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I ALWAYS HATED TO WASH HANDKERCHIEFS FOR ALL THE PEOPLE IN MY
FAMILY. BUT IN THOSE DAYS, IT WAS THE ONLY WAY TO GET THEM REALLY
CLEAN. FIRST YOU HAD TO SOAK THEM ALL IN A BUCKET OF AMMONIA
AND WATER FOR A DAY. THEN PUT THEM (CAREFUL--YUCK) INTO THE WASH
BOILER AND BOIL THEM AS USUAL. WASH, AND HANG TO DRY.
Submitter comment: THANK GOD FOR WASHING MACHINES.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT JOSEPH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Working |
WE LEARNED A LITTLE SALISH INDIAN. FOR EXAMPLE, "EEK-SPOSH-
EEMEENUM LU-WEL SHEL-WEL SHEKEL ALAZHUKLI" TRANSLATED TO: WE
ADORE THEE, O CHRIST, AND WE BLESS THEE, FOR BY THY HOLY CROSS
THOU HAST REDEEMED THE WORLD. AND "TA" MEANT NO.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT LEARNED THE LANGUAGE TOTALLY BY EAR, UNWRITTEN,
SHE WAS LIVING ON THE FLATEAD RESERVATION IN WESTERN MONTANA.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT JOSEPH
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Group of Vowels and Consonants, and of Words SPEECH -- Vocabulary of Special Group SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 10-05-1976
SOME OF THE INDIAN CHILDREN I GREW UP WITH HAD THE MOST INTERESTING
NAMES, SUCH AS ANNIE BIG TOM, ANNIE BULL-OVER-THE-HILL, BLIND
BARNABY, EUNA ROSE SITS-DOWN-SPOTTED AND OTHERS.
Submitter comment: HOW OLD WERE THOSE KIDS BEFORE THEY COULD SAY THEIR NAMES?
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT JOSEPH
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: 10-05-1976
THE LEGEND OF FATHER TAELMAN, S.J., IS STILL TOLD TO SMALL CHILDREN
AND TOURISTS IN THE TOWN WHERE I GREW UP. THE BEAUTIFUL MISSION
CHURCH, WITH ITS CARVED PULPIT AND MURALS WAS BEING DECORATED.
FR. TAELMAN WAS PAINTING WHAT WAS TO BE A SCENE FROM HELL.
SOME INDIANS CAME IN TO WATCH. SEIZING THE OPPORTUNITY TO
CONVERT THE "HEATHENS", FR. TAELMAN EXPLAINED TO THEM WHAT
HELL WAS. THE INDIANS THEN LAUGHED AND POINTED OUT THAT ALL
THE DAMNED SOULS IN THE PAINTING WERE REPRESENTED AS WHITE MEN.
IF YOU GO TO THAT CHURCH TODAY, YOU CAN SEE FOR YOURSELF THE
INDIAN FACES THAT FR. TAELMAN ADDED.
Submitter comment: ITS TRUE--I HAVE SEEN THE MURAL MYSELF.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT JOSEPH
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon PROSE NARRATIVE -- Religious hero PROSE NARRATIVE -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 10-05-1976
"GIVE ME A HOME IN MONTANA"
WHENEVER MY DADDY AND HIS FRIENDS GOT TOGETHER TO ENJOY DADDYS
BATHTUB GIN DURING PROHIBITION, THEY WOULD ALWAYS SING THIS
SONG. THE LYRICS WENT:
GIVE ME A HOME IN MONTANA
A COWBOY FROM MONTANA
AND SEE HOW HAPPY ILL BE.
GIVE ME AN OL HICKRY CABIN
AND I WONT BE GRABBIN
LET THAT MONTANA MOON SHINE ON ME.
ITS A TRUE PARADISE
NEATH THOSE BLUE MOUNTAIN SKIES
I NEVER MORE WILL ROAM.
GIVE ME A HOME IN MONTANA
A COWBOY FROM MONTANA
AND SEE HOW HAPPY ILL BE.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT JOSEPH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Joy Happiness Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Admiration Praise Adulation Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Social reunion |
Date learned: 10-05-1976
THE SALISH INDIANS BECAME FERVENT CATHOLICS. EVERY YEAR ON GOOD
FRIDAY THEY HAD A RELIGIOUS PROCESSION. IT WOUND THROUGH THE WHOLE
TOWN. THEY ALWAYS DRESSED IN THEIR NATIVE COSTUMES AND DANCED AND
SANG. SOME OF THE MEN CARRIED HUGE HEAVY CROSSES. THEY ALSO CARRIED
A WOODEN VERSION OF THE PIETA. AT MY AGE THEN, IT WAS THE ONLY
"GOOD" THING ABOUT GOOD FRIDAY.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT JOSEPH
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Religious Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Adoration CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting |
Date learned: 10-05-1976
MY BROTHER PETE WAS GIVEN A PROPER IRISH WAKE. AFTER THE DOCTOR HAD
CLEANED HIM UP A BIT, MOTHER WASHED AND DRESSED HIM. HE WAS THEN
TAKEN TO THE UNDERTAKER, UNDRESSED, EMBALMED, REDRESSED, AND BROUGHT
HOME TO US. THE LIVING ROOM WAS DARKENED AND DRAPED IN BLACK.
TAPERS BURNED AROUND THE COFFIN ALL DAY AND ALL NIGHT. ONE OF US
KEPT THE DEATHWATCH, SAYING THE ROSARY OVER AND OVER. NEIGHBORS CAME
TO BRING FOOD AND PRAY OVER HIM.
THE WHOLE TOWN CROWDED INTO AND AROUND OUR HOUSE FOR THE RECITATION
OF THE ROSARY FOR MY POOR DEAD BROTHER. ON THE THIRD DAY AFTER HIS
DEATH, SIX OF PETES BEST FRIENDS CARRIED HIM ON THEIR SHOULDERS TO
TH MISSION CHURCH.
JUST BEFORE PETE WAS SEALED INTO HIS COFFIN, WE WERE ALL FORCED
TO KISS HIM GOODBYE. HE WAS COLD AND HARD. THEN EACH OF US THREW A
SHOVELFUL OF DIRT OVER THE BOX IN THE GRAVE.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT JOSEPH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-05-1976
WE WERE TAUGHT AS CHILDREN THAT, AS A SACRIFICE FOR THE POOR SOULS
IN PURGATORY, WE SHOULD SIT ABSOLUTELY STILL DURING THE READING OF
CHRISTS PASSION DURING HOLY WEEK. MY MOTHER WAS TAUGHT THE SAME THING
AS A VERY LITTLE GIRL.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT JOSEPH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church |
Date learned: 10-05-1976
MY MOTHER ALWAYS PAID US FOR ANY WARTS THAT WE GOT. AFTER SHE BOUGHT
THEM, THEY ALWAYS DISAPPEARED.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT JOSEPH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curer BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-05-1976
IF AT COMMUNION YOU TOUCH THE HOST, YOUR HAND WILL FALL OFF.
Submitter comment: I THINK "COMMUNION IN THE HAND" DISPROVES THIS.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT JOSEPH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Church SPEECH -- Gesture |
IF AT COMMUNION YOU BITE THE HOST, BLOOD WILL COME OUT OF YOUR
MOUTH AND NOSE AND YOU WILL DIE.
Submitter comment: ENTIRELY FALSE--I TRIED IT THE NEXT DAY.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT JOSEPH
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Church BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: CA09001965
IF YOU HEAR A SIREN, SAY A HAIL MARY FOR ALL THOSE IN TROUBLE.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT JOSEPH
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 10-05-1976
IF YOU HAVE LITTLE WHITE MARKS UNDER YOUR FINGERNAILS, EACH ONE
SIGNIFIES A WHITE LIE.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT JOSEPH
Keyword(s): LYING
| Subject headings: | Spirit / Mind / Body BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 10-05-1976
WHEN SOMEONE IS REALLY HAPPY, WE USED TO CALL IT BEING "HAPPY AS
A BLEE".
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SAINT JOSEPH
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 10-05-1976
Man A was in the hospital. Man B came to visit the sick man. When the nurse asked what relation Man B was to the patient, Man B replied:
"Sisters and brothers have I none.
This man's father is my father's only son."
Who is Man B?
Answer: father of patient
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SPRINGFIELD
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
People with small ears are misers. People with large ears are foolish with money.
Data entry tech comment:
No Boggs number assigned.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SPRINGFIELD
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Rain at seven,
Quit by eleven.
Data entry tech comment:
No Boggs number assigned.
Where learned: MISSOURI ; SPRINGFIELD
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