF-INFLICTED, SUCH AS
GIVING UP CERTAIN FOODS OR GIVING UP TELEVISION.
Submitter comment: (LEARNED THIS FROM HOME LIFE)
Keyword(s): SELF-SACRIFICE
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent |
Date learned: 12-04-1967
CELTIC CROSS
AT GLENDALOUGH, IRELAND THERE IS AN OLD MONASTARY WITH A
CELTIC CROSS IN FRONT OF IT. IT IS BELIEVED THAT IF
YOU ARE ABLE TO PUT YOUR ARMS AROUND THE CROSS AND YOUR
FINGERS TOUCH, YOUR PRAYER WILL COME TRUE.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.13 |
Date learned: 12-01-1969
IF YOU DREAM ABOUT A FISH IT MEANS THAT SOMEONE IN THE FAMILY IS
PREGNANT AND DOESN'T KNOW IT.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: 11-00-1980
IF YOU DROP A FORK SOMEONE IS COMING TO VISIT AT YOUR HOUSE VERY
SOON.
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 11-00-1987 ; 11-00-1987
PLUG YOUR EARS WHEN YOU PASS A CEMETERY SO THE DEAD WON'T SPEAK TO
YOU.
Date learned: 11-00-1975 ; 11-00-1975
ALWAYS FAST ON NEW YEAR'S EVE AND THEN EAT BLACKEYED PEAS ONLY ON
NEW YEAR'S DAY AND YOUR ENTIRE YEAR WILL BE FILLED WITH GOOD LUCK.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 31 New Year's Eve BELIEF -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 11-00-1987 ; 11-00-1987
ITALIAN-AMERICAN COOKING
ON EASTER, THEY SERVE WHOLE ROASTED BALRY LAMB AND MANICOTTI WITH
TOMATO SAUCE. EVERY HOLIDAY HAS ITS OWN SPECIAL MEAL, BUT THEY ALL
END UP WITH EXPRESSO COFFEE AND FRUIT AND NUT MIX.
Submitter comment: REALLY ENJOYS TALKING ABOUT ITALIAN COOKING.
Date learned: 10-00-1976
ITALIAN-AMERICAN COOKING
AT CHRISTMAS EVE DINNER, MEAT IS NEVER SERVED. INSTEAD, ITALIAN-
AMERICANS DINE ON DIFFERENT KINDS OF FISH AND ROASTED CHESTNUTS.
Submitter comment: REALLY ENJOYS TALKING ABOUT ITALIAN COOKING.
Date learned: 10-00-1976
ITALIAN COOKING
OLIVE OIL AND HERBS ARE USED IN PRACTICALLY EVERY ITALIAN RECIPE.
HOWEVER, IN NORTHERN ITALY, THE COOKS PREFER TO USE BUTTER, THOUGH
AN EXTRA DROP OF OIL IN THIS OR THAT COMBINATION CAN ADD AN
INDEFINABLE DISTINCTION OF FLAVOR.
Submitter comment: REALLY ENJOYS TALKING ABOUT ITALIAN COOKING.
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Kind of Food and Its Preparation Food Drink -- Animal product Butter Food Drink -- Flavoring |
Date learned: 10-00-1976
ITALIAN-AMERICAN COOKING
IF SOMEONE DIED, EVERYONE WOULD AUTOMATICALLY GET TOGETHER AND MAKE
THE FAMILY ENOUGH FOOD SUCH THAT THEY WOULD NOT NEED TO COOK FOR
ABOUT THREE WEEKS (AND IT WAS GOOD FOOD, TOO).
Submitter comment: REALLY ENJOYS TALKING ABOUT ITALIAN COOKING.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-00-1976
ITALIAN-AMERICAN COOKING
YOU NEVER HAD A LARGE DINNER OF ANY KIND WITHOUT SOME HOMEMADE SOUP.
Submitter comment: REALLY ENJOYS TALKING ABOUT ITALIAN COOKING.
Date learned: 10-00-1976
ITALIAN-AMERICAN COOKING
ONE OF THE BIGGEST TRADITIONS IS STILL ITALIAN SASTU BREAD. IT COMES
IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES AND SOMETIMES IS ALSO MADE WITH EGGS SET INTO
THE DOUGH. IT WAS ALSO GIVEN AS A GIFT AFTER THE PEOPLE HAD HAD IT
BLESSED AT THE CHURCH ON GOOD FRIDAY OR HOLY SATURDAY.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Food Drink -- Plant food Food Drink -- Animal product Egg |
Date learned: 10-00-1976
ITALIAN-AMERICAN COOKING
MANY ITALIAN FAMILIES WOULD ONLY EAT PIZZA, WHICH IS WHY WE HAVE
PIZZAS WITH EVERYTHING ON THEM; THEY WERE COMPLETE MEALS IN ITALY.
Submitter comment: REALLY ENJOYS TALKING ABOUT ITALIAN COOKING.
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Typical menus for the various meals For meal hours, see F574.84. |
Date learned: 10-00-1976
ITALIAN COOKING
THE MAIN ORIGINAL ITALIAN FOODS WERE PASTA, ANTA PASTA, AND OF
COURSE, PIZZA. OF THESE, PIZZA WAS THE MORE COMMON.
Submitter comment: REALLY ENJOYS TALKING ABOUT ITALIAN COOKING.
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- MenuService |
Date learned: 10-00-1976
DANCING AT CELEBRATIONS
FOR ANY ITALIAN CELEBRATION, THERE IS A SPECIFIC DANCE THAT SHOULD
BE DONE FOR IT IN ACCORDANCE WITH ITALIAN TRADITION.
SHE SAYS THAT THEY SELDOM DO THE DANCES ANYMORE EXCEPT AT THE REAL
BIG CELEBRATIONS.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT ALMOST SEEMED SAD THAT THEY DIDN'T DANCE AT THEM ALL.
SHE SEEMED TO ENJOY TALKING ABOUT DANCING.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Function Purpose Theme |
Date learned: 10-00-1976