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CUSTOMS
ON HALLOWEEN IN GREECE, THE KIDS GO FROM DOOR TO DOOR
KISSING THE HANDS OF THE GROWN-UPS. THEY THEN RECEIVE A
FEW PENNIES IN RETURN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): GIFT-GIVING
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F103 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- September 23 equinox to December 20 Also used for Advent. SPEECH -- Gesture |
Date learned: 10-02-1972
BAD LUCK
EVEN NUMBERS AND WEDNESDAYS ARE BAD LUCK IN GREECE. IF YOU
PLANT ANY CROPS ON WEDNESDAY THEY WILL NOT GROW PROPERLY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Number Even number (not specific) BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.4 BELIEF -- Bad luck P882.5 |
Date learned: 09-00-1972
GAMES
MY INFORMANT TELLS ME OF A GAME WHERE YOU PICK TEN MEN FOR
EACH SIDE. YOU THEN DRAW A CIRCLE ON THE GROUND OF ABOUT
THIRTY FEET IN DIAMETER. THE OPPOSING TEAM STANDS WAY OUTSIDE
THE CIRCLE PLAYING THE FIELD. THE OTHER TEAM STANDS
JUST OUTSIDE THE CIRCLE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE AND ONE OF ITS
MEN PLACES HIMSELF DIRECTLY IN THE MIDDLE OF THE CIRCLE.
THIS MAN HOLDS A BIG THICK STICK AND HAS TO HIT ANOTHER STICK
ABOUT SIX INCHES LONG. THIS SMALLER STICK IS PITCHED BY ONE
OF THE OPPOSING TEAM'S MEN IN THE FIELD. THE OBJECT OF THE
GAME IS TO HIT THE STICK AS FAR AS YOU CAN. IF THE HIT STICK
DOESN'T GET OUT OF THE CIRCLE OR IS CAUGHT BY A MAN IN THE
FIELD, THEN THE MAN IN THE CIRCLE IS OUT. ANOTHER MAN FROM THE
SAME TEAM TAKES HIS PLACE IN THE CIRCLE. PLAY CONTINUES UNTIL
ALL TEN MEN ON ONE TEAM ARE OUT AND THEN THE MEN FROM THE FIELD
COME IN TO HIT. NO POINTS ARE SCORED AND THE GAME IS CALLED
STICKBALL.
Submitter comment: (TCHELIKE IN GREEK)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Special Object or Implement |
Date learned: 09-00-1972
BELIEFS
TURKS AFTER THEY DIE RETURN TO HAUNT CHRISTIANS.
THERE WAS NOISE UNDER OUR HOUSE WHERE WE KEPT THE HORSES.
MY MOTHER WENT DOWN TO LOOK BUT SHE SAW NO ONE AND SHE LOCKED
THE DOOR. WHEN SHE WENT TO SEE THE HORSES IN THE MORNING,
SHE FOUND A DEAD TURK'S BODY. THEY ONLY LIVE AT NIGHT TO
HAUNT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter BELIEF -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 09-00-1972
EVIL EYE
IF A LADY HAS AN EVIL EYE AND IS JEALOUS OF A MAN, SHE CAN
MAKE THAT MAN'S MULE FALL DOWN AND DIE. IF SHE LIKES THE MAN,
THE MULE WILL RUN AND BE HEALTHY.
Submitter comment:
(THE EVIL EYE HAS POWER OVER THE MULE BECAUSE IT IS LIKE A MAN
STRONG AND STUBBORN.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 09-00-1972
OMENS
IN GREECE DOGS AND HORSES ARE OMENS TO MEN. WHEN A HORSE WILL
NOT GO OUT INTO THE FIELD TO WORK, THEN YOU KNOW SOMETHING BAD
IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Mammal |
Date learned: 09-00-1972
PROVERB
YOUR FRIEND LOOKS AT YOUR FACE.
YOUR ENEMY LOOKS AT YOUR FEET.
Submitter comment:
(HE IS YOUR ENEMY BECAUSE HE IS LOOKING AT THE DIRTIEST PART
OF YOUR LIFE.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTRAST ALLITERATION PARALLELISM
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1972
PROVERB
IT IS BETTER THAT MY EYE SHOULD COME OUT THAN MY NAME.
Submitter comment:
(IF A PERSON HAS DONE A DISGRACEFUL ACT, IT IS BETTER THAT HE
LOSE AN EYE THAN HAVE HIS NAME SPOKEN IN CONNECTION WITH HIS
MISDEED.)
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): REPUTATION HONOR
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-00-1972
WHEN YOU DREAM OF A WEDDING, SOMETHING BAD WILL
HAPPEN TO YOU.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Dreams Bad luck |
Date learned: 10-00-1971
IF A CROW FLIES OVER YOUR HOUSE, CROWING, IT IS
A BAD OMEN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HIS UNCLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 09-25-1967
IF YOU LET AN UMBRELLA UP IN THE HOUSE,
YOU WILL HAVE BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: SHE BELIEVES IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1975 ; 00-00-1985
IF YOU HEAR A ROOSTER CROWING AT THE DOOR, IT BRINGS
SICKNESS TO THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD FROM HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): FOWL
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 09-28-1967
AN OLD POLISH FARMER'S BELIEF IS THAT WHEN A STORK
THROWS AWAY ONE OF THE TWO EGGS IT LAYS, THE YEAR
WILL BE DRY (BECAUSE A STORK'S MAIN FOOD IS FROGS
AND FROGS THRIVE IN WET WEATHER).
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
Date learned: 07-00-1964
IF YOU HEAR A HOUNG BAYING AT NIGHT, THERE WILL BE A DEATH
IN THE FAMILY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD FROM HIS FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 09-28-1967
IF YOU SLEEP IN THE LIGHT OF THE MOON, YOU WILL LOSE YOUR
MIND OR BECOME A LUNATIC.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD FROM HIS MOTHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Moon |
Date learned: 09-28-1967
IF YOU FIND A HORSESHOE AND THROW IT OVER YOUR
SHOULDER, YOU WILL HAVE GOOD LUCK ALL DAY.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT LEARNED ON THE FARM.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALLEN PARK
| Subject headings: | ART CRAFT ARCHITECTURE -- Wall Partition Door Window BELIEF -- Good luck Horseshoe |
Date learned: 10-29-1967
NEVER CROSS A BLACK CAT'S PATH OR YOU WILL HAVE
TEN YEARS OF BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: SHE BELIEVED IT THEN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | 686 First / Once / One / Newness BELIEF -- Mammal BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1976 ; 00-00-1985
WHEN YOUR LEFT PALM ITCHES, YOU WILL GET SOME MONEY;
BUT IF YOUR RIGHT PALM ITCHES, SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN.
Submitter comment: SHE DID NOT BELIEVE IT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Sensations and involuntary actions Itching hands and feet |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
GOD BLESS THE DUKE OF ARGYLE
WHEN THE TELEGRAPH WAS FIRST BEING SET UP IN SCOTLAND,
THE DUKE OF ARGYLE HAD POLES ERECTED FOR THAT PURPOSE
ALL OVER THE COUNTRYSIDE. THE PEASANTS, BEING SIMPLE
PEOPLE DID NOT UNDERSTAND THAT THESE POLES WERE TO BE
USED FOR THE TELEGRAPH AND THEY THOUGHT THE DUKE HAD
THEM PLACED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRYSIDE FOR THE PEASANTS
TO USE AS SCRATCHING POSTS. SO NOW, WHENEVER A SCOTSMAN
FROM THE DOMAIN OF THE DUKE OF ARGYLE GETS AN ITCHY
BACK, HE SAYS, "GOD BLESS THE DUKE OF ARGYLE."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula |
CURE
IF A CHILD, USUALLY A BABY, IS SUFFERING FROM AN ILLNESS, USUALLY A
CHILD'S ILLNESS LIKE A COLD OR FLU, YOU SHOULD CUT OFF THE EAR OF A
CAT. THEN DRIP THE BLOOD ON A PIECE OF BREAD AND FEED IT TO THE
INFANT. THIS IS SALEM WITCHCRAFT.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT THOUGHT THIS WAS A SICKENING THING TO DO, BUT HE
TALKED OF IT AS AN AUTHENTIC CURE ACCORDING TO SOME PEOPLE. AS HE
SAID, WHAT ELSE COULD THEY DO, THE DRUG STORES WERE CLOSED.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; HIGHLAND PARK
James Callow Keyword(s): IRONY
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food BELIEF -- Remedy BELIEF -- Use of Object Animals |
Date learned: 11-00-1975