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BELIEF ABOUT CLEFT IN CHIN
IF YOU HAVE A CLEFT IN YOUR CHIN-
YOU ARE HONEST, CLEAN CUT, AND ALL AMERICAN.
Where learned: HOME
Keyword(s): AMERICAN ; CLEAN CUT ; HONESTY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses Ears, noise in ear |
Date learned: 02-20-1972
MARRIAGE OF DAUGHTERS
DAUGHTERS OF THE MEN AFFILIATED WITH THE MAFIA ARE NOT PERMITTED TO
DATE OR MARRY UNTIL THEY HAVE REACHED THE AGE OF 21.
Where learned: HIS HOME
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Dating, courtship mechanics |
Date learned: 02-08-1968
LENTEN CUSTOM
THE DAY BEFORE ASH WEDNESDAY, EVERY POLISH FAMILY MAKES DOUGHNUTS
THESE DOUGHNUTS ARE COOKED IN LARD AND THIS SIGNIFIES THAT NO FATS
WILL BE USED FOR SEVEN WEEKS.
Submitter comment:
THE ABSTAINING OF LARD DURING THE LENTEN SEASON IS VERY STRICT IN
POLAND. THIS CUSTOM IS PRACTICED IN SOME POLISH_AMERICAN
COMMUNITIES, SUCH AS HAMTRAMCK.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; HAMTRAMCK
Keyword(s): RELIGIOUS CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | 663 Mardi Gras 663 Ash Wednesday CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Easter Season CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting Palm Sunday |
Date learned: 10-09-1971
LEPROSY,
HAS GOT THE BEST O' ME.
THERE GO MY LIPS,
INTO MY CHIPS.
LEPROSY,
HAS GOT THE BEST O' ME.
THERE GO MY EYE BALLS
DOWN IN MY HIGH BALL.
Submitter comment:
THIS VERSE IS SOMETIMES SUNG.
SONG AND VERSE BELONGING TO CHILDREN.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Good humor Jest |
Date learned: 03-10-1968
ROMANIAN DISH
ROMANIAN DISH, EATEN IN PLACE OF BREAD:
MAMALIGA - CORN MEAL MUSH SO DRY AND COARSE IT FORMS LOAFS LIKE
BREAD. THIS IS SLICED AND FRIED AND SERVED WITH SYRUP.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Plant food Cereal Food Drink -- Plant food Vegetable Food Drink -- Pastry Sweet Dessert |
Date learned: 10-26-1969
ENGLISH DRINK
SHANDY - GAFF - MADE OF LEMONADE AND BEER.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS A SPECIAL DRINK FOR LADIES IN ENGLAND.
Where learned: COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Kind of Drink and Its Preparation Food Drink -- Non-alcoholic fruit beverage Citrus Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage Fermented |
Date learned: 04-09-1971
THE WEATHER ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE MONTH
SHOULD REFLECT THE TYPE OF WEATHER FOR THE
FIRST 15 DAYS OF THAT MONTH.
Submitter comment: MENTIONED REPEATEDLY
Where learned: COLLECTED AT HOME
Keyword(s): WEATHER
| Subject headings: | 686 Properties attributed to specific numbers or numerals individually. BELIEF -- P010 BELIEF -- P0201 BELIEF -- P030 BELIEF -- P040 BELIEF -- P0501 BELIEF -- P060 BELIEF -- P070 BELIEF -- P080 BELIEF -- P090 BELIEF -- P100 BELIEF -- P110 BELIEF -- P120 |
Date learned: DATE NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR.
DUM-DUM THE MORON IS---(NAME)
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 09-30-1967
THE BAG OF BONES
IT WAS SAID THAT A TAXI CAB DRIVER PICKED UP A PASSENGER OPPOSITE A
CHURCH. THE PASSENGER ASKED TO BE DRIVEN TO A HOTEL IN THE DOWNTOWN
AREA. ON THE WAY TO THE HOTEL THE TAXI CAB DRIVER TOOK A ROUTE THAT
PASSED BY A CEMETERY. ON APPROACHING THE CEMETERY, THE PASSENGER
ASKED THE DRIVER TO STOP FOR A FEW MINUTES SO THAT HE COULD SAY HELLO
TO A FRIEND WHO LIVED NEARBY. THE DRIVER DID AS HE WAS ASKED TO DO.
THE DRIVER SAID THAT HE STOPPED THE CAR IN FRONT OF THE HOUSE
OPPOSITE THE CEMETERY. HE TURNED TO ASK THE PASSENGER A QUESTION,
BUT THERE WAS NO ONE THERE, ONLY A LADY'S HANDBAG AND A PILLOWCASE.
THE PILLOWCASE WAS FOUND TO CONTAIN BONES OF A HUMAN SKELETON.
THE DRIVER SAID THAT THE CAR DOOR NEVER OPEND. THE POLICE FOUND
NO FINGERPRINTS ON THE CAR DOOR OR SEAT OR THE OBJECTS FOUND IN THE
CAR.
Where learned: TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; NASSAU NP BAHAMAS
| Subject headings: | Favorites PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 00-00-1960
BELIEF/ PRAYER
EVERY MEMBER OF THE FAMILY WAS REQUIRED TO SAY
ONE HAIL MARY AFTER EACH MAJOR MEAL--
BREAKFAST, LUNCH AND DINNER--SO THAT
THE PEOPLE IN THE FAMILY WOULD STAY PURE.
Where learned: DETROIT ; TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 02-19-1970
DUMB, DUMB DODO, CATCH ME IF YOU CAN./ I CAN RUN FASTER THAN ---CAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; TOLD AT HOME ; BIRMINGHAM
Keyword(s): CALL-RHYME
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse |
Date learned: 11-02-1969
THREE ON A MATCH WILL BRING BAD LUCK.
Submitter comment: MRS. DEVEREUX LEARNED THIS FROM HER COUSIN AS A CHILD.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck |
BELIEF NUMBER
THREE ON A MATCH IS BAD LUCK - DEATH TO ONE OF THE THREE.
Where learned: HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
INFORMANT'S FAMILY OPENS THE GIFTS AT 12 O'CLOCK MIDNIGHT,
FOLLOWED BY A CUSTOMARY MEAL OF HOT PASTROMI ON DARK RYE BREAD.
Where learned: TOLD AT HOME ; NEW YORK ; ROCHESTER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Single dishes CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Gifts, gift giving at Christmas |
Date learned: 01-00-1971
EENIE MEENIE MIENIE MO, CATCH A TIGER BY THE TOE
IF HE HOLLARS LET HIM GO, EENIE MEENIE MIENIE MO.
Submitter comment:
TOLD AS A RIDDLE IN A GAME TO DECIDE WHO WAS
"IT."
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; friends ; PLAYING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Game Verse Game Verse Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Speech Speech |
Date learned: 00001960S
CHRISTMAS EVE CUSTOM, SPECIAL OR FESTIVE MEALS
AFTER THE CHRISTMAS EVE MEAL, THE SCRAPS OF FOOD ARE THROWN ON THE
FRUIT TREES. THEN A BRAID OF STRAW IS WRAPPED AROUND THE TREE
TO KEEP IT TOGETHER. IF YOU DO THIS, THE TREE WILL BEAR A LOT
OF FRUIT DURING THE SPRING.
Submitter comment:
MY FATHER'S FAMILY IN POLAND DID THIS AND IT WORKED.
THIS CUSTOM IS STILL PREVALENT IN POLAND TODAY.
Data entry tech comment:
Informant is collector's father.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT HOME
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve F122.4 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Straw |
Date learned: 11-06-1971
DEATH ALWAYS COMES IN THREES.
Submitter comment:
MY MOTHER HEARD THIS FROM HER MOTHER BUT HAS ALSO HEARD
IT FROM OTHER PEOPLE AS WELL.
Where learned: TOLD AT HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 10-16-1971
NUMBER BELIEF
PEOPLE DIE IN THREES, WHEN YOU HEAR OF ONE DEATH YOU WILL SOON
HEAR OF TWO MORE.
Where learned: TOLD AT COLLECTORS HOME
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 10-28-1970
EVIL EYE IN INDIA
IF THE EYE HAS BEEN CAST UPON YOU
YOU WILL GET SICK OR SOMETHING BAD WILL HAPPEN.
TO TAKE IT AWAY YOU MUST WAVE A MIXTURE OF RED CHILES
AND SALT OVER THE CHILD'S HEAD. AT THE SAME TIME
YOU RECITE A CRADLE AND END UP BY WAVING OVER THE
HEAD IN THE SHAPE OF A CROSS.
THEN YOU MUST THROW IT INTO THE FIRE TO BURN.
Where learned: UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT INFORMANTS HOME ; EAST QUAD
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 03-05-1971
FOOD TABOO
IF A PERSON WERE PREGNANT THEN SHE CANNOT EAT MUSTARD GREENS
OR DRINK BUTTERMILK.
Submitter comment:
WHEN I ASKED INFORMANT WHY THIS WAS THE CASE, SHE THOUGHT
MUSTARD GREENS AND BUTTERMILK CAUSE GAS.
Where learned: HOME ; MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; TOLD AT
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Measure of time Eating For menu, see N222. |
Date learned: 01-00-1971