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PROVERB
EL QUE MUCHO ABARCA, POCO APRIETA/HE WHO GRABS THE MOST,
GETS THE LEAST.
Where learned: PUERTO RICO ; AGUADA
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: CA00001930S
PROVERB
QUE DIOS ME OIGA Y EL DIABLO SEA SORDO/MAY GOD HEAR ME
AND THE DEVIL BE DEAF.
Where learned: PUERTO RICO ; AGUADA
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: CA00001930S
PROVERB
EL QUE NO HABLA, DIOS NO LO OYE/GOD DOES NOT HEAR
HE WHO DOES NOT SPEAK.
Where learned: PUERTO RICO ; AGUADA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: CA00001930S
PROVERB
HAZ BIEN Y NO MIRES A QUIEN/DO A GOOD DEED AND DON'T
WORRY TO WHOM IT IS DONE FOR.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS INTERPRETED THAT ONE SHOULD ALWAYS WANT TO DO GOOD DEEDS,
AND BE KIND TO EVERYONE, INSTEAD OF TO ONLY A CHOSEN FEW.
Where learned: PUERTO RICO ; AGUADA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: CA00001930S
FIRST DOLLAR EARNED IN A BUSINNES
IN EVERY CUBAN OR LATIN STORE IT IS ACCUSTOMED TO DISPLAY THE FIRST
DOLLAR BILL EARNED IN A PLACE SO THAT EVERYBODY CAN SEE IT.
Where learned: PUERTO RICO ; CUBA
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business |
Date learned: 00-00-1979
OLD SAUN JUAN
OLD SAUN JUAN IS A FORT THAT IS SURROUNDED BY HIGH WALLS
TO PROTECT THE PUERTO RICANS FROM ATTACK
WHEN THEY WERE AT WAR, THE MAN WHO STOOD LOOK-OUT IN THE
TOWER SAW THE GHOSTLY FIGURE OF A WOMAN. EVERY TIME
THEY WERE GOING TO BE ATTACKED THE WOMAN WOULD APPEAR
AND WARN THEM OF THE INVADERS. THE NAME OF THE WOMAN
WAS GARRITA.
Submitter comment: SHE SAID THAT THIS FOLKTALE WENT AROUND ALL OF THE VILLAGES.
Where learned: HOME ; PUERTO RICO
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00001960'S ; 11-00-1987
ON NEW YEAR'S EVE AT THE STROKE OF MIDNIGHT, WE THROW WATER OUT THE
WINDOWS BY THE BUCKETS TO SEND AWAY ALL BAD THINGS THAT CAME DURING
THE YEAR
Submitter comment: THEY DO THIS IN SAN JUAN.
Where learned: PUERTO RICO ; SAN JUAN
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC MAGIC ; PURIFICATION OF THE YEAR.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F123 BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: CA00001950
CUSTOM (CHARACTERISTIC OF A PEOPLE)
PUERTO RICAN MEN (PUERTORICANOS) ARE ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT
"MUY MACHO" (VERY MASCULINE). THEY MUST NEVER SHOW
WEAKNESS OF ANY KIND. FOR THIS REASON, YOU NEVER CAN BELIEVE
ONE WHEN HE GIVES YOU DIRECTIONS BECAUSE HE MUST NEVER LET
ON IF HE DOESN'T KNOW THE ANSWER. HE WILL GIVE YOU DIRECTIONS
INVARIABLY WHETHER THEY ARE CORRECT OR NOT. IT TOOK US MANY
WASTED GALLONS OF GASOLINE BEFORE WE WERE FINALLY TOLD BY A
PUERTO RICAN WOMAN FRIEND THAT IT WAS NO USE ASKING. THE
WOMEN DON'T DO THIS.
Submitter comment: COLLECTED BY OBSERVATION
Where learned: PUERTO RICO ; SAN JUAN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Custom |
Date learned: 00-00-1962
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TALE OF THE CHRIST OF HEALTH CHAPEL IN OLD SAN JUAN.
IN THE COLONIAL TIMES THERE WAS CELEBRATED AN ANNUAL HORSERACE THAT
WENT ALL OVER THE OLD CITY. ONE OF THE HORSES GOT OUT OF CONTROL AND
STARTED RUNNING SO FAST THAT THE JOCKEY WAS SURELY GOING TO GET
KILLED. AT THAT MOMENT A WOMAN CRIED - OH CHRIST OF HEALTH, PLEASE
STOP THAT HORSE. - THE HORSE STOPPED INSTANTLY AND THE RIDER WAS
SAVED. IN THAT SAME SPOT WAS BUILT THE CHAPEL OF THE CHRIST OF HEALTH
HONORING THE MIRACLE.
Where learned: PUERTO RICO ; SAN JUAN
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1979