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Proverb
Cleanliness is next to Godliness.
Submitter comment:
Favorite Comment
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Original BN [V600] crossed out. Replaced with current classification.
Where learned: OHIO ; Sylvania
Keyword(s): Aphorism ; Apothegm ; Clean ; CLEANLINESS ; God ; Godliness ; Maxim ; PROVERB ; VERSE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
RIDDLE
Q: THE MORE YOU FEED IT/ THE MORE IT WILL GROW HIGH/ BUT IF YOU
GIVE IT WATER,/ THEN IT WILL GO AND DIE.
A: FIRE.
Data entry tech comment: ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS IN THE 5 X 8 CARD FILES.
Where learned: OHIO ; Sylvania
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; NATURAL PHENOMENA (Q) ; STATES OF BEING (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
RIDDLE
Q: WHAT FLIES AND NEVER RESTS?
A: THE WIND.
Data entry tech comment: ANOTHER EXAMPLE IS IN THE 5 X 8 CARD FILES.
Where learned: OHIO ; Sylvania
Keyword(s): ACTIONS (Q) ; ANTITHETICAL ; NATURAL PHENOMENA (A)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
PROVERBIAL APOTHEGM
ORDER IS HEAVEN'S FIRST LAW
Submitter comment: CONVERSATION
Where learned: OHIO ; Sylvania
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
PUT THAT IN YOUR PIPE AND SMOKE IT.
Where learned: OHIO ; Sylvania
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; RETORT ; SYMBOL ; THINK IT OVER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
POLISH RELIGIOUS CUSTOM SWIECZONKA--BLESSING OF FOOD
FOOD, CONSISTING OF FRESH SAUSAGE, HAM, SALT, PEPPER, COOKED EGGS,
CAKES, FANCY SWEETBREADS AND BREAD, ARE ( IS ) TAKEN TO CHURCH HOLY
SATURDAY MORNING AND THE PRIEST BLESSES EACH BASKET. PURPOSE OF THIS
CEREMONY IS TO HAVE THIS BLESSED FOOD EASTER SUNDAY TO BEGIN THE
PASCHAL SEASON WITH THE NEW RISEN CHRIST.
Where learned: OHIO ; Sylvania
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM ; SWIECZONKA
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Saturday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR
ST. STEPHEN'S NUT THROWING
BOYS AND GIRLS OR FRIENDS AND RELATIVES THROW CHRISTMAS NUTS AT
EACH OTHER AS A REMEMBRANCE OF THE STONING OF ST. STEPHEN; THE FIRST
MARTYR. THIS FUN THROWING CUSTOM USUALLY TAKES PLACE ON DECEMBER 26.
Submitter comment: POLISH RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
Where learned: OHIO ; Sylvania
Keyword(s): ST. STEPHEN'S DAY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 26 Boxing Day St. Stephen's Day |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
POLISH CHRISTMAS CUSTOM - BREAKING OF "OPLATEK" (ANGEL BREAD)
BREAKING OF THIS OPLATEK WITH FRIENDS AND RELATIVES
AT CHRISTMAS FOR THE PURPOSE OF WISHING EACH
OTHER GOOD TIDINGS AND BLESSINGS FOR THE NEW YEAR.
EACH ONE SAYS TO THE OTHER "WESOLI SWIAT
BOZEGO NARODZENIA I SCZELIWEGO NOWEGO ROKU."
Where learned: OHIO ; Sylvania
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.82 |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
POLISH RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
A WOODEN FRAME IS SET IN THE MIDDLE AISLE OF THE
IN FRON OF THE COMMUNION RAIL, REPRESENTING A
COFFIN. THIS FRAME IS COVERED WITH A BLACK FELT
CLOTH. FUNERAL CANDLES ARE PLACED ON EITHER SIDE.
THE PRIEST INCENSES AND SPRINKLES THE CATAFALQUE
AFTER MASS. PURPOSE OF THIS CUSTOM IS "ROCZNICA"
ANNIVERSARY OF THE DEAR DEPARTED SOUL. THIS IS
USUALLY DONE THIRTY DAYS AFTER THE DEATH, OR ONE
YEAR AFTER. OFTEN TOO DURING NOVEMBER, MONTH OF
THE POOR SOULS.
Where learned: OHIO ; Sylvania
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
WHY DOESN'T SWEDEN EXPORT CATTLE?
BECAUSE SHE WANTS TO KEEP HER STOCKHOLM}
Where learned: OHIO ; Sylvania
Keyword(s): ANIMALS: CATTLE ; CONUNDRUM
James Callow Keyword(s): PUN ON STOCK HOME
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN REDECORATING ONE OF THE BUILDINGS OF THE CONVENT
IN SYLVANIA, THE CHAPEL WAS CONVERTED TO A
COMMUNITY ROOM. ONE EVENING AS ONE OF THE SISTERS
SAT ALONE STUDYING, SHE HEARD FEET SHUFFLING ALONG
THE WALL BUT, LOOKING, SHE SAW NO ONE. THIS
HAPPENED SEVERAL TIMES TO VARIOUS SISTERS. IT
SEEMS THAT THE POOR SOULS COME BACK TO SAY THE
STATIONS OF THE CROSS, WHICH WERE ONCE ERECTED
ALONG THE WALLS.
Submitter comment:
A GROUP OF US WERE TOLD ABOUT THIS BY THE SISTER WHO
HAD HEARD THE FOOTSTEPS.
Where learned: OHIO ; Sylvania
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal P477.13 |
FOOD VERSE
A MOMENT ON THE LIPS,
FOREVER ON THE HIPS.
Submitter comment: HEARD IN OHIO DURING THE 1950'S
Where learned: OHIO ; Sylvania
James Callow Keyword(s): DIETING ; OVERWEIGHT ; WEIGHT-CONSCIOUSNESS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00001950S
PROVERB
A MAN'S HOUSE IS HIS CASTLE.
Where learned: OHIO ; Sylvania
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1965
Superstition
If you give someone a present or a wallet or a purse put a penny in and they will never be broke.
Data entry tech comment:
Entered by TRD
Keyword(s): BELIEF ; BLESSING ; COIN ; CUSTOM ; GIFT ; LUCK ; MONEY ; MONEY ; Purse ; SUPERSTITION ; Wallet ; WEALTH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P553 |
Action Song: Hand on My Heart
1. Hand on my heart,
What is this here (Point to head)
This is my tinker box
Mommy my dear
Tinker box, tinker box, ting aling a ling a loo (Circular movement of forefinger near temple)
That's what we learned at the school.
2. Hand on my heart,
What is this here
This is my eye blinker (Point to eye)
Mommy my dear
Eye blinker, tinker box ting a ling a loo
That's what we learned at the school.
(The third line of each verse changes, with a repetition of parts of the body previously sung, in the fifth line. The rest of the song remains the same as the above.)
3. This is my nose smeller (Point to nose)
Nose smeller, eye blinker, tinker box etc.
4. This is my chin chopper (Point to chin)
Chin chopper, nose smeller, eye blinker, tinker box etc.
5. This is my heart beater. (Point to heart)
6. This is my bread basket. (Point to stomach)
7. This is my knee bender. (Point to knee)
8. This is my toe tapper. (Point to toe)
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Jump-Rope Verse
I went downtown to see Mrs. Brown
She gave me a nickle to buy a pickle.
The pickle was sour so I bought a flower.
The flowe as yellow, I gave it to my fellow.
Where learned: TOLEDO, Ohio
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Rope Jumping Rime
I'm a little dutch girl and I can do the kicks,kicks, kicks.
I'm a little dutch girl and I can do the splits,splits splits.
I'm a little dutch girl and I can do the downs, downs, downs.
I'm a little dutch girl and I can do the rounds, rounds,rounds.
Where learned: Learned from the street gand in S. Euclid, Ohio.
Keyword(s): ACTION ; CHARACTER ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse C760.560 |
Jump Rope Rime
Hands up Tootsie, Tootsie, Tootsie, Too.
Hands down Tootsie, Tootsie, Tootsie, Too.
Trun around Tootsie, Tootsie, Tootsie, Too.
Touch the groud Tootsie, Tootsie, Tootsie, Too.
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state where the informant lives.
Where learned: Informant learded this in her Parma, Ohio neighborhood.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse C760.560 |
Jump Rope Song
Hi, low, medium, walkie, talkie, slowly, pepper.
(at pepper, rope is turned faster)
Where learned: Cleveland, Ohio
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Rope jumping Rime
House for sale, room for rent.
Whene I move out, let _______ move in.
Here's the key to lock the door,
Shut your mouth and say no more.
Data entry tech comment:
Collector does not state where informant livess.
Where learned: Learned as child in Cleveland, Ohio neighborhood.
Keyword(s): ACTION ; Call ; RHYME ; RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse C760.560 |