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BREAK A LEG.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 04-11-1979
DINNER PRAYER
FATHER, SON, HOLY SPIRIT, AMEN. BLESS US O LORD AND THESE OUR
GIFTS AS WE ARE ABOUT TO RECEIVE THEM FROM THY BOUNTY OF CHRIST OUR
LORD. AMEN. (MAKE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS AT THE BEGINNING AND THE
END.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. BELIEF -- Prayer BELIEF -- Sign Geometric figure Cross and its various modifications SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 04-11-1979
AFTER A SNEEZE, IF YOU CAN CATCH A HAIR ON YOUR CHEST AND TIE IT
IN A KNOT BEFORE IT GOES BACK IN, YOU WILL HAVE A HAIRY CHEST.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 04-10-1979
CHRISTMAS FOOD CUSTOM (GREEK)
A PIG IS BOUGHT AND RAISED FOR A YEAR. IT IS KILLED CHRISTMAS
EVE AND DIFFERENT PARTS ARE USED TO MAKE DIFFERENT FOOD SUCH
AS LEG IS USED FOR SAUSAGE.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT COULDN'T REMEMBER OTHER DETAILS. THE FOOD IS EATEN
CHRISTMAS DAY.
Data entry tech comment:
Updated by TRD
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): CHRISTMAS ; CUSTOM ; ETHNIC ; FOOD ; Greek ; Pig ; Sausage ; tradition
| Subject headings: | 122 Christmas |
Date learned: 01-00-1970
BELIEF
"IN ITALY AN OLD LADY WANTED TO SEE HER HUSBAND AFTER HE HAD DIED.
AFTER YEARS OF PRAYING AND MANY TEARS HER HUSBAND APPEARED TO HER IN
AN APPARITION OF THE DEVIL. SHE QUICKLY MADE THE SIGN OF THE CROSS
AND SAID, 'JESUS, MARY AND JOSEPH THE SCARED APPARITION BEGAN TO
DISAPPEAR BUT WHILE DOING SO PUT ITS HAND ON THE WALL. SINCE THEN
THEY HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO COVER THE RED HAND SPOT."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
LUCK ( COLLECTOR'S TITLE ) ; GESTURES ( CLASSIFIER'S TITLE )
KNOCK ON WOOD FOR GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Good luck P881.22 SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 02-17-1970
PLANT SUPERSTITION
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN TOUCHES A PLANT, THE PLANT WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | 870 BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
PLANT FOOD
PUT A PENNY IN YOUR TULIPS, THEY WILL KEEP FRESHER IN THE VASE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES ; TOLD AT INFORMANT'S HOME
James Callow Keyword(s): MINERAL: COPPER ; PLANT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Plant |
Date learned: 01-20-1971
The Blarney Stone
WHAT HAPPENS TO YOUR LIPS WHEN YOU KISS THE BLARNEY STONE?
THEY BECOME MORE INVITING.
Submitter comment:
Irish belief.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- P474, |
Date learned: 10-25-1968
SUPERSTITION
IF A PREGNANT WOMAN TOUCHES A PLANT, IT WILL DIE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
SUPERSTITION
IT'S BAD LUCK TO HAVE A PREGNANT WOMAN IN YOUR WEDDING PARTY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES ; GILBERT'S LOUNGE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.545 |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
BUTTERCUP
I'M A LITTLE BUTTERCUP
DEAR LITTLE BUTTERCUP
THOUGH I COULD NEVER TELL WHY
BUT STILL I'M CALLED BUTTERCUP
SWEET LITTLE BUTTERCUP
DEAR LITTLE BUTTERCUP, I.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT SINGS THIS IN SCHOOL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): BUTTERCUP
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Children |
Date learned: 08-11-1964
ROSES ARE RED
ROSES ARE RED
VIOLETS ARE BLUE
YOU KISSED A COW
AND I LAUGHED AT YOU.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM A PLAYMATE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
Keyword(s): FLOWERS: ABCB ; HUMOR
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Lyrical Verse Lyrical Verse |
Date learned: 08-11-1964
DEATH OMEN
IF BIRD FLIES UP AGAINST THE WINDOW OF A HOUSE, DEATH IS JUST
AROUND THE CORNER FOR ONE OF THE MEMBERS OF THE HOUSEHOLD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT THIS ONLY HAPPENED ONCE THAT SHE CAN REMEMBER.
A BIRD FLEW UP AGAINST THE WINDOW OF MY LATE GRANDFATHER'S BEDROOM
AND SHORTLY AFTER HE DIED IN THE HOSPITAL. SHE BELIEVES IN THIS
OMEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
SUPERSTITION (COURTSHIP BELIEF)
IF A GUY GIVES YOU A RING THAT IS SILVER, IF IT BECOMES BENT OR
BROKEN YOU WILL BREAK UP WITH THE GUY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-18-1971
BELIEF HOUSEHOLD OBJECT
IF YOU DROP A KNIFE IT MEANS A WOMAN IS COMING TO VISIT. IF YOU
DROP A FORK THEN A MAN IS COMING TO VISIT. IF YOU DROP A TEASPOON
A CHILD IS COMING TO VISIT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-27-1971
OMENS
IF A PICTURE FALLS FROM THE WALL YOU WILL HEAR OF A DEATH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-17-1970
OMENS
IF YOU'RE OUT FOR THE EVENING AND YOU FIND A WHITE THREAD ON YOU,
THE LENTH OF THE THREAD TELLS HOW GOOD A TIME IT WILL BE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | Observation |
Date learned: 02-17-1970
ST. JOSEPH'S DAY--THE MIRACLE SAINT FOR ALL THINGS
A PROMISE BY THE WEALTHIER CLASS OF PEOPLE TO DONATE THEIR TIME AND
EFFORT TO ORGANIZE THEMSELVES INTO A BAND OF GOOD DOERS FOR THE
POOR. A COLLECTION WAS MADE FROM THE RICH AND POOR ALIKE IN TERMS
OF A HANDFUL OF BEANS FROM EACH FAMILY AND MADE INTO A MEAL FROM
ALL THE DIFFERENT KINDS OF BEANS COLLECTED. THE HUGE VARIETY OF
BEANS WERE COOKED TOGETHER AND SERVED JUST AS IF IT WERE SAUCE WITH
SPAGHETTI. THE WEALTHIER PEOPLE ALSO COOKED SMALL LOAVES OF
BREAD AND DONATED THIS AS WELL AS ALL THE FRESH FRUITS WHICH WERE
SEASONAL AT THAT PARTICULAR TIME. LEMONS, ORANGES, PEARS, APPLES,
FIGS AND EVERYTHING IMMAGINABLE WERE PLACED IN A HUGE BOWL IN THE
CENTER OF THE TABLE AND THE POOR WERE ALL INVITED TO HAVE THEIR
DINNER WITH THEIR BENEFACTORS ON THIS PARTICULAR DAY. IT WAS A WAY
FOR THE HIGHER CLASS TO SHOW THEIR GRATITUDE FOR THEIR OWN FORTUNES
AND TO SHARE WITH THE LESS FORTUNATE. CELEBRATED ON MARCH 19TH.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- March 19 Feast of St. Joseph CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 |
Date learned: 10-31-1971
EASTER CUSTOM (GREEK)
ON GOOD FRIDAY FOUR PEOPLE CARYY A HUGE FLOWER-COVERED FLOAT CALLED
AN EPITAPHIOUS. THIS CONSISTS OF LARGE FLOWER-COVERED ARCHES WITH
A CROSS IN THE MIDDLE. AT MIDNIGHT, THIS IS PLACED IN THE CHURCH ON
THE EAST SIDE FACING EAST. ON EASTER MORNING, ALL OF THE FAMILIES
TAKE BLESSED FLOWERS OFF THE STRUCTURE TO TAKE HOME.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; SAINT CLAIR SHORES
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Church CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Sunday |
Date learned: 01-00-1970