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BEST WORK
THE BEST WORK IS WHAT YOU LIKE.
Submitter comment: THIS WAS WRITTEN IN A LETTER TO ME NOT LONG AGO BY MY GRANDFATHER.
Where learned: HOME ; STURGEON LAKE ; WRITTEN IN A LETTER
James Callow Keyword(s): CONTENTMENT ; OBSERVATION
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-05-1970
HE WAS ON THE FENCE IN THIS AFFAIR.
Where learned: LETTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Date learned: 10-23-1969
GOOD LIFE SAYING
HE WHO THINKS 'GOOD', LIVES GOOD.
Where learned: SENT BY LETTER
Keyword(s): THOUGHT AND CONDUCT
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
PUT A SHARP OBJECT (KNIFE OR SCISSORS) UNDER YOUR BED TO CURE
ARTHRITIS.
Where learned: LETTER
Keyword(s): HOMEOPATHIC-IMITATIVE MAGIC
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 10-20-1969
A PRIEST CAN CURE INSANITY IF HE READS 4 GOSPELS OVER A PATIENT;
TAKES HIM TO A MONASTERY AND CHAINS HIM TO THE RING ON THE FLOOR.
Submitter comment: THE INFORMANT POINTS OUT THAT THIS IS VERY OLD.
Where learned: TOLD IN A LETTER
Keyword(s): BIBLE
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 11-19-1971
GREY HAIRS
"EVERY GREY HAIR REPRESENTS A SIN OF THE PERSON WHO HAS IT.
THIS IS PARTICULARLY INDICATIVE WHEN YOUNG PEOPLE HAVE GREY HAIR.
PEOPLE WHO DYE THEIR HAIR SHOULD'NT BE TRUSTED.
THEY ARE PROBABLY DECEITFUL ABOUT OTHER THINGS."
Where learned: LETTER
| Subject headings: | Favorites BELIEF -- Body part Senses Hair, on head, mustache, widow's peak |
Date learned: 02-01-1971
CROUP
IF A BABY HAS THE CROUP FRY SOME ONIONS AND PUT THEM IN YOUR
HUSBAND'S SOCK. THEN PIN IT AROUND THE BABY'S NECK.
Submitter comment:
INFORMANT HEARD THIS ON THE PHONE(A WET BATTERY 30 PARTY UNIT
INSTALLATION) WHILE A CHILD AND LIVING ON THE FARM IN CENTRAL
ILLINOIS. AN OLD LADY WAS SUGGESTING IT TO HER DAUGHTER
FOR A GRANDCHILD.
Where learned: LETTER
Keyword(s): CHILD'S CROUP ; HEAT REMEDY
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
Date learned: 02-01-1971
JULAFTON IS THE SWEDISH CHRISTMAS EVE FESTIVITY. THE ENTIRE FAMILY
SPENT THIS EVENING TOGETHER IN THEIR OWN HOME FEASTING ON SOME OF THE
DELECTABLE FOODS WHICH HAD BEEN PREPARED IN FORMER DAYS . OFTEN THE
FAMILY GATHERED FOR CHRISTMAS CAROLS AFTERWARD.
Submitter comment:
JULAFTON FOR THE INFORMANT WAS THE HAPPIEST OF ALL THE SWEDISH
TRADITIONAL FESTIVALS.
Where learned: HOME ; ROUTE 1 ; WRITTEN IN A LETTER
Keyword(s): FOOD CUSTOM
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Songs, caroling |
Date learned: 03-28-1970
THIS DAY WE FASHION DESTINY.
Submitter comment:
THIS IS ONE OF MY GRANDFATHER'S FAVORITE PROVERBS, AND
REFLECTS HIS BASIC PHILOSOPHY OF LIFE.
Where learned: HOME ; MINNESOTA ; ROUTE 1 ; STURGEON LAKE ; WRITTEN IN A LETTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-05-1970
DIVINATION--CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
AT CHRISTMAS EVE SUPPER, A CANDLE IS LIT. IF THE SMOKE GOES UP, ALL
THOSE SEATED AT THE TABLE WILL BE BACK THE FOLLOWING YEAR. IF THE
SMOKE GOES TOWARD A DOOR, ONE OF THE GUESTS WILL DIE BEFORE THE
NEXT CHRISTMAS EVE.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; COLLECTED BY LETTER
Keyword(s): DEATH ; PREDICTION
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Predictions CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- F652 F652.44 |
Date learned: 03-08-1970
A CHILD'S PRAYER SWEDISH
GUD SOM HATVER BARNEN KAR; SE TIL MIG SOM LITEN AR;
HVART JAG MIG I VERLDEN VANDER; STAR MIN LYCKA I GUD'S HANDER.
GOD THAT LOVES THE CHILDREN; WATCH O'ER ME THAT LITTLE IS;
WHERE EVER I TRAVEL IN THIS WORLD, RESTS MY FORTUNE IN
HIS HANDS.
Submitter comment:
THE INFORMANT REMEMBERS HER MOTHER TELLING HER THIS PRAYER
ABOUT 75 YEARS AGO, WHEN SHE WAS A SMALL CHILD.
Where learned: LETTER ; MINNESOTA ; STURGEON LAKE
James Callow Keyword(s): TRANSLATION
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Belief Belief |
FEAR
FEAR WILL FILL WITH POISON THE GOLDEN CUP OF LIFE.
Submitter comment:
HE IS VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT LIFE.
WHEN I ASKED MY GRANDFATHER FOR A PROVERB, HE GAVE ME THIS ONE.
Where learned: LETTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 03-05-1970
CHRISTMAS CUSTOM
PUTTING HAY UNDERNEATH THE TABLE CLOTH AT THE CHRISTMAS EVE SUPPER,
IN MEMORY OF THE CHRIST CHILD LAYING IN THE HAY.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; DETROIT ; COLLECTED BY LETTER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Table setting and clearing CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Straw |
Date learned: 03-09-1970
GETTING MARRIED
"CHANGE YOUR NAME AND NOT THE LETTER,
CHANGE FOR WORSE AND NOT FOR BETTER."
Where learned: LOCATION NOT RECORDED BY COLLECTOR ; WRITTEN IN A LETTER
Keyword(s): MARRIAGE
James Callow Keyword(s): ELLIPSIS
| Subject headings: | 860 Belief BELIEF -- Marriage SPEECH -- FamilyGroup |
Date learned: 01-30-1970
JOKE
IN THE OLD DAYS, IF AN ELDERLY LADY BOARDED A TRAIN
AROUND MIDNIGHT, SOME MAN WOULD ALWAYS GIVE BERTH
TO AN OLD LADY.
Where learned: LETTER
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Woman |
Date learned: 02-01-1971
DANCES 1910
IF YOU WANT TO KNOW ABOUT DANCES IN MY DAY, IT'S A BIT
ONE-SIDED. IN ORDER TO RATE THE HORSE AND BUGGY
TO TAKE A GIRL, ALSO HAD TO TAKE ONE OF MY SISTERS.
I INVENTED THE IDEA OF ASKING A GIRL IF I COULD WALK
HER HOME. IF YOU STUTTERED A LITTLE, IT HELPED.
SHE WOULD FIGURE YOU WERE BASHFUL. ONE NIGHT I SAW
ANOTHER ONE I LIKED MUCH BETTER AFTER I ASKED THE
FIRST ONE. I HURRIED HER HOME AND RACED BACK. LO
AND BEHOLD, THE FIRST ONE WAS BACK AHEAD OF ME.
Where learned: LETTER
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion |
Date learned: 02-01-1971
PHRASES OF A MATH TEACHER
ASK ME THAT TOMORROW.
AT LEAST KEEP SILENCE DURING THE PRAYER.
Submitter comment: CORRECTIVE
Where learned: LETTER
| Subject headings: | SPEECH -- Formula PROVERB -- Proverbial Phrase |
Entry filtered.
WEAKNESS
THE THREE MICROBES OF WEAKNESS: REGRET, WORRY AND FEAR.
Submitter comment:
MY GRANDFATHER FIRMLY BELIEVES IN NOT REGRETTING WHAT
IS ALREADY PAST.
Where learned: HOME ; MINNESOTA ; ROUTE 1 ; STURGEON LAKE ; WRITTEN IN A LETTER
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Apothegm Maxim |
Date learned: 03-05-1970