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EASTER CELEBRATION: HIDING EASTER EGGS AND EASTER
BASKETS FOR THE CHILDREN TO FIND IN THE MORNING.
Submitter comment: FAMILY CUSTOM.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; HAMBURG
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter eggs CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter baskets CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
LENTEN CUSTOMS--ST. PATRICK'S DAY
GIVE UP SOMETHING ENJOYABLE AS A SACRIFICE DURING
LENT, EXCEPT ON ST. PATRICK'S DAY.
Submitter comment: FAMILY CUSTOM.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; HAMBURG
| Subject headings: | 663 Lent CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 17 Feast of St. Patrick |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
A STOCKING IS HUNG ON THE FIREPLACE MANTLE. IT CAN BE
FILLED WITH CANDY, ETC. IF THE PERSON WAS GOOD DURING
THE YEAR OR COAL IF THE PERSON WAS BAD.
Submitter comment: FAMILY CUSTOM
Where learned: NEW YORK ; HAMBURG
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
NEITHER THE TREE NOR THE MODEL MANGER IS TAKEN
DOWN UNTIL AFTER THE EPIPHANY.
Submitter comment: FROM OUR FAMILY CUSTOM.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; HAMBURG
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 6 Twelfth Day Epiphany CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 7 |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
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HANDLE WITH CARE WOMEN AND GLASS
Where learned: NEW YORK ; HAMBURG
Keyword(s): PUN
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 11-25-1967
WHEN I WAS A YOUNG BOY, ABOUT TWELVE YEARS OLD, I HAD
TO PASS A HOUSE WHERE THERE WAS A RED HAIRED YOUNG
GIRL. I WOULD CLOSE MY EYES SO THAT I WOULD NOT
SEE, FOR IF I DID SEE, I WOULD CATCH NO FISH.
Where learned: ROCHESTER ; NEW YORK, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Sign Color |
Date learned: 03-11-1972
IF I PASSED A CATHOLIC SISTER OR MOTHER DRESSED IN BLACK
AND SMILED AND ALLOWED HER TO SEE MY TEETH, I WOULD
SURELY DIE.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; SIGNET BOOK ; NEW AMERICAN LIBRARY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 00-00-1945
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
OMENS
IF THE WIND IS BLOWING FROM THE SOUTHWEST
WHEN A CHILD IS CONCEIVED IT WILL BE A BOY.
Where learned: NEW YORK CITY
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1967
OMEN
ST. ALBERT SAID THAT IF THE WIND IS BLOWING
FROM THE NORTHEAST WHEN A CHILD IS CONCEIVED
IT WILL BE A GIRL.
Where learned: NEW YORK CITY
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 00-00-1966
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
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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
Toast
A toast to all your fine ambition, about which we all rant;
Because it makes you do the things that everyone says you can't.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK
Keyword(s): Ability ; AMBITION ; DRINKING ; Social ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
STAR BELIEF
YOU SHOULD WISH ON THE FIRST STAR.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; NIAGARA FALLS
| Subject headings: | 686 686.1 BELIEF -- Star BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00001950S
Toast
Although another year has passed, we will act no older than the last.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
James Callow comment:
Small grammar correction written on submission.
Where learned: BUFFALO ; NEW YORK
Keyword(s): AGE ; Maturity ; Social: Drinking ; TOAST
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech SPEECH -- Formula |
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
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ARABIAN PROVERB
A SECRET IS YOUR SLAVE IF YOU KEEP IT,
YOUR MASTER IF YOU LOSE IT.
Where learned: NEW YORK ; WEST SENECA
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-00-1969