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RIDDLE
WHAT IS GRAY ON THE INSIDE AND RED AND WHITE
ON THE OUTSIDE?
ANSWER: CREAM OF ELEPHANT SOUP.
Data entry tech comment: THE CAMPBELL'S SOUP CAN LABEL IS RED AND WHITE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | RIDDLE -- Riddle Question |
Date learned: 12-03-1967
A FRIEND TOLD ME HE KNEW A LADY, HIS MOTHER'S FRIEND,
WHO HUNG SEVERAL EARS OF CORN ON HER PORCH JUST
ABOVE HER DOOR. HE SAID THIS WAS DONE TO KEEP OUT
EVIL SPIRITS. THIS WAS SOME SIGN THAT SHE BELIEVED
IN VOODOO.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Bird BELIEF -- Bad luck |
IT IS CONSIDERED BAD LUCK TO CUT A YOUNG BLACK CHILD'S HAIR.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
WHEN THE SUN IS OUT AND IT'S RAINING AT THE SAME TIME, IT'S SAID
THAT THE DEVIL IS BEATING HIS WIFE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Devil Demon BELIEF -- Weather sign or control |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
IF YOU ARE DREAMING THAT YOU'RE FALLING OFF OF SOMETHING AND IF YOU
HIT THE BOTTOM THEN YOU WILL DIE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Death Funeral Burial BELIEF -- Dreams |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN BY COLLECTOR
IN THE ORTHODOX CHURCH AT A FUNERAL THEY OPEN THE CASKET
IN CHURCH.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
AFTER A FUNERAL IT IS CUSTOMARY TO RETURN TO ONE OF
THE RELATIVES HOUSES AND HAVE A PARTY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
IN THE COUNTRY THERE ARE NO FUNERAL HOMES, SO THE DEAD
ARE SHOWN IN THE HOME. A COW OR PIG IS KILLED AND
ROASTED AND EVERYBODY THAT COMES TO SEE THE DEAD IS FED.
THE FEEDING IS CONTINUED FOR AS MANY DAYS AS THE DEAD
IS SHOWN. THE RICH ARE BURIED ABOVE THE GROUND IN
LARGE CEMENT COFFINS. EVERYBODY WALKS TO THE
CEMETERY, NO ONE RIDES IN CARS. AT THE END OF THE
PROCESSION IS A BAND WHICH PLAYS MOURNFUL MUSIC AND SAD
SONGS TO INDUCE SORROW IN THE MOURNERS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
IT USED TO BE CUSTOMARY TO KISS THE BODY OF A LOVED
ONE GOODBYE WHEN VIEWING IT IN STATE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
FUNERAL--INDIA
IT USED TO BE A COMMON CUSTOM IN INDIA THAT THE HUSBAND
BE CREMATED. IN THE PROCESS, THE WIFE OF THE
DEAD MAN WOULD THROW HERSELF ON THE FUNERAL PYRE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Death Funeral Burial |
Date learned: 03-27-1968
IT IS COMMON IN MANY PARTS OF THE WORLD TO CELEBRATE
A PERSON'S BIRTHDAY BY BAKING A BIRTHDAY CAKE. ON TOP
OF THE CAKE ARE PUT TINY CANDLES LIGHTED AND TO BE
BLOWN OUT BY THE PERSON IT IS FOR, AFTER HE HAS
SECRETLY MADE A WISH.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Private birthday or anniversary |
Date learned: 01-28-1968
WHEN OAK LEAVES ARE THE SIZE OF SQUIRREL'S EARS, IT IS
TIME TO PLANT CORN.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting BELIEF -- Plant husbandry Farming |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
CHRISTMAS
IF YOU ARE GOOD EVERY DAY YOU CAN ADD A LITTLE MORE
STRAW TO THE MODEL MANGER TO MAKE CHRIST'S CRIB
SOFTER.
Submitter comment: FAMILY CUSTOM AS A CHILD.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | 645 September 23 Equinox to December 20 CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Manger scenes CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 21 solstice to March 20 Straw |
Date learned: 12-01-1967
HUNGARIANS DON'T GO SWIMMING BEFORE TRINITY SUNDAY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Entertainment Diversion CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Spring Planting After all |
Date learned: 11-11-1968
IT IS A COMMON CUSTOM IN THE U.S. TO HAVE A BACHELOR
PARTY FOR THE GROOM TO BE, ONE DAY BEFORE THE
EVENT. AT THE PARTY A NAKED GIRL IS WHEELED OUT IN
A FAKE CAKE, THUS GIVING HIM HIS LAST BIT OF FREEDOM
AS A BACHELOR.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Bachelor parties |
Date learned: 02-15-1968
METHODIST WEDDING
THE BRIDE AND GROOM EACH RECEIVE A LIGHTED CANDLE
FROM THE MINISTER AFTER THEY SAY THEIR VOWS. THE
MINISTER, STANDING IN FRONT OF THEM, HOLDS AN UNLIGHTED
CANDLE. THE CANDLE THAT EACH HOLDS SYMBOLIZES THEIR
LIFE BEFORE MARRIAGE. THEN THE BRIDE AND GROOM LIGHT
THE CANDLE HELD BY THE MINISTER WITH BOTH OF THEIR
LIGHTED CANDLES AT THE SAME TIME. THEN THEY BLOW OUT
THE CANDLE EACH IS HOLDING. THIS CANDLE THAT THEY
LIGHT TOGETHER SYMBOLIZES THEIR LIFE TOGETHER AS A
MARRIED COUPLE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Ceremony |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
THE JEWISH PEOPLE CELEBRATE THEIR MARRIAGE BY
DRINKING OF WINE PRESENTED THEM BY THE RABBI AND
THEN BREAKING THE GLASS AND CRUSHING IT ON THE
FLOOR.
Submitter comment: OBSERVED DURING CHILDHOOD
Where learned: NOT GIVEN ; DETROIT ; MICHIGAN, ASSUMED
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Stepping on wine glass |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
THE MARRIAGE RITUAL FOR GYPSIES IS TO JUMP OVER THE
UMBRELLA OWNED BY THE GROOM. THIS IS THE CEREMONY.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Jumping over umbrella: simple ceremony |
Date learned: 09-00-1969
WHEN THE BRIDE AND GROOM ARE KNEELING AT THE ALTAR,
A VEIL IS PLACED ON THE HEADS OF BOTH OF THEM, AND
THEN A KNOTTED ROPE IS PLACED ON TOP OF THAT. TWO
CANDLES ARE LIGHTED. THIS SYMBOLIZES PERPETUAL
TOGETHERNESS.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Headdress |
Date learned: 12-04-1965
AFTER THE VEIL CEREMONY, THE GROOM HANDS THE BRIDE
THIRTEEN SILVER COINS WHICH SYMBOLIZE PROSPERITY
IN MARRIED LIFE.
Where learned: NOT GIVEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage Giving coins |
Date learned: 12-04-1965