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DOGWOOD BELIEF
THE RED MARKS ON EACH OF THE FOUR PETALS OF THE DOGWOOD FLOWER
ARE CALLED BLOODSPOTS BECAUSE THEY REPRESENT THE PASSION MARKS
OF CHRIST.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Plant SPEECH -- Folk etymology SPEECH -- Folk Name for Plant |
Date learned: 11-12-1969
FRUIT BELIEF
IF YOU SWALLOW A GRAPEFRUIT OR ORANGE SEEDS, IT WILL GROW IN YOUR
STOMACH.
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Fruit BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
NEW WALLET
IF YOU GIVE A PURSE OR WALLET TO SOMEONE, PUT A PENNY
IN IT TO ASSURE THE RECEIVER NEVER GOES BROKE.
James Callow Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
LEGEND OF THE MAD MAN.
IN MY CHILDHOOD, I SPENT TWO WEEKS AT THE BOYS SUMMER CLUB CAMP
FOR FOUR CONSECUTIVE YEARS. EVERY STAY WAS OCCASIONED BY THE
RUMOR THAT IT WAS NOT SAFE TO WALK IN CAMP ALONE AT NIGHT.
THIS WAS SAID BECAUSE A MAN HAD ESCAPED FROM A NEARBY MENTAL
INSTITUTION OR JAIL, (IT VARIED) AND DIDN
James Callow comment: INCOMPLETE ITEM
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Outlaw Criminal Bandit Pirate BELIEF -- Physically handicapped Deformed |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
PROVERB IN VERSE
NA SW GRZEGORZA POJDZIE ZIMI DO MORZA (POLISH)
ON THE FEAST OF ST. GREGORY THE WINTER GOES TO THE SEA.
Data entry tech comment:
ORIGINAL 5 X 8 CARD CONTAINS POLISH TEXT
TRANSLATED BY MRS K J UNIECHOWSKI
Keyword(s): WEATHER PROVERB
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 12 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- May 25 BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
BLASON POPULAIRE
AN OPTIMIST LOOKS AT A DONUT AND SEES THE DONUT, A PESSIMIST
SEES THE HOLE.
Submitter comment: I WAS REMINDED OF THIS MANY TIMES AS A YOUNG GIRL.
Keyword(s): DEFINITION
James Callow Keyword(s): SYMBOL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Blason Populaire |
Date learned: 00-00-1951
LENTEN BIBLE
DURING LENT, EVERYNIGHT MY FATHER HAD US CHILDREN, EACH TAKING
TURNS, READING ALOUD TO THE ENTIRE FAMILY FROM THE BIBLE OR FROM OUR
BIBLE HISTORY FOR ABOUT HALF AN HOUR.
Keyword(s): SPIRITUAL READING
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
GOOD FRIDAY IS REGARDED AS A GOOD DAY FOR PLANTING POTATOES AND PEAS.
Data entry tech comment: THIS SEEMS TO BE BECAUSE CHRIST CONSECRATED THE SOIL WITH HIS BURIAL.
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
BLACK FAST
ON GOOD FRIDAY, THE GROWN-UPS REALLY OBSERVED THE "BLACK FAST". THEY
ATE ONLY DARK BREAD AND BLACK COFFEE. THE CHILDREN HAD MILK, ( ; )
WE WERE NOT REALLY HUNGRY BUT HAD MEAGER MEALS.
Keyword(s): SELF-SACRIFICE--FASTING
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
EASTER CUSTOM
A TRADITION WE WOULD TAKE PART IN AT EASTER WAS THAT THE HEAD OF THE
FAMILY WOULD CUT A BLESSED EGG APART INTO AS MANY PIECES AS MEMBERS
OF HIS FAMILY. EACH WOULD TAKE A PIECE AND WOULD WISH THE BEST AND
FINEST HE COULD THINK OF TO THE REST OF THE FAMILY.
Keyword(s): FAMILY UNITY ; FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
PROVERB
"ROLL ON THE GROUND ON ST. GEORGE'S DAY (APRIL 23) AND YOU WILL
BE HEALTHY AND STRONG."
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- April 23 BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: NO DATE INDICATED.
WWIELU OKOLICACH POLSKI PANIYE WSROE LUDU PRZEKONAMIE, ZE NIE
NALEZY KAPAC SIE IV RZECE LUB JEZIORZE PRZED DNIEM SIV. JANA
ZAKAZ DOTYCZY SPRAWY BEZ POROWNINIA WAZNIEJSZEJ USWIECENIA WODY.
THERE EXISTS IN MANY VILLAGES IN POLAND THIS BELIEF THAT NO ONE IS
TO GO SWIMMING INTO THE LAKES OR POOLS BEFORE THE FEAST OF ST. JOHN.
IT IS BELIEVED THAT WITH THIS FEAST THE WATER IS BLESSED.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- June 24 St. John's Day / Midsummer Day BELIEF -- Water BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
ON ALL SAINTS' DAY, EXTRA PLATES ARE SET AT THE TABLE FOR DECEASED
MEMBERS OF THE FAMILY.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- November 1 All Saints CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: NO DATE INDICATED.
CUSTOM
A BRANCH FROM A CHERRY TREE WILL BLOOM, THAT IS, BLOSSOM ON CHRISTMAS
IF IT IS PICKED ON ST. BARBARA'S FEAST DAY, DECEMBER 4, AND
PLACED IN WATER.
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F120 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 25 Christmas Also see F642, below. BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: NO DATE INDICATED.
THRASHING TIME
FARMERS WOULD JOIN IN A GROUP WHERE ONE OWNED A THRASHING MACHINE.
THEY WOULD GO FROM FARMER TO FARMER TO THRASH HIS GRAIN.
THIS WOULD TAKE TWO TO THREE WEEKS.
AT WHATEVER FARMER'S HOME THEY WERE WORKING AT MEAL TIME THEY WERE
FED. ON BENCHES OUTDOORS WERE PLACED BASINS, CLEAN TOWELS, SOAP
AND PAILS OF CLEAN WATER. THE MEN CAME IN FROM THE FIELD, WASHED
AND CAME IN TO EAT. THE TABLE WAS SET FOR ABOUT TWELVE AND WAS
LOADED WITH FOOD. THE TABLE WAS CLEARED AND SET AGAIN. THERE WERE
ABOUT 21 TO 25 MEN TO FEED.
Keyword(s): THRASHING FARMING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Work Commerce Business |
Date learned: 07-00-1964
IF BUTTER WILL NOT CHURN IT IS BEWITCHED; TO CURE
BEWITCHED MILK, THRUST A RED HOT IRON INTO IT.
Submitter comment:
HER MOTHER FERVENTLY BELIEVED THIS BUT SHE CAN'T REMEMBER
ANY TIME WHEN SHE RESORTED TO THE RED HOT IRON.
| Subject headings: | Charm / Enchantment / Conjuration |
Date learned: 01-22-1968
FOR IMPURITY OF THE BLOOD OR ANEMIA, EAT RED BEETS.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER ALWAYS TOLD ME THIS, ESPECIALLY WHEN I HAD
ANEMIA (SHE ALSO MADE ME EAT THE RED BEETS.).
Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC-IMITATIVE MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
SPRING TONIC
EVERY SPRING MOTHER GAVE THE FAMILY SULPHUR AND MOLASSES
BECAUSE THE BLOOD NEEDED THINNING AND PURIFYING.
Data entry tech comment: THERE ARE 5 OTHER SIMILAR REFERENCES IN ARCHIVE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 10-00-1968
IT IS A BAD SIGN IF YOUR FINGERNAILS CURVE
OVER THE ENDS OF YOUR FINGERS.
YOU WILL DIE OF CONSUMPTION.
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hands, palms, fingernails |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
HAIR
IF YOU PLUCK ONE GREY HAIR, SEVEN WILL GROW IN ITS PLACE.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 10-00-1968