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TO CURE HICCUPS, HOLD YOUR BREATH AND COUNT TO TEN.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | 686 First / Once / One / Newness BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001950S
LIGHTNING NEVER STRIKES TWICE IN THE SAME PLACE.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | 686 Seconds / Twice / Two BELIEF -- Lightning Thunder PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001950S
Proverb
A penny saved is a penny earned
Submitter comment:
Used when Collector's ten cent allowance was spent.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V200] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; COIN ; Earn ; Maxim ; MONEY ; Penny ; PROVERB ; Save ; Savings ; THRIFT ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
You can dress a person up, but you can't take him out.
Submitter comment:
Used by informant's girlfriend at senior prom when informant started throwing chunks of fruit salad into the air and catching them in his mouth.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; CHARACTER ; Class ; DRESS ; Fashion ; Maxim ; Presentation ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Proverb
TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE BROTH.
Submitter comment:
USED BY INFORMANT ON SEVERAL OCCASSIONS WHEN CHILDREN OFFERED TO
HELP HIM.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001960S
Proverb
YOU CAN LEAD A HORSE TO WATER BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE HIM DRINK.
Submitter comment:
USED WHEN KIDS WOULD NOT EAT SOMETHING AT SUPPER.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001960S
SAINT LUCIA BUNS
TWO STRIPS OF BREAD-LIKE DOUGH SHAPED INTO A CROSS WITH CHERRIES
AND NUTS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S FATHER MAKES THEM EVERY YEAR FOR CHRISTMAS BREAKFAST.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant and collector share the same surname.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
Date learned: 00001960S
ITALIAN EASTER BREAKFAST- FAMILY GOES TO GRANDPARENTS' HOUSE FOR
BREAKFAST OF EASTER PASTRIES, WINE AND ITALIAN MEATS AND BREADS
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
Date learned: 00001960S
SIDEWALK GAME-IF YOU STEP ON THE CRACK YOU WILL BREAK YOUR
MOTHER'S.
Submitter comment:
PLAYED WHILE WALKING DOWN THE SIDEWALK, CRACKS REFERRING TO THE
EXPANSION JOINTS.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00001950S
IT IS BAD LUCK IF A BLACK CAT CROSSES IN FRONT OF YOU
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Color BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.3 |
Date learned: 00001950S
YOU CAN DRESS A PERSON UP BUT YOU CAN'T TAKE HIM OUT.
Submitter comment:
USED BY INFORMANT'S GIRLFRIEND AT SENIOR PROM WHEN INFORMANT STARTED
THROWING CHUNKS OF FRUIT SALAD INTO AIR AND CATCHING THEM IN HIS
MOUTH.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1969
A PIECE OF GARLIC WORN AROUND THE NECK WILL CURE A COLD.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 00001960S
SAINT CHRISTOPHER PROTECTS TRAVELERS. PRAY TO HIM BEFORE A JOURNEY.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00001960S
ON FEAST OF SAINT BLAIZE, CANDLEMAS, HAVE YOUR THROAT BLESSED BY A
PRIEST USING CROSSED CANDLES TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM SORE THROATS.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- February 3 BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00001950S
PRAY TO SAINT JUDE WHEN THINGS LOOK HOPELESS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT PRAYED TO SAINT JUDE FOR A GIRL PROMISING TO NAME HER
{BABY} AFTER HIM. COLLECTOR NOW HAS A SISTER NAMED JUDY.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00001950S
THE GIRL WHO CATCHES THE BRIDE'S BOUQUET AT A WEDDING WILL BE THE
NEXT TO MARRY.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | 545 Ceremony |
Date learned: 00001960S
THE NUMBER "13" IS BAD LUCK.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.5 |
Date learned: 00001950S
BEAVER
CHILDREN'S GAME PLAYED WHILE RIDING IN A CAR. A BEAVER IS A STATION
WAGON AND ALL THE PLAYERS COUNT BEAVERS. THE ONE WITH THE MOST
BEAVERS AT THE END OF THE TRIP WINS.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- C531 Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 00001960S
LIGHT A CANDLE DURING A STORM TO KEEP THE OCCUPANTS OF THE HOME
SAFE.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Weather sign or control BELIEF -- Control Prevention Provocation Protection P892.25 |
Date learned: 00001950S
Proverb
A WATCHED POT NEVER BOILS.
Submitter comment:
USED BY INFORMANT WHEN CHILDREN WAITED IMPATIENTLY FOR THINGS.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; Wappingers Falls
James Callow Keyword(s): FUNCTION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001960S