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HEART TROUBLE
THERE IS A CUSTOM IN THE OLD COUNTRY: YOU GET AN ORANGE AND PUT PINS
IN IT, REAL CLOSE TOGETHER. WHILE YOU DO THIS SAY,
"AS I PUT THESE PINS IN THIS ORANGE MAY SOME PERSON'S HEART SHRIVEL
UP AS THIS ORANGE WILL DO". WHEN THE ORANGE ROTS THE PERSON WILL DIE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD STORIES OF THIS HAPPENING IN ITALY (CALABRIA),
BUT NEVER SAW IT DONE PERSONALLY. INFORMANT UNSURE IF THIS IS
POSSIBLE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Curse BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 01-21-1972
EGG SOUP
I MAKE A SOUP CALL SOUPA FOR STOMACH ACHES, MADE FROM EGGS.
YOU TAKE AN EGG AND ADD SUGAR, BEAT UNTIL REAL STIFF. ADD
SOME VANILLA AND BOILED MILK, PUT CRACKERS IN IT TOO. YOU
HAVE TO MAKE SURE IT'S FOAMY AND FLUFFY.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT SHE USED TO PREPARE THIS FOR HER CHILDREN
ALL OF THE TIME BECAUSE IT TASTED SO GOOD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Mixed preparation in liquid |
Date learned: 01-21-1972
MENSTRUAL BELIEF-WINE PREPARATION
WHEN WE MADE WINE IN THE OLD COUNTRY, IF A WOMAN
WHO HAD HER MENSTRUAL PERIOD CAME AROUND OR WAS NEAR THE PLACE
WHERE THE WINE WAS BEING MADE, THE WINE WOULD ALWAYS GO SOUR.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT WAS A FIRM BELIEVER IN THIS.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | Food Drink -- Alcoholic beverage Fermented BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 01-24-1972
STORY
ELEPHANTS HAD NO TRUNKS, AND ONE DAY WHILE IT WAS GETTING A
DRINK OF WATER A CROCODILE WAS SWIMMING CLOSE TO THE SHORE
& IT GRABBED THE ELEPHANT BY HIS SHORT NOSE & STARTED TO
PULL & PULL & PULL TILL IT LOOKS AS IT IS TODAY.
Submitter comment: PROBABLY TOLD TO CLASS BY LOWER GRADE TEACHER
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Characteristics of Animals |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
KING OF THE MOUNTAIN
THIS WAS PLAYED ON A BIG HILL.
Submitter comment: PLAYED IN SCHOOL PLAYGROUND
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Bodily Activity CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- School |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
SUPERSTITION
STEP ON A CRACK & YOU WILL BREAK YOUR BACK.
Submitter comment: SAID AS A KID GOING TO SCHOOL NO ORIGIN
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
Date learned: 00-00-1974
COMMON WORD
YOU'RE OUT
Submitter comment: A REMARK MADE AFTER SOMEONE SAYS OR DOES SOMETHING DUMB
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
EVIL EYE CURE
IF SOMEONE IS SICK FROM THE EVIL EYE,
PUT SALT IN THE CORNERS OF THE ROOM.
IT WILL GET RID OF THE EVIL.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S MOTHER IN LAW DID THIS IN FRONT OF
INFORMANT TO CURE INFORMANT'S SON OF A FEVER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 02-02-1972
EVIL EYE
TO KEEP AWAY EVIL EYE, BABY SHOULD ALWAYS
WEAR A RED RIBBON. THIS WILL KEEP THE
BABY FROM GETTING SICK FROM THE EVIL EYE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID THAT SHE PUT A RED RIBBON
ON ALL SIX OF HER CHILDREN AND THEY
ALL WERE HEALTHY BABIES.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Curse |
Date learned: 01-21-1972
WISHING
WHENEVER YOU SEE A MAIL TRUCK
YOU SHOULD CROSS YOUR FINGERS AND MAKE A WISH.
YOU MUST KEEP YOUR FINGERS CROSSED
UNTIL YOU SEE A DOG.
THEN YOUR WISH WILL COME TRUE.
Submitter comment: I CAN REMEMBER DOING THIS WHEN I WAS IN JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL.1962-64
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OAK PARK
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IN LITHUANIA IN THE 1890's, DONNA'S GRANDFATHER WALKED MILES AND
MILES TO CHURCH. THE PEOPLE TENDED TO FALL ASLEEP DURING THE LONG
SERVICES, SO A "DEVIL" WAS THERE TO WAKE THEM UP; HE WAS DRESSED
ALL IN BLACK. WHEN HER GRANDFATHER CAME TO AMERICA, THE FIRST THING
HE SAW UPON LEAVING THE SHIP WAS A BLACK MAN WHOM HE TOOK TO BE THE
DEVIL.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Devil Demon |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
HOW CAN YOU TELL A HAPPY MOTORCYLIST?
(BY THE BUGS IN HIS TEETH)
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
THIRTY WHITE HORSES
UPON A RED HILL.
NOW THEY STAMP,
NOW THEY CHAMP,
NOW THEY STAND STILL.
(TEETH)
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
LITTLE NANCY ETTICOAT
WITH A WHITE PETTICOAT
AND A RED ROSE.
SHE HAS NO FEET OR HANDS;
THE LONGER SHE STANDS
THE SHORTER SHE GROWS.
(A CANDLE)
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Riddle True Riddle RIDDLE -- True Riddle |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
EARLY TO BED, EARLY TO RISE
MAKES A MAN HEALTHY, WEALTHY, AND WISE.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
DONNA'S NICKNAME IS "DONNA BANNANA" FOR HER "UP AND BANANA."
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
DONNA'S SPEECH TEACHER WAS CALLED THE "PEANUT MAN" BECAUSE
HIS FACE LOOKED LIKE A PEANUT.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
| Subject headings: | Person / Nickname |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IN DONNA'S FAMILY, THEY CALL A CABOOSE A CABBAGE BECAUSE OF
ONE OF HER SISTER'S MISPRONUNCIATIONS.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
ICE CREAM IS CALLED FREAM, FREAM.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
MR. RAWOT CALLS HIS KNIFE A SAW AND THIS HAS BEEN PASSED
THROUGHOUT THEIR FAMILY.
Where learned: ILLINOIS ; PALOS PARK
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Common Word |
Date learned: 00-00-1972