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TOOTH ACHE BELIEF
IF YOU WEAR TIGHT ROLLERS IN YOUR HAIR, IF WILL GIVE YOU TOOTH ACHES.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; DORM ; UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR
James Callow Keyword(s): HIDDEN CONNECTION ; TOOTHACHE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 09-22-1972
CHILDREN'S BELIEF
IF YOU WEAR YOUR SOCKS TO BED, YOUR FEET WILL NOT GROW.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; DORM ; UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR
James Callow Keyword(s): SLEEPWEAR ATTIRE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Sleeping BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 09-22-1972
DRAGONFLY BELIEF
IF A DRAGONFLY IS FLYING AROUND YOUR FACE, IT WILL SEW YOUR MOUTH UP
SO YOU CAN NOT TALK.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; DORM ; UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Insect |
Date learned: 09-22-1972
CHILDREN'S BELIEF
IF YOU STEP ON A CRACK, YOU BREAK YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; DORM ; UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 09-22-1972
GOOD-BYE VERSE
FIRST PERSON SAYS: SEE YOU LATER ALLIGATOR. THE SECOND ANSWERS: IN
AWHILE CROCODILE.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; DORM ; UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 09-23-1972
BEANS VERSE
BEANS, BEANS THE MUSICAL FRUIT. / THE MORE YOU EAT THE MORE YOU
TOOT. / THE MORE YOU TOOT, THE BETTER YOU FEEL. / SO EAT BEANS AT EVE
EVERY MEAL..
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; DORM ; UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR
James Callow Keyword(s): RHYME: AABB
| Subject headings: | 730 Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-22-1972
COUNTING OUT VERSE
ONE POTATO, TWO POTATO, / THREE POTATO FOUR, / FIVE POTATO, SIX
POTATO / SEVEN POTATO MORE.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; DORM ; UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-23-1972
CHILDREN'S VERSE
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE BLACK, / IF I HAD A KNIFE, I'D STICK IT IN
YOUR BACK.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; DORM ; UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR
James Callow Keyword(s): THREAT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-23-1972
CHILDREN'S VERSE
ROSES ARE RED, VIOLETS ARE GREEN. / MY FACE IS FUNNY BUT YOUR'S IS A
SCREAM.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; DORM ; UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR
James Callow Keyword(s): INSULT
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-23-1972
MOCKING VERSE
}}}}}} AND }}}}}} / SITTING IN A TREE. / K-I-S-S-I-N-G. / FIRST COMES
LOVE, / THEN COMES MARRIAGE, / THEN COMES }}}}}} / PUSHING A BABY
CARRIAGE..
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; DORM ; UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-23-1972
CHILDREN'S VERSE
WHEN THEY SAID NOSES, I THOUGHT THEY SAID ROSES AND I TOLD THEM ONE
BIG ONE. WHEN THEY SAID LEGS, I THOUGHT THEY SAID KEGS AND I TOOK TWO
BIG ONES. WHEN THEY SAID BRAINS, I THOUGHT THEY SAID TRAINS, SO I
MISSED IT.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; DORM ; UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Narrative Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 09-23-1972
GRAFFITI
FLUSH TWICE, IT'S A LONG WAY TO THE MESS HALL.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; DORM ; UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR ; WINDSOR
James Callow Keyword(s): SATIRE OF QUALITY OF FOOD IN THE INSTITUTION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Art Craft Architecture Art, Craft, Architecture |
Date learned: 09-24-1972
CARROT BELIEF
EAT LOTS OF CARROTS BECAUSE THEY ARE GOOD FOR YOUR EYES. HAVE YOU
EVER SEEN A RABBIT WEARING GLASSES?
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; DORM ; UNIVERSITY OF WINDSOR ; WINDSOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 09-22-1972
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FOLK BELIEF
IF A WOMAN CAN SET A GOOD FIRE, SHE'LL MAKE A GOOD WIFE.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; ARDEN
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
MR. PRINGLE HAS A FISHING CAMP WHERE WE GO ON OCCASIONS TO
"GET AWAY FROM IT ALL." ONE DAY WE GOT TO TALKING ABOUT
BUILDING A CABIN ON OUR OWN LAKE ABOUT THREE MILES AWAY.
ONE OF OUR PROBLEMS IS LOCATING WATER NEAR WHERE WE WANT
THE CABIN. "DON'T WORRY," SAYS JACK THORNTON, AN OLD TIME
RESIDENT, "WHEN THE TIME COMES, I'LL FIND YOU ALL THE
WATER YOU WANT." IT TURNED OUT THAT HE WAS A "WATER WITCH."
"AND SO MAY YOU BE," HE SAYS. HE WENT AND CUT A BRANCH FROM AN
APPLE TREE (IT COULD JUST AS WELL HAVE BEEN WILLOW, HE TOLD
US). HE WALKED AROUND WITH THAT FORKED BRANCH, AND SURE
ENOUGH, IT TURNED DOWN. WHEN I TRIED IT, NOTHING HAPPENED,
SO HE WALKED BEHIND ME, WITH HIS HANDS COVERING MINE.
PRETTY SOON, THAT OLD BRANCH STARTED STRAINING AND I COULDN'T
KEEP IT FROM TURNING. I NEVER DID GET VERY GOOD AT IT
MYSELF, BUT MY HUSBAND COULD REALLY MAKE IT TWIST. THE
OLD MAN SAYS HE NOT ONLY CAN FIND THE LOCATION OF WATER, BUT
CAN ESTIMATE VERY CLOSELY HOW FAR DOWN YOU HAVE TO GO TO
GET IT.
Where learned: CANADA ; ONTARIO ; ARDEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Use of Object Plant |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX FUNERAL CUSTOM
FORTY DAYS AFTER THE DEATH OF A FAMILY MEMBER, SOME
UKRAINIAN ORTHODOX FAMILIES PREPARE A TRADITIONAL MEAL.
FOR EACH INVITED GUEST, A SMALL, ROUND BREAD CALLED A
PASKA IS BAKED. A CANDLE IS PLACED IN THE CENTER OF THE
BREAD. THE FORTY DAYS AND THE CANDLE BOTH ARE SYMBOLIC
OF CHRIST AND HIS ASCENSION INTO HEAVEN FORTY DAYS AFTER
EASTER.
Submitter comment:
MANY BYZANTINE RITE CATHOLICS ARE BEGINNING TO CELEBRATE
THE FORTY DAY ANNIVERSARY WITH A MASS FOR THE DECEASED.
Where learned: CANADA ; ALBERTA ; WILLINGDON
Keyword(s): SYMBOLS
Ethnic: Native American
To Pray With the Pipe:
The prayer to use with the Pipe is a pattern of free prayer from the heart. Set and written formulas are not used. I had several old Indians tell me that in the eatrly days the Indian people could not understand why the priest was always reading from a book for in their minds this was insincere and ineffectual. It is quite possible that there was a real cultural conflict that the early missionaries entirely missed. One frequently hears that the Pipe was their Bible and those leading double religious lives say that they live by the Pipe and the Bible. At the end of the Prayer, the Pipe is pointed skyward and earthward as a sign of conclusion. Sometimes the person touches the ground with the Pipe.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: CANADA ; Tekakwitha Conference ; WINNIPEG
Keyword(s): AMERICAN INDIAN ; BIBLE ; CUSTOM ; ETHNIC ; Native American ; Pipe ; PRAYER ; RELIGION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
IF YOU CROSS BETWEEN A HEARSE AND THE DECEASED'S
FAMILY'S CAR YOU WILL DIE.
IRISH BELIEF HEARD ABOUT FIFTY YEARS AGO BY
INFORMANT IN CANADA. INFORMANT CLAIMS HER UNCLE
DID THIS AND DIED SIX MONTHS LATER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; CANADA ; DETROIT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-22-1972
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