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SHE DOESN'T HAVE ANY FLIES ON HER, AND IF SHE DOES,
THEY'RE DEAD ONES.
Submitter comment:
{WHEN SAID?}
{IF A PERSON WHO IS ALWAYS ON THE GO, SAYS COLLECTOR.}
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
STEW IN YOUR OWN JUICE.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A SAYING HER MOTHER'S MOTHER USED AND IT
MEANS IF YOU GET YOURSELF INTO TROUBLE, GET YOURSELF
OUT OF IT OR PUT UP WITH IT.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 03-17-1972
BLESSING YOURSELF OR MAKING SOME FORM OF THE CROSS
WHEN YOU PASS A CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
Date learned: 00001950S LATE
BEFORE ENTERING THE WATER WHEN SWIMMING, YOU SHOULD
BLESS YOURSELF WITH A SIGN OF THE CROSS WITH THE
WATER, TO ENSURE A SAFE SWIM.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Bless ; BLESSING ; Cross ; CUSTOM ; EXERCISE ; GAME ; LUCK ; SAFETY ; Sport ; SUPERSTITION ; Swim ; SWIMMING ; WATER
Date learned: 00001950S LATE
CHRISTMAS SUPERSTITION
ON CHRISTMAS DAY, IF A MAN WALKS INTO YOUR HOUSE FIRST, YOU WILL
HAVE GOOD LUCK, BUT IF A WOMAN WALKS IN FIRST, YOU WILL HAVE BAD
LUCK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HER PARENTS (1920'S) WHO BELIEVED IT. SHE
MAY MENTION IT NOW, BUT DOES NOT BELIEVE IT.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; PITTSBURGH
Keyword(s): FIRST FOOTING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Predictions |
Date learned: 10-02-1971
A BIRD CHIRPING OUTSIDE A WINDOW DURING THE NIGHT MEANS THAT
SOMEONE WILL DIE IN THE NEAR FUTURE.
Submitter comment:
Mary Bieniek. 82 years old. Housewife - Polish. Smock, Penn.
My grandmother told this to me this summer and said that it has happened each time anyone from our family has died.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SMOCK
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour |
Date learned: 08-17-1973
SCHOOL BELIEF
IT IS BELIEVED THAT GETTING TOTALLY DRUNK THE NIGHT BEFORE A
PSYCHOLOGY TEST WILL BRING A PASSING GRADE ON THE TEST.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT AND HIS ROOMMATE FOLLOWED THIS FOR THREE
TESTS AND RECEIVED THREE PASSING GRADES OF B OR BETTER,
HOWEVER THE INFORMANT LATER DROPPED OUT OF SCHOOL DUE TO POOR GRADES.
Data entry tech comment:
Told at the University of Scranton 1969-1970.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; UNIVERSITY OF SCRANTON ; SCRANTON
James Callow Keyword(s): ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- School |
Date learned: 00001969-00001970
Bingo
There was a man who had a dog
And Bingo was his name-o.
B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O, B-I-N-G-O
And Bingo was his name-o.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; JOHNSTOWN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Froggy Song
Here's a lively song of a froggy by the pond:
Crick-crick-crickety-crick berrong--
Submitter comment:
Informant learned in Johnstown, Pennsylvania, while working on a playground.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; PLAYGROUND ; JOHNSTOWN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Little Bumble Bee
I caught a little baby bumble bee -- won't my mommy be surprised at me -- I caught a little baby bumble bee -- Buzzy Wuzzy -- Buzzy Wuzzy -- OUCH! he stung me. I'm squashing up a baby bumble bee -- won't my mommy be surprised at me -- I'm squashing up a baby bumble bee -- YUCK! He got blood on me!
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; JOHNSTOWN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Magic Mirror
Romper, Bomper, Stomper, Boo
Tell me, tell me, tell me true
Did my friends have fun at play
Magic mirror tell me today.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; JOHNSTOWN
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Sleep Johnny
Good night, sleep tight, don't let the bed bugs bite, little Johnny wants to sleep tonight.
Submitter comment:
Informant learned this in the 1920s.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; ERIE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Cradle song Lullaby |
I went downtown to see Mrs. Brown
I went downtown to seed Mrs. Brown
She gave me a nickel to buy a pickle
Theckle was sour; she gave me a flower
Ther flower was red; she gave me some thread;
The thread was thin; she gave me a pin;
The pin was sharp; She gave me a harp;
And the harp played salt, mustard, and pepper.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; JOHNSTOWN ; While working on a playground
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |