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AFTER A BAPTISM THE GODPARENTS HAVE A BAG OF COINS AND
THEY THROW THEM TO EVERYBODY PRESENT. THEY ARE KEPT
AS REMEMBRANCES.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Baptism Naming rite |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
PRAYER
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP, I PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO KEEP,
IF I DIE BEFORE I WAKE, I PRAY THE LORD MY SOUL TO TAKE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 04-26-1972
NIGHT PRAYER
NOW I LAY ME DOWN TO SLEEP,
WITH A BAG OF PEANUTS AT MY FEET,
IF I SHOULD DIE BEFORE I WAKE,
YOU'LL KNOW I DIED OF A BELLY ACHE!
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
James Callow Keyword(s): PARODY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DON'T STEP ON THE GRASS,
OR YOU'LL BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S ASS. MM
DON'T STEP ON A CRACK OR YOU'LL BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
STEP ON A CRACK,
BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SEE A PIN AND PICK IT UP,
ALL THE DAY YOU'LL HAVE GOOD LUCK.
SEE A PIN AND LET IT LAY,
YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK FOR ALL THE DAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief BELIEF -- Fate Destiny Luck Chance |
Date learned: 09-10-1969
GRYBAI (MUSHROOMS)
THE CHILDREN STAND COUPLE BEHIND COUPLE, SPLIT INTO TWO
LINES, FACE EACH OTHER AND HOLD HANDS WITH THEIR
PARTNERS. FROM THE BEGINNING--WHILE SINGING, THE FIRST
PART, THE CHILDREN STAND IN PLACE, BUT SWAY TO THE
SIDES ACCORDING TO THE RHYTHM AND SWAYING HANDS AT THE
SAME TIME. HOLD HANDS WHILE SINGING "MO--ORIGINAL
POSITION. TERELES, NEGAISYNKIT...." THE LAST COUPLE
GOES THROUGH EVERYONE'S UPRAISED ARMS IN "LONDON
BRIDGE" STYLE AND STEP IN FRONT OF THE FIRST COUPLE.
WHEN THEY STOP, THE NEXT LAST COUPLE DOES THE SAME
AND SO ON, UNTIL EVERYONE HAS GONE THROUGH.
THIS IS A SONG-VERSE OF ABOUT THE KING OF MUSHROOMS.
THE CHILDREN THAT ARE OUT LOOKING FOR MUSHROOMS SPOT
HIM AND UPROOT HIM. THEY BRING IT HOME TO THEIR
MOTHER WHO IS URGED TO HURRY UP AND COOK IT, AND ALL
THE OTHER MUSHROOMS THEY HAD BROUGHT HOME.
THIS CAN BE A VERY CONFUSING GAME TO THE FIRST AND
SECOND GRADERS. THEY WOULD BE ABLE TO DO IT, BUT IT
MIGHT GET A LITTLE MESSY. THE LITTLE KIDS WERE/ARE
TAUGHT FROM THE FIRST GRADE UP IN LITHUANIA AND
EVEN HERE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A COMPETITION DANCE GAME BETWEEN TWO GROUPS.
THE ONE THAT DOES THE PASSING THROUGH, THE FASTEST
AND NEATEST, WINS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Singing Dancing Marching |
Date learned: 03-27-1972
IF YOUR LEFT EYE ITCHES, MEANS YOU ARE GOING TO BE PLEASED.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; TENNESSEE, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Eyes, evil eye BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching eye |
"AUTOGRAPH"
REMEMBER GRANT,
REMEMBER LEE,
THE HECK WITH THEM,
REMEMBER ME.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): GRANT, ULYSSES S. ; HUMOR ; LEE, ROBERT E. ; QUATRAIN ; REMEMBRANCE
James Callow Keyword(s): CIVIL WAR GENERALS ; HISTORICAL ; INITIAL ITERATION ; METER: IAMBS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Remember me |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SAYING
USELESS AS TITS ON A BOAR HOG.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): ANIMALS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
BASKETBALL SUPERSTITION
IF A BASKETBALL TEAM HAS A VERY GOOD SEASON THE CAPTAIN'S SHOES ARE
HUNG PERMANENTLY IN THE LOCKER ROOM. THIS IS SAID TO BRING THE TEAM
GOOD LUCK IN FOLLOWING YEARS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): SOCIAL RELATIONS ; SPORTS ; SUPERNATURAL: CAPTAIN'S SHOES AS LUCKY CHARM
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Dress HandsFeet BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Measure of time Year BELIEF -- Good luck P881.19 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
BAD LUCK
IF, IN PLAYING CARDS, YOU HAVE BAD LUCK, A WALK AROUND THE CHAIR
WILL BRING GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): CONVERSION ; GAMES: CARDS ; HOME, DOMESTIC PURSUITS
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement BELIEF -- Entertainment Diversion BELIEF -- Conversions P883.6 |
Date learned: 11-01-1967
RIDDLE
HOW CAN YOU HAVE A SET OF TEETH INSERTED FREE OF CHARGE?
TEASE A BULLDOG.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): ANIMALS: DOGS ; RIDDLING QUESTION
James Callow Keyword(s): EUPHEMISM FOR DOG BITE
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 10-23-1968
Entry filtered.
RIDDLE QUESTION
WHAT HAS FOUR WHEELS AND FLIES?
A GARBAGE TRUCK.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
Keyword(s): CONUNDRUM ; INSECTS: FLIES ; PUN ON FLY (INSECT) AND FLY (VERB)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 11-16-1965
RIDDLE
WHAT IS GRAY ON THE INSIDE AND RED AND WHITE
ON THE OUTSIDE?
ANSWER: CREAM OF ELEPHANT SOUP.
Data entry tech comment: THE CAMPBELL'S SOUP CAN LABEL IS RED AND WHITE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 12-03-1967
A FRIEND TOLD ME HE KNEW A LADY, HIS MOTHER'S FRIEND,
WHO HUNG SEVERAL EARS OF CORN ON HER PORCH JUST
ABOVE HER DOOR. HE SAID THIS WAS DONE TO KEEP OUT
EVIL SPIRITS. THIS WAS SOME SIGN THAT SHE BELIEVED
IN VOODOO.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Bad luck |
IN THE ORTHODOX CHURCH AT A FUNERAL THEY OPEN THE CASKET
IN CHURCH.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AFTER A FUNERAL IT IS CUSTOMARY TO RETURN TO ONE OF
THE RELATIVES HOUSES AND HAVE A PARTY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
IN THE COUNTRY THERE ARE NO FUNERAL HOMES, SO THE DEAD
ARE SHOWN IN THE HOME. A COW OR PIG IS KILLED AND
ROASTED AND EVERYBODY THAT COMES TO SEE THE DEAD IS FED.
THE FEEDING IS CONTINUED FOR AS MANY DAYS AS THE DEAD
IS SHOWN. THE RICH ARE BURIED ABOVE THE GROUND IN
LARGE CEMENT COFFINS. EVERYBODY WALKS TO THE
CEMETERY, NO ONE RIDES IN CARS. AT THE END OF THE
PROCESSION IS A BAND WHICH PLAYS MOURNFUL MUSIC AND SAD
SONGS TO INDUCE SORROW IN THE MOURNERS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-04-1965