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WHY DO POLLOCKS PAINT GARBAGE TRUCKS ORANGE? THEY USE
THEM AS CAMPERS!

Submitter comment:

SOME TENTS USED WHEN CAMPING ARE COLORED ORANGE. THEREFORE, THE
GARBAGE TRUCK WHEN PAINTED ORANGE, COULD BE CONSIDERED A CAMPER
FOR POLISH PEOPLE.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Poli

Date learned: 10-00-1983

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WHAT WAS A GARBAGE MAN DOING AT A POLISH WEDDING? HE
WAS CATERING!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

James Callow Keyword(s): EATING DRINKING

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Poli

Date learned: 10-00-1983

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WHY DOESN'T POLAND HAVE A NATIONAL BIRD? BECAUSE SOMEONE
SWATTED IT.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

James Callow Keyword(s): LOSERS

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Poli

Date learned: 10-00-1983

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WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF A POLISH PICNIC? SIX POLLOCKS
SITTING AROUND A CESSPOOL WITH STRAWS!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

James Callow Keyword(s): EATING DRINKING

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Poli

Date learned: 10-00-1983

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WHAT DO YOU CALL REMOVING A WART FROM A POLLOCK'S BUTT?
BRAIN SURGERY!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

James Callow Keyword(s): BUTTOCKS

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Poli

Date learned: 10-00-1983

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WHY WERE THE POLLOCKS PUSHING THEIR HOUSE DOWN THE STREET?
THEY WERE TRYING TO PUSH START THEIR FURNACE!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

James Callow Keyword(s): AUTOMOBILE

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Poli

Date learned: 10-00-1983

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WHAT'S A BEAUTIFUL GIRL IN POLAND? A TOURIST!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

James Callow Keyword(s): NATIVES

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Poli

Date learned: 10-00-1983

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WHAT DO YOU CALL SIX POLISH WOMEN STANDING IN A TUB?
A BAY OF PIGS!

Submitter comment:

THE BAY OF PIGS WAS AN ATTEMPT BY CUBAN EXILES AND THE U.S.
GOVERMENT TO OVER-THROW CASTRO IN CUBA.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Poli

Date learned: 10-00-1983

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HOW DO YOU TELL THE GROOM AT A POLISH WEDDING? HE'S
THE ONE WEARING AN IRONED BOWLING SHIRT!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

James Callow Keyword(s): DRESSING UP

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Poli

Date learned: 10-00-1983

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WHAT'S THE DEFINITION OF A DOPE RING IN POLAND? SIX
POLLOCKS STANDING AROUND IN A CORNER!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

James Callow Keyword(s): PUN: DOPE MEANING NUMSKULL AND NARCOTICS

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Poli

Date learned: 10-00-1983

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WHY DOESN'T POLAND HAVE A STATE FISH? BECAUSE IT DROWNED!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

James Callow Keyword(s): LOSERS

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Poli

Date learned: 10-00-1983

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HOW CAN YOU TELL THE BRIDE AT A POLISH WEDDING? SHE'S
THE ONE WITH BRAIDED ARM PITS!

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

James Callow Keyword(s): CUSTOM OF SHAVING HAIR FROM ARMPITS AND LEGS.

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Poli

Date learned: 10-00-1983

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WHAT'S YOUR NA,E
PUDDEN TAME
ASK ME AGAIN
AND I'LL TELL YOU THE SAME.

Submitter comment: USED WHILE PLAYING JACKS AND ALSO WHILE JUMPING ROPE

Where learned: WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED

Subject headings: Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse

Date learned: NOT GIVEN

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ETHNIC JOKE

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THERE WAS AN AMERICAN, A GERMAN, AND A POLAK WHO WERE RUNNING
AWAY FROM NATIVES IN A JUNGLE IN AFRICA. TO ESCAPE THEY DECIDED
THAT THEY COULD CLIMB A TREE AND MAKE ANIMAL SOUNDS.
THE AMERICAN WENT UP THE TREE AND MADE A SOUND LIKE A MONKEY.
THE NATIVES PASSED HIM BY. THE GERMAN WENT UP A TREE AND MADE
A SOUND LIKE A BIRD. THE NATIVES PASSED HIM BY. THE POLACK
WENT UP A TREE AND MADE A SOUND OF AN ANIMAL- "MOO".

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

Subject headings: BELIEF -- Poli

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TRADITIONAL POLISH CHRISTMAS CAKE

(A) FEW DAYS BEFORE CHRISTMAS, POPPY SEED IS GROUND FINE AND
MIXED WITH HONEY TO MAKE A SMOOTH PASTE. THIS IS PUT ON A
YEAST DOUGH AND ROLLED IN JELLY ROLL FASHION. THIS IS THE
DESERT FOR THE MAIN MEAL ON CHRISTMAS DAY.

Data entry tech comment:

Updated by TRD

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

Keyword(s): CUSTOM ; ETHNIC ; FOOD ; Jelly Roll ; POLISH ; Poppyseed ; tradition

Subject headings: 122 Christmas

Date learned: NOT RECORDED

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A WISH FOR GOOD FORTUNE

EVERY CHRISTMAS EVE OUR WHOLE FAMILY GETS TOGETHER
FOR A LARGE CHRISTMAS MEAL. BEFORE THE
MEAL BEGINS A LARGE PIECE OF BLESSED ANGEL
BREAD IS BROKEN IN PIECES. EACH MEMBER OF THE
FAMILY HAS HIS OWN PIECE. HE GOES AROUND FROM
PERSON TO PERSON AND OFFERS THE BREAD TO EACH
ONE. THEY IN TURN BREAK OFF A PIECE OF THE
BREAD, MAKE A WISH OF GOOD FORTUNE (WEALTH,
HEALTH, ETC.) TO THE PERSON OFFERING, AND THEN
EAT IT.

Submitter comment:

KNOWN FROM TRADITION.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.82

Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.

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AMONG THE UKRAINIANS, THE DAY OF THE CHRISTMAS EVE IS A STRICT FAST
IN COMMEMORATION OF THE HARDSHIPS ENDURED BY MOTHER MARY ENROUTE TO
BETHLEHEM.

Data entry tech comment:

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Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

Keyword(s): ABSTINENCE FROM FOOD ; CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOMS ; FOOD ; holiday

Subject headings: 122 Christmas

Date learned: 10-00-1970

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IN THE UKRAINIAN VILLAGE,
ON CHRISTMAS EVE, PRIOR TO THE EVENING MEAL, A SPOONFUL
OF EACH DISH IS MIXED INTO THE FEED OF THE DOMESTIC
ANIMALS, BECAUSE ANIMALS WERE THE FIRST TO BEHOLD
THE NEW-BORN CHRIST.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant is collector's mother.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Christmas
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Feeding animals, spirits of trees

Date learned: 10-00-1970

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CHRISTMAS

UKRAINIANS SIT DOWN TO THE CHRISTMAS EVE SUPPER ONLY AFTER THE FIRST
STAR COMES OUT, IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE STAR WHICH LED THE THREE WISE
MEN TO BETHLEHEM.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

Keyword(s): BIBLE ; METEOROLOGY

Subject headings: 686 686.1
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Christmas

Date learned: 10-00-1970

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THE UKRAINIANS PUT ONE EXTRA PLACE SETTING AT
THE CHRISTMAS EVE SUPPER TABLE FOR ALL THE DEAD MEMBERS
OF THEIR FAMILY, AND WILL FILL IT WITH FOOD SO
THAT THE SPIRITS WILL NOT GO HUNGRY ON THIS
"SVIAT VECHIR" OR HOLY EVENING.

Data entry tech comment:

Informant and collector are the same person.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; WARREN

Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM

Subject headings: CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Christmas
CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Straw

Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.

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