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A POLISH VERSE
GUESS, GUESS, GUESS,
IN WHICH HAND IS THE GOLDEN BALL?
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER REMEMBERS THIS FROM HER CHILDHOOD, IN
POLAND. I KNOW IT FROM MY OWN. IT'S USED
WHEN ONE IS HIDING SOMETHING IN ONE HAND AND
ANOTHER HAS TO GUESS IN WHICH HAND IT IS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; POLAND
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse C750.538 |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
COLOR, THIMBLE GAME
THE ONE WHO'S IT THINKS OF A COLOR. EACH PERSON
HAS TO GUESS A COLOR WHEN THE ONE WHO'S IT STANDS
IN FRONT OF HIM. THE ONE WHO'S IT HAS A
THIMBLE OF WATER. THE PLAYER WHO GUESSES THE RIGHT
COLOR GETS THE THIMBLE OF WATER THROWN AT HIM AND
IS THE NEXT ONE TO BE IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): TRICK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Guessing |
Date learned: 09-00-1970
ALLA, ALLA, DRESSED IN YELLA, WENT DOWN TOWN TO SEE HER FELLA. HOW
MANY KISSES DID SHE RECEIVE? ONE TWO, ETC. ( UNTIL ONE MISSES.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 08-02-1964
THROUGHOUT POLAND, IT IS A SIGN OF LUCK ON FARMS TO
HAVE STORKS BUILD NESTS ON THE ROOF OF A HOME.
WHEN THEY WOULD NOT, THE INHABITANTS OF THE HOUSE
WOULD BE UNEASY, THINKING THE HOUSE IS UNLUCKY.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER REMEMBERS THIS BELIEF AND PRACTICE
FROM HER DAYS IN POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck Animals BELIEF -- Bad luck Animals |
Date learned: 10-28-1967
THE FIRST PERSON TO ENTER YOUR HOME ON NEW YEAR'S DAY
SHOULD BE A DARK-HAIRED MAN. THIS WILL BRING GOOD
LUCK TO THE ENTIRE HOUSEHOLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 1 New Year's BELIEF -- Good luck Numbers |
Date learned: 03-27-1970
WALKING UNDER A LADDER (IS BAD LUCK.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Ladder (angles, pyramid, etc.) |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN THE OLD DAYS OF SAIL, IT WAS DEEMED UNLUCKY BY
THE SAILORS TO HAVE ANY WOMAN ABOARD SHIP.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): MARITIME ; SEXISM
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF TWO PEOPLE COMPARE ARMS, THEY WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment:
A COMMON EXPRESSION OF THIS OCCURS WHEN PEOPLE
COMPARE TANS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails BELIEF -- Bad luck Body parts and functions |
Date learned: 03-27-1970
IT WOULD BE BAD LUCK TO PASS A PERSON GOING THE
OTHER DIRECTION ON A FLIGHT OF STAIRS.
Submitter comment: FAMILY SUPERSTITION--IRISH
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): WALKING
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Angular forms BELIEF -- Bad luck Activities |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
SOME PEOPLE THINK THAT WHEN VISITING, IF THEY DON'T
GO OUT THE SAME DOOR THEY CAME IN, THEY WILL HAVE
BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck Leaving Entering Returning home Travel |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
THREE ON A MATCH IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 11-00-1968
IF YOU HAVE A SUCCESSFUL BUSINESS DAY, WEAR THE
SAME SUIT TO ENSURE GOOD LUCK AGAIN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Conversions Clothing (dress, hat, shoes, suit, etc.) |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
THE HIDDEN TREASURES IN JANOWIEC, POLAND
BENEATH THE RUINS OF THE CASTLE IN JANOWIEC,
POLAND, IT IS BELIEVED THERE ARE BURIED TREASURES.
WHEN THE CASTLE WAS INHABITED BY NOBILITY, THESE
TREASURES WERE BURIED WHENEVER ENEMIES ATTACKED THE
CASTLE. WHEN NOBLES WERE KILLED OR TAKEN AWAY BY
THE ENEMIES, THE TREASURES WERE LEFT BEHIND.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDFATHER REMEMBERS THIS FROM HIS CHILDHOOD
DAYS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN ; POLAND
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.13 |
Date learned: 10-22-1967
THERE IS A HOUSE ON THE CORNER OF TRACEY AND CHALFONTE
(DETROIT, MICHIGAN ASSUMED) THAT IS SUPPOSED TO BE
HAUNTED. THE RESIDENTS SAY THAT WHEN ONE WALKS BY
THE HOUSE, LATE ON SOME NIGHTS, A LOUD KNOCKING SOUND
CAN BE HEARD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.13 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHEN RIDING IN A FUNERAL PROCESSION, NEVER RIDE WITH
THREE IN THE FRONT SEAT OF THE AUTOMOBILE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple |
Date learned: 03-27-1970
IF YOU MEET A RED HAIRED WOMAN GOING TO THE FAIR,
YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Sign Color BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.4 |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
THE FIRST PERSON TO ENTER YOUR HOME ON NEW YEAR'S
DAY SHOULD BE A DARK HAIRED MAN. THIS WILL BRING
GOOD LUCK TO THE ENTIRE HOUSEHOLD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- Sign Color BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 03-27-1970
ON A NEW BORN CHILD OR ON A YOUNGSTER, YOU SHOULD ALWAYS
TRY TO HAVE A PIECE OF RED RIBBON ON THE CHILD'S
UNDERSHIRT. THIS WILL LEAD TO FORTUNE AND SUCCESS
FOR THE YOUNGSTER IN HIS LATTER YEARS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Color |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
JEWISH BELIEF
IT IS A JEWISH BELIEF THAT IF YOUR PARENTS ARE STILL
ALIVE, YOU SHOULD NOT GO TO THE CEMETERY FOR FEAR
THAT THEY MIGHT BE DRAWN TO DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-02-1968
IRISH SUPERSTITION
HAPPY IS THE CORPSE THE RAIN RAINS ON.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 04-06-1971