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PROVERB
MARRIAGE ISN'T A WORD, IT'S A SENTENCE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT SAID HE HAS REPEATED THIS OFTEN TO VARIOUS FRIENDS
CLAIMS IT IS HIS OWN IDEA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): PESSIMISM ; PUN ON SENTENCE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 09-20-1967
BELIEF
THE MILLS OF GOD GRIND VERY SLOWLY, BUT VERY FINE.
TRANSLATION OF:
GOTTES MUEHLEN MALEN LANGSAM, ABER TREFFLICH FEIN.
Submitter comment:
IN THE SENSE THAT GOD'S PATIENCE IS ENDURING, BUT THERE WILL BE
A DAY OF RECKONING.
INFORMANT SAID THIS IS A VERY OLD GERMAN SAYING AND BELIEF
SHE HEARD OFTEN WHEN LIVING IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GERMANY ; FERNDALE ; REGENSBURG
James Callow Keyword(s): GERMAN OBSERVATION ; GERMAN WARNING ; PROPHECY
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 12-04-1967
PROVERB
MONEY IS THE ROOT OF ALL EVIL.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; FERNDALE ; Norwalk
James Callow Keyword(s): OBSERVATION ; WARNING
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
PROVERB
THE MORNING HAS GOLD IN ITS MOUTH.
TRANSLATION OF:
MORGENSTUNDE HAT GOLD IN MUNDE.
Submitter comment:
LIKE ENGLISH PROVERB - THE EARLY BIRD GETS THE WORM.
INFORMANT HEARD THIS AS A CHILD WHILE LIVING IN REGENSBERG,
GERMANY.
I HEARD THE VARIANT IN DETROIT, MICHIGAN, AS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; GERMANY ; DETROIT ; FERNDALE ; REGENSBURG
James Callow Keyword(s): RISING
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-24-1967
PROVERB
MOST PEOPLE NEVER PLAN TO FAIL,
THEY JUST FAIL TO PLAN.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): CHIASMUS
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
RETORT
IT'S FAR OFF WHAT GOD SENDS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS FROM HER IRISH GRANDMOTHER
WHEN LIVING IN NORWALK, OHIO.
{MEANING} IN THE SENSE THAT GOD IS ALWAYS WATCHING OVER
US; HELP OFTEN COMES TO US THROUGH THE KIND DEEDS OF
OTHERS AND AT THE MOST OPPORTUNE TIME. E.G. A PERSON IS
WITHOUT BREAD AND UNEXPECTEDLY A NEIGHBOR BRINGS IN A
FRESHLY BAKED LOAF OF BREAD. THIS PERSON WOULD HAVE
SAID, "IT'S FAR OFF WHAT GOD SENDS."
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
IT IS THE PRIVILEGE OF YOUTH TO MAKE MISTAKES.
Submitter comment:
{GERMAN TRANSLATION:} JUGEND HAT KEINE TUGEND.
INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN REGENSBERG, GERMANY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Proverb Proverb |
Date learned: 11-29-1967
KISSING
INFORMANT LEARNED FROM THE NUNS AT ST. JAMES GRADE
SCHOOL IN FERNDALE {MICHIGAN} (ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO)
THAT KISSING WAS NOT SINFUL IF IT COULD PASS THE
DOORKNOB TEST. IF YOU COULD KISS A DOORKNOB AND
HAVE THE SAME REACTION WHEN YOU KISSED A BOY, THE
EXPERIENCE WAS INNOCENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
KISSING
INFORMANT LEARNED FROM THE NUNS AT ST. JAMES GRADE
SCHOOL IN FERNDALE {MICHIGAN} (ABOUT 15 YEARS AGO)
THAT KISSING WAS NOT SINFUL IF IT COULD PASS THE
DOORKNOB TEST. IF YOU COULD KISS A DOORKNOB AND
HAVE THE SAME REACTION WHEN YOU KISSED A BOY, THE
EXPERIENCE WAS INNOCENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
IF ANYTHING SCARES YOU, SIMPLY DRAW A CIRCLE AROUND
YOURSELF WITH CHALK WHICH THE PRIEST HAS BLESSED
ON JANUARY 6, AND THE DEVIL CAN'T HURT YOU..
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDMOTHER RECEIVED THIS INFORMATION FROM HER
PRESENT HUSBAND, WHO, IN TURN, HAD LEARNED IT FROM
HIS FAMILY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- January 6 Twelfth Day Epiphany BELIEF -- Use of Object Manufactured objects, homemade, machined |
Date learned: 04-08-1965
A STEP ON A CRACK BREAKS YOUR MOTHER'S BACK.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS AS A CHILD IN NORWALK, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; FERNDALE ; Norwalk
| Subject headings: | Prediction / Divination BELIEF -- Body part Senses |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
Entry filtered.
WHEN A GIRL RECEIVES GIFTS AT HER WEDDING SHOWER, THE NUMBER
OF BOWS THAT SHE BREAKS ON THE GIFTS, IS THE NUMBER OF
CHILDREN SHE WILL HAVE.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND'S MOTHER, AND SHE REMEMBERS THIS FROM
ALL HER LIFE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage Breaking of BELIEF -- Number |
Date learned: 00001971 SPRING
IF YOU SWEEP UNDER A GIRL'S FEET, SHE'LL NEVER GET
MARRIED.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND'S MOTHER, AND SHE REMEMBERS THIS
FROM HER CHILDHOOD IN ALABAMA.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; ALABAMA ; FERNDALE
Keyword(s): SPINSTER
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage Dating Courtship |
Date learned: 00001971 SPRING
TO GET RID OF A WART, RUB A POTATO ON IT AND THROW THE POTATO
AWAY. THE WART WILL GO AWAY WHEN THE POTATO DRIES UP.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND'S FATHER, AND THIS WAS A PRACTICE
WHEN HE WAS A CHILD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
James Callow Keyword(s): PLUGGING ; TRANSFER
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 00001971 SPRING
ALWAYS START A JOB IN THE BEGINNING OF THE WEEK, AND
EVERYTHING WILL RUN SMOOTHER.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND'S FATHER, AND HE USES THIS PRATICE
IN HIS WORK AS A CARPENTER. THIS IS A CUSTOM CARRIED
OVER FROM HIS FATHER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Measure of time Working |
Date learned: 00001971 SPRING
CURE FOR INFECTION
WRAP A HOT BREAD POULTICE AROUND THE INFECTED AREA TO DRAW
OUT ALL THE PUS.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT IS A FRIEND OF MINE, AND HE CLAIMS THAT HIS
GRANDMOTHER USED TO USE THIS TREATMENT.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Remedy |
Date learned: 00001971 SPRING
BREAKING A MIRROR WILL BRING YOU SEVEN YEARS OF BAD
LUCK UNLESS YOU TAKE THE BROKEN PIECES, PUT THEM
IN A BAG AND THROW THEM IN A SWIFT RUNNING STREAM
OF WATER.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT'S HUSBAND BROKE A MIRROR AND GATHERED UP
THE PIECES AND THREW THEM IN THE BELLE ISLE RIVER
AND SINCE THIS WAS NOT A SWIFT MOVING STREAM, HE
DIED SEVEN YEARS LATER.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | 686 Seven / Sevenths / Several Favorites BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Bad luck BELIEF -- Conversions Activities |
Date learned: 12-07-1971
WHEN THREE MEN TAKE A LIGHT FROM A SINGLE MATCH,
BAD LUCK WILL COME TO THE THIRD.
Submitter comment:
BEGAN IN WORLD WAR I.
MARY HEARD IT FROM HER UNCLE, RUSS LLOYD.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; FERNDALE
| Subject headings: | 686 Thirds / Thrice / Three / Triple BELIEF -- Bad luck Numbers |
Date learned: 12-04-1965