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RIDDLE
QUESTION: WHAT LOOKS THE MOST LIKE HALF OF A CHICKEN?
ANSWER: THE OTHER HALF.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MAUCH CHUNK
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
FARMING BELIEF - PENNSYLVAIA DUTCH
POTATOES PLANTED ON SAINT PATRICK'S DAY WILL BE
LARGE AND NUMEROUS.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MAUCH CHUNK
| Subject headings: | Observation |
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH PROVERB
AS SKINNY AS A SAWHORSE.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MAUCH CHUNK
Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; DEFINITION ; HUMAN CREATIONS
James Callow Keyword(s): COMPARISON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses PROVERB -- Proverbial Comparison |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH PROVERB
THE OLDER THE GOAT THE HARDER ARE HIS HORNS
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MAUCH CHUNK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH PROVERB
THE OLDER THE GOAT THE HARDER ARE HIS HORNS
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; MAUCH CHUNK
James Callow Keyword(s): AGE ; ANIMAL
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 00-00-1961
PROVERBIAL METAPHOR
IF "IF" WAS A HORSE, WE'D ALL TAKE A RIDE !
Submitter comment:
THIS IS A RETORT TO A PERSON WHO CONSTANTLY USES
"IF" IN HIS SPEECH. "IF THIS ONLY HAPPENED . . ."
"IF I HAD . . ." ETC.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; TOLD IN ; SCRANTON
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 04-00-1972
AFTER CHRISTMAS THE PRIEST COMES TO THE HOUSE TO BLESS IT. THIS IS
THE FEAST OF THREE KINGS.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; TOLD IN ; SCRANTON
Keyword(s): EPIPHANY
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 6 Twelfth Day Epiphany |
Date learned: 03-05-1972
SISTER EILEEN TOLD ME WHAT SHE KNEW TO BE
THE ORIGIN OF THE SAYING "GOD BLESS YOU" AFTER A SNEEZE.
SNEEZING SUPPOSEDLY SYMBOLIZES THE RIDDING
OF THE DEVIL FROM THE BODY AND SAYING GOD BLESS YOU
SYMBOLIZES THAT THE SPACE VACATED BY THE
DEVIL IS NOW ABLE TO BE TAKEN OVER BY GOD.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID SHE KNEW THIS HER WHOLE LIFE BUT COULD NOT
VERIFY IT.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; TOLD IN ; SCRANTON
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Prayer SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-17-1972
"SHE SELLS SEA SHELLS DOWN BY THE SEASHORE."
Submitter comment: SAY THIS AS FAST AS YOU CAN TEN TIMES.
Data entry tech comment: THIS IS A TONGUE TWISTER.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; TOLD IN ; SCRANTON
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
Date learned: 03-22-1972
ON ASH WEDNESDAY YOU WOULD KNOCK ON PEOPLES DOORS AND WHEN THEY
WOULD COME OUT, YOU WOULD THROW ASHES ON THEM.
Submitter comment: INFORMANTS MOTHER PRACTICED THIS CUSTOM WHEN SHE WAS IN POLAND.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Ash Wednesday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Monday |
Date learned: 03-05-1972
Belief: Animal
Snake won't die until after sundown.
Data entry tech comment:
Motifs added by TRD
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
Keyword(s): ANIMAL ; BELIEF ; Night ; Serpent ; Snake ; Sundown ; SUNSET ; SUPERSTITION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Animal |
WEAVE A CROSS
ON PALM SUNDAY, SOME PEOPLE WEAVE A CROSS OUT OF THE PALM RECEIVED
AT CHURCH AND PLACE IT ON A TOMBSTONE OF A LOVED ONE IN THE CEMETERY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT DID NOT PRACTICE THIS BUT SAW MANY PEOPLE DO IT IN THE
CEMETERY SHE VISITS.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Palm Sunday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Tuesday |
Date learned: 03-17-1972
HOLY WEEK CUSTOM
ON HOLY THURSDAY NIGHT YOU SHOULD VISIT SEVEN CHURCHES TO GAIN
SPECIAL BLESSINGS AND INDULGENCES.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; SCRANTON
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Holy Thursday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting F663.32 |
RIDDLE
Q: WHAT IS BLACK AND WHITE AND RED ALL OVER?
A: NEWSPAPER.
Data entry tech comment: 7 OTHER EXAMPLES IN THE 5 X 8 CARD FILES.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
Keyword(s): CONUNDRUM (PLAY ON WORDS) ; NATURAL PHENOMENON (Q) COLOR
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 09-12-1965
RIDDLE
Q: WHAT IS ROUND, BLACK, WITH A HOLE IN THE MIDDLE?
A: RECORD
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
Keyword(s): ENTERTAINMENT AND SPORT GOODS (A) ; LITERAL ; STATE OF BEING (Q)
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 09-12-1965
ONE TEASPOON OF NUTMEG TAKEN WITH A GLASS OF WATER WILL STOP
DIARRHEA.
Submitter comment:
Lucy matro. 50 Years old. Textile worker - Italian. Jeanette, Penn.
She got most of her information from her mother.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA ; JEANETTE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Plant BELIEF -- Mineral |
Date learned: 08-00-1973
PREDICTION -DIVINATION
IF TWO PEOPLE ARE WALKING AND A POLE IS IN THEIR PATH THEY MUST
WALK ON EACH SIDE AND SAY BREAD AND BUTTER WHEN THEY COME
TOGETHER. IF THEY DO NOT THEY WILL HAVE A FIGHT.
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
James Callow Keyword(s): HOSTILITY ; POSITION DIRECTION
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank SPEECH -- Formula |
PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH SAYING
NOT SO PRETTY FOR NICE BUT AWFUL STOUT FOR STRONG
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
James Callow Keyword(s): ALLITERATION ; CONTRAST
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 11-13-1965
FIRE PREVENTION- ALLGAU, BAVARIA, GERMANY
IN ORDER TO PREVENT HOUSE FIRES, ALWAYS KEEP A PICTURE
OF ST. FLORIAN IN THE HOME.
Where learned: WARREN ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED ; PENNSYLVANIA, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Religious hero BELIEF -- Use of Object SPEECH -- Proper Name |
Date learned: 11-17-1968
PROVERB
UF KAERFREIDAK SULL MER'S ERSCHT MOL IM JOR FISCHE GE, NO BEISE DI
FISCH'S GANZ JOR.
YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK IN FISHING ALL YEAR IF YOU FISH THE FIRST
TIME IN THE YEAR ON GOOD FRIDAY.
Data entry tech comment: FROM FISHERS OF MEN?
Where learned: PENNSYLVANIA
Keyword(s): LUCK
| Subject headings: | 663 Good Friday Favorites BELIEF -- Fish BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 00-00-1965