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PLANTING BELIEF
IF CORN IS KNEE HIGH BY THE 4TH OF JULY, IT WILL BE A
GOOD CROP YEAR.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS MY GRANDFATHER, AND THIS IS
AN OLD FARMING BELIEF
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; KANSASVILLE
James Callow Keyword(s): INTERNAL RHYME
| Subject headings: | Observation CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- July 4 Independence Day BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming BELIEF -- Measure of time Year |
Date learned: UNKNOWN
KRAKOWIAK (POLISH DANCE)
LIKE THE AMERICAN SQUARE DANCE.
Where learned: CHILDHOOD ; NOT GIVEN ; HOME ; PENNSYLVANIA ; MICHIGAN ; LETTER ; OHIO ; NEW JERSEY ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; AUTOGRAPH BOOK ; GROSSE POINTE ; HARPER WOODS ; GROSSE POINTE WOODS ; WARREN ; JAPAN ; RUSSIA ; GRAND RAPIDS ; SHIPLE HALL ; GARDEN CITY ; ROYAL OAK ; TOLEDO ; TRENTON ; FARMINGTON ; KALAMAZOO ; CANADA ; ONTARIO ; MARYGROVE COLLEGE ; DETROIT ; MAIL ; INDIANA ; DETROIT, ASSUMED ; TOLD AT HOME ; FERNDALE ; SOUTHFIELD ; TENNESSEE ; MACKENZIE HIGH SCHOOL ; HAMTRAMCK ; DEARBORN ; MINNESOTA ; ILLINOIS ; NEW YORK ; FLORIDA ; KOREA ; WISCONSIN ; NEW HAMPSHIRE ; STUDENT UNION ; READING ; AUSTRALIA ; Sylvania ; Sterling Heights ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; GROSSE POINTE PARK ; OAK PARK ; SOUTHGATE ; STURGEON LAKE ; REDFORD ; TOORAK ; VICTORIA ; ROSEVILLE ; LINCOLN PARK ; TRAVERSE CITY ; HUNTINGTON WOODS ; PONTIAC ; TROY ; PORT CHESTER ; SOUTH AMERICA ; BROOKVILLE ; MONTREAL ; SEOUL ; NORTH OLMSTED ; EASTOWN THEATER ; ERIE ; University of Notre Dame ; FRANKLINVILLE ; TORONTO ; TOLD AT ; TOLD BY ; TOLD IN ; SCRANTON ; MONROE ; GLENVIEW ; MOSCOW ; GULLEY ; FINLAND ; HARBOR BEACH ; HOUGHTON LAKE ; Hudson Lake ; INDIANAPOLIS ; JONESBORO ; KANSASVILLE ; LEXINGTON ; MASSILLON ; MAUCH CHUNK ; MELVINDALE ; MILFORD ; NEW ROCHELLE ; NIAGARA FALLS ; PANAMA CITY ; PATAGONIA ; ARGENTINA ; RESIDENCE HALL ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES ; TOLD AT HONORS HOUSE ; AMERICAN HISTORY CLASS
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Dance |
PROVERB: PICKING A WIFE
WHEN YOU PICK A WIFE, REMEMBER TO GET 'EM YOUNG, TREAT 'EM ROUGH,
AND DON'T TELL 'EM ANYTHING.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS MY GRANDFATHER, AND THIS WAS HIS REPLY WHEN ASKED
ON HIS FIFTIETH WEDDING ANNIVERSARY WHAT HE ATTRIBUTED HIS
SUCCESSFUL MARRIAGE TO.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; KANSASVILLE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-00-1970
THIRTEEN AT A TABLE
IF THIRTEEN PEOPLE EAT AT THE SAME TABLE, ONE OF THEM WILL DIE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS MY GRANDMOTHER, AND SHE CLAIMS THAT ONE TIME SHE
SAT AT A TABLE WITH THIRTEEN PEOPLE. IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE MEAL,
ONE OF THE PEOPLE DIED.
Where learned: WISCONSIN ; KANSASVILLE
| Subject headings: | 686 Specific number by specific number being described |