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POLISH PROVERB
WITH BREAD AND SALT WE GREET YOU.
CHEBEM I SOLA WITAMY.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS NOT ONLY A HEBREW SAYING, BUT ALSO AN OLD POLISH CUSTOM,
PARTICULARLY WHEN GREETING A NEWLY MARRIED COUPLE. MY GRANDMOTHER
KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-21-1967
POLISH PROVERB
WORK WITH ENTHUSIASM CHANGES STRAW INTO GOLD.
PRACA Z OCHOTA, PRZERABIA STOME, U ZTOTA.
Submitter comment: MY FATHER KNOWS THIS FROM POLAND.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-27-1967
PROVERB
YOU CAN'T SHAKE HANDS WITH A CLENCHED FIST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 04-06-1971
NICKNAME
"CHOCOLATE" MEN - REFERRING TO ALL BLACK MEN THAT LIVED BY
GRANDPARENT'S STORE IN DOWNTOWN DETROIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- FamilyGroup |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
PLACE
ALBA - SCOTLAND USED TO BE CALLED ALBA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Place |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
NICKNAME
PLEASANTLY PLUMP
Submitter comment: REFERRING TO THE FAT GIRL WHO LIVES DOWN THE STREET.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
NICKNAME
ONE WHEEL
Submitter comment: REFERRING TO A GOOD FRIEND WITH ONLY ONE LEG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
NAMES
MARCH HARE
Submitter comment:
IN THE PART OF SCOTLAND WHERE THE INFORMANT CAME FROM, THEY
CALLED THOSE PEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN BORN IN MARCH A "MARCH HARE".
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 03-00-1968
A KNIFE AND A FORK AND A BOTTLE AND A CORK
THAT'S THE WAY YOU SPELL NEW YORK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
A CHICKEN AND A CAR AND THE CAR WON'T GO
THAT'S HOW YOU SPELL CHICAGO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- MNEM |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
GOODBYE GESTURES
WHILE WORKING AS A TOURIST GUIDE FOR THE FORD MOTOR
COMPANY, I WAS ASSIGNED A GROUP OF ENGLISHMEN TO
ESCORT THROUGH THE ROUGE PLANT. WHEN LUNCH WAS
COMPLETED, I STOOD UP TO LEAVE THE TABLE AND SAY
GOODBYE. WHILE LEAVING, A NUMBER OF THE ENGLISHMEN
GESTURED BY CLENCHING THEIR FINGERS LIKE A FIST,
THUMB STRAIGHT UP. WITH THE HAND IN SUCH A FORM,
THEY WOULD MOVE THE ARM UP AND DOWN ABOUT 5 TO 6
INCHES IN ALL. ONE OF THEM TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS
A GOODBYE AND GOOD LUCK SIGN ALL IN ONE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
James Callow Keyword(s): LEAVETAKING
| Subject headings: | 602 Body Parts SPEECH -- Goodbyes Leavetakings SPEECH -- Wishes Wants Desires Predictions |
Date learned: 00001963 SUMMER
IF THERE IS A MINIMUM OF FOUR PEOPLE AND THEY ARE SAYING
GOODBYE TO EACH OTHER, THE GUYS WHO ARE SHAKING HANDS
CANNOT CROSS OVER ONE ANOTHER, BECAUSE THIS IS A
SIGN OF BAD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | 686 Fourths / Quarters BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.22 SPEECH -- Magical Luck |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
A POLISH TRADITION ON THE CHRISTMAS VIGIL IS THE BREAKING OF WAFERS
AND WISHING GOOD LUCK ON EVERYBODY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F122 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 BELIEF -- Good luck SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-15-1972
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IF IT RAINS, THE DEAD ARE HAPPY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
PROVERBIAL SAYING
IT WILL ALWAYS RAIN ON GOOD FRIDAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
| Subject headings: | 663 663.12.30.6 BELIEF -- Cloud Fog Mist Rain Hail Ice Snow Frost Dew BELIEF -- Sign or prediction through Natural atmospheric phenomenon |
Date learned: CHILDHOOD
LAKE SUPERIOR BELIEF
LAKE SUPERIOR IS KNOWN AS THE LAKE THAT DOES NOT GIVE UP ITS
DEAD. THE REASON FOR THIS IS THAT BECAUSE THE LAKE IS SO COLD,
THE BODIES DON'T DECOMPOSE AND RISE TO THE SURFACE.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; Dead ; Decompose ; Lake ; Lake Superior ; Nickname ; Origin ; TEMPERATURE ; WATER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Still water Small body. BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LAKES BELIEF
SOME PEOPLE HOLD THAT THERE IS A SUBTERRANEAN CONNECTION BETWEEN
LAKE HURON AND HIGGINS LAKE. THIS BELIEF IS EXEMPLIFIED BY AN
INDIAN TALE OF AN INDIAN WHO WAS DROWNED DURING A STORM ON HIGGINS
LAKE, BUT WHOSE CANOE WAS FOUND ADRIFT ON LAKE HURON.
Data entry tech comment:
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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DEARBORN
Keyword(s): AMERICAN INDIAN ; Higgins Lake ; INDIAN ; Lake ; Lake Huron ; Lakes ; Legend ; Subterranean
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Still water Small body. |
Date learned: 02-00-1968