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BELIEF
IF YOU MAKE A WISH AND TELL WHAT
IT IS, IT WILL NOT COME TRUE.
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Prayer |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
PRAY FOR SUNSHINE. ALWAYS BE PREPARED FOR RAIN.
Submitter comment: INFORMANT HEARD THIS IN NORWALK, OHIO.
James Callow Keyword(s): ADVICE: POSITIVE ; FUNCTION ; HOPE FOR THE BEST, BUT EXPECT THE
| Subject headings: | PROVERB -- Proverbial Metaphor |
Date learned: 10-16-1967
AN EXPLANATION
SOME PARENTS TELL THEIR CHILDREN THAT THE SAND MAN HAS SPRINKLED
SAND IN THEIR EYES WHEN THEY RUB THEM A FEW MINUTES BEFORE BEDTIME.
James Callow Keyword(s): SLEEP
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Supernatural Being |
Date learned: 00-00-1968
I LOVE YOU DEARY, I LOVE YOU ALMIGHTY,
I WISH YOUR PAJAMAS WERE NEXT TO MY NIGHTY.
NOW DON'T GET EXCITED OR OUT OF YOUR HEAD,
BECAUSE I MEAN ON THE WASH LINE,
AND NOT IN THE BED.
Submitter comment: WRITTEN BY DOROTHY
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
DEAR LOUISE:
I LOVE YOU LITTLE, I LOVE YOU BIG,
I LOVE YOU LIKE A LITTLE PIG.
I DON'T MEAN PIG, I MEAN WIG.
| Subject headings: | Ballad Song Dance Game Music Verse -- Autograph Verse Humorous allusion to love |
Date learned: NOT GIVEN
EVERY CHRISTMAS EVE , AT EXACTLY 12 PM, THE ANIMALS OF THE WORLD TALK
TO EACH OTHER IN REMEMBRANCE OF THE BIRTH OF CHRIST.
Where learned: OHIO ; NORTH OLMSTED
Keyword(s): BELIEF
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- December 24 Christmas Eve Beliefs |
To cure a sore throat or a cold, sulphur powder
was placed on a feather. The feather was placed
in the back of the throat and the person administering
the treatment would blow the sulphur onto the throat.
Submitter comment:
Mrs. Wolf's mother routinely used this procedure when
she was growing up.
Where learned: OHIO ; Hicksville
Keyword(s): Remedies, Medicine
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Mineral BELIEF -- Method of Curing |
NEAR CURTIS, OHIO THERE IS A LEGEND OF A WOMAN AND
HER GARDENER LOVER WHO PLOTTED AND KILLED THIS WOMAN'S
HUSBAND. A FEW YEARS AFTER THE MURDER, THE GARDENER
DIED AND THE WOMAN BECAME A VIRTUAL HERMIT. THIS IS
BECAUSE, AS THE LEGEND GOES, HER HUSBAND'S GHOST
SWORE THAT IF SHE EVER LEFT THE HOUSE OR PREMISES,
HE WOULD KILL HER.
Submitter comment: BRIAN LEARNED THIS WHILE ON VACATION NEAR CURTIS, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CURTIS
Keyword(s): FAITHLESSNESS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
NEAR CURTIS, OHIO THERE IS A LEGEND OF A WOMAN AND
HER GARDENER LOVER WHO PLOTTED AND KILLED THIS WOMAN'S
HUSBAND. A FEW YEARS AFTER THE MURDER, THE GARDENER
DIED AND THE WOMAN BECAME A VIRTUAL HERMIT. THIS IS
BECAUSE, AS THE LEGEND GOES, HER HUSBAND'S GHOST
SWORE THAT IF SHE EVER LEFT THE HOUSE OR PREMISES,
HE WOULD KILL HER.
Submitter comment: BRIAN LEARNED THIS WHILE ON VACATION NEAR CURTIS, OHIO.
Where learned: MICHIGAN ; OHIO ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT ; CURTIS
Keyword(s): FAITHLESSNESS
| Subject headings: | PROSE NARRATIVE -- Ghost Spirit Phantom Specter |
Date learned: 10-15-1967
POPPING FINGER KNUCKLES WILL CAUSE ARTHRITIS.
Where learned: OHIO, ASSUMED ; CHAGRIN FALLS
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Means of Causing or Avoiding Illness |
Date learned: 00-00-1959
WHEN TWO PEOPLE ARE WALKING DOWN THE STREET TOGETHER, THEY
SHOULDN'T LET A POLE COME BETWEEN THEM OR THEY WILL HAVE BAD
LUCK.
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF YOUR SECOND TOE IS LONGER THAN YOUR BIG TOE, YOU WILL
RULE YOUR MATE.
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
A GAP BETWEEN YOUR TEETH MEANS THAT YOU WILL/ARE (SIC) A LIAR.
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Product or activity of man or animal |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF YOUR FEET START TO ITCH IT MEANS THAT YOU ARE GOING TO
GO SOMEWHERE.
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Body part Senses BELIEF -- Street Trip Relations between relatives, friends, host and guest Social class Rank |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
AT A BRIDAL SHOWER, SOMEONE SHOULD WRITE DOWN WHAT THE BRIDE
SAYS AS SHE OPENS HER PRESENTS. THESE ARE THE THINGS SHE WILL
SAY TO HER HUSBAND ON THEIR WEDDING NIGHT.
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
| Subject headings: | Observation BELIEF -- Marriage |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
IF THE BRIDE PARTICIPATES IN THE REHEARSAL OF HER WEDDING
SHE WILL HAVE BAD LUCK; SHE SHOULD JUST WATCH.
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
| Subject headings: | BELIEF -- Marriage BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
A COUPLE SHOULD BE MARRIED BEFORE TWELVE NOON BECAUSE THE
HANDS ARE GOING UP BEFORE THEN--GOOD LUCK.
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
James Callow Keyword(s): HANDS OF THE CLOCK
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage BELIEF -- Measure of time WeekDayHour BELIEF -- Good luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
THROWING RICE AT THE BRIDAL COUPLE INCREASES FERTILITY.
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage BELIEF -- Birth |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
AT A WEDDING SHOWER, FOR EVERY RIBBON THE BRIDE BREAKS, SHE
WILL HAVE ONE CHILD.
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage BELIEF -- Birth BELIEF -- Number Counting beliefs |
Date learned: 00-00-1972
THE BRIDAL COUPLE SHOULD NOT SEE EACH OTHER ON THE DAY OF
THE WEDDING OR THEY'LL HAVE BAD LUCK.
James Callow comment: SOUNDS IMPOSSIBLE!
Where learned: OHIO ; NEW BREMEN
| Subject headings: | CUSTOM FESTIVAL -- Marriage BELIEF -- Bad luck |
Date learned: 00-00-1972