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IRISH SALUTATION
MAY THE WIND ALWAYS BE BEHIND YOUR BACK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-22-1979
IRISH PROVERB
IF SOMEONE DOES NOT MEET HIS PROMISES YOU TELL HIM,
LIVE, HORSE, AND YOU'LL GET GRASS
THIS IS A REVERSAL OF THE IDEA THAT YOU GET GRASS SO YOU WILL LIVE.
IT IS INSULTING TO THE PROMISE BREAKER BECAUSE IT IS TELLING HIM HIS
LIFE IS USELESS.
Submitter comment: THE ABOVE EXPLANATION IS IN THE WORDS OF THE INFORMANT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 11-22-1979
IRISH PROVERB
IT IS AN ILL WIND THAT DOESN'T BLOW SOMEBODY GOOD
ISE OLE AN GAOTH NA SEIDEANN DO DHUINE EIGIN
Submitter comment:
THE ABOVE IS GAELIC. WHEN I ASKED MY UNCLE ED LAWTON TO GIVE ME AN
IRISH PROVERB, HE REALLY GAVE ME AN IRISH PROVERB.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-22-1979
IRISH PROVERB
IF YOU CARRY SOMETHING A LONG WAY YOU GET TIRED
OF CARRYING IT.
A BIG SHEEP IS THE LAMB IN THE LONG DISTANCE
CAORA MOR AN T-UAN I BEAD
Submitter comment: SEE COMMENT ON ITEM 26
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-22-1979
IRISH PROVERB
DON'T BE AN ONSEACH
Submitter comment: ONSEACH MEANS DUMMY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-22-1979
IRISH-AMERICAN PROVERBIAL PHRASE
WHISKEY, THE WATER OF LIFE
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-22-1979
IRISH LEPRECHAUN SONG
-WHERE IS YOUR PURSE
-THE PURSE, HE SAID, IT'S IN HER HAND,
THAT LADY BY YOUR SIDE
-I TURNED TO LOOK, THE ELF WAS OFF,
AND WHAT WAS I TO DO.
I LAUGHED TO THINK OF THE FOOL I'D BEEN,
AND THE FAIRIE IS LAUGHING TOO.
Submitter comment:
THE FIRST AND THIRD VERSES ARE SUNG BY THE NARRATOR WHILE THE
SECOND VERSE IS SUNG BY THE LEPRECHAUN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): BLINKING TABU
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Song BELIEF -- Fairy Elf Goblin Gnome |
Date learned: 11-22-1979
TALE OF HAIRY TREE
IN INDIA THERE IS A LARGE TREE THAT IS COVERED WITH HAIR. IF
YOU GIVE THIS TREE SOME OF YOUR HAIR THEN IT ALWAYS GIVES YOU
FRUIT (A WISH OF YOUR CHOICE IN RETURN). A LOT OF PEOPLE GO TO
SEE THIS TREE, AND ALL WHO DO FIND THAT UNDER THIS TREE SITS A
BALD WOMAN WHO'S BEEN WAITING 60 OR MORE YEARS FOR THE CHILD
SHE WISHED FOR TO FALL OUT OF THE TREE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
POLISH PROVERB
IF GOD WILLS IT, THEN EVEN A CANE WILL GIVE OUT SHOOTS.
POLISH TEXT NOT KEYPUNCHED. SEE ORIGINAL 5X8 CARD
Submitter comment:
THIS GOES BACK TO THE BIBLE STORY, WHEN JOSEPH'S CANE GREW BRANCHES.
MY FATHER REMEMBERS THIS FROM POLAND..
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): RELIGION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
ITALIAN LENT CUSTOM
DURING LENT FOR ONE WEEK, ITALIANS CANNOT EAT MEAT FROM ANY ANIMAL.
THEY CAN ONLY RECIEVE COMMUNION IF NOTHING HAS BEEN EATEN FROM
MIDNIGHT SATURDAY THROUGH COMMUNION TIME ON SUNDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent |
Date learned: CA00001974
GREEK WEDDING CUSTOM
AT A WEDDING, WRAP A CLOTH AROUND THE BRIDE AND GROOM.
THIS SIGNIFIES JOINING TOGETHER AS ONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOLS
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage |
PORTUGAL SUPERSTITION
IF YOU SUSPECT YOUR HUSBAND IS HAVING AN AFFAIR WITH ANOTHER WOMAN
PUT A GLASS OF WATER UNDER HIS BED WHILE HE IS SLEEPING. THIS WILL
WASH THE OTHER AWAY.
Submitter comment: PORTUGAL MEN THIMK OF THEMSELVES AS BEING VERY MACHO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage |
POLISH PROVERB
IN A LITTLE WHILE, MANY SOULS WILL FACE GOD.
TRANSLATION OF
QUIELE DUSZ STANIE ZA CHWILE, PRZED BAGIEM. (POLISH)
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A SAYING OFTEN USED BEFORE A BATTLE. MY FATHER REMEMBERS THI
FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): DEATH ; PREDICTION ; WAR
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- War BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-26-1967
DRINKING TOAST
HERE'S MUD IN YOUR EYE}
Submitter comment:
I HAVE OFTEN WONDERED WHY ANYONE WOULD WANT TO WISH "MUD" IN ANOTHER
PERSON'S EYE. THE ONLY CONCLUSION I HAVE DRAWN IS IT MAY HAVE
REFERENCE TO AN OLD JOKE ABOUT "MOONSHINE" CAUSING BLINDNESS.
CERTAINLY MUD WOULD OBSTRUCT THE VISION OF A PERSON.
SO I WOULD CONCLUDE THAT THE TOAST MAY REFER TO THE LIQUID
THAT THE PARTICIPANTS ARE ABOUT TO CONSUME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
DRINKING TOAST
THROUGH THE LIPS AND OVER THE GUMS,
LOOK OUT LIVER, HERE IT COMES}
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): APOSTROPHE
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Food Drink C855.400 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
DRINKING TOAST
LOOK OUT STOMACH, LOOK OUT GUMS, LOOK OUT LIVER, HERE IT COMES}
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): APOSTROPHE
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Food Drink C855.400 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 00-00-1977
DRINKING TOAST
HERE'S TO YOU.
Submitter comment:
THIS IMPLIES THE TOAST REFERING TO THE PERSON'S HEALTH:
"TO YOUR HEALTH."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 00-00-1970
THE TEA JOKE
DID YOU HEAR ABOUT THE INDIAN WHO WON THE TEA DRINKING CONTEST?
HE DRANK 2,000 CUPS OF TEA, AND THE NEXT DAY THEY FOUND HIM DEAD
IN HIS TEE-PEE}
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): SLANG: PEE FOR URINE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Jest Anecdote |
"BUZZ"
THIS DRINKING GAME IS BEST WHEN PLAYED WITH 5-10 PEOPLE.
THE GROUP ARRANGES ITSELF IN A CIRCLE AND, BEGINNING IN A
CLOCKWISE DIRECTION, EACH PERSON SAYS ONE NUMBER STARTING WITH
1, 2, 3... AND SO ON. WHEN THE NUMBER SEVEN IS REACHED,
THE PERSON WHO WAS SUPPOSED TO SAY THE NUMBER SEVEN SAYS BUZZ
INSTEAD, AND THE DIRECTION REVERSES. THIS CONTINUES UNTIL THE NEXT
SEVEN OR MULTIPLE OF SEVEN. E.G., 7, 14, 17, 21, 27, 28, 35...
REVERSING DIRECTION EACH TIME "BUZZ" IS SAID.
WHEN A PERSON DOES NOT SAY BUZZ AT THE PROPER TIME (ON A SEVEN
OR ONE OF ITS MULTIPLES) THEN HE/SHE LOSES. THE PENALTY FOR LOSING
IS USUALLY DRINKING A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF BEER (ABOUT 6 TO 12 OUNCES).
THIS MUST BE CONSUMED VERY RAPIDLY.
Submitter comment:
VARIATIONS OF THE GAME USE OTHER NUMBERS AND THEIR MULTIPLES
SUCH AS THE NUMBERS 3, 4, 6, 8, AND 9. WHEN USING EASIER NUMBERS
SUCH AS 5 AND 7, IT IS POSSIBLE TO USE BOTH NUMBERS SAYING
"BUZZ FOR 5 AND ITS MULTIPLES, AND "BANG FOR 7 AND ITS MULTIPLES,
REVERSING DIRECTION ONLY WHEN "BUZZ" IS SAID.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | 686 Fifths 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several Favorites Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C531 |
Date learned: 00-00-1978